Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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International

reformation in general, and to the use of modern pedagogicalskills in particular. The paper also argues that any meaningful change in Region’s classroompractices today (dominated by traditional lecture-based methods) must be mandated andsupported by the university administration. What is necessary to create a change, is for thedepartment or college, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components: clearlyarticulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies ofengagement. The theme advocated here is that

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Evaluating Student Behaviors and Attitudes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Atkins, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julian Ernesto Martinez-Moreno, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lalit Patil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kimber J Andrews, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ; Maryalice S. Wu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Debasish Dutta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Barbara Hug, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Liora Bresler

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

ideas of design concepts, i.e., getting inputs from team members, leads to unique concepts that are not generated individual.7Few researchers have surveyed a large number of inventors and innovative companies tounderstand innovation. For example, Walsh and Nagaoka have considered the question “Whoinvents?” by surveying about 1900 Japanese and American innovators identified from theirpatents.8 Arora, Cohen, and Walsh have recently conducted a survey of American companies toidentify the sources of innovation (e.g., supplier, customer, internal lab, startups, etc.); they alsostudy whether patents have played a role in the innovation.92.2 Teaching innovationUniversity programs that teach innovation can be categorized as follows:1. Courses

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Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

academics withvocational coursework. The VTCs that have partnered with ASCEND specialize inenvironmental education and green careers workforce training. They also support service-basedlearning opportunities with local employers through the Santa Cruz County Regional OccupationProgram (ROP). ROP centers, such as the Natural Bridges Green Career center, receive fundingfrom the California Department of Education for programs that include career and workforcepreparation for high school students and adults, preparation for advanced workforce developmentand training, and upgrading of existing vocational skills. Given the focus of these particularVTCs on “green careers” they are encouraged by California Governor Brown’s recent (2013)signature on SB X 1-2

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Engineering Ethics

ethics and/or engineering student responses to issues of humanitarian or socialjustice nature to inform interview question and survey item design. Finally, this work contributesto the discourse of engineering ethics by developing and applying an ethical framework from thewider literature that has not received much attention in engineering ethics to date.1. IntroductionThis work explores engineering ethics in a “developing world” context. There are many ethicalframeworks with which to examine the involvement of engineers from industrialized countries inprojects directed at the “developing world” (e.g., see the Ethics of International Engagement andService-Learning Project [1]). The framework chosen for this study is care ethics, a.k.a., ethic(s

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

classroom practices today (dominated by traditionallecture-based methods) must be mandated and supported by the university administration. Whatis necessary to create a change, is, to have a comprehensive and integrated set of components:clearly articulated expectations, opportunities for faculty to learn about new pedagogies, and anequitable reward system.Introduction“To teach is to engage students in learning.” This quote, from Education for Judgment byChristenson et al, (1) captures the meaning of the art and practice of pedagogies of engagement.The theme advocated here is that student involvement is an essential aspect of meaningfullearning. Also, engaging students in learning is principally the responsibility of the instructor,who should become

Conference Session

Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Efrain O'Neill-Carrillo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Agustin Irizarry-Rivera P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Cecilio Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico-INESI; Marla D. Perez-Lugo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayguez Campus

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and humanities complemented the work in class. Table III presentsthe topics of the course. Table I. Topics for the course “Public Policy in Electrical Engineering” Outline Contact Hours Overview of legal concepts 1 Sustainability 6 Government regulation 4 Rates 4 Public Policy (state and federal) 4 Electric Energy 3 Markets

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 2013. Dr. Larkin can be reached at tlarkin@american.edu. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Writing in STEM: A Synthesis of Two Adaptive ApproachesAbstractProviding students with opportunities to improve their written and oral communication abilitiescan be an effective way to elicit student learning. ABET Criterion 3 speaks directly to theimportance of this skillset through Student Outcome g which states “an ability to communicateeffectively (3g1 orally, 3g2, written) .” 1 There are a number of ways to include this skillsetwithin the assessment component of a typical STEM classroom. With this ABET studentlearning outcome as a backdrop, this paper

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole M Yates, National Society of Black Engineers; Barry Nagle, Evaluation and Action Research Associates

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

study to focus on chapter activities in the collegiate demographic. Participants in thisstudy, which utilized surveys and existing NSBE data, included student chapter leaders as well asadvisors (minority engineering program directors, engineering college faculty). Four majorquestions guided the survey design: 1. What are the characteristics of each chapter? 2. What activities do the chapters engage in, by type? 3. What assessment methods do the chapters employ to track success? 4. What outcomes are the chapters achieving, by type?The outcomes of interest directly align with NSBE’s 2025 strategic goal to graduate 10,000black engineers annually and include GPA, engineering program retention, graduation rate

Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Seema C Shah-Fairbank P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul R Hottinger, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Shonn Haren, Cal Poly Pomona

annotatedbibliography and a peer-reviewed draft, resulted in improved student ability to obtain evidence,as well as cite and support their claims. Ultimately, students developed skills in informationliteracy that supported the engineering outcomes associated with ethics and professionalresponsibility.IntroductionAssessment provides programs a way to evaluate student learning and develop methods forcontinuous improvement.1 Universities and programs present their interpretation of data toaccreditation agencies. Accreditation agencies are intermediate organizations, which helpprovide the public with assurance that universities and programs are accountable for providingstudents with a quality education. Within the United States, colleges and universities

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Kathleen Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Rebecca Primeau, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

developmental spaces our students share. Wedo this by supporting academic foundations in engineering, promoting community responsibility,and teaching principles of leadership. Our programming model includes cohort-style engineeringcoursework, bi-weekly course reviews, and a collaborative service-learning project in whichsecond-year students are project managers and first-year students are team members.The Engineering Leadership Community started as a retention strategy in 2009. Students who donot integrate socially and academically into their institution of higher learning are more likely todepart from college before earning a degree (1). In fact, student engagement can actuallycompensate for academic under preparedness, giving students the opportunity

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Stanko P.E., Innopolis University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

kinds, the fraction of respondents who are female isabout 10% and quite stable across the range from 18 to 45. Among high-school students Page 26.1738.3the fraction of girls with an explicit interest in IT is over 30%, see Figure 1. This findingimplies that women, who chose IT as a specialty at the University stay in the profession.However, although many girls demonstrate an interest in IT area they do not choose acareer in IT. Why and where have all the girls gone? Percent  of  women  in  IT  by  agegroup   35   30   %  Women

Conference Session

Promoting Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University; Jasmine Cherelle Washington; Steven Howell Sims, Hopewell Designs, Inc.; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

component ordering lead times were all confounding issues that the MTR team faced. Allof these are real-world considerations that even the idealized design engineer should be aware ofwhen designing a product for market.GradingThe grading scheme for the course below holds students accountable for documenting every stepof the process to ensure all learning outcomes are met. The numerous writing and oral reviews ofthe team’s work ensure projects stay on track and properly document how each of the learningoutcomes is met. Each grading component is evaluated using either a rubric matrix (seeAppendix A for samples) or a detailed evaluation rubric (see Appendix B for sample). 1. System Concept Review (SCR) & System Requirements Review (SRR

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Duplicate Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh

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International

need for engineering graduates to achieve a reasonably high level of “global preparedness”has been recognized and promoted by both the professional and educational engineeringcommunities in conferences, national reports, and publications.1 The National Academy ofEngineering (NAE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Research Council(NRC) have each challenged universities to graduate students who are globally prepared or havea global perspective.2–4 But how can this be measured? Which types of international experiencesare most effective in fostering global preparedness among engineering students? What contextualfactors are catalysts for students achieving various degrees of global preparedness? In what wayscan engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COS); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology; Wendy A. Dannels, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

credibility or respect 13, 19; andlack of mentoring and/or sponsorship by a senior colleague. 11, 13, 18, 20These findings from the faculty climate survey, objective data review, and benchmarking laid theground work for the successful submission and subsequent funding of the National ScienceFoundation Institutional Transformation (IT) grant. The AdvanceRIT (NSF Award #1209115project was implemented in 2012. The objectives of this project are to: 1. Refine and strengthen targeted institutional structures, and install practices that promoting representation and advancement of women faculty. 2. Improve the quality of women faculty work life, professional development, and incentive/reward structures. 3. Align institutional

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Kenneth David Domingue, Western Michigan University ; Sarah Gray Hagen, Western Michigan University; Rebecca A. Scheffers, Western Michigan University; Lenore Yaeger; Katherine Fox, Western Michigan University

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Mathematics

“Moderately Selective” institution, about 20-30% of the incoming first-year CEAS studentsfor the past 10 years were placed into Algebra II or Algebra I during their first semester. Table 1below shows the percent of the first-year CEAS students’ enrollment in mathematics courses intheir first-semester at WMU from 2006 to 2015.Table 1. Percent of First-Year CEAS Students and First-Semester Mathematics Enrollment from2006 to 2015 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Calculus II or 5.4 5.1 5.2 7.9 7.5 3.4 4.5 8.0 7.0 13.8HigherCalculus I 35.3 42.7 39.2 34.3 40.7 38.0 37.2 35.1 35.0 38.1Pre-Calculus 31.0 31.1 29.8 27.9 25.2 34.0 31.7

Conference Session

Size, Civility, and the Classroom Culture: Setting Class Tone with a Student-centered Perspective

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L Lo, Virginia Tech; Kacie J. Hodges PE, Virginia Tech Dept of Engineering Education; Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

Women Engineers (SWE) and is the Faculty Adviser for SWE at VT. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Expanded Advice from Coordinators of Large­Enrollment First  Year Engineering Courses   Abstract  This paper expands upon the coordination experiences and best practices of faculty coordinators within the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, some of whom have been  1​managing large enrollment introductory engineering courses for several years​ .   Since 2012, enrollment has increased from 1200+ to 1700+ students.  In fall 2013, the courses

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

instruments in lab settings, 59% hadno experience with traditional instruments as part of in-class instruction, and 72% never used amobile devicei. The developed curriculum materials are being piloted in a variety of instructionalsettings including classrooms, labs, practicum experiences, and a combination of graded andnon-graded experiences. Over 250 students were offered experiential engineering modules in theFall of 2014, almost 500 in the Spring of 2015, and an additional 500 in the Fall of 2015. (SeeAppendix Tables 1 and 2 for a more detailed description of students.) It is anticipated, that bythe end of the planned grant over 2200 students enrolled in HBCUs will have had the opportunityto participate in experientially based learning using the

Conference Session

Foundations for Pedagogical Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kimberly A. Reycraft, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Engineering Libraries

“playlist” totalsabout 20 minutes and is designed to present a logical progression of skills and concepts: 1. Tour of the Library Website - This video orients students to the library website as the essential gateway to our services and resources. 2. Popular Periodicals vs. Scholarly Publications - Teaches the critical differences between magazines and scholarly journals, and introduces the latter as the primary means of scholarly communication. 3. The Peer Review Process: What Is Peer Review? - Helps students understand that most articles published in scholarly journals undergo the peer review process 4. Finding Articles at FGCU Library - Demonstrates how to access the Library’s subscription databases to find

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

detailed overview of this newly developed course and its content is presented. Inaddition, we show how the structure of the course makes it especially well-suited to address oneof the more challenging ABET student outcomes to assess, outcomes dealing with the impact ofengineering solutions in a global and societal context. Finally, the degree to which we areachieving our desired learning objectives is evaluated using the results of student opinionsurveys and a direct assessment of student work.1. IntroductionThe arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought about a world where the everyday objectswe interact with, ranging from health monitoring devices to kitchen appliances and even toys, areembedded with intelligence and the ability to

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and Sustainability in ET

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyril B Okhio P.E., Kennesaw State University; Florian Misoc, Southern Polytechnic College of Engr and Engr Tech; Austin B. Asgill, Kennesaw State University; Aarick Aroz Zaman; Jarred Lee Prince; Olajimi Mark; Brion Allen Daffinson, Southern Polytechnic State University; Olugbemiga Olatidoye, Clark Atlanta University

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Engineering Technology

Testing Laboratory for ALMComponents (DoE-NNSA) • Development of Bio-Mechatronics Research Laboratory • Organizing to es-tablish CAU as a USGBC-LEED Lab in the S.E. region • Design and development of a multi-disciplinaryEco-Entrepreneurship Program Curriculum SELECTED DESIGN PROJECTS 1. Experimental Investi-gation of the Mechanical Properties of Bone. 2. Design and Development of Bio-Compatibility Index for c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #14450 Bio-Materials. 3. Experimental Ultra-low Speed Wind Energy Investigation for Modular Applications. 4. Studies on Sustainability, Recyclability &

Conference Session

Dissecting the Nuances that Hinder Broad Participation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian A. Burt, Iowa State University; Alade S McKen, Iowa State University; Jordan Anthony Burkhart, Iowa State University; Jennifer Hormell, Iowa State University; Alec James Knight, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

advisor-advisee relationship: Implications for engineering research, policy, and practiceRacial microaggressions within the advisor-advisee relationship: Implications for engineering research, policy, and practice The underrepresentation of Black men in engineering highlights a missing segment of thepopulation who could contribute to the knowledge economy.1 An increase in Black men inengineering could lead to an increase in Black faculty members – and in general, role models –who could teach and inspire future generations of students in science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM). To address this national concern, stakeholders must first identifyprevailing issues such as racial microaggressions

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Zhen Zhu, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 26.774.4Challenge and Course Layout The context for the two-week course was learning to program a mobile robot that wouldsimulate the search and discovery mission underway to find missing Malaysian Airlines flight470. Students began by learning how to get their robots to navigate around a circular trackformed by yellow masking tape on a gray foam mat as shown in Figure 1. Along the yellowcircle was checkered black and white masking tape, which served as an encoder to allow thestudents to detect how far their robots traveled. The students also learned how to avoid collidingwith other robots on the track using sensors and learned how to detect depths using sensors. Inthe center of the course was cardboard bent at different angles to

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Ryan Lutz, James Madison University

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Computing & Information Technology

pleasant and gained new network functionality that increasedtheir creativity. We anticipate that the effort and time required by instructors and systemadministrators to set up and manage labs will markedly decrease, particularly, with the ability tocentrally monitor the classroom progress and the students’ utilization of servers’ resources.1. IntroductionCloud computing is an up and coming technology that is gaining popularity as the speeds of ournetworks increase. Cloud computing [1-3] is the distribution of computing resources across the Page 26.835.2network. It normally has a central system, or server stack, that completes all of the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tia Jackson-Truitt; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

doctor, for atleast 30 to 40 years, is usually “When was the date of your last period?”.While the picture is bleak for women, whose representation in U.S. engineering programs hasbeen around 18% for at least the past decade, it is even bleaker for African-American students,whose representation is in the single digits: around 6.5% at our institution, and an average of 4%nationally.Research on URMs has generally focused on students who leave engineering and what causedtheir departure. For example, Marra et al.2 shows students of both genders tend to drop out ofengineering primarily for two reasons: 1) the curriculum is too challenging and the quality ofteaching too poor, and 2) students don’t believe they belong. Ohland et al.3, 4 present an

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Gordon Thomas Beverly III, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

range of ways. These skills canimprove their academic performance by allowing for investigation, comprehension andcommunication of ideas, problem solving, as well as furthering understanding of concepts7. Theability to discuss topics with faculty and other classmates provides a chance to extend knowledgeto others and receive it as well. Students can grapple with ideas, share thoughts, enrichunderstanding and solve problems through basic communication practices7.Communication skills and insights form an important basis for employability8. Employers haveshown that potential hires who show effective oral communication are much more desired.Figure 1 shows a breakdown of a survey done asking employers what qualities they believed tobe the most

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2013 and has been ongoingfor seven semesters, including summers. Initially the program primarily supported basic researchprojects. However, in 2014 two distinct mechanisms were established, one that supported basicresearch and another that supported projects focused on technology or product development. Applications are considered from student/faculty teams. Proposals are divided into 3sections: 1) research description, 2) student background and 3) mentoring plan. The proposalsare solicited every semester, including summer, and reviewed (by a faculty panel and the collegedean) for quality and impact with special attention to the mentoring plan. Although the programgenerally places the onus of formation of these teams on the student, the

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Adam Ginton, NA

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Engineering Physics & Physics

be investigated: Page 26.134.2 1. The subject material and course content, and 2. Students subjective experiences and views about a subject The first of these topics is essentially about the effectiveness of a particular physicscourse. It addresses questions such as what aspects of physics do students have the most troublewith, and how different teaching methods compare with one another. The studies in this sectionoften involved college students who were already enrolled in a physics class, and used aquantitative approach to obtain the data. The second topic concerns how student’s general attitudes and beliefs

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University; S.R. Subramanya

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Engineering Management

impacts including change in the rain and storm cycles [1]. The Stateof California has been in drought cycle for some three years now with water storage levels acrossthe state at alarmingly low levels – down by 51.8% [2, 3]. Los Angeles and San Diego (two largestcities of California) have instituted water conservation methods and rebates for all theircustomers including single family homes. The total amount of water consumed by residentialpopulation (as opposed to agriculture or industrial) is about 14 % of the total water consumptionin CA (agriculture uses 80%) [4].Two key programs in the School of Engineering and Computing at our university are -Sustainability Management (MS) and Computer Science (BS and MS). SustainabilityManagement program

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Hum, Cañada College; Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

differences in the program outcomes forminority and non-minority students. Comparisons will be based on student retention and successrates in subsequent math courses, pre- and post-program math self-efficacy survey, and surveysthat assess satisfaction with the program and student perception and knowledge of resources andskills needed for academic success.1. IntroductionWith the increasing demand for a skilled and technically savvy workforce in the United States,addressing retention problems in the first two years of college is a promising and cost-effectivestrategy to address this need. A recent Committee on STEM Education National Science andTechnology Council report Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics(STEM) Education 5-Year

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Pedagogy of Lab-Oriented Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Illinois Institute of Technology,under the umbrella of a Distinctive Education Initiative within the Armour College ofEngineering, we challenged ourselves to build on these more traditional mechanisms forexposing students to research in a manner that would: 1) increase the opportunity for inquiry- Page 26.651.3based learning and creative engineering thinking; 2) prepare students for subsequent placementin a research laboratory; and 3) provide all engineering students at our institution an opportunityto perform mentored, self-directed research. Furthermore, as an engineering college within ouruniversity, we also felt that our solution should address