Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

development activities with anindustry focus were most effective. We conclude the paper by identifying practical andtheoretical implications for engineering educators, student life professionals, engineering deansand student engagement researchers.Context: Engineering leadership education reformNorth American faculties of engineering have been encouraged by national academies andaccreditation boards to integrate leadership development into their programing since the mid2000s 1-6. The US-based National Academy of Engineering (NAE) published a call for educationreform in 2004—The Engineer of 2020, which encouraged engineering educators to complementtheir strong technical curricula with professional skills development 4. Five years later,Engineers

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Orner, University of South Florida; Christine Prouty, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton, University of South Florida; Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida; Matthew E. Verbyla, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Community Engagement Division

Engineering Course Through a Critical Review over its Offerings Orner, K. , Prouty, C. , Naughton, C. , Manser, N. , Verbyla, M. , Trotz, M. and Mihelcic, J.R. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 University of South Florida Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1AbstractThe Sustainable Development Engineering course has evolved over its seven offerings at aresearch university in which interdisciplinary groups of graduate students engage in criticalthinking, problem solving, and collaborate with community partners. Students provide on-siteskilled labor, multi-media presentations, and project proposals for the community; in

Conference Session

Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Graves P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Young Hwan Chun, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brock E. Barry P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanics

Page 26.1741.2that carryover from one course to the next is unreliable at best. This is especially true over thesummer and is particularly challenging for most students transitioning from statics tointroductory mechanics. The work described in this paper was undertaken to quantify the extentof that deterioration of knowledge and to attempt to establish linkages between that deteriorationas it relates to both past and future performance.With that in mind, the authors have developed two basic research questions about the statics andmechanics sequence at the United States Military Academy, which is very similar to theprograms of instruction at other institutions: 1. Do students retain sufficient mastery of the basic material to enable effective

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee Oz, Salt Lake Community College; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Brandon Lewis Walker; Christopher F. Thompson, Salt Lake Community College

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Graduate Studies

ability for efficient BTEXdegradation without requiring additional nutrients (e.g. glucose) for more than 1 year.” (Shim etal., 2002, p. 1) The ph-level remained neutral, indicating that conditions were stable and acid-intermediates were not forming. An additional buffer was not required during this process(Berenjian et al., 2012). As an alternative to the use of bacteria, Ahmed and Song (2011) testedthe yeast strain Candida tropicalis as a means of VOC elimination. Their results indicated that C.tropicalis is capable of removing gaseous toluene.When it comes to pursuing research in chemical engineering the student author (Aimee Oz)wants to focus on air quality and pollution control from being encouraged to read about VOCs.After she’s

Conference Session

Maker Spaces within the University

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Forest, Georgia Institute of Technology; Helena Hashemi Farzaneh, Institute of Product Development, Technical University of Munich; Julian Weinmann, Munich University of Technology; Udo Lindemann, Technical University of Munich

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Design in Engineering Education

enables hands-on learning in education:Prototypes unlock cognitive association mechanisms related to visualization, prior experience,and interpersonal communication in ways that favor iterative learning between peers in theproduct development community.1 For engineers, idea-generation and prototyping can becombined through hands-on activities.2 Makerspaces empower their users to develop, build andtest physical prototypes. A prototype serves as a milestone and can be used in various stages ofthe development process to improve communication and learning within a group or organization.It is also an important part of project-centered education and relevant for engineering education.Fisher3 states that makerspaces “fill a variety of needs within an

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

continue to be under-represented infaculties of engineering and engineering workplaces [1-4], a disparity that intensifies at eachstage of an engineers’ career [5, 6]. Our primary objective in this paper is to examine anunexpected finding emerging from our study of engineering leadership—the significant over-representation of men in engineers’ identification of exemplary leaders. We explore twopossible explanations for this finding—individual women’s disinterest in leadership andstructural constraints limiting their rise. We use a post-hoc statistical analysis to examine theformer and a focused literature review to generate hypotheses about the latter.MethodologyData for this paper was drawn from larger study on engineering leadership driven by

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard PE, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

, masters, anddoctoral levels with instructional opportunities in and out of the classroom. Practitionerengagement (e.g. agencies, consultants, contractors, material suppliers, private laboratories) hasbeen a key component of this process, and is the focus of this paper. Practitioner involvement is:1) important to the educational process; 2) not always easy to obtain; 3) not always easy toeffectively utilize; 4) a key to the presence or absence of balance; and 5) debated amongsteducation literature. Key items that resonate through this paper are the student opportunitiescreated by balance, and how practitioners fit into this balance.Industry and agency collaboration concepts are nothing new and are discussed in literature1-5.The amount or extent of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Ann He, University of Rochester; Amy L Lerner, University of Rochester

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Biomedical

estimations, and the use of significant figures. At the college level, the learningobjectives include application of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to conduct sensitivity analyses and toquantify the statistical significance in the observed effects.High School LevelMethods Evaluation of our high school teaching model was conducted over two days with 28 high schoolstudents from the Upward Bound program at our university (Figure 1). The 60 minute module focused oncalculating the required force of the biceps muscle to hold up an apple at 90 degrees. Instruction beganwith a 10-15 minute lecture that introduced uncertainty, elbow biomechanics, anatomy, momentcalculations, and the use of significant figures. The active learning component involved

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Reeves, National University; Brian Arnold, National University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. The goal was to engage online students as well as onsite students inthe multidisciplinary course content that included mechanical engineering, electrical engineering,and thermodynamics. Analysis showed that the multidisciplinary course was very successfulsince the average teaching assessment scores (on a scale of 1-5, where 1 is poor and 5 isexcellent) for both course modes were very high, 4.15/5 for onsite courses and 4.30/5 for onlinecourses.IntroductionAs the number of online courses increases1, student engagement remains critical to studentpersistence 2-6 especially in multidisciplinary classes where there are a variety of student majorswith a multitude of student learning goals. Student engagement increases when students are ableto

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Bowling, University of Texas, Arlington; Ashley Guy; Frasier Jones, University of Texas, Arlington; Maria Adamuti-Trache, University of Texas, Arlington

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Mechanical Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Faculty-Coached, Team-Based, In-Class, Problem Solving in a Systematic Approach Toward Undergraduate Dynamics Abstract This paper describes a new tool in active and participative learning that effectively teaches theory and practice in undergraduate dynamics using in-class problem solving. The proposed approach treats the entire class as a team while ensuring that all students participate in the problem-solving exercise. This approach addresses three key compo- nents that are known to be effective techniques in teaching and learning: 1) student engagement, 2) affective pedagogy, and 3) class

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 5: Supporting Student Transition

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Dayana Rivas, University of California, Irvine; Analia E. Rao, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

-awareness, academic success and retention,motivation, and access for students who are academically talented but may face additionalbarriers related to accessing resources, materials, courses, and programs for preparing students forpostsecondary education. In recognition of the need for, and effectiveness of, summer bridgeprograms, they are prevalent throughout postsecondary institutions, and their effectiveness andchallenges have been studied [1].Summer bridge programs can motivate students while preparing them for their future studies.Research has been done to study how a summer bridge program impacts students’motivation-related perceptions, and how those perceptions vary across different groups ofstudents [2]. A two-week residential summer bridge

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Calle Müller, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor P.E., Florida International University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

ofgreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Natural disasters further exacerbate this impact by causingwidespread destruction, resulting in material waste, increased resource consumption, andemissions during reconstruction. Therefore, achieving environmental improvement andpromoting sustainable construction practices, including circular construction and life-cycleassessments (LCAs), is critical for reducing the industry’s environmental footprint and fosteringa more responsible built environment. To achieve sustainability goals in the constructionindustry, it is essential to equip the future construction workforce with knowledge and skillsrelated to sustainable construction practices. The goals of this study are to (1) understand theimpact of natural disasters

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 5: BYOE (Bring Your Own Experiment): Innovative Tools and Techniques for Experiential Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Scott Krongold, University of Melbourne; Gavin Buskes, The University of Melbourne

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

BYOE: A Multidisciplinary DIY Speaker Design ProjectIntroductionProject-Based Learning (PBL) is a key instructional method that engages students by havingthem tackle real-world problems through collaborative projects [1]. In engineering education,PBL not only integrates theoretical knowledge with practical application but also fosters criticalskills such as collaboration, communication, and innovation. Research indicates that PBL is aneffective pedagogical approach in engineering education [2] and is an ideal pedagogy to employat the first-year, general engineering level, to develop these essential skills early on.In the first year at the University of Melbourne (Australia), students interested in engineeringtake foundational science courses

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 12

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Larry Peel PE, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; Selinda Martinez, Laredo College; Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Yi Ren, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Antonio Guadalupe Carranza III, Laredo College

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

, through research and external evaluation, and as publication support. Most of his work is completed for Minority-Serving Institutions and he publishes regarding findings on a regular basis.Selinda Martinez, Laredo CollegeYan Xu, Del Mar CollegeYi Ren, Texas A&M University - KingsvilleDr. Antonio Guadalupe Carranza III, Laredo College ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Comparative Analysis of the Impacts on Students’ Interests in STEM through Implementation of Different Types of Learning ModulesAbstract With STEM jobs increasing by about 10% over the last few years, it is expected that“demand for skilled technologists will exceed the number of qualified applicants by 1 million

Conference Session

ME Division 12: Innovative Approaches to Thermodynamics

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hongbo Nie, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ke Tang, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

award a full score of 5 points for participation, with an extra1 bonus point given to students who ranked in the top 50% of the participants. The effectivenessof this rubric in fostering active participation and encouraging greater effort on the pollingquestions is also discussed in this paper.IntroductionStudent engagement has been recognized as an essential factor in promoting academicachievement [1] and has gained a lot of research interest [2]. Gamification is one of the popularapproaches to student engagement and can be described as the incorporation of game designelements into nongame environments to engage individuals and promote desired behaviors [3, 4].Computer-based technologies are widely involved to support gamification in education

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

education classes take a case study approach. This paper will describe the implementation of this hybrid GE/senior project course and will present the assessment of the first year of this program’s implementation. Introduction In January 2013, the California State University Board of Trustees mandated that, unless excepted, undergraduate degree programs, including engineering degrees, be limited to 120 units. Title 5 § 40508 [1] states that “[a]s of the fall term of the 2014-2015 academic year, no baccalaureate degree programs shall extend the unit requirement beyond 120 semester units…” This mandate and short timeline for implementation necessitated swift action for proposals to be submitted and approved via campus curriculum committees and

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua C. Palmer, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale; Kenneth D. Birchler, Southern Illinois University; Joseph David Narusis, Southern Illinois University; Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale; Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

“Degree”, “Minor”, “Certificate”, “Coursework”, and“Other”. These categorizes were operationalized with the following definitions and provided tosurvey participants.1. Degree - A program that offers a degree in Engineering/Technical Leadership or a closelyrelated field.2. Minor - A program that offers a minor in Engineering/Technical Leadership or a closelyrelated field.2. Certificate - A program that offers a certificate in Engineering/Technical Leadership uponcompletion.4. Coursework - A program that offers coursework not part of a degree/minor/certificate inEngineering/Technical Leadership Program.5. Other - Please select other if your program type does not fit into the categories listed above.Selecting other will allow you to provide

Conference Session

Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Jose Perez-Vargas, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Wadson C Phanord, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

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Mechanics

exams. The first CI that became widely deployed was the Force Concept Inventory (FCI)1,developed to study the conceptual knowledge in basic mechanics among physics students. Sincethen, dozens of CI’s have been deployed in various branches of engineering and science,including by organized efforts with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation2.However, efforts to perpetually deploy and collect data from CI’s have proven difficult tosustain3. In Engineering Mechanics, the two most widely deployed CI’s are the ConceptAssessment Tool for Statics (CATS), originally named the Statics Concept Inventory (SCI)4, andthe Dynamics Concept Inventory (DCI)5,6. At least two independent efforts to create a conceptinventory for Mechanics of

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California - Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

outcomes from previoussections of ENL/LIN/UWP 106, I synthesized a set of common, top-level Course LearningOutcomes (CLOs) to serve as scaffolding for an experimental offering of 106 standard as 106STEM. Here are the six resulting top-level CLOs: • CLO #1: know the parts of speech (“noun,” “verb,” “adjective,” etc.) and basic sentence structures (“Subject – Verb Intransitive” and “Subject – Verb Transitive – Object,” etc.). • CLO #2: know advanced sentence structures, such as compound, complex, compound- complex, questions, passive vs. active structure. • CLO #3: know how to parse sentences into sentence constituents (individual words) that are ordered, arranged, and labeled using tree diagrams

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Fleming Ph.D., National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 SUCCESS FACTORS FOR MINORITIES IN ENGINEERS: ANALYSIS OF FOCUS GROUP MINI-SURVEYSJacqueline Fleming, National Action Council for Minorities in EngineeringAbstractFocus group conversations were previously reported for minority students from elevenengineering schools.1 This study describes the analysis of a mini-survey administered during thefocus group sessions in order to augment group discussions which can be dominated by strongpersonalities thereby skewing the results. One hundred and forty-four students, comprised of51.4% African American, 36.8% Hispanic, and11.8% of Other ethnicities, completed three open-ended questions on: how they became interested in

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University

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Electrical and Computer

emphasizesengineering design, systems thinking, and sustainability3,4,5.The engineering program curriculum is represented graphically in Figure 1. This programintegrates a liberal arts general education core with courses in mathematics, engineering science,engineering design, business, systems analysis, and sustainability. Skill development, beginningin the freshman year, is blended with engineering design theory and engineering scienceconcepts throughout the program. A design curriculum, comprised of six courses, is includedthroughout years two through four of the program, providing students with opportunities to applyscience, management, and liberal arts education to a variety of complex, ill-defined problemsthat incorporate customer needs alongside

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Thomas Koehler, University of California - Riverside

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

 various examples and implementations through several one­on­one interactions. One­on­one interactions help facilitate a great teaching environment, and are often utilized to teach students about programming misconceptions and errors in an introductory programming course. The repetitive nature of a substantial portion of these interactions makes them a prime candidate for improving scalability through automation.  Automated assessment of programming exercises is often utilized to bridge the scalability gap. However, the open­ended nature of programming assignments can lead to (1) misguided automatic feedback, (2) a disconnection between an errant student solution and proper advice, (3) a complete lack of advice due to the student not understanding

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Best Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

that are multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary,general, and/or integrative in nature [1]. This was based on the conviction that to be equipped forprofessional work in the 21st century, engineering students require curricula that provide breadthbeyond what might be available within traditional disciplinary engineering programs [2], [3]. Asthe knowledge bases related to engineering analysis and design within traditional disciplinescontinue to grow, while the amount of space available in a 4-year bachelor's degree programremains the same, engineering programs are challenged to balance the desire for disciplinarydepth with the desire for interdisciplinary breadth. Breadth in technical as well as non-technicalsubjects can be pursued within the

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 7B

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Richard Eugene Vallejo Jr, University of California, San Diego; Changkai Chen, University of California, San Diego; Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego; Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego; Marko Lubarda, University of California, San Diego; Celeste Pilegard, University of California, San Diego; Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

week: on Tuesday and Thursday, the class meets for an 80-minute lecturetaught by a professor, where new concepts were introduced; on Friday, the class met for a 50-50-minute-long discussion session, which was led by a Teaching Assistants (TA), whereproblem-solving about same week’s content was practiced. There were two 50-minute longquizzes, one in week 3, one in week 8, and a 3-hour long final exam. The Intervention The course-integrated learning strategies intervention was introduced to students in thename of the “Learn Smart” program. A program introduction lecture was given in week 4(lecture 9) after quiz 1. Then, a series of supplemental learning strategy training materials andassignments were given throughout the rest of

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Maher Shehadi

as heat sinks for electronics devices and used as channels aswell. Heat exchangers effectiveness increases while reducing the dimensions and weight of themwhen associated with heat exchangers. There are different shapes for fins such as rectangular,trapezoidal, and pin. Each one has its own cons and pros.[1] studied heat transfer performance of circular tubes having six internal longitudinal fins underturbulent and steady flow conditions. The study found significant heat transfer enhancement forthe tube with internal fins. [2] conducted a numerical study for steady, laminar heat transfer forpipes having 4-identical fins along their longitudinal axes and subjected to constant heat flux. Proceedings of the 2019 Conference for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Outreach and Early Transdisciplinary Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Society of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), and a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of India. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Grand Challenges Video Competition - A Project Learning Tool in a Cross-Disciplinary ClassAbstract In 2007, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) began working with a marketingcompany to rebrand engineering and better communicate the importance of engineering to thepublic and potential future engineers. The resulting messages were 1) Engineers are creativeproblem solvers, 2) Engineers make a world

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental & Research-to-Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

assessment for measuring elementary students’ engineering skills andunderstanding-in-use. Finally, we describe the time needed to score the assessments, and discussits utility for larger-scale research studies.IntroductionThe Next Generation Science Standards[1] calls for all American students to learn engineering inaddition to science in grades K-12. The NGSS places particular emphasis on students learningengineering practices and an understanding of engineering design. At the earliest grades, childrenlearn about engineering as solving problems that people want solved. “Emphasis is on thinkingthrough the needs or goals that need to be met, and which solutions best meet those needs andgoals” [1 Appendix I]. Throughout elementary school, students

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

program’s goal has been to provide a quality program thatmeets accreditation standards while providing the students with a skill set that allows them tosucceed in computing careers. The curriculum content for the Computer Science degree is basedon the 2008 ACM Curriculum Report. The Computer Science degree at UVU is accredited byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2002 and currently has morethan 850 students. The program also has an advisory board comprised of representatives of localindustry who assist in aligning the program to industry needs and helping to acquire industrysupport and resources.Table 1 and 2 shows the enrollment and graduation trends in the Computer Science program. Ascan be seen from the tables, the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yeow Siow, University of Illinois Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

the curriculum.The approach presented herein consists of two parts: tactile and software. In part one, studentsare tasked with sculpting a p-v-T surface using any foodstuffs and bringing the completedsculpture to the following class. In part two, a CAD model is to be created and subsequentlyimported into a freely-available scientific visualization tool, with the best submitted modelselected for 3-D printing. Page 26.938.3Figure 1 below illustrates the process. It begins with adjusting the grading scale to accommodatethe projects. For this project-based approach to succeed, the course syllabus must be modified bythe instructor such that the

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Pratik Dilip Desai; Ryan Van Deest; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Computers in Education

attitudes towards independent designs via exposures tomodern technologies like 3D printing and PSoC (Programmable System-on-Chip) programming,was achieved. The following workshop students’ outcomes: (1) an ability to successfully designand 3D-print an object that is a part of an assembly; (2) an ability to successfully wire/solderLEDs and sensors to a PSoC, and (3) an ability to successfully program a PSoC as demonstratedby creating a smart lamp were also met as substantiated by pre- and post-tests, attitudequestionnaires, and informal short interviews with participating students.Introduction Computer and 3D-printing revolutions are in full swing. As a result, the need forengineers educated in both of these technologies is increasing. The