Conference Session

Solar and Wind Energy-System Initiatives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Jose Ramirez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Hiram Moya, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Jose Luis Saldivar Jr, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

insolation during the monthTable 1- List of participant Activities with specific learning objectives and outcomes. Activity # 1: Basics of Solar Trajectory in the Sky.Participants meet at the Sundial during different months of the semester, at noon time, andperform simple measurements: Activity # 2: Clear sky insolation calculator.Following [6], participants created a calculator for direct, diffuse and reflected radiation, using aspreadsheet. The exercise was done for different locations, hour of day, and panel’s tilt andorientation. Activity # 3: Determination of Solar Panels Efficiency.Endowed with an inexpensive pyranometer, participants measured the global irradiance in theplane of the array of a campus photovoltaic array

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Anthony Zusack, Purdue University: Engineering and Technology; Raveena Patil, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sean Lachenman, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Chanel Antoinette Johnson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Peter J. Schubert, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nathan McDaniel

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Aerospace

materials are commonlyused by NASA: 1. Aerogel: 99.8% air and the rest is silica/glass. 2. Gold paint: Commonly used on rovers, gold paint’s high reflectivity helps reduce energy that is radiated from body.Dissociation of Water: ElectrolysisThis method is currently used in industrial applications. It involves using electricity todisassociate [2]the water into hydrogen and oxygen which is then stored. This method is wellunderstood in industry and required little research. This offered the project a way forwardwithout requiring deep research into the disassociation.Water Vapor CaptureCapturing the water vapor is the crux of this project. The water on the moon exists as ice belowthe surface. There are two main methods of extracting the water

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinyi Zhang, Purdue University; Pan Fengjian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mrigank S. Jha, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Pranav Marla, Purdue University; Kee Wook Lee, Purdue University; David B Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University

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Computing & Information Technology

  detection  tools,  such  as  Moss  [10], may  also  be  integrated  for  instructors  as they become necessary. Moreover,  besides record every single  operation  of  students  and   program  execution  settings,  it  is  possible  to  store  copies  of students’  code  to  understand  their  progress.  The  information  will  be  valuable  for  future  studies on how students learn and debug their programs.   Acknowledgement  We  want  to  thank  the  AWS  Cloud   Credits  for  Research  and  the  Microsoft  Azure  for   Research Program.  This  project  is  supported  in  part  by  NSF  ACI­1535108.  Any  opinions,  findings,  and  conclusions  or  recommendations  in  this  materials  are  those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect  the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joni M. Lakin, Auburn University; Mary Lou Ewald, Auburn University; Virginia A. Davis, Auburn University; Paul A. Cobine, Auburn University; Allen L. Landers, Auburn University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

require them to organize a local fair. We expected this toresult in 34 mentored students participating in the 2014-2015 program. This goal was met: in thespring, project teachers (N=17) reported between 0 to 58 students (Med. = 9) participating inS&E fairs at their school. Teachers reported mentoring between 0 to 47 students (most rangedfrom 2-4, Med. = 3). Excluding the teacher who reported 47 mentees, this leads to a total numberof 51 students who were mentored this year. Although this result was encouraging, the studentsmentored did not reflect school diversity to the extent that the program had hoped. Table 2 shows the characteristics of students in the class, who completed fair projects,and who were mentored. Underrepresented

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Rideout, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Diversity

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Mechanics

rudimentary examples from the classroom sessions. Thehomework examples will evolve to reflect more real-world situations, with more open-endedproblems. A flipped format alone, without meaningful assessments, does not necessarily meanthe instructor is doing “less of the doing and thinking for the students”[12] simply by moving thesolving of closed-ended analysis problems from the home into the classroom.References[1] Dollar, A., and Steif, P. (2009) “A web-based statics course used in an inverted classroom.” Proc. AmericanSociety for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX.[2] Wiggins, G., and McTighe, J. (2005) Understanding by design, 2ed., ASCD, Alexandria, VA.[3] King, A. (1993) “From sage on the stage to guide on the side.” College

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian E. Moyer, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

make adaptations to suit students with less flexibleschedules, especially engineering students, reflected a commitment by faculty and administratorsto be entrepreneurial in seizing opportunities to develop the program.Engineering ChangesAs entrepreneurship activities proceeded in the Business Department, in the Engineeringdivision, a first-year introductory course intended to familiarize students with computerapplications for engineers was modified in 2013 to follow a new paradigm wherein coursecontent was presented paralleling a real-world engineering consulting project. Topic-specificlectures focused on requisite computer application, analysis and writing skills were paced withperiodic “business meetings.” Those meetings were related to a

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pete Hylton, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wendy Otoupal-Hylton, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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International

the UK were likely to be hired into industry engineeringjobs for which they were far less qualified than their American student counterparts. Uponfurther study and reflection, however, it became clear that UK businesses viewed a Third Classdiploma in much the same way a USA employer would view an American graduate with a 2.0GPA, i.e. as minimally qualified to be a potential employee.The author’s initial impression was that the external assessment of UK engineering educationprograms was much more rigorous than in the USA, due to the frequent encounters betweenexternal reviewers. However, after attending a UK exam board meeting, the author realized thatthe primary difference was not in the frequency of the visits. Rather, the six year cycle of

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Joel N. Swisher, Western Washington University

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Two Year College Division

, labs, and online learning modules related to clean energy that reflects industry trends. This will allow faculty to easily modify curriculum to keep up with industry trends in the rapidly changing field of renewable energy technology. o Provide students with a core technical knowledge base (suggestions included electronics, HVAC, or Instrumentation) o The curriculum should be dynamic in its forms and modalities to enable adaptations as the industry and its technologies change • Provide education and training to help students develop “soft skills” such as communication, teamwork, adaptability, and problem solving. These skills are important to have in

Conference Session

Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaclyn Kuspiel Murray, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Student

developmentcourse at colleges of engineering in the United States. The overall research question in this investigation is, how does gender and spatial skilllevel compare across object manipulation assessments? Two sub-questions reflect specificaspects of the general question: 1. Do assessments of spatial skill level correlate with one another? If so, are the correlations significant? 2. What specific gender differences exist among first-year engineering students’ spatial skill level?Procedure Data was collected across three consecutive semesters, not including the summer session.The same set of assessments, in the same order, were given to all students during normallyscheduled class time for class credit

Conference Session

Research Methods II: Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Education Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

. Holly Matusovich for contributing to this study. Also, this material isbased upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Graduate ResearchFellowship. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions in this material are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science FoundationReferences:1. M.Gläser-ZikudaandS.Järvelä,Applicationofqualitativeandquantitativemethodstoenrich understandingofemotionalandmotivationalaspectsoflearning,Internationaljournalof educationalresearch,47(2),2008,pp.79-83.2. K.E.Winters,H.M.Matusovich,M.S.Brunhaver,H.L.Chen,K.YasuharaandS.Sheppard,From FreshmanEngineeringStudentstoPracticingProfessionals:ChangesinBeliefsaboutImportant

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Youssef, San Diego State University; Vladimir Arutyunov, California State University Northridge

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

development, when the exact type of interface is not yet decided, all consideredoptions should be listed on the connecting lines until the final trade-off study is completed. It isimportant to note that as design analyses take place and final decisions are made, the systemlevel diagram is iterated to reflect the development. Figure 3: Final phase of System Level Diagram construction.The parallelization between updating the system diagram and the engineering design processensures that students are technically developing while gaining system-level skills. The realizedoutcomes of the system composition phase are: 1- In-depth technical analysis of each component’s and subsystem’s performance; 2- Informed trade-off studies for each

Conference Session

Modeling and Simulation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis E Monterrubio, Robert Morris University

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Computers in Education

Sophisticated Competent Not yet Competent Codes are properly implemented showing an Codes solve1.2 FEM using understanding of how to displacements, but plots Matlab apply boundary conditions, of deflection of the beam Codes do not solve loads and keeping track of are missing or comments the problem, ABET the degrees of freedom of and conclusions do not comments are Outcome the system. Comments and reflect a good vague a conclusions about the understanding of the differences in accuracy of results. the results are

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; Michelle Zugg, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

positively contributeto the education of engineering majors who will be making critical life-cycle decisions forprojects in the near future.Acknowledgment and DisclaimerThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1504912. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. We would like to thank the regular instructor and the teaching assistant, Dr. MikeHelwig and Mr. Fikri Kucuksayacigil, respectively, for their cooperation and contributions suchas accommodation, advice, and a decision-tree based guest lecture. We also would like to thankthe Department of Industrial

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Prybutok, The University of Texas, Austin; Anita D. Patrick, University of Texas, Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Mary Jo Kirisits, University of Texas, Austin

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

perceivethemselves to fit into a given group, in this case engineering,5 which in turn affects how theyprogress along the academic and career path in their field.6The engineering identity framework utilized in the study is partially based off a physics identitymodel composed of four basic factors: performance, competence, interest, and recognition.5,7Performance describes a student’s belief in their ability to perform in their classes or whenconducting engineering tasks.8 If a student performs poorly in class, they are less likely toidentify themselves as an engineer. Competence describes a student’s belief in their ability tounderstand engineering material, which is often similarly reflected in a student’s performance inclass.8 Interest describes how

Conference Session

Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackie Perez, Texas A&M University - Dwight Look College of Engineering; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Teri Kristine Reed, Texas A&M University; Cecelia Diane Lawley, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

, Texas was one of five majorityminority states11. These partnerships increase educational opportunities and support efforts toproduce engineers reflective of the community. This paper shares the challenges and successeslearned during the first three years of the program and the planned expansion to further recruit,retain, and graduate a more diverse engineering demographic through a pathway of co-enrollment and partnership with two-year institutions.II. Background of the PartnershipsThe Texas public education system includes 39 public universities, 50 public community collegedistricts with multiple campuses and 75 of the 409 designated Hispanic Serving Institutions(HSIs) in the United States (18.3%)12,13. From 2000 to 2015, the number of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Gopalkrishna H. Joshi, KLE Technological University; Ashok S. Shettar, KLE Technological University

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Diversity

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International

value12. 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0Figure 5. Survey responses to the question: What was the learning Value of the following components ofthe OWLS (Not valuable = 1; Somewhat valuable = 2; Valuable = 3; Extremely valuable = 4)4.3 First-year course The first year course was implemented in the Fall 2015 semester at the KLE TechnologicalUniversity, shortly after the workshop. Student activities in the first year course reflected many of theworkshop activities including soda straw towers, balloon drop, mechatronics (Figure 6), ethics, and thewatershed monitoring OWLS activity, among others. Additionally, the course faculty expanded

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Charles Helm, The Pennsylvania State University; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Eli M. Silk, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State University; Rafael Suero, The Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

would be impacted. As might be expected,each intervention has a complex relationship with quality, and more work is needed to determinethe significance and impact of these changes. A clearer understanding of these interventions andtheir trade-offs may allow educators and engineers to better use these interventions and broadentheir ideation flexibility.4.1 Limitations and CaveatsSeveral aspects of this research limit our conclusions. One issue with the teaming intervention isthat randomized pairings were used. It is possible that the randomized pairs used in these studiesdo not reflect ideal groupings. Another issue with this work is that participants undergo twosessions of ideation. After the first session, participants may be mentally fatigued

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University - Calumet; Nirjhar Das Sharma, Purdue University - Calumet; Gautam Agarwal, Wynright Corporation

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Instrumentation

operation for the machine outputs of theresearch. This mode of operation does not run any cycle but allows the operator to determine thepossible situation by changing manual speed, acceleration time, deceleration time etc. of theservo motor or the indexer. Moreover, this operation helps to set the pneumatic components tofunction with precision and nearly accurate positioning.Fill CycleFill cycle of the machine exactly follows the process flow or process mapping of the fillingMechanism. This is actually the basic reflection of the Auto Mode of filler operation along withindexing of the research.1. First step is to check if the priming sequence is complete.2. Second Step is to make sure the first group of containers completed indexing.3. Third step

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda D Young, Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Lee Michael Warburton, AKKA Technologies; Christopher David Ciechon

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College Industry Partnerships

    values:         •Industry experiences • “Social learning”— • Adopting the must expand the individuals “learn- (ing) profession’s values and university education the ropes” from those norms into one’s belief • Opportunities for around them through system students to reflect on careful listening and • Identifying with the successes and failures observation [1]. profession during

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 2)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guo Zheng Yew, Texas Tech University; Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse P.E., Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

75.7 81.1 70.3 78.4 64.9 Results show that engineering disciplines which were covered during the program recordedhigher numbers of mentions after the program. Prior to the program, only three out of thirty-seven students made mention about industrial engineering, but that number increased to twenty-six at the end of the program. The results reflect the increase in student exposure to otherengineering disciplines beyond any existing prior knowledge. To better assess students’ understanding of each engineering discipline that was covered andtheir ability to distinguish between them, a rating based on a Likert scale was applied to eachstudent response on the same questionnaire based on the following scale definition: • 0 – Student did

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Marisa K. Orr, Louisiana Tech University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

related to those. In spite of these constraints, there are plans to expandboth the number of participating institutions and research access to the dataset.Expansion strategy. New institutional partners will receive funding to provide and update data.As the database becomes larger in size, joining the MIDFIELD partnership becomes even moreattractive. Twenty institutions have signed letters of commitment to join MIDFIELD. Newinstitutions will be targeted to reflect variability in geographic region, institution size asdetermined by the number of engineering graduates per year, and institutional control (public orprivate). Institutions will also be targeted that have a high or low graduation rate for under-represented minorities – plans include

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth (Part 2)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackie L. Foos, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; John K. Antonio, University of Oklahoma

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Students 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Number of Days Attended Figure 1. Number of days attended by students for the 2015 Engineering Days program.Students’ Perceptions of Disciplines Prior to SessionsIn a written survey, students were asked to reflect on their level of knowledge and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and surface N. 4. Angle factors are available in equation or graphic form in both publications cited in the Reference section. They must be determined from the area and local geometry of all the enclosing “panels” that are “seen” by the person whose comfort is being assessed. Angle Factor Charts and equations are shown in Figure 9. The equations apply to a small horizontal plane, whereas the charts (not shown) reflect the view of a rotated person represented by plane projections. 5. A site visit will be required to measure the window areas and a, b, and c view factor dimensions.bNecessary Assumptions: 1. The indoor glass surface temperature must be calculated or measured

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrick James La Petina, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Manufacturing

adhereto a manufacturing approach that is within the capabilities of the lab. Several tool catalogs werecreated to reflect the standard tooling kept in the lab’s inventory. Use of these catalogsconstrained students to the tooling available to them, and served as a more effective way ofconveying the tooling capabilities of the lab. Rather than searching for a tool in the lab, a studentis able to simply view the appropriate tool catalog in NX and CATIA, and determine if the tool isavailable. This is not to say that specialty tools cannot be used within the workflow. Rather, it issolely a means to convey the standard tooling capabilities.The real power of the workflow lies in the creation of a process catalog. A process catalog is thekey element that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; John Reutter III, J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College; Craig J. Kief, COSMIAC at UNM; Bassam H Matar, Chandler Gilbert Community College; David M. Hata, TEMPlaTe Educational Consulting

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

12 38 African-American 7 5 12 Native-American 0 0 0 Other Ethnicity 10 3 13 Table 2. “Applied Value” survey results for fall semester 2014 and spring semester 2015 at four-year colleges.A total of 23,000 student-hours of microcontroller instruction was delivered at the college levelduring the 2014-15 academic year. The number of student-hours of instruction delivered at thefour-year level was double that delivered by community colleges and may reflect a greater abilityto apply the technology

Conference Session

Computer Modeling/CAD in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali Reza Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

main tasks for mechanical engineering graduates in the industry is to design new products.This is also reflected in the ABET a-k criteria, specifically item c of the ABET a-k criteria,which is “c. ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.” Therefore,product design is at the heart of any mechanical engineering major and demands attention [1]. Inorder to conduct successful product designs, the stress/strain of components under loadings mustbe fully explored and known. However, stress/strain of components/ assemblies withcomplicated geometries and loading, which typically encounter in industry, seldom have anexplicit theoretical solution.FEA (Finite Element Analysis) simulation is a numerical technique that

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University; Kerry Dixon, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

: Harvard University Press. Schön, D. (1983), The Reflective Practitioner, London: Temple-Smith. Blikstein, P. (2008). Travels in Troy with Freire: Technology as an Agent for Emancipation. In Noguera, P. andTorres, C. A. (Eds.), Paulo Freire: the possible dream. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense.18 Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York, NY: Herder & Herder. Ladson-Billings, G. (1995). Toward a theory of culturally relevant pedagogy. American EducationResearch Journal, 35, 465-491. Moll, L. C., Amanti, C., Neff, D., & González, N. (1992). Funds of knowledge for teaching: Using aqualitative approach to connect homes and classrooms. Theory into Practice, 31(2), 132-141. B Blikstein, P. (2008). Travels in

Conference Session

Capstone and Collaborations in Civil Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jeremy R. Chapman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Anthony Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

highest grade point average (GPA) students. The other group seems to experience great difficulty with the open-ended learning and the independent problem solving that is needed for successful project completion. Sometimes they struggle greatly to carry their part of the work for the team to completion. This group does not necessarily correspond to the lower GPA students. The department hopes to explore further how to facilitate better open-ended problem solving earlier in the students’ careers. Perhaps this reflects the need for a combination of the triplet of Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes necessary for successful civil engineering practice. • There continues to be some confusion with the multiple

Conference Session

Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Novoselich P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

civilian designteams share leadership. Specifically, civilian capstone design teams investigated in this studyexhibited more shared leadership than their military counterparts with respect to the TCR form ofleadership. Reflecting on the nature of military leadership, these results are not surprising. Thelower TCR decentralization and TCR density measures for the military design teams provideindications that these teams enact somewhat more centralized or vertical leadership than theircivilian counterparts. Centralizing leadership to fewer individuals would result in lessdistribution and amount of leadership within the teams. This tendency may be a by-product ofstudents' intensive military leadership training. Military organizations are often

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Breslow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Christina Kay White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. [4] Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2005). Definition and Selection of Competencies (DeSeCo) Project. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/41529556.pdf [5] Williams, J. (2002). The engineering portfolio: Communication, reflection, and student learning outcomes assessment. International Journal of Engineering Education, 18(2), 199–207. [6] Boiarsky, C. (2004). Teaching engineering students to communicate effectively: A metacognitive approach. International Journal of Engineering Education, 20 (2), 251–60. [7] Gömleksi˙ z, M. N. (2007). Effectiveness of cooperative learning (jigsaw II) method in teaching English as a foreign language to