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Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (3)

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jessica D. Gale, Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing ; Jeremy Lingle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #18095Students’ Perceptions of a Middle School STEM Innovation and Design CourseDr. Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech’s Center for Ed- ucation Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC). Her research focuses on improving K-12 STEM education through research on curriculum development, teacher professional development, and student learning in integrated STEM environments. Her interests also include evaluation of K-12 STEM initiatives that target low income and minority students. Dr. Alemdar has

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan W. Krauss, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville; Cem Karacal, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

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University, Ankara, Turkey in 1982. He has experience in industry and academia. His main research and teaching interest areas are simulation modeling, quality control, operations research, and facilities layout. Before joining to SIUE he worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Evaluating the Impact of a Revised Introductory Engineering Course: Student Retention and Success as an IndicatorAbstractThis work in progress

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manaz Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University; Chandan Dasgupta, Purdue University; John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia MSSEC, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

understanding the development of the ability to deal with problems in Engineering complex socio-technical systems via variation theory. Other interests are curriculum devel- opment for mathematical thinking, design thinking, and human-centered design. He is currently on a leave of absence from the department of systems engineering at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. He worked as a software engineer in different companies for seven years before transitioning to academia.Dr. Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alejandra Magana is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology and an affiliated faculty at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Thomas Dick, Oregon State University; Susie J Brubaker-Cole, Oregon State University; Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; John David Ivanovitch, Oregon State university; Julie Risien, Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning; Lori J. Kayes, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University; Devon Quick, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University Jana L. Bouwma-Gearhart is an associate professor of STEM education at Oregon State University. Her research widely concerns improving education at research universities. Her earlier research explored en- hancements to faculty motivation to improve undergraduate education. Her more recent research concerns organizational change towards postsecondary STEM education improvement at

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alana Teresa Smith, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Emi Aoki, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Mahsa Ghandi, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Jasmina Burek, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Charles Thompson Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

learning andresearch. This can involve seeking out opportunities for independent study and project work, workingcollaboratively with peers and mentors, and taking advantage of professional development workshopsand training programs.Similarly, in upcoming years, the engineering workforce will require particular skill sets that involvethe combination of discipline-specific knowledge and technology to address complex problems with theinvolvement of diverse field experts. Thus, co-creation is being proposed as an alternative learning andteaching method. This refers to the joint and collaborative effort between educators and students to de-sign and implement curriculum components, pedagogical approaches, and other educational initiatives.This approach

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5: Exploring and Re-Examining Ideas in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vijay K. Kanabar, Boston University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

which using thestand in stark contrast as follows [11]: agile approach continues to be an absorbing topic even to the Predictive: Low-risk tolerance, supports economies of converts. Consider what Canty [17] writes, "Many projects scale, less need for innovation, integrates well with the have achieved successful outcomes with agile hierarchical culture implementations. On the other hand, some organizations are very cautious about forging ahead with agile. This guarded Adaptive: Higher risk tolerance, need for innovation, approach is based upon the acknowledgment

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PCEE Session 4: Resource / Curriculum Exchange

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vicki May, Dartmouth College; Samuel Streeter, Dartmouth College; Sara Vannah, Dartmouth College

-ETS1-4. Develop a model to generatehow different factors affect the plants in data for iterative testing and modifications oftheir terraria. This is an interdisciplinary a proposed tool.project that incorporates environmentaland engineering concepts. Engineeringconcepts include the use of laser-cutters to Suppliescreate the acrylic terrariums (CAD files • Terrariums (CAD plans or use 2L bottles)available but students can also use 2-liter • Soil, sand, pebbles, fertilizerbottles

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles S. Elliott; Albert Winn

providing a basic structure and tools for all skills to use in quality control andimprovement. The IPPD Group has recently focused primarily in the project management areasafter developing a set of courses providing a fundamental knowledge of integrated productdevelopment. Manufacturing Processes has introduced some valuable courses on manufacturingstrategies and approaches. They are currently working a program leading to certificate / degreefor a Production Engineer, an area where Industry is consolidating its manufacturing support.Software, Environmental and Design are all relatively early in their curriculum developments,but are beginning to provide courses now. A complete list of JACME2T courses that are

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

• Development of a continual assessment scheme • Integration of GE curriculum with curricula in other engineering departmentsIn the following sections, a brief progress report of above activities is presented.At Virginia Tech, students’ retention, graduation, and intra-college migration data is maintainedby the Institutional Research and Planning Analysis department online2. However, thisinformation is not available in the form that can be readily used or interpreted. Therefore, thisraw data was collected and processed to infer useful graduation and intra-college migrationinformation. This information will be used as a tool in assessment. Based on analysis of 1994-1996 cohorts, it was found that: • On average, 59% of students who enter

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

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Srilekha Bandla; Mukesh Reddy Jonnala; Peiqiao Wu; Sarosh Patel; Xingguo Xiong

by a stepper motor, ensuring controlled drugyet to create practical implementations that integrate CNN- delivery at a calculated rate:LSTM methodology with real-time therapeutic systems forpersonal treatment, which follows standard seizure detection Q = RP M × V (2)approaches described in [23] and [24]. An integrated system delivers VNS technology with a CNN- Where: - Q is the flow rate in mL/min, - RP M is the motorLSTM model and drug delivery systems as one functional unit. speed in rotations per minute, - V is the volume displaced perSeizures are detected through ECG motion data entry with revolution.real-time detection and adjustable intervention responses that

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahsa Ghorbani, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University; Edwin K. P. Chong Ph.D., Colorado State University; Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University

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Engineering Ethics

engineering. Then we provide a background on the way we integratetechnical content into knowledge integration activities and how we plan to integrate ethics intothat framework. Finally we talk about a method to assess the effectiveness of our study.Ethics Education in EngineeringOne of the major thrusts in engineering education is to develop students’ professional skills thatgo beyond the traditional technical curriculum [3]. Ethics education is a very important part ofany engineering program. ABET requires that all programs seeking accreditation mustdemonstrate that their graduates have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility[4].Integrating professional skills into the technical content of engineering curriculum has alwaysbeen a

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Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Michael Robinson, Rose-Hulman Institute; Charles Glagola, University of Florida; James Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler

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Civil Engineering

knowledge, skills, and attitudes outlined by ASCE are obtained through formalstructured education, and other parts are obtained through focused professional experience aftergraduation. The Curriculum Committee of the Committee on Academic Prerequisites forProfessional Practice (CAP3) was charged with two fundamental tasks regarding the formaleducation component, namely: ‚ Determine the current status of civil engineering education in relation to the formal educational component of the BOK, and ‚ Determine the nature of change necessary to support the formal educational expectations of the BOK. Presented in this paper is an extended summary of the work of the committee. The primarytopics addressed in the

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K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 1 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madison J. Gallipo, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, including their capacity-building and school partner- ship programs. She coordinates the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program’s NSF-funded TEAMS Program (Tomorrow’s Engineers. . . creAte. iMagine. Succeed.) which engages more than 2,200 K-12 students in engineering throughout the academic year and summer months. She is also a contributing curriculum writer and editor for the TeachEngineering digital library, also an NSF-funded project. Janet holds a master’s degree in Information and Learning Technology from the University of Colorado Denver and a bachelor’s in Communication from the University of Colorado Boulder.Prof. Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

cell research used under a wide range of operational conditions for the US Army, as well as battery research, and the implementation of alternative energy power sources in autonomous ground vehicle robots. He is also working with his students supporting DTE Energy in the operation and optimization of their Hydrogen Power Park in Southfield, Michigan, a photovoltaic, biomass, water electrolysis, hydrogen storage, hydrogen vehicle fueling station and fuel cell power demonstration project, funded by the Department of Energy. He has also established an alternative energy laboratory at LTU that contains integrated fuel cell and hydrogen generation systems, as well as equipment

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K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres Cornel Chavez, California State University Northridge; Stephanie Marie Jaco, California State University Northridge; Alejandro Roldan, California State University Northridge; Matthew Ferrer, CSUN; Joyceanne Sim; George Youssef, California State University, Northridge

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

student have been involvedin the development of the nail polish module. Additionally, the bell module has been critiqued byfaculty in the education department of researching university. Finally, it was shown that the wayscience is taught must change to allow students to relate the abstract concepts to real lifeexamples. This can be accomplished by providing our science educators with more resources tofacilitate the integration of more hands-on activities in the curriculum. The Electric Bell module Page 24.835.8can serve as model to create, develop and implement more tunable educational modules.Bibliography[1] Almaguer, A. J., et al. "Building

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Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

thesummer.Bibliography1. Nepal, B.P., Albayyari, J. M. (2007). An Industrial Project Management Course for Technology Curriculum, Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.2. Kelley, D.S. (2005). Team Design Problem in Technology. Journal of Industrial Technology, 21(1), 1-8.3. Schmidt, L., Schmidt, J., Colbeck, C., Bigio, D., Smith, P., Harper, L. (2003). Engineering Students and Training in Teamwork: How Effective?, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.4. Smith, K. (2000). Strategies for Developing Engineering Student's Teamwork and Project Management Skills, Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Mark Nelms, Auburn University; Regina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-1635: EXPERIENCE WITH AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY WORKSHOPFOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERSR. Mark Nelms, Auburn UniversityRegina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment Page 12.712.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Experience with an Alternative Energy Workshop for Middle School Science Teachers Encouraging interest in science and engineering can begin early in the education process ifteachers have the proper training1. Discussed in this paper is an outreach activity for middleschool science teachers to provide them with the curriculum materials needed to foster students’interest in science and engineering. This

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Christopher LeBlanc

curriculum will be the basis to understand the system level approachof specifying, breakdown, hardware/software development, and integration of an embeddedsystems course. In such a course students typically explore microprocessor architecture,instruction sets, interfacing, and real-time programming techniques in assembly language.Laboratory exercises usually consist of system level development in serial and parallel datatransfer, data acquisition, and analog input and output signal processing. The most commonchips used in microprocessor courses are the Motorola HC11/12 or the Intel 8051. Figure 1Figure 1 shows how a four year EET curriculum would map out introducing the integratedAnalog and Digital

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Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; R. David Kent, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Entrepreneurial Engineering CareerAbstractIf an engineering program has superb technical content, what, if anything, can be done to raisethe level of educational excellence in its graduates? Especially, if a key intent is to increase thedegree entrepreneurial-mindedness of its graduates and promote innovation? We believe theanswer is to truly integrate the core professional competencies cultivated by general educationinto the engineering curriculum and to have general education courses more specifically connectto issues that engineers need to be more aware of in a career climate of extensive globalization.General education is an essential educational component to be embraced as being on par inimportance in an engineering curriculum with technical topics

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K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 2 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin M Brevik, The University of North Dakota; Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University; Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota; Kristi Jean, North Dakota State College of Science

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and received a Master’s of Civil Engineering and an Ed.D. in Technology Education from N.C. State University. He specializes in developing and integrating project-based activities into the K-12 classroom that incorporate engineering and STEM learning concepts as well as providing professional development for K-12 teachers.Dr. Frank M. Bowman, University of North Dakota Dr. Frank Bowman is Associate Professor, Tom Owens Fellow, and Associate Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of North Dakota. He holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and a B.S from Brigham Young University, both in Chemical Engineering. His research

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore E. Fahlsing

Session 1547 A Capstone Laboratory for an Introductory Electronic Devices and Applications Course Theodore E. Fahlsing Purdue University Abstract The EET analog electronic devices-circuit analysis curriculum team at Purdue University,West Lafayette recommended an integrated circuit (I. C.) waveform generator lab for thecapstone or final lab in the introductory electronic devices course. The objective is to introducestudents to applications oriented analog integrated circuits. The 555 timer

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Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Sarah A. Wilson, University of Kentucky; Samira Azarin; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland; Chris Barr, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering

, she developed a passion for undergraduate education. This passion led her to pursue a career as a lecturer, where she could focus on training undergraduate chemical engineering students. She has been teaching at UK since 2015 and has taught Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Computational Tools and the Unit Operations Laboratory. She is especially interested in teaching scientific communication and integration of process safety into the chemical engineering curriculum.Prof. Samira Azarin Samira Azarin is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. She earned her B.S. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy in 2006 and went

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Potpourri

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Magerko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tom McKlin, SageFox Consulting Group; Anna Xambo, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

actuallydeclined in the past decade. To help change the perception of the computing field, researchers atGeorgia Institute of Technology developed EarSketch. EarSketch is an authentic STEAM(STEM + Arts) environment for teaching and learning programming (i.e. where learners areengaged in authentic practices both in computing and in the aesthetics of music remixing) aimedat increasing and broadening participation in computing. In the EarSketch environment, studentswrite code to manipulate, or remix, musical samples. It is an integrated programmingenvironment, digital audio workstation, curriculum, and audio loop library.EarSketch has already been piloted in multiple classroom environments, including ComputerScience Principles (CSP) classes in Atlanta-area

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

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Electrical and Computer

course isviewed in a dynamic perspective. Currently the Lab serves the needs of Physics students, while in thenear future it will mainly serve the needs of the future ECE students (possibly including some studentswho have currently taken the course). Therefore, the need for Lab restructuring at this time is paralleledby the need to tune in the content to present and future student needs (an adapted course will be in thefuture part of the ECE program). An integration of laboratory and lecture will be performed in the future,as the entire ECE program and laboratory designs (building facilities) were conceived in this way.In the current phase, lab experiments were tested in lab conditions and modified in order to match thelecture curriculum and

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julianne D. Vernon, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

highest gain of 0.41 wasshown for the intervention group and was significantly higher than the pre to post increase forthe control (p-value<0.001). This shows that the restructure and inclusion of the discussionsession increases the student’s confidence in declaring major.6.0 ConclusionPreliminary results from our pilot study, modifying an elective first year survey course to includediscussion intended to initiate development of self-authorship and integrative learning, showpositive development of students in their confidence in choosing a major and linking this to theirinterests, values and strengths. This was a significant focus of the pilot course and shows thatthe curriculum is affecting students in a positive way as designed. Because

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Social Justice and the Curriculum: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney Turner, University of Virginia; Bethany Gordon, University of Virginia; Tomeka Carroll; Katelyn Stenger, University of Virginia; Patrick Hancock, University of Virginia

newtopics, like sustainability, we can apply best practices while avoiding pitfalls as we seek tointegrate social justice into the engineering curriculum. Positionality of self and students. As our team relies on utilizing critical, liberatory pedagogiesand integral approaches to ESJ education, we are of the opinion that “learner’s subjectivity andsocial positionings play an essential role in the practice of inquiry and knowledge production(Acevedo, 2015).” In our experience, when introducing social justice concepts in an engineeringclassroom, our group has had the most success decreasing the previously mentioned “warm-up”period by initiating exercises that allow students to (1) explore their individual and social identitiesand (2) reflect on

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

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Wookwon Lee P.E., Gannon University; Nicholas B Conklin, Gannon University

opportunities may be limited and availableonly to a few select students in general, we believe that more complex real-world applications, ifcovered within the curriculum for all students, will better facilitate student learning.References[1] S. Swordy, “The energy spectra and anisotropies of cosmic rays,” Space Science Reviews, vol. 99, pp. 85-94, 2001.[2] W. Lee and N.B Conklin, “An electronic instrument for measurement of the charge and energy of cosmic-rays in high-altitude balloons,” in Proc. 2018 IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conf., Nov. 2018, pp. 752-757.[3] Burr-Brown, “IVC102 Precision Switched Integrator Transimpedance Amplifier,” PDS-1329A, June 1996.Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

concernsas lethal voltages may be involved.In this BYOE we present an instrumented transformer system designed at the University ofVirginia that is completely protected from a student safety standpoint and is applicable forstudent experiments ranging in level from advanced secondary education to 2-year institutions aswell as upper-level undergraduates in 4 year electrical and computer engineering undergraduateprograms. A unique feature of this system is the integration of a lossless closed loop Hall effectcurrent sensor that allows students to visualize the transformer currents as well as voltages.Pedagogical ContextBeginning in the Fall of 2014 we have instituted a major curriculum update at the University ofVirginia. Our primary three-course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Rebecca Thomas, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Robert Nickel; Stu Thompson, Bucknell University

pedagogy, particularly in theory-based classes, faculty show considerable interest in expanding the range of teaching methods used. • Often attempts to incorporate social context or integrate projects into courses feel contrived and superficial, and this is particularly true for courses early in the curriculum. • Faculty group around the importance of prioritizing theoretical or professional skills with relatively few prioritizing more holistic student development. • Faculty listed many ways positive change could occur with the most desired change figuring out how to work more one-on-one with students. This was more valued by faculty with a theoretical focus. • Structural aspects of the university

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Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Topics in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Michael Korman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Construction

exercises that allows construction management studentsto perform “hands-on” fit-up exercises of mechanical piping systems.Key Words: Commercial Building Construction, Experiential Learning, Construction Education  IntroductionBeginning in the autumn quarter of 2008, the Construction Management Department atCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo launched an integrated project basedconstruction management curriculum. The basis behind the integrated curriculum was to create aseries of practice courses, similar to an architecture studio model; however, each course wouldfocus on a specific sector of the construction industry - Heavy Civil, Residential, Commercial,and Specialty Construction. The concept behind the seminars was to