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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Design and Design Chanllenges

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B. Riggs, Texas Tech University

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First-Year Programs

basic, Java and Python. There isclearly no consensus on what or how first-year engineering students should be taught. By examining the goals of these courses we can better understand how the currentstate evolved and where we can go from here. The goals of these course in generalinvolve preparing the first-year student for the remainder of their academic andprofessional career and take the form of teaching students what engineering really is andwhy it is important to society, how to work in teams, how to implement design, how toprogram a computer, how to solve engineering equations, how to solve engineeringproblems and how to develop models. While these are noble goals, most students fail tounderstand the significance of what they have

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Academic Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

D. Cenk Erdil, Marist College

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

data architectures and support infrastructures are both inefficient and incompletein most cases. Looking from the other side, it also takes months, if not years, to bring computerscientists and engineers up-to-speed with particular needs of health informatics related data andinformatics tasks.Initiatives to introduce informatics and computer science skills for every student have beenaround for a while. 9,10,11,12,13 As these initiatives target future generations, we still need to act forthe current and upcoming generation of engineering students who may be interested in a career inhealth and/or medical sciences. In an effort to help address the existing skills gap, we have lookedat the existing undergraduate majors and minors across the United

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cary Troy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Josh Boyd, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

mechanics, and transport processes.Prof. Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Diversity Issues in K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miles J. Mabey, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr. Jordan also

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

-proposal for their capstone project. In Phase II (residencyweek), students are involved in several activities related to the best practices in businessresearch methodologies. Depending upon the class size, the residency week may includea one-day visit to a local company / case study as an exercise to formulate researchquestions based on a real-world problem. Alternately, instructors can develop teachingcase studies based on real-world problems to aid the student learning.Course Objectives  The objectives of the Distributor Process I course are to provide the students with sufficient exposure and training to perform applied research in their post- graduation career in general, and carry out their capstone projects in particular

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Lydia Yang, Ph.D., Kansas State University; Doris Wright Carroll Ph.D., Kansas State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

settings.6Gendered microaggressions have been used to explain subtle sexism and sex-baseddiscrimination on women.12, 13 Gendered microaggressions are manifested in various forms,such as making gender stereotypical assumptions, sexually objectifying women, or being genderblind.13, 14 Several studies have shown that gendered microaggressions cause detrimentalconsequences to women’s psychological and behavioral health, and their careers.12, 15, 16 Thisstudy focused on women faculty, an often under-represented group in many male-dominantSTEM disciplines. We examined whether, and to what degree, women faculty in STEMexperienced gender-based subtle bias and discrimination.MethodsInstrumentsSeveral research measurements have been established to gauge

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech; Michelle M Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Scott W Case, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Mechanics

first-time admit students begin their college career at a particular institution but may,while still working on a degree from that institution, choose to take courses at another institutionand transfer courses back to the degree-granting institution (double-dipping). In the case ofengineering mechanics courses, transfer students may bring in some or all mechanics coursecredit because of earned Associate’s degrees, preparation curricula for entrance into a four-yearengineering program, or transfer from one school’s undergraduate engineering program toanother. Reasons to transfer credits through double-dipping, on the other hand, varysignificantly; this strategy can be used to catch up or get ahead in one’s curriculum, tocircumvent a difficult

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 3

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg S Mowry, University of St. Thomas; Camille M George, University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

with business, law, and engineering expertise,at both the graduate and undergraduate level.Finally, we have observed that one of the outcomes for the students involved in the humanitariansenior design projects is that their world-view changes. Many of these students, anecdotally after-the-fact, indicate that they want to reorient their career goals to pursue careers that havehumanitarian objectives. These outcomes line-up with the objectives of the ‘Peace Engineering’29and REAL30 outreach programs in the School of Engineering at the University of St Thomas.AcknowledgementsIn order to be successful, projects like those just described require the integrated efforts of manygroups and individuals. We would like to thank the ICRISAT-Mali teams for

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Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

recruitmore female students to the STEM fields by showing them the emerging and multidisciplinaryaspects.Our collaboration with the local high school started in Fall 2014 by offering their students a year-long robotics workshop. Our objective is to utilize the robotics workshop to introduce STEMconcepts to high school students, and encourage them to be interested in an engineering andscience career. A sequence of workshop topics were given to introduce the fundamentals ofrobotics science and the basic components of a robotics system, including hardware, software,programming, sensors, and control. The students would gain intensive experience working withthe robots. In addition to introducing the fundamentals, we planned to prepare the students withthe

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in BME

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University

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Biomedical

be useful in their career or future educational goals(90%), and helped show the relevance of the course to the real world (97%).Lastly, the majority of the students in all three classes did not feel that the MP exercise was too“costly”. In other words, 72%, 75%, and 70% of the students in the BM, ST, and TP coursesrespectively did not feel that the MP exercise was too costly in terms of effort, time and emotion.More specifically, 71% of all surveyed students stated that the activity did not take too mucheffort. Sixty-nine percent of students felt that it did not make them anxious or frustrated.Finally, 77% of the students did not feel that the activity took too much time.Table 1: Student Value of Muddiest Point Survey Results in Three

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr, National Science Foundation; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Kate A Disney, Mission College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

EC 2000, the means of assessing thetechnological understanding of the majority of undergraduates who are not engineering studentsis yet to be systematically addressed. The work reported here describes the initial stages of aneffort to develop a technological literacy assessment suitable for use with students who are notintending careers in STEM disciplines. As an initial starting point, the work focuses on abilitiesrelated to the identification and characterization of systems. Specific abilities include identifyinga system and its boundaries, recognition of inputs and outputs, analysis of system structure,determination of subfunctions within the system, recognition of major components, associatingspecific physical processes with particular

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Russell Korte, Colorado State University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

University, Polytechnic Campus Ann F. McKenna is a Professor in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and Director of The Poly- technic School at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU she served as a program director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education, and was on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Segal Design Institute at Northwestern University. Dr. McKenna received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education Rocio Chavela is Director of Education and Career Development at the American

Conference Session

UAV and other Team Projects in Aerospace Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Aerospace

post-project follow-up on perceptions and career choices.This approach may find interest among professors with limited funds who seek to develop solidpreliminary data to make grant applications more competitive.I. IntroductionAerospace research can be expensive and may require specialized facilities. Faculty just gettingstarted in settings without extensive hardware may need to bootstrap their research activities bydeveloping preliminary research. Presented herein is a team project, based on aerospace studygroups on space solar power and space colonization in the 1970s and 1980s, to address complexspace systems. The team of undergraduate students worked pro bono during the summer breakfrom college. Results were published in a paper at a major

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

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Design in Engineering Education

abilities must be emphasized, fostering flexibility and innovative as well as effectiveness, which are necessary for an uncertain and unpredictable future. This study applies project-based learning (PBL) to hydraulic engineering education. PBL were designed for an undergraduate course to emphasize real-world problems while enhancing learning motivation and performance, and fostering the problem-solving skills necessary for innovation and excellence in the learners’ future professional careers as hydraulic engineers. Not only divergent thinking activities, but also convergent thinking strategies (i.e., those which involve evaluating and selecting among generated innovative thoughts according to the guidelines and purposes of the activity) were

Conference Session

ECE-related Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seemein Shayesteh P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Electrical and Computer

parameters is of greatuse. Several examples may include storage devices such as battery systems, fuel cells, andultra-capacitors. Projects related to thermal sciences may also need thermal sensors andsignal processing. The area of digital control and robotics inquire background fromelectrical and electronics circuits. Furthermore, the multidisciplinary undergraduateresearch initiative program (MURI) encompasses ideas from digital control and mixedsignals. ME students also wish to have career-relevant project topics, and fast-growingnew ME career areas such as Renewable Energy are increasingly dependent on electronicsfor power switching, analog processing for mechatronics, circuit modeling and MEMS(microelectromechanical systems).Specific examples of

Conference Session

Effective Use of Technology in Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Vahid, University of California - Riverside; Alex Daniel Edgcomb, Zybooks; Susan Lysecky, Zybooks; Roman Lysecky, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Califor- nia, Riverside in 1999, 2000, and 2005, respectively. His research interests focus on embedded systems, with emphasis on runtime optimization, non-intrusive system observation methods for in-situ analysis of complex hardware and software behavior, data-adaptable system, and embedded system security. He was awarded the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the European Design and Automation Associa- tion (EDAA) in 2006 for New Directions in Embedded Systems. He received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation in 2009 and four Best Paper Awards from the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breigh Nonte Roszelle, University of Denver; Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley S. Davidson, University of Denver; Peter J. Laz, University of Denver

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering problems during their upperdivisional years. The exam also provides a checkpoint to see how well students are prepared totake the FE during their last year of study. And lastly, data from the exam allow for analysis ofindividual subjects and questions, allowing for exploration of how well students understand eachsubject tested, as well as individual topics.Overall, our faculty has found the sophomore exam to be a helpful tool in assessing both theknowledge of our students, as well as the effectiveness of some of our early engineering courses.The MME department also requires that all students take the FE exam to graduate, giving a set ofassessment data at two different time points in their career as a student.IntroductionSuccessful

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Introductory Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University; Huihui Qi, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

this, but they often emphasize multidisciplinary teams at the end of the program in asenior design class. However, this develops the mentality in students that there will always besomeone else to do the part that they are not comfortable with. As a result, engineering studentshave a tendency to lack comfort in cross-disciplinary topics (topics outside of their chosendiscipline), despite taking fundamental courses in such topics. All engineers specialize as they progress through their education and their career;however, many find that they are never comfortable with the fundamentals of cross-disciplinarytopics. For example, mechanical engineers often receive some basic training in circuits and aresomewhat competent in the area, but they

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Accredidation

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2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mandy Liu, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET); Liang-Jenq Leu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University; Charlie Than, Myanmar Engineering Council

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International Forum

Engineering at 1975.Completed the PG Certificate Course in Naval Architecture from University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1990.Study in Marine Engineering Department of Defense Service Technological Academy for Master and Doctorate Program and completed in 2008.Start the career as Senior Engineer in Inland Water Transport in 1975 and transfer to Myanmar Maritime University in 2001.Start the career as academia in 2001 as Pro-Rector of Myanmar Maritime University.Finally come as President of this University and retired in 2013.Later government appoint in the Myanmar Engineering Council for Quality Assurance of the Technical Universities.At present i am Vice President of Myanmar Engineering Society for contribution to our

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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International Forum

who possess leadership ability.Engineering leadership plays a critical role in improving industry culture, optimizing theorganization structure and increasing productivity [6].Developing leadership has become an essential part for engineering students’ skilldevelopment. Engineering students who are lack of leadership ability may encounter troublesin team activities during their professional career [7]. Universities and engineering collegeshave assumed great responsibility for developing engineering students’ leadership ability.Engineering leadership education programs have emerged in different universities in manycountries. In this study, we compare twenty-one engineering leadership education programsin different countries by analyzing

Conference Session

ETD Learning Approaches

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Rob Kowalski, Farmingdale State College

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Engineering Technology

has a background specifically in automotive electronics and emissions. Rob is looking to peruse his future career in Mechanical Engineering within the transportation industry. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Education through Applied Learning and Hands-on Practical Experience with Flex Fuel VehiclesAbstractThe main goal of the work is to perform testing and evaluation of a low horsepower, flex fuelinternal combustion engine powered by both liquid and gaseous fuels for comparison andperformance optimization. The output horsepower of the internal combustion engine wasperformed using a dynamo. The tested fuels in the experiment included liquid gasoline, propane

Conference Session

Reflection

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Dale Levine, Stanford University; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

reflective and behavioral implications of survey-taking, the currentstudy investigates open-ended comments that students self-reported at the end of a recentengineering education survey. We gathered our data from the Engineering Majors Survey(EMS), a study of engineering students from a nationally representative sample of 27 U.S.engineering schools. The EMS is intended to follow junior and senior engineeringstudents from their undergraduate education into their career. So far the first (“EMS 1.0”)and second (“EMS 2.0”) waves have been administered, one year apart, with additionalfollow-up surveys planned. The EMS asks a variety of questions about engineeringstudents’ past academic and extracurricular experiences, confidence performing variousskills

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanne Petry, Central State University; Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

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Educational Research and Methods

to solve a real world problem in the field of corrosion. Thematerials were artificially degraded so that the effects of exposure time and service environmentimpacted the corrosion properties of the sample. The PBL project was structured to assistundergraduate students in learning how materials degrade with time, appreciating howenvironment can influence degradation, as well as identifying alternative career paths for thepurpose of employment or pursuit of graduate programs such as in the field of corrosion orfailure analysis. The project setup required the creation of a scenario in which the student wascalled upon by the court system to provide expert testimony in support of a mock case related tothe degradation and in service failure of a

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

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

skills in the development of engineers, so that they are prepared to enter theworkplace. One critical component of this thread is exposing students to ethical considerationsthat they may encounter in their professional careers and preparing the students to deal withthem.This paper discusses the process by which we have identified how to deconstruct the componentsof a traditional delivery of ethics education and integrate them throughout the instruction oftechnical content. A well-established method to raise the perceived relevance of ethics educationin engineering is to provide discipline-specific case studies and industrial scenarios [1], [2]. Bycrafting case studies to the technical material that the students are currently studying, we aim

Conference Session

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Thomas D. Rockaway, University of Louisville; Gerold Willing, University of Louisville

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Civil Engineering

also being studied within this project. One of the project goals is to increaseUTAs’ depth of content knowledge and determine the impact of their UTA experience as theymatriculate through their degree program. The UTAs will also be tracked through theircurriculum to determine if being an UTA has an impact in their advanced courses as well as theirfuture career paths. The anticipated result is the UTAs will show a deeper understanding of thematerials they have taught, and they will use some of the educational techniques they havelearned to improve their personal learning methods. A possible secondary outcome of being anUTA is that the teaching experience may influence them to pursue an academic career at eitherthe primary, secondary or

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 4 - Pedagogy & Accreditation I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darby Lantz Holtzhower, Oklahoma State University; Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University

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Construction Engineering

and Foor et al. 2007).Based on no known study of inclusion and diversity when combined with interdisciplinarystudies, a survey was created. The survey seeks to determine if student perception of a sharedspace with other major fields of student was more inclusive. Further, the survey seeks to identifywhether students feel more included when in a smaller group which is defined as their majorcohort. An interesting juxtaposition is the need for interdisciplinary work especially for studentswho will work professionally in teams, while also encouraging a cohort which can result inhigher grades, increased course completion and graduation retention rates (Goldman 2012).For students in architecture, construction and certain engineering careers

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd R. Hamrick, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Kristin Brewster, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

academia after a 22-year engineering career in industry. During his career, Dr. Hamrick served in a broad range of positions in- cluding design, product development, tool and die, manufacturing, sales, and management. His teaching style brings practical, innovative, experience-based learning to the classroom, where hands-on projects that reflect real-world applications are valued by students. His teaching interests include active learning, robotics, and study abroad.Dr. Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is a teaching assistant professor for the freshman engineering program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a Ph.D. in chemical

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Price Barnett; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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Mechanics

Barnett (student: Mechanical Engineering Major) Dr. Nick Safai (Professor)Engineering Department, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT 84123 USA The most intimidating choice that students face at the beginning of their university yearsis the major that they will pursue. At the age of the majority of students, entering universities thestudents are maturing and learning about themselves, and the world. In today’s economy not onlyare there many more choices offered to them, students for the majority do not have practicalknowledge of what future careers may offer or what to expect from them. According to a reportby the U.S. Department of Education, among all STEM fields 35% of students changed

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; M. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Mary-Kate Sableski, University of Dayton; Todd Bennett Smith, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

theseinterventions. Therefore, the problem is multifaceted. How can an under-resourced schooldistrict: (1) ensure all third grade children have proficient reading skills and meet grade-levelexpectations so that these children can do well in all subjects, including STEM; (2) provide theinterventions required through the Third Grade Reading Guarantee mandate with little to nofunding, and (3) provide children early experiences through STEM activities so they are inspiredto pursue a STEM career to meet future STEM work force needs and to give these children equalaccess to future in demand and high paying jobs? Research suggests that when school subjectssuch as STEM and literacy are taught in an integrative manner, students have gains in both areas(Cervetti

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

published in the proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference. In “The Role of MastersDegrees in Technology and Business to Promote CPD for Engineering Professionals,” B. R.Dickson from the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University ofStrathclyde in Scotland reports that “the MBA approach to career development is not the mostrelevant form of education and training for engineers” and argues instead for “business trainingfor the engineer” [emphasis added] (p. 1). The author offers an alternative called “IntegratedGraduate Development Schemes,” which is described as “a Technical MBA, since it mixesadvanced technical subjects with business management” (p. 7). These programs attempt “to meetthe need for employment-based part-time