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Entrepreneurship Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-1067: INNOVATIVE THINKING: DESIRED SKILLS AND RELATEDACTIVITIESDaniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Page 13.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Innovative Thinking: Desired Skills and Related Activities Daniel Raviv Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu 561 297 2773 Abstract This paper describes a new interdisciplinary graduate course titled: “Innovative Thinking” aimedat enhancing

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Tricks of the Trade I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2008-1766: SMALL INTERVENTIONS, BIG IMPACTS: HOWMODIFICATION OF DELIVERY PROCESS OF IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES FORFRESHMEN CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE LEARNINGAly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Aly Tawfik is the VTSTA President and a Graduate Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is a doctoral student in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research is in the area of transportation systems. He is currently a workshop leader for freshmen courses at Virginia Tech.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in Engineering Education and Mechanical

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Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cecil Shy, Prairie View A&M University; James Northern, Prairie View A&M University; Veda Brown, Prairie View A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2008-2941: STEM COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL TUTORING METHODCecil Shy, Prairie View A&M UniversityJames Northern, Prairie View A&M UniversityVeda Brown, Prairie View A&M University Page 13.1097.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 STEM Cognitive Developmental Tutoring MethodAbstractThe purpose of the Cognitive Developmental Method is to help provide students with the mostresourceful and unique mentoring/tutoring experience. The STEM mentors have constructed atutoring method that compensates the need for cognitive communal and educational developmentof STEM students from diverse backgrounds. Combined theories from distinguished

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Been There/Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Harding, Purdue University; Benedict Kazora, Purdue University; Robert Smethers, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

technicalwriting skills. On a slightly different note, the student leader encountered some limitations in thestudent version of OrCAD (Cadence) and observed that Visio was a more flexible tool forgeneric engineering components.Additional lessons involved project management issues. They both discovered how easy it is tounderestimate the magnitude and/or complexity of a real-world project, the challenges ofcoordinating efforts between multiple parties, and the importance of planning beforehand andmanaging their time throughout. The second student added that he learned the importance ofkeeping an open mind when working in a group environment. Page

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Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Mathew Mounce, University of Central Oklhoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

available sensors t such as color sensors, ultrasonicsensors, and compass sensors. The goals were allowed to be very flexible so as to give thestudents the chance to use their imagination and fully experience the brainstorming process.Phase II was conducted in 13 days; during which time students were involved designing aconceptual working model of a mind sweeper robot. Since the students had learned, throughlectures and hand outs, the engineering design process and other required skills needed to Page 13.697.3produce a working model, they exhibited confident toward their conceptual working model.They were encouraged to brainstorm and propose any

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Impact Student Success

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2008-2675: IMPACT AND RESULTS OF MINORITY ENGINEERINGSTUDENT ADVISING AND MENTORING FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENTTokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University TOKUNBO OGUNFUNMI, Ph.D., P.E. is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. He earned his BSEE (First Class Honors) from Obafemi Awolowo University, (formerly University of Ife), Nigeria, his MSEE and PhDEE from Stanford University, Stanford, California. His teaching and research interests span the areas of Digital Signal Processing (theory, applications and implementations), Adaptive Systems, VLSI/ASIC Design and Multimedia Signal Processing. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Member

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Best of the NEE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

because the instructoris normally present. If you notice mistakes in the handout during a lab, it is a goodpractice to make corrections immediately, while the errors are still fresh in your mind, sothat the same error will not occur the next time the lab is assigned. The changes should17 This author has requested anonymity18 This author, too, has requested anonymity Page 13.349.819 Amber Hurst, Wake Tech20 Bruce Barton, Suffolk Co. Community CollegeProceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 7Copyright  2008, American Society for Engineering Educationbe

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Winston Jackson, California Institute of Technology; Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology; James Maloney, California Institute of Technology; Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, California Institute of Technology; Julian Rimoli, California Institute of Technology; Luz Rivas, California Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

their high schools. During thethree-week program, students take science courses and are exposed to laboratory tours, facultylectures, and college admissions workshops.The creation and implementation of an integrated curriculum for a physics and introductoryengineering YESS course is the focus of this paper. The 2007 physics and engineeringcurriculum was designed with four main objectives in mind: to ensure that students had aconceptual understanding of mechanics fundamentals, to challenge students to use theirknowledge of mechanics in an engineering design competition, to expose students to advancedtopics in physics, and finally to provide students with an opportunity to conduct guided research.Several assessment methods were used to determine

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Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Nicholas Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Robert Johnson, Oral Roberts University; James Wanjiku, Oral Roberts University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering have enjoyed enormous success. The maturity of these fields hasenabled current practitioners to deliver a potential productivity and quality of life which washardly dreamed of a hundred years ago. Nature has proven to be incredibly bountiful andprofoundly deep in providing mankind with an array of challenging puzzles to solve. Humanmental capacity and insatiable curiosity make it difficult to resist these mysteries, especially after Page 13.1201.2repeatedly experiencing how their unraveling results in such incredible satisfaction, fruitfulness,and profitability1,2. Could it be that the realm of nature and the human mind were, in some

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Tricks of the Trade I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2008-1438: LEADERSHIP 104: THE TEACHER-SCHOLAR CULTUREJerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown JERRY SAMPLES is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ). He holds a BS ChE. from Clarkson College, and MS and Ph.D. in ME from Oklahoma State University. He taught at the United States Military Academy for 12 years before joining UPJ in 1996. His recent work has been in the area of foundations of good teaching and development of advanced teaching methods. Page 13.839.1© American Society

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K-12 Programs for Girls and Young Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Burkett, University of Arkansas; Claire Small, Springdale High School; Charles Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

means to interact with students and parents, opened their minds on Page 13.29.2females’ opportunities when pursuing challenging STEM fields, instilled confidence in the girlsand provided a continuing information resource to them.The problem addressed by this project is the critical need for a more diverse work force inscience and engineering fields and a declining number of students entering the technical workforce, an aim that many are striving for today.10 The UA-SHS day camp goal was to provideawareness and generate enthusiasm for technical fields in northwest Arkansas, a diverse regiongeographically close to the university. Springdale has a

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Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

timewhen greater resources need to be available for engineering education, most state fundedengineering schools operate in an increasingly constrained environment.Industrial Engineering embarked on a long term transformative curriculum seven yearsago with three fundamental goals in mind. Specifically, within system and logisticalconstraints, the curricular components should address a number of alternative learningstyles. Secondly, the curriculum should engage the students at a deeper level in termsopen ended questions and creative problem solving. And, third, to the extent possible,the curriculum should provide opportunities for students to incorporate the value addedskills within the confines of the existing curriculum.To accomplish these goals

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Off the Beaten Path

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2008-2781: CONFRONTED BY STUDENTS: DEALING WITH ANGER,FRUSTRATION AND MORE PLEASANT EMOTIONS IN OFFICE HOURS ANDIN CLASSRebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato Rebecca Anne Bates received the B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University in 1990, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Boston University in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington in 2004. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1993. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her research interests include speech recognition and understanding as

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Tricks of the Trade II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2008-2797: COMMUNICATING IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT:EFFECTIVE TEACHING USING ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS FOR OFFICEHOURSReginald Rogers, University of Michigan Reginald Rogers is a 4th year Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He holds a B.S. degree from MIT and M.S. degree from Northeastern University, both in Chemical Engineering. While at Northeastern, Reginald served as a teaching assistant to many Chemical Engineering courses including Material & Energy Balances, Thermodynamics, and Transport Processes. He was awarded several teaching awards and served on the TA leadership committee focused on improvement of the teaching assistant position in the

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Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Patricia Hogan, Suffolk University; Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Complex Systems. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 9, 247-298.9. Hobbs, R., Perova, N. P., Rogers, C. B., Verner, I. M. (2006). Teaching Basic Cardio-Vascular Mechanics with LEGO Models: A High School Case Study. American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Chicago, IL., June 18-21, 2006. Conference Proceedings.10. Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of mind: the theory of multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books, Inc.11. Gray, J.T., Camp, P.J., Holbrook, J., Owensby, J., Hyser, S. and Kolodner, J.L. (2001). Learning by Design Page 13.1369.9 Technical Report: Results of Performance

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The Pipeline

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tonya Smith-Jackson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Women in Engineering

instruction methods for young girls should provide opportunities forgirls to bolster their confidence with hands-on construction activities.IntroductionOne early exposure children have to engineering principals and design is through interactionswith construction models and building toys such as interlocking bricks, logs, and figures. Thecolorful, tactile objects awaken the senses and the mind, and promote motor, cognitive,emotional, and social development in children 1,2. Among all toy categories, building sets hadthe largest rate of sales increase at 16%, growing from $599.8 M in 2004 to $695.2 M in 2005 3.Building kits also expose children to the language of graphical assembly instruction, which isbecoming more ubiquitous largely because of

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Egoitz Sierra Uria, The University of the Basque Country; Mikel Garmendia Mujika, The University of the Basque Country

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2008-124: TEACHING PART VISUALIZATION IN FIRST YEARENGINEERING COURSES: GENERAL SCHEME FOR PART VISUALIZATIONPROBLEM SOLVINGEgoitz Sierra Uria, The University of the Basque CountryMikel Garmendia Mujika, The University of the Basque Country Page 13.1170.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching Part Visualization in First-Year Engineering Courses: Methodology for Part Visualization Problem SolvingAbstractPart visualization is a fundamental skill in engineering. It refers to reading andunderstanding any technical drawing, interpreting different views of anobject/assembly which has been represented on a

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Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-1422: CHAMPIONING HIGH-TECH RENAISSANCE: SENSOR ANDCONTROLLER SYSTEM INTEGRATION COURSEKhanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University KHANJAN MEHTA is a Senior Research Associate in the College of Engineering at Penn State. His professional interests include Innovative System Integration, High-Tech Entrepreneurship and International Social Entrepreneurship. He is an amateur photographer, cook, bartender, poet, traveler, adventurer and proud generalist.Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University SVEN G. BILÉN is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering at Penn State. His educational research interests include developing techniques

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Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2008-1562: USING LEGO BASED ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVEUNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS OF SPEED, VELOCITY, AND ACCELERATIONNataliia Perova, Tufts University Natasha is currently a graduate students at Tufts University majoring in Mathematics, Science, Technology and Engineering education. She previously earned her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 2005 and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Suffolk University. Natasha is currently a research assistant at the Center for Engineering Outreach where she is involved in using engineering approaches to teach high school students science and mathematics.Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University Walter got his PhD and M.S. from

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Phy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Kohlmyer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Schatz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marcus Marr, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2008-1166: IMPLEMENTING AND ASSESSING A MODERNINTRODUCTORY PHYSICS COURSE AT A LARGE UNIVERSITYMatthew Kohlmyer, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMichael Schatz, Georgia Institute of TechnologyRichard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMarcus Marr, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 13.707.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Implementing and Assessing a Modern Introductory Physics Course at a Large UniversityAbstractSince 2006, the Georgia Institute of Technology has offered sections of an introductory physicscourse for scientists and engineers using the Matter & Interactions curriculum. Matter &Interactions (M&I

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Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn S Jordan, Purdue Univeristy; Robin Adams, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-2031: "...A GOOD IMAGINATION AND A PILE OF JUNK"Shawn Jordan, Purdue Univeristy SHAWN JORDAN is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, where he is studying geographically distributed design teams. He has appeared on many television shows with Rube Goldberg machines, including Jimmy Kimmel LIVE and Master of Champions on ABC, and has won two National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest championships.Robin Adams, Purdue University Robin S. Adams is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She also led the Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) as part of the Center for the

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Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

-summer researchsymposium. This presentation at the conclusion of the summer is a perfect motivator for students to pull theirproject to completion and then submit an abstract to present at regional or national professional society meetings, anactivity that simultaneously provides productivity measures for the faculty member.Programs are typically designed with variations of the following attributes in mind: • State-of-the-art research experiences that motivate students to pursue graduate degrees in engineering. o Broad participation of underrepresented groups o Increased appreciation and understanding of research • Sense of community among REU students, faculty, and graduate student mentors

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Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-2649: RETENTION, GRADUATION, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL: AFIVE-YEAR PROGRAM FOCUSING ON WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTEDMINORITY ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTSMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND, PhD, is the PI of three academic scholarship programs and a fourth program for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University from 1993-2004. She received the ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005, and won the Narional Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In

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Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Julie Olney, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-2867: CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE WOMEN IN ENGINEERINGORGANIZATION USING A MANAGED RESOURCE STRATEGYMargaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology MARGARET BAILEY, registered professional engineer, is the Kate Gleason Chair and Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at RIT. She earned her BSE at Pennsylvania State University in 1988 and her Ph.D. at University of Colorado at Boulder in 1998. She conducts research with students using advanced thermodynamic analyses and neural network modeling applied to various, energy-intensive, complex mechanical systems. Dr. Bailey serves in numerous leadership roles within her college, including Executive Director of RIT’s Women in Engineering

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The Academic Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Young, Syracuse University; John Tillotson, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1890: NEGOTIATING THE PATH TO THE PROFESSORIATE: A STUDYOF FACULTY PERSPECTIVES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGMonica Young, Syracuse UniversityJohn Tillotson, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Page 13.924.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Negotiating the Path to the Professoriate: A Study of Faculty Perspectives in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractThis qualitative study investigated the factors that support or impede women’s interest andpersistence in the field of mechanical engineering and how these experiences influence theirdecision to complete a doctoral program and advance on to a career in academia. This studyexamined key variables

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Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma

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Minorities in Engineering

of transfer credit,which appear to have strategic significance for our student population. Because of the broadvariety of courses taken at other institutions, the main focus of discussion of specific courses willbe on science, engineering, and mathematics courses (SEM), plus a few prominent exceptions.Furthermore, with three different types of transfer credit, four ethnic groups, and the myriad ofdemographic characteristics and social constraints that could be used to parse the students intoclusters, the possibilities for cluster analysis are mind-boggling. Our analysis is also limited to agreat degree, though this is an interesting finding in its own right, by the broad silence of thestudents regarding these strategies. Therefore, for each

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New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University

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Graduate Studies

. Some of these activitiesinclude participating in training courses, or continuing education experiences from universities orprofessional organizations and on-the-job experience. Engineers typically enter the workforcewith a BS degree. One way to enable their life-long-learning skills is to expose them to graduateengineering education directly after their bachelors degree. There is a need for a professionallyoriented MS program graduates who are focused on innovation and implementation. The 4+1program was developed with just this in mind. It is a program which benefits the student,benefits the faculty who are implementing the program and benefits the society which thegraduates serve. The graduate degree provides students with unprecedented

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New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Mueller, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Hossein Oloomi, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Elizabeth Thompson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Jiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Graduate Studies

. Page 13.409.4With these ideas in mind, the committee constructed a proposal to describe the program.The timeline for the proposal approval process is shown in Figure 1. The rest of thepaper describes the notable characteristics of the program. Figure 1. Timeline for the establishment of the program.Program OverviewThe stated objectives of the program are: ‚ Provide opportunities for qualified individuals to earn a masters degree in engineering. ‚ Establish a nationally-recognized, graduate engineering program that offers a combination of theoretical and practical educational experiences ‚ Meet the need for a comprehensive graduate engineering program in northeastern Indiana.Students in the program

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Birdy Reynolds, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Michael Lovell, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teams stay on track due to thelimited timeframe in which they must operate (8 weeks). Time is structured during the programbut it is not rigid. Teachers have a lot of freedom and manage their time similarly to professionalengineers.Learning Science ComponentDesign-based learning as the basis for curriculum design is critical to teachers’ successfullytranslating the work of engineers into the science classroom. Teams of teachers were re-organized by their content areas, attended weekly professional development, met with contentadvisors, conducted experiments to test content ideas, wrote and revised curriculum units, andcommunicated their work with the established learning community.The ways of thinking and skills (habits of mind) required to

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Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan McNeill, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Tenille Medley, Purdue University; Jeremi Hayes, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

providepedagogical feedback to engineering laboratory graduate teaching assistants. The project beganwith use of the VaNTH Observation System, a direct observation instrument which providesfeedback about the extent to which an instructor’s interactions with students fit within thedimensions of the “How People Learn” framework, a model of effective teaching and learning aspresented in the National Research Council monograph, How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School. Preliminary findings revealed challenges to the use of this instrument ina first-year engineering laboratory course taught by graduate teaching assistants. To provideinformation for the adaptation of this instrument for use in the laboratory environment and to aidin developing new