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Are You Experienced? Approaches and Tools for Experiential Learning

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Alec Colin Derks, Saint Louis University; J Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; James H. Hanson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

universities with smaller programs that do not havestructural engineering laboratories. SLU is a large, private, four-year, highly residentialuniversity with doctoral programs and high research activity (R2); Rose-Hulman is a small,private, four-year, highly residential university without doctoral programs, classified as specialfocus four-year: engineering schools. Neither institution had a structural engineering laboratoryprior to this implementation, but both focus heavily on the undergraduate learning experience.The project utilizes the Modular Strong-block Testing System [3] when needed to test larger-scale specimens. While a full structural engineering lab would be ideal to conduct such tests, theself-contained system provides an economical

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Ethical Design

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Donald Winiecki, Boise State University; Lynn Catlin P.E., Boise State University; Harold Ackler, Boise State University

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Engineering Ethics

and technology-in-use as a reflection on, and an influence on social morals and social ethics.Mr. Lynn Catlin P.E., Boise State UniversityDr. Harold Ackler, Boise State University Dr. Harold Ackler is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and En- gineering at Boise State University. He teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He received BS and MS degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1997), all in Materials Science and Engineering. He has over 13 years of experience working in industry where he learned how important hands-on

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Collaboration and Communication in Problem-based Learning

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Kakan C Dey P.E., West Virginia University; Md Tawhidur Rahman, West Virginia University; V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University; David Martinelli, West Virginia University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Julia Daisy Fraustino, West Virginia University; John Deskins; L Christopher Plein, West Virginia University; Abhik Ranjan Roy, West Virginia University

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Educational Research and Methods

, Learning, and Culture. In her research, she is interested in the assessing STEM interventions on student outcomes, measuring academic growth, and evaluating the impact of curricular change.Dr. Julia Daisy Fraustino, West Virginia University Dr. Fraustino is an assistant professor of strategic communication and director of the Public Interest Communication Research Laboratory in the Media Innovation Center of the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University. She is a research affiliate in the risk communication and resilience portfolio at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a DHS Emeritus Center of Excellence. She specializes in crisis, emergency, and risk

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Active learning in BME, Session II

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John R Clegg, University of Texas, Austin; K. R. Diller, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical Engineering

dissertation research involves the development of synthetic and natural-synthetic hybrid biomaterials for molecular recognition and targeted drug delivery applications. Additionally, John is interested in the development of new instructional methods tools to both teach Biomedical Engineering in the classroom and laboratory and assess the efficacy of such strategies.Dr. K. R. Diller, University of Texas, Austin Kenneth R. Diller is a Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering and the Robert M. and Prudie Leibrock Professor in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been on the faculty at UT for 45 years. He was the founding Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT Austin, UT

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Career Development for Engineering Professionals

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Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John S. Nelson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Continuing Professional Development

Laboratory. He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a master’s degree in civil engineering with an emphasis in regional planning from Northwestern University. Wayne is a frequent speaker and author on continuing education for engineers, and is a member of the College of Engineering’s Education Innovation Committee. For more information about UW-Madison’s Master of Engineering Management degree see https://epd.wisc.edu/online- degree/master-of-engineering-management/Dr. Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Jeffrey S. Russell is the Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning and Dean of the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In his

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Design Thinking and Creativity

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Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Barbara G. Ryder, Virginia Tech; Margaret O'Neil Ellis, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

as Head of the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, and retired on September 1, 2016. Dr. Ryder served on the faculty of Rutgers from 1982-2008. She also worked in the 1970s at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. Dr. Ryder’s research interests on static/dynamic program analyses for object-oriented and dynamic programming languages and systems, focus on usage in practical software tools for ensuring the quality and security of industrial-strength applications. Dr. Ryder became a Fellow of the ACM in 1998, and received the ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educa- tor Award (2015), the Virginia AAUW Woman of Achievement Award (2014), and the ACM President’s Award (2008). She received a Rutgers School of

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; William M. Bulleit, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

added as an extradimension?Pragmatism is an overall way of thinking, one that Dewey used effectively in spelling outhow education and democracy work together, and for taking action in education. Dewey’spragmatism produced concrete results such as the laboratory schools, which pioneered theprogressive early education movement, and emphasizes teaching principles in contextthrough practice.Pragmatism and the ethic of care can be translated into engineering practice, and includedin the way we teach engineering and science in the early part of the curriculum forexample. Students should be made aware that science is dynamic, and that knowledgechanges. We do not normally convey this when teaching science. The pragmatic waywould say that rather than

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Underrepresented Populations

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Srinjita Bhaduri, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Van Horne; John Daniel Ristvey Jr., UCAR Center for Science Education; Randy Russell, UCAR Center for Science Education; Tamara Sumner

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Pre-College Engineering Education

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Rachal E Thomassie, Texas A&M University; Kathryn Kirsch, Pennsylvania State University; Eric R Marsh, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

-developed an orientation course for first-semester students in the major. She continually looks for ways to enhance student learning, development and career preparedness.Kathryn Kirsch, Pennsylvania State University Kathryn is a post-doctoral researcher in the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Laboratory at Penn State University. In addition to her technical research, Kathryn has been active in the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Department, working as the undergraduate curriculum advisor and developing content for undergraduate advising courses.Dr. Eric R Marsh, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs and Arthur L Glenn Professor of Engineering EducationDr

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Imane Khalil, University of San Diego

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Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego. She received her BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. She has an extensive background in industrial and government research from her years working at Hamilton Sundstrand and then Sandia National Laboratories. Her research interests are in numerical methods applied to solid and fluid mechanics, thermal hydraulics, reactor safety and uncertainty quantification applications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Introducing Social Relevance and Global Context into the Introduction to Heat Transfer CourseAbstractLeaders, researchers

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Hands-On Projects and Demos

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Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Daniel Adam Kraut, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

= pathlength (distance that light travels through the sample). Note: This equation is only accuratewhen the absorbance of the sample is between 0.1-1.0. The first spectrophotometer that could effectively measure transmittance (and absorbance)was invented by Arnold Beckman of National Technical Laboratories in 1940. Beckman’s initialdesign used a glass prism to split light into various wavelengths and a vacuum tube photocell tomeasure transmittance, but later models used more reliable quartz prisms. Modern spectrophotometers use essentially the same design, but with a few key changes(see Figure 6). The light source is typically a halogen light bulb, which emits wavelength in thevisible range ( = 300-700 nm) and near-infrared, but a

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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Environmental Engineering

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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Linjue Wang, The Ohio State University; Turhan Kendall Carroll, The Ohio State University; David A. Delaine, The Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

; Inclusion. He is investigating university-community engagement as empow- erment settings and working to further the research agenda of the global community of practice within Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering Education. His research laboratory aims to support an inclu- sive, global pipeline of STEM talent and to unify the needs of the engineering education stakeholders in order for engineering education to more accurately reflect societal needs. Diversity and inclusion, univer- sity/community engagement, informal learning, action research, and student led initiatives fall within the scope of his academic endeavors. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A pilot study

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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James R Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Bryan Basham, Software Alchemy (with RIT)

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Software Engineering Division

Bell Laboratories, Siemens Corporate Research, and AVL, including microcode for a graphics processor, real-time medical image processing, and data acquisition and communications protocols for semiconductor process control. Since 1997, he has been a faculty member in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Department of Software En- gineering including the position of Department Chair. His professional interests are in the engineering of software for real-time and embedded systems. He was a recipient of RIT’s 2010 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching.Mr. Bryan Basham, Software Alchemy (with RIT) I am a Software Consultant, Developer, Application Architect and Educator with over 40 years of software development

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Problem Solving, Adaptive Expertise, and Social Engagement

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Janna H. Ferguson, Northeastern University; Jennifer Lehmann, Northeastern University; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Susan Chang, Northeastern University; Reid P. Higginson, Harvard University; Cigdem P. Talgar, Northeastern University

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Educational Research and Methods

clearly and rigorously identify adaptive expertise in practice.Evaluations of adaptive expertise have taken several approaches: the direct observation of theperformance of adaptive expertise, either in authentic or laboratory conditions; interview andreflection protocols designed to elicit self-reports about responses to complex environments; andsurvey instruments, in which respondents rate their agreement with statements pertaining toeither attributes related to adaptive expertise or the prevalence of actions characteristic of theperformance of adaptive expertise [9].Across all of these studies, different sub-components of adaptive expertise have emerged. Whilethere is broad consensus that adaptive expertise is built on top of subject expertise

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Middle School Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Chu, University of Texas at Austin; Victor Sampson, University of Texas at Austin; Todd L. Hutner, University of Texas at Austin; Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas at Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Christina L. Baze, University of Texas at Austin; Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas at Austin

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Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, & Self-efficacy

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Erica J. Marti, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Johana Iglesias, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

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Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair of the First Year Engineering Experience committee, chair for the LTU KEEN Course Modification Team, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team. Dr. Gerhart conducts workshops on active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, entrepreneurial mindset education, creative problem solving, and innovation. He is an author of a fluid mechanics textbook. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Assessment of Fluid Power Modules

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

their website as shown in Figure 1. The entrepreneurial mindset plusengineering skillset has been used to develop educational outcomes for several engineeringcourses.The text highlighted in yellow are focused on the entrepreneurial skills and the ones with shadesof blue are focused on the technical skills (also in white background under the heading ‘design’).CoE has already incorporated elements of Active Collaborative Learning (ACL) and Problem –Based Learning (PBL) into its program curriculum with emphasis on the system engineeringprocess and system thinking for either the laboratory-centered or capstone courses [2] [21] [22].However, adding new Entrepreneurial-Minded Learning (EML) courses in an already packedundergraduate curriculum is a

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Robotics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cathy Burack, Brandeis University; Alan Melchior, Brandeis University; Matthew Hoover, Brandeis University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

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R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Charles James Larkin, Trinity College Dublin; Shaen Corbet, Dublin City University

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Engineering and Public Policy

which is a major, but littlerecognized, challenge for engineering education. The use of computer assisted learning toprovide the required knowledge is already being promoted as an alternative. Clearly, thereis no need for a lecture if the same material is available by alternative methods and can beat a time and paced to suit an individual. Considering the effectiveness of such onlinelearning as the only metric, as educators are wont to do, is foolish. What will increasinglydrive adoption of automated learning platforms at all but the most elite institutions iseffectiveness vs. cost [26]. If there is no need for lectures, and laboratory work can besimulated, what is the purpose of a university other than as an aid to social mobility? Auniversity

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Steve Robert Harrison, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech; R Benjamin Knapp, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology; Luke F Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Annie Yong Patrick; Matthew Wisnioski, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Computer Engineering (ECE) and was named the Roanoke Electric Steel Professor in 2016. Prior to joining VT, he was a professor of ECE at the University of New Mexico (UNM) from 1994 to 2013, and most recently the Interim Department Chair and the Endowed Chair Professor in Microelectronics there. Before 1994, Dr. Lester worked as an engineer for the General Electric Electronics Laboratory in Syracuse, New York for 6 years where he worked on transistors for mm-wave applications. There in 1986 he co-invented the first Pseudomorphic HEMT, a device that was later highlighted in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest transistor. By 1991 as a PhD student at Cornell, he researched and developed the first strained

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First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sophia Lerner Pink, Stanford University; Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Adrian Piedra, Stanford University; Shivani Alexandra Torres, Stanford University; Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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First-Year Programs

(2015-2016) I have the privilege of being a Course Assistant for three classes at Stanford: (1) E14: Introduction to Solid Mechanics; (2) BIOE51: Anatomy for Bioengineers; (3) BIOE80: Introduction to Bioengineering and Engineering Living Matter. I also have pleasure of serving as the Safety and Operations Manager at the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory, which includes managing the machine shop and teaching students how to use the machinery. In this role I am able to advise and educate students on design choices for their personal and research projects from ideation phases to functional products, with an emphasis on design and manufacturing techniques. c American Society for

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Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin L Hess, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Grant Fore, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jiangmei Wu, Indiana University, Bloomington; Andres Tovar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sohel Anwar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

the University of Notre Dame and Associate Professor of Me- chanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the National University of Colombia. Prof. Tovar received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Industrial Automation from the National University in 1995 and 2000, respectively. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and 2005. Currently, Prof. Tovar is the director of the Engineering Design Research Laboratory at IUPUI and the faculty mentor for the IUPUI Robotics Club. His main research areas include biologically inspired optimization and multiscale design methods for materials and mechanical systems.Dr. Sohel Anwar, Indiana University-Purdue University

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First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Amena Shermadou, Ohio State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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First-Year Programs

Engineering from Wright State University, in Day- ton, Ohio. Her experience with teaching first-year engineering students has led to research interests in curriculum development, student empowerment and the development of holistic engineers through the collaboration with engineering stakeholders.Prof. Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University Dr. Amy Betz is an Assistant Professor and the director of the Multiphase Microfluidics Laboratory at Kansas State University. She received her PhD from Columbia University and her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University. Her research aims to acquire new fundamental understanding of phase-change processes. She is passionate about research

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Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Michael Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia; John Kofi Eshirow Jr., University of Virginia; Catherine Claire Pollack, University of Virginia

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Linda A. Battalora, Colorado School of Mines; Emily A. Sarver, Virginia Tech; Rennie B. Kaunda , Colorado School of Mines

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member of the SPE Health,Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility (HSSE-SR) Advisory Committee. Inthe course, phase behavior, density, viscosity, interfacial tension, and composition of oil, gas,and brine systems are discussed. Course curriculum includes laboratory measurements,interpretation of lab data for engineering applications, flash calculations with k-values andequation of state and an introduction to fluid property software. CSR had previously not beentaught in the course, as it focused on the technical curriculum. In Fall 2016, CSR was introducedto the class through one assignment in which students watched a video about Chevron’s AlderGas Field Project and answered questions about Chevron’s Health, Safety, Security

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

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Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

don’t work out the first time. This makes everysemester a teaching laboratory, where new ideas can be tried and tested. This makes everysemester a little different, and keeps the interest of the instructors as they work to continuouslyimprove their course.C. ConclusionThe amount of formative feedback provided by students as they reflected on their flippedlearning experience has provided formative data for the professors as they work to improve theECE1250 class as well as provided students with deeper insights into their own learningprocesses that helped them in this class and which they can take forward with them into futurecourses. The structure and expectations of the flipped learning classroom provided a frameworkfor students to follow as

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Computing Technology Applications-I

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Predrag T. Tosic, University of Idaho; Julie Beeston, University of Idaho

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Computing and Information Technology

government research lab (Los Alamos National Laboratory). He holds three USPTO patents (IP of Cisco Systems). In addition to a doctorate in Computer Science, Predrag Tosic holds three master’s degrees, two in math- ematical sciences and one in CS. Tosic has a considerable teaching and student research mentoring expe- rience. He has enjoyed working with students of a broad variety of ethnic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and at different types of academic institutions. He has been actively involved with IEEE – the Palouse Section and is currently President of the Section’s Computer Society. He is also an active member of ACM, ASEE and AMS.Dr. Julie Beeston, University of Idaho Dr. Julie Beeston has both a

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Girls in Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda S Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Pre-College Engineering Education

integrates the engineeringsciences with the biomedical science and clinical practices.FEMME 9: Computer Coding: - designed to provide post-ninth grade girls with anintroduction to computer coding and computer engineering.Continued participation in FEMME allows girls to form relationships and feel they are part of acommunity. Research on girls in engineering has found that social support of this type isimportant if they are to persist [37, 91]. Through integrated STEM curriculum that focuses onapplications of engineering, as recommended in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)[92], girls learn about the importance of engineering and how it relates to everyday life. The girlsalso visit research laboratories and manufacturing facilities where