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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Tactical Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edward Pines, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Luke Nogales, New Mexico State University
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Diversity
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
usually full to capacity within one (1) day of Page 26.295.13 announcement; As a member of the first cohort of the NSF funded Pathways to Innovation program, ledby the Epicenter at Stanford University and VentureWell, New Mexico State has been effectivein leveraging external academic and industry partners from across the country to advanceprogram offerings within the facility and work towards a plan for long-term sustainability.Further, the development of public-private partnerships ensure relevance across the curriculumtowards student career readiness. During the upcoming year, the leadership team will be focusing on
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Software and Programming
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Peter Y. Wu, Robert Morris University; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering
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Diversity
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Computers in Education
mid-career employees and military personnel [4]. In order that the onlineeducation is at least equally effective (if not better) than face-to-face education in traditionalclassroom in all aspects such as academic quality, rigor and outcomes, appropriate teaching toolsmust be developed to suit the online teaching / learning media. In this regard, we believe the casestudy based education is one of the superior tools to deliver an equivalent laboratory experiencefor the online students!The process for developing case studies in described in section 2, a fully developed case study inthe domain of software testing is presented in Section 3, the instructions and teaching notes aregiven in Section 4, pedagogy and educational outcomes are discussed
Conference Session
NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Fabien R Durand, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jin Woo Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dorian Henao; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Daniel A. McAdams, Texas A&M University; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Helms, Georgia Institue of Technology
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
-groups analysis. The only task-specific self-concept that did not have a significant difference in either the within-subjects andbetween-groups comparisons was motivation; this was seen in both the overall data(Fmotivation(3,219) = 1.7, p = 0.2) and the within-subjects data (t(11) = 0.6, p = 0.5). Thisdemonstrates that freshmen, sophomore, juniors, and seniors experience similar motivationlevels when it comes to engineering design. This may be due to the fact that engineers begintheir undergraduate career with a high level of motivation, and there is not much room forimprovement in that area. The within subject pairwise results also showed the same trends fromfreshman to senior with high statistical significance for self-efficacy, expectancy
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Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eric Scott Rebentisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stephen Townsend, Project Management Institute; Edivandro Carlos Conforto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Engineering Leadership Development Division
their careers, many, if not most mayreasonably expect to play a leading role in an engineering or product development effort at somepoint. Will they have the necessary preparation and skillset? And where should this preparationtake place? These issues are the focus of this paper, which is based on a study of engineeringleaders and the skills and roles that are essential to the work they do. What skills will be required of an engineering leader? In a typical matrix organizationleadership roles might involve permutations around project or functional, or technical ormanagerial (1). In a program, a program manager would fill the managerial role while a chiefsystems engineer might fill a technical role (although in some cases both roles might
Conference Session
Curricula Innovations in Engineering Economics
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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Engineering Economy
Paper ID #11778Comparison of Engineering Economics Learning Outcomes and Student Per-ceptionDr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor Emeritus and past Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Car- olina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Profes- sional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Dr. Joseph Wilck, East
Conference Session
Best Paper Presentations
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan University; Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan University
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
. Page 26.400.5Project OutcomesAmong the various benefits of implementing a student-driven project like CRP, below are fewthat highlight overall freshmen engineering learning objectives that CRP addresses. These are inaddition to the general focus of introducing freshman students to the engineering profession.1. Measurement and Data Analysis. For CRP, students measure, collect, analyze and interpret data from their tests. Students become inherently familiar with the important role of measurement and data analysis in their tasks. Furthermore, the students have the opportunity to recognize sources of errors in their experiments, which serves as an excellent foundation for their engineering career.2. Teamwork. Students must work within
Conference Session
Teaching and Learning Strategies I
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew Hagge, Iowa State University; Mostafa Amin-Naseri, Iowa State University; Stephen B Gilbert, Iowa State University; John Jackman, Iowa State University; Enruo Guo; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University; LeAnn E Faidley, Wartburg College
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Educational Research and Methods
Paper ID #11330Decision based learning for a sophomore level thermodynamics courseDr. Matthew Hagge, Iowa State University Matt Hagge is a Senior Lecturer at Iowa State University. He has spent his career talking to students to figure out how students think and learn. The result of these talks has been the development of a course-wide decision framework for a thermodynamics course that allows students to solve previously unseen problems while building their expertise. This pedagogy is called Decision Based Learning, and has received tremendous student feedback and results. Students are able to solve complex problems
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Systems Engineering Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso
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Systems Engineering
Cohen, J. & Fulkerson, M. (2014). Affect, Rationalization, and Motivation. Rev. Phil.Psych., 5.10 Epstein, S. (1994). Integration of the cognitive and psychodynamic unconscious. American Psychologist, 49.11 Fortus, D. (2014). Attending to Affect. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51, (7), 821-835.12 Purzer, S. (2011). The Relationship Between Team Discourse, Self-Efficacy, and Individual Achievement: ASequential Mixed-Methods Study. Journal of Engineering Education, 100, (4), 655-679.13 Jones, B, D., Paretti, M. C., Hein, S. F., & Knott, T. W. (2010). An Analysis of Motivation Constructs with First-Year Engineering Students: Relationships Among Expectancies, Values, Achievement, and Career Plans. Journal ofEngineering
Conference Session
Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.
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Computing & Information Technology
responsibilities, resolving conflict etc. At the end of each of the fourphases in the semester, each student is evaluated by his/her own team members.Ethics and contemporary issues The true test of engineering ethics education is how graduates behave in the workplace duringtheir careers, certainly a difficult outcome to measure a priori 8. Stephan8, in questioningwhether or not engineering ethics can be taught, quotes philosopher Michael Davis in giving fourgood things that can result if successful: (1) students can become more aware of the ethicalimplications of their work, (2) they can learn ethical standards, (3) they can become better judgesof ethical conduct, and (4) they can become more willing to put their ethical knowledge intoaction. ABET
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 9
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cristi L Bell-Huff, Lawrence Technological University; Donald D. Carpenter P.E., Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
, this new course is intended to build uponthe foundation established in the freshman year for the development of an entrepreneurialmindset. Specifically, students in the sophomore studio are expected to identify opportunities anddefine problems themselves, interact with real customers, and design, build, and test prototypesthat create value for these customers. In addition, project management, communication,teamwork, and market analysis skills need to be developed in this course to prepare students fortheir senior capstone projects and future careers. Bringing all of these aspects together, thefollowing learning objectives were identified. By the end of the semester, the student will be ableto: 1. Generate, screen, and select promising design
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International Division Technical Session 6
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sara P Rimer, University of Michigan; Sahithya Reddivari, University of Michigan; Aline Cotel, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Frances Cloos Dreyer, University of Michigan
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Diversity
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International
 envisioned as a mutually­beneficial collaboration as the UM­SWE members would gain a unique cross­cultural opportunity to support peers internationally and as a result develop their global competency that contributes to their professional development; and the L­SWE students would have an international peer support group from the UM­SWE section invested in their persistence, able to advocate on their behalf internationally to SWE and potential corporate sponsors, and with access to relevant technology and resources to be circulated and disseminated to L­SWE. The primary mechanism of this new partnership was envisioned as a two­week Leadership Camp entitled Setting Up Collegiates for Careers in Engineering through Social Support (L­SWE SUCCESS) to be
Conference Session
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Benedict M. Uzochukwu, Virginia State University; Coray Davis, Virginia State University ; Ben U. Nwoke, Virginia State University
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
onlyentrepreneurial mindset which can be likened to a bridge to no-where. This paper is at variancewith the work of Taks et al. (2014), which was geared toward encouraging individuals’ internaldevelopment of an entrepreneurial mindset. Since entrepreneurial studies may encourage willingstudents to pursue careers as future entrepreneurs, what can stop a young adult student entrepreneurfrom designing curriculum tailored to his or her own need and get academic credit for it?Cumbersome roadblocks often found between getting a sound education and pursuing anentrepreneurial venture can be removed. Therefore, engineering entrepreneurship educationshould focus on teaching young adults, at earlier ages, about innovation and the associatedchallenges. Some of these
Conference Session
Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Polinpapilinho Katina, Old Dominion University; Joseph M Bradley, Leading Change, LLC
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Systems Engineering
, complex system governance, infranomics, systems engineering, systems of systems engineering, and systems theory. His research has been published in several journals including International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, and Journal of Requirements Engineering. He is a co-editor of ’Infranomics: Sustainability, engineering design and governance.’Dr. Joseph M Bradley, Leading Change, LLC Dr. Bradley has had an extensive career in ship operations, maintenance, repair and organizational design. Repeatedly called upon to start new activities for the United States Navy, he successfully met a succession
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Construction Session 1: Sustainable Practices
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University; Annie R Pearce, Virginia Tech; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Myung Hwa Jeon, POSCO A&C
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Construction
Paper ID #15778Training and Education for Green Construction in the U.S.Dr. Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology at Sam Hous- ton State University. Ph.D. from Virginia Tech M.S. from Stanford University B.S. from Yeungnam Uni- versity in South KoreaDr. Annie R Pearce, Virginia Tech Dr. Annie Pearce is an Associate Professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech specializing in sustainable facilities and infrastructure systems. Throughout her career, Annie has worked with practitioners in both public and
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Labs & Hands-on Instruction I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cherian Mathews, University of the Pacific
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Electrical and Computer
development of thepower electronics course include a PSPICE simulation lab manual and a hardware lab manual toaccompany the power-pole board. Both these resources are available at no cost to anyone whowishes to use them4. These resources were extremely helpful in the development of a newcourse by a faculty member whose primary expertise was not in the area of power electronics.The laboratory component of the course includes some of the simulation labs and hardware labsbased on UMN materials that have been customized for the local context. The power electronicscourse has been offered three times (Fall 2011, Spring 2013, and Spring 2015) and has a numberof graduates who are working in power and energy related careers. Student course evaluationdata
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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Shiwen Mao, Auburn University
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Electrical and Computer
, IEEE GLOBECOM, WCNC, ICCCN, et al. He received the 2015 IEEE ComSoc TC-CSR Distinguished Service Award, the 2013 IEEE Com- Soc MMTC Outstanding Leadership Award, and the NSF CAREER Award in 2010. He is a co-recipient of the IEEE GLOBECOM 2015 Best Paper Award, the IEEE WCNC 2015 Best Paper Award, the IEEE ICC 2013 Best Paper Award, and the 2004 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the Field of Communications Systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Cooperative Wireless Communications with Beamforming and Software Defined Radio Techniques
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Make It!
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rex H. Wong, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University
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Manufacturing
human interfacing) in real-life problem solving. The experience enhances students’ hand-oncapability and prepares them for entering real world career in robotics and system automation[10]. Future plans include combining multiple robots to form a large robotic network systemwhich can collaborate in the large area surveillance and patrolling in multi-room scenario,exchange sensed data among them and stitch each piece of fragmental information into a bigpicture which reflects an overall view of the entire environment. This kind of data processing canbe sent to Cloud for further analysis for any response to be taken if necessary. Besides thedomestic service applications, the same idea can be applied to industrial environment as well,especially for
Conference Session
Make It!
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Alfonso Pruneda, University of Texas, El Paso; Sara Soto, Academic Technologies ; Erik Lopez, Academic Technologies; Gil Paquian Jr., UTEP Academic Technologies
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Manufacturing
field in his first year as an employee of Academic Technologies. The cooperative en- vironment in Academic Technologies has improved Erik’s ethical, professional and personal involvement during the past years.Mr. Gil Paquian Jr., UTEP Academic Technologies Gilbert Paquian has always been fascinated with how things work. During his undergraduate career pur- suing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, his project-oriented work with Academic Technologies and the completion of an internship with W. Silver Incorporated, a local steel mill, were able to satisfy his curiosity learning about the inner workings of various machines, electrical components and computer software. After
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Classroom Practice III: Student-Centered Instruction
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech; Anna Woodcock, California State University San Marcos
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Diversity
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Educational Research and Methods
disparities such as the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM. Specifically: individual differences in motivations to pursue STEM careers; the psychological processes underlying the underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM; and effective interventions for diversifying STEM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Improving Student Spatial Skills: Using Life Experiences and Motivational Factors to Inform Instructional InterventionsSpatial thinking refers to the ability to create and hold an object in the mind’s eye and manipulatethat object via sectional cuts, three dimensional rotations, and other mental operations. Priorresearch suggests that the
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Labs & Hands-on Instruction II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Yuanwei Jin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
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Electrical and Computer
variousVIP processes, students are engaged in learning improvement and career preparation. Through VIP,students get involved into long-term practical team projects, which provide them a significant benefitin terms of the continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth involved in the project. Besides,students’ communication and team-working skills will also get improved through VIP process. 5. Conclusion and Future Work In this paper, we presented our attempts to improve engineering education by offering studentsan educational module library, which is a specifically organized collection of engineering projectmodules. This library will not only strengthen the teaching of engineering courses, but also
Conference Session
Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
to give students time to challenge (invisible) engineering educational norms.Future workAs this research evolves, the focus will center on two main issues. First, more assessment datawill help us understand student perceptions on the sociotechnical emphasis and on making SJvisible. Also, more in-depth knowledge of student performances on assignments that seek topromote SJ visibility can help bolster the ability of those (revised) assignments to challengecommon assumptions about engineering and engineering education. Finally, we would like toevaluate how our courses impact students’ professional careers in the short and long terms, fromtheir choices about employment to their encounters with social injustices in the
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Classroom and Online Innovations
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kip D. Coonley, Duke University; Justin Miles, Duke University; Kim Manturuk, Duke University; Martin A. Brooke, Duke University; Christopher Woodard, Duke University; Chris Lorch, Center for Instructional Technology; Genevieve M Lipp, Duke University
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
and Assessment at Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology. She also teaches Sociology of Crime through the Continuing Studies program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Dr. Martin A. Brooke, Duke University Martin A. Brooke received the B.E. (Elect.) Degree (1st. Class Hons.) from Auckland University in New Zealand in 1981. He received the M.S. and Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Southern California in 1984, and 1988, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Duke University. Professor Brooke was an Analog Devices Career development award recipient from 1988-1993, won a National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award in 1990, the
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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University
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Diversity
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Electrical and Computer
] “STEM Attrition: College Students’ Paths Into and Out of STEM Field, Statistical Analysis Report.” U.S.Department of Education report, NCES 2014-00, 2014.[3] Peter A. Daempfle, “An Analysis of the High Attrition Rates Among First Year College Science, Math, andEngineering Majors.” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice 5.1 (2003): 37-52.[4] Lizzie Y. Santiago and Robin A.M. Hensel, “Engineering Attrition and University Retention.” ASEE AnnualConference, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 2012.[5] C. Adelman, “Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Career.”National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (ED/OERI): Washington DC.ISBN 0-16-049551-2[6] R.L
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group; Emanuel Costache, SageFox Consulting Group; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University & SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University
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Diversity
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
Paper ID #15275Infusing Innovation and Entrepreneurship into Engineering Education: Look-ing for Change as Seen by ASEE Members, 2012to2015Dr. Alan R. Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group Alan Peterfreund is Executive Director of SageFox Consulting Group, an education research, evaluation located in Amherst Massachusetts. Alan has a Ph.D. in Geology from Arizona State University, and has been a research faculty member at Brown University. A career-shift in 1984 led to16 years of consulting in the private and public sector with primarily emphasis on organizational change, quality management, and employee participation
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Works in Progress: Classroom Practice
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology)
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Educational Research and Methods
Conference, Terre Haute, Indiana.9. Hattie, J., and Timperley, H. (2007) The Power of Feedback, Review of Educational Research 77, 81-112.10. Erickson, F. (2011) Uses of video in Social Research: A Brief History, International Journal of Social Research Methodology 14, 179-189.11. Powell, A. B., Francisco, J. M., and Maher, C. A. (2003) An Analytical Model for Studying the Development of Learners’ Mathematical Ideas and Reasoning Using Videotape Data, The Journal of Mathematical Behavior 22, 405-435.12. Tolbert, D., and Cardella, M. E. (2014) CAREER: Mathematics as a Gatekeeper to Engineering: The Interplay be-tween Mathematical Thinking and Design Thinking–Using Video Data, In Proceedings 121st ASEE
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Addressing Diversity Issues in Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College; Denise Hum, Cañada College
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Diversity
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Two Year College Division
participants in their STEM math classes in thesemesters following their participation was better for all students, but significantly better forminorities. There are still disparities in academic achievement for minorities, but Math Jam ishelping to close the achievement gap.As more students choose to attend community colleges to ultimately pursue careers inengineering and other related STEM fields, more programs like Math Jam need to be developedto help produce the well-educated work force that is needed to retain and increase the economiccompetitiveness and innovation capacity of the United States.Bibliography1. Committee on STEM Education National Science and Technology Council. (2013). Federal Science, Technology,Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem
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NSF Grantees Poster Session II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew Raymond Markovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Zachari Lucius Swiecki; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
for Education Research. His most recent book is How Computer Games Help Children Learn.Dr. Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi C. Chesler is Professor of Biomedical Engineering with an affiliate appointment in Educational Psychology. Her research interests include vascular biomechanics, hemodynamics and cardiac function as well as the factors that motivate students to pursue and persist in engineering careers, with a focus on women and under-represented minorities.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Cheryl A. Bodnar, Ph.D., CTDP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Bodnar’s research interests relate to the incorporation of active
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Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John Carmine Vaccaro, Hofstra University; Kevin C. Craig, Hofstra University; Alexander Hans Pesch, Hofstra University
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Mechanical Engineering
students for careers in evolving engineering industries. Theseindustries rely on innovation through understanding and developing complex multidisciplinarysystems for product development. As students progress through these courses, theirunderstanding, insight, and ability to solve real-world problems will be assessed, mainly throughtheir performance in senior capstone design and through after-graduation surveys. Results willbe reported as they become available.5 References 1. Male, S.A., Bush, M.B., and Chapman, E.S., “Perceptions of Competency Deficiencies in Engineering Graduates”, Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 16, no. 1., 2010. 2. Cilliers, F. and Greyvenstein, H. “The Impact of Silo Mentality on Team
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Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College
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Environmental Engineering
: threesophomores, ten juniors, and two seniors. A few of these students expressed interest in pursuinga career in environmental engineering with the remaining having a general interest insustainability. The class counted for three credits with no laboratory component and met twice aweek for eighty minutes. This course was offered for the second time in the spring of 2015, andat that point, few pieces or equipment were available for conducting traditional water qualitylabs. Therefore, the lessons described in this paper were designed to be inexpensive and easy toimplement with minimal facilities. As at many other institutions, this marked the first time firststudents were presented water treatment technologies in a formalized setting.The series of lessons
Conference Session
Notable Topics in Civil Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee P.E., University of the Pacific; Gary M. Litton, University of the Pacific
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Civil Engineering
Pacific Luke Lee is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific, where he teaches courses in structural mechanics and structural design and conducts research in infrastructure renewal, structural health monitoring, and durability of composite materials.Dr. Gary M. Litton, University of the Pacific Gary Litton is a professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of the Pacific where he teaches courses and conducts research in environmental engineering. Dr. Litton has over 30 years of water quality experience with specialization in water quality investigations. The first six years of his career were spent with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, where he