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Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suhas Xavier, Arizona State University; Christian Murphy, Arizona State University; Kevin A Gary, Arizona State University

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platform is a web-based integration platform(Figure 1) composed of two subsystems, each with its own user-facing components. The primarycomponent, CAssess (short for Continuous Assessment), provides features for 1) integrating datastreams from open tool APIs, 2) performing basic statistical analysis, and 3) displayingvisualizations and notifications to students and instructors. The second and supporting system iscalled Nicest (Nicely Integrating Complex Education Software Together), and has primarilyresponsibilities for user and team management, and for provisioning the various tools beingintegrated into CAssess, again via open APIs. In this section we briefly describe each of thesecomponents and how they integrate to provide feedback and ensure

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Jeremi S London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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/schoolculture, administrative structures, and instrument development over a multi-year period. Forexample, the unit of analysis of capturing culture is very different from the unit of analysis of anindividual faculty member or an administrative structure. The corresponding research questions,as outlined below, span the educational ecosystem of students, faculty, classroom, and school.! 1.! What influence do faculty development programs and administrative changes have on the teaching practices of engineering faculty? 2.! What types of administrative structures lead to a supportive ecosystem to realize change? 3.! What is the culture of the TPS faculty, and how does the culture evolve in response to our RED activities? 4.! What

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Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Roger Haase, University of Cincinnati

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nanotechnology was improved, and that they would bebetter equipped to field questions that visitors to the museum might have.Due to the positive response from attendees, a second event was scheduled on a related topic:The origins of atomic theory. This presentation had a similar goal to the first: provide museumvolunteers and staff with a foundational understanding of the topic, which would in turn allowthem to improve the understanding of visitors. After this presentation, attendees were asked tocomplete a short survey about the presentation; the survey questions, and aggregated responses,can be seen in Figure 1. The survey was developed using well documented principles for Likertstyle surveys34,35,36,37,38, though due to its short length some

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bijan Bayat Mokhtari; Ethan Wong; Aidan Murphy; Andy S. Zhang; Fritzpatrick Roque; Iem Heng

: Cognitivelearning,experientialandcooperativelearning,hands-onlearning.1. IntroductionOne of the oblems pr that many engineering technology students face whelooking for their first engineering job is: Do you have relevant experiEmployers prefer graduates with relevant experience to those without Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

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theuniversity and visited the local STEM high school for girls. The Women in TechnologySymposium also featured female student researchers who gave oral poster presentations. Inaddition, to keep students involved and motived in the technology field, a series of workshops,mentoring, and professional development seminars were incorporated for ongoing studentengagement. Background: The need to improve diversity in STEMDuring the last several decades, there has been a growing public consensus that it is vital toprepare a qualified STEM workforce that will generate a profound impact on the nation’seconomy and prosperity 1. Even though the total percentage of undergraduate studentspursuing STEM degrees in the U.S. has moderately increased

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Technology-Related Educational Research

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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opportunity tolearn compared in-class discussions. We present a summary of the survey results, along with thetheoretical underpinnings of the approach and some details of the prototype implementation. Wealso present our design for the next set of experiments with the CONSIDER tool.1 IntroductionThe type of conflicts of opinions and the ensuing argumentation seen in the broader public spherewould make it difficult for one to imagine that any type of conflict could ever be collaborative, letalone a driver of effective learning. But researchers in learning sciences have been studying whatAndriessen 1 calls collaborative argumentation, which “can help students learn to think criticallyand independently about important issues and contested values

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Practices in K-12 Engineering Education Curriculum

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College; Pamela L.B. Clark, PLB Clark Consulting LLC

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Future35. In “Sustainability Education in K-12 Classrooms”, Church and Keltondescribe similar outcomes as critical to global sustainability36. These include: 1. Taking a global perspective, including a recognition that issues, people, and places are interconnected 2. Understanding how systems operate 3. Thinking critically and making informed decisionsAlthough not explicit within our final learning outcomes, environmental engineering and otherSTEM concepts were a critical component of each module and throughout the framework of thecamp. Incorporating STEM disciplines enabled us to best promote an understanding ofsustainable living practices.ASEE 2016, K12 & Precollege Engineering Division Citrin, R.A, Kney, A.D., &

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Capstone Design Courses I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa M. Del Torto, Northwestern University; Bruce Ankenman, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Northwestern University; Trevor Harty, Northwestern University; Penny L. Hirsch, Northwestern University

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Communication (formerly Engineering Design and Communication), a course co-taught by faculty from engineering and writing in which all first-year engineering students work on real design projects for real clients. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Exploring Interdisciplinary Design in Relation to Workplace Success and Campus CommunityIntroduction and Research QuestionsAnswering calls from industry and government, engineering design programs have proliferatedin colleges over the last 20 years 1-7, with design being introduced as early as the first year andnow even being integrated into K-12 STEM education 8,9. Commonly defined as a systematicand intelligent problem

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Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qin Ma, Walla Walla University; Louie L. Yaw, Walla Walla University

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successfully commercialized engineering tool. FEM as a CAE tool and its adoptioninto the undergraduate engineering curricula has become prominent especially in mechanicalengineering (ME) curriculum. The significance and development of FEM in ME undergraduatecurriculum has been addressed as early as in the 1980s.[1-4] Due to the fast development ofcomputer capacities and user-friendly commercialized FE programs, FEM has become wellestablished with time[4-7] .Most recently, efforts have been made to include the FEM into teaching methodologies in low Page 26.776.2level undergraduate courses [8-11] such as statics and mechanics of materials. For such low

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E Morris, Portland State University; Jack C. Straton, Portland State University; Lisa H Weasel, Portland State University

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. She is the co-editor of the anthology Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation (Routledge 2001) and author of the book Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food (Amacom 2009). She is currently Co-PI on a Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) grant from the National Science Foundation. Page 26.1182.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Nanotechnology Courses for General Education James Morris1), Peter Moeck2), Lisa Weasel3), and Jack Straton2) 1) Department of Electrical and

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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Education, 2015 No Lab? No Shop? No Problem: Intentional Design of a First Year Engineering Learning Center with Enlightening OutcomesAbstractIn Fall 2013, the First Year Engineering Program at Northeastern University opened a new 1600ft2 Learning Center that was designed to provide first-year engineering students with: (1) acollaborative teaching and learning space that fosters communication, teamwork, applied activelearning and self-directed learning, (2) a dedicated workshop setting with accessible hand toolsto facilitate their hands-on design projects, (3) a central office and meeting location in which toengage with their first-year instructors for office hours, extra help and advising, and (4) anacademic resource and community

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruth Rodríguez-Gallegos, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Rafael Ernesto Bourguet-Diaz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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InternationalStudent Assessment (PISA) [1] states the need to train people with the future skills such asmathematical literacy. PISA [1] defines mathematical literacy as the capacity to identify, tounderstand, and to engage in mathematics and to make well-founded judgments about the rolethat mathematics plays, as needed for an individual’s current and future private life, occupationallife, social life with peers and relatives, and life as a constructive, concerned, and reflectivecitizen. Subsequently, more specific studies [2] [3] aimed at a very specific population, futureengineers, have made explicit the prevailing need for the basic individual education taking intoaccount the fact that they should develop generic skills that complement and reinforce the

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Spatial Visualization Within Engineering Design Graphics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wilhelm Alex Friess, University of Maine; Eric L. Martin, University of Maine; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University

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to conventional drawing standards.Figure 1. Semester project for control group section Components are assigned so that they, and/or the resulting engineering drawings,reinforce recently taught concepts. In the same manner, the topic of assembly modelingoccurs when the radial engine’s components are ready to be assembled (Figure 1).The modified approach: the geometric design section While initial familiarization with the modeling environment and feature creationcontinues to be based on modeling exercises and tutorials, the geometric design modulesintroduce a step change in the software use. In contrast to the traditional modeling mode,where the students’ principal challenge is using the software to create the given model

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Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Heather Marie Sapp, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

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, leading to possible persistenceissues.MotivationIf our goal is to educate students to be prepared for the workplace, then we as instructors need tobe supportive of all student effort, knowing that failure is an ever-present part of the designprocess.1 One method of increasing support is by incorporating formative feedback into majorassignments, similar to how design reviews are conducted in the real world. In this way,descriptions of various modes of student failure are replaced with constructive messagesdescribing areas for improvement in the assignments, which can then lead to increased studentself-satisfaction through successful project completion. However, simply repurposing an analyticrubric from summative to formative use does not

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University; Elisabeth Maria Wultsch, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Peter R Turner, Clarkson University; Michael W. Ramsdell, Physics Dept. Clarkson University; Robert Prout Jaspersohn, Clarkson University

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University, where he received his master’s degree, also in Physics. He received his bachelor’s degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in Astronomy, in 2006. Page 26.967.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Innovating Engineering Curriculum for First-Year RetentionAbstractAn ongoing effort to improve retention rates for first- and second-year engineering students atClarkson University has resulted in the modernization of the curriculum including 1) the design,development, and rollout of a new course that emphasizes the links between engineering andsociety for

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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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the College ofEngineering, so the curriculum for Fall 2015 was heavily influenced by feedback andobservations from the previous year of this course offering. The three instructors collaborativelydesigned the curriculum the summer prior to the class. Table I shows a summary of the activitiesand topics that were included in each week:   Table 1. ENGR 101 Weekly Course Activities and Topics Week Activity Week 1 Welcome and introductions; engineering design cycle team activity Week 2 Engineering discipline presentation Week 3 Industry career panel Week 4 Global perspectives in engineering role playing activity

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Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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ensure that students understand the impact of engineering projects on society aswell as the social contexts within which they operate, to develop confidence in the students’ability to solve problems, to help the students function successfully and comfortably in aprofessional engineering environment, and to understand and appreciate what it means to be aprofessional engineerService learning has been shown to do this while also providing an experience that is bothfulfilling and enlightening [1-2]. Many engineering students are overwhelmed by the workloadof the engineering curriculum, and are not stimulated by the course materials. Some studentslack the maturity or experience to understand how the engineering curriculum will be of value tothem in

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Roberta S Cohen, Stevens Institute of Technology; Nicholas S Bowen, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems and Enterprises)

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strategy, leading large teams, and talent development. Nick has led and contributed to many critical projects including saving the mainframe business, taking AIX/Power to the #1 UNIX position, establishing Linux servers in the enterprise market, and was on the team that built the first Bladed architecture for the general purpose x86 market. Nick received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Vermont. Nick has been on the advisory boards of many engineering schools including Florida International Uni- versity, North Carolina State University, University

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Influencing the Next (Third!) Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen J. Ressler, Education Consultant; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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licensure.1 The three IEA agreements governingaccreditation are the Washington Accord, for engineering programs; the Sydney Accord, forbaccalaureate-level engineering technology programs; and the Dublin Accord, for associate-levelengineering technician programs.2 All three accords—also known as mutual recognitionagreements—are non-governmental agreements among national-level accreditationorganizations. Through these accords, participating organizations recognize the substantialequivalency of each other’s accreditation processes and of their graduates’ academic preparationto enter professional practice. Accreditation systems that are substantially equivalent havecomparable—though not necessarily identical—standards, outcomes, and processes. On the

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Aerospace Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Developed from a Research-Informed FrameworkI. IntroductionThis document describes an introductory helicopter aerodynamics and design engineering coursefor undergraduates in aeronautical or aerospace engineering. The three major sections of thisdocument are Content, Assessment, and Pedagogy. These sections have been developedaccording to Engineering Education research principles and findings, such that the three sectionsare aligned with one another. Each section presents at least one tool to guide coursedevelopment. The course’s foundation is to provide authentic practice for meaningful learning.The primary purposes of this paper are to present a unified strategy and a toolkit for developingengineering courses in Figure 1 and to use helicopter

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

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-Chair at The Ohio State University; active in ASCEeducational activities and lead on several ABET self-studies.• Paul Mlakar: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, experienced ABET PEV, and member ofABET/EAC.• Ellen Stevens: Consulting engineer, ABET/EAC PEV, and active in ASCE educationalcommittees.• Jim O’Brien: Ex-officio, ASCE staff, Managing Director, Professional & EducationalActivities.Photo 1: The CEPCTC conducts their second face-to-face meeting as ASCE Headquartersin Reston, Virginia in May 2014. Pictured from left to right are Jim O’Brien, PhilBorrowman, Ellen Stevens, George Blandford, Al Estes, Don Carpenter, Carolyn Merry,Rich Anderson, Ken Fridley, Tom Lenox, and Jeff Evans. Tragically, Carolyn Merry was

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Reimagining Engineering Information Literacy: Novel Perspectives on Integration, Assessment, Competencies & Information Use

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Phillips, Saginaw Valley State University; Sarah Lucchesi, Michigan Technological University; Jennifer Sams, Michigan Technological University; Paul J. Van Susante, Michigan Technological University

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 departments. The rubric used in the assessment of Engineering Design Processes ​ was not the university rubric for Information Literacy, but was quite similar (see Appendix A). Both rubrics were based on the ​ AAC&U LEAP Value rubric for  1​Information Literacy​  ​  and modified based on ​ ACRL’s Information Literacy Standards for  2​Science and Engineering/Technology​ .  Based on the data collected after the Spring 2013 library session, it became clear that students were continuing to struggle in their search for quality information sources. During Summer 2013, librarians and instructors further revised the information literacy interventions offered for

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Broadening Participation in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder; Frederick A. Peck, Freudenthal Institute, School of Education, University of Colorado; Julie Cafarella, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder; Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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recognizedmembers of the profession? Situated learning theory [1] proposed the notion of legitimateperipheral participation as central to a newcomer’s trajectory toward membership in acommunity of practice. This approach left a number of issues underdeveloped, [2, 3, 4]incluing the issue of what are the processes by which legitimacy was conferred or denied.This is a critically important question in engineering education, given persistent and onlypartly successful efforts to increase representation in the field of members of historicallyunderrepresented groups.Our objective in this paper is to address these questions by considering the relationshipbetween institutional category systems and the processes by which legitimacy isconferred upon newcomers. To do

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Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keelin Siomha Leahy, University of Limerick; Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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use an existing product or component to function differently in a newconcept. For example, an engineer could take an existing mechanism like a bicycle and apply itas a power source for a generator. This one Design Heuristic can be applied repeatedly togenerate other concepts (e.g., using a water bottle to squirt water and turn a wheel). Other DesignHeuristics (e.g. ‘Change direction of access’) can be added and combined (placing the pedals inthe air with the rider beneath) to produce a variety of novel ideas. The many prompts available inthe 77 Design Heuristics ensure a large supply of possible directions to pursue.This set of Design Heuristics were identified in empirical studies including 1) behavioral studiesof student and expert

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Evaluation: Exploring High School Engineering Education Initiatives

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Noel Kathleen Hennessey, Program Coordinator; Sanlyn Buxner, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, The University of Arizona

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overthe past two years. A hybrid version for four of the GC DELI units was developed, providinghigh school students and their teachers with supplemental hands on projects and otherscaffolding. In academic year 2014-15, four hybrid GC DELI units were rolled out to 21 ENGR102 HS classrooms. This paper contains detailed information about the progress of the GC DELIhybrid units in high schools, responses to forced-choice questions and qualitative data fromteachers who have worked with the units. Additionally, we include responses to forced-choicequestions from the 31 student evaluations collected after delivery of one hybrid GC DELI unit.1. IntroductionOver the past decade, concern has been growing among educators, government agencies andprivate

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Experiential Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandria Steiner, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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encouraging them to develop technical andprofessional skills. Projects can also improve students’ self-efficacy by providing them withopportunities to participate in “mastery experiences.” Mastery experiences in engineering aretasks that encourage students to feel that they will be more successful as engineers. Everystudent’s experience in a project-based course is affected by the mastery experiences that theycomplete, which in turn affects which skills they develop and also how their engineering self-efficacy changes. A previous study focused on the mastery experiences that students took onthroughout a project and their subsequent changes in engineering confidence or self-efficacy.1–3Here, we focus on why students choose to take on the tasks that

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Issues in Engineering Technology Education I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University

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• Current City: City, StateDemographics – 0-5 Year GraduatesOf those graduating in the last 5 years who participated in the survey, 24 graduates responded.Of the respondents in this group, only males responded. 23 graduates were in the 23-30 year agebracket, and one was in the 31-37 year old age bracket. Of the 24 graduates, half graduated witha degree in MET and the other half in ECET/EET. None of the graduates responding to thissurvey was a graduate of the MFT program. Table 1 contains the responses of graduates to thequestion asking where students started their studies. Table 1. Where 0-5 Year Engineering Technology Graduates Began Their Undergraduate Studies Purdue University – Technology

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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Evelyn Villanueva, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center; David W. Pittman PE, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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(voluntary mentors) prepare 1-2 page experiential learning research project summaries (by January). The laboratory research engineer budgets for the internship cost from his/her research project. • Laboratory Contracting Officer forwards research project summaries to university PM. • University PM develops an intensive promotional (with all STEM academic departments) and orientation program, and students apply on line. • University PM matches student applicants with research project summaries based on academic merit and mentors interests. Students are interviewed, if necessary. • Logistics including housing, local transportation, and air transport to the laboratory, etc. are jointly arranged for

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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Karen E. Crosby, Southern University Baton Rouge; Edgar R. Blevins, Southern University and A&M College; Beth R Isbell, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington

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wasdesignated as an HSI by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in 2014,after FORCES began. Based on 2006-07 data (just before the FORCES proposal was written),UT Arlington had an enrollment of approximately 19,205 undergraduate students of whom53.2% were female, 14% were Hispanic, 12% were African American and less than 1% wereNative American. The College of Engineering’s undergraduate enrollment in 2006-07 was 1,884students, nearly 10% of the university’s. There were 410 students at the university who wereregistered with the Office for Students with Disabilities. Of those, forty-four (44), or nearly 11%,were engineering majors.6 National data at that time reflected enrollment of students fromunderrepresented groups in

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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto; Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Annie Elisabeth Simpson, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Amy Huynh, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Totonto

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supplement their verbaldescriptions of how their programs operate. Interviews were recorded and transcribed.Case records were developed to summarize the key aspects of the fourteen programsstudied in a common structure, and these case records were reviewed by interviewees toensure accuracy. The universities included are briefly described in Table 1 below, and areordered by the date their engineering leadership work started, from oldest to newest.Table 1: Program DescriptionsUniversity (year Brief Descriptionprogram began)Tufts University Tufts Gordon Institute is one of the oldest engineering leadership(1987) programs. Its most substantial offering is the Masters of Science in Engineering Management, an intensive and highly