Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Brown, Washington State University; Cara Poor, Washington State University

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Council of Sections

Page 14.714.6assessment process, suggests that the ICPT program has a strong potential to have significantbenefit to students and tutors. It appears that students see tremendous value in the tutors and thattutors learn from their experience. More research is needed to investigate the efficacy of thisprogram on important student outcomes. Two new research projects on the WSU ICPT havealready begun, one focused on the impact of the program on student social capital, and the otheron peer tutoring and students’ self-efficacy in mechanics.Social capital consists of the resources embedded in social networks that are accessed bymembers of that network. Initial results of the project on social capital indicate that studentsview the ICPT program as an

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

seemed to be areasonable amount of time to request graduate students to leave their research projects,travel to a location in the country, and focus on these communication skills. Becausewriting critique sessions require significantly more time (both the time to read themanuscripts and the time to discuss the manuscripts), we decided to provide feedback onthe writing in a different manner from what Simula had done in 2008. Once we established the scope of the workshop, we needed to secure funds. Themain portion of the funding was needed to provide a conference site with lodging andfood for the participants. While we decided to require the graduate students to providetheir own transportation to the conference site, the lodging and food

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Eric Scott, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

engineering issues, use of electronicportfolio (e-portfolio) for instruction, and a mechatronics initiativedesigned to introduce multi-disciplinary engineering concepts to engineering freshmen. In the 2006-07 academic year, TabletPC-based instruction was introduced in this course. In Fall 2007, DyKnow, a classroominteraction software package, was implemented to develop a participatory learning environmentin EngE1024. A number of assessment (formative and summative) activities are beingimplemented in EngE1024 as part of the DLR project to evaluate the learning experiences offreshmen. Typically, about 1700 freshmen take this course every year with about 1400 in the Fallsemester. In the Fall semester, the EngE1024 teaching team typically involves five

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

effectiveness of their teaching. Finally, a learning environment mustbe community-centered, one in which students are provided opportunities to learncollaboratively.There are many efforts underway within STEM education to move away from traditional lecturemethods of delivery towards more novel methods designed to engage the students in the learningprocess.9-12 In many cases, these methods are taking the How People Learn concepts fromtheory to practice. The highlights of two specific programs, Project Galileo11 and VaNTH12follow.Project Galileo has developed two novel pedagogical approaches: Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time Teaching. These approaches are designed to provide students “with greater opportunity forsynthesizing concepts while instructors

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Women in Engineering

graduated 600,000 and India350,000 (U.S. Department of Education, 2006).The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2005) projects that by 2010, 50 percent of all U.S. workerswill be women. This projection, plus the growth in the science and engineering labor force, andthe shortage of technically skilled workers show the importance and need of having womentraining to become scientists and engineers. Unfortunately, women have been and continue to bea minority in engineering related fields. In 1971, only 0.8% of the bachelor’s degrees earned inengineering were obtained by female students. In 2006, the number went up to 19% (U.S.Census Bureau, 2005-2006). Despite the increase in the number of women obtaining degrees inengineering, women are still

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Sheila Vaidya, Drexel University; Stacey Ake, Drexel University

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Engineering Ethics

Page 14.60.2introduction to each philosophy. In Phase II, students are given a set of ethical issues andasked to address those issues as these philosophers might have done. For each issue, astudent would use one persona’s perspective, thinking as Aristotle about one issue and asBuddha about another. In Phase III, each student would write a paper for submission to aprofessional journal or conference.Once trained, tutors would be assigned as ethics consultants to undergraduate engineeringdesign teams. At Drexel, there are freshman and senior design projects. The tutors wouldwork with those teams on matters of ethical concern. Eventually, we hope to expand thisprogram to other disciplines within the curriculum.Introduction Recently, a

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Reserve University

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Computers in Education

developed and are now available for largeand small computers. However, they are not used with the same extent in teaching andlearning difficult subjects of engineering such as electromagnetics. Our approach isdifferent and it is based on the following ideas:≠ The general-purpose symbolic packages (in our case, Maple) are used to do actualsymbolic calculation and to analytically solve the electromagnetic field equations.≠ The approach is project-oriented, in that the students are asked to solve new problems,based on models elaborated by the teaching staff.≠ The students' activity is finalized by scientific reports containing text, formulas andgraphics, while full advantage is taken of the evaluation and visualization capabilities.≠ The students are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering 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

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University; Jacob Schroeder, Clemson University; Hanjun Xian, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

platform. However, they do not Page 14.592.5report any results from a traditional control group.In three related studies20-22, group dynamics and performance between teams of studentscommunicating over the Internet (experimental) were compared with teams of studentscommunicating in a traditional face-to-face manner (control). Whitman et al.20 reported thatstudent teams in the experimental group performed equally as well on a final project as studentteams in the control group. But, teams in the control group indicated higher levels of satisfactionwith various measures of group dynamics. Kirschman and Greenstein21 reported higher levels

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, The University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

would ideally lead to good grades (positive feedback) which in turn leads to increased motivation and ultimately more learning.5. At a local scale, complex systems are in a constant state of flux Within complex systems, the local relationships among agents are constantly changing and agents themselves are changing their roles or moving into or out of the system in short periods of time. In other words, there is considerable, varied activity at a local scale. Within engineering education there is much happening at a local scale within a single day or even an hour. There are students in class listening to lectures, working on homework, conducting research on a topic for a project, working in the computer lab, writing papers

Conference Session

Structural Education Methods

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrzej Zarzycki, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Architectural

Figure 17 Brick project; irst, freshman(design thinking) becomes revealed, and consequently, studio assignment by Maurice McDonaldsolidiied into tangible design criteria. As such, designthinking can be scrutinized and validated with more objective criteria. With the introduction ofcomputational tools, we create an opportunity for individuals with less experience to navigateintuitively through design problems with more conidence. Technology, in this case, enables thedemocratization of specialized and complex knowledge by bringing computationally intensivetasks into a visually accessible working interface. While this might create a false conidence insome individuals, leading to design errors, the ‘democratic’ quality of digital simulation

Conference Session

Exploring Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

(Brainard and Carlin2). According to the National Research Council in 1998, the inadequaciesand inconsistencies of collection and maintenance of evaluation and retention data are majorhindrances to projecting future manpower needs and identifying problems in the sciences field.Without access to consistent data which predicts success, engineering programs lack the abilityto pinpoint deficiencies within their academic program and keep talented students. In addition toincreasing attrition rates within engineering majors, another problem faced by departments isattracting talented high school applicants. Felder et al.5 in their study on longitudinal engineeringperformance and retention found that both the increasing difficulty of attracting high

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer

Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Departments at Michigan Tech, North Dakota State University, and at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Dr. Oliveira current research interests include optical fiber communication systems, Monte Carlo simulations, digital signal processing, wireless communications, and engineering education. She has authored or co-authored 13 archival journal publications and 27 conference contributions. From 2007-2011 Dr. Oliveira is serving as the Michigan Tech project director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium on Renewable Energy that is funded by FIPSE from the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Oliveira is an ABET evaluator, and serve as panelist

Conference Session

Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

tight control of implementation. It uses managerialist practices. ≠ Type D is the enterprise and is orientated to the outside world and it espouses continuous learning in a turbulent environment. Management style is one of devolved leadership where decision making is devolved and its dominant unit is the small project team. Students are seen as clients and partners. There is tight policy definition but loose control of implementation.McNay15 concludes from his research that all universities draw on each type ofmanagement.Similarly Coaldrake & Stedman16, suggest that most universities around the world aremoving from loose policy definition to a policy that is more firmly

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Brian Benini, Case Western Reserve University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

classrooms.Many of them fall under the general umbrella of active learning methods. Some of these includeinquiry-based learning2, experiential learning3, various types of project based learning4, andworkshops5. An interesting comprehensive program for teaching physics using a hands-oninteractive environment in large classes has been developed by North Carolina State University6.Known as SCALE-Up (Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics), itis being incorporated in schools around the country including Arizona State, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, and the authors own school, Penn State Behrend7. Much of the work inthese areas has taken place in science classrooms but is now finding its way into engineeringclassrooms as

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melinda Hess, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Corina Owens, University of South Florida

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Computers in Education

either in the past or future.The findings of this study will not only serve to inform the project leadership regardingthe effectiveness of the modules, but will also provide the greater community with abreadth of valuable tools and information to both guide online instruction in other coursesand at other institutions as well as the evaluation of these courses.Description of ModulesThe web-based modules12 used in support of the class are customized and holistic indesign. The modules provide an overview of essential background needed for the course Page 14.923.3and present course materials and information using a variety of tools and deliverymethods

Conference Session

Structural Education Methods

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Graham Archer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

a practicing engineer expecting a result of around 0.3s.A histogram of the student computer-based revised predictions of the natural period of vibrationis given in figure 5. As can be seen, the results represent a dramatic improvement. The median Page 14.441.6result was 0.4s, with a standard deviation of only 0.08s. Since the students did not model thenon-structural system or the gravity-only framing, the predicted period is expected to be slightlyhigher than the measured period. In fact the project structural engineers predicted a period of0.5s. When queried, the students attributed the improvement in their results to two

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowman, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

year engineering, research methods, and graduate engineering education courses. Her research interests include student-centered active learning in undergraduate engineering, assessment of motivation, and how motivation affects student learning. She is also involved in projects that utilize Tablet PCs to enhance student learning. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Page 14.520.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Effectiveness of Shared Tablet PC

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Gash, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

**outcomes desired for the entry of civil Technicalengineers into professional practice. 5. Materials scienceDepicted in Table 1, these outcomes 6. Mechanicsembody the civil engineer of 2025. They 7. Experimentsdefine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes 8. Problem recognition and solvingrequired to fulfill the Vision. Many, those 9. Designmarked with two asterisks, are directly 10. Sustainability *relevant to cultural intelligence. Others, 11. Contemp. issues & hist. perspectives *marked with one, are areas that may play a 12. Risk and uncertaintymore peripheral role. Foundational 13. Project managementoutcomes 3 and 4

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

only on design. ENGR 4306 EngineeringEconomics (Fig 1) was replaced with CENG 4339 Construction Management (Fig 2)which includes a large section on engineering economics. The coverage in CENG 4339of planning, scheduling, estimating, bidding, cost control, and project managementcombined with topics in CENG 3434 provides the desired foundational coverage forconstruction management. These changes allowed the construction management elective(Fig 1) which had three courses (two sequential) listed to be replaced by CENG 4341Leadership, Business Practices, Public Policy, and Asset Management (Fig 2) whichfocuses primarily on Outcome 9 (Table 1) as well as partial demonstration of Outcomes 6,7, and 8. Additionally, CENG 4341 assists students in seeing

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Sebastian Bawab, Old Dominion University; Timothy Coats, NSWCCD; Hesham Nassar, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Figure 10: Maximum of 12 Gs recorded in this reading.6. SummaryStudents can gain the following practical experiences when developing the system: (1) Dynamic analysis of the mechanical system. (2) Assembly magnetic parts (of the magnetic rails.) (3) Align the motion between the object mounting plate and ThrusTubes’ bearing guide. (4) Set up motion profiles in the amplifier. (5) Create PLC programs to choose motion profiles with timers. (6) Wire the PLC distribution box. (7) Wire from PLC outputs to the PLC distribution box. (8) Wire and program data acquisition system.The machine developed in this project is only a 1-DOF machine. Therefore, the size of thetesting object and machine’s lifting capacity are very limited. To solve

Conference Session

Workplace Concerns, Realities, and Intangibles

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

leadership, teamwork, safety management,organizational communications, employee training and related topics involving employeeinteractions. Some specific examples for incorporating the discussion of bullyingbehavior are identified.1. Leadership Roles: Faculty can discuss bullying behavior during any discussion aboutthe different leadership roles students will assume in the corporate world while workingon various projects. When discussing the future leadership roles engineering andtechnology students will assume during their careers, faculty can help to make studentsaware of workplace bullying and its effects on employees and the organization.2. Teamwork Assignments: When students are given assignments that involve aspects ofteamwork, the instructor

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury

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Construction

. Theconstruction industry needs to communicate on a large scale with other related businessessuch as material and equipment suppliers, vendors, subcontractors and clients. ERP canbe used by construction companies to improve responsiveness in relation to customers,strengthen supply chain partnerships, enhance organizational flexibility, improve decisionmaking capabilities and reduce project completion time and lower costs.Also the construction industry has the history of having huge amount business failuresand low amount of profits. ERP can be useful in changing this as it has proved itspotential in the other sectors5. There are very few studies conducted about theimplementation of ERP systems in the construction industry. Recently, severalpractitioners

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon, University of Iowa; James Stoner, University of Iowa

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Civil Engineering

Spring 2007 Civil Engineer IFall 2005 Spring 2007 Assistant EngineerFall 2003 Spring 2007 Staff EngineerFall 2002 Spring 2007 CivilTech/Civil Engineer IFall 2002 Spring 2007 Graduate SchoolFall 2002 Spring 2007 Graduate SchoolFall 2003 Spring 2007 Graduate SchoolSpring 2004 Spring 2007 Graduate SchoolFall 2004 Spring 2007 Graduate SchoolFall 2004 Spring 2007 Graduate SchoolFall 2003 Spring 2007 Graduate SchoolSpring 2002 Spring 2007 Project EngineerFall 2002

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Hutchinson, Purdue University; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

incorporated into 15% of global manufacturingoutput totaling $2.6 trillion by 2014.3 It has also been estimated that there will be 2 million jobscreated in the areas of NSE by 2015 worldwide, including the creation of 0.8-0.9 million jobs inthe United States. In addition to the 2 million NSE jobs, there will be 5 million more jobscreated in nanotechnology-related fields. The projected impact of NSE on the economy in the21st century suggests that there exists an urgent need to educate the future work force ofscientists, engineers, and technologists, as well as the general public, about this emerging field.4As a way to educate the future work force in NSE, the National Center for Learning andTeaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT) was

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College; xiuhua si

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Chemical Engineering

other halfworking an example with the spread sheet on the projection screen. This allows us to use a moreactive, problem-based teaching strategy that focuses more on the characteristic features ofmultiple effect evaporators that make them interesting and challenging to study, e.g, boilingpoint rise failure and sensible heat demand failure6, and less on the mechanics of solving theproblem.ExampleThe method is illustrated with the following example problem adapted from3.A feed containing 2 wt% dissolved organic solids in water is fed to a double effect evaporatorwith reverse feed at a rate of 1000 lbs/hour. The feed enters at 100 °F and is concentrated to 25

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan, Arizona State University; Kostas Tsakalis, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Harvey Thornburg, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

is a graphical programming language and caninterface with external acquisition and signal processing devices1. In this paper, we describe the use of LabVIEW in undergraduate signals and systemscourses. The understanding of signals and systems is central to several areas in Electrical andComputer Engineering. Signals and systems courses serve as prerequisites for higher levelcourses in signal processing, communications and controls2,3. The availability of a wide range offunctions and toolkits for in LabVIEW enables exposition to algorithm, software and hardwareissues in signal analysis and filtering. We have started an education project with NationalInstruments aimed at developing and embedding software and laboratory exercises for

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina; Juan Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Joseph Flora, University of South Carolina; Briana Timmerman, University of South Carolina; Wiley Graf, Midlands Technical College; Andrew Nichols, Marshall University; Timothy Ray, Midlands Technical Institute

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Civil Engineering

data views (e.g.,average and standard deviation of journal entries for each EFFECT per class, average of scoresper student in a particular EFFECT, etc.). More information about the intra-inter reliability canbe found in the results section of this paper. Project evaluators have direct access to the OATdatabase and can query it for more assessment information directly. Currently, OAT has over500 journal entries and more than 2000 evaluations of these journal entries (some have beencoded more than once to measure rater reliability). OAT also has over 500 entries for decisionworksheet questions and over 1300 decision worksheet ratings.Critical thinking rubricA rubric used to code journal entries and decision worksheets was developed

Conference Session

Special Session: Findings from the Academic Pathways Study of Engineering Undergraduates 2003-2008--Overview and Panel Discussion

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Karl Smith, Purdue University; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and his Ph.D. is in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. He has co-written eight books including Cooperative learning: Increasing college faculty instructional productivity; Strategies for energizing large classes: From small groups to learning communities; and Teamwork and project management, 3rd Ed.Reed Stevens, University of Washington REED STEVENS is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington. He specializes in ethnographic and comparative approaches to studying how people learn, especially in disciplines related to mathematics, science, technology

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Davis, Boise State University

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Construction

educational tool." Computers & Education, 34(1), 37-49.2. Halcomb, C.G., et al. (1989). "A Computer-Based Instructional Management System for General Psychology." Teaching of Psychology, 16(3), 148-151.3. "Teaching and Learning Project: Use and Misuse of Technology in the Classroom." University of Maine at Farmington. (June 8, 2008).4. Haberyan, K.A. (2003). "Do Weekly Quizzes Improve Student Performance on General Biology Exams?" The American Biology Teacher, 65(2), 110-114.5. Butler, D.L. (2003). "The Impact of Computer-Based Testing on Student Attitudes and Behavior." The Technology Source Archives at the University of North Carolina. (June 8, 2008).6. Lloyd, D. and J.G. Martin. (1996). "The