Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K-12 engineering outreach. He has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes.Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University

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Computers in Education

engineering course, including the capstone senior design course, other core courses, and technical electives. The differences in hours reported were statistically significant and dramatic. The average time invested in numerical methods was 35% higher than the next highest course. It was twice the average of all other courses. Details are published in Coller Page 14.844.5 & Scott3.• Finding #2: Students taking the game-based numerical methods cours appear to learn the material more deeply than students taking traditional textbook-based numerical methods courses. Using a concept mapping technique, we3 compared the

Conference Session

Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

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Engineering Ethics

various cases and your responses as an engineering professional and anengineering educator. Case: The Next Generation Landmine Part I.Ms. Jane Enaj is a project manager at a multinational corporation which has just beenawarded a contract to develop and produce the next generation land mine. She is also amember of the Design Review Committee. The committee’s responsibilities includereviewing and approving design changes, procedural changes and submittingperformance reports to various U.S. Department of Defense agencies withrecommendations.Today Jane finds herself in a difficult situation. DRC is meeting to finalizerecommendation concerning the new land mine. It offers significant

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Natalie Tran, California State University, Bakersfield; Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Al Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

invent effective strategies and representations for solving math problems, and these methods can serve as bridges for instruction. He is also exploring the embodied nature of students’ knowledge, as exhibited by gestures, and the mediating effects of action on conceptual knowledge. His studies of teachers' beliefs about the development of students' mathematical reasoning showed that content experts can show evidence of expert blind spot, which influences teachers’ expectations of what makes things difficult for their students. He is currently co-principal investigator for the AWAKEN Project (funded by NSF-EEP), which examines the nature of high school pre-engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Corkins, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Sharon Robinson Kurpius; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

engineering and education, design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K-12 engineering outreach. He has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Page 14.436.1 Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes.© American

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

them in half and placing the torntickets into a receiving basket. As David had very limited strength in his hands, the linesof people seeking admittance would soon back up. It was determined by both his Page 14.542.11employer and social worker a newly designed device that would help David’s pace wouldbe a great aid. A team of senior engineering capstone design students selected this projectand dedicated two semesters to the design, fabrication, testing evaluation and delivery ofthe final device.During the two terms, David made several visits to the campus and he and the studentsbecame quite close. Delivery day became a highly publicized event with

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

current bioprocessing curriculum has sixadditional courses beyond the engineering core curriculum: Microbiology, Organic Chemistry,Introduction to Bioprocess Engineering (BIOE 3000), Bioprocess Validation, Quality and Designof Experiments (BIOE 4000), Bioprocess Separation Engineering (BIOE 4010), Bioprocess PlantDesign, and Simulation and Analysis (BIOE 4020). The bioprocess engineering concentrationcourses are in addition to the two semester capstone design sequence that will also have somebioprocess related component.The faculty of ECU’s engineering program are encouraged to pursue novel approaches toengineering education. The newly created concentration in bioprocess engineering provides anexcellent opportunity to develop and implement a

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zaydoun Rawashdeh, Wayne State University; Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. During the last 20 years, he has been working in the areas of hierarchical multiprocessors, hierarchical networks, performance analysis of computer systems, digital signal processing, embedded systems, in-vehicle networking, performance analysis of networking protocols, secure wireless communications, and privacy protected vehicle-to-vehicle communications and simulation techniques. He has supervised a number of projects from Ford Motor Company and other local industries. He also served as a Co-PI on two NSF funded projects. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceeding papers. He

Conference Session

Panel: Effecting Change in Higher Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Theresa Hunt, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Cherrice Traver, Union College; Pamela Eibeck, Texas Tech; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Mary Roth, Lafayette College; delcie durham, University of South Florida

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Women in Engineering

professional degrees. Prospective graduate students often perceive the lengthy time-to-degree and the rigid “path” for degree completion as limiting to their futures. Several discussants referenced the alternative options industry collaboration may provide, e.g., the Professional PhD, wherein graduate students would spend a more abbreviated period within the classroom and enter the field while being “co-mentored” by academe and industry to complete dissertation or research projects. ≠ Address impacts of climate issues on graduate students and education. Increasing the “visibility” of women faculty and fostering faculty-student interaction may help retain women graduate students. Developing cohorts

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

that theAero/Astro department has the most prerequisites in the University, but the four-yeargraduation rate is near the top and fewer students are dropping out. With the coming or ABET 2000, hands-on learning was reintroduced in manycourses. Combined with the integration of Junior Lab (now called Aerospace Lab), and Page 14.1218.9building, testing and flying hardware for their capstone design class, undergraduatestudents are getting the balance of the fundamentals, with the experience of working inteams. Georgia Institute of

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

) Biomaterials Science: AnIntroduction to Materials in Medicine and Dowling’s Mechanics of Materials books wereespecially useful references 28,29. Callister’s Fundamentals of Materials Science andEngineering text also contains a web based supplemental chapter 30 that is helpful as is theUniversity of Cambridge’s on-line Teaching and Learning Package (TLP) on the structure ofbone and implant materials 31. In fact, having the students complete this well-developed andinteractive TLP as a homework assignment or in-class project (if computers are available) is anexcellent way to introduce your students to biomedical materials and design. Dr. Pruitt’s Page