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ERM Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Elizabeth Bumbaco, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

findings that were originally presented by theauthors at a prior conference and are reviewed here for comparison to the English studentfindings.26 Engineering students related critical thinking to engineering concepts they deal within the classroom. These engineering course concepts included: applying a framework/plan;weighing, selecting, and testing options (in materials science this is known as selection and Page 26.124.5design); using background knowledge; and using problem solving. For instance, one studentexplained the critical thinking process in a design course as: There’s a coach but no one tells you what to do or how to solve the

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Practical Teaching in Manufacturing - 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel H. Huang, University of Cincinnati; Sam Anand, University of Cincinnati; Manish Kumar, University of Toledo; Imelda Castañeda-Emenaker, University of Cincinnati

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Manufacturing

in Business Administration and a Doctorate in Educational Foundations. She has had primary responsibility for the design and implementation of numerous state and federally funded program evaluations addressing educational issues for pre-K through graduate studies. Dr. Casta˜neda-Emenaker brings in more than 15 years of program and policy evalua- tion experience and a strong background in educational research and evaluation methods. She has been key evaluation personnel on projects focused on curriculum development and assessments, planning and implementing professional development that involved both traditional and innovative methods, STEM- related projects, college access, and various other community projects. Dr

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Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken C Stanton, Colorado State University; Thomas H. Bradley, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

be aligned with these national objectives.The planning team consisted of the authors as this small team possessed the expertise, resourcesand authority to perform the needs assessment and to implement the recommendations thatresulted. Dr. Stanton worked for Delphi Automotive after earning his B.S degree in ElectricalEngineering at Clarkson University. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at VirginiaTech, and was employed at Colorado State University as a Research Scientist under the HEVEprogram. Dr. Thomas Bradley was Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at CSU withindustrial and academic experience in HEV engineering and analysis. Bradley was PI for CSU’sportion of the HEVE program and had authority to implement necessary

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Soundar Kumara, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering (CSAE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on 4, 300 –304 (2011).19. Argall, B. D., Chernova, S., Veloso, M. & Browning, B. A survey of robot learning from demonstration. Robot. Auton. Syst. 57, 469–483 (2009).20. Jensen, E., Franklin, M., Lahr, S. & Gini, M. Sustainable multi-robot patrol of an open polyline. in 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 4792–4797 (2011). doi:10.1109/ICRA.2011.598027921. Thrun, S. & Mitchell, T. M. Lifelong robot learning. Robot. Auton. Syst. 15, 25–46 (1995).22. Zhou, H. & Sakane, S. Sensor planning for mobile robot localization based on probabilistic inference using Bayesian network. in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and

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Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria; Erika Müller, University of Pretoria

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

overcome their often inadequateprior educational experiences and succeed in their university programmes and laterprofessional lives. For South Africa, this is the only hope of supplying the country’s need forenough competent engineers within a reasonable time frame. In this paper we describe thedesign features of a planned five-year engineering degree program and show how it hascontributed to an increase in the one-year retention rates both in engineering as a whole andfor black students, thus addressing the dual challenges of increasing retention and equity.ContextThe University of Pretoria is a large urban university of nearly 50 000 students,approximately 5000 of whom are enrolled in nine undergraduate engineering programs,which, according to

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

and engineering employers consider as a must for engineering graduates.However, the process of achieving critical thinking skills is not always well laid out and /ordeveloped. Although a number of models have been developed in this topic by many academics,developing “critical thinking skills” can be a long and arduous process. In particular, thedevelopment of higher education program level critical thinking skills require detailed courselevel planning, structured assignments, critical analysis of case studies, student centric learning,and guided design using tools such as simulation and gaming, communication exercises, andlaboratory experiments. Research suggests that the development of any skill is best facilitated bypractice and not by

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Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Chair of the ASEE Long Range Planning Committee.Dr. D. Patrick O’Neal, Louisiana Tech University D. Patrick O’Neal is an associate professor in the Biomedical Engineering program which is part of the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to moving to academia in 2005, he served as PI on industrial nanomedicine-based development projects supported by NSF, NIH, and NIST funding. Given a research focus in biomedical optics, he has published peer-reviewed articles in basic and clinical cancer research, nanomedicine, and applied electro-optic instrumentation. Based on experiences instructing courses like Biomedical Engineering Senior Design and his ongoing involvement with the medical

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Research to Practice: STRAND 3 – Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan R Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Nicholas Kumia, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #11384Developing Courseware for Robotics in Pre-Engineering Education for HighSchool StudentsMr. Jonathan R Zubarriain, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Sophomore student in Mechatronics Engineering major at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technol- ogy. He is the vice president of the Vaughn College’s UAV Club.Mr. Nicholas Kumia, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Sophomore in the Undergraduate Mechatronics Engineering Program He graduated high school at the age of 16 and plans to complete the 4-year Mechatronics Program in 3-years. Recently, He co-founded the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Club

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ECCD Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

program objectives) and compliance with the program outcomes is prepared andsubmitted to the department chair for the assessment purposes.Future plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the capstone in term of learning outcomes: actions that willbe implemented to improve the effectiveness of the curriculum in term of learning outcomes:  We expanded on the instructors’ self-evaluation such that more direct assessment of students’ learning outcomes is obtained. A set of standards for instructor’s self-evaluation will be prepared by the faculty and the Board of Advisors and will be implemented with the annual assessment cycle. The main point of these standards is that the evaluation of students’ performance will based

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

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Community Engagement Division

, involvement with student volunteer groups andprofessional societies, involvement with undergraduate research, internship opportunities,industry expectations, graduate studies, use of campus resources like the tutoring center andcareer services, etc. Such mentoring sessions are scheduled once a month. The facultyadvisement is typically associated with program requirements, course registration, course pre-requisites and course planning. Individual advisement is generally done once a semester. Faculty advisement Faculty- (individual) Student student

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Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Shelby Gilbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; Tony Anthony Barringer, Florida Gulf Coast University; Anthony M. Hyatt; J. Web Horton; David Hinds

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Scientific Olympics). Mr. David Hinds along with the other executivemembers of the NAACP of Collier County worked closely with FGCU and raised more than halfof the funds for the 2014 STEM summer program. Plans are on the way to continue thisinteraction for the next five (5) years. Although a large number of people think the organizationis just about civil rights, it actually has a strong educational mission as well.Program Structure and ResultsProgram DemographicsThe 2014 FGCU/NAACP Pre-Collegiate summer camp was initiated by the NAACP of CollierCounty along with the Office of Outreach Program at FGCU. The Associate Provost at FGCU,Dr. Tony Barringer, and Associate Professor at FGCU, Dr. Claude Villiers joined this effort withthe mission to improve

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Focus on Student Learning, Lifelong Learning, and the Whole Student

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julianne D. Vernon, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Stacie Edington, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

Fall 2014 Lecture Welcome to students; instructor Lecture Welcome & Course Overview/Plan for outline class Semester Lecture Future of Engineering Discussion Professional Image Lecture Engineering teamwork, creativity Lecture Future of Engineering - Grand and entrepreneurship Challenges Lecture Understanding your personal Discussion Common Reading Experience strengths Lecture Dept. of Materials Science and Lecture Consideration of Sustainability in Engineering Engineering Lecture Dept. of

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Lynne Gradon Cowe Falls P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

-Operate), an innovative educational framework forengineering, also addressed the need for engineering leadership in their most recent syllabusupdate. The syllabus extension includes ten different learning outcomes related to Creating a Page 26.634.2Purposeful Vision and Delivering on the Vision5 (p.69).In today’s workplace, the knowledge and experience gained through engineering leadershipeducation is valuable to all engineers, regardless if they plan to pursue managerial roles. Themajority of engineering work is team oriented, thus engineers must be prepared to work on teamsand take initiative when solving technical problems6. Leadership skills

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey D Beddoes, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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Diversity

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International

practitioners?35Our current research, and that which we are planning, is a new and important step in thatdirection, as it is both empirical and theoretically-grounded. Personal epistemology could proveuseful in understanding the development of global competencies, particularly given findings thatraise questions about the connections between international experience and global competency.Our aim in future work will be to provide systematic and empirical evidence of attributes that areimportant for global engineering, namely attributes related to personal epistemologies.As discussed above, epistemologies vary across geographic contexts; however, what thoseepistemological differences might be in engineering specifically, and how they affect

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INDUSTRY DAY SESSION: CMC PANEL SESSION ONE

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert B. Rhoads, Ohio State University; Jacob T Allenstein, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Clifford A Whitfield, Ohio State University

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Corporate Member Council

26.958.13*Combined Extremely Important and Very Important ratings Figure 9: Respondents Early-career vs. MDC Important Criteria (> 12%) (n=9)Future PlansThe industry sponsor survey results indicated several MDC program outcomes as having a strongrelationship between an engineer’s early professional career and the importance to the MDCprogram. Based on these results, the authors identified one area of improvement that is directlyrelated to the program. This area is to analyze and interpret data. Analyzing and interpreting datacan be directly related to designing and conducting an experiment. The authors plan toemphasize the testing and validating phase of the capstone course by increasing the length oftime that students can complete this

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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José Antonio Riofrío, Western New England University; Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Anthony D. Santamaria, Western New England University; Thomas K Keyser, Western New England University; Ronald E. Musiak, Western New England University; Harlan E Spotts Jr., Western New England University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of the other courses.Introduction to Engineering: InnovationInnovation at Western New England University starts for students on the first day in theIntroduction to Engineering course. Four person teams compete in a series of four autonomous‘bot challenges. The ‘bot platform used is the Parallax BOE-BOT [2] controlled with an Arduinomicrocontroller. This platform was chosen after seeing the success of the “living with the lab”program at Louisiana Tech University [2]. The ‘bot challenges parallel lesson plans in computeraided design (CAD), programming (C in the Arduino IDE environment), the design process,fabrication methods and electronics which the students require to complete the designprojects. Active and Collaborative Learning (ACL

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Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Gregorio, Drexel University; David S Rosen, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brandon Gregory Morton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Alyssa M Batula, Drexel University; Michael Caro; Jeffrey Scott, Drexel University; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Kara Martine Lindstrom, Drexel University, ExCITe Center

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of fully arts-integrated programs have thus farbeen small scale and qualitative, but have produced promising results. At the high school level, aCalifornia teacher has implemented a project-based STEAM program that has, in its second year Page 26.1034.3of development, seen its popularity far exceed its capacity and achieved 50% female enrollment,with many students reporting they plan to pursue engineering in college 10 . At the university level,a computer systems technology program has seen improvements in students’ application of artand graphic design principles to web interface design 11 .Furthermore, research in cognitive science

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Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E Jordan , Arizona State University; Mia Delarosa

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

further scaffold, facilitators might provide design-teams with a list ofproposed roles to choose from. However, in design settings, it may be important for students toself-select the roles they take on during an open-ended design challenge.Future analysis will compare students’ perceptions with student-observers’ andresearcher/teachers’ perceptions based on recorded data and transcripts of design-teaminteraction. It will also compare these perceptions with project outcomes. Furthermore, a thirddesign iteration is planned using revised protocols and instruments based on the results of thisstudy. For instance, for the question about how groups’ evaluated their progress, a total of 20responses could not be coded or were missing a response altogether

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Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tara Cavalline P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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Engineering Technology

atsignificantly slower speeds than the Boeing 767 aircraft impacting the towers)16. Page 26.1069.4The floor plans, elevations, and typical section details presented in FEMA 403 are thenintroduced. Students are encouraged to consider the performance requirements of compositestructural systems and connections. Most junior-level students in this course have taken aconstruction materials, statics, and engineering mechanics, and this provides an excellentopportunity to review structural details illustrating the use of multiple materials in configurationsmore complex than those to which students have typically been previously exposed. FEMA 403has many useful

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Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darinka del Carmen Ramírez , ITESM (Tecnológico de Monterrey); Pablo Moreno Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

of the 17 students, ofwhom 8 are women and 9 men. A feature of this area is that it teaches students from differentdisciplines of engineering. The sample has students from the following careers: 2 fromengineering in sustainable development, 2 from engineering in mechanics, 2 from bio-technology and 10 from chemical engineering. This subject is taught in 4th semester as acommon core for engineering at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.Learning Objectives for the PBL activityThe learning objectives planned by the teacher for the application of this PBL were: 1) theapplication of energy balances at an industrial plant, 2) the identification of the thermodynamiccycle that is used in the processes, 3) the development of the competence of ethics and

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Delivering Value in Publishing and Scholarship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Spence, University of Toronto; Amber Saundry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Tara Mawhinney, McGill University; Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University; Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Engineering Libraries

Scotia. It is located on the downtown Sexton Campus, and serves the facultiesof Architecture, Engineering and Planning. A small campus with approximately 2,500 studentswithin those faculties, it makes up about 15% of Dal’s total enrollment of approximately 17,000students. Dal’s Department of Civil and Resource Engineering is comprised of 19 professors and7 adjunct professors, while the Mechanical Engineering Department is comprised of 12professors and 7 adjunct professors.Woodward Library at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbiaserves the faculties of Applied Science, Dentistry, Forestry, Land & Food Systems, Medicine,and Science. The approximately 6,500 undergraduate and graduate engineering students make

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Teaching and Learning Strategies II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matias Recabarren, Universidad de los Andes; Claudio Alvarez, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de los Andes; María Ignacia Díaz, Universidad de los Andes

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

evaluation is based on two tests, 5-6 written quizzes or a course project,assignments or lab sessions and a final exam. Courses are planned according to a semesterschedule, comprising 16 weeks of instruction and 2 weeks of exams. On average, each course isassigned 6 ECTS credits, which are equivalent to 180-hours student dedication.The study consisted in changing the methodology of the Relational Databases course (henceforth“DB course”) to an active learning one during second semester 2012. This course is mandatoryfor students of Industrial Engineering and Computer Engineering. Additionally, this course isprogrammed to be taken in the third year of the major, with the duration of the entire curriculumbeing six years. Up until the semester preceding

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Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Ana Alanis, University of Texas, Pan American ; Jose Luis Chavez Jr., The University of Texas, Pan-American; Joel Guadalupe Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan American; Ricardo Montemayor, University of Texas, Pan-American; Haidy Enid Soto, University of Texas, Pan American

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Student

. 2. Watersheds and their functions Activity in google earth 3. Controlling water/ power development Dam construction 4. Fluid mechanics; pumps, open channels Non-Newtonian Project flow 5. Water treatment Water treatment filtering project Page 26.1505.5 6. Water system park Creation of a water parkTable 3: CBI Challenges for other Developed Courses.Developed Course CBI Challenge 1. Nanotechnology Develop a new multi-million dollar idea using nanotechnology (research plan, technical publication, patent

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

level, and coauthored a senior level laboratory in acoustics. He recently served as an AP Reader for the AP Physics exam, and is interested in developing materials to help K-12 teachers with units on sound and waves, and to incorporate crash safety topics into their physics curriculum. Page 26.1554.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Introductory Physics Laboratory as a Consulting FirmAbstractMany students in our calculus-based introductory physics courses plan to pursue careers in hightechnology industries. The laboratory curriculum entitled Mechanics, Inc. is

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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

Carleigh Samson, University of Colorado Boulder and TeachEngineering; Jacquelyn Sullivan Ph.D., TeachEngineering Project Leader, University of Colorado Boulder; René F. Reitsma , PhD, Oregon State University, College of Business; Michael Soltys Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Standards for Technological Literacy (STL)developed by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA,2007).The TeachEngineering team viewed the NGSS release as an unprecedented opportunity todeliver meaningful K-12 engineering curriculum to educators nationwide. In addition to therecently released Common Core Math Standards (CCMS), the NGSS challenges K-12 educatorsto redesign their teaching methods to promote active student involvement in the learning process.Its Performance Expectations include higher-level learning accomplishments1, such as plan andconduct, show, analyze, develop and evaluate, to ensure that students are actively engaged in

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Best Paper Presentations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Robert M. Weikle II, University of Virginia; Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

obviouslycould not be effectively assessed at the end of the first class. However, plans are in place toperform assessments of retention and understanding in future classes. This process has begun asthis group of students has moved on to the next class in the sequence.The third objective to enhance interest and encourage excitement was assessed through studentsurveys administered at the end of the class. Student responses were anonymous, and they werein the form of level of agreement or disagreement with various statements. The studio instructionapproach melded lecture, discussion, and laboratory activities into integrated sessions, so thesurvey statements mostly focused this combined studio approach. Here are survey statements andsummarized responses

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Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Katherine C Cheng, Arizona State University; Krista Puruhito, Arizona State University; Evan J Fishman, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

valence were found tobe positively related to control beliefs. 27 It would make sense that FTP could also be anappraisal antecedent, playing a role in students' beliefs as described in CVT, contributing toacademic achievement emotions. Students normally have a few long-term career goals but characterizes students withstrong FTP is their goals that are accompanied with well-devised plans and directions, Page 26.1622.3whereas students with weak FTP have goals that are un-substantiated and fantasy-based.Students' time perspectives allows them to imagine the goal fully and feel an emotionalconnection to both the value of completing particular

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Lindstrøm, Oslo and Akershus University College

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Mathematics

widely, from a median of 396min to 3140 min. The collection of schools with the highest use attributed this to severalfactors: anytime access to individual computers for students, compulsory completion ofprescribed KA topics with consequences for non-compliance, close teacher monitoring ofstudent progress, well-planned integration of KA with curriculum, and extended instructionalblocks focusing on mathematics.1 Exploratory analyses of years 5 and 6 from the largestcollection of associated schools found a positive relationship between time spent on KA andnumber of problem sets completed to proficiency with performance (better than predictedperformance in the California Standard Test) and attitudes (lower math anxiety, higher mathself-concept and

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Statics and Finite Element Analysis

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesca G. Polo, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

the solutions andconsider any additional feedback, they engage metacognitively: they self-assess what they havelearned, and what they still need to know. They are self-directing their learning. According toAmbrose et al., 27 the key metacognitive skills to becoming self-directed learners are "studentsmust learn to assess the demands of the task, evaluate their own knowledge and skills, plan theirapproach, monitor their progress, and adjust their strategies as needed" (p. 191). When thesemetacognitive skills are nurtured, students' complex cognitive reasoning skills are enhancedwhich affect goal setting and improved performance.DiscussionDiscipline-based educational research seeks to understand impediments to student learningwithin a given

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology/City University of New York

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

distinguish among the different parts of a problem; canthe learner use this skill to debug and troubleshoot a computer program?), evaluating (can thelearner justify a stand, decision or solution to a given problem?), and, finally, creating (can thelearner plan and generate a novel product, point of view or solution to a problem?).In an earlier study 3 we found that there are two barriers for student success in computerprogramming courses: a good understanding of programming concepts and the ability to applythose concepts to write viable computer programs. Factor analysis showed that studentunderstanding of computer programming concepts falls in two meta-conceptual groups: an“algorithmic” (repetition, selection and classes) and a “structural” (methods