Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Emery Mertz, Arizona State University; Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

providing “hands-on” laboratory experience is one of the major challenges of online courses11-12, which causesmajority engineering faculty members and administrators to “shy” away from online education2-5 . University of Wisconsin Colleges offers an online project based introductory engineeringcourse, the first and only one of this kind offered in the nation13, however, one of the two teamprojects involved in this course did not have any “hands-on” aspect involved while for the otherone team members each build the same design and a final design was required to be built by onlyone member of the team and sent to the instructor for evaluation13. Our introduction toengineering course, on the other hand, has been designed such that students work in

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Rutledge Simmons PE, Virginia Tech; Chosang Tendhar, Virginia Tech; Rongrong Yu, Virginia Tech; Eric A. Vance, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

psychology and a M.Ed. degree in educational psychology. Her research interests include K-12 student mathematics and science achievement, STEM and gender, and co-curricular involvement.Dr. Eric A. Vance, Virginia Tech Dr. Eric Vance is an assistant research professor of statistics at Virginia Tech. He is the Director of LISA, Virginia Tech’s Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis, which met with 1324 clients last year to help them use statistics to solve real-world problems in their research. LISA’s primary mission is to train statisticians to become interdisciplinary collaborators, and since its reformation in 2008, it has trained and mentored 173 statistics students to communicate and collaborate with non

Conference Session

Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard J. Schuhmann, The Landing School; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jeffrey G. Soper, Montreux School of Business; Donald H. Horner Jr., Jacksonville University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

LeadershipDevelopment Unlimited (ELDU),” as a largely self-directed learning laboratory to furtherpractice the leadership being taught in the classroom. Classic in-group / out-group dynamicsfollowed, the sort of which Matson knew would eventually lead to debate, tension, and conflictbetween those who “knew” – the hippies – and administrators in the College of Engineering whohad not yet bought-in to the essence of ELDM – the government.The educational, ideational tension Horner encountered upon arrival had manifested during thesearch process. And, since it would be approximately six-months from the time Dr. Horner wasnamed as the new ELDM Director (i.e., January 2000) until his June arrival, there was plenty oftime to contemplate a positive approach for

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International Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions; Sheryl Brandalik

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Diversity

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International

contacts inRome beyond a knowledge of the Rome Center’s existence and services. The Rome Centerprovided initial contacts, participated in meetings and discussions with the program director onhis visit to Rome during his sabbatical the year before offering the program, and all the essentialservices described next.The Rome Center consists of about 14,000 square feet of leased space in Palazzo Pio (adjacent toCampo dei Fiori in the center of Rome), two full-time UW staff, and one half-time studentassistant. The Rome Center provides the following physical space: studios, classrooms, a library,a computer laboratory, a student lounge, a conference room and several faculty apartments.Rome Center staff provide the following support: student housing

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Temesgen Wondimu Aure, University of Cincinnati

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

is provided by participants and judges. Thestudents complete a pre-site survey documenting their prior exposure to research and two post-site surveys on the last day. Feedback on the effectiveness of the whole REU program isobtained from the judges, who fill out a scoring rubric evaluating: 1) each team’s technicalpaper, 2) each student’s presentation skills; and 3) each team’s poster.Research Training Program The first and the second weeks in the Summer REU Program and the first month in the AY-REU Program are mainly devoted to seminars specially structured to educate the students on thecontent of the research topic to be pursued, train them on the use of the laboratory facilities,related software and statistical analysis techniques, and

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

move toexpand enrollments, Aalborg University, which is located in the northern part of Jutland, alsoopened a new downtown campus in Copenhagen. Quite telling, this campus is housed in aformer R&D laboratory for Nokia, which Nokia released as a result of the economic downturn.The two main challenges for Aalborg University are those of choosing an appropriate growthstrategy, and maintaining appropriate balance between their well-established degree programs inAalborg, and the degree programs created at its new Copenhagen Campus. A former regionaluniversity with a focus on industrial education, Aalborg University found it difficult to meetnational mandates for higher enrollments. Since governmental fund to universities is based onenrollment

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward J. Berger, Purdue University; Lisa Lampe, University of Virginia; Julie Innes Caruccio, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

, and informal interactions with students. This informal training also illuminated theparticular pressure points within the engineering school experience: the timing of homework andexams, the laboratory experiences, and the general rhythm of when academic stress runs at itshighest level. We correlate these experiences with some of the by-major results presented later. Page 26.1049.9Results and discussionMotivation for the data presented here. Our dataset is rich with respect to the students we havesupported over the years: 297 students who experienced a wide range of challenges. The datasetanalysis continues, and the results presented here are

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

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Reflective & Critical Pedagogies

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

,family, friends, and innovation users about their experiences, routines, and practices related toinnovation at the grassroots. Go-alongs were supplemented by semi- structured interviews whereI queried grassroots community members regarding their motivations for and experiences duringthe design and development of particular innovations. I also conducted archival research ondocuments pertaining to the design, development and use of grassroots technological innovations(e.g. summary reports on grassroots community members and their innovations, reports on theresults of laboratory tests on the material properties of innovations, market research and prior artsearches on innovations, correspondence between grassroots organizations, design

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Best Papers in K-12 / Pre-college Division

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions I: Communication in Engineering Disciplines

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Molly Scanlon, Virginia Tech; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

series of laboratory activitiesdesigned to build knowledge and skills across these ECE topics. In the second half of thesemester, there were two major assignments: the team-based design project and an individualContemporary Issue Report (CIR). For example, in one unit, students were introduced during lecture to the concept ofcochlear implants. Students learned about how the device itself works, including microphone, Page 26.1482.6microcontroller, digital signal processor, implanted electrodes, etc. They also learned about anddiscussed ethical issues surrounding cochlear implants from the perspective of both the medicalengineering and deaf

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Olina Wisniewski, Northeastern University ; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University ; Kristen Barbara Coletti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

years. Rachel works in a chemical engineering lab on campus, has held a co-op position at Davol, Inc. and will be completing another co-op with Entrega Biosciences.Ms. Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University Emma Kaeli is a second-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University, majoring in chemical engineering and pursuing a minor in mathematics. Outside of class, Kaeli works as a chemistry tutor and class grader, and she participates in undergraduate research in a materials science laboratory on campus. She also has held an engineering co-op position with Rogers Corporation’s Innovation Center.Ms. Kristen Barbara Coletti, Georgia Institute of Technology Kristen Coletti is recent graduate of Northeastern

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Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Graduate Studies

were in a completely new field, so they had to learn about that field and about thetechniques used in that field. For example: “…I learned several techniques that were instrumental techniques, … analysis techniques…” (M-ENG) “I changed fields when I started my postdoc. So I’ve had to learn a completely new set of experimental techniques and laboratory skills and those kinds of things that I didn’t have before.” (M-SCI)When describing the professional skills they learned, they mentioned improving theircommunication and writing skills, and teamwork/collaboration skills, as well as their abilities tomentor and work with students.Another benefit of a postdoc position was being able to focus on research and

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeanne R. Garland, New Mexico State University; Michele A. Auzenne, New Mexico State University; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, includingbiomedical instrumentation and research methods; an introduction to the UCLA campus and itsbiomedical and life and physical science academic programs; mentoring by UCLA sciencefaculty; individual academic advising by a science counselor; and special academic andprofessional development workshops.23 The Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program at theUniversity of Massachusetts at Boston (UMB), and Bunker Hill and Roxbury CommunityColleges also has the objective of advancing the careers of community college students whowant to pursue a biomedical research career. The program provides community college studentspractical training in lab techniques, after which they are placed in supportive UMB andassociated laboratory working environments where they

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retention of Undergraduate Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine Zundl, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Laura Stiltz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Helen M. Buettner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Page 26.1628.5time for group discussion and communication with the community’s faculty advisor allowsstudents the time to go more in depth on an area of engineering that interests them in a lowstakes environment. The format of the course consists of several interdisciplinary design projectsspanning the Rutgers University School of Engineering’s available majors: bioenvironmental,biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, materials, and mechanical. The students alsoreceive in-depth tours of engineering laboratories including built-in discussion time with facultyand graduate students who work in the labs. During team projects the students are provided witha brief description of the goals, key concepts, and some basic background

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

student in the group, or by randomly selecting a group member, or members, to be tested and thus proxy for the group. • Sharing known skills- Students who possess certain knowledge or skills (examples: computer skills, laboratory skills, data reduction skills, presentation skills) should be willing to pass it on, and/or share it with their group members. • Collaborative Skills- Groups cannot function effectively if members do not have (be willing to learn) or use some needed social skills. These skills include leadership, decision making, trust building, and conflict management. • Monitoring Progress- Groups need to discuss amongst themselves whether they are

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jayma Koval, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, CEISMC: Georgia Tech; Nancy Anna Newsome, CEISMC - Georgia Tech; Marcela Nicole Moreno, CEISMC

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

tested in authentic environments, or what we refer to as typicalclassrooms, namely those challenging environments that seek to educate students from allsocioeconomic backgrounds. Through each iteration, both the curriculum and the environmentwere changed on the basis of the formative test results as we attempted to align the curriculumwith the realities of the classroom constraints. The successive curriculum redesigns were basedon multiple sources of data and feedback: task analysis and research on science content learning,alpha testing of the activities in the laboratory (without students), curriculum design with ourteachers during professional development workshops, and pilot testing curriculum in authenticcontexts (i.e., with our partner

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Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Richards, BYU; Joseph J Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

Conference Session

Concepts and Conceptual Knowledge

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Suzanne Wallace; Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Paula Gangopadhyay, The Henry Ford (museums)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

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. Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald D. Carpenter, PhD, PE, LEED AP is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological University where he teaches courses on ethics/professionalism and water resources. Dr. Carpenter has served as the University Director of Assessment and the founding Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. He conducts funded pedagogical research and development projects, has published numerous engineering education

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick Langley, Air Force Institute of Technology; Diana Lynn Cahill, SOCHE; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology; Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education; Sean Joseph Creighton, SOCHE; Jeremy Paul Stringer, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters.Ms. Maggie Varga, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education Maggie Varga, Chief Operating Officer, Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) Maggie Varga is the COO for the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE). In this capacity, Maggie leads the SOCHEIntern Program, which employs nearly 300 students annually in co- operation with local government and small businesses, as well as the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The program provides high impact experiential learning opportunities for students while generating economic bene- fit and enhancing

Conference Session

Best of DEED

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Emily A. Waterman, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

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Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ekembu Kevin Tanyi, Norfolk State University; IRVING K CASHWELL Jr, Norfolk State University; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

thatdiffered in a variety of characteristics, including time in their graduate program, focus withinmaterials science engineering, and level of experience with independent laboratory research.Senior graduate students were responsible for facilitating an interdisciplinary research projectand delegating research work tasks to teams of other students. We present findings from a mixedmethods study which evaluates individual and team successes in collaborative multi-institutionaland interdisciplinary research. Implications of this work include helping programs developcompetencies for their graduate students that include “team science” and collaborative skills.I. IntroductionTo solve complex, ill-structured engineering and science problems in an

Conference Session

Faculty Development II: Building Community Among STEM Educators

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington, Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

kind of laboratory work,” while Rebecca Brentspoke about her involvement with engineering teaching workshops: “I think [my contribution] is pretty much out there in the workshop work. … I think I work with people really well one-on-one. I think I have developed a lot of the materials that we use and brought in a lot of ideas. So I’m more of a behind the scenes person than an out there in front person.”Similarly, Michael Pavelich commented: “I hope [my contribution] is to have documented the importance of these learning taxonomies and to take them seriously and understand them fully, and then models of how to implement that kind of thinking in the classroom, and then finally ways of measurement that make sense or that really speak to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

time for laboratory and field research which couldlead to scholarly products in the STEM fields. Prior to AY 2003, the scholarly requirement offaculty was significantly lower than it is at the present time. In addition, the ranks of associateand full professors have minimal female representation; at Gannon, tenure does not presumeadvancement in rank. Just as there has been increasing number of advanced degrees awarded tofemales across STEM disciplines, many of the recent hires affected by the increased emphasis onscholarship at Gannon University were female. Some STEM departments had no senior, femalefaculty to serve as mentors (see Table 7) and most full professors had received promotion whenthe university culture placed the majority of its

Conference Session

Instructional and Learning Assessment in Chemical Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Jamie R Gomez, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, Program of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico; Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Curriculum Com- mittee, as well as faculty advisor for several student societies. She is the instructor of several courses in the CBE curriculum including the Material and Energy Balances, junior laboratories and Capstone De- sign courses. She is associated with several professional organizations including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and American Society of Chemical Engineering Education (ASEE) where she adopts and contributes to innovative pedagogical methods aimed at improving student learning and retention.Victor Law, Program of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences at University of New Mexico Dr. Victor Law is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico in the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Paul Benedict Caballo Reyes, Florida Atlantic University; George Roskovich, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

controllers, and successfullypass the class. The observations made on this paper are based on our multiple years ofexperience in teaching the topics as well as several informal discussions with professors in otheruniversities. It appears that some students miss the basic understanding that a controller (whetheranalog or digital) represents a transfer function (in the S-Domain or the Z-Domain) or adifferential/difference equation so that, together with the dynamics of the plant and the rest of thesystem, it allows for desired closed loop behavior.This problem can be partially alleviated during laboratory experiments when students notice thata controller’s transfer function in the S-Domain can be practically implemented using hardware,which includes op