Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Approaches for Enhancing Non-technical Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University ; Rosie Sullivan, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

hours of technical coursework leaving little roomto add new courses, especially those that integrate soft skills.1 The workforce demands technicalskills, and the changing work environment and competitive global market also drives demand forteamwork, ethics, problem solving, and communication within the engineering curriculum.1Previous research2 detailed competence in college graduates and the demands of the workplace,but also noted that a skills gap is present between the technical training and experience ofstudents and the responsibilities of the job. Although other researchers3 reported employersatisfaction with employee skills, it is likely that there is still room to improve upon the skillsstudents acquire in their higher education programs

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mark D. Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Benjamin T. Pipenberg, The Pennsylvania State University; Nicholas Jared Grasser, The Pennsylvania State University; Stephen Van Wert, The Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

learning, students are able to make deeperconnections between what is being taught and how it is applied in the world beyond theclassroom. IntroductionEngineering is based on complex principles and in many of our classes, theory takes precedentover practical applications.1 Engineering classes, however, should help enable the application ofknowledge so that students can “know” and “do.” Students get to do and actively constructknowledge through problem-based learning,2 inquiry-based learning,3 or project-based learning.4No matter what the label or specific instructional strategies, these approaches all fall under theumbrella of “hands-on” learning and are described as student-centered.Teaching methods that

Conference Session

Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Cost continues to be a major reason whystudents do not own an internet capable device, or if they do own one, why they choose not touse the internet capabilities16, 18.Comfort level with mobile devices Page 26.1612.5Students’ comfort level with mobile devices showed similar trends to their ownership and use ofthe devices. In the survey, they were asked to rate their comfort level using each of the types ofmobile devices (the same categories as in ownership and use) on a five point scale ranging from(1) ‘very uncomfortable’ to (5) ‘very comfortable.’ Regular cell phones and smartphones wererated with the highest comfort level, followed closely

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale A. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University; Satish M. Mahajan, Tennessee Technological University; Mohan D. Rao, Tennessee Technological University; David Tyrell Laxton; Logan Atkins; Kendall Morgan Hall; Ogle Basil Hall III, Tennessee Technological University; Samantha Brooke White; Michael Gage Babb; Sam William Keener, TTU Baja SAE

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

is in the recent partnerships formed between TTU’s SAE Baja team and SAEINDIAthrough the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI). Through these partnerships,TTU has managed to provide a memorable international experience of team learning to nineTTU students, and nearly one thousand students in India.This paper presents a brief summary of student-led education outreach by a group of ninestudents and two faculty members from TTU, as shown in Figure 1 who traveled to India for aperiod of sixteen days to conduct workshops and demonstrations on how to design, build, andrace a winning Baja SAE vehicle. The TTU team has long been affiliated with the Baja SAEcompetition. Since 1977, TTU has hosted the event five times and the team has placed

Conference Session

Discussions on Research Methodology: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Purdue University, West Lafayette; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogota, Colombia; Mariana Tafur-Arciniegas P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

these considerations.IntroductionPhenomenography is a qualitative methodological approach that seeks to identify the variety ofways people experience a given phenomenon 1-3. Due to its widespread applicability to bothclassroom practice and educational research, this approach has steadily gained popularity sinceits official introduction in 1981 3,4. Today, phenomenography is recognized as one of the topemergent methodologies in engineering education 5. As the use of phenomenography has grown,so too has the variation in phenomenographic methods 6,7. While literature commonly drawsattention to the distinctions between work by Ference Marton in Sweden (e.g. purephenomenography and later “new” phenomenography 1,3,4,8) and John Bowden in Australia

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Henry Philipp, Pittsburg State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

.; 4W Metal Building Supply, Inc.; Home Depot; and the Pittsburg StateUniversity School of Construction.Participation by the 2015 Gyeongsang National University (GNU) student team in the WorldVision/Samaritan’s Purse & John Brown University Transitional Disaster Shelter design-buildcompetition was made possible with support from Gyeongsang National University and thePittsburg State University’s College of Technology, School of Construction, and Department ofTechnology Workforce Learning.Bibliography 1. Bernold, L. E. (2005). Paradigm Shift in Construction Education is Vital for the Future of Our Profession. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(5), 533-539. 2. Bringle, R. G., & Hatcher, J. A. (2009

Conference Session

Innovative Project-based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

projects are assigned to students and are expected to definetheir problem by determining possible combinations of materials and processes that couldfabricate the desired shapes with the required properties. Students started with an existing partand redesigned it for predefined conditions. They also designed the manufacturing process andtools required to manufacture the part. They used several educational resources, CAD tools, andinformation provided during the lectures to design necessary tools to manufacture the finalproduct.1. IntroductionThe “Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge” 1,2 was designed to illustrate the full breadth ofthe manufacturing engineering field on one page and to be used as a tool for educators andindustry professionals

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Franz J. Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Derek Cascio, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Resistance is Futile: A New Collaborative Laboratory Game Based Lab to Teach Basic Circuit Concepts AbstractIn recent years, gamification of education has proven to be an effective paradigm in modernpedagogy. Following the success their previous work "Sector Vector”, the authors now present anew game-based laboratory to highlight the manipulation and calculation of resistors in circuits.In Game of Ohms [1] the lesson of electrical resistance is delivered as an interactive exercisebuilding an intricate circuit. As the game progresses, students are forced to make short and longterm plans to modify an evolving circuit which

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Andrew Albright, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Karen R. Den Braven, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics; Elaine R. Parshall, SC Governor's School of Science and Mathematics

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

schoolstudents throughout South Carolina an integrated set of courses in in mathematics, engineering,English, and science. The course sequence for Accelerate students is given in Table 1. Eachcourse is either dual enrollment or Honors.TABLE 1. Curriculum Overview (for a student qualifying for Honors Pre-Calculus in10th grade). Honors Courses (blue); Dual Enrollment Courses (tan) 10 FALL 10 SPRING 11 FALL 11 SPRING 12 FALL 12 SPRING Honors Pre- Honors Pre- Calculus for Calculus for Calculus for Calculus forMATH Calculus for Calculus for Engineers 1 Engineers 2 Engineers 3 Engineers 4 Engineers Engineers

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Audra Ann Kiesling, Clemson University; Timothy R. Smail, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

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Diversity

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Construction

)presents a conflicting argument suggesting schools are not providing sufficient educationregarding building science and code compliance. The concern that IRC is not addressed inconstruction education is the starting point for which this research provides insight to restart theconversation about IRC education.ObjectiveTeaching building codes to the next generation of construction professionals may result ingreater code compliance impacting community resilience. This research addresses currentuniversity construction program curricula. Initial survey results are used to guide thedevelopment of a building code course for undergraduate and graduate students.The research objectives are to (1) assess the current status of residential building code

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Page 26.333.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Catching Up to the 51%: Promoting Female Student Engagement in Computing EducationAbstractBetween 1966 and 2006, the number of women who earned a computer science degreefluctuated, rising from 14.6% (1966) to 34% (1986) but thereafter falling to 20.5% (2006).1 Incontrast to this unpredictability, the demand for computing and information technologyprofessionals has been steady, projected to grow about 20% in the next ten years. However,United States Census data show that, although women make up nearly half of the workforce,they hold only one quarter of all technology and computing jobs and have earned only 18% ofthe

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

the engineering curriculum. After over 100 years of debate and experimentation,however, we are faced with the paradox we confronted at the outset: broad agreement about theimportance of communication in engineering and a lack of consensus about how communicationcompetency should be developed in the curriculum.To be sure, technical writing instruction continues to be, as Robert J. Connors described it in his1982 landmark essay, “The Rise of Technical Writing Instruction in America,”1 “a center of vitalscholarly and pedagogic activity” (p. 173). We have not seen, however, the fruition of theprogress narrative he uses to frame his essay, a narrative that begins “in a few schools ofengineering [goes] through its lean times, when it was a poor

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A. Morris, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

progresses to foster social resiliencyAdapting from this, role-playing, public speaking and interpersonal scenarios and practice with aset of positive, coping behaviors that can be drawn upon in many different types of professionalsettings (and to do so in an accepting, low-stress environment) has been shown to be effectivewith shy children and is applied in the seminar. Audience connection is emphasized from theoutset, stressing the notion that the student must convince the audience of their position beyondsimply presenting data, and that can only be done if the student knows the audience.A series of stepped class sessions has been created as a series of modules that build uponprevious material (Figure 1). Each module covers a set of topics

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Sefcik Anderson, Lafayette College; James K. Ferri, Lafayette College; Ashley Danielle Cramer, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

molecular diagnostics, polymer science and engineering, along with advanced manufacturing technologies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Flipped Laboratories in Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringAbstractImportant learning objectives for experiential, or hands-on, courses include (1) development ofskills pertaining to statistical experimental design and analysis of data, (2) utilization of standardoperating procedures (SOPs), and (3) understanding and employment of laboratory safetyprocedures. As the complexity of laboratory equipment increases, so does the length of writtenSOPs and safety considerations. Furthermore, students are often asked to follow these writtenstandardized documents

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T. Castles, East Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

course in digital electronics is a prerequisite for themicroprocessors class, so all students who take the course in microprocessors have been exposedto number systems, combinational and sequential logic, and the concept of registers.When the course was first implemented in the Fall 2013 semester, it was designed with threeweekly 50-minute lectures and a weekly 2-hour laboratory session. The lectures were designedto introduce the theory that the students would practice in the lab each week. The QL200 trainerkit (QL200, 2016) was selected as the platform for laboratory exercises and featured a PICmicrocontroller. Depicted in Figure 1, this trainer kit features a 40-pin PIC microcontroller, anLCD panel, a 4x4 keypad, 7-segment displays, pushbutton

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Patrick O'Connell, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

in amanner they’re used to. The hope behind this effort is that new associations with engineering candevelop with the tools we provide or even simply with the maker carts presence. If the cart beingin the room making new tools with more overt engineering associations available to the studentsleads to students initially engaging in engineering without prompting, similar resources in otherschools may be capable of doing the same.Overall DesignThe Novel Engineering Maker Cart is constructed from a commercial of the shelf (COTS)mobile cart with a variety of drawers to organize the various components (See Figure 1).Attached to the cart are two COTS 7-gallon trash bins and a custom tape dispenser. The binsserve as receptacles for a variety of

Conference Session

Innovative Approaches to Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

, successfully accomplish and reflect upon an activityreferred to as a compassion practicum. The compassion practicum sought to begin thedevelopment of a critical consciousness in students. Students’ projects fall into two categories:(1) a service learning type project which must in some way improve the quality of life of othersand involves a minimum of 15 hours of actual service; and (2) a guided, extensive visit of ananimal rescue society farm in which students confront animals typically used in biomedicalresearch projects and reflect on the entire experience.IntroductionBiomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to medicine.It combines expertise in engineering with expertise in medicine and human biology to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Matthew Cavalli, University of North Dakota; Nuri Oncel, University of North Dakota

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

prepare them with the knowledge and skills necessary for the next generation ofgraduates to compete in the global market and contribute to the NSNT field.The outcomes of the project are: 1) creation of two courses that expose STEM students tonanoscience and nanotechnology, 2) development of several hands-on activities to train the futureworkforce and increase its expertise in nanoscience and nanotechnology, and 3)  Facilitation ofoutreach activities for underrepresented groups to expose students from tribal colleges in the stateof North Dakota to NSNT. The first course was taught in the fall 2015 semester and the secondcourse is being taught in the spring 2016 semester. The two courses cover basic nanoscience andnanotechnology concepts and the

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Student-Centered Activities and Maker Spaces in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Holly Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cole H. Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

the research participants. Whenstudents were probed to relay their understanding of engineers and engineering the most popularanswer is that engineers improve lives, and a combination of engineers invent, design, and createthings. Each of these responses were mentioned eight times in the descriptions provided bystudents, the next most frequent answer was that engineers fix things and build stuff, tallying sixmentions. Consider the following excerpt of one student that displayed a generic understandingof engineering (I=Interviewer, P=Participant). While the student does not provide any falseinformation, the answer given follows the trend of generality and lack of diversification in therole of the engineer:1 I: It was SEW ok alright good now

Conference Session

Maker Spaces within the University

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

impact of students’ backgrounds in their formation as engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 WORK IN PROGRESS: Design, Creation and Assessment of Innovation Spaces Across an Engineering CampusIntroductionThe Maker movement has expanded over the last several years from the garages of at-home tinkerers to university engineering programs. A “maker” identity has beenassociated with specific attitudes and abilities, such as creativity, the ability to createphysical models, and the embracing of failure, which engineering educators are nowstriving to foster in their students and throughout curricula.1-3 Over the past ten years,makerspaces, or innovation spaces, have been developed

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ahmed Azam

American Society of Engineering Education 24What is Cloud Computing?Cloud computing is essentially virtual servers that are available over the internet [1]. It isthe technical means by which everything can be delivered as a service over the internet,accessible from any device, any place, anytime. For example, if you log onto Gmail,iTunes or Facebook, you are on the cloud. In figure 1 you will see how cloud computingis designed to work with different technical devices and this is what makes it veryappealing, and it can also be attractive to businesses, DeVry in particular, in thefollowing ways [2]: Provides Flexibility – ability to work from

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Farzad Moazzami; Craig Scott; Jumoke Ladeji-Osias

approach has increased student performance and satisfaction.Introduction Universities face an increasing
interest
in
providing
students
with
recorded
class
material because
today’s
students
expect
to
have
24/7
access
to
online learning
materialsfrom anywhere at any time [1]. “Millennial” students see
technology
integration
in highereducation as
a key component of their learning environment because they have grown up usingtechnology in every facet of their lives [ 2] .

The use of lecture
capture
technology
has
the
potential
to
fundamentally
change
the
way
instructors
and
students
interact
in
the
classroom [3],[4],[5] .
It also has the potential to change
the classroom environment and therelationship
between instructors
and
students
by

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Raul N. Tackie, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

case studies to give the technical content appropriate context.This paper is intended to stimulate discussion in an innovative approach to the development ofskeleton notes that incorporate the following key characteristics: 1. The handouts consolidate the technical material into a single unified and concise message. Multiple streams of information (lecture, supplementary handouts, slides, reading assignments) are avoided; the handouts are complementary with and integrated into the oral lecture. Discussion of the underlying concepts accompanies the detailed technical content. 2. The handouts are hand-written (on a tablet computer), highly graphic, colorful, and even “cartoonish” in

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Student Reflection, Self-Perception, Misconceptions, and Uncertainty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron W. Johnson, Tufts University; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

their thinking, and respond to support their disciplinary work.Describing this approach in science classrooms, Hammer, Goldberg, and Fargason write:1 “A responsive approach [to teaching]… is to adapt and discover instructional objectives responsively to student thinking. The first part of a lesson elicits students’ generative engagement around some provocative task or situation (or, perhaps, by discovering its spontaneous emergence). From there, the teacher’s role is to support that engagement and attend to it — watch and listen to the students’ thinking, form a sense of what they are doing, and in this way identify productive beginnings of scientific thinking.” (p. 55)There are several proposed

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine PE, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Transformation Guided by a Multi-Frame Organizational Analysis ApproachAbstractThe goal of an ongoing institutional transformation project (NSF ADVANCE #1209115) at alarge private university (hereafter referred to as LPU) is to increase the representation andadvancement of women STEM faculty widely by removing barriers to resources that supportcareer success and by creating new interventions and resources. An additional goal is to adaptinterventions to address the needs of key subpopulations classified by ethnicity or hearing status.The work of the project, which began in 2012, is to: 1) refine and strengthen targetedinstitutional structures; 2) improve the quality of women faculty’s work lives; 3) aligninstitutional

Conference Session

Faculty Development I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Martyn Taylor Haynes II, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

requires practical andrelevant training. Historically, there has been concern that graduate students, especially in thescience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, were not receiving adequate trainingto prepare them to teach as graduate students and as future faculty.1, 2, 3, 4 However, more recentresearch has shown that when engineering graduate students receive instructional training, theyare more likely to use teaching methods to engage undergraduate students.5, 6 For instance,Lattuca, Bergom & Knight (2014) found a modest correlation between engineering faculty whoreceived training on student-centered teaching methods as graduate students and the likelihoodthat they will use these pedagogies as faculty as opposed to more

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles M Schweik, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Steven D Brewer, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Christine Olson; Dan Smoliga

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Page 26.1110.2(described more fully below) include: (1) Arduino-based air quality monitoring; (2)Arduino-based water quality monitoring; (3) Arduino-based GPS wildlife (dog) tracking;(4) hydroelectric power generation; (5) helium balloon-based aerial photography, and an(6) open source research submarine.  This paper has two key sections. First, we describe the idea of Commons-based PeerProduction. It is likely that many readers in Engineering or those with an interest inMaking, Makerspaces or Maker-networks will not be familiar with this concept, except ifwe say that collaborative editing of Wikipedia is a well known example of thisphenomenon. It is also the foundation that the “Maker” phenomenon is grounded upon.In this section we also

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and ET

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Peter Kuehn, The Urban Institute; Melvin L. Roberts P.E., Camden County College; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Research Council reviews of technology education content stan- dards developed by the International Technology Education Association. He has degrees in biology and journalism. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Engineering Technician and Technologist WorkforceIntroductionCalls to expand and improve the quality of the U.S. technical workforce have been made in oneform or another for decades. Over the last 10 years, and particularly since the economicdownturn that began in 2008, the urgency of these concerns has grown.e.g., 1 A key worry,expressed by both policy makers and corporate leaders, is that the nation’s status as a worldleader of innovation is slipping. In fact, by some

Conference Session

Supporting Diversity through Co-curricular Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Alexis Y. Williams, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Shawnisha Shonté Hester, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, the scholarship of teaching and learn- ing, mentorship models for undergraduate and graduate students, and professional support of all students, with special emphasis for those from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM and beyond. She has en- joyed collaborations with colleagues from multidisciplinary backgrounds toward solving special chal- lenges in teaching and learning. Her ongoing collaborations analyze 1) the experiences of participants in STEM professional development programs for retention and success in academia and 2) similarities, differences, and gaps in the expectations of STEM faculty and students toward successful undergraduate course completion.Ms. Shawnisha Shont´e Hester, University of Maryland

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlye Anne Lauff, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder ; Mark Rentschler, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

for Engineering Education, 2015 Comparing Organizational Structures: Two Case Studies of Engineering CompaniesIntroduction“Design is what engineers do, and the intelligent and thoughtful decision of the engineeringcurriculum should be the community’s first allegiance [1].” Yet, we find that engineering designonly underpins a small selection of undergraduate courses in a typical engineering curriculum;diminishing the importance of the activity in engineering education. Comparatively, design is aubiquitous activity in engineering company settings—the foundational work driving much of theactivity being conducted by professional engineers. We posit that understanding professionalengineering design