Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

, customer needs, alternativesolutions, environmental and social impact aspects of the design, as well as, their experience indecision-making, are ample reasons why their expertise would enrich students’ learning andbrings them (the students) closer to the realities of the workplace. (1)Employers, by and large, are generally satisfied with the basic technical preparation of today’sgraduates, but find them largely unaware of the vital roles that engineers play in bringingproducts and services from a “concept stage” to the marketplace. An important reason for this“drawback” is that faculty member, today, often lack industrial experience and/ or any other typeof practical experience. This is particularly troubling when faculty members, straight out

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Katherine Anne Earl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dong San Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

contrast the two offerings of the course. Wepresent a portion of these case study analyses, contrasting the data and results from coursesyllabi, student interviews, and course climate surveys.1 Introduction The engineering education community has become increasingly aware that improving theadoption of research-based instructional strategies (RBIS) is a complex process, meriting its ownresearch and development efforts1,2. While there are plenty of evidence-based RBIS inengineering education, their adoption remains low1. Faculty time and student resistance arecommonly cited barriers to the adoption of RBIS2,3, so we developed the low-cost intrinsicmotivation (IM) course conversion as an attempt to create course designs that promote

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

and field visits make the program directly applicableto the needs of the industry and prepare graduates with the skills and knowledge expectedby their potential employers. In addition, this program is designed to prepare the Page 26.218.7candidates to successfully complete certifications such as the following:  A Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)  Professional Engineer (P.E. License)The Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) for the program are listed below. At the end ofthe course students should be able to 1. Combine knowledge and practices needed for working on engineering projects that require innovative and interdisciplinary

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Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katharine Mary Eichelman; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Cheryl A Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

studentperception and the team’s performance.1. Introduction and Literature ReviewCommunication is an important component of education for any discipline, but it is vital toengineering. In the past, engineers’ lack of communication amongst themselves, as well as withcolleagues from different fields, has resulted in devastating outcomes, such as the crash of theMars Climate Orbiter (MCO) in 1999. A lack of communication between the engineers workingfor Lockheed Martin Astronautics (LMA) and those in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratoryresulted in English units, rather than NASA’s standard metric units, being utilized in softwarethat was used to calculate trajectory models. Furthermore, the absence of communicationbetween NASA engineers working for different

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey & Universidad Andrés Bello; Jorge Eugenio de la Garza Becerra, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

offered students the opportunity to realize how empowered theywere in solving complex and non-familiar problems.1 IntroductionAs Albert Einstein stated, “Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not,however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world”. Physical concepts are used tostudy the physical phenomena represented by models. Models that go through iterative cycles ofconjecturing, testing and revising, until they satisfy constrains and provide a feasible explanationof the phenomenon under certain assumptions. In each iterative cycle, knowledge increases and abetter understanding of the phenomenon is attained, and the models become more robust andconnect more concepts. Models and modeling perspective

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine; Philip W Swanson, University of Southern Maine; Kevin Michael Wacker, University of Southern Maine

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

for research and educational use in the future.Relatively inexpensive common materials and simple manufacturing processes demonstrated thatusing a parabolic dish to concentrate solar radiation onto a tiny 1/2 cm2 multi-junction solar cellchip would produce an electrical output greater than 8 watts. Excess heat generated is dissipatedvia a heat sink assembly the solar cell chip is bonded to. The system is made up from a scalableparabolic mirror, a microprocessor controlled dual-axis tracking mechanism which is guided by afour-quadrant home-made light sensor, and the multi-junction solar cell assembly including itsheat sink. The parabolic mirror is designed by combining strips of off-the-shelf aluminumcoated polycarbonate mirror material, all

Conference Session

Computer-Based Games and Animations in Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shih-Liang Wang P.E., North Carolina A&T State University

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Computers in Education

the maximum moment along a shaft is important to identifythe critical point of the shaft for the maximum stress. However, many students have troubledrawing these diagrams. This animated FBD is intended to help student understand the processby showing the progression from one end of the shaft to the other end.FBD in a gear trainIn an earlier paper5, the author has given several examples on how to determine the direction ofgear forces of different types of gears. In this paper, the focus is on the process of drawing FBDsin a gear train. In Figure 1, a double reduction gear train is shown with the direction of rotationlabelled. An animated GIF is created to show the steps to create the FBD of the input gear, idlerpair (gears 3 and 4), and output

Conference Session

Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Holbert P.E., Arizona State University; Taipeng Zhang, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

: “Since the beginning of the 20th century, average per capita income in the United States has grown more than sevenfold, and science and technology account for more than half of this growth. In the 21st century, the country’s need for a world-leading STEM workforce and a scientifically, mathematically and technologically literate populace has become even greater, and it will continue to grow – particularly as other nations continue to make rapid advances in science and technology”.1 Although STEM plays a significant role in today’s global society, a December 2014 surveyby YouGov for IEEE shows that young adults, especially in the United States, seem to overlookthe value of STEM subjects.2 Table 1 shows the results of that

Conference Session

Developing Quality Experiences that Retain Diverse Engineering Talent

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tizoc Cruz-Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Sarah Rose Sobek, University of Michigan ; Julianna Marie Abel, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

) workforce andattracting diverse students into STEM disciplines have become issues of national importance.One method to aid in achieving this goal is through offering pre-college interventions tounderserved students. This paper discusses and examines a novel pre-college STEM interventionthat occurs at a technical engineering research conference. The intervention consists of a mini-workshop that has six components: (1) an introduction of graduate student mentors, (2) a generalintroduction to the engineering field of Smart Material and Structures through a PowerPointpresentation and live demonstrations of smart materials, (3) a low-cost design and buildengineering activity that uses smart materials to demonstrate the applicability of the field

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; John Vozenilek

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Diversity

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Biomedical

game; the medical section featured a local clinician whocoordinated guest lectures to give overviews of the different branches of medicine includingopportunities for bioengineering innovation within them and 3 hours of volunteershadowing/observation at local hospitals; and a research section with a lecture in researchprinciples and 3 hour lab shadowing. Each instructor assigned career specific learning outcomesfor the class (Table 1). Students were also required to keep a weekly journal to reflect on theirimmersion experiences.Table 1. Description of the learning outcomes for each professional formation section ofBIOE 120 Clinical Section Research Section Industry Section Provide

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Faculty Perspectives and Training

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

., materials science, civil engineering) who, in turn, provideprofessional development for colleagues in their respective departments. The professionaldevelopment is designed to promote student-centered pedagogy among undergraduateengineering courses. The theoretical underpinnings of the advocated pedagogy are stronglyrelated to tenets laid out in How Students Learn 1. In general, the professional developmentencourages instructors to move their classrooms toward being environments where students havevoice, instructors are responsive to varying student backgrounds, and relevancy betweencoursework and real-world applications are made clear. In sum, these are considered student-centered pedagogical strategies.A goal of the IUSE project evaluation is to

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan Paul Ruddy, University of Auckland; Poul Fønss Nielsen, University of Auckland

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Biomedical

assessed according to a standard rubric, with a peer assess-ment component for the presentation. We expect students to develop, from the prompt andthrough literature search, an appropriate set of specifications for their breathalyzer, a design ca-pable of meeting those specifications, and evidence to show that their design does so. We do notassess the project on device performance, as the learning objectives are concerned with the stu-dents’ ability to follow the design process, not their ability to build accurate breathalyzers.Results to dateFigure 1 (left): An example of a student-generated Pugh chart examining techniques for notify-ing the user they have exceeded the legal breath alcohol limit.Figure 2 (right): An example student-designed

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Putko P.E., University of Massachusetts - Lowell; Juliette Nicole Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

of engineeringcurricula, anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change may not have been specificallyaddressed. Climate change is considered by many to be a defining issue of our time and,throughout our students’ careers and lifetimes, its importance will only increase. Since the onsetof the Industrial Revolution, human activities, and primarily our use of fossil fuels, has increasedthe concentration of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse, or heat-trapping, gas in the atmosphere bymore than 40%1. On our current emissions trajectory, carbon dioxide concentrations may triplecompared to pre-industrial levels by 2100. How this increase is going to impact climates acrossthe globe and what can be done to mitigate this change are very challenging questions

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Jenna Christie-Tabron, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mari Pina, University of Central Florida; Richard Allan Quinn, University of Central Florida; Jackie Herold, University of Central Florida; Kim A. Small, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

fieldsupport the need for universities to find ways to effectively foster professional identitydevelopment. For example, three ways in which the institution can foster identity formation asan engineer are: (1) program admission criteria, coursework, etc. (institutional identity), (2) co-ops and internships (self-identification through exposure to the norms and values held byprofessional engineers), and (3) communities of practice (recognition by other in-group membersas a professional in the field)12,13. Co-ops and internships contribute to students’ desire tobecome an engineer14, retention and work self-efficacy15, and higher starting salaries and thepotential for a job offer by graduation16. However, “lack-of-belonging” has been found to be

Conference Session

Faculty Development II: Building Community Among STEM Educators

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Natasha Aniceto Mamaril, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

, however the implementationand sustained use of the teaching techniques vary significantly based upon the required facultyeffort 1. The two most cited barriers to implementing RBIS’s in core electrical engineeringcourses included 1) concern for requiring too much class time which could potentially underminetheir efforts to cover the course content and 2) the cost of preparation time to implement RBIS 1.As a result, engineering education researchers were urged to provide details of implementationand the underlying educational research principles in addition to evidence of efficacy whenattempting to convince STEM faculty to apply RBIS’s in their classroom 2. Potential adoptersshould seek out the background information to make informed decisions

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Umair Sarwar, FACELab Purdue; Nicholas Brian Jubelt; Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Manufacturing

bemaintained by our lab as examples of the humanistic features of engineering participation.Examples of these pieces can be seen in Figure 1.Figure 1. Example Game PiecesTheme of Body PartsEach body part represents a component of what makes every human engineer unique. Tosymbolize the thinking techniques utilized by engineers, each head piece is inscribed with one ofthe Engineering Habits of Mind6. To symbolize the interest that may motivate an engineer toapproach a problem, each arm piece is inscribed with a hobby or interest that may serve tomotivate how the engineer approaches the problem they have selected. To symbolize the workthat needs to be done, each body piece is inscribed with a problem that comes either from theGrand Challenges for

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado - Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado - Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

another? How does course choice opportunity within required technical versus non-technical coursework vary between engineering disciplines? How do the technical versus non-technical course choice opportunities in engineering degree programs compare to those in the non-engineering science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines, such as chemistry, physics, and math?MethodsResearch PopulationThe course choice opportunities and distribution of technical versus non-technical courseworkfor the U.S. News & World Report28 103 top-ranked ABET EAC27-accredited undergraduateprograms across 43 universities (Table 1) were examined. Table 1. Full-time undergraduate population at 43 universities

Conference Session

Case Studies and Programs to Improve Graduate Students' Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Lax, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Audeen W. Fentiman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

students enrolled in fall 2015. The followingexamples show how peer review of oral presentations can be adapted to various situations and besubmitted in written, oral, or electronic form. In addition, each instructor asked her students toprovide some feedback on the peer review process, and this information is presented as well.Table 1 provides an overview of the types of peer review used in each context.Table 1: Comparison of Peer Review in Three Engineering Contexts Dedicated Communications Integrated Course Workshop Assignment Feedback written online written/oral Channel Anonymity single-blind single-blind

Conference Session

That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Twin Cities; Jacob John Swanson, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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New Engineering Educators

weekly documents. Initially some teams had difficultyembracing the weekly project management documents and making effective use of them. After afew weeks adjustment, however, teams started to make effective use of them.Case Study FindingsThe deliverable success rates of design teams as determined by faculty are reported in Table 1. Aproject was determined to be a failure if it did not meet the needs of the client in any substantialway and if no groundwork was established for future projects. If the project laid the groundworkfor improvement, but still did not meet the needs of the client, the project was identified asmitigated failure (e.g. a project with core work worth building upon by a design team in thefollowing semester). If a project

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Denis Onen, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

,” which they built and tested, to understand howsimple mechanisms could be used to create biomimetic motion. Students were then instructed tostudy biological means of movement through water, and to create a watercraft that could travelthrough water. This successful project resulted in many different designs, illustrating a variety ofbiological solutions. This paper will discuss a bio-inspired design methodology illustrated withstudent designs and will discuss lessons learned.Figure 1 Biomimicry Taxonomy, Biomimicry Institute CC BY-NC 3.02.0 The ProjectBiomimicry can be a useful design approach for engineers, following nature’s evolution to adaptlife to its environment. It can be a challenge for engineering students (and other non-biologists)to

Conference Session

Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Herring, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

influencers to the metacognitive action of help-seeking resulting in internal conflict during a recursive HSB decision process. Additionally,results emerge casting HSB as a must-learned skill for engineering students. Gender and ethnicconcerns are discussed.IntroductionHelp-seeking behavior is of particular importance when evaluated against the requirements forABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). Graduates from ABETaccredited institutions must have: “an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, andengineering; an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; an ability tofunction on multi-disciplinary teams; …and an ability to engage in life-long learning”1(p41). Inorder to achieve these objectives

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osman Yasar, The College at Brockport - SUNY; Peter Veronesi, The College at Brockport - SUNY; Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, SUNY; Leigh J Little, The College at Brockport - SUNY; Sounthone E Vattana, The College at Brockport - SUNY; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Texas Tech University

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Computers in Education

’ packedschedules it would risk compliance with local and state-mandated curriculum. Technology can be used tospeed up this interdisciplinary learning but it needs training of teachers to teach content in pedagogicallyappropriate ways, thereby requiring a close integration of technology, pedagogy, and content as shown inFig. 1. Recently, a theoretical framework, namely technological pedagogical content knowledge(TPACK), has been developed by Mishra & Koehler36 to address challenges of T, P, and C integration.Practicing teachers have been offered professional development (PD) to help them deploy appropriatetechnologies in the classroom, stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, and assess efficacies ofdifferent pedagogical approaches.10, 33 But, due

Conference Session

Student Teams, Groups, and Collaborations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

toengage with each other to debate and discuss their respective understandings of the designproject and different design concepts, and be able to co-construct a shared meaning that willcreate a coherent product. This is different from the collaboration required of routine work.Students in these types of projects cannot simply subdivide the projects into smaller individual,independent tasks that can be reassembled into a coherent whole as that is not the way in whichdesign happens.1 Design teams need to be able to leverage the individual perspectives andunderstandings of the team members to develop, as a team, a collective understanding of andrelationship between the interdependent components of their work. Thus, the concept of asingularity of

Conference Session

Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Brian Harding, Texas A&M University; Peter C. Montagna, University of New Haven

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

record for safety. According to theBureau of Labor Statistics, there were two injuries requiring medical treatment beyond first aidper 100 workers in chemicals manufacturing in 2013. This compares to a rate of 4.0 injuries per100 workers for all manufacturing, and a rate of 3.5 injuries per 100 workers for all of the privatesector.1 There were an average of 1.4 fatalities in chemical manufacturing per 100,000 workersin 2013, compared to 2.0 for all manufacturing and a rate of 3.2 overall.2 Chemical companiesclearly place high emphasis on worker safety and health.As we know, however, the chemical process industries also pose risk. The hazards of chemicalprocesses include toxic material releases, fires and explosions. These hazards have resulted

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Chirag Variawa, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Mark L. Sivak, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

popularity and many universities have beenintroducing them into their curriculum.1-10, 14-18 These courses may be taught by a dedicatedgroup of faculty with engineering experience in industry, who may be more design-oriented (asopposed to research-oriented), and who may have demonstrated exemplary teaching abilities thatengage first-year engineering students.11,12 Additional motivations for this approach includebetter career preparation for engineering students and improved engineering education ingeneral.The University of Virginia found that cornerstone courses had better course ratings by studentsthan traditional sections and that graduation retention rates were higher with students who hadtaken the cornerstone courses compared to the traditional

Conference Session

Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L Sullivan, Rice University; David Daniels, DREAM - Achievement Through Mentorship; Imani O. Butler, Rice University; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

on an individual volunteer. The VFI has been demonstrated to have ahigh degree of internal consistency and stability (Clary & Snyder 1999: 157).Adapted Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) The VFI has been adapted for use with DREAM mentors and Head Mentors, and was shownto be internally consistent in a previous study (Bautista-Chavez et al. 2012). The adaptedversion used for this study is included in the Appendices. The VFI contains a total of 48 items. Items 1-47 are statements, and respondents are asked toindicate, on a numerical Likert scale, the extent to which they agree with each statement, where 1is “strongly disagree” and 7 is “strongly agree”. Each of these 47 items falls into one of threecategories: Motivation, Outcomes

Conference Session

Socio-Technical Issues in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Thomas M. Philip, University of California, Los Angeles

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Engineering Ethics

, governmentregulators, community members etc. [1], [2]. In many situations, the interests of the differentstakeholders might not be aligned [1], [3]. While this is made glaringly obvious in prominentcases such as that of Keystone XL pipeline, off-shore oil drilling, and fracking, conflicts amonginterests are also present in local projects such as the multiple viewpoints and debates around theconstruction of a light rail line (Purple Line) in Maryland [4]. Even seemingly “good” ideas suchas the production of solar cells for promoting solar energy in lieu of fossil fuel energy can placethe interests of different communities in conflict such as balancing one community’s increaseddemand for alternative energy sources with the negative impact of the toxic by

Conference Session

Pathways to Success in STEM through Computer Science and Making

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Kastner, Mississippi State University ; Sarah B. Lee, Mississippi State University; Tori Holifield, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Information Technology (NCWIT) AspireITprogram.Over the course of the 4-night (middle school) and 5-night (high school) programs, camperswere invited to participate in voluntary survey and interview research. This paper analyzes asmall portion of the data from 65 participants in order to better understand (1) participants’motivations for applying to a residential computing camp, (2) participants’ access totechnological tools and education prior to the camp, and (3) participants’ desired access tocomputing education at the end of the camp. Such knowledge is integral to the increasing amountof computer science education initiatives across the nation, such as President Obama’s recentlyannounced Computer Science For All initiative.1BackgroundComputing is

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Epicenter Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Shannon Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Angela Shartrand, VentureWell; Laurie Moore, National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter); Emanuel Costache, SageFox Consulting Group; Andreea Mihaela Fintoc; Qu Jin, Stanford University; Calvin Ling, Stanford University; Florian Michael Lintl, Stanford University; Leticia C. Britos Cavagnaro, Stanford University; Humera Fasihuddin, VentureWell; Anna K Breed

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

senate, and is currently the Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education.Dr. Shannon Gilmartin, Stanford UniversityDr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a research scientist in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of ePortfolio Initiatives in the Office of the Registrar at Stanford University. She is also a member of the research team in the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter). Helen earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her PhD in Communication with a minor in Psychology from Stanford University in 1998. Her current research interests include: 1) engineering and entrepreneurship education; 2) the pedagogy of

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Anastasio, University of Connecticut; Aravind Suresh, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut

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Chemical Engineering

method of GBL that has come to the forefront recently is gamification, or the application ofgame elements to a non-game context11. The idea behind gamification suggests that if activitiescan be made to feel more game-like, participants will feel more engaged by them and will bemore likely to participate11,12. The game elements also give participants additional ways toengage with a certain activity, either through the aesthetic of the game elements or through newproblems to solve. Many of the common elements of games that gamified scenarios use invarious capacities are shown in Figure 1. The specific game elements used in any given contextcan vary by application, as gamification is a tool that can be applied to multiple contexts;however, there is