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Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Roger Haase, University of Cincinnati

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develop teachers in K-12education2,3. Many museums have professional development programs for teachers9, providinglessons and curriculum materials to supplement visits, as well as stand alone programs for use inclassrooms. Such materials are one of the ways in which museums not only enable success inconventional science education, but also connect those formal systems with the community atlarge20.Naturally growing from this focus on education, science museums are an incredible resouce forpublic awareness and engagment. “Public” is a can refer to a variety of large groups; leaders inand out of government, news and mass media, the adult populace at large, and theaforementioned children and educators21. There is, of course, some overlap among these

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Queen Retherford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kelly Summerford Ellenburg, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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campus through initiatives such as the ”S” course designation and showcasing of best practices. Mrs. Ellenburg’s work on campus-level initiatives at UT has included service on the 2015 SACS Qual- ity Enhancement Plan writing team, the 2014 Carnegie Community Engagement writing team, the 2010 UT Community Engagement Task Force writing team, and coordinating author for the 2010 whitepaper ”Student Ownership, and the College Experience.” Last year she received the Chancellor’s Award for Environmental Leadership for her leadership of sustainability-focused service-learning and the SCI. Mrs. Ellenburg serves on the Board of Directors for the Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communi- ties Network (EPIC-N), the

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Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devika Patel, Stanford University

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Engineering Education, 2016 Preparing Engineering Students to Work on Taboo Topics in the Service of CommunitiesIntroductionAccording to the WHO, 2.4 billion people lack access to proper sanitation resources.1 Faced witha growing problem, engineers, locally and internationally, have responded to this crisis throughavenues such as the Gates Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. In the case of the Toilet Challenge,engineers were able to create what were seen as “practical” toilets that convert waste into energy.However, each toilet cost upwards of $1000 and required infrastructure and technology notavailable in their target communities, thus presenting a huge drawback in fighting the sanitationstigma.2 There is much to learn

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ziyu Long, Colorado State University; Sean Eddington, Purdue University; Jessica Pauly; Linda Hughes-Kirchubel, Purdue University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

] c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Understanding the Participation, Perceptions, and Impacts of Engineering Faculty Learning Communities: A Mixed Method ApproachAbstractAs important community assets for sustainable development of engineering education, facultyLearning Communities (FLCs) play an important role in facilitating faculty development andcareer transitions. Viewing FLCs as community-based programs with great diversity, the currentresearch argues that engaging with new/junior engineering faculty as a learning community hasimportant impacts to engineering education for students, institutions, and the communities thatwe work with and live in (Cox 2004). Specifically, guided by

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Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aileen Tapia, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Martinez, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas, El Paso

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, or K-12 students(Collier 2015, Pluth et al 2015). We report the creation and impact of a near-peer mentoringprogram created and administered by undergraduate STEM students, focused on buildingpathways and a sustainable practice to support students at high schools who are advancingtowards undergraduate STEM studies.Our student organization is a joint-chapter of Latinos in Science and Engineering (MAES) andthe Society of Professional Engineers (SHPE) at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Wehave been working in unison to build engineering and science education outreach efforts into thehigh schools in our regions since 2009.We share the rationale, process, and impact of establishing and developing these Junior Chaptersof the Professional

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Interactive Session - Community Engagement Implementation for K-12 Settings

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Molly Y Mollica, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Elizabeth Riter, The Ohio State University; Meg West, The Ohio State University; Peter Vuyk, The Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

families can borrow toys, both, at no cost. The overall mission of the TAP is to:  Provide children with special needs the opportunity to interactively play and develop valuable life skills despite any physical, developmental, financial, or other limitation they or their family may face.  Provide eager students and volunteers the opportunity to use engineering skills through service and experiential learning to make a positive, societal impact on the community.  Increase awareness about this need and other needs related to adaptive technology.Through our work, we hope to impact the lives of families who have children with special needswhile providing a unique societal focused project for our students, which has

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Tricks of the Trade - Reflections and Advice on the Educational Process

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian E Faulkner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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 four from groups of three qualitatively. Often when a group of four sits down around a table, the two most loud, dominant students will sit adjacent to one another. These two students can then talk exclusively with one another, since they can read each other's work easily and are sitting close to each other. This can exclude and diminish the experience of the quieter students. Arrangement of seating is known to  7​influence classroom activities.​  Rearranging the seating so that the two louder students are on opposite sides of the square is a simple and very effective solution to this problem. The more dominant students will see each other's work as upside down, and will start engaging the quieter students

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Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh; Sina Arjmand, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

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needs. Firstly,the benefit is for the community that is served by students, and secondly, students areencouraged to connect and reflect how their education connects to their professional career.Through this experience students feel better about their actions and understand the need andtherefore the impact engineers have on a community. This encourages them to learn more abouttheir chosen profession, and feel more confident about their achievements.Also, students have a chance to practice and apply what they learn in class in a real project wherethey are exposed to the results of their design. The positive side of the service learning is in theend, the students are giving back to the communities and society the knowledge they gained inthe

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Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Kirk A Reinkens, Washington State University; Stephanie Anne Pitts, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

University. A recipient of the DOE Nuclear Energy University Programs Fellowship, she has served as an Instructor for the Engr 120 freshmen engineering introductory class for the past three years where she shares her passion for coding and engineering with the next generation of engineering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Engagement for first year students: The effect of required participation in engineering engagement activitiesAbstract: Serving the demands for future engineering professionals in our society requiresincreasing retention of students in year one. This study is focused on students enrolled inInnovation

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; James L. Wilson, Texas A&M University; Peter Seth Hamilton; Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M University; Prasad N. Enjeti, Texas A&M University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

2 1(Very negative impact) 0% 20% 40% MEEN ECEN Figure 7. Impact on Personal GrowthNext, they were asked about impact on specific areas associated with professional andpersonal growth. Per Table 1, more than 50% of ECEN students have identified six areasof impact: friends, outlook in engineering, skills in design, time management,communication and teamwork. 47% of ECEN students report impact on GPA. Incomparison, there is only one area where more than 50% of the MEEN participants(63%) report impact. There are six additional areas that more than 30% of participantsidentified as

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Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn Parker, The Johns Hopkins University; Michael L Falk, Johns Hopkins University

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community members, and university-based partners together to celebrate student projects, with the objective of increasing family awareness of STEM topics and career options for their children and providing family members with ways to engage with their children around STEM. Method Grade 3-5 students impacted by the project were surveyed before the projectbegan and after one academic year of implementation. Students responded to close-endedquestions that examined their attitudes around their understanding and interests inmathematics, science, and engineering, whether they have career aspirations in theSTEM field, their perceptions of their peers, teachers and family in support of

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Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #17058The Impact of Summer Research Experiences on Community College Stu-dents’ Self-EfficacyMs. Lea K Marlor, University of California, Berkeley Lea Marlor is the Education and Outreach Program Manager for the Center for Energy Efficient Electron- ics Science, a NSF-funded Science and Technology Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She manages undergraduate research programs to recruit and retain underrepresented students in science and engineering and also outreach to pre-college students to introduce them to science and engineering career opportunities. Ms. Marlor joined University of California

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Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; David W. Watkins, Michigan Technological University

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in the transition from a Polarization mindset(identifies that one culture is superior, often through an "us versus them" perspective). The latterdataset had no statistically significant differences among institutional IDI averages, although oneinstitution showed significant decreases in IDI amongst their students. A majority of engineeringstudents report increased levels of engagement with time in their studies. However, anexamination of the longitudinal dataset reveals slightly more than half the participants haddecreasing IDI scores over three years of engineering education; engineering communityengagement experiences (and engineering education in general) seem to have little impact on theintercultural mindsets of engineering students on

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth; Mary U Christiansen, University of Minnesota Duluth

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theUniversity, local utilities and area businesses, originally aimed at giving senior level engineeringstudents experience in real world problem solving within the area of sustainability have resultedin a successful model for community engagement. Sustainable Energy Systems, taught in theMechanical Engineering (ME) Department, focuses on renewable energy technologies, such asphotovoltaics, wind energy and solar thermal systems. Sustainable Design and Construction,taught in the Civil Engineering (CE) Department, considers the environmental, economic andsocietal impacts of sustainable materials, methods and technologies used in buildingconstruction. Semester-long projects involved pairing student groups from each class with a localbusiness interested in

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Labs & Hands-on Instruction II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Florida International University; Natalie Paul, Florida International University; Ismail Guvenc, Florida International University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #15916Learning Experiences of Undergraduate Students Engaged in Novel Hands-on Experimentation during Summer Research Projects in Wireless Commu-nicationsDr. Maria Lorelei Fernandez, Florida International University Maria L. Fernandez has a PhD in Mathematics Education and is currently engaged in research to better understand engineering students’ learning from and perceptions of experiences involving the use of novel hands-on experimentation in wireless communications. Her research has focused on experiences promot- ing undergraduate student learning and development, particularly with preservice mathematics teachers

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Smith, Australian National University; Jennifer Patricia Turner, Engineers Without Borders Australia ; Nick John Brown, Engineers Without Borders Australia; Joli Price, Engineers Without Borders Australia

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humanitarian engineering between these extremes. To fill, the EWBHumanitarian Design Summits were developed. These are two-week internationalexperiences combining facilitated workshops, cultural experiences and a community visit.They provide opportunities for students to engage in a scaffolded community basedhumanitarian engineering experience. They are available to mid-program students to optionaltake and are designed to be a lead into later year service-learning projects. At one Australianuniversity a range of curriculum methods have been used to incorporate the experience intostudents’ formal program including work experience, research projects and a for-creditcourse. These have created different outcomes, with those more tightly integrated into

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., Univerity of Illinois College of Engineering; Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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indigenous community of Lumbisi, Ecuador.The course is NOT a capstone design course – rather its intent is to rigorously evaluate theeffectiveness of engineering design practices serving the developing world. This paper willdocument the development of the course, the proposed instructional objectives and communityoutcomes, and the process of effectively engaging students in this work. The course was offeredfor the first time in Spring 2016, co-taught by faculty from all five departments, plus anadditional collaborator in the College of Engineering at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito(USFQ) in Ecuador. All six educational units share knowledge and resources, both in theclassroom and via a virtual meeting space, which also is accessible by the

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CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, SOCHE; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Sean Joseph Creighton, SOCHE; Jeremy Paul Stringer, Air Force Institute of Technology

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and adaptive Beamforming c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engaging COEUR Principles to Achieve Higher Impact in Student Learning through a Campus- Community Partnership with the Air Force Institute of TechnologyAbstract This work presents a preliminary thematic analysis of student benefits and student outcomesthat are achieved in a summer undergraduate research program following the implementationof the Council of Undergraduate Research Characteristics of Excellence in UndergraduateResearch (COEUR) principles in a campus-community partnership. Our partnership betweenthe Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and Southwestern Ohio Council for HigherEducation (SOCHE) engages

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Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Ann Marasco, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Stephanie Hladik, University of Calgary; Marcela P Rodriguez, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Lynne Gradon Cowe Falls P.Eng., University of Calgary

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own initiative and design. Eachapplication requires students to self-identify and evaluate the engineering leadership skills andgraduate attributes that will be developed through their participation. The next section describesthe impact on leadership development in a few case studies.MeasurementStudents who partake in funded activities are often asked to present on their experiences and areexpected to share lessons learned with the wider engineering campus community. How thestudents have chosen to share that impact has varied according to their interests andinvolvements on campus. The organizers of each initiative assess the success of their organizedopportunity themselves through quantitative and qualitative measurements. Due to the

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer L Sullivan, Rice University; David Daniels, DREAM - Achievement Through Mentorship; Imani O. Butler, Rice University; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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Community Engagement Division

volunteerism have been recognized forroughly three decades (Astin 1985), which has led an increasing number of higher educationinstitutions to establish numerous community service and service learning offices on theircampuses (Hall 2005; Ellis 1978; Enos 2002). To increase participation in volunteer activities many universities have adopted mandatoryapproaches such as including community service hours in graduation requirements. However,research has shown mandatory volunteer work impedes long-term and impactful servicelearning; instead, voluntary approaches to increase community service for college campuses aremore effective at creating an enriching service learning experience (Stukas et al. 1999). While avoluntary participation model may

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Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keilin Jahnke, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ann-Perry Witmer P.E., University of Illinois; Matthew Tan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Grace Frances Witmer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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communities: LasQueseras; Fatima; and Cerro Verde. Each of these communities had approximately 200-300residents and was looking for an improved water distribution system. The first two projects, inLas Queseras and Fatima, dealt with a groundwater source while Cerro Verde’s primary sourcewas a surface stream.It is important to note that the students in the course do not build anything while on-site.Although many students begin the course with the expectation that they will aid in construction,the first semester exposes them to the consequences of going into a community and building asystem as a charitable undertaking. Not only does this impact the amount of ownership thecommunity feels they have of the system, the students also come to realize that

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University

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Paper ID #16363Impacts of Sustainability Education on the Attitudes of Engineering StudentsDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt is the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn about and practice

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Exploring Research Methodologies in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Algeo Wilson IV, Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; James Blake Gegenheimer

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. For example, in a statics course fromthe spring semester of 2015, average attendance in normal sessions was about eleven studentswhere exam review sessions averaged seventy-four students in attendance. Upcoming quizzesand homework have a similar, but much smaller, impact on session attendance. During weeklymeetings, SIs often comment on the differences between a normal session and an exam reviewsession and difficulties the latter leads to. (For more information on the structure of this programat LSU’s College of Engineering see the paper published in 2014 (4).)Rationale for the study SIs at LSU’s College of Engineering were asked to write down their opinions on examreview sessions and how they compare to normal sessions. The responses

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

will provide further contributions to researchon the retention of students who enter engineering requiring remediation in mathematics.IntroductionThis study is focused on 66 freshmen who scored very low on their math placement exam,earning a score even below the recommended level for placement into pre-calculus. The samestudents were advised to enroll in a one-credit hour project-based course with focus onengineering projects for community service. The one-credit hour course engaged students in twomajor team projects to provide them with an opportunity to experience the engineering designprocess and engineering tools. The first project was the Raptor Reloaded project, which involved3D printing an assembly of a mechanical hand, assembling the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Amy J Moll, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #14812The Impact of Volunteering at a Girls Outreach Activity on Community For-mationDr. Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University Donna Crystal Llewellyn received her BA (major in Mathematics and minor in Economics) with High Honors from Swarthmore College in 1980. She went on to earn an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University in 1984. After 30 years at Georgia Tech in a variety of roles, Donna became the Executive Director of the new Institute for STEM and Diversity Initiatives and a Professor in the College of Innovation and Design at

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Best of DEED

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Emily A. Waterman, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

also a Department Editor for IIE Transactions: Design & Manufacturing and serves on the editorial boards for Research in Engineering Design, Journal of Engineering Design, and Engineering Optimization.Emily A. Waterman, Pennsylvania State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Prototype for X (PFX) Framework:   Assessing Its Impact on Students’ Prototyping Awareness    Abstract  Each year, billions of dollars are invested by large companies in product research and design.Studies indicate that anywhere from 40-50% of those resources are wasted on cancelled productsor those which yield poor results75. The largest sunk cost of product

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Faculty Development II: Building Community Among STEM Educators

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

, advancing work inthe community. Similarly, Percy Pierre described how, as director of the Sloan EngineeringProgram, he supported pre-college engineering education efforts for minority students. Althoughthese pioneers helped fund different kinds of engineering education work (research, teaching,and learning), they all described their influence more in terms of legitimacy for engineeringeducation than in monetary terms.Kemnitzer’s account focused on supporting early-career faculty through an NSF program thatwas the precursor to the current CAREER program. She recalled how the first award of this kindto a faculty member engaged in engineering education work was a significant step toward thefield gaining legitimacy at the national scale. She described

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Bethany B. Smith, Arizona State University

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has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of undergraduate students in engineering. He was a coauthor for best paper award in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2013.Dr. Eugene Judson, Arizona State University Eugene

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Focus on Faculty Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura D. Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cinda Heeren

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Continuing Professional Development

that campus teaching centers can play in engaging faculty in activitiesthat enhance their teaching experiences. One role is creating community, by organizingdiscussion groups, peer visits, and other formal and informal events. A related role is fosteringcollegiality, often achieved through inviting respected senior faculty to help develop, coordinate,and facilitate the gatherings. A third role is building coalitions to advocate for sound policies andbest practices in such areas as “evaluation of teaching, both for promotion and improvementpurposes; teaching assistant training; teaching and learning in the diverse classroom; and facultyroles and rewards” (p. 319).17One particular way in which teaching centers could have such an impact is

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Communication as Performance

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott A. Morris, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-Champaign campus and globally through the extramural Masters of Science online program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Don’t Look At Your Shoes! Getting Engineers and Scientists to Engage With AudiencesAbstract:A first-year graduate seminar is used to work with students to alleviate shyness, introversion andspeaking anxiety, as well as providing a method for speaking effectiveness incorporating culturalcues when giving technical presentations. The core intent was to get students - particularly thosewho are not native English speakers - to be comfortable and to improve on monotonous, roterecitation from memorized scripts. The effort has been fortunate to draw