Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria R. Young, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Madeline A. Gilleran, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

constraints, respectively[1]–[3]. Non-traditional engineering methods, including qualitativeresearch methods such as interviewing and observing, are important methods frequently used by designpractitioners to generate data throughout the design process; this is particularly true during the front-end phases ofdesign, and former studies have shown that the success of new products depends upon how well the front-enddesign phases are executed. These non-traditional engineering skills cannot typically be mastered throughstandard undergraduate engineering curricula. Although recognized as core to human-, user-, and context-centered design processes, engineering students often gain surface-level theoretical exposure to these topics anddon’t have access to

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University; La Shon N. Lowe, Jackson State University; Josie H. Latham, Jackson State University, Undergraduate Studies and CyberLearning

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

%) offtf engineering majors prior to 2009 were in this population. Students with an ACT Math scorebelow 17 must take a developmental math course before enrolling in College Algebra and almostall these students change majors or leave the university without graduating. Students with ACTMath scores of 26 and above are deemed calculus ready and do not need a bridge program. Theoriginal bridge program objective was to substantially increase the historical six year engineeringgraduation rate and decrease the time to graduate. Many summer bridge programs have beendeveloped and implemented. Some are described in references [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], and [7].The bridge program, named the Summer Engineering Enrichment Program (SEEP) [8], wasinitiated

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary H. Bernstein, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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Electrical and Computer

significant way, namely that it is designed toprepare students for their upcoming courses more so than directly for their intended careers. Theemphasis in the readings is on both the relevance of EE as it pertains to technology that studentscan relate to, e.g., MP3 players, and to global problems, e.g., energy efficiency, as well as whatwill be taught in various courses that they will see in their next two or three semesters, and lesson “what an electrical engineer does in her/his career.”The course goals are listed and discussed below:1. Expose students to a wide range of EE-related topics. The choice of topics is necessarily limited by the constraints of a single semester, so it is not possible to discuss many of the areas of electrical

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Todd DeLong, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer

development of "Introduction to Embedded Computing," which provided avaluable model for both pedagogical approaches as well as laboratory and instructor resourcesthat would be required.7 All of these courses are taught in a studio style in which the laboratoryand lecture material are combined into a single cohesive period and in the same physical space,as shown in Figure 1. Each class meeting typically consists of a short lecture in which conceptsthat are relevant to the experiment are introduced followed by the experimental section of themeeting; all classes have both experimental, and lecture components and each course in thesequence is taught each semester. Educational research has demonstrated the effectiveness of hands-on project-based learning

Conference Session

Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

performance and student perception of theflipped classroom with a control group experiencing the same upper level undergraduateengineering course in a traditional lecture-based format over the course of an entire semester.The main research questions for this study include: 1) are short-term student learning gainsimproved when comparing flipped vs traditional lecture methods, 2) what aspects of the flippedclassroom are contributing to the difference in learning gains?, and 3) how do students perceivetheir learning gains in flipped vs traditional lecture styles? Comparison of quiz and exam gradeswill be used to address student performance. Weekly student recordings of the amount of timespent on different aspects of the course, student confidence

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Coller, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Stephanie Sheffield, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

). She particularly enjoys coaching students through the difficult rhetorical situations of open-ended design projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Assessment of Peer Mentoring of Teams in a First Year Design-Build-Test-Communicate ClassAbstractPeer mentoring has been associated with beneficial outcomes in higher education, from increasedretention of minority students[1] and women[2] to learning gains for both mentors and mentees[3].Most of the peer mentoring relationships investigated in the literature are of mentors not tied to aspecific course [e.g.,2]. This paper reports on how one section of a first year, intensive, project-based learning class uses peer mentors to guide student teams

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

. The laboratory exam measured student ability to work with an air track or with electric field equipment, both commonly used in undergraduate physics education. Results illustrate that large percentages of students majoring in technology, and in the health sciences, need to improve their basic math skills and their ability to use laboratory equipment to meet the expected learning outcomes. 1) Introduction This paper presents assessment results on how well three groups of STEM students learned aparticular set of outcomes expected across physics courses. The assessment was conducted atthe end of the fall semester of 2014 at the Queensborough Community College (QCC); QCC ispart of the City University of New York (CUNY). In the fall

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

academia for more than 15 years.Dr. Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University Nicholas B. Conklin received a B.S. in applied physics from Grove City College in 2001, and a Ph.D. in physics from Penn State University in 2009. He is currently an associate professor and chair of the Physics Department at Gannon University, Erie, PA. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Student Learning Experience in Two Exemplary Engineering ProjectsAbstractIn this paper, we examine and quantify similarities of two engineering projects each of which iseither 1) an undergraduate research project primarily integrating off-the-shelf devices and referredto as the

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University; Ricardo Cummings, University of Michigan; Valentina Tafurt, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students. Especially in engineering, entrepreneurship hasreceived significant attention in the last decade. As reported by Shartrand, Weilerstein,Besterfield-Sacre, & Golding (2010), in 2010, more than 50% of universities affiliated to ASEEwere offering entrepreneurship through formal courses and informal programs such as pitchcompetitions. This urgency has been fueled by recurrent national calls for fostering an   1  entrepreneurial and innovate economy and the need to develop innovative engineering graduatesto compete successfully in a global economy (National Academy of Engineering, 2005).Advances in Entrepreneurship EducationRecent initiatives

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Allen III, University of Evansville; Jared Fulcher, University of Evansville; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville

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Educational Research and Methods

in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineeringat the University of Evansville have undertaken a similar, multi-year study, in an attempt tofurther quantify and support the findings of these studies.Method and Study ParametersData from three different courses in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering curriculum werecollected for this study. Table 1 contains information regarding the study parameters and thethree instructors (listed as A, B, C) associated with each course included in this semester. Foreach of the courses in this study, there are typically 3-4 exams each semester, approximately 20-25 homework assignments and 8-10 quizzes. Average enrollment for ENGR prefix classes isapproximately 20 students per section. For CE prefix

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

measures are not sufficiently robust8. The challenge is to find a balancebetween credible assessment and efficient deployment and analysis.This project explores the well-documented methodology of concept maps used in more than 500prior educational studies9 can be repurposed to gather and analyze student learning with the goal oflarge-scale and efficient assessment in mind. This research seeks to address: 1. How can semi-structured instruments, such as concept maps, provide evidence for knowledge acquisition in non-technical fields where ‘perfect’ answers are not the desired student-outcome, such as understanding and recognition for social context? 2. Can the results from concept mapping activities be linked

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University; Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

now a Geotechnical Engineering Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Bucknell University. He teaches the traditional geotechnical courses of soil mechanics and foundation engineering, but also teaches unsaturated soil mechanics, introduction to transportation and mechanics of materials. HIs research area is in unsaturated soil mechanics, energy geotechnics, and transportation infrastructure resiliency. Address: 1 Dent Drive, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewis- burg, PA 17837Dr. Matthew Sleep, Oregon Institute of Technology Matthew Sleep is an assistant professor of civil engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology. Prior to

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenell Wilmot, University of Texas, Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin

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First-Year Programs

school to college, and to assist with difficult coursework.Some institutions have implemented the SI program for freshman level engineering coursework[1-10]. Most studies have looked at the correlation between SI attendance and studentperformance in the course offering the SI program. There is only limited literature on the effectof SI on the transferability of the skills gained to upper level engineering coursework. Analysisof SI attendance and grade performance has shown that SI attendance may have a relationship to    improved persistence in the degree program with fewer leaving the degree [4, 10] andcompleting more credits in their first year

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenell Wilmot, University of Texas, Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

semester enrollment issmaller and mainly populated by transfer students or those who did not successfully complete thecourse in the fall. This paper will investigate the differences in academic performance betweenthose attending SI or not, and explore the differences in SI usage and academic performancebetween students enrolled in fall and spring semesters.I. Review of LiteratureCurrent studies of SI in engineering courses show that students attending SI sessions perform    better on exams and SI attendance was positively correlated with final course grades [1]-[8]. SIattendance improves persistence in the degree program with fewer leaving the degree [3] andstudents attending SI complete more

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jamie R. Gomez, University of New Mexico; Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Paige Prescott, University of New Mexico; James Scacco, University of New Mexico; Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico; Nicolai Loner, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Svihla studies learning in authentic, real world conditions; this includes a two- strand research program focused on (1) authentic assessment, often aided by interactive technology, and (2) design learning, in which she studies engineers designing devices, scientists designing investigations, teachers designing learning experiences and students designing to learn.Dr. Jamie R. Gomez, University of New Mexico Jamie Gomez, Ph.D., is a Lecturer Title III in the department of Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University of New Mexico. She is a co- Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Lynn A. Albers, Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, the program waslaunched with an initial class of approximately 100 first-year students in fall of2016.Building a new school of engineering affords a number of unique opportunities,including the chance to develop a program based on best practices, engineeringeducation research, and the recommendations of national reports such as"Educating the Engineer of 2020,"1 among others. It also provides the opportunityto recruit and graduate a more diverse cohort of engineers, by taking into accountresearch on attracting and retaining a broad spectrum of students. Given the dean’spersonal passion about and expertise in creating a culture of success for a broadspectrum of students, diversity was quickly added to the list of program goals.Those goals

Conference Session

CoED: Computer Science Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Cohenour P.E., Ohio University; Audra Anjum, Ohio University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

include detailed step-by-step instructions. Atypical project may require four pages of text for the instructions. Assessments are located at theend of each unit. These are similar in scope to the projects but the instructions are less detailedand may only require about one half of a page.A typical sequence of instructions for a project might as follows: 1. Open AL1-C2-Griffin.accdb and enable the contents. 2. Click the DATABASE TOOLS tab. 3. Click the Relationships button in the Relationships group. 4. …In an assessment this might be reduced to 1. Open AL1-C2-Griffin.accdb. 2. Create a one-to-many relationship between EmpId in the Employees table and the EmpId in the Expenses table. 3. …In both cases, there is sufficient

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Jacob Haven Gosling; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Computing & Information Technology

poses a problemfor everyone with a traditional system. The problem is that if someone were to have and use areal quantum computer, there would be no way to keep them from cracking all of our traditionalsecurity methods. Overnight all the methods that are currently considered to be secure wouldbecome superfluous. So, the advent of quantum computing both has its exciting possibilities andterrifying consequences6.The fundamental principle that is utilized in the basic form of quantum cryptology andcomputing is that of qubits. Qubits are quantum bits. Like in traditional computer’s bits, qubitscan be either a 1, 0, or both. The state of being both a 1 and a 0 is known as superposition. Thisis what makes the theory of quantum computing seem so fast

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning and Motivation in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Helmke, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

mean score in the flipped course was 7.3%higher than in the lecture course, which was significantly different at the 0.05 level (unpaired t-test, p=2.5×10-5). The cumulative histogram (Figure 1) shows the shift in the histogram of scoresin the flipped relative to the lecture course.In order to determine whether a difference in academic preparation existed, the aggregate GPAsof biomedical engineering students from the two class years of the study were compared.Students typically take the biotransport course in the 5th or 6th semester of their academicprogram, so GPAs from 4th semester were chosen for comparison to represent academic recordjust before taking biotransport. The GPA of the class year representing the lecture course was3.39±0.42

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Disability Experiences & Empathy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, Rice University; Renae Danielle Mayes, Ball State University; Carol Villanueva-Perez, Ball State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

categorized as student attitudes and actions, faculty attitudes and actions, accessibility,or other and are listed in Table 1 (Rule and Stefanich, 2012). Table 1. Factors that Impact Success of Students with Disabilities (from Rule and Stefanich, 2012) Categories Helpful Factors Non-helpful Factors Student attitudes and actions •   Healthy self-esteem, positive •   Failure to disclose need for attitude accommodations •   Strong motivation & task •   Poor self-esteem

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Hillman, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ghada Salama, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Emilio Ocampo Eibenschutz, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Saly Mohamed Ali Awadh, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Lara El Said, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Based on the findings of the focus groups, we then designed an anonymous surveyto be sent to current TAMUQ female students (see Appendix B). 100 responses were recordedout of the 231 female engineering students, which resulted in a 43.29% response rate (seeAppendix C). The majority of the students who responded were Qatari (57%).Focus Group FindingsWhy our students chose engineering?In terms of why our students chose to study engineering, there were two main themes. Manymentioned a “passion” for fields such as mathematics or chemistry since a young age.Participants also discussed feeling the need “to prove” or “to show” something:Example 1: It’s like you want to do something different, to prove to everyone that you’re capable of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Forsyth, York College of Pennsylvania; Nicole Hesson, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

years that focus on community outreach and service. Theseprojects include a community bike rental station, an automated greenhouse for a K-8 school, andassistive technologies for employees with disabilities. These new projects exist along with“traditional” competition-based capstone projects such as Formula FSAE.Given these two classes of multidisciplinary capstone projects, we examine the experiences ofthe students, faculty, and community partners during the transition to new service-learningcapstone projects. Specifically, we report on interviews conducted: (1) with faculty to understandtheir administrative and instructional challenges in adding service-based capstone projects, (2)with community-partners and their perceptions of working with

Conference Session

Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas G. Westfall, Virginia Tech; James Edward Taylor; Serena Lise Emanuel, Virginia Tech; Mathew Verghese, Virginia Tech; Nick Falls, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

real-world research projects with team members from multiple disciplines hashelped these undergraduates to gain experiences outside their own disciplines. This has aidedthem in developing diverse skill sets that are described in terms of: interdisciplinary experiences,links between their classroom learning and lab experiences, academic and professional skills,impacts of faculty and graduate mentoring, and impacts on academic and career decisions.1. IntroductionIn order to tackle the multifaceted problems of the 21st century, industries often engageemployees from multiple disciplines to solve a single problem. Although, industries haverecognized the need for interdisciplinary collaborations, the departmental structures in collegesand

Conference Session

Student Division Early Introduction to Engineering Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candyce Hill, Michigan State University ; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Student

provides interactive seminars on interpersonal communications and problem solving skills for engineering students across the U.S. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Benefits of One-on-One Resume Advising for Undergraduate Engineering Students Participating in a Summer Research ProgramAbstractWhether they choose to pursue graduate school or employment, many rising college seniors arefaced with completing applications for post-graduation experiences. A resume is an essentialcomponent of these applications, and in an effort to support students in creating strong resumeswe developed (1) a professional development seminar and (2) an advising

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Erin McCave, University of Houston

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New Engineering Educators

shared vision, developing possible tangible outcomes, writingoperating procedures, selecting an appropriate platform for communication, and facilitatingreflection and changes to practice.1. IntroductionThe benefits of mentoring as a form of faculty professional development are well established,and there are many different structures in which mentoring can occur. The most traditionalstructure is that of a formal mentoring program, pairing senior and junior faculty. Although thistraditional structure has many advantages, there is a hierarchy in the relationship that mayprevent the mentee (i.e., junior faculty member) from sharing important challenges and concerns,especially if the mentor is involved in key decisions such as tenure and promotion

Conference Session

Practices for Student Learning Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University; Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University; Lisa Karen Kenyon, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

disciplines combined with managing expectations is the best way to improve thechances of success. This paper will step through the design process and describe the bestpractices for facilitating communication between the sponsor, engineering students and facultyrelated to each step of the design process. Completed Projects are used as examples to illustratethe difficulties.IntroductionOver the past 20 years, there has been a steady increase in the interest in project based andservice learning as can be seen in Figure 1 (ASEE Conference Proceedings Search, 2017) below.Over those twenty years, the number of papers presented on service learning has increased by 8.4times and those on project based learning by 6.7 times

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Elnaz Douzali, University of Illinois, Chicago; Samuel Thomas Harford, PROMINENT Labs UIC; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Fazle Shahnawaz Muhibul Karim, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

(FS GPA) of applicants to the College ofEngineering (COE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The predicted FS GPA is usedto improve the admission of underrepresented students to the COE. Also, it is shown to utilize athreshold for the FS GPA to recommend support and retention strategies to improve the students’outcomes through a statistical and association rule mining software. The University has a metric,Metric 1, that uses an applicant's High School GPA and ACT Composite Score to predict theirFS GPA. Metric 1 is a score that ranges from 0-40, representing the predicted FS GPA by afactor of 10. The university’s current admissions policy is based on this scored Metric 1 of anapplicant. It is hypothesized that a metric based

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

two opposing stances: 1) We can be race-and gender-blind because the educational system is a meritocracy. There is at leastadequate opportunity for anyone to meet whatever standards are set. Diversity is not amajor issue because you can “take a peek” at it at the end of the process; 2) There is nomeritocracy. Meeting our standards and diversifying is “tough” because we can’t hire fromanywhere. Only those schools that have the same prestige as us (Michigan, Georgia Tech,Stanford) are worth even considering. Although he recognizes that this statement does nothave a basis in data he brushes off the concern by saying, “Maybe…I haven’t exploredthat…space yet.”The absent presence in his discussion is what the standards are that drive faculty hires

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose M. Marra Ph.D., University of Missouri; So Mi Kim, University of Missouri; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah; Shann Bossaller, University of Missouri

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

success in engineering practice (ABET, Inc., 2016)1. Metacognitionis key to the development of life-long learning, yet is rarely directly addressed in engineeringeducation. Metacognition, defined as “knowledge and cognition about cognitive phenomena”(Flavell, 1979, p. 906), is a higher-order thinking skill and provides the key to developing life-long learning skills necessary for ABET and for an effective work career. This paper will reporton the authors’ study of the development of metacognition and life-long learning skills ofgraduates of the Iron Range Engineering (IRE) program, an innovative problem-based learningprogram that integrates metacognition instruction with engineering content. The IRE programoffers a unique setting for studying

Conference Session

K-12 and Graduate Experiences in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sam Dreyer, University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jennifer Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Andria Shyjka, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

includingbiomechanics, rehabilitation engineering, bionanomaterials and biomedical imaging, the firstyear of the Bioengineering Experience for Science Teachers (BEST) Program provided in-depthparticipant-tailored curricular mentoring via weekly workshops that focused on principles ofeffective planning, instruction, and assessment which will be directly connected to teachers’classroom curriculum. In addition to exposure to research in bioengineering labs, City PublicHigh School teachers from diverse schools across the district also translated their experience intocurriculum unit lesson plans being implemented the following academic year. 1. IntroductionIt has been well established that there is a shortage of STEM professionals [1]. While there are anumber of