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Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bradley Aldrich PE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Kenneth H. Rosenfield, American Society of Civil Engineers; Marlee A. Walton, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Jennifer Hofmann, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

of the practice of professionalengineering (where a PE license is required), but they all generally conform to the definitionincluded in the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) ModelLaw (4) as follows: “The term “Practice of Engineering”, as used in this Act, shall mean anyservice or creative work requiring engineering education, training and experience in theapplication of engineering principles and the interpretation of engineering data to engineeringactivities that potentially impact the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The services mayinclude, but are not limited to, providing planning, studies, design, design coordination,drawings, specifications, and other technical submissions…”As the world

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

troubleshoot and ensure therobot can follow a practice track. We are finally seeing some real improvements in the quality ofthe projects, including the number of devices that worked in Term 3. We plan to continue usingthe milestones in the future.7 Effect of Arduino-Based Projects on Design SpacePrior to introducing Arduino based projects in Term 1, ME 250 focused only on mechanicaldesigns for the final project. Students use morphological methods to optimize their design byconsidering all relevant possibilities and then reduce the design space by considering theobjectives and comparing design alternatives [16].To simplify ordering materials, students were required to use a particular sensor in the projects.In eliminating options for sensors, the

Conference Session

Maker Communities and Authentic Problem Solving

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Carol Hulls P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Derek Wright P.Eng., University of Waterloo; Andrew J. B. Milne, University of Waterloo, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering; Eugene Li, University of Waterloo; Sanjeev Bedi P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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Educational Research and Methods

, instructional staff, and teachingassistants. Some were involved in only the planning and development stages, others wereinvolved in only the running of the activity, and some were involved in both stages. In somecases, the instructors were involved in only one of Tron Days, ECE Days or Mech Days, whilethe core team was involved in all of the events. Instructors were asked to comment on whetherthey felt the objectives were met, along with any additional insight they could provide withregards to the impact and success of the events.All of the Engineering Days events described in this paper targeted first-year engineeringstudents in their respective disciplines. Mechatronics students were surveyed at the start and endof the term using online surveys

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mitch Cieminski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

participation in a student club] What are the professional dimensions of ethics in [your club]?} All of the programs our student group plans… I guess, the ethical part beforehand would be, ‘Is it ethical to, like, hold a scavenger hunt for the students of RPI during GM [spirit] week that has, like, these certain questions? Are all these questions OK to ask? Are they offending anyone?’ Or would it be depleting this entire organization’s resources and money to hold this scavenger hunt and give away all these big monetary prizes?’ (701, 48)Ethics experiences beyond coursework and extracurricular activities included a range ofinfrequently identified, but substantially elaborated issues—often sensitive ones. Two

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Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Y. Yoritomo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and writing-to-learn activities. For example, 9 of 13 instructor surveyrespondents (two participants did not respond) marked that assigned writing is “never” used onlyby a student or group of students, while 14 of 15 marked that the writing is "always" collectedand graded. Few opportunities are structured for students to use writing to communicate withother students or to write through course concepts in low stakes ways that promote learningbefore officially setting those ideas down in more formal products.Similarly, when instructors were asked about the purposes of student writing in their courses, thetwo least-marked purposes were “learning course concepts” and “planning” (marked by 7 and 8of 15, respectively). In contrast, the purposes of

Conference Session

EDGD: CAD, CAM, and AI

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; James W. Malazita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lydia Rebekka Krauss, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Andrea M. Ukleja; Timothy Andrews, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Design Graphics

are common across platforms. Chester provides the examples of mirroring lines,copying objects, and creating solids by extrusion. Procedural knowledge is understanding theparticular steps required to successfully execute a given command within a given system, andthis knowledge is often specific to each software package.Strategic knowledge exists apart from the particular commands available within any given CADsoftware package and entails what Chester refers to as “metacognitive” processes—processesthat involve “planning, monitoring, and revising” [5]. Strategic knowledge is important becauseit enables operators to work efficiently, completing CAD models more quickly. Moreimportantly, strategic knowledge also enables operators to more

Conference Session

Robotics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

formulate their own questions and seek answers, leading to testing and validation of creative ideas.  Provide feedback and encourage revision, make learning purposeful, and produce high- quality products.  Reflect on types of skills students developed and plan for the scope of future activities. Figure 4: The PBL cycle (a) (b) Figure 5: The PBL implementation (a) teacher as facilitator and (b) feedback from others6. Research ProcedureThis paper is devoted to analyzing the outcomes of the robotics PD workshop vis-à-visteachers. Teachers had expertise in math or science. Their demographic and disciplineinformation is given in

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

contextual detail in traditionaltechnical problems that we are developing as part of a Heat Transfer course in MechanicalEngineering in University of San Diego’s Shiley Marcos School of Engineering. Here, wedescribe the design and integration into the course and evaluate the results using student memosand classroom observation. Based on this analysis, we have developed further plans for moduledevelopment. Detailed instructor guides and materials are available in the Appendix.Course ContextStudent PopulationIn Fall 2017, 28 students were enrolled in this section of a Heat Transfer course, including 5women and 23 men. Two of these students were simultaneously enrolled in courses designed todeal extensively with engineering praxis that engages social

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen

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Civil Engineering

with a range of audiences(4) an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineeringsituations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineeringsolutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts(5) an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives(6) an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpretdata, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions(7) an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learningstrategies.Criterion 5 ChangesThe current Criterion 5 Curriculum

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel P.E., University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

to solve problemsindependently, 60% of students indicated that they had either used or were planning to use thesolution manual to do their homework assignments. Forty-one percent (41%) of respondentsbelieved that using solution manuals in completing homework assignments has the same learningbenefit as solving problems independently; 57% of students indicated that using solution manualwhile doing homework assignments provides the same educational experience as solving theexamples in the textbook; and 95% indicated that solving homework problems is essential forlearning the materials and succeeding in the courses they were enrolled in.Table 2. 2010 anonymous course surveys conducted in three different thermodynamic classes: 5

Conference Session

Program Evaluation Studies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A. Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher J. Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

to inform their students about engineering andentrepreneurship, both for improving content knowledge and for increasing studentunderstanding of potential career paths in these domains and promoting student interest insuch career paths. Teachers discussed specific experiences related to identifying andunderstanding consumer needs and creating and marketing a product to satisfy theseneeds. As a result of participating in IC, students gained a variety of technical andbusiness-related skills they likely would not have gained elsewhere, including how tobuild a website, how to build an app, how to write a business plan, how to make a movie,how to talk in front of people, how to pitch something, how to convince people to buysomething. One of

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, mechanical, and plumbing plans, andspecifications. The project is, then issued for bid to hire a general contractor, usually using acompetitive low bid procurement process. However, this system has often proven to developadversarial relationships among the project participants, majorly attributed to the lack ofcontractor's input in the design process, leading to change orders. Since the design process iscompleted with no contractor input, the probability of disputes deriving from behavioral andtechnical problems is significantly high. As for DB, the owner hires one single entity that servesas both the contractor and designer, allowing a single point of responsibility, contractor’s earlyinvolvement in design, and faster delivery [2, 3]. This setting

Conference Session

Supporting Faculty in Course Development and Pedagogy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University ; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

decrease in the cost to an individual. The results areshown in Table 3.Table 3. VECTERS Survey ResultsPercent Change from Pre- to Post-Evaluation Real-World Student-to-Student Formative Applications Discussions Feedback Expectancy +8%* +4% +8%* Value +8%* +5% +8%* Cost -13%* -7% -7% Reported Use +12%* +4% +4% Planned Future Use +15

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Benjamin A Teschner, Colorado School of Mines; Robin Bullock, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

[is] sensitive to cultural differences” (Chan andFishbein 2009: 6). Furthermore, it has been suggested that engineering students who plan toengage in sustainable development initiatives develop a set of global competencies (Lucena et al.2008) and move from being mere “technology advocates” to “Honest Brokers,” who researchand present a range of technical possibilities within the “broad contextual constraints of theproblem-setting” (Mitchell et al. 2004: 40).Engineering programs globally have responded to these calls for a shifting paradigm inengineering education by introducing innovative curricula that combines social andenvironmental concerns with economic and technological development (Ahrens and Zascerinska2012; Lucena and Schneider 2008

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Practice I: Academic Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; David Reeping, Virginia Tech; Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

influence of students’ individual characteristics(e.g., personality, prior knowledge, values, motivations) on their interpretation of theirexperiences and subsequent understanding or perspective shifts [8]. Further, student decisions toengage in global activities after returning from a global experience can increase the long-terminfluence of the global program on their attitudes and career plans [9]. These studies suggest thatalthough the structure and components of global programs can influence program outcomes,there can still be different pathways for students who have the same experience. As argued byStreitwieser and Light, global education research has often focused only on aggregate programoutcomes and not individual student experiences, but

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G Crawford P.E., Quinnipiac University; Jose Antonio Riofrio, Quinnipiac University; Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

do aftercompletion of this particular unit of instruction. The LOs are presented to the students at thebeginning of each lesson (often written on the board before the start of class). As an example, thefirst lesson (“Introduction / Definitions”) has the following LOs: 1. Explain course administrative policies 2. Explain why the study of Circuits is important to Mechanical Engineers 3. Define fundamental Circuits terms (charge, current, voltage, power) 4. Measure voltage across and current through a circuit element 5. Calculate power and energy produced or consumed by a circuit elementAs with most courses in the School of Engineering at QU, the theory (lecture notes) andproblem-solving are planned and

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

and team spirit, and the demonstration of values of “Gracious Professionalism®”and “Coopertition®” (the ability to both work with and compete against the same individuals andteams) in working both within the team and with competitor teams at the competition. As such,the programs are designed to promote both interest in STEM and a broader set of 21st century lifeand workplace skills and values, including critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork,communications, and project planning and management.In 2016-17, FIRST reported that over 460,000 young people participated in its programs on morethan 52,000 teams and competing in more than 2,600 events worldwide. As such, it representsone of the largest after school STEM initiatives in the United

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathias J. Klenk, Technical University of Munich; Tua A. Björklund, Aalto University Design Factory; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

toprompting for critical incidents in these three types of experiences, the participants wereasked whether they considered their position as innovative, whether their views on innovationhad changed, their future plans and reflections on their education. The questions from theinterview protocol were tested in three pilot interviews with graduate students from a privateuniversity prior to data collection.The interviews were analyzed in three ways. First, the top, and bottom experiences as well asinnovative work efforts reported in the interviews were segmented and coded into fivedifferent dimensions: cognitive, emotional, social, contextual, and action-related dimensionsbased on the types of significant events in transformative learning [1]. The

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing for the Future Through Projects and Research

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Desen Sevi Özkan, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech

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Industrial Engineering

-negligible. In fact, even with the best process improvement design, the solution may radically fail if not organically adopted by the people using or contributing to the process. Yet, students consider implementation and adoption to be seamless. Therefore, a realistic solution of this type will always factor in the effects of implementation and adoption to holistically measure the actual improvement that the solution could attain. For example, instead of describing the effectiveness of a solution as a comparison between the future state and the current state, a realistic solution describes at least the deployment plan, incorporating assumptions

Conference Session

Connecting BME education to the "real world"

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

the project but found that [she] really enjoyed it and was surprisinglygood at it.”Strategic ThinkingOf the 854 quotes, 105 indicated strategic thinking. Student often discovered commontechniques of project management, teamwork and innovation on their own. They reportedthat “planning ahead is critical”, “things took longer than expected”. Students tried “notto dwell on wrong turns” and that found that “the quest for perfection can sometimes [be]the enemy of forward progress”. They found they could “g[e]t a lot done through manyshorter unstructured meetings than long formal meetings”. Several students commentedthat they found they could be “resourceful, even when [they] didn’t have manyresources”, and that they began to notice “how many

Conference Session

Imagining and Reimagining Engineering Education as a Dynamic System

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Thomas A. De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering education, both with regards to initiatives organized by theengineering professional societies, as well as by volunteer, service-based organizations suchABET. As we move up the chain, it’s evident that engineering deans have a variety of forums forexchanging information and assessing their competitive position. Meanwhile, executive directorsand key staff members within national organizations plan and orchestrate educational changeusing both well-defined bureaucratic practices as well as more improvised organizationalmaneuvers designed to spearhead change.While it is too early for us to speak to how these processes intersect, our work reveals thatunderstanding the interactions that occur between the macro and micro levels (or more likely

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Aadityasinh Rana, University of New Haven

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

structures (competitive, production product/process/ design for monopoly, oligopoly) in (CoP) a set period the context of the activity Identified typical behaviors Identified typical behaviors Employed a written plan Proposed approaches to Effective during the team during the team (such as a team charter or resolve conflicts teams development process that development process that team performance plan) to (ET) influenced productivity influenced productivity help the team be effective

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Schinnel Kylan Small, University of South Florida; Terreonn Henry

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Design in Engineering Education

highlighted. Studentsentered the fabrication phase to develop a working prototype. Also, to begin the fabricationphase, groups adopted their individual roles and revisited the fabrication plans in light of theirindividual responsibilities on their teams. The design process concluded with a written paper atthe end of the semester which detailed the final product specifications.Leveraging Slack’s channel infrastructure towards a concept map and organizationTo communicate how Slack’s channel structure was leveraged to provide the course with aknowledge map that helped students organize content, the example is provided of the courseprofessional development module. Three Slack channels were created to help facilitate thedevelopment of students

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felicia James Onuma, University of Maryland, College Park; Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

nature of Black STEM and engineering students’encounters with faculty in this institutional context.MethodsSite of StudyThe broader project from which this current study draws was conducted at the A. James ClarkSchool of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. The University of Maryland,College Park is a large, more selective Mid-Atlantic public university with a CarnegieClassification of “Doctoral University/Highest Research Activity” and a current enrollment of37,430 students as of the spring of 2017 (University of Maryland, Institutional Research,Planning, and Assessment, 2017). In the fall of 2018, 4,370 students were enrolled in its ClarkSchool, of whom 54% were White, 22% Asian, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 8% undisclosed

Conference Session

Best Practices in Out-of-School Time

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University; Elisabeth Roberts, Northern Arizona University; Lori Rubino-Hare, Northern Arizona University; Haylee Nichole Archer, Northern Arizona University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Joelle Clark, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

solutions and plan their designs. Then, they create and testtheir designs and make improvements based on the test results. Finally, engineers communicatetheir findings to others. Youth learn that these practices are frequently used non-sequentiallyduring the process of engineering design. While focusing on engineering design, youthexperience age-appropriate science content, emphasizing planetary science. Study context The study took place in four OST programs for middle-school students (grades 6-8)across the U.S. Three programs were afterschool clubs and one was a week-long summer campsponsored by a community group. The programs were purposively selected using the followingcriteria: educators and a majority of youth were willing to be

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FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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ASEE Headquarters

traditionalDesign Bid Build (DBB) Project Delivery Methods (PDMs). The major differences between DBand DBB is that in a traditional DBB, owner first hires an architect to develop the architecturaldesign, and engineers to develop structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing plans, andspecifications. The project is, then issued for bid to hire a general contractor, usually using acompetitive low bid procurement process. However, this system has often proven to developadversarial relationships among the project participants, majorly attributed to the lack ofcontractor's input in the design process, leading to change orders. Since the design process iscompleted with no contractor input, the probability of disputes deriving from behavioral andtechnical

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

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Computing and Information Technology

Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)critical thinking and reading initiatives at Eastern Kentucky University. Allowing students to beactive participants in their learning is a key driving force behind Boardnotes 2.0. It is aimed atinviting students to express their understanding in other modalities beyond text. Visual, verbal,and auditory expressions of our understanding allow others to view and hear it, allowing foreasier collaboration and growth. It keeps the content center stage while also allowing the light oftheir growing understanding of the discipline to shine. Learning gets a boost when students try toget the information out into the open and use it to solve problems, make decisions, reachpositions or conclusions, consider implications, apply

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Raul N. Tackie, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

solutions are favored by the authors as they allow for efficient revision and sharingof the notes.The first step in creating skeleton notes requires a thoughtful organization of the subject matteras this is crucial to the success of the notes and ultimately determines how the information willbe delivered to the student. In other words, this planning allows the instructor to create theunified and concise message that is so critical to the success of this method. During this stage,the instructor should assemble a thorough list of all main topics and supporting details to beincluded in the lecture, thus ensuring that none of the relevant topics are omitted from the notes.An inspection of this list of topics and subtopics will reveal that some topics

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3; The Best of All the FPD Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie M. Gratiano, Roger Williams University; William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University

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First-Year Programs

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering

1 2 Full Professor 11Other quantitative and qualitative data was gathered for this study through a post-class survey. Thesurvey was designed to capture student’s attitudes concerning the use of Active Learning in theMC/MSD class and also to assess the overall student experience. To answer the final question,Instructor B was asked to reflect on his experience of using Active Learning and his plans forfuture implementation.Typical ClassFor the MC/MSD class described here, the student receives four credit units. They meet in 50-minute lecture sections on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; and a three-hour laboratory sectionon either Tuesday or Thursday of each week. The students in the laboratory sections are