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Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

total numbers given the fact that bothwomen and members of other under-represented groups are often visible minorities in science,technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) fields. Social dynamics are shaped byproportional representation and when that proportion is highly skewed it can produce thephenomenon referred to as tokenism1. According to Kanter’s classic study, small relativenumbers heighten visibility and bring attention to discrepant characteristics or ways thatmembers of a population deviate from the norm. The effects of tokenism are most pronouncedwhen the proportion and number of women is so small that the opportunities to participate in acommunity of like-minded individuals are limited. Attention to secondary characteristics

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Two-Year/Four-Year Articulation and Cooperation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacqulyn Baughman, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University; Lora Leigh Chrystal, Iowa State University; Mary Goodwin, Iowa State University; Paul Castleberry, Iowa State University; Jennifer Garrett, Iowa State University; Doug Gruenewald, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Randy Jedele, Des Moines Area Community College; Harry McMaken, Des Moines Area Community College; Kevin Saunders, Iowa State University; Randy Smith, Des Moines Area Community College

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Two Year College Division

growth, and long-term strategies to maintain and increase living standards, and promote opportunity will require coordinated efforts among public, private, and not-for-profit entities to promote innovation and to prepare an adequate supply of qualified workers for employment in STEM fields. (U.S. Department of Labor, 2007, p.1)In reviewing the work of Handel3 and a 2005 National Academies4 report, the team decided tofocus their activities on some these recommended approaches to a successful community collegestudent transfer process. With this in mind, the Learning Village Team felt that a key part ofsuccess in increasing the number of engineering students from a pre-engineering pool ofpotential transfer students hinged on

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Prins, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-445: A TEAM-BASED DESIGN COMPETITION FOR FRESHMANENGINEERING STUDENTS THAT EMPHASIZES SUSTAINABLE DESIGNRobert Prins, James Madison University Robert Prins received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2005; he is currently an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at James Madison University (JMU). Prior to joining JMU, Dr. Prins was a faculty member at Virginia State University. Dr. Prins' industrial experience includes one year as a suspension engineer at Visteon, Inc. and five years as an engineer at Perceptron, Inc., a machine vision company. Page

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High-School Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Natalie Tran, California State University, Bakersfield; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

work (p. 5).While the relation of math and science to engineering in this report is generally presented asunidirectional, we need to keep in mind their mutual relationship. For engineering design anddevelopment can drive scientific and mathematical advancement as well6,7. For example,advances in areas like xerography for photocopying preceded scientific understandingelectrophotography. Thus, the bidirectional influences of science and math with engineering, socentral to technological innovation, must be recognized as vital to a rigorous, high qualityengineering educational program.Conjointly, the push for an integrative curriculum for vocational and technical education comesfrom laws and policies for K12 education. The reauthorization of the

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Engineering and Mathematics Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

books1, which were more likely to contain pictures and bedescriptive, to gain mathematical insight. I do not believe that my fellow math majorsconfronted the questions that were in my mind as an engineer. By the 1990’s more teachingmathematicians were willing to promote graphics and the calculus reform movement came intofashion with slogans such as, “lean and lively” and “pump not a filter.”Perhaps the rigor that was conventionally required of mathematics majors is not appropriate forengineering students. I am suggesting that math teachers consider replacing class time spent ondelta-epsilon arguments with visual thinking. Page 14.1354.3This paper

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Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Women in Engineering

completing a degree inengineering. According to Margolis & Fisher (2002), many women in engineering find theirpeers’ heavy workload, the lack of time, and single-minded devotion to engineering andcomputer science frightening and at odds with their desire to maintain a variety of hobbies andinterests and live a balanced life. In the same way, other researchers have also noted that womenin engineering have been hindered by excessive educational requirements, and difficultybalancing school and personal life while completing a degree in engineering (Brainard & Carlin,2001; Goodman, 2002; Lent et al., 2002).Self-doubts and low self-confidence was also a factor that hindered the participants whilecompleting

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Jones, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-1327: ENG2: ENGINEERING ENGAGEMENT FOR STUDENTSUCCESS--BUILDING A COMMUNITY FOR FIRST-YEAR FRESHMEN IN THECOLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGSummer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Ms Dann is currently employed by the Dean's office at LSU as the STEP program coordinator. Ms. Dann earned her bachelors and masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at LSU and employed in private industry prior to her current position.John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Mr. Scalzo is the Associate Rector of the Engineering Residential College and an instructor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1992

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Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-270: A LEGO ROBOT PROJECT USING CONCEPT MAPS ANDPEER-LED TEAMS FOR A FRESHMAN COURSE IN ENGINEERING ANDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYMehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Dr. Mehrubeoglu received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, from Texas A&M University. After working as a research engineer and software engineer at Electroscientific Industries, where she developed new algorithms for machine vision problems, she joined Cyprus International University as the Chair of Department of Computer Engineering. After returning to Texas she

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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First-Year Programs

US undergraduate education in science, mathematics,engineering, and technology. Science Education 2002, 86 (1), 79-105.9. Seymour, E., Testimony offered by Elaine Seymour, Hearing on Undergraduate Science, Math andEngineering Education: What’s Working?, Research Subcommittee of the Committee on Science. Washington, DC.2006.10. Bransford, J. D.; Brown, A. L.; Cocking, R. R., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences andEducation, National Academy Press: Washington, D.C., 1999.11. Keller, J. M., Motivational design of instruction. In Instructional-design theories and models: An overviewof their current status

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Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruth Friedman, Ohio State University; Linda Weavers, Ohio State University; Glenda La Rue, Ohio State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assumed that an engineering outreach program would resemble schoolwith, as one participant suggested, “just a couple of activities…and lectures.”In addition to correcting the participants’ view of engineering as divorced from fun, FESCdisrupts their association of this career field with individuals who are different from themselves.According to one participant who shared her expectations for the camp during the focus-groupdiscussion, she “thought FESC would be a nerd camp, but changed mind after first day [sic].”Another participant underscored these young women’s belief that an engineering-relatedprogram would attract students who were not like them, claiming that she “expected ‘a bunch ofnerds,’ but was proven wrong.”The crucial role that FESC

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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First-Year Programs

test projects. An increase in cohort size from 270 in 1996 to the current600, has challenged both infrastructure and human resources, necessitating compromises indelivery and assessment techniques from time to time. Although teaching staff are drawnfrom the Civil and Mechanical Engineering departments, a priority is to emphasize that theDesign process is an intrinsic part of engineering thinking and doing, in all specializations.Consequently, when designing projects, staff are mindful that this introductory course mustengage students who intend to major in the full range of engineering specializations.Most of the course has been taught using a problem-based, small-group approach, with thedesign-and-build projects being the highlight of the

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Meghan Armstrong, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

designer/engineer with something that can be evaluated, revised,redeveloped or dismissed. As an approximation the single sketch is not final or finished but inprogress. The simple transfer of an idea from the mind to paper allows it to develop.The Sketch as Process - An Integral Part of CreativityEach new sketch represents a progression in thought. As Goldschmidt says, design sketching “isnot merely an act of representation of a pre-formulated image; in the context we deal with, it is,more often than not, a search for such an image.”5 The very process of creating a sketch plays anactive role in shaping thoughts and ideas. The activity of sketching involves a process ofconstructive critical questioning. The placement of each mark and line involves

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

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New Engineering Educators

Intelligences and Their ImplicationsMultiple IntelligencesThe theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) was originally developed in 1983 by Howard Gardner.It suggests that the traditional IQ-based description of intelligence is not adequate to describehuman potential. Gardner proposes nowadays 8 different intelligences to account for a broaderrange of human potential in children and adults.Table 1. List of Multiple Intelligences versus areas of excellence of typical engineering and technical minds. Intelligence type Description Where technical minds excel primarily (1) and secondarily (2

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Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville

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New Engineering Educators

formal training and experience is not in education at all, but instead has spent yearslearning the technical side of engineering. With a mentor, the new engineering educator will notonly develop more quickly, but perhaps even more successfully than without a mentor. With thisin mind, some institutions have established a formal mentoring program and/or process, whereinmentors are trained and a mentor assignment process is established. (Jackson et al. performed astudy of 24 institutions with such programs,4 but discussion of their results is beyond the scopeof this paper.) Unfortunately, as is often the case, the new engineering educator is left on hisown to seek a mentor and establish a mentoring relationship. This paper will present advice for

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2003, American Society for Engineering Education: Nashville, Tennessee.7. Welch, M.L., H.S., Teaching sketching and its effect on the solutions produced by novice designers, in IDATER. 1999: Loughborough University.8. Olkun, S., Making Connections: Improving Spatial Abilities with Engineering Drawing Activities. International Journal of Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2003.9. Gardner, H., Frames of Mind. 1993, London: Fontana Press.10. OECD, Learning Seen from a euroscientific Approach, in Understanding the Brain: Towards a ew Learning Science. 2002: Paris. p. 9.11. Edwards, B., Drawing on the Right Side of the Brian. 1989, New York: Putnam Publishing

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Focus on Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Constant, Iowa State University; Sharon Bird, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-644: RECOGNIZING, CHARACTERIZING, AND “UNSETTLING"UNINTENDED BIAS IN THE FACULTY SEARCH PROCESS IN ENGINEERINGKristen Constant, Iowa State University Kristen Constant is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University.Sharon Bird, Iowa State University Sharon Bird is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Iowa State University Page 14.1012.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Recognizing, Characterizing and ‘Unsettling’ Unintended Bias in the Faculty Search Process in Engineering – A Case Study

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Tricks of the Trade I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Stephan Durham, University of Colorado, Denver

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New Engineering Educators

the expense of other topics. Try to address the topics found on theFundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. Add value to each class period.1 Be decisive,confident, and knowledgeable on the subject being taught.2Design assignments, projects, and exams to be both rigorous and fair.3 Gear the lectures to theassignments, and gear the assignments to the exams. Keep the audience in mind, and be mindfulof the scholastic background and maturity of the students in your course.2 Do not make thecourse easy in an attempt to please students, as a course without some difficulty is ultimately adisservice to the students and yourself.Problems can arise when there are multiple sections of the same course taught by differentfaculty members. In these situations

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Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas, Austin; Wonsoon Park, University of Texas, Austin

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2009-191: BEYOND ANECDOTES: HOW TO ASSESS WHAT GOES ON INYOUR CLASSESKathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the Director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The FIC’s mission is to provide faculty with effective instructional tools and strategies. In this position, she promotes the School's commitment to finding ways to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation.Mia Markey, University of Texas, Austin MIA K. MARKEY is an Associate Professor in The University of Texas Department of

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Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-766: LEADERSHIP MODELS AND PRACTICES COURSE: STUDENTPERCEPTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS ANDINCORPORATION OF A NEW LEADERSHIP COURSEAndrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, and serves as chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee.Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University Melissa Grunow is the Coordinator for the Leadership

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Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Timothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-1170: TEACHING INNOVATIVE THINKING: FUTURE DIRECTIONSDaniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic UniversityMoshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the NegevTimothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University Page 14.1141.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Innovative Thinking: Future Directions Daniel Raviv Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu Moshe Barak Ben Gurion University

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Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Clarke, Applied Innovation Alliance; Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-1349: A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO INNOVATION: A CLASSROOMEXPERIENCE IN INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING FOR ANENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMDana Clarke, Applied Innovation Alliance Dana W. Clarke, Sr. is President/CEO of Applied Innovation Alliance, LLC. Mr. Clarke has over 30 years of industry experience in solving the most difficult problems business, science and engineering. Prior to this, he spend 18 years with Emerson Electric Corp. where he was involved in product and process development, 5 years working with many of the leading TRIZ experts in the US as their customer and 5 years as an employee of Ideation International. Having become involved in TRIZ in late 1991, He became the first American to

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Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hak Tam, University of California, Santa Barbara; Gary Hansen, University of California, Santa Barbara; Sally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Peter Robinson, Utah Valley University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-529: ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM ASSESSMENT BY STUDENTOUTCOMEHak Tam, University of California, Santa BarbaraGary Hansen, University of California, Santa BarbaraSally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityPeter Robinson, Utah Valley University Page 14.581.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM ASSESSMENT BY STUDENT OUTCOMEIntroduction Harvard Business School offered the first course in entrepreneurship in 1947. Today mostof the AACSB-accredited business schools offer programs in entrepreneurship 1. Withinnovations emanating from the science and technology areas, entrepreneurship

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Millman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2009-545: DESIGNING EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FORGRANT PROPOSALSDonna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn is the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)at Georgia Tech. Donna received her B.A. in Mathematics from Swarthmore College, her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University. After working as a faculty member in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, she changed career paths to lead CETL where she works with faculty, instructors, and graduate students to help them teach effectively so that our students can

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Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nassif Rayess, University of Detroit, Mercy; Darrell Kleinke, University of Detroit, Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-1253: FACES ON DESIGN: A PARTNERSHIP AMONG CLIENTS,STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERSNassif Rayess, University of Detroit, Mercy Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He received his BS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University and joined the University of Detroit Mercy in 2001. He is a member of the team spearheading the development of the Entrepreneurship program at UDM.Darrell Kleinke, University of Detroit, Mercy Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He earned his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University. He has over 25 years

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2009-1599: LEADERSHIP 106: THE VALUE OF TIMEJerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown DR. JERRY SAMPLES holds a BS Ch.E. from Clarkson College, MS and Ph.D. in ME from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Samples served at the United States Military Academy twelve years before assuming the position of Director of the Engineering Technology Division at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1996. After a five year period as the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs he returned to the Engineering Technology Division. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Teaching and Learning receiving that honor in 2007. In 2008, he received the American Society for

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude D'Amours, University of Ottawa; Claude Laguë, University of Ottawa; Frank Mellor, University of Ottawa

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

are offered by the University of Ottawa’s TelferSchool of Management. They are ADM1100 Introduction to Business Management, ADM2320Marketing, ADM2340 Financial Accounting, and ADM3313 Entrepreneurial Mind: NewVenture Creation. The fifth course is the Civil Engineering course CVG4173 ConstructionManagement.Students enrolled in this option are exempt from 6 credits of non technical electives that thestudents in the “regular” option must complete. Students in the “regular” option must also takethree courses of technical electives, while the students in the Management and Entrepreneurshipoption must take the CVG4173 course as their only technical “elective”. As a result, students inthe Management and Entrepreneurship option and students in the

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; Kimberly Batta, Purdue University; Alex Morgan, Purdue University; Eric Wack, Purdue University; Ben Wheeler, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-295: GRAPHICAL SIMULATION AND COMMUNICATION OFKNEE-REPLACEMENT SURGERY INFORMATIONPatrick Connolly, Purdue UniversityKimberly Batta, Purdue UniversityAlex Morgan, Purdue UniversityEric Wack, Purdue UniversityBen Wheeler, Purdue University Page 14.658.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Graphical Simulation and Communication of Knee Replacement Surgery InformationAbstractWith an aging population, health issues are on the rise. It is projected that over half of theAmerican population will develop arthritis in their knees, as well as other joints, during theirlifetime. Many of these medical issues will result in the need for joint

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Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faik Karatas, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

instruction may either generatenew alternative frameworks for the students or support the old ones. As a result, attempts tochange students’ conceptions of a particular phenomenon using conceptual change strategiesmay not be as fruitful as we would either hope or expect because, in the end, teachers deliver theinstruction we design.10 Teachers who have naïve or alternative frameworks or conceptions of asubject may not teach them well or they may produce ill-structured schema in students’ minds. Unlike the well-established field of the philosophy of science, no equivalent study of thephilosophy of engineering exists.13 However, inasmuch as engineering and engineering artifactsare part of our everyday life, elementary school students and their

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2009-1201: NURTURE MOTIVATED, CONFIDENT, AND STRATEGICLEARNERS IN ENGINEERING THROUGH COGNITIVE ANDPSYCHOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION FOR AN ENTRY-LEVEL COURSEWei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over 10-year industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum. He serves as a freshmen advisor for the First Year Experience Program at JSU and is the Principle Investigator for

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Entrepreneurship Town Hall Meeting: Supporting University Priorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-941: EDUCATION FOR PRODUCT INNOVATION: A "GOODPRACTICES" REPORTMartin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology Page 14.512.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Education for Product Innovation – A ‘Good Practices’ ReportAbstractThis paper presents results from a study of good examples of education for product innovation. Aselection of exemplifying courses, modules, exercises and projects are presented. The selection ismade to show examples of good practices which could easily be integrated into existing coursesand programs.The Product Innovation Engineering program, PIEp, is the initiator of the study and the overallaim is to produce a state of the art