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Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University

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has sought to increaseengineering graduation rates from a five-year average of 42%, to 65% by increasing the 1st to 2ndyear retention from 68% to 85%. Each year the FIRE efforts have included all of the roughly140 “First time in college” (FTIC) students in LeTourneau University’s School of Engineeringand Engineering Technology (SEET) programs. An internal study and best-practices literaturereview prompted several initiatives beginning in 2010:1) implementing peer, faculty, and industrial mentoring for first-year students;2) implementing an engineering “freshman experience” class;3) implementing first-year engineering practice classes including professional topics and open-ended experimentation and design projects.First-year Interest Groups

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Molly H. Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Communicating Making decisions Setting goals •  A mixed methods approach will be used to investigate designer 1 Conducting Tests Making trade-offs Sketching •  Hierarchical agglomerative clustering resulted in 5 groups student trade-off behavior using process data, artifact trade-off Evaluating Modeling Using

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Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Patricia A. Nava P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Valarie E. Taylor, Texas A&M University

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Transfer Student Pathways to Engineering Degrees: An Update on Project FindingsThe President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) documented the needto prepare more than 1 million additional STEM professionals in the U.S. workforce over thenext decade, primarily through efforts focused on increasing retention rates and diversifyingpathways. To meet this need, we must tap the entire domestic talent pool, includingunderrepresented minorities. According to data collected by the National Center for EducationStatistics, 57% of Hispanic students and 52% of African American students in undergraduateeducation during Fall 2014 were enrolled in 2-year public colleges. Given that more ethnic/racialminorities begin their pursuit

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Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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1. Practical, hands on approachgenerated with three core principles: 1) Low Cost, 2) Low Maintenance, Fan Input Velocityand 3) Concept Visualization. This is achieved through the following 2. Allows for design, build, and test opportunities for studentsdescription of the apparatus. The plexiglass chamber has a square base 3. Can be incorporated into multiple laboratory experimentswith a designated height. At the

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Misty L. Loughry, Rollins College; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte

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literature at all.Study 1 (completed): Frame-of-reference training (FORT) fosters learning a cognitive modelof teamworkPurpose of study: Study 1 measured the differences between trained and untrained participants inrecalling, recognizing, and categorizing team behaviors.Status of study: Participants were recruited to the experimental and control groups at UNCCharlotte and Purdue University for lab studies. Combined with Study 2 in publication below.Study 2 (completed): FORT and accountability make participants better ratersPurposes of study: (1) to show that participants with a more accurate cognitive model ofteamwork have better self- and peer-evaluation skills than untrained participants as measured bytheir ability to accurately classify teamwork

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Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Anna Danielle Newley, Sonoran Schools; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Eleven PSTs participated in this study. All participants were female, with (Table 1). Overall, the number of PSTs who held uninformed oris raised to the level of scientific inquiry. Both pre-service teachers and in- engineering, can easily attain the skills and confidence needed to integrate an average age of 21 years, and with varying degrees of engineering partially informed NOE views declined and the number of PSTs whoservice teachers should be exposed to engineering design through engineering into elementary science classes. Teachers have

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Carolyn A. Nichol, Rice University; Alice Chow, Rice University; Carrie Obenland, Rice University; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University Office of STEM Engagement ; Carolina Avendano, Rice University

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Paper ID #19269Nanotechnology Research Experience for Teachers Enhancing STEM Educa-tionDr. Carolyn A. Nichol, Rice University 1. Horhota, S.T., and Aitken, C.L. Multivariate cluster analysis of pharmaceutical formulation data using Andrews plots. J. Pharm. Sci., 1991, 85-90. 2. Aitken, C.L., McHattie, S.J. and Paul, D.R. Dynamic me- chanical behavior of polysulfones. Macromolecules, 1992, 25:1910-2922, 3. Aitken, C.L., Koros, W.J., and Paul D.R. Gas transport properties of biphenol polysulfones. Macromolecules, 1992, 25:3651-3658, 4. Aitken, C.L., Koros, W.J., and Paul, D.R. Effect of structural symmetry on gas transport

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Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Julie Dyke Ford Ph.D., New Mexico Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Kevin Kochersberger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Laura Mae Rosenbauer, Smith College; Sidharth Arunkumar, New Mexico Tech

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students’ experiences as they leave their capstone(aka senior) design courses and enter engineering workplaces. The project is currently in itsinitial phase, with instrument development and pilot testing currently underway.Multiple studies show significant gaps between school and work with respect to engineeringpractice 1-3. That gap is clear, for example, in a recent American Society of MechanicalEngineering (ASME) survey that found weaknesses among new graduates in skills includingpractical experience, systems perspectives, project management, problem solving, and design 4, 5.Equally important, industry supervisors identified such gaps more frequently than early careerengineers or academic department heads 4, reinforcing Stevens et al.’s claim

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Jordan E. Trachtenberg, Rice University

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UniversityABSTRACT LEARNING FRAMEWORKS AND ASSESSMENT METHODS PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS Research Questions: 1) Situated cognition: Writing in engineering as apprenticeship Approach feedback effectively: 1

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Nicole Berge, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis

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nanomaterial properties (e.g.,surface area, surface chemistry), as well as potential issues associated with nanomaterial disposal(e.g., transport in waste environments, health concerns).Rather than teach a singular elective course on nanotechnology, it was decided to distribute andintegrate the content across multiple courses. This paper describes the implementation of thatintegrated theme within a civil and environmental engineering curriculum. The integratedapproach is referred to as a Nanotechnology LINK, which stands for Learning Integration ofNew Knowledge (Pierce and Berge 2014). The proposed benefits of this approach are that (1)student learning of nanotechnology concepts and course-specific core concepts are simultaneousand connected, such

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Robert Barham, New Caney ISD; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Packaging Machine Simulator for Teaching Ladder Logic ProgrammingAbstractThis paper describes the results of an instructional pilot in programmable logic controller (PLC)programming in the ladder-logic language. As an extra-credit opportunity, students were invitedto participate in a programming activity in ladder-logic that consisted of the following: 1) a pre-instructional assessment of prior knowledge, (2) an online slideshow presentation that introducesPLCs, including future training and employment opportunities, (3) an online post-instructionalassessment of acquired knowledge, and (4) an opinion survey designed to measure studentdemand for a course that teaches industrial automation. These data were meant to be shared

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Nathan Delson, University of California at San Diego; Jesse DeWald, UC San Diego; Alex Tunchez, UC San Diego; Sebastian Bommer, UC San Diego

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engineer, educator and entrepreneur. As director of the EnVision Arts & Engineering Maker Studio at UC San Diego, he works directly with faculty and instructors, and empowers students to use the studio to the fullest extent possible. He is committed to the Experience Engineering initiative that strives to implement hands-activities beginning on day 1 of engineering programs. Before joining UC San Diego in 2015, DeWald helped design and implement a fast-growing, NSF-funded engineering education program for high school students. DeWald has more than nine years of industry work experience in research and development, large-scale manufacturing and product design. DeWald earned his mechanical engineer degree at The

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Ramin Madarshahian, University of South Carolina; Chao Chen; Juan M Caicedo, University of South Carolina; A. Steve McAnally, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Gabriel Terejanu, University of South Carolina

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fall as compared to the spring. Three short quizzes were distributed: quiz 1was comprised of 2 questions; quiz 2 was effectively comprised of 1 question; and quiz 3 wascomprised of 3 questions. The maximum number of student answers, or counts, is 222 based ona total of 6 questions in a class of 37 students. Due to student absences, the actual count was171.The second quiz was designed with a maximum of 4 questions. The first question was requiredof all students; one or more of the remaining 3 questions were assigned to a small group ofstudents. These assignments were based on their selection of incorrect answers to questions onquiz 1. However, this population was small, yielding just 5 additional counts. Student absencesfor quiz 1 and/or 2

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Bradley Bowen, Virginia Tech; Alan R. Kallmeyer, North Dakota State University; Holly Hermine Erickson, North Dakota State University College of Engineering

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program are referred to as “solitary STEM teachers” in ruralNorth Dakota (ND) and western Minnesota (MN). This definition is due to these teachers beingthe only mathematics or science teacher in their school building. With 99.7% of the statecategorized as rural, North Dakota has the fourth-largest percentage of rural area by state whileMinnesota’s western portion, consisting of the Northwest Valley and Southwest Corn Beltregions, is among the most rural of the state, consisting of only 8.6% of Minnesota’spopulation[1]. It is common for schools to be separated by 30-40 miles or more across rural NDand MN. Therefore, teachers in these areas are typically the only teacher in their content area andlack the support, resources, and professional

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Molly Y. Mollica, University of Washington; Heather A. Feldner, University of Washington; Anat Caspi P.E., University of Washington ; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington; Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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powerful educational method for delivering engineering curricula [1, 2]while benefiting student retention, personal development, and community connections [3, 4].Furthermore, positive societal impact is especially important to underrepresented students incareer selection [5, 6] and classes or projects with clear engineering-service componentscommonly attract a higher percentage of students from underrepresented groups [7, 8]. In thiswork-in-progress, we examine our initial efforts in implementing toy adaptation to enhanceengineering education and to serve our broader community.What is an adapted toy?An adapted toy has modified activation, function, orother components to increase accessibility andenhance the user’s experience. Here, we use

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Mark Diller P.E., University of Dayton; Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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global technical professionals, distance and asyn- chronous learning, and technical communication. He served for 2-1/2 years as Director of Industrial and Technical Relations for the University of Dayton China Institute in Suzhou, China where he established corporate partnerships and training programs for US companies in the Suzhou Industrial Park, and devel- oped opportunities for UD students to gain international and technical experience in China. He served for twelve years as Chair of the UD Department of Engineering of Engineering Technology, where he was responsible for leadership of five baccalaureate engineering technology programs, and approximately 300 full and part-time students. Prior to this position, he

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cathalina Juarez, University of Southern California

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resultsThe RET employs a carefully crafted, outcomes focused approach that aligns teacherperformance with student outcomes assessment logic model. Figure 1 (below) illustrates thelinks between teacher performance and student outcomes in the professional developmentmodel. F gur Ass ss MThis logic model demonstrates how each of the program components relates to the intendedoutcome goals of the RET.Aligned with this logic model, five assessment metrics are used to measure the combinedimpact of the SRET/ACCESS 4 Teachers RET programs. Two impact measures are usedfor teachers and three impact measures are used for students. A description of each measureand associated results across the seven program years

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Michael Doddo, Hereford High School; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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,when unsuccessful, due to size of prey, it will recruit other ants. The group of ants willcontinually change positions to move prey. The robotic implementation that the class willattempt to recreate may not seem very efficient, but it is an interesting example of decentralizedproblem-solving by a group of robots, and will allow students to study input sensors on robots,and interdisciplinary problem solving.GT Engineering Technology The author teaches four courses of Engineering and TechnologyEducation at a high school in the U.S. The course that the sensor push bot groups unit was taughtis GT Engineering Technology. The course covers the following topics: (1) Drafting andComputer Aided Design, (2)) Rapid Prototyping, (3) robotics & sensor

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Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University

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commercialization.Course objectives: • To provide competence with a set of tools and methods for product design and development. • To provide confidence in your own abilities to design and create a new product using 3D printers. • To provide product development experience using Computer Aided Design (CAD)-Mechanical Design tools. • To provide an overview of current product and prototype development issues. • To provide a guideline and necessary tools for rapid product realization and prototyping.Course outcomes: 1. Generate and evaluate conceptual design solutions using functional analysis and prototype testing given a design problem definition. 2. Produce a product that meets functional requirements. 3. Conduct

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; John Brooks Slaughter P.E., University of Southern California; Cathalina Juarez, University of Southern California

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analyzed the impact of pedagogical support practices—practices designedto foster successful transfer from community college to four-year colleges and universities, andhow students’ innovative capability affected such transfer capacity. The goals were: (a) tounderstand whether particular pedagogical support practices were effective in offering non-traditional students a program that enabled them to remain in engineering and science majors andto transfer to a four-year college or university, and (b) to determine if students’ propensity forinnovative problem solving influenced use of pedagogical practices and ultimately, transferpersistence. The research targeted four research questions: (1) What are the patterns ofpedagogical practices that

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Rambod Rayegan, Prairie View A&M University

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new high quality, software-assisted, and project-basedelective course focused on energy efficiency and green building design.In 1996, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) adopted a new set ofstandards and shifted the basis for accreditation from inputs, such as what is taught, to outputs,what is learned [1]. In a study conducted by the Center for the Study of Higher Education at thePennsylvania State University, the effect of output-based accreditation has been investigated.According to program chairs and faculty members, engineering program curricula changedconsiderably following implementation of output-based ABET criteria [1]. There were appliedactive learning methods that were implemented in classes to enrich the

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Kory J. Goldammer, Richland College; Brian Morgan Fleming, Richland College; Roderick R. Crowder, Richland College; Ralph S. Wiser, Richland College; Esraa Elanany, Richland College

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Microsoft Outlook, CatalystEX,and video streaming software. The authentication system relied on VBA code running in thebackground of an Outlook session. To add authorized users, the administrator simply pastesemail addresses into a dedicated text file on the server, which the code references in real time. Tocommunicate with the system, students send emails to a dedicated email address on the server. Ifthe sender address has been authorized, the automated system begins a conversation with thesender (Figure 3). It provides the user instructions on how to access the printing system and whatrequirements exist. Figure 1. Workflow Control Processing in Remote Accessible 3D Printer Infrastructure SystemFor example, 3D files must first be converted into

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Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Joseph Michael Derrick

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Society for Engineering Education, 2017 MAKER: Experimental Design and Measurement of Internal and External Flow Convection Coefficient Using 3D Printed GeometriesAbstract The convection heat transfer is explored for a new academic laboratory experiment to helpaddress the lack of practical experimentation that feature cutting-edge technologies. A cost-effective design is generated with three core principles: 1) Low Cost, 2) Low Maintenance, and 3)Concept Visualization. This is achieved through the following description of the apparatus. Theacrylic-plastic chamber has a square base with a designated height. At the bottom of the chamber,there is a rectangular section removed to act as an inlet to the chamber. A high powered

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Tahira N Reid, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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intervention-styleprograms (Collins, Joseph, & Bielaczyc, 2004).The research study follows the NSF “design, develop, and test” cycle and will serve a number ofdistinct, yet complementary, purposes: (1) be formative in informing the ongoing developmentand redesign of the Compassionate Design framework; (2) be persuasive in convincingengineering faculty teaching design the value and benefits of the Compassionate Designframework with rich data-driven evidence and case studies; and (3) be informative to the broadercommunity, providing evidence for improving professional formation in engineering and designactivities. These three purposes will serve the ultimate goal of understanding howCompassionate Design influences the professional formation of

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William H. Heeter; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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theadvancement of solid state devices the PLC’’s role was greatly enhanced permitting it to evolvefrom simple relays to the sophisticated system as it is today.The major components of the PLC are a Power Supply, Inputs, Outputs, and a ProcessorProgramming Device. Figure 1. Major Components of a PLCPower SupplyProvides the voltage to run the primary PLC components.I/O ModulesProvide signal conversion and isolation between the internal logic level signals inside the PLCand the field’s high level signal.ProcessorProvides intelligence to command and govern the activities of the entire PLC system.Programming DeviceUsed to enter the desired program that will determine the sequence of operation and control ofprocess equipment or

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Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Tania Jarosewich, Censeo Group ; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University

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. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Adapting Tested Spatial Skills Curriculum to On-Line Format for Community College Instruction: A Critical Link to Retain Technology Students (SKIITS)I. IntroductionSpatial Skills Instruction Impacts Technology Students (SKIITS)1 is developing an online,transportable course that community colleges can use as a resource to offer spatial skills trainingto their students with a nominal investment of institutional resources. The course is based onresearch and materials funded by NSF that have successfully been used in face-to-faceinstruction in four-year universities.SKIITS focuses on three research questions:1. Can effective materials developed through

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Astrit Imeri, Tennessee Technological University; Nicholas Russell, Tennessee Technological University; James Reed Rust, Tennessee Technological University; Serhat Sahin, Tennessee Technological University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

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University of Texas-Austin SAE student branch. The main idea behind the FSAE is thatan imaginary manufacturing company has contracted a student design team to develop a smallFormula-style race car. The prototype race car is to be evaluated for its potential as a productionitem. The target marketing group for the race car is the non-professional weekend autocrossracer. Each student team designs, builds and tests a prototype based on a series of rules, whosepurpose is both ensuring on-track safety (the cars are driven by the students themselves) andpromoting clever problem solving [1].Tennessee Tech University has a very well established FSAE team that competes in the top FSAEcompetitions within the US. In the Spring, 2017 semester, one project was

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Lewis Rickli, Wayne State University; Yinlun Huang, Wayne State University

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professionaldevelopment experience hosts ten students per summer. NSF national priority areas such asadvanced manufacturing and sustainability are addressed by four undergraduate research thrustareas. Thrust areas include: 1) nano-coating and lightweight materials and manufacturing, 2)energy storage materials, batteries, and inversion devices, 3) remanufacturing and sustainabilityassessment, and 4) chemical-energy-water nexus. In addition to faculty mentor led researchprojects, the program offers other learning activities such as; 1) research skill developmentseminars, local manufacturing plant visits, tutorials on the fundamentals of sustainableengineering, and an end-of-program research poster symposium. The first group of students washosted at Wayne State in

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Karlin, University of Southern Maine; Jennifer L Pratt, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service; Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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wecollected representations of organizational infrastructure, such as faculty workload policies, fromcollege and university web sites. These policies and procedures have been coded for traits relatedto an individual’s access to infrastructure and connectedness to engineering education researchnetworks, with a view to that trait’s impact on strengthening engineering education researchnetworks (see Table 1 for additional detail). These data are analyzed first to document theorganizational landscape and to provide a framework for the analysis of future interviews, whichwill focus on problems of faculty reward structures and diversity in engineering.For our data collection on organizational infrastructure, we targeted all colleges and universitieswith

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Astrit Imeri, Tennessee Technological University; Nicholas Russell, Tennessee Technological University; James Reed Rust, Tennessee Technological University; Serhat Sahin, Tennessee Technological University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

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available 3D Pens. It was observed thatthe students had high enthusiasm about the new technology. This study will present theutilization of 3D Printing Pens in various practices, and report the current advantageous anddisadvantageous of 3D Pen exercises detected through recent studies.2. Background3D Pens usually use PLA or ABS type filaments, and work like a hot glue gun. Their mostimpressive feature is that they allow anybody to prototype their imagination and concept quickly,and eventually create 3D objects in a short period of time. Figure 1 presents a blue bird madewith a 3D Pen. Figure 1: Blue Bird made with a 3D PenDrawing with these pens is enjoyable and extremely creative because it adds a new dimensionto