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Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

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Graduate Studies

programs are non-thesis Masters Programs, with only a few requiring a capstone project. Although not conclusivefrom this data we can see that in general, the graduate degree programs offered in logistics &transportation have a heavy focus on workplace readiness by encouraging interaction withrelevant corporations and by helping working professionals to further advance their careers in thelogistics & transportation fields.IntroductionUS domination in manufacturing in the 1980s were declining steadily until recently due to themass outsourcing of US products and services to overseas countries (see figure 1). On the otherhand the logistics transportation sector is booming in the US (see table 1) [1]. Even though massoutsourcing is blamed for

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CAPSTONE (SENIOR) DESIGN AND UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew H. Rosenthal, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Yan Tang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

demonstrate how acollegiate design competition could effectively motivate and engage students. The paper explainsthe design challenges, the design process, examples of the design work, and the students’performance evaluation.BackgroundFinding appropriate projects for capstone design courses has never been an easy task [1, 2]. Agood capstone design project should not only equip students with essential design skills but alsoneed to fit in the budget constraints and the time constraints of a two-semester course. Becauseof small number of senior students and limited resources and experiences, it is even morechallenging for a new and small program like the Mechanical Engineering (ME) program atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University which was established in

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SDR & Programming in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiping Zhang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University

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Electrical and Computer

participatinginstitutions (including a Historically Black College), the developed SDR based signal detectionand RF parameter estimation platform will be integrated in undergraduate curricula of all threeinstitutions. 1. IntroductionWe are living in a world of wireless communication and networking. More than 90% of the USpopulation use wireless services such as cell phones and WiFi every day [1][2]. Consequently,communication and networking has increasingly become an important part of modern electricalengineering and computer science/engineering curricula [3]. In our previous National ScienceFoundation (NSF) funded Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) project“Evolvable wireless laboratory design and implementation for enhancing undergraduate

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Engineering Physics Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Mohajeri, DeVry University, Pomona , CA , 91768

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

the state of the particle at the given potential and kineticenergy. It is not a simple algebraic equation. It is a linear partial differential equation thatstudents know how to solve, given that they have taken required Calculus courses.Time – Independent Equation4:Recall from Last year paper1 that Time – Independent Schrodinger equation is obtained directlyfrom the applying De Broglie principle to a wave equation:From the very basic classical mechanics, General Physics I Class students already know theWork – Kinetic Energy Theory: 𝑊 = ∆𝑘 = −∆𝑈 (1)and at the same time for all conservative Forces we have: 𝜕𝑢

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

activities are described in detail in this section. The associated circuit layouts are shown inFigure 1. The example output involves the production of light, sound, and motion that are relatedto the operation of everyday devices, e.g. telephone, appliances, and toys. a) b) Figure 1. a) Flashing LED Circuit with Buzzer Output; b) Switching Circuit with Motor OutputA. Activity: Flashing LEDLight emitting diodes (LEDs) are used in several products as indicators to let the user know thatsomething is happening, such as the device is on. The 555 timer outputs a 3-Hz square wave thatcauses an LED to flash at a rate of 3 flashes per second while power is applied. This activity hasthree parts: 1) base circuit

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sahid Linés Rosado Lausell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jana Sebestik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; George Reese, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Adam Poetzel, University of Illinois

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

,engineering and math (STEM) fields over the last several years. Nationally, some positive trendshave been observed, but a significant race/ethnicity gap still remains. While engineeringbachelor’s degrees grew by 6% from 2013 to 2014, degrees to Hispanic students increased byonly 0.8% and those awarded to African American students decreased by 0.8%1. Moreover,while African American and Latino workers represent 29% of the general workforce, theyrepresent only 15% of the computing workforce, and 12% of the engineering workforce2. Notonly does this lack of diversity in the STEM workforce place African American andHispanics/Latinos(as) at a disadvantage, it also gives way to a very homogeneous environment,which could be disadvantageous for those who take

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janna Rodriguez, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University; Qu Jin, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Registrar at Stanford University. She is also a member of the research team in the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter). Helen earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her PhD in Communication with a minor in Psychology from Stanford University in 1998. Her current research interests include: 1) engineering and entrepreneurship education; 2) the pedagogy of ePortfolios and reflective practice in higher education; and 3) reimagining the traditional academic transcript.Dr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design and education related classes at

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Faculty Development II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Nadelson, Utah State University; Kimberly Kristine Hardy, Boise State University; Dazhi Yang, Boise State University

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Educational Research and Methods

expressed are those of theauthors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science FoundationReferences[1] Shah, J. Y., & Gardner, W. L. (Eds.). (2008). Handbook of motivation science. New York, NY: Guilford Press.[2] Chen, G., Gully, S. M., Whiteman, J. A., & Kilcullen, R. N. (2000). Examination of relationships among trait- like individual differences, state-like individual differences, and learning performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(6), 835-847.[3] Mowrer, O. H. (1939). A stimulus-response analysis of anxiety and its role as a reinforcing agent. Psychological Review, 46(6), 553-565.[4] Pintrich, P. R. (1999). The role of motivation in promoting and sustaining self-regulated learning. International

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K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Shultz, Drexel University; Daniel Edward Ueda, GRASP Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

growing job markets in the world. Despite this increase in jobs, however, only 16% ofhigh school students are proficient in mathematics and interested in pursuing STEM careers.1 Ifthis trend continues, the National Math and Science Initiative estimates that by 2018, the US maybe short up to three million high-skilled workers.2One example of a rapidly growing STEM field is cybersecurity. As more and more sensitiveinformation is stored in online databases, ensuring the security of this information is ofparamount importance. In fact, protecting credit card numbers, private communications, andother personal data has been named one of the National Academy of Engineering’s 14Engineering Grand Challenges.3 While the vast majority of high school students

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Online Teaching

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omaima Almatrafi, George Mason University; Khondkar Islam; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Karthik Nagappan, George Mason University; Aref Modanlu, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

system, and determine their relation with studentperformance. The number of times the material was accessed and the time durationspent on assessments are some of the examples of the data that were included in thestudy. The results show that there is a correlation between students’ use ofBlackboard and student performance. We found a significant statistical differencebetween course grades of the face-to-face and distance learning sections. We didnot find any evidence for significant difference across a range of demographicfactors.1. IntroductionOver the years, as the available technologies and student demographics [6] havechanged, higher education institutions have begun offering more and more distanceeducation (DE) classes to their students

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ECCD Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ulan Dakeev, University of Michigan, Flint; Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

energy producers from wind. However,current level of efficiencies of small-scale wind turbines have limited the use of wind turbines asthey are not economically feasible. Polar vortex in 20131 proved that wind turbines can becomecost beneficial during unexpected energy demands. Additionally, rise in wind energy productionthroughout the United States made USA as the world leader in wind power production 1.However, many turbines do not always operate at their maximum efficiency. This could be dueto a number of factors including the wind turbine blade design. In previous studies researcherswere able to increase wind power output by 40-60% 4 by designing a shrouding system that couldamplify incoming wind velocity. The Equation below shows that

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

correct and expand the technical content.Industry professionals were identified with experience that spanned the topics of the Engaged inThermodynamics material. Secondly, the paper will discuss the current year’s activity ofexploring innovative and creative uses of the Engaged in Thermodynamics material.Engineering educators are being recruited to create case studies of how the material can be usedwith different pedagogical approaches. Examples of possible case studies will be presented inthe paper; such as flipped classroom use and problem based learning.I. History of the ProjectThe Engaged in Thermodynamics project was originally supported in 2005 by a NSF-CCLIPhase 1 grant with the purpose of improving student engagement in thermodynamics and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James L. Huff, Harding University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kavitha Durga Ramane; William G Graziano, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

interviewing a broader base of students (around 20-30) andapplying a more deductive strategy to analyzing common themes, based on the inductivefindings of the first two studies.Summary of FindingsThe first phase of the investigation has produced robust and nuanced understanding of students’engineering identity trajectories throughout and beyond the curriculum. Detailed descriptions ofthese themes may be found elsewhere1. Specifically, the following 7 psychological themes werefound for male participants in the first study: 1) Becoming more of an engineer: Feeling the responsibility and credibility that comes with identifying as an engineer. 2) Questioning the engineering-self: Contending with increased levels insecurity about competence

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Optimizing Student Team Skill Development using Evidence-Based StrategiesIntroductionDetermining when and how students learn team skills, and why some students fail to do so,requires complex experimental research and documentation of individual student outcomes. Thisresearch requires large numbers of teams and multi-level analysis and is not easy to do, yetrecent research shows promise. A recent study showed that students who used a consistent on-line peer evaluation system (a proprietary system at a Canadian university) had higher peerratings on a subsequent team than students with similar team experiences who had not used thepeer evaluation system.1

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; David Jonathan Woehr; Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Development using Evidence-Based StrategiesIntroductionDetermining when and how students learn team skills, and why some students fail to do so,requires complex experimental research and documentation of individual student outcomes. Thisresearch requires large numbers of teams and multi-level analysis and is not easy to do, yetrecent research shows promise. A recent study showed that students who used a consistent on-line peer evaluation system (a proprietary system at a Canadian university) had higher peerratings on a subsequent team than students with similar team experiences who had not used thepeer evaluation system.1 Another study showed that peer evaluations made students aware ofhow their peers perceive

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

first-semester course which has three mainobjectives: (1) to prepare students for the rigor of future engineering classes; (2) to providestudents with a solid foundation of basic engineering skills; and (3) to introduce students to thedifferent engineering majors available at Clemson and possible career options. In Fall 2014, theGE program enrolled 1215 new freshman and 177 new transfer students1.Promoting problem solving development in first year engineering courses is critical to ensuringstudents’ transition successfully into upper-division courses and ultimately to a practicingengineer2. Innovative approaches to teaching problem solving skills have the potential ofappealing to a broader range of students in engineering3. “Traditional

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roelof Harm deVries P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Randy Dean Kelley P.E., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Mechanics

materials, and how materialsrespond to loads. A typical textbook and course that teaches solid mechanics presents insequence a variety of loading conditions, including the calculation of stresses associated withthose loading conditions. For example, Beer et al.1 presents pure shear, axial loading, torsionshear, and bending in that order. Problems and examples are presented within each chapter.This means that, as students are learning the appropriate equations for calculating stress, they donot need to consider what type of load is being applied. If they are learning about torsion shear,it is given that the load is a torsion load, and that they will use the equation 𝑇𝑐

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Concepts and Conceptual Knowledge

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren Suzanne Wallace; Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

be reflected in the different types of resourcesprevalent within these “worlds.” The research described in this paper aims to deepen insight ofengineering concept representation, description, and usage in academia and practice (i.e. theworkplace).Two specific issues guided the use of roundabout design as the medium for analyzing conceptuse, representation, and description: 1) roundabouts are specific transportation design facilities emerging in use and design within the United States, and 2) the design of roundabouts served as the larger context for an ongoing case study exploring concept use, representation, and interpretation in engineering activity and interactions.The application of roundabouts as a

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental: K-12 Student Beliefs, Motivation, and Self Efficacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Rebecca Primeau, University of Arizona; Noel Kathleen Hennessey, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

) and male (n=873) high school studentresponses. Specifically, we explored the landscape of female ENGR 102 HS high school studentself-efficacy in engineering to include attitudes towards failure, and mindset. Resultsdemonstrated that female ENGR 102 HS students possessed a significantly lower engineeringself-efficacy than male students. With respect to mindset and fear of failure, male and femalestudents showed no statically significant difference.1. IntroductionDespite attention to improving student engineering self-efficacy, high school and universityengineering programs still struggle to attract and retain women into the engineering degreepipeline. Treatments such as female mentorship programs, all girls afterschool STEM programs,women’s

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Paul A. Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical

Phenomena Course by Incorporating Simulation and Laboratory ExperiencesIntroductionWhile biomedical engineering/bioengineering curriculums vary, sometimes greatly, betweeninstitutions, transport phenomena is required in over 70% of ABET accredited programs1. Theapplication of transport phenomena (momentum, heat, and mass) is extensive in the biomedicalfield, and understanding the interactions between phenomena allows for enhanced design andoptimization of devices and sensors. For instance, Roche Diagnostics utilized COMSOL, amultiphysics software package, to optimize their glucometer test strip design; two simulationswere performed: (1) a simulation combining enzyme and electrode kinetics to predict the sensorresponse to different direct

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Multidisciplinary Effects on Student Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doanh Van, Union University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Assessment Through Performance Indicators1. IntroductionAll engineering programs have the same minimal set of student outcomes which are widelyknown as outcomes a-k by ABET currently.1Although these outcomes are subject to changes inthe near future,2documenting the assessments of these outcomes is key to the compliance ofcriterion 3 for the accreditation of the Program.For many years, our own system of assessing student outcomes produced acceptable results butin inconsistent manners because of its high degree of subjectivity (D.O.S) which depends largelyon the definition of the rubrics and the users of the rubrics as shown in Table 1 below. Table 1: Scoring Rubrics of student outcomes Score

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Make It!

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William H. Heeter, Porter High School Engineering Dept.; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Jun Zou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

“cutting a jig” on the dance floor! For example, Babolat has developed asmart racquet that uses piezoelectric sensors along with accelerometers and gyroscopes toprovide game performance feedback to the player via smart phone7. Figure 1. Babolat Pure Drive Play tennis racquet with smart phone.Learning Objectives: After this lesson, students should be able to (a) describe the piezoelectriceffect, (b) describe the reverse piezoelectric effect, (c) discuss engineering and technologicaladvancements made by piezoelectric materials, and (d) generate ideas on how to harvest energyusing piezoelectric materialsVocabulary / Definitions Word Definition Current is actually the

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Works in Progress: Innovation Through Propagation

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

the 21st century has been built squarely oninformation, communications, and computational technology (ICCT). In this WIP, we explorehow ICCT impacts the way that engineering is learned with the goal of establishing a researchagenda for propagating the effective use of ICCT in engineering education. We seek to informaction and generate conversation amongst administrators, instructors, researchers, and students.We can approach this goal from two broad perspectives. First, ICCT has fundamentally changedengineering practice by supporting discovery, collaboration, and innovation processes.1 Intandem, learning technologies promise to provide an unprecedented opportunity to improveinstruction, provide adaptive learning, and foster increased access

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PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heather Noel Fedesco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cary Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

gains were quantitatively assessed by comparing quiz and final exam scores forthree semesters (1 pre-flip and 2 post-flip). To maintain some element of consistency across thecourse transformation, a comprehensive, multiple-choice final exam has served to providequantitative metrics on which the course improvement can be gaged. In addition, quiz questionsremained relatively similar across semesters. One-way ANOVAs revealed a statically significantdifference on quiz performance, with post-flip students performing better than those in pre-flipsemesters. In addition, students in the final iteration of the course transformation significantlyoutperformed previous students on final exams by about 7%.Taken together, the numbers suggest that the process

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bryndol Sones; Frank Wattenberg

for student learning and assessment, and Physics Education Research(PER) has emerged as a research field at many universities [1, 2]. This philosophical change inthe way teachers think about student learning has been accompanied by new classroomtechnologies that included video analysis techniques, student response cards (clickers), and arobust suite of sensors that bring classrooms and laboratories to life with the ease of plug-and-play data acquisition. PASCO Systems is one such sensor suite adopted at West Point in itsintroductory physics and math courses. In the context of studying a vertical spring-mass system,a motion sensor that uses the echo of ultrasonic sound off of the bottom of the mass is a Proceedings of

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Gong, ECE Department of Temple University ; Brian P. Butz, Temple University; Saroj K Biswas, Temple University; Li Bai, Temple University; Daniel J Douglas, Temple University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

because of safetyissues, expenses, and lack of qualified teaching assistants. This paper presents the planning anddevelopment of a web-based application that can simulate a virtual laboratory for electricmachines. This Virtual Power Laboratory 1 (VPL) is developed on a universal web-basedplatform that can be accessed anywhere by most mobile devices and modern computers. As aproof of concept, nine virtual experiments have been developed for DC motors and generators.Machine concepts are summarized using text, 2D and 3D graphics as well as multimediaanimation. The animated graphical user interface (GUI) plays an important role as it enablesstudents to review and retain basic concepts by building a bridge from the virtual environment tothe real

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Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

the next version of the tool.1 IntroductionIt seems a contradiction in terms. How can conflict even coexist with cooperation, let alone be thedriver of cooperative learning? Piaget’s classic work 1 on children’s learning provides the answer. Itshows that cognitive conflict arising from differences between different learners’ understanding ofimportant concepts, and the exploration and possible resolution of these differences by having thelearners engage in critical discussion with each other, can be a powerful force in driving students’learning and in helping them develop deep understanding. The key question that our work tries toaddress is, can we develop an approach based on the idea of cognitive conflict driving cooperativelearning

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Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura E. LeMire, The Community College of Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

scholarship recipients (15%) have not transferred or graduated from Page 26.793.3CCBC and are not taking classes in Spring 2015.IntroductionThe need for college graduates with technology degrees, particularly in Information Technology(IT), Networking Technology (including Information Systems Security) (NT), EngineeringTechnology (ET) and Multimedia Technology (MMT) continues to grow. According to TheGeorgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, STEM will be one of the fastestgrowing occupations through 2020 with a 26% increase in employment in each category,creating 2.6 million job vacancies over the decade.1 The largest increases are

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Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, [and] collaborative learning.”1 Faculty at FloridaGulf Coast University (FGCU) set out to improve their gateway course to the engineeringcurriculum, a one-credit hour course common across three of the four programs within the U. A.Whitaker College of Engineering, being mindful not only of including identified high impacteducational practices, but also incorporating the University’s upcoming 5-year QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP), which focuses on “improving student learning in relation to Writing,Critical Thinking, and Information Literacy.”b The result of these efforts is a course with anemphasis on the development of information literacy, teamwork, and communication skills,focusing on engineering innovations related to the Grand Challenges

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas G Schmucker, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, andthe context of professional practice and design. Driven perhaps more directly by local stakeholders in the program, the new direction inherently aligned with the national vision expressedby ASCE in early draft versions of ASCE’s Body of Knowledge 11 (BOK1) and ASCE’s Policy4652. Although developed independently of BOK 1 and its second edition (BOK 2)3, theimplementation of the curricular changes and improvements tracked closely to that of the ASCEvision. (To avoid unnecessary delineation between BOK 1 and BOK 2, this paper refershereafter to them collectively as the BOK, being more specific only as needed.)Table 1 illustrates how a three course sequence in the CvEEN program contributes towardsBOK-related outcomes. This paper is predominantly