Conference Session

Design Cognition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rogelio Cardona, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Ted Cruz, University of Puerto Rico; Noraica Davila, University of Puerto Rico; Omar Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico; Alexander Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico; Ramon Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico; Willie Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico; Nelson Mendez, University of Puerto Rico; Damian Torres, University of Puerto Rico; José Vega, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Design in Engineering Education

university) the average undergraduatestudent’s life consists of answering tests, participating in extracurricular activities,and performing undergraduate research at different levels. On campus, thedefining moment of an undergraduate engineering student comes by way of his orher Capstone Engineering Design in which students come together to work on aproject that deals with their particular field of study. For purpose ofdemonstration, the ECE Department’s Computer Engineering Capstone Coursehas as its course description: “[Capstone] course in which student teams design aproject to solve a complete Computer Engineering Problem consideringengineering standards and realistic constraints. The project should integrate bothhardware and software.” This is

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie-Pierre Huguet, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frank Wright, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

instrument ineducation3 and its integration is often seen as a significant force driving change4. It is nowcausing educators to re-think the very nature of teaching and learning. But where do you start?How can instructors design powerful, innovative, and effective web-based environments that canbe successfully integrated in a face-to-face class or stand alone to support a distance course?In this paper, we answer the question from the perspective of a four-year long project that led aninstructor from using an institutional, unimaginative, web-based template to designing a fullycustomized, award-winning course that truly reflected his teaching style and philosophy,supported the institution’s mission statement and the course objectives, and supported

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Chappell, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

the program including several for HeatTransfer. These modules have been integrated and significant online help modules developed toassist the user. Additional integration occurred in the second year of the NSF project withmodule development assisting in Energy Systems Design engineering calculations. The methodfor developing these modules mimicked the approach used in development of the Heat Transfermodules. Similar online help was developed for the Energy Systems Design modules. Details ofthe help compiler process, which are not widely documented, are described. Example problemsillustrating sound engineering workbook solution techniques and access to the help files aregiven.IntroductionIn the mechanical engineering curriculum, consistent

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hitt, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

additional time for capstone projects, and incorporated arequirement that all capstone projects must include not only design but also prototypefabrication. Mechanical Design (weapons design) was eliminated from the curriculum. The resulting curriculum deliberately integrated the three-courses in the design sequence. Inthe first course, Manufacturing and Machine Component Design, students learn failure modes,machine component design, and hands-on manufacturing techniques culminating in the limiteddesign but significant build of a water turbine prototype for course competition. The secondcourse, Mechanical Engineering Design, formally introduces the design process with anindividual design and build project requirement and then transitions into team

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Williams, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Karen Gilbert, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

include first-year engineering curriculum, engineering ethics instruction, and student diversity.Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech Tamara Knott is an Associate Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She focuses on pedagogical issues associated with teaching freshman engineering. She is the course coordinator for the second semester Exploration of Engineering Design course taken by approximately 900 freshman engineering students each spring.Karen Gilbert, Virginia Tech Karen Gilbert is the Assistant Director of the Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships and the Coordinator of VT-ENGAGE at Virginia Tech. The Center is devoted to being a hub for student engagement

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn S Jordan, Purdue University; Nielsen Pereira, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

began for the second modules. The fourth class was used to complete the design of,build, and test the second modules. Class 5 was spent completing the second modules andintegrating and testing them together with their first modules. In class 6, groups reassembledtheir machines and tested them again before their final demonstrations to family members andclassmates.The Instructors This class had two instructors, who were in charge of developing the curriculum and leadingclass activities and two course assistants, who worked directly with groups making sure theywere engaged in the proposed activities. Instructor 1 was an Engineering Education graduatestudent who has 8 years of experience teaching college students, in addition to facilitating

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-190: STUDENT EVALUATIONS OF SPONSOR INTERACTION IN ACAPSTONE INTERDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DESIGN PROGRAMPeter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter L. Schmidt received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his doctorate degree in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as a research associate and as an instructor at Vanderbilt University. He has also worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana; at Precision

Conference Session

Design Methodology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Kurtz, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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Design in Engineering Education

. The firstimplementation focused on logic layout at the mask level to produce an ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). The second implementation involved Verilog codebeing mapped to a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Both methods providedstudents with different insights into the design process while exposing them to a varietyof CAD tools used in manufacturing today.This project grew out of Project G (short for Godzilla), an earlier endeavor in which agroup of undergraduates constructed a Lego® robot using the Lego MindstormsTM toolkit. This work looked for alternative ways to control the robot and was performed as amixture of class projects and faculty directed undergraduate research. The project hasresulted in successfully

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madiha Khurshid, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

ofeach 28-person group.As part of this project, community members will be surveyed to consider their needs for potentialfuture affordable housing developments. The surveys will be used to identify specific concernsthe community has about affordable housing projects and how these homes/buildings can bebetter designed to minimize those concerns. Including a community voice in the affordablehousing project may help to reduce NIMBYism (Not In My Backyard).This design project hopes to educate engineering students about the local issue of homelessness.At the same time, it will give students the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledgetowards a solution to an open-ended, real-world problem. This paper will describe the projectdetails and will

Conference Session

Design Methodology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Rinehart, NIOSH; Donna Heidel, NIOSH; Andrea Okun, NIOSH; Michael Barsan, NIOSH

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Design in Engineering Education

Design (PtD) National Initiative. He continues to work on PtD through a project that brings PtD principles into engineering textbooks as they are being updated.Donna Heidel, NIOSH Donna Heidel is a certified industrial hygienist with over 25 years' experience in the health care industry. Ms. Heidel received a B.A. from DeSales University and an M.S. from Temple University. She has spent the last 15 years of her career building a world-class, global, integrated occupational toxicology and industrial hygiene program at Johnson & Johnson, a decentralized company consisting of 230 operating companies in 57 countries. At J&J, she developed and implemented their global health hazard and control

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yogesh Velankar, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

for this course is ~120 students per semester (Fall and Spring for 16 weeks).This introductory aeronautical design course is ideal for an engineering serious gamesince teaching the fundamental task of engineering, which is to develop technicalsolutions by applying established scientific principles, is already embedded within thecourse. Also, this course is available to students early in the academic curriculum. Openenrollment to pre-college students with good academic background may also be apossibility, allowing prospective college students to explore engineering as their possibleacademic career. Most importantly, experience in this game can simulate the real-life of aworking engineer. The established sense of “presence” in a corporate

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; J. Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University

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Design in Engineering Education

devices to allow greater inclusion of persons with disabilities in recreational activities.Adaptive physical activity projects are well-aligned with the goals of service learning andprovide rich open-ended design experiences for students. This paper provides a framework foraligning capstone and service learning outcomes.BackgroundService-learning occurs when “Students engage in community service activities with intentionalacademic and learning goals and opportunities for reflection that connect to their academicdiscipline” (Cress et al, 2005)1. Reflection is an integral part of learning and helps to developcritical thinking skills (Jacoby, 1996; Tsang, 2000; Tsang, 2002)2,3,4. The development of thesecritical thinking skills enables engineering

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oliver Platts-Mills, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

courses are designed with theopposing goal of providing as uniform of an experience as possible to all students. Due tothis fundamental difference, that some courses aim to provide a uniform experience forall students while others embrace a range of experiences for individual students, the sameevaluation framework cannot be applied to both types of courses.While an evaluation framework for a course with minimal variation between studentexperiences can assume that each student receives the same "treatment," the effect ofdifferences between individual student experiences must be integrated into an evaluationframework for a capstone course within which there is a large range of individualexperiences. In this paper, an assessment framework is

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

. H 11. Think with a system orientation, considering the integration and needs of various facets of the problem. HW 12. Define and formulate an open-ended and/or under-defined problem, including specifications. HW 13. Generate and evaluate alternative solutions. H 14. Use a systematic, modern, step-by-step problem solving approach. Recognize the need for and implement iteration. HW 17. Make rational decisions about design alternatives based on certain criteria. HWA2: System Analysis Capabilities: 8. Use analysis in support of synthesis

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Juliet Hurtig, Ohio Northern University

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Design in Engineering Education

Criterion 5 states that “[s]tudents must be prepared for engineering practice througha curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skillsacquired in earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiplerealistic constraints.” However, the definition of what constitutes an “appropriate engineeringstandard” has been subjected to various interpretations, both wide and narrow. Arguments havebeen made that all capstone design projects must include engineering standards from theappropriate professional society: IEEE Standards for electrical and computer engineers, ASMEStandards for mechanical engineers, and so on. However, members of the educationalcommunity have objected to this approach

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-2431: REACHING OUT TO A NONTRADITIONAL CAPSTONESPONSOR: DESIGN OF A UNIVERSAL EYE SPECULUM WITH VIBRATIONALANESTHESIALaura Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana Laura (Wilson) Ruhala earned her BSME from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University) in 1991. She then earned her PhD in Engineering Science & Mechanics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1999. She has three years industrial experience at General Motors, served as the Director of Safety & Testing at Pride Mobility, and taught at Lafayette College. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department at USI since 2002, and has developed and taught many of the mechanical

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Reichle, Old Dominion University; Avery Bang, University of Colorado; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Design in Engineering Education

project to design and construct a footbridge as an augmentedsenior design project, satisfying a component of the department’s required curriculum. Thestudents were guided by the non-profit organization Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), based out ofYorktown, Virginia. Bridges to Prosperity is a volunteer based charity committed toempowering the impoverished in rural communities around the world through footbridgebuilding and infrastructure capacitation programs.B2P was established in 2001 by Ken Frantz. He was inspired by a photo in National GeographicMagazine of a broken bridge along the Blue Nile. Frantz traveled to Ethiopia to help repair thespan. The experience of rebuilding the broken bridge and seeing first-hand the project’s impactencouraged

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Niku, California Polytechnic State University; Frank Owen, California Polytechnic State University

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Design in Engineering Education

curriculum,from introductory classes to the graduate program. Most of our mid- and upper divisionclasses have a lab associated with them. We also emphasize projects, whether design oranalysis, in most classes, and we provide opportunities for students to engage in manyextracurricular projects.Recently, there was a series of discussions held on campus related to the differencesbetween learn-by-doing and project-based learning. Most faculty involved in thesediscussions agreed that although these two philosophies share many attributes, and eventhough they are both very legitimate ways of approaching education, the learn-by-doingphilosophy is more encompassing. For example, both pedagogies do involve projects;however, learn-by-doing can be accomplished

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Ron Lasser, Tufts University; Katie Su, Smith College; Sarah Pedicini, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

and developmentand b) the disconnect between perceived and expected proficiency for capstone graduates. Thiseffort adds to a growing body of work to understand and ultimately improve capstone education.1. Introduction and MotivationCapstone engineering design course program instantiations are based upon academic institution,department, and instructor. Each brings a unique perspective to the course and the learningenvironment. Capstone engineering design projects are each unique in their own right sinceindividuals or teams may select a project that has never been done before. In this context ofvariations of uniqueness, if that can be used as a means to define an educational environment, isit possible to evaluate a capstone engineering design

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1630: ASSESSING SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT DELIVERABLESJames Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte James M. Conrad received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He is currently an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and as an instructor at North Carolina State University. He has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Sampling Methodology for Behavioral Observations: Application to Teamwork”, J. Engineering Education, Vol. 96, No. 4, (2007), pp. 347-357.8. Schmidt, L., Schmidt, J., Colbeck, C., Biglio, D., Smith, P., and Harper, L., “Engineering Students and Training in Teamwork: How Effective?”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Nashville, TN, June 2003, Session 1430.9. Edmondson, C. and Summers, D., “Integrating Teamwork Across the Curriculum”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2007, Paper AC 2007-348.10. Sheppard, K, Blicharz, E., and Dominick, P., “Developing Team-work Skills through a Core Design Thread”, American Society for

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University; Josh Loukus, Michigan Technological University; Jason Dreyer, Michigan Technological University; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.

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Design in Engineering Education

, communication, and an engineering design review.Students often confuse conflict in a team with team dysfunction. But conflicting views need to be Page 14.637.4expressed especially during the early stage of team development and conceptual design topromote creativity. Detrimental dysfunction occurs when teams are unable to move on to thedevelopment of integrated concepts, evident during the embodiment phase of design. It is mostcommonly seen in the uneven distribution of the work load, with a lack of communication orunderstanding of what others are doing on the team. Left to themselves, a five-member team willtypically have two self-starters, two

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amin Karim, DeVry University; Jennifer McClain, IEEE

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Engineering Technology

Japan.However, although knowledge of standards should be integral to engineering and technologyeducation, standards education is still generally acquired after students graduate from college –in their professional lives and as needed. Private corporations, government agencies and otherprofessional organizations have provided this training for the last century, because mostengineering and technology programs in the United States do not have standards education intheir curriculums. In the college curriculums, consideration of standards has been generallylimited to applications in the design of senior projects. Page 14.1070.2The Engineering Accreditation

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“And Other Duties as Assigned”

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library

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Engineering Libraries

competitive job markets in a generation. Employers don't just want newly-minted graduatesfrom institutions with a well-recognized, specialized, professional curriculum. The companieshiring engineers look increasingly for job-seekers with more experience and abilities, peoplewho will have skills in critical thinking and the desire to learn and grow throughout theirprofessional lives. With the half-life of the technical knowledge gained in some engineeringfields in the neighborhood of a few years, it is in society's best interest that our graduates beflexible, adaptable, and life-long learners.7 Engineering schools, in response to the needs of industry, have implemented cooperativeeducational programs and an increased emphasis on team projects to

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sivakumar Krishnan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; M. Razi Nalim, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Mechanical Engineering

subject material in many ways. Therefore there has been an emphasison active learning methods and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approaches especially inengineering education1-3. A PBL approach naturally introduces the student to abstract conceptsthat need to be applied to a practical problem. PBL also has a universal appeal particularly inengineering that goes beyond cultural contexts as is evidenced by the large number ofpublications devoted to such approaches in various geographical locations3-5.PBL and project-enhanced learning are slightly different approaches. The former refers toapproaches where the structure of the course is driven by an open-ended problem posed to thestudents. The latter refers to approaches where a project is integrated

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chang, United States Military Academy; Peter Hanlon, United States Military Academy; Kirk Ingold, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

munitions, detect and disable ordnance in hazardous environments, maneuver inrelatively small areas, be used as a decoy or be sent to draw out opponent fires without riskingthe life of the operator. There have also been various universities that have integrated roboticsinto their curriculum or developed new courses that use robotic platforms as the center piece.Weingarten, et. al. used robotics as a vehicle to engineering education and to propel the studentsinto research and life-long learning5. Chung and Anneberg6 summarized how to use contests tostimulate learning in computer science and engineering education. Mehrl et. al.7 used anautonomous robotics capstone design project to enable students to used their preferred learningstyle to learn how to

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

; Mathematics Teacher Imperative and team leader of The Leadership Collaborative. He is a member of the Steering Committee for MSU’s PROM/SE (Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics and Science Education) NSF grant.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Daina Briedis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Anderson, United States Air Force Academy; Matthew Snyder, United States Air Force Academy; Michael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

. “Improving Ethics Awareness in Higher Education”, Viewpoints Vol. I: Issues of Accreditation in Higher Education, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 2000.8. Feisel, L. D., Peterson, G. D., “A Colloquy on Learning Objectives for Engineering Education Laboratories”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.9. Larochelle, P. M., Engblom, J. J., Gutierrez, H., “An Innovative Introduction to Mechanical Engineering: A Cornerstone Design Experience”, 2003 ASME Curriculum Innovation Award Honorable Mention.10. Hinds, T., Somerton, C., “Integrating the Teaching of Computer Skills with an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Course

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Marilyn Fowler, Austin Children's Museum; Christina Soontornvat, Austin Children's Museum; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1227: DID IT WORK? - ANALYSIS OF WAYS TO MEASURE THEIMPACT OF AN AFTER SCHOOL ROBOTICS OUTREACH PROGRAM.Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin AUSTIN TALLEY is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin. His research focus is in design methodology and engineering education. He received his B.S. from Texas A&M University and M.S.E. from The University of Texas at Austin. Contact: Austin@talleyweb.com.Marilyn Fowler, Austin Children's Museum MARILYN L. FOWLER is a science educator with over 35 years experience with schoolchildren. Her years in education include classroom teaching at the elementary and college levels

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. All of these skills are an integral part of ourentrepreneurial and leadership curriculum. Our students participate in E-Teams, Senior Projects,Invention 2 Venture Seminars, Alumni Entrepreneurial Lecture Series, Element One VehicleProject, Formula One Competition and Solar Decathlon.Event One – Chicago Entrepreneurial QuestThe Innovation Quest was held on Friday, April 11, 2008 at the downtown campus of the IllinoisInstitute of Technology. All of the activities associated with the Quest were held in thedowntown Chicago area.The event began with an orientation at 8:30 AM on the day of the event. Each team and theirfaculty advisor participated in the orientation. Instruction kits were distributed to each teamleader. Four team members performed