Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University

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First-Year Programs

(especially ABET’s Engineering Criteria 2000 and theNational Academy of Engineering’s “The Engineer of 2020” report) have prompted changesthroughout the engineering curriculum. Many universities 8-14 increased the emphasis onengineering design and engineering analysis in their first-year engineering course, including theintroduction of hands-on context-rich design projects to be completed by teams of students.15Some universities created courses that explicitly attempted to increase their students’ teamworkskills,16 while others sharpened their focus on improving their students’ problem-solving skills9and creative and critical thinking skills.17 Perhaps the most difficult mandate of EngineeringCriteria 2000 is that students be able to work effectively

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Farid Momand, Kabul University; Qaium Fekrat, Kabul University; Aziz Gulistani, Kabul University

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Civil Engineering

Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point for 7.5 years, teaching courses in engineering mechanics, structural analysis and Home Brewing.Farid Momand, Kabul University Farid Ahmad Momand holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has served as an Assistant Professor (Pohialay) at Kabul University for two years, an adjunct instructor at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan for one semester, and a practicing structural engineer for 14 months at United Infrastructure Projects, a private company. He is currently enrolled in the master’s degree program in civil

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleksandr Panchul, UTSA; David Akopian, UTSA

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Electrical and Computer

% send email on their phones, exchanging some 200 email messages eachweek. 66% email peers about classes; 44% email for studying. In contrast, only 43% email onPCs, exchanging an average of only 2 messages per week. Only 20% had used a PDA. 71% ofthe subjects preferred receiving educational materials on mobile phones rather than PCs. 93%felt that its valuable to use phones for teaching. In the UK it is estimated that 81% of 11-15 yearolds and 96% of 16-24 year olds have a mobile phone [7]. Similar projects have been establishedin Europe as well. An example of a pan-European research and development study with partnersin Italy, Sweden and the UK is the "m-learning" project [8]. Its aim is to use portabletechnologies to provide literacy and

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

included directing/coaching/mentoring degreed engineers in the performance of detailed finite element analyses and life analyses, in support of the preliminary design, final design, upgrade, engine testing, and the failure analysis of military, commercial, helicopter, and industrial gas turbine engine components. Chief Secretary/Treasurer of the Rolls-Royce Indianapolis, Engineering Education Committee. Member of the Indiana State Leadership Team for Project Lead the Way Member of the steering committee for the Rolls-Royce Purdue Master of Science in Technology Cohort degree program. Prior to my work at Rolls-Royce, I worked in various engineering and management

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

Responding Knowledge Receiving Independent Study Guest Speakers Enrichment ASCE Student Projects Summer Chapter Relevant Faculty Field Trips Experience

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tylisha Baber, Michigan State University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

researcher/developer of epistemic games in engineering– games that address the essential nature of engineering. Of the six epistemic games presented on the researcher’s website[5], one was screened as the closest game relevant to engineering based on the game’s description. • The Social Impact Games website[3] which categorizes games into the following categories: education and learning, public policy, political and social, health and wellness, business, military advertising and branded, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), and projected and upcoming. Within each game category are sub-categories. Within the category “education and learning” is the subcategory Engineering. Only one engineering game, Racing Academy, was

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cuprak, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; John Rajadas, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

of the key areas of focus in the MechanicalEngineering Technology program at Arizona State University Polytechnic (ASU Poly) isThermofluids where therodynamic and fluid dynamic concepts are addressed. The GraduateDegree (M.S.) program in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MMET)department at ASU Poly has a variety of activities ongoing in this important area. The graduatestudent typically works on applied research projects designed with educational and researchobjectives. Most of these projects involve theoretical and experimental elements. The presentpaper describes one such project underway in the MMET Department.The project addresses engineering design issues associated with a dry waste collection truck toreduce the

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lobaugh, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Manufacturing

thatend, the lean manufacturing course taught at our college has each group of students (typically 4to a team) assigned to a local plant facility for their project. The production facility is selectedbased on their need, ability to work with the students, and their willingness to participate. Theplant tour gives the students the ability to see first-hand, why and how lean manufacturing isused, if at all, and the benefits derived from it. They are given the opportunity to ask questionsthat may not have been fully explored during class. The students are required to develop theVSM for the process selected by the company. The students create the current map and thendiscuss it with the company representative and a suitable metric is asked for. The

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Halley Sanchez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Aury Curbelo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-2834: DEVELOPING ENGINEERING ETHICS ACROSS THECURRICULUM BEST PRACTICES: THE EAC TOOLKITJose Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezWilliam Frey, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezHalley Sanchez, University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezAury Curbelo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Page 13.396.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing Engineering Ethics Across the Curriculum Best Practices: The EAC ToolkitAbstract - This paper will discuss a new project in ethics across the curriculum teaching andpedagogy, the EAC Toolkit. The Toolkit project, currently under funding by the NationalScience Foundation, is constructing an

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qiang Le, Hampton University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Minorities in Engineering

@hamptonu.edu sankacs@auburn.eduAbstractThe nation’s current and projected need for more Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) workers, coupled with the chronically lagging participation of students from ethnicallygrowing segments of the population, argue for policies and programs that will increase thepathways into engineering. Past research has indicated that compared to traditional instructionalmethods, student-oriented instructional methods such as multi-media case studies that encouragestudent participation and active involvement in learning are better ways to accomplish theseobjectives. This paper discusses the results of implementing the Laboratory for InnovativeTechnology and Engineering Education (LITEE) case studies

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Patrick kinnicutt, Central Michigan University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Science Informatics at Central Michigan University, where he holds a joint appointment in the Geology and Computer Science Departments. His areas of research include spatial modeling and visualization, applications of non-Euclidean distance metrics in geotatistical modeling, applied image processing. Page 13.782.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Interactive Learning in Engineering EducationAbstractIncorporating active/cooperative learning into traditional instruction can be a useful pedagogicaltool to help students collectively work on a project inside and outside of

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Janice Girouard, University of Hartford

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Engineering Technology

, management and specialtopics. MIM is envisioned to complement the current project-based Masters program and enableits transition to a thesis-based track.The need to improve the linkage between our undergraduate and graduate studies is alsodiscussed. We intend to expand eligibility and increase awareness for undergraduate students aswell as create more relevant alternatives for part-time graduate students. Such an integratedapproach is expected to yield a sequence of enrollment increments as the proposed changes areimplemented and publicized within our target market. This in turn should set the stage for themigration to a thesis-based Masters. The changes we have made or proposed create an array ofeducational pathways greater than the sum of their

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

-designexperiential learning experiences (labs and projects) to incorporate current technology to provideauthentic experiences. The obstacles to achieving this in high-tech fields include the time andcost of constant re-design. In order to reduce the financial cost of redesign, faculty memberssometime spend a lot of time seeking discounts and donors. In addition time and effort isexpended negotiating with the administration for support for more new lab equipment. All of thisleaves less time for teaching and research. Once the equipment is purchased courses and labexperiences are re-designed to incorporate the new technology. The technical turnover intechnology classes is substantial. In electronics there is a continual drift towards more capablesystems as

Conference Session

Multinational and International Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Design in Engineering Education

ovens.This will paper will address how such a design project was undertaken including detailsof the modeling and easing analysis, the manufacturing process, and the lessons learnedin taking a taking a group of engineering students to Africa. Page 13.340.2

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

filter, timing recovery algorithm, and slicer. The FM radio signal can be used inclassroom demonstrations or in student projects or homework assignments to enhance acommunication systems course, motivate the students with a real-world system, and to providestudents with the practical experience of creating and testing a software defined radio receiver.IntroductionSome students are more motivated to learn material when it is clear that the material is useful inreal systems. One way to show how concepts are used in practice is to examine existingcommercial systems, but gaining access to commercial systems is impractical in many cases.However, capturing the wireless signals generated by real systems is often possible withcommercially available test

Conference Session

Been There/Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Laura Genik, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

Black Engineers (NSBE), andAmerican Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES). Finally there are theorganizations that focus on build projects that include concrete canoe, steel bridge,formula SAE, SAE Baja and challenge X competition teams. Many of theaforementioned organizations can fall into this final category, making advising two-fold: Page 13.163.2focusing on the tenets of the organization as well as an involved design and build. All ofthese organizations have an advisor or counselor, though in recent years there has been amove away from “faculty” advisors. ASME now calls their advisors “student sectionadvisors” and allow for ASME

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

program, and thefindings from the numerous seminar summaries developed by the scholarsThe original CSEMS program was set up as a Congressional condition for expanding the H-1Bvisa program. It sought to address the shortage of qualified people going into technologicalcareers in the US. NSF provides the funds as a lump sum grant for 4 years, to be distributed at$100K per year. As the CSEMS program’s continuation under Congressional mandate appeareddoubtful in 2004, our project was renewed early, with the new program’s official start date beingJanuary 2005. Funds from the new project were first used in Fall 2005, so that this is the end ofthe second year of its operation. The original parameters of the program were that1. Recipients had to be

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, College of Technology - Purdue University

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Construction

commercial/residential development company, and work as a research engineer for the National Association of Home Builders Research Foundation. He recently completed his Ph.D. at Purdue University’s College of Technology, concentrating on reconstruction and demolition with a cognate specialty in education. Dr. Shaurette served as a part-time instructor in Building Construction Management from 2002 to 2006. He recently developed and taught Introduction to Demolition and Reconstruction Management, the first college level course in the nation with an emphasis on the management of demolition projects. He currently teaches Construction Accounting and Financial Management in addition to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Waidley, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jason Bittner, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

transportation system is such a complex one, the planning,design, construction and operation of such a system requires a vast number of skilledprofessionals working together towards a common goal of an efficient transportation system that Page 13.188.2moves people and goods safely and effectively.These professionals come from a number of different backgrounds. Planners determine needthrough collection of data, detailed analysis, and communication with the public and politiciansto begin the project development process. Engineers design and oversee the construction andoperation of the infrastructure. Environmentalists provide input during the NEPA process

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ricky Castles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Aditya Johri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; David Kibler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

. Page 13.203.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Analysis of Tablet PC Based Learning Experiences in Freshman to Junior Level Engineering CoursesAbstractVirginia Tech announced a Tablet PC initiative for its engineering program in summer 2006. Infall 2006 Tablet based in and out of class activities were implemented in the freshmanengineering program. In fall 2007, Tablet based instruction activities were implemented in upperlevel engineering courses. Typical examples of Tablet based instruction included electronic notetaking, use of inking features to review homework solutions, completing skeleton PowerPointslides, and setting up online collaboration sessions to do group design project and problemsolving

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Natalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-2566: THE STRUCTURE OF HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC ANDPRE-ENGINEERING CURRICULA: MATHEMATICSMitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - MadisonNatalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - MadisonAllen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - MadisonAmy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison Page 13.1268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Structure of High School Academic and Pre-engineering Curricula: MathematicsAbstractOur curriculum content analysis examines how the pre-engineering curriculum Project Lead TheWay as compared to the academic curricula focus high school students’ understanding ofmathematics that would prepare them for

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Dworzecki; Syed Masud Mahmud

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

CANTx.asm, Keypad.asm CANRx.asm, LCD.asmThe CANTx files are for the input gathering and data transmitting PIC18F8680sThe CANRx files are for the data receiving and displaying PIC18F6680sThe programming will be broken into two different projects, one for the 8680s and one for the 6680s.Both boards will be programmed using the same files, albeit with changes made to the source files.Start by creating two directories for your projects. This lab will use: C:\PIC18\CANLab1\CANTx – For the CANTx files C:\PIC18\CANLab1\CANRx – For the CANRx filesCopy CANTx.asm and Keypad.asm into the CANTx directory.Copy CANRx.asm and LCD.asm into the CANRx directory.Open up MPLAB IDE on your PC. This guide will be using version 7.60, so some

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

cycletime, and nine months to complete the project. The subjects were asked to think aloud as theycame up with design alternatives.BackgroundOver the past few years, we have interviewed system integration engineers from 17 companiesthroughout the U.S. These interviews were conducted in two rounds. The goal of the first roundof interviews was to get the “lay of the land” in terms of: • What is a typical project like? • What types of projects come up most frequently? • What is your role? • What are some of the constraints that you typically face? • What tools or resources do you use to solve problems?One observation from the first round of interviews was that system integration engineersgenerally work in teams

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Roach, University of Texas-El Paso; Elsa Villa, University of Texas-El Paso

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Educational Research and Methods

learning. Original PLTL workshops have six essential components26: (1) ThePLTL workshop is integral to the course; (2) faculty and peer leaders work together to prepareworkshops and train peer leaders; (3) peer leaders are well trained; (4) workshop materials arechallenging and at an appropriate level; (5) organizational arrangements promote learning; and(6) the department administration encourages innovative teaching. In the standard setting, a peerleader works with six to eight students during weekly workshop sessions. The peer leader meetswith the same students each week.Our approach to PLTL is modeled after a successful HP-funded project in the UTEP Departmentof Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) that targeted a gatekeeper course in the

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, The University of Texas at Brownsville; Fitra Khan, U of Texas at Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, The University of Texas at Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

primary goal of this infrastructure is toenhance the existing curriculum in the undergraduate level by providing a state-of-the-artenvironment, isolated from the university campus network, in which Computer and InformationSciences (CIS) students can get hands on experience in areas such as Networking, Ad HocComputing, Wireless and Mobile Networking, Operating Systems, Image and Video Processing,Computer Vision and Distributed Processing.The involved faculty, joined by top selected students, went through three distinct phases increating the networking and distributed processing lab (NDPL): design and setup, specificationand implementation, and integration into CIS curriculum. The design phase of the project relatesto setting up the physical and

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

education settings in K-12 schools, but have not received significant attention inuniversity settings to measure student learning and education program performance particularlyin engineering professional schools.The ERC faculty researchers are applying widely researched educational psychology andcognitive science principles and practices to the engineering curriculum that connects the ERCtest bed lab work to powerful coursework. These practices include: (1) inductive, situated,student- centered instruction, (2) embedded signature assignments/assessments (includingconcept inventories and maps, rubric judged lab experiences, and course projects), and (3) valuejudged internship experiences in both our engineering courses.Research Design and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

3 0 CE 303 Route and Construction Surveying 3 ENGR 411 Capstone Design Project II 4 4 3 0 CE 392 Stochastics 11 Statistics & Probability (2) 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 5 9 Civil Engineering Materials (2) 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 8 Construction Management (2) 3 3 3 2 4 3 6 1 4 Computaional Methods 3 3

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

-styletheaters. This is done to increase the interest in the technologies and to attract additional funding.This type of center has minimal impact on academic programs other than as a passive technologyintroduction. The visualization tool-user model. This model stresses using visualization tools to solvediscipline-specific problems. In this case, the technology needs to be relatively transparent,meaning that a significant technical staff is required to insulate faculty and students from thenuances and vagaries of the tools. This model is characterized by faculty and staff usingvisualization tools in research, projects, and classroom activities and can have a significantimpact on curricula and programs. A by-product of the tool-user model is that the

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael Phillips, Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Adam Harris

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering Leadership Academy. She also provides oversight for student professional development curriculum and programs, including the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. She is founder and co-chair of the college’s Strategic Planning and Assessment Resource Team and is a key member of the University’s Institutional Effectiveness Oversight Committee. As a founding member of the Academic Affairs Assessment Team, she was instrumental in helping to develop campus-wide tools that enhance the efficiency of data collection and reporting. As co-PI on several projects, including four current NSF projects, Patricia contributes her expertise in the areas of the freshman-year experience

Conference Session

Investigating Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels in the Classroom and Lab

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brandy Bratton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Dillard, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michael Ellis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Maggie Bump, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute. In her capacity as SURP Director, she has also developed and implemented the Young Scientist Experience for children. Page 13.726.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Incorporating a Learning Community Approach to Enhance a Fuel Cell Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)AbstractUndergraduate summer research experiences typically involve a mix of solitary research coupledwith traditional classroom-based seminars. The short duration of the experience and the oftenisolated nature of the project can preclude development of the network of personal