Conference Session

Various Prospectives in Power Systems

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Villeneuve, University of Maine

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Engineering Technology

ypes of contaacts so a sep parate dc suppply was proocured to proovide theenabling voltage. Th his power suppply is rated d for 125Vdcc which is a typical voltaage utilitiesutilize in their substaations. Figuree 3 – Switch hing Type Teerminal BlocckCommu unication nsAt this po oint in the laab developm ment, relay co ommunicatioons are very basic and prrimarily connsistof relay front f panel access a to seriial ports. Fu uture plans aare to

Conference Session

Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Arpit Shah, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Marisol Rodriguez Mergenthal, Drexel University; Linda Powell, Community College of Philadelphia; Antonios Kontsos, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

professionals anddigital library search tools and databases were immediately employed to review at least threejournal articles relevant to their research foci, which assisted to form the basis for independentresearch proposals. By week four, students presented research plans before a panel of faculty andstudent judges. In order to complete the program, each student produced three final deliverables -an oral presentation, a technical poster and a paper describing their work. In addition, studentswere exposed to STEM research in an application-driven industrial setting through a visit to aprivate corporation known for its innovation. A final survey and individualized assessments wereconducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and progress of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

organization’s “Policy on Licensure and Licensure-Related Certification”—is to “encourages graduates…to strive for professional recognition byenhancing their individual credentials through licensure and certification programs..”15 ABET’s“Licensure, Registration, and Certification” web page identifies ABET’s role as “contributingsignificantly to the education of students who later seek official recognition of theirqualifications to serve the public.”16 The ABET vison and mission statements do not mentionlicensure or imply any support for licensure.17 The word “licensure” does not appear in theABET Constitution or in the current ABET Strategic Plan.18 The authors can find no statementin any official ABET document indicating that its criteria or policies

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Franz J. Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Derek Cascio, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Resistance is Futile: A New Collaborative Laboratory Game Based Lab to Teach Basic Circuit Concepts AbstractIn recent years, gamification of education has proven to be an effective paradigm in modernpedagogy. Following the success their previous work "Sector Vector”, the authors now present anew game-based laboratory to highlight the manipulation and calculation of resistors in circuits.In Game of Ohms [1] the lesson of electrical resistance is delivered as an interactive exercisebuilding an intricate circuit. As the game progresses, students are forced to make short and longterm plans to modify an evolving circuit which

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah C. Baxter, University of St. Thomas; Ann Johnson, University of South Carolina; Bethany S. Fralick, University of South Carolina

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Mechanical Engineering

. The first module illustrated the solution toa two-dimensional particle equilibrium problems using force polygons. The second module usedforce polygons, and their extension to funicular polygons, to determine the magnitudes ofreaction forces in a beam problem. As a result of the first semester's work, an additional designbased module is planned for the Spring semester. Descriptions of model problems, on whichclassroom work was based, are presented here.An end-of-course Statics Concept Inventory Exam, was given to the two Statics classes, in whichGraphical Statics modules were presented, as well as to two other sections of Statics, at theUniversity of St. Thomas, that did not include the graphics modules. The results of thisassessment are

Conference Session

Learning Through Service

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

the problem on hand.As we can see from how learning takes place in this initiative, there is a great balancebetween learning and service in this activity (Figure 2). The focus of working on theproject definitely is on service learning.Figure 2: What is Service Learning (Furco 2000)The three dimensions of service learning are 1. Curricular Content 2. Service 3. Social IssueThis project experience serves as a capstone project for the students. Students are able to Page 26.1367.4apply their curricular content and develop practical knowledge. For example, one of theprojects involves developing a sound maintenance plan for the wastewater plant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Madeleine Bodin, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; David Tarboton, Utah State University; Madeline Frances Merck, Utah State University; David J Farnham, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

(summary of the Water, Earth, and Biota initiative as a 2000highlight for Geosciences), Geotimes, 46(7), 25-26. Page 26.1400.84. Hooper, R., and E. Foufoula-Georgiou (2008), Advancing the Theory and Practice of Hydrologic Science, EosTrans. AGU, 89(39), doi:10.1029/2008EO390005.5. CUAHSI (2010). Water in a Dynamic Planet: A Five-year Strategic Plan for Water Science(http://dx.doi.org/10.4211/sciplan.200711).6. Cunningham, S. (2005): Visualization in Science Education, in Invention and Impact: Building Excellence inUndergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, AAAS Press.7

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto

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Civil Engineering

urban density andsustainability.Politics:Finally, we tried to use local, municipal political issues (in a non-partisan way) to demonstratethe significance of their chosen discipline to their daily lives. In 2014, we were fortunate enoughto have a highly contested, well covered mayoral race in which transportation and urbanplanning issues were extremely prominent. Each candidate’s platform focused on theirtransportation plan, and debates often circulated around issues of transit planning, funding, andand urban versus suburban divide. Strategies for using the mayoral race included: (A) showingclips from mayoral debates, especially the heated moments around their policies ontransportation, or recent television interviews, (B) recent newspaper

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

course you will incorporate into curriculum?” We are verydelighted to learn that, 60% of the participants plan to use at least 25% of our activities andresources in their teaching. Indeed during the workshop, our participants frequently requestedpermission for them to use our lecture slides, assignments, and video tutorials in theirclassrooms. In response, we kept most of our materials available online for extended time afterthe workshop to allow the participants to make copies. Below are some of the comments fromour participants.  “I just watched the video on the Parts of a Computer. It was excellent. I would like to use this video as well as some of the PowerPoints in my Information Processing

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Acree Guggemos, Colorado State University; Mostafa Khattab, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

Education student learning outcomes4 Upon graduation from an accredited ACCE 4-year degree program, a graduate shall be able to: 1. Create written communications appropriate to the construction discipline. 2. Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline. 3. Create a construction project safety plan. 4. Create construction project cost estimates. 5. Create construction project schedules. 6. Analyze professional decisions based on ethical principles. 7. Analyze construction documents for planning and management of construction processes. 8. Analyze methods, materials, and equipment used to construct projects. 9. Apply construction management skills as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. 10. Apply electronic-based technology

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan O'Neil Boulanger, Ohio Northern University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

 ‘customer’ concept strengthens the ‘model’ theme. It is also important to note that the word ‘model’ is serving two purposes. First it is the name of a theme (a group of words). Second it is a concept (a single word or merged group of words). It is because the word ‘model’ is the most connected word in the theme that makes it the name of that theme.  Likewise, the ‘business’ theme in the entrepreneurship texts include the concepts ‘opportunity’, ‘planning’, ‘idea’ and ‘action’.  Although each of the three bodies of text are distinct, there are some important commonalities. Each contains as a key theme ‘product’ at approximately the same high level of importance. Both

Conference Session

Project-Based Experiences in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University; Larry D Bowne II, Syracuse University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Syracuse, oneof the city’s most impoverished but also culturally rich neighborhoods.The authors working closely with Marc Norman and a pair of Imagining Americaresearch fellows, began planning courses that could advance a new collaboration in thepublic realm, a first for Syracuse architecture and engineering students working withinthe curricular framework of the design studio and professional elective courses.Figure 2: Diagram, showing student interaction with local stakeholders and neighborhood Page 26.407.4 representatives, including the Syracuse Housing Authority, schools and the Parks Department.The ClientThe client

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bowen, North Dakota State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

areas. Once participating in the externship, teachers understand the importance ofengaging students in these types of activities and therefore may seek out PD opportunities inthese areas. Tables 3 shows the results from the pre- and post-program analysis. The results showone significant item, indicating teachers in the current cohort are planning to have studentsengage significantly more often in the reworking of solutions to problems based on self- or peer-evaluations. All of the teachers in this study have been previous participants or are currentlyenrolled in the Educators in Industry program. Many of these teachers already appreciate theneed for a more in depth understanding of the EDP and STEM learning techniques, and maybethat is why they

Conference Session

Robotics, Automation, and Product Development

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; James Walker, Michigan Technological University; Shashank Barkur Lakshmikanth, Michigan Technological University; Mark Highum, Bay de Noc Community College; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Ruimin zhang, Michigan Technological University; Mark Bradley Kinney, Bay de Noc Community College

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Engineering Technology

have a focus outside of trainingpeople for industrial robotics. Our RobotRun software is functional, but is still underdevelopment. Currently, it provides a 3D view of a robotic arm, allows selection of diferentend-efectors, and allows the user to control the robot through a realistic teach pendant which isanalogous to teach pendants used in industrial robotics. In the future, we plan to ine-tune thesoftware based on feedback, add features, and add some common industrial scenarios whichwould be useful for training.Overview of the SoftwareWe began development on the RobotRun software in the Summer of 2015. Two Computer Sciencegraduate students collaborated with other students and faculty in the Department of ComputerScience and the School of

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig N Musselman P.E., A & E Consulting; Sanjeev Kumar, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale; Norma J. Mattei P.E., University of New Orleans; L.Robert Smith, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #14392Licensure Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession- and ASCECraig N Musselman P.E., A & E Consulting Craig N. Musselman, P.E. is a practicing civil and environmental engineer and is the Founder and Pres- ident of CMA Engineers, a consulting engineering firm with offices in New Hampshire and Maine. He holds B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. degrees from the University of Massachusetts and has more than 40 years experience in the planning, design and construction administration of public works facilities. Musselman is a former member of the New Hampshire Board of Licensure for Professional

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan Levy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ricardo Jose Morocz; Craig Forest, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Shaunna Fultz Smith, Texas State University, San Marcos; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

of the students from early in the process canprove to be instrumental in the future success of the maker space. As opposed to an “If you buildit, they will come” philosophy, it can prove of use to ask the students for input on the matter inadvance as you may find that there is not as big of a desire for a space as anticipated. That’s notto say that a maker space would not be a good addition to your university just that the type ofspace that the students are looking for could be different then you planned, (sewing machinesand vinyl cutters instead of CNC mills and lathes).The involvement of students also plays a crucial role later on the process once the space hasbecome established in maintaining and expanding your maker space. Students can

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Backens, Christopher Newport University; Anton Riedl, Christopher Newport University; C. Gerousis, Christopher Newport University; Dali Wang, Christopher Newport University

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Electrical and Computer

subjects while being fun at the same time. We intend to use the class as away for engineering students to build their own community and establish their own identity. Wenoticed students working in groups in this class tend to stick together afterwards in study groups,which contributed to their success in other classes. In addition to team building, we view theengineering design course as a “career molding” experience by showing the exciting, hand-onside of engineering. We believe all of these aspects contribute to the improvement of studentretention rates.In this paper, we will address the motivation for redesigning our engineering experience for firstyear students and re-shuffling of the CE 4-year plan based on observations and student

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Mallory, Western New England University; Matthew Romoser, Western New England University; Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Thomas Keyser, Western New England University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

• Could give options of scenarios; different bridge optionsDiscussionThe pilot studies for new entrepreneurially minded learning modules in 2nd-year core engineeringcourses at Western New England University were completed in Spring 2015. Since the resultswere promising, the modules will be implemented in more sections of the respective courses inacademic year 2015-2016. Minor changes to the modules are planned to further address targetEML skills in the respective courses.IE 212Small changes are planned for the next implementation of this assignment. The module will bepitched to the students in a similar fashion; the students’ goal is to convince the CEO of theircompany to locate a new facility in a particular region. The assignment will be

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Nan Niu, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Engineering (3) G * ‘C’ denotes Integrated lab component; & U – Undergraduate, G – Graduate; ** under development;3. Methods (Courseware) The overall goal of the EECE 6032 – Software Testing and Quality Assurance course was foreach student to understand the basic principles of software testing and quality, and their role incontemporary software engineering. An additional goal for graduate students was to examineresearch areas of interest, and be prepared to conduct research in software engineering in general.The ABET student learning outcomes of the course were:• To understand how to develop a test plan for a set of software requirements

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to buy a product but they will only have that choice if the product can be made. Thus, students are introduced to manufacturing considerations and work with the instructor to validate the manufacturing and pricing assumptions.7. Technology roadmapping. The fact that this is a freshman level class with a one semester duration necessitates that the process be truncated. The students are required to make a technology roadmap, describing the technologies that need to be developed in order for the product to become a reality. They are, however, not required nor encouraged to embark on the technology development during the course. Instead, the students are asked to make an initial plan to develop these technologies in

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reed Stevens, Northwestern University; Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

professional engineering settings and related professional settings,5,6 as well as otherchallenging ethnographic field sites like family homes.7,8 Because of these prior fieldworkexperiences, we were—in addition to being hopeful—also realistic that negotiating accesssettings would present challenges because every new setting presents its own challenges.However, we had no reason to see these as insurmountable challenges. We were also as sensitiveas possible in our research design; we planned what we call a “sliding scale” approach to eachparticular focal research participant (i.e. new engineer). Depending on how she or he felt aboutthe research, we planned to vary the intensity of our field data collection, with an explicit plan todefer to more

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

orderto do so, the School of Engineering developed a zero-credit course that was given at the end ofthe sophomore year. This course was originally developed in response to the ABET 2000Criteria, and has been modified over the years to meet changes in protocol, curriculum, andtechnology8. During this course, the students go through an individual interview with theinstructor and take an exam based on the courses from the first two years of the curriculum. Thisinformation is then used during the department’s internal assessment process.This paper gives an overview of this exam, as well as how it is used to help in our internalassessment process and outlines recent plans to use the exam to aid students in their upperdivisional years as well. It also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

; manufacturing technology; and renewable energy. By utilizingdata in College, State, and Federal databases, the well qualified research team assembledfor this project will be able to analyze the impact of long-term NSF funding in thesetechnological areas and make recommendations for wider studies to assess post-grantachievement of students funded by NSF ATE, better elucidating the impact of the overallprogram.2.0 Building on prior NSF ATE grants related to this proposal and CREATEConsortium:NSF DUE: 9850283 (ATE Planning), 9950015 (ATE Project), ATE Regional Centers(0202396), (0602615), (1002653), (1239631), and (1345306).CREATE’s initial project had four primary goals: curriculum development, enrollmentand retention, work-based site experiences, and

Conference Session

INDUSTRY DAY: Industry-Focused Collaboration Techniques

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuetong Lin, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; W. Tad Foster, Indiana State University; Jason C. Dean, Indiana State University

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Corporate Member Council

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College Industry Partnerships

. In addition, he is a reviewer for the Human Resource Development Review, the Human Resource Development Quarterly, and the Journal for Technology Education. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Foster is President of Foster and Associate, through which he consults regularly in business and industry in the areas of training, facilitation, strategic planning, quality, team dynamics, organizational change, and technical problem solving. Dr. Foster is a certified flight instructor, and a master woodworker. He is an avid reader and regularly writes (sometimes even publishes) poetry. He is married with two children (a son and daughter) and two grandsons.Jason C. Dean, Indiana State University Mr. Jason C. Dean

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra A. Erk, Purdue University; Jerome Jamal Nash, Purdue University; Hannah K. Woods, Purdue University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Same 5 areas of emphasis as Group A. by external forces 3. The types of bonding in polymericPre-lab Followed by completion of a worksheet by each materials (i.e., strong covalent bondslecture student that involved sketching, developing a within chains and weak van der Waals hypothesis, and proposing a plan to test the forces between chains) hypothesis. (Appendix D) 4. How chain alignment can increase

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research plan, separate but separate but simultaneous inductive and deductive analysisare underway on the interviews collected at the Bay Area and World Maker Faires to date.Following these analyses, a preliminary theory of Young Makers will be developed, informingtheoretical sampling during our data collection expedition to the Bay Area Maker Faire in SanMateo, CA (in May 2016). We hope to finalize our sampling at this Maker Faire.Maker Theory: Additive InnovationFindings from our qualitative artifact elicitation and critical incident interviews showed thatMakers demonstrate the characteristics of an Additive Innovation2,3 mindset that describes theopen community of sharing and learning that is in the Maker community. Introduced in thispaper as

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suhas Xavier, Arizona State University; Christian Murphy, Arizona State University; Kevin A Gary, Arizona State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

was driven by the need to provide quasi-real timefeedback for students in project-based courses. In the Software Enterprise8,9 at Arizona StateUniversity, a project-based curriculum is offered to undergraduate and graduate softwareengineering students. In a typical project experience, students are grouped into teams, eachworking on building a software project by incorporating the principles of Agile. A course projectis typically divided into 4-5 sprints spanning 3 weeks each. The requirements for this projectedare accumulated into a product backlog created through a planning process. During each sprint,the team identifies a set of user stories from the product backlog and adds them to the currentsprint backlog. Teams then identify tasks to do

Conference Session

Maker Spaces within the University

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

equipment are being used.The Woodshop consists of mostly low-level equipment, however there is a band-sawwhich requires support from faculty.The Outlet is slated to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to students who haveaccess through their student identification card. Access is given to students who sign auser agreement which contains the guidelines for use of the lab. Guests can be broughtinto the lab if they are accompanied by a Teslab user (someone who has ID card access)and sign in to a guest binder; the user has the ultimate responsibility for any guest theybring into the lab. Installation of a security camera is planned, due to the fact that the labwill be largely unsupervised.A different policy has been created for a student group

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

Engineer of 2020 - Visions of Engineeringin the New Century, which indicates that engineers in 2020 need to develop analytical skills,practical ingenuity, creative capability, communication skills, concepts of business andmanagement, leadership, ethical standards and sense of professionalism [9]. The RoyalAcademy of Engineering in United Kingdom published Educating the Engineers for the 21Century - the Industry view, highlighting future engineering graduates need to be equippedwith creativity, innovation and leadership to lead the industry to succeed [10]. A Plan forEducating and Training Outstanding Engineers published by Chinese Ministry of Educationproposed a list of competencies to be possessed by engineering undergraduates upongraduation

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University; Royel Montel Johnson, Center for Higher Education Enterprise

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Diversity, International Forum

small proportion of students majoring inhigh-demand fields such as engineering. The National Science Foundation(NSF) reports that 39% of URMs "plan to major" in science and engineeringfields as freshman, but less than half of these earn an undergraduateengineering degree; rates are startlingly lower for Blacks and Hispanics.One way to increase retention and graduation rates in engineering for allstudents is to enhance their overall skills and readiness for engineering-related work by way of cooperative education (i.e., co-op) and internships1that offer students "real-life, hands on" experience in their major subject. TheCenter for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University identifies suchexperiences as a "high-impact practice" that likely