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Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Cynthia Helman, Michigan State University

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and industrial management experience. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University THOMAS F. WOLFF is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University. From 1970 to 1985, he was a geotechnical engineer with the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since 1985, on the faculty of MSU, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical engineering and reliability analysis. His research and consulting has focused on the design and evaluation of dams, levees and hydraulic structures, and he has been involved in several studies

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jan Collins-Eaglin, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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responsible for providing vision, direction, planning and implementation regarding the use of technology in instruction of mathematics and science. Mark's research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the design of instruction, how we might best design instructional technology within those frameworks, and how the research and development of instructional technologies can inform our theories of cognition.Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University Dr. THOMAS F. WOLFF is Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University and a faculty member in Civil and Environmental Engineering. In the fall of 2005, he was a member of the ASCE Levee Assessment

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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AC 2009-1482: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN: AN EMPHASIS ONCOMMUNICATIONTaryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Taryn Bayles is a Professor of the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC, where she incorporates her industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering principles. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development. Page 14.813.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Introduction to

Conference Session

Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ganesh Balasubramanian, Virginia Tech; Ishwar Puri, Virginia Tech; Scott Case, Virginia Tech; Roop Mahajan, Virginia Tech

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Success in the Collegiate Engineering Program. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Hawaii, June 24- 27, 2007, 11 pages.[18] Robson, V., Lohani, V. K., and Muffo, J., 2008. “Assessment in Engineering Education, Book Chapter in Assessment in the Disciplines,” Vol. 3, Assessment in Engineering Programs: Evolving Best Practices, Editor: William E. Kelly, pp. 173-192, Association for Institutional Research, Tallahassee, FL.[19] Lohani, V. K., Castles, R., Johri, A., Spangler, D., and Kibler, D., 2008. “Analysis of Tablet PC Based Learning Experiences in Freshman to Junior Level Engineering Courses,” Proc. 2008 ASEE Annual Conference, June 22-25, 2008, Pittsburgh

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Casey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, 22 Jan. 2009. 3. Errington, Edward. "The impact of teacher beliefs on flexible learning innovation: some practices and possibilities for academic developers," Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 41(1), (2004).4. McKenna, Ann F., Yalvac, Bugrahan, and Light, Gregory J. “The Role of Collaborative Reflection on Shaping Engineering Faculty Teaching Approaches,” Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 17-26 (2009) (and citations therein.)5. Kane, Ruth; Susan, Sandretto and Heath, Chris. "Telling Half the Story: A Critical Review of Research on the Teaching Beliefs and Practices of University Academics," Review of Educational Research, 72(2), 177-228 (2002

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Margaret Hyland, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Karl Stol, University of Auckland

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throughconsequent structural and curriculum amendments to the present. The strengths, challenges,weaknesses and ongoing evaluations of that program are presented, with particular referenceto innovations in delivery and assessment.At this time when research is showing that the process of “becoming an engineer”15 and theconstruction by students of their engineering identity16,17 are important issues for retention, Page 14.736.4the opportunity for the early development of the sense of belonging and affiliation, providedby a common program taught entirely in-house suggests that this paper may provideexemplars of best practice for other programs.History and

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Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin

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Engineering Club Excellence in Teaching" Fellowship award for the years 2003-2004 and 2007-2008. He has also been cited in multiple publications of the "Who's Who" series. His research interests include Similitude and Scaling Theory, System Dynamics, Non-Linear Dimensional Analysis and Rapid Prototyping with specific emphasis in Selective Laser Sintering and applications in Product Design.Mitch Pryor, University of Texas, Austin Mitch Pryor graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1993. After teaching high school for two years, he completed his PhD in 2002 at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin where he now works as a Research Scientist in the

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Bramald, Newcastle University; Sean Wilkinson, Newcastle University

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holistic “cradle to grave” approach Do things right, having decided the right thing to do Beware cost reduction masquerading as value engineering Practice what you preachThe third lecture builds on Egan Review Skills for Sustainable Communities7. This is included tostimulate student thinking about their skills development, the other professions who they may beworking with in the future and to support their year-long first year design project which is Page 14.800.5looking at conceptual design of an eco-town for 20 000 people.The Egan Review presents seven components that are core to realising a sustainable community.They are

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles McDowell, University of California, Santa Cruz; Adrienne Harrell, University of California, Santa Cruz

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face many challenges bothacademic and non-academic9. One widely studied impact of these challenges is transfer shock, adip in the GPAs of transfer students during the first one or two terms after transfer6. Althoughbelieved to be nearly universal, transfer shock is generally not severe10 and Cantrell et al.1 havetheorized that pre-transfer support programs are one technique that can be used to help transferstudents get through their transfer shock and “experience the rewards of their efforts.”We were interested in comparing how well our transfer students were doing in comparison withtheir native classmates. One measure of success is how long a student takes to graduate and dothey ever graduate. The most commonly used metric for graduation and

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; John Courtney, Michigan State University; Ruth Heckman, Lansing Community College; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College; Renee Mickelson, Lansing Community College; Mark Urban-Lurain; Clifford Weil, Michigan State University

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engineering; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/CISE.Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University Thomas F. Wolff is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Studies at Michigan State University. From 1970 to 1985, he was a geotechnical engineer with the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since 1985, on the faculty of MSU, he has taught undergradaute and graduate courses in geotechnical engineering and reliability analysis. His research and consulting has focused on the design and evaluation of dams, levees and hydraulic structures, and he has been involved in several studies related to the failure of New Orleans levees

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First-Year Advising and Transition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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of the Year 2005, and won the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of Women Engineers. Her awards are based on her mentoring of students, especially women and underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 14.1294.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Understanding Engineering Freshman Study Habits: the Transition from

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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security for process control systems, secure operating systems, Tablet PCs in education, and engineering education.David Wheatley, University of Louisville David Wheatley, Sr. is a Ph.D., P.E. Chemical Engineer with 28 years industrial experience with the DuPont Company, where he held positions in process/product research, plant technical support and process design and implementation. Retired from DuPont, he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville, Speed School of Engineering. His current academic interests include the areas of chemical process control and engineering education