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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah ; Hessam Tavakoldavani, University of Utah; Pedro Romero, University of Utah; Michael E. Barber, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

through the curriculum is being conducted. The information helped to identify a needfor cross-disciplinary engagement, create draft global learning outcomes consistent with ASCE'sBOK Professional Outcomes, and create preliminary ideas for a professional development planfor the faculty to support improved global learning.IntroductionAs globalization has expanded, the need has arisen for civil engineers to be able to designinfrastructure considering a systems perspective, especially those able to transcend technicalconcerns and consider cross-cultural factors.1 The ASCE BOK2 captures the essence of this needin an array of civil engineering education student learning outcomes. The BOK2 is organizedinto three broad areas: foundational, technical, and

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Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Carlin J McFarlane, Florida Gulf Coast University; Patricia O'Connor-Benson, Florida Gulf Coast University; Thomas Patrick Felke MSW, PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Engineering Technology

experience. Using technology asa pillar of the universities foundation requires constant innovation and research in all forms oftechnology, integration, and training. From its initial foundation, teaching has always been thenumber one priority along with integrating and leveraging technology to emphasize and multiplythe efforts of the faculty, staff, and students of the University.Conventional teaching pedagogy often incorporates faculty members interacting with studentsface-to-face in classrooms or lecture halls. This style of teaching is not always the most adequatefor the newer generations of students that are much more adapt to digital interfaces, multimediaexperiences, and information in smaller chunks of time 1. “Lecture capture technology

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anita Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University; Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Lina Battestilli, North Carolina State University; Hailey Queen, North Carolina State University; Jessica Young Schmidt; Susan Carson, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

available atCarson, 2015b) was used to assess critical and creative skills listed in Table 1.Table 1: Skills assessed by the Common Rubric.Raising questions, formulating problems 3 Articulating the issue and its scopeGathering and assessing relevant information Selecting and analyzing information Influence of context and assumptionsSynthesizing and generating ideas Combining elements or ideas in ways that are coherent and logical Embracing contradictions Generating and judging alternatives Originality of thought Adaptability and flexibility of thoughtConsidering alternatives and reaching reasoned conclusions Judging appropriateness Taking intellectual

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven D Hart, Virginia Military Institute

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Civil Engineering

employing the ExCEEd Teaching Model highly, many, if not most,of them were not retaining essential information from one course to the next. The bestexplanation for the students’ lack of retention was that they were only minimally engaged withthe material. Analysis of student time survey data consistently showed that students spent largeamounts of time cramming for tests and major projects immediately before the event, smalleramounts of time completing homework the night before it was due, and almost no time in dailypreparation.To rectify this issue various instructors developed a variety of different initiatives. Problem SetZero (1) experimented with making the first homework assignment in a given class a review ofthe materials from the previous

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Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois at Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois at Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford, University of Illinois at Chicago; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter C Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Ashkan Sharabiani, Exelon Corporation

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

students.Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the relationship between ACT, College Readiness Index (CRI), andTotal Economic Disadvantage (TED) for COE applicants from different feeder high schoolsbetween 2008 and 2013. The College Readiness Index and Economic Disadvantage factors ofdifferent feeder high schools were obtained from US News. The horizontal axis representscollege readiness (in Figure 1) or economic disadvantage (in Figure 2). The left vertical axis ineach figure is the average ACT for the corresponding college readiness or economicdisadvantage. The right vertical axis in each figure is the number of applicants for that index. Forexample, as read from Figure 1, there were about 800 applicants from high schools with aCollege Readiness index of 94. The

Conference Session

Solid and Structural Mechanics in Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Fleming, Florida Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Aerospace

sequence that investigates 1)elastic and strength properties of aluminum alloys; 2) stress concentrations effects, theirmeasurement, and investigation of their role in failure under quasistatic loading conditions; and3) fatigue life of notched specimens. Stress concentration specimens used in the sequence ofexperiments are shown in Figures 1 and 2. Strain Gage Locations (c) photos of typical specimens Figure 1: Dimensions of stress concentration specimens used in static and fatigue loading to failure. All

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Michael Wolf, Rice University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, only 5% of B.S. engineering graduates have been AfricanAmerican and only 7-8% have been Hispanic.2Shoring up the leaky STEM pipeline, particularly for underrepresented groups, is of nationalimportance. The first two years of college are particularly important for STEM retention.1 Onestrategy employed by some universities to remedy the gap in retention rates is the creation ofsummer bridge programs.3. Research BackgroundResearch suggests this achievement gap does not reflect a difference in student ability but ratherstructural inequalities in K-12 educational experiences between students from high-performing,well-resourced schools and students from under-performing, low-resource schools.4 Studiesshow abilities, attitudes, and college

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell department of Mechanical Engineering; Christopher J Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

courses.1 IntroductionProblem- and project-based learning pedagogies have been linked to improved student learning1and increased diversity in STEM related fields2. It is believed that hands-on learning activitiesallow students to practice and internalize abstract concepts. In doing so, students connect relatedconcepts and improve their overall understanding of a subject. Furthermore, facilitating engag-ing, open-ended, hands-on projects can increase student autonomy while timely feedback canimprove student’s feelings of competence. These projects with high relevance to engineering canincrease connectedness and discipline engagement.Understanding and experiencing modern prototyping and manufacturing processes are importantaspects of the part and

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International Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cem Karacal, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Diversity

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International

spring 2011. Examples of comparable dual diploma programs are recentlyestablished in few other institutions [1-3]. Although our experiences show similarities to thoseprograms, they differ in several aspects due to the characteristics of the major field of studyselected for collaboration and SIUE’s geographic location.Admission to the ProgramThe students are admitted into the program via a nation-wide university entrance exam given inTurkey. The exam is taken by more than 1.5 million university bound students each year. Basedon their quantitative, verbal, and science scores, students submit a ranked preference list indicating Page

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Teaching Problem Solving in a Multidisciplinary Context

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denia Djokic, University of California, Berkeley; Wil V. Srubar III, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

otherengineering disciplines.IntroductionEngineers must gain the ability to communicate and collaborate across disciplines in addition togaining a deep technical disciplinary knowledge. This is increasingly true in modern society inwhich scientists and engineers must address complex, interdisciplinary challenges on a globalscale. While current efforts at teaching interdisciplinary problem-solving at the collegiate-level(e.g., class projects, capstone courses) exist, the effectiveness of many of these approaches areineffective in achieving interdisciplinary learning objectives. Richter and Paretti (2009)identified two main learning barriers to common interdisciplinary approaches: (1) students areunable to identify the relationship between their own

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Kelly Klima, Carnegie Mellon University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

sufficiently interdisciplinarytopic that a normal sequencing of classes might not fill student needs. Indeed, while manyengineering universities have begun tackling how to offer interdisciplinary curricula on climatechange (Table 1), it appears that few define a sequence of climate coursework. Most universitieshave disparate classes related to climate across the colleges of engineering, policy, architecture,and social sciences. Some few schools, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Columbia University, and Cornell University define degree requirements, but the course Page 26.786.2requirements are restricted to one department

Conference Session

ECCD Innovations in Energy Engineering & Technology

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

deregulation have created the frameworkfor the development of environmentally conscious distributed power generation, such as: wind,solar/photovoltaic (PV), geothermal, wave and tide energy, and fuel cells (FC), with zero (ornear zero) pollutant emissions. Given this rapid progress in renewable energy systems utilization,industry demand of trained professionals with adequate knowledge in this area increased as well.1-3, 6 Due to these facts together with the interest of keeping students abreast of the currentscientific and technological developments and trends, we believed that it was important andtimely to include renewable energy projects in senior project design courses in our DrexelUniversity Engineering Technology program. 6, 29, 30 Future

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University; Melani I. Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Nanette M. Veilleux, Simmons College; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

engineering), data from theWomen’s College were not included in this study.A multi-phased mixed-methods approach15,16, 17, 18 was used to investigate how often and in whatways engineering and computer science students at four diverse institutions spend time inacademic community outside the classroom (Figure 1). First, an exploratory sequential study Page 26.822.4(instrument development model) was completed in which focus groups with senior engineeringand computer science undergraduates were asked to identify the academic communities in whichthey had participated over the course of their undergraduate careers. Data from this phase offocus group

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

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Héctor Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University; Stephen R Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, with responsibilities for the First-Year Engineering Program. Page 26.877.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Identifying sources of information that first year engineering students use in deciding which engineering major to pursueAbstractThis study explores the sources of information that first year engineering students use to decidewhich engineering major to pursue for their undergraduate studies. The purposes of this study aretwofold: (1) to understand how students make an informed decision of which

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Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Watson L. Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Oscar Alvarez P.E., Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Jorge Mario Gomez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

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Chemical Engineering

have been received sofar. The positive reviews of the new approach by renowned members of the ChemicalEngineering community both in Colombia and overseas, as well as comments from students andfaculty, have been significant and valuable confirmations of our vision.IntroductionEngineering education is fundamental in enhancing the well-being of people and theenvironment, and therefore, it is important to take the necessary steps to develop it and enhanceit 1. Finding the most effective ways to teach students and translate that learning into productiveskills is an everyday challenge in engineering education. Current research shows that educationalquality, more than quantity, has a causal impact on economic growth 2. The same can be said

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Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Susana Ramirez, PSJA ISD; Judit Györgyey Ries, The University of Texas

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

certified educators in support of effective contentdelivery, we increase capabilities of summer programs to provide program models that are viablefor replication or scalability of student interventions.Specific questions addressed in this report ask: 1. Do summer Science, Technology, Education, and Math (STEM) engagement activities increase student interest in STEM? 2. Did participating teachers gain knowledge, build critical instructional skills, and increase self-confidence in motivating students in STEM? 3. Did participating students gain STEM knowledge and become excited about moving forward in the STEM education and career pipeline

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Teaching & Learning in Graduate Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Young-Jae Lee, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

graduate study and career development. Our experiences have convinced us of the effectiveness of this setting, which can not only retain students’ vigorous interests and enthusiasm, but also enhance their employability in today’s job market. 1. IntroductionParticipation opportunities in funded research projects are an important factor in attractingtalented graduate students. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fieldsplay an important role as an economic engine for today’s economic development. Indeed, thecompetitiveness in STEM fields is basically considered as a benchmark for the country’s globalcompetitiveness. In the United States, the Federal Government has set up various policies and setaside funds to

Conference Session

Using Technology and Research-based Instructional Practices in BME

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University

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Biomedical

duringthe second week of class and remaining at the final. To measure student value and attitude, twovalidated, custom surveys were administered in the middle and at the end of the semesteranonymously: 1) the Student Value Survey on Muddiest Points (SVM) which focused on interestand usefulness as well as cost (emotion, time, effort) related to muddiest point collection and 2)the BME Student-centered Strategies (BSS) Survey regarding the flipped classroom, pencasts,muddiest points, and group activities. Lastly, most recently, a ten-question concept quiz wascreated and piloted to assess achievement related to key statistical and design of experimentconcepts.Persistence tracked for three semesters showed a value of greater than 98%. Student

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame; Matthew Kloser, University of Notre Dame

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Design in Engineering Education

, performance and daily life.1” Writtenby modern classical composer Glenn Kotche—who is also the drummer for the Grammyaward-winning rock band Wilco—and performed by Chicago-based percussion ensembleThird Coast Percussion, the 45 minute extended work “Wild Sound” features custominstruments that were designed by a team of faculty and undergraduate students at theUniversity of Notre Dame, simultaneously with the composition of the piece and thechoreography of the performance. Since its premier at the Notre Dame DeBartoloPerforming Arts Center, Wild Sound has also been performed at the St. Paul (Minnesota)Chamber Orchestra and has scheduled performances for spring 2015 at the ChicagoMuseum of Contemporary Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

competitive pressures for U.S. industry, generating the need for an ever-increasing level of broadly-educated engineering students entering the workplace. This notionhas been communicated through the NAE [1] and more recently by ASEE's "TransformingUndergraduate Engineering Education [2] (TUEE)" workshop where industry and academicparticipants “seek a T-shaped engineering graduate who brings broad knowledge across domainsand the ability to collaborate within a diverse workforce as well as deep expertise within a singledomain”. These and other industry feedback encourage us to rethink the way we deliverengineering education. Recent engineering graduates continually find themselves learning on-the-job business acumen, struggling with open-ended problem

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Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph D. Steinmeyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

component in the curricula we develop, and final projects must involve some form of discrete circuit component. • We have emphasized the concepts of sensors, signals, and signal processing when teaching programming and electronics. Many labs, homework exercises, and activities involve interpreting signals generated by using sensors and circuits of the student’s creation, interpreting those signals using programming, and making design decisions based off of those interpretations. • All laboratory exercises in the first half of the courses are designed to be carried out in groups of two or three, and be significantly open-ended (see Tables 1, 2, and 3). This prepares students for the open-ended

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha M. Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca R. Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cary D. Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, fluid mechanics, homework problems, content analysis,textbooks, writing promptsIntroductionAs assessments of learning outcomes are increasingly emphasized through accreditationrequirements (e.g., via ABET) and other quality assurance initiatives, written communication isone area that engineering instructors often find challenging to incorporate and assess.1 This isparticularly true in large core courses at the sophomore and junior levels. Yet it has also beenfound that technical writing is best taught during the learning of technical material.2This study is part of a larger ongoing project to understand and expand the incorporation ofwriting in large-lecture engineering courses, including investigation of faculty perspectives andtextbook

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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

Authors

Denise H Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow

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First-Year Programs

thesegroups leave engineering, not because they are incapable of the work.1-4To help alleviate this lack of preparation and sense of belonging, a new non-major specificintroductory engineering course, ENGR 204, was developed for these students that come inneeding to take Math 143. Based on other successful programs at the university outside of theCollege of Engineering and at other institutions as well as the research of Raymond Landis onsuccessful introductory course material5-7, ENGR 204 was designed to bring engineeringstudents together who would normally go unseen in the College of Engineering until the eighthweek of class. ENGR 204 is a supplemental course to Math 143 that addresses the uniquesituations they will encounter in the first semester

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

undoubtedly being filled by graduates fromMechanical Engineering programs. There are efforts under way to infuse these curriculums withmore manufacturing content.1-2 However, this is a difficult strategy to follow. The advances inmanufacturing technology particularly those driven by new materials and processes,computerization, the Internet, wireless and portable computing, and globalization aretransforming in ever more fast-paced ways, how goods are manufactured. Keeping up with thesechanges requires not only a dedicated manufacturing curriculum, but ones that are customizableto local and regional manufacturing influences.To address this need in Washington State, a new manufacturing engineering program has beencreated at Western Washington University

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Kathrine E. Johnson; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

own sense of what should be taught in calculus, which guided their teaching,assignments and examinations.There was agreement about what c text should be used, and a common syllabus was on file. Yet,as a result of both growth and lack of coordination between instructional faculty, a situation haddeveloped by 2005-6 which students, the mathematics department, and others recognized asbeing problematic. At that time, from a student’s perspective, it appeared to matter more, “whoyou took,” than “what you learned” in terms of their chances of passing the course.1 This wassupported by pass rate data; the average pass rate in 2005-6 was 51% and ranged from 30% to90% depending on who taught the course.2 The variation in pass rate was a confounding

Conference Session

Pedagogical Considerations for Teaching Engineering Professionals

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Floyd B. Ausburn, Oklahoma State University; Lynna J. Ausburn, Oklahoma State University

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Continuing Professional Development

potentialareas for future research.IntroductionThe use of multiple images simultaneously on one or more screens in presentations is referred toas multi-image (multiple image) presentations [1]. Biere defined it as “an audio-visualpresentation utilizing a synchronized soundtrack and multiple projection devices that displayimages over one or more screens” [2]. This means there may be more projectors than screens,with multiple projectors per screen where there may be images dissolving in and out orprojectors focused only on a particular section of a screen [3]. Some define multiple imagespecifically to mean multiple projectors [4]. Using multiple screens was popular some time agobut does not appear to be as popular today, except in large rooms where

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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International

comprises four unique components: (1) using technology for access to learningmodules, (2) taking advantage of the residential environment and delivering content in a flippedstructure, (3) utilizing service learning by building on community needs for engineeringproblems, and (4) iteratively developing the curriculum in close concert with teachers andstudents. This course is currently designed for out-of-school youth at a residential children’stransition center located in western Kenya in a peri-urban agricultural area outside a major urbancenter. We apply backward design2 in developing the curricular priorities and content to bedelivered based on the learning objectives defined along with the center director and students.The course aims to prepare

Conference Session

Student Preparation for, and Outcomes from, Community Engagement Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; David W. Watkins, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

average, although about 20% of individualsexperienced substantial shifts of more than 10%/yr. This study suggests considerable attention tothe design and implementation of service experiences will be needed to yield the interculturalengineer.1. IntroductionOur world is increasingly interconnected economically, socially, politically, environmentally —as is the work landscape. Whether working with international colleagues, for an internationalemployer, with international clients, or simply with people experiencing a different upbringing,today’s engineers will encounter a multicultural reality more diverse than past generations. Whileacademia may have been able to talk about such global shifts, competitive industry has moved tocapitalize on them. As

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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

Authors

Thomas J. Connolly, University of Texas - Austin

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Graduate Studies

interactive  Content should be presented from an engineering education perspective as much as possible  Actual engineering materials, e.g., problems, lab procedures, etc., should be used in activities as much as possibleThe objectives, approaches, and content of each session of the workshop are described in detailin the following sections.Session 1: Understanding the Undergraduate Engineering Student Body and the Culture ofHigher Education in the United StatesThe objectives of this session are for TAs to develop a stronger understanding of the culturalnorms of higher education in the United States, to develop a sense of the types of issues that arisewhen working with students, and to learn about college- and campus-wide

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

both the current AIChE Education Division surveys and with historicalsurveys. Additionally, the survey questions were critiqued by several CAChE CorporationTrustees and by the AIChE Education and Accreditation Committee with the intent of ensuringthat their interests in this topic were queried. The complete survey in print form is provided asAppendix A.Instructor CharacterizationThe survey queried the rank or title of instructors along with the quantity of industrialexperience. Figure 1 shows the distribution of ranks amongst respondents, with most instructorsholding professorial appointments with a bias toward senior faculty members.Of the 81 process control instructors responding, 18 (22%) indicated they had no prior industrialexperience