Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Aero and Mechanical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Elizabeth Chambers, The Cooper Union; Sergio Anibal Rodriguez, The Cooper Union; Robert Michael Walsh, The Cooper Union; David Wootton, Cooper Union

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Diversity

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

approximately $375, making it alow-cost solution to a typically expensive experiment. This experimental rig has become aresearch platform in The Cooper Union’s Automotive Lab with uses in various courses and highschool level STEM outreach programs.MotivationThe initial motivation for this experiment came from the ME160 Engineering Experimentationcourse at The Cooper Union. Engineering Experimentation places emphasis on “data collectionand statistical reduction, computational methods, and written and oral presentation skills”1. Thecourse grading relies significantly on a student’s ability to design, manufacture, implement, andpresent the results of a final experiment. The experiment itself was left open ended, allowing thegroups of three to four

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University; Jerry Dwyer, George Washington University; Sonya E. Sherrod, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

.1 Regarding student motivation, it is important for minority studentsto have role models to inspire them and for students to be exposed to STEM subjects early andcontinuously.7 It is also helpful for students to be surrounded by a community of STEMprofessionals.1 Although Active STEM does not aim to replicate or validate the programs of theNMSI, the key factors of student engagement, motivation, and exposure to STEM subjects werecentral to Active STEM’s design.Other sources in the literature have attempted to highlight factors specific to these minoritygroups that may deter interest in STEM. Two primary factors for both black and Hispanicstudents are a lack of financial support and poor academic preparation. Hispanic students, inparticular

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Six Sigma, Data Modeling, and Risk Management

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Tabibzadeh, California State University, Northridge; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

into various courses offered as part ofthe engineering management program at the California State University, Northridge.What is Risk?The term “risk” refers to potential problems or issues that could arise and adversely impact theprogress or outcome of a project.1 Risk is a part of every project and is usually associated withadverse outcomes; hence, it is generally perceived as negative or an adverse effect.2,3 For thepurpose of this paper, the authors would like to define risk as the product of probability of an eventoccurring and the consequence of occurrence.3,4 Thus, when evaluating risk, engineering or projectmanagers should think of both the probability of how often this negative outcome could occur andalso evaluate that if the risk were

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karthik Sukumar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Zheng Zhou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James L. Mohler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Design Graphics

.  The participants for the study were sampled from a 100-level Construction Graphics course at auniversity. Before sampling the participants for this study, 191 students from the course wereadministered the 30-minute version of the PSVT, which contained all three sections. Based ontheir performance, the individuals who scored the maximum and minimum on the test wereselected for this study. Initially, the researchers had decided to select 10 high spatial abilityindividuals, and 5 low spatial ability individuals. However, due to unavailability of participants,7 high spatial ability individuals and 1 low spatial ability individual participated in the study.  The instrument used for testing was the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test. There

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Twila Ortiz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea R Pluckebaum, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Leah H. Jamieson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

organization and work teams…” [1, p. 3] It further connects collegiate activities tooverall well-being. Gallup-Purdue defines well-being as, “the interaction and interdependencybetween many aspects of life such as finding fulfillment in daily work and interactions, havingstrong social relationships and access to the resources people need, feeling financially secure,being physically healthy, and taking part in a true community.” [1, p. 4] When a person isengaged at work and her well-being is thriving, that employee is more productive, one of anumber of positive outcomes an employer would be thrilled to see in all employees. Page 26.722.2If it is widely

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Gajdzik, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and a middle school mathematics teacher at a Title 1 school in Waco, TX.Dr. Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University Dr. Johannes Strobel is Director, Educational Outreach Programs and Associate Professor, Engineering & Education at Texas A&M, College Station. He received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Information Science & Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri. His research/teaching focuses on engineering as an innovation in pK-12 education, policy of STEM education, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering, engineering ’habits of mind’ and empathy and care in engi- neering. He has published more than 140 journal articles and proceedings papers in

Conference Session

Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

actively seek classes and instructors in which to easily earn “A” gradesand the advent of internet resources is making the search easier for students13,14.At the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, beginning in the Fall 2014, the transcript willinclude (1) the student’s grade, (2) the median grade of classmates, (3) and the number of studentin the class15,16. The additional information on the transcript shows the student’s performancerelative to their peers. The proposed contextual grading is expected to place the “spotlight” oncourses with high grade distributions. Transcripts typically have the semester and cumulativeGrade Point Average (GPA). It will now show the student’s Schedule Point Average (SPA)which is the average grade for the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Catherine D. McGough, Clemson University; Michelle Cook

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

/graduate education programs, a paid teaching internship program for currentSTEM undergraduates was created at our institution. This program currently places studentswith secondary STEM teachers to observe, assist and finally teach under supervision. The highnumber of applicants and the competitive applicant pool (similar to demographics, GPA andbackground reported for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) applications) led tothe following research questions: (1) How do STEM students’ perceptions of their presentactivities and future goals relate to their desire to gain teaching experience? (2) To what extentdo STEM students applying for teaching internships feel that they belong in their current STEMmajor? (3) How do these students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

of ideation in design is to generate design solutions that have the potential for furtherdevelopment. Having many diverse ideas increases the potential for successful design outcomesby increasing the number of possibilities available during concept evaluation and selectionphases. How do we define the problems that would allow for the most diverse solution space?The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how different contexts impacted thevariety of solutions generated within the solution space, by a diverse group of students. In thisexploratory case study, we report on (1) how we identified a set of design problems with diversecontexts appropriate for students with varied backgrounds, and (2) how we explored the impactof these

Conference Session

ECCD Applications in Energy and Thermodynamics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Zabihian, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

that of the thermal energy at the lower temperature. Based onthe first law of thermodynamics, 1 kJ of electricity, chemical energy of fuel, thermal energy at500°C, and thermal energy at 50°C are basically equal. But in reality their economic values arenot the same. Therefore, it is vital to find a methodology to evaluate thermal systems not onlybased on the amount of energy conversion but also the actual value of energy. This approach iscalled exergy.Introduction When the author took Thermodynamics I and II courses as an undergraduate student about 20years ago, the topic of exergy analysis, also known as the availability analysis or the second lawof thermodynamics analysis, was not a part of the syllabus. In fact, when the author asked

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 4: The Best of the All: FPD Best Papers

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Genevieve Hoffart, University of Calgary; Nicole Lynn Larson, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Matthew James Walter McLarnon, University of Western Ontario; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Bill Rosehart, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

conflict profilesWhile this ideal pattern of TC, RC, and PC has found little support in the literature, it is likelydue to the lack of experimental research clearly testing the complexity perspective. Accordingly,the aforementioned inter-department collaboration revealed evidence for the existence of stable,complex conflict profile structures. Specifically, four team conflict profiles were identifiedthrough latent profile analysis, which were defined by distinct patterns of TC, RC and PC (seeFigure 1). Accordingly, the four emerging profiles were labeled for ease of reference as the‘ideal’, the ‘runner up’, the ‘could be worse’, and the ‘ineffective’. While the profiles thatemerged from a latent profile analysis are referenced, the complex

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert S Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan L. York, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

wide variety of students, of course centered around technology, butfostering the “creative collisions” that lead to taking innovations to the next step.1 Infrastructureincludes the requisite 3D Printers and similar tools for early physical ideation, but also“hackable” hardware which can link computer-controlled systems to users (e.g. Oculus Rift, aMyo Armband, a NeuroSky Brainwave Kit, Leap Motion Controller, Arduinos, Android & iOS-based hardware, etc). Fundamentally, Innovation Sandbox is a clubhouse where students acrossall majors and academic levels can meet to explore modern technology and apply it to extremelybroad topics. Any development beyond early exploration and play is better served in othercampus machine shops and laboratories

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Kjolsing P.E., University of California, San Diego; Yael Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students have yet to be exposed to, is difficult. This task is exacerbated if studentsfeel lost in the concepts and become disengaged. Several earthquake engineering modulescapitalizing on the use of a low-cost, commercially available instructional shake table (developedby the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation; see Figure 1) have been developed toaddress these issues. In each module concepts are broken down to their fundamental levels andpresented to students through a combination of lectures, videos, peer instruction, in-classdemonstrations, and construction based projects to increase student comprehension. The modulesgoals are to build the students’ knowledge base through interactive activities, generateexcitement about engineering

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry L. Meyers, Youngstown State University; Gregory Warren Bucks, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen A Harper, The Ohio State University; Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Multi-Institutional Evaluation of Engineering Discipline SelectionAbstractDuring the fall of 2014, a quantitative study of first-year engineering student discipline selectionwas conducted at four dissimilar institutions in the Midwest: (1) an Urban Public, (2) a Private,(3) a Large Land Grant, and (4) a Large Urban. At all four institutions, an on-line survey wasconducted at the start and at the end of the semester. The questions related to how interestedstudents are in engineering (as compared to other academic majors), how certain they are thatengineering is the best field of study for them, which discipline of engineering they are mostinterested in studying, and how certain they are of that

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Lin Hartmann P.E., Iowa State University; Clinton Stephens, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

programs are (1) Civil, (2)Construction, and (3) Engineering Management and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.1Due to the work and influence of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), civilengineering and construction engineering programs lead the effort with regard to explicitidentification of the need for leadership in the ABET Program Criteria. As the governing bodyfor the civil engineering and construction engineering, ASCE continues to highlight the need forcivil engineers to possess technical and professional skills. In two key publications, The Visionfor Civil Engineering in 20252 and the second edition of the ASCE Body of Knowledge4, alsoknown as BOK2, ASCE has offered strong rationale for the need of leadership development

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet L. de Grazia, University of Colorado, Boulder; Garret Nicodemus, University of Colorado Boulder; Katherine Page McDanel, Dept of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder; Michelle Medlin, University of Colorado

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

www.LearnChemE.com • Preparation of more than 100 interactive screencasts, which allow students to select answers to conceptual questions and receive corresponding feedback. • Improving the organization of both the website and the screencasts on YouTube.Screencasts Screencasts are short screen captures, usually of a tablet PC screen, with narration by aninstructor; their average length is less than seven minutes. They can be used by faculty to replaceor supplement material presented in class, or they can be used by students for self-study.1, 2Screencasts are inherently interactive because students use them at their own pace; they canpause, rewind, or skip sections.To further increase theirinteractivity, we

Conference Session

Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghassan T Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University; Michael J Dutko

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Engineering Technology

importantly the processrequires constant monitoring of the blood units that are out of the refrigeration for a periodexceeding 30 min which is mandated by the FDA as a round about time that the blood willspoil6. However, the staff are very busy and often overlook and lose track of how long aparticular blood unit is out of the refrigerator. This causes the blood to go beyond a temperaturewindow of 1- 6 oC mandated by the FDA6 and the blood unit must be disposed of. The hospitalestimated that this lack of control results in a loss of tens of thousands of dollars each year, andthey believe that an automated tracking system for the blood units requiring minimum staffintervention could alert medical staff to place the blood unit back in the refrigerator

Conference Session

Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kailash M. Bafna, Western Michigan University

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

students who are nowin college—better known as the millennial students. These students have some uniquecharacteristics which make it difficult for them to derive maximum benefits from the traditionalclassroom lectures of 50 to 75 minutes duration. Research suggests Millennials prefer a varietyof active learning methods. When they are not interested in something, their attention quicklyshifts elsewhere. Interestingly, many of the components of their ideal learning environment—less lecture, use of multimedia, collaborating with peers—are some of the same techniquesresearch has shown to be effective.1 This indicates that the typical “chapter” format of lecturesshould be modified into smaller “learning units”, each unit being a small topic related to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Regional Center is to address the demonstrated high demand forrenewable energy technicians in southern and central California as a multi-Countyconsortium. The current four year grant has allowed the Center to complete objectives infive areas: 1) the development and refinement of modular in-class, on-line, and hybridrenewable energy curricula integrated into degree pathways concentrating on the areas ofwind and solar photovoltaic and thermal technologies and energy efficiency andmanagement that are tied to industry skills standards and certifications; 2) developmentand implementation of a technical teacher professional development program inrenewable energy which will allow community college, high school teachers, andindustry professionals

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Table 1.The mathematical model dimension encompasses the assessment of (1) the quality of thesolution in terms of how well it addresses the complexity of the problem and accounts for alldata provided, and (2) the use of rationales to support the solution method. The root of thisdimension is assessing how good the procedure is at providing a solution to the specific problembeing given. Does the procedure do what it is explicitly required to do? This dimension of theMEA Rubric contains 3 items and an overall dimension scoreThe re-usability/modifiability dimension consists of two inter-related but subtly differentconcepts. The re-usability aspect focuses on the quality of the solution in terms of how easily itcan be used by the client in new but

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-based Learning in Environmental Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maeghan Marie Brundrett, Texas Tech University; Dylan Christenson, Texas Tech University; Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Kevin A. Nguyen, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

sections, with a total of students 47 overall.The surveyed course is a 1 hour credit, junior/senior level Introduction to EnvironmentalEngineering laboratory (CE 3171) course taken concurrently with the 3 hour credit Introductionto Environmental Engineering lecture (CE 3309) course. Students in the laboratory are junior orseniors in the civil engineering degree program who are concentrating their studies in structural,geotechnical, construction or transportation engineering. Students concentrating inenvironmental engineering are not required to take the Introduction to EnvironmentalEngineering laboratory as similar, more advanced lab courses are taken later in their curriculum

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Clive L. Dym, Harvey Mudd College; Lori Bassman, Harvey Mudd College

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Mechanics

theconnections between solid and fluid mechanics by developing a spectrum of material behavior,as shown in Figure 1. This spectrum has the limiting behavior of Hookean solids and Newtonianfluids at its extremes, and all the complexities of “real” engineering materials, includingnonlinearity and viscoelasticity, in between. Students can thus recognize the extremes of thespectrum as representing idealizations (rather than the “norm,” as they might expect after twotraditional courses in “strength of materials” and “fluid mechanics”), and can see that thespectrum itself is continuous, explicitly connecting the various behaviors addressed in the course.This perspective is particularly valuable for students interested in biological applications, as thecomplex

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Patrick Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

 at  their  own  and  two  collaborating  institutions.  We  are  studying  changes  in  students’  conceptual  learning  as  a  result  of  participation  in  this  program,  and  are  building  a  repository  of  accurate,  engaging  videos  for  thermodynamics  learning  that  will  ultimately  be  shared  with  other  instructors  and  the  public.    Background  and  Methods    This  work  is  a  component  of  a  broader  study  between  three  institutions  that  seek  to  evaluate  the  effect  of  video  generation  and  viewing  on  student  understanding  of  several  thermodynamics  concepts:  1)  Entropy  and  the  Second  Law,  2)  Reversibility,  3)  Steady  State  vs  Equilibrium,  4)  Internal  Energy  vs  Enthalpy,  and  5

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Scott Marshall II, The University of Texas at Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

of concepts was measured. Additionally, the effect of word familiarity and the number of definitions of word were investigated for their effect on the quantity of concepts generated. It was found that the Analogy Seeded Mind-Map method allowed students to generate a large number of concepts in a relatively short amount of time with only brief introduction and explanation of the method.1. Introduction and Motivation Innovation is often a primary goal during the engineering design process. Various concept generation techniques exist to help designers develop innovative solutions. Techniques such as Brainstorming, 6-3-5/C-sketch and TRIZ8, are widely used in the engineering classroom environment. Brainstorming and 6-3-5/C-sketch require the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Celine Manoosingh, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, enrollment in the department is 541, with Civil Engineering at 279 students enrolled, andConstruction Management with an enrollment of 262. Table 1 shows the freshman, sophomore, junior andsenior fall populations as of November 2014.Table 1: CECM population as of November 2014On average, in 2012 and 2013 there was an average 12% female students across both programs. Page 26.268.3Strategy for TransformationAfter identifing the need to attract more women to engineering, the department underwent several facultydriven internal reviews to determine what areas could be improved that would create a department with aculture that welcomed and recruited women and groomed for professional practice . The results of thisevaluation identified

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine D. McGough, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno; Courtney June Faber, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

Figure 1: FTP Cone Types. The Sugar Cone category representsstudents with both a defined ideal future career and matching realistic future career. Sugar Conestudents are able to connect the future to present tasks, and present tasks back to their future.Waffle Cone students had conflicting ideal future careers and realistic future careers. The WaffleCone FTP differs from the Sugar Cone in that the Waffle Cone FTP does not have expressedoutcomes from these desired future careers. Cake Cones had limited expressions of the future,with no desired future career defined6. Figure 1: FTP Cone Types6Past research also shows that students’ perceptions of engineering problems can be driven bythese FTPs. Sugar Cone

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Learning Outcomes and Assessment

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso

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Systems Engineering

toappreciate the central role of engineering in all facets of modern life. The civil engineering ideasdisseminated by the Structures course are vital to STEM majors and students majoring in thehumanities and social sciences alike, because civil engineers design and build the systems thatgive us shelter (buildings), enable transportation (roads, bridges, ports), and bring us water andpower (dams, reservoirs). In addition to ensuring the content was accessible to all students, thefaculty utilized evidenced-based teaching practices with the aim of enhancing students’ cognitionand affect, as well as addressing retention and overall student satisfaction4.Three research questions guided the evaluation: (1) As reported by the students, to what extentdid the

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

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Computing & Information Technology

graduation. These relate to the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire asthey progress through the program1. Criterion 3 of computing programs includes a set of ninegeneral outcomes that all computing baccalaureate graduates should possess. The nine generalstudent outcomes of computing programs along with two additional computer science outcomesare listed in Table 1. One aspect of the enhanced ABET criteria (2000) in engineering andtechnology is “an understanding of professional responsibility”. In “Embedding ABET’s studentoutcomes for professional skills” section we will walk through ABET’s four professional skillscommunication, teamwork, ethics and contemporary issues, and professional development(previously known as lifelong

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University; Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Mo Rastgaar, Michigan Technological University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

through the use of co-roboticplatforms, in broadening and sustaining student engagement in STEM. The paper presents aweek-long residential STEM learning curriculum designed and implemented to introducestudents to hands-on engineering. The week-long program has been offered for middle schoollevel students, and its effectiveness has been studied. Pre and post surveys have beenconducted to study the impact of the experience in increasing students’ interest in roboticsand engineering. The results of this study show that co-robotic activities increased students’awareness about the role of engineering in protecting the environment and improving humanlife.1. IntroductionScience teachers across the nation have to find innovative ways to incorporate the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guannan Liu, Purdue University - West Lafayette; DeLean Tolbert Smith, Purdue University - West Lafayette; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Anirudh Roshan Sriram, Purdue University - West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University - West Lafayette

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Design in Engineering Education

usedthat information for design or mathematical purposes. The results of this investigation show thateach student has a unique approach to acquire and utilize information. In addition to what isalready known about information gathering, this study contributes additional insights into theways that first-year engineering students acquire, evaluate and utilize quantitative informationand its role in the overall quality of the final design solution.1. IntroductionThis manuscript presents a Work in Progress study that investigates quantitative informationacquisition and utilization by First-Year engineering students. Engineering work and engineeringcoursework are characterized by both engineering sciences (where mathematics often plays alarge role) and