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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 18

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

urban school district. Of these teachers, 12were math and 11 were science teachers. All teachers were from underrepresented groups.MaterialsA PC-based off-the-shelf commercial flight simulator software, and desktop joystick/throttlewere used by students to fly specially designed “missions” to collect flight data which wereplotted and analyzed using Excel. Several modules with different topics such as similar triangles,potential and kinetic energy, circumference of a circle, have been developed with theincorporation of flight simulation scenarios. Each module consists of a sample lesson with basicconcepts on the covered topic, paper-pencil activities and a flight simulator-based activity.Details of the modules are included in the project website

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Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

degreeprograms seek to develop. Much of our conversation in engineering education is about how toget our students to develop the expertise to manage works in this domain through projects,design, etc. These types of problems are increasingly amenable to AI solutions.Working in the complex domain relies on different mental rules than the simple and complexdomains. The reason for this is that problems or systems which can be characterized as complexexhibit behaviors not shared by simple and complicated system. While not an exhaustive list,complex systems exhibit the following characteristics:• Emergence: Out of the interactions between the individual elements in the systems behavior emerges at the level of the system as a whole. Such higher order

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

. Thus learning strategies modeledin this course influence students’ approach in their other courses, and the learning strategiescourse becomes an environment for social cognitive learning [14]. The fourth area is to applylearning in personal and group practices with an iterative cycle of quality improvement [4]. Inthis cycle, individuals identify their plan for accomplishing a project related to the learning ordevelop habitual practices to support their learning. After engaging with the project or practices,the individuals check or evaluate their effectiveness and determine appropriate actions toimprove or maintain their current effectiveness.Learners reflect on and become aware of what they are learning through periods ofcontemplation and

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Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shelby J. Hallman, North Carolina State University; Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

of 81 students from eight sessions over the past 2.5 years completed theassessment. This presentation will discuss the structure of the information sessions, preliminaryfindings from the assessment, and strategies taken to incorporate the identified needs into futuresessions.IntroductionInformation literacy support is well-established as a core component of university libraryservices, with many institutions providing subject specific information literacy instruction.Within engineering librarianship, providing information literacy support via one-shot, classroom-based instruction is fairly common within senior design or project-based courses. However,librarians supporting undergraduate engineering research is not as widespread [1]. Our paper

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Chemical Engineering in the Junior and Senior Year

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Richard Turton P.E., West Virginia University; Fernando V. Lima, West Virginia University; Brent A. Bishop, West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

process simulators and othercomputational tools.Today expectations for the capstone design project are much higher than they were 20 years ago.Such expectations include multiple case studies, sophisticated optimizations including processeconomics, and life-cycle and safety analyses. However, very few chemical engineeringgraduates work for design and construction companies and those employed in the processindustry will more likely work in an operating facility. The senior capstone design projectprovides students an opportunity to bring different concepts taught throughout the curriculuminto the design of a chemical process. The question is: how well does a rigorous chemicalengineering undergraduate curriculum and the associated capstone design

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Swift, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

subject ofsustainability may be one message that provides an engineering focus that may be moreattractive to engineering, especially a focus on resource availability and social inequity. Thisfinding is consistent with results from the “Academic Pathways Study” (NSF ESI #0227558),which showed that female undergraduates saw projects in the broader context of social andenvironmental impact while males typically focused on more technical details [24]. In order todevelop engineering students prepared to address particular sustainability challenges, it isnecessary to diversify the types of outcome expectations of students in engineering. If studentswho choose engineering are not interested in solving these types of problems, the futuresolutions

Conference Session

Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Richard J. Gash P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Aaron Freidenberg, U.S. Military Academy; Christopher H Conley, U.S. Military Academy; Paul M. Moody P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanics

among structural engineeringsoftware and offers an opportunity for students to develop an appreciation for having a workingknowledge of a variety of software programs to use in the engineering design process.As part of a course culmination engineering design project (EDP), students were required todesign a floor truss, build it, and test it to failure. The students were limited to 8-ft long 2x4s,plywood, and common nails. Therefore, connections would require plywood gusset plates nailedto the 2x4 structural components. Part of the design process required RSA simulations toquantify internal forces throughout the structure and required the students to decide if modelingthe connections as perfect pins was a reasonable assumption. Figure 9 provides

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Collection

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mohd Iramul Hoque, CATME

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First-Year Programs

work/project. It includes completing your portion of the work in a timely fashion. • Interacting (I) with teammates refers to the various ways individuals communicate with and show respect for their teammates. Encouraging every team member to give their opinion and ensuring their voice is heard are part of this. • Keeping (K) refers to alerting the team to conditions that could affect the team’s success. • Expecting (E) quality is about both expressing the belief that the team can do a good job and encouraging the team to do its best.Since each of these five dimensions is equally important to the success of the team, these formthe basis for the peer reviews [16].This paper is meant to address how much

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal L. Renfro, Kennesaw State University; Lori J. Ostapowicz Critz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

find most of their class content withintheir assigned texts and are mostly involved with problem solving and learning textbook theory,supplemented by additional reading provided by the professor. The denseness of requiredcurricula for these undergraduate engineering majors often results in more traditional forms oflibrary-based research papers being waived in favor of weekly problem sets and classroomdiscussion. The other author has experienced a different situation at her university, whereengineering students regularly produce papers and other research products requiring skills inlibrary research. Biomedical engineering students, for example, incorporate the current journalliterature into their project or problem-based courses beginning with

Conference Session

Engineering Career Attitudes

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Alberto López Pulido , University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

several projects that address questions of academic pedagogy with a community and contemplative focus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Fregados pero no Jodidos: A Case Study of Latinx RasquachismoAbstractVery little research has examined the ways that Latinx adolescents might use rasquache forms ofexpression to empower them in their engineering design activities. Even less research has beenconducted on how the assets of Latinx students contribute to the diversification of engineeringepistemologies and to form critically conscious engineers. In this paper, we present whatinvolves Rasquache forms of expression and how it can contribute to a more asset-basedapproach to the teaching

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Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Matthew Walker, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

groundsdoes the accumulation of some threshold number of points constitute mastery of the topic athand? Is such a numerical marker valuable to a learner in reflecting on their progress andaccumulated knowledge? The broad answer to such questions is that points are largely arbitrary,varying wildly in meaning across institutions, courses, or even across assignments.Trends in pedagogy have shifted strongly in the direction of more experiential, authentic learningactivities such as project-based and active learning. As the nature of the classroom activity haschanged, important questions have been raised about the efficacy of traditional grading schemes.Separation has been observed between course objectives and assessment practices, and theability of the

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Energy Efficiency and Power Grid Security

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Dylan Kollmer; Saroj K Biswas, Temple University; Li Bai, Temple University; Arif I. Sarwat, Florida International University; Walid Saad, Virginia Tech

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electrical engineering. He is currently finishing up his Master’s thesis and works at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division. He can be contacted at: james.kollmer@temple.eduDr. Saroj K Biswas, Temple University Saroj Biswas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University specializing in electrical machines and power systems, multimedia tutoring, and control and optimization of dynamic systems. He has been the principle investigator of a project for the development of an intelligent tutoring shell that allows instructors create their own web-based tutoring system. His current research focuses on security of cyber-physical systems based on multiagent framework with applications to the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Jackson, University of Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

numerical heat transfer, fluids, and magnetohydrodynamic simulations and facilitating undergraduate students to engage in similar projects. He is also focused on the implementation of engineering freshman design experiences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Study of Voluntary Problem Sets on Student Interest, Motivation, and PerformanceAbstractVarious types of course assignments are often structured with different learning goals in mind.Homework assignments are designed to provide students with the necessary practice to honeskills, quizzes are designed to make sure students stay current with course topics, and exams aredesigned to allow students to

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy

andenterprises. We should stimulate further the activity of trainings for talents combiningindustries and schools, give full play to the important role of industrial resources in thetraining for talents with engineering technologies, establish and improve the talent trainingsystem integrating both industries and education and promote the comprehensive and deepcollaboration between universities and enterprises in the faculty team, curriculum module,practice base, major projects, key laboratories, etc. Five, continue to optimize and update the resources of engineering talent training andpromote the opening and sharing of high-quality educational resources. We should activelyadapt to the new challenges and new requirements for the development of the

Conference Session

Design in the BME curriculum

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Yssels; Marina Crowder; Ozcan Gulacar, University of California, Davis; Jennifer H. Choi, University of California, Davis

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Biomedical Engineering

students are faced with solving an open-ended design problem, there may be specific partsof this practice that students either do not understand, do not implement correctly, or do notknow to attempt when solving open-ended design problems. Several studies have investigatedhow first year undergraduate engineering students in particular, approach design problemsolving, and their interpretation and knowledge of engineering design [4-7]. These studies usedvarious methods to evaluate students’ design thinking including pre- and post-tests associatedwith group design projects in a classroom setting [4], pre- and post-essay response critiques oftwo design plans [5], gender differences in students’ attempts to evaluate design factors [6], andshort essay

Conference Session

The Evolving Classroom

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Sharon L. Beaudry, Oregon Institute of Technology; Aja Bettencourt-McCarthy, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

practiceclasses that allow participants to incorporate the model elements into their own classes, teach,and receive rich feedback. While retaining these key elements was important, the coordinators ofthe OTET workshop quickly discovered that the conduct of the ETW over the years was equallyvaluable, including the use of group seating, 4-person teams, mentors, a dedicated logisticscoordinator, a workshop content coordinator, and dedicated financial support.Development of the workshop involved identifying workshop coordinators, seminar presenters,and group mentors, with only one person who had attended ETW prior. The content andframework for the ETW provided an excellent model that was relatively easily modified. Thechallenges and benefits of this project

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors

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Mechanical Engineering

, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004[12] Le, X., & Moazed, A. R., & Duva, A. W., “The Design Projects for the Simulation-Based Design Course,” 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2016[13] Hagigat, C., “Using Commercially Available Finite Element Software For Fatigue Analysis,” 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 2005[14] Brown, A.O., Rencis, J.J., Jensen, D.A., Chen, C.C., Ibrahim, E., Labay, V., and Schimpf, P., "Finite Element Learning Modules for Undergraduate Engineering Topics using Commercial Software,” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008.[15] Brown, A. O., & Rencis, J. J., & Jensen, D. D., & Schimpf, P. H., &

Conference Session

Cognitive Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University; Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University; Chitra R. Nayak, Tuskegee University; Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, and he currently leads an NSF-funded informal science education project exploring digital makerspaces and participatory teaching in international collaborations. Dr. Hamilton is co-PI for an NSF- funded IUSE project based at Tuskegee University, blending digital tools with advances in the learning sciences to improve undergraduate engineering education. He has also led the NSF-funded Distributed Learning and Collaboration symposium series in Shanghai, Singapore and Germany. Dr. Hamilton came to Pepperdine from the US Air Force Academy, where he was a research professor and director of the Cen- ter for Research on Teaching and Learning. Prior to that, he held was a member of the US government’s senior executive

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Modeling, Inquiry, Engineering Literacy & Argumentation

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University; Christina Marie Sias, Utah State University; Ashley R. Strong; Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Jorge Americo Acosta Feliz, Utah State University; Sandra Weingart

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Pre-College Engineering Education

thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. ReferencesAgell, L., Soria, V., & Carrió, M. (2015). Using role play to debate animal testing. Journal of Biological Education, 49, 309-321.Basche, A., Genareo, V., Leshem, A., Kissell, A., & Pauley, J. (2016). Engaging middle school students through locally focused environmental science project-based learning. Natural Sciences Education, 45, 1-10.Borrego, M., Foster, M. J., & Froyd, J. E. (2014). Systematic literature reviews in engineering education and other developing interdisciplinary fields. Journal of Engineering Education, 103, 45-76.Buciarelli, L. L. (1994). Designing

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, King Saud University; Hamed Dhafi Alsharari, Saudi Elecrtonic University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

year (153 of the total61,800 women graduating in the class of 2011 nationwide) [25], it’s no surprise that there arecurrently very few jobs available for women engineers in Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, literaturenot only shows that Saudi women are interested in engineering, but the fact that segregation isenforced in schools can be a reason why women may succeed more in engineering than in theUS or the UK [4], [36]. Some women who have recently earned engineering degrees fromoutside the country via the “Program of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques” for foreignscholarships represent the first generation of women engineers to get hired in different privatesector engineering jobs and projects. Fresh graduate Saudi women engineers

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Douglas E. Melton, Kern Family Foundation

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #22826Beyond Problem Solving to Creating Value: A Priority for Engineering Edu-catorsDr. William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bill Kline is Professor of Engineering Management and Associate Dean of Innovation at Rose-Hulman. His teaching and professional interests include systems engineering, quality, manufacturing systems, in- novation, and entrepreneurship. As Associate Dean, he directs the Branam Innovation Center which houses campus competition teams, maker club, and projects. He is currently an associate with IOI Partners, a consulting venture focused on innovation tools and systems

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Problem Solving, Adaptive Expertise, and Social Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University; Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Iowa State University; Renee Fleming; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University; Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Bora Cetin, Iowa State University; Paige Taylor

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Educational Research and Methods

solving approaches employed by students, academics and practicing professionals in anattempt to determine if students are developing the necessary skills to tackle ill-structuredproblems. To accomplish this, an ill-structured problem is developed, which will later be used todetermine, based on analysis of oral and written responses of participants in semi-structuredinterviews, attributes of the gap between student, faculty, and professional approaches to ill-structured problem solving. Based on the results of this analysis, we will identify what pedagogicalapproaches may limit and help students’ abilities to develop fully-formed solutions to ill-structuredproblems.This project is currently ongoing. This work-in-progress paper will present the

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Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horst Brandes P.E., University of Hawaii; Joe D. Manous Jr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Remember Comprehend Apply Analyze Synthesize Evaluate1. Mathematics UG UG UG PG2. Natural Sciences UG UG UG PG3. Social Sciences UG UG UG4. Humanities UG UG UG5. Materials Science UG UG UG6. Engineering UG UG UG UG Mechanics7. Exper. Methods UG UG UG PG and Data Analysis8. Critical Thinking UG UG UG ME ME & Problem Solving9. Project UG UG UG ME Management10

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan C. Rice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; Ashu Guru, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Caprianna N. Keeler; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Paper ID #23664Comparison of Game-based Learning and Traditional Lecture Approachesto Improve Student Engagement and Knowledge Transfer in STEM Educa-tionNathan C. Rice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln I am a masters student at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln majoring in Biological Systems Engineer- ing. My assistantship project focuses on developing an educational immersive simulation game to educate youth on the corn-water-energy-beef nexus and systems thinking.Dr. Ashu Guru, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Guru is a computer scientist and educational researcher who focuses on curriculum development in both

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith P.E., University of Virginia; Andrew Jason Hill, University of Southern Indiana; Tom McDonald, University of Southern Indiana

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

learning.IntroductionIt has long been recognized that engineers need strong communication skills in addition to strongtechnical skills.1, 2 Engineers typically take a sequence of composition and rhetoric courses dur-ing the freshmen year. These courses are followed by other writing experiences more technical innature, including formal reports in laboratory courses and writing associated with the capstone de-sign experience. Many creative attempts have been made to improve writing frequency and qualityin academic programs. One example is the PITCH (Project to Integrate Technical Communica-tion Habits) initiative at the University of New Haven.3 The goal is to develop communicationskills (written, oral, and visual) and professional habits in engineering students

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas, El Paso

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Leadership program covering engineering designand engineering entrepreneurship [1]. These are junior-level, project-based courses withLean Launchpad [2], [3] and I-Corps [4] as principal inspirations for their curriculum anddelivery. But while our students learned a great deal about product-market fit, design, andbusiness models, the course lacked content that provided direct learning about thestudents’ aspirations, professional growth, career planning.We realized that it might be possible to fill this gap by applying the courses’lessons ofdesign and entrepreneurship to each student’s own professional self. In a sense, eachstudent would be her or his own people group. To this end, we integrated design thinkingabout the students’ own lives into the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Frary, Boise State University

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Materials

think is going to beespecially difficult because they don’t think that their hard work will help them succeed. Incontrast, students with a growth mindset might appreciate the learning opportunities that awell-structured but difficult class offers.The purpose of this project was to first determine the mindset of MSE 308 students and then todetermine if their mindsets can be shifted away from a fixed mindset and toward a growthmindset. There were two research questions this project sought to address based on the plannedinterventions, (1) will those students with a more fixed mindset adopt more of a growth mindset?and (2) will students’ attitudes about their own abilities in what are perceived to be difficultclasses change?Method

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ethan Clark Hilton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Myela A Paige, Georgia Institute of Technology; Blake Williford, Sketch Recognition Lab; Wayne Li, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, the class wasrestructured using the backward design approach7,9. The curriculum was developed to includeinstruction on the interpretation and development of both hand drawing and the use of CADprograms. This included drawing in 2D, and Isometric (see Figure 1a) by hand using tools suchas grid paper and straight edges. This coursework occupied the majority of the first five weeks ofthe course. The remainder of the course focused on computer-generated methods and includedtwo projects requiring the use of a CAD program: one of a 2D schematic and one of a 3Dmodel7. For the remainder of the paper, this version of the class will be referred to as the“Traditional” version, as it is built off of topics traditionally taught in engineering graphics

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Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Libraries

the quality of help provided to them by librarians during those consultations,and what they found useful about face-to-face consultations despite there being online helpavailable to them6. They found that students desired consultations for several different reasons,ranging from a lack of knowledge of how to begin their research to ensuring they have optimizedthe use of the available resources. Their projects ranged from very simple to multidimensional andcomplex. Prior to the consultations, several students had encountered hurdles while attempting toindependently perform their research. Some of them were frustrated that their searches wereinaccurate and they could not find relevant materials.Students were helped in selecting databases

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Palm IV, Roger Williams University; Nicole Martino, Roger Williams University; Benjamin D McPheron, Roger Williams University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

participants have already completed approximately 20 internships andsummer research projects, most of them paid. Students interned with organizations such as theU.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, and theMystic Aquarium. Most of the research experiences were with RWU faculty, supported by avariety of grants. Several students have presented their work at academic conferences.Program assessment is conducted by the PIs and focuses on: academic performance (GPA),retention in a STEM major, progress through the major (credits accumulated), graduation, post-graduate outcomes (STEM careers or graduate study), and impact on underrepresented studentenrollments in STEM majors at RWU. Secondary metrics used for