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Conference Session
Computers in Education Poster Session
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kathryn Rodhouse, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Benjamin Cooper, Savant LLC; Steve Watkins, Missouri University of Science and Technology
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Computers in Education
WWW: http://www.acsl.org/.9. H. Said, “The Effect of Programming Learning Center on Students in First Year Programming Sequence,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.10. A. Azemi, “Teaching Computer Programming Courses (Using the Internet) in a Computer Laboratory Environment,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, 2002.11. Squeak Smalltalk. Squeak Oversight Board. Available WWW: www.squeak.org.12. Squeak Smalltalk Tutorials. Hawthorne Center for Innovation. Available WWW: www.hawcenter.org/squeak.html
Conference Session
Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University
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Chemical Engineering
AC 2010-4: IDEAS TO CONSIDER FOR NEW CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGEDUCATORS: SENIOR DESIGNLisa Bullard, North Carolina State University Dr. Lisa G. Bullard is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. She served in engineering and management positions within Eastman Chemical Co. from 1991-2000. A faculty member at NCSU since 2000, Dr. Bullard was named an Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor at NCSU and was awarded the Outstanding New Teacher Award by the Southeastern Section of ASEE, the NCSU Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award, the COE George H. Blessis
Conference Session
Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Frank Duda, Grove City College
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International
the educational process. The program is called the SecondaryScience and Mathematics Teachers' Program5 (SESEMAT). The subsequent adoption of theprogram made biology, chemistry and physics compulsory for secondary students. TheSESEMAT program also recognized the limitations that the Ugandan educational system has in Page 15.551.3trying to meet the need to add the applied science component to the educational process; namely,the lack of resources (lab infrastructure, lab equipment and supplies, etc.). One component ofthe SESEMAT program is the development of applied laboratories using readily availablesupplies and to teach the teachers how to use
Conference Session
Design in BME Education
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Robert Dennis, University of North Carolina; Charles Finley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Biomedical
more opportunities towork on projects in the design laboratory, earlier in the curriculum. This has already beenaddressed with the hiring of two teaching assistants this spring who are able to provide moreguidance to the students. In the long term, it will be addressed with the hiring of a newundergraduate design faculty, who will be able to fully dedicate the necessary time to thesecourses.SummaryWe have implemented a sequence of courses so that students can develop skills in modern designand manufacturing. Students learn these skills through traditional lecturing, and moreimportantly, through hands on projects and challenges in the design lab. This starts in thesophomore year, and students already have several hands-on experiences as they
Conference Session
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Engelken
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Electrical and Computer
4 different courses and alaboratory, on top of a heavy advising, service, and new course and laboratory development role.Thus, the overall workload was significant.In spite of being at an institution where research expectations were secondary to teaching, theauthor not only recognized the importance of establishing a research program relative topromotion, tenure, merit pay, and professional creditability and mobility, but also sincerely desiredto remain involved in research, as a follow-up to his graduate school research experience. Thelack of engineering graduate students, as well as a minimal research infrastructure, made thischallenging, so the author sought ways to creatively leverage the resources and time that wereavailable. He was/is
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Shalin Mehta, Arizona State University; Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan, Arizona State University; Photini Spanias, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Robert Santucci, Arizona State University; Susan Haag, Arizona State University; Mahesh Banavar, Arizona State University
, Salt Lake City, Utah.7. A. Spanias et al, “Teaching genomics and bioinformatics to undergraduates using J-DSP,” in Proceedings ofIEEE ASEE-2004 Conference, June 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.8. V. Atti, A. Spanias, C. Panayiotou, and Y. Song, “Teaching digital filter design techniques used in high-fidelityaudio application,” in Proceedings of IEEE ASEE-2004 Conference, June 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.9. A. Spanias, C. Panayiotou, and V. Atti, “Graphical design of frequency sampling filters for use in a signals andsystems laboratory,” in Proceedings of 34th ASEE/IEEE FIE-04, Oct. 2004, Savannah.10. A. Spanias, R. Chilumula, C. Huang et al, “A Collborative Project on Java-DSP involving Five Universities,” inProceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and
Conference Session
Engaging Students in Learning
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
of knowledge in school andbeyond. Thus, teaching students self-regulatory skills in addition to subject-matter knowledge isone of the major goals of education. However, SRL is not well known and utilized by theEngineering and Technology education community for facilitating student learning.Self-regulated learners are purposive and goal-oriented, incorporating and applying a variety ofstrategies to optimize their academic performances. However, the application of self-regulationto learning is a complicated process involving not only the awareness and application of learningstrategies but also extensive reflection and self awareness. This paper describes the developmentof the instructional strategy and its implementation plan, which integrates
Conference Session
New Learning Paradigms I
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Waddah Akili, Iowa State University
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Educational Research and Methods
experiences and opportunities. In other words, thereal challenge in college teaching today is not covering the material for the students, but ratheruncovering the material with the students 2.There are several strands of pedagogies of engagement under the umbrella of active learningmethods that have received attention by engineering educators world-wide 2, 3. Thesemethods/approaches are known to increase students’ active engagement in learning and alsopromote cognitive elaboration, enhance critical thinking, and contribute toward social andemotional development. For many faculty, there remain questions about what “active learning” isand how it differs from traditional engineering education, since the latter involves activitiesthrough homework
Conference Session
Computers in Education Poster Session
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hamed Farahani Manesh, Eastern Mediterranean University; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Computers in Education
components and trace the reaction ofholonic control for finding delivery routes, repairing workstations and dynamically updating theproduction schedules.Implementation of a ‘Virtual Reality-Based Holonic Manufacturing System (VR-HMS)’ inAgile Manufacturing Laboratory EducationThe VR-HMS module has been designed and developed for use as a visual demonstration andlaboratory support tool for teaching various multidisciplinary topics related to agilemanufacturing, including holonic manufacturing systems. The module has been used forteaching engineering students the theory and the operating principles of HMS and MAS throughinteractive demonstrations and the standalone experiments in the virtual environment.The VR-HMS provides several distinguished
Conference Session
Mentoring and Development of New Faculty
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Tagged Divisions
New Engineering Educators
of Academics since 2001. He is a member of ASEE, a member of the Society for Psychological Type, and a member of AAHEA. As a faculty member, he taught courses in history, government, and industrial psychology.Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Prust is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University in 2006. He is a former Technical Staff member at Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Member of the IEEE and typically teaches courses in the areas of signal processing and embedded systems.Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Reyer is
Conference Session
Design in the First Year
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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First-Year Programs
AC 2010-2021: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON FRESHMAN ENGINEERINGDESIGN PROJECTS: DEVELOPING CORE SKILLS IN YOUNG ENGINEERSMichael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Michael Pacella will graduate Summa Cum Laude in May 2010 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering [Bioengineering track] from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He currently is a finalist for the 2010 UMBC Valedictorian. Michael has spent the last two years serving as a Teaching Fellow for the Introduction to Engineering Design Course at UMBC. In addition, he has been doing undergraduate research on developing and testing a kinetic model of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii (a species of single-celled green algae
Conference Session
Educational Research
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Terry Brumback, University of Alabama; Randal Schumacker, The University of Alabama; Daniel Fonseca, The University of Alabama
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Educational Research and Methods
, and retention as the overall demand formoved from the defense needs of the cold war era to the explosive rise of global competition(National Research Council Board for Engineering Education, 1995). The need for change wasinitially recognized in three separate reports targeting engineering education (American Societyfor Engineering Education [ASEE], 1994); National Science Foundation [NSF], 1995; andNational Research Council Board for Engineering Education, 1995). Since those initial studies, Page 15.51.2other reports have called for more specific changes related to teaching and curriculum to supporta more diverse group of learners
Conference Session
Newly Developed Engineering Courses
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Thomas Dobrowski, Purdue University-North Central
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Engineering Technology
making capabilities. While the top studentstoday would have been top students twenty, thirty, etc. years ago, it seems that the “average”student has seen a decline in their skills. Teaching a course in Materials Testing for twenty years Page 15.1006.2has been a source of great pleasure and searing frustration. The course itself is wonderful in that itreinforces the theoretical background that the students have been taught in the prerequisite courses,while simultaneously exposing the students to hands on testing with real world applications. Thegoal of the class is for the students to take data derived from laboratory tests and put the raw
Conference Session
Signal Processing Education
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hanjun Xian, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University
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Computers in Education
, S., et al., Modern Sensing and Computerized Data Acquisition Technology in High School Physics Labs. 2007. 23: p. 902-909.4. Kashlan, A.E.l. and S.E.l. Kashlan, Instrumentation and measurement course for non-electrical engineering students. 2006. 43: p. 173-184.5. Mishra, S., Y. Pan, and T. Oh. Undergraduate Research in Wireless Sensor Security Course. in Proceedings of the 13th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education. 2009. Seattle, WA.6. Meshkova, E., J. Riihijarvi, and P. Mahonen. Teaching embedded systems with active learning: The SMEAGOL approach. in Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008. FIE 2008. 38th Annual. 2008.7. Li, S. and A.A. Khan, Applying IT Tools to a Laboratory Course
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Ali Navvab, Gloucester County College
sports, studyingtechnology and its effect on sports and sports performance provide a good way to teach basictheories. “Studying some of the dynamic effects contained in sports, we can introduce all of thedynamic systems that we are trying to teach our students. Students tend to tune out whenstudying the same old greasy gearbox.”2These ideas were combined with the key features of the undergraduate engineering program, (1)multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (2) teamwork asthe necessary framework for solving complex problems; (3) incorporation of state-of-the-art Page 15.220.2
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary First Year Programs
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Lowery, West Virginia University; Steve Kane, West Virginia University; Vicki Kane, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Gary Ganser, West Virginia University
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First-Year Programs
often perform poorly in their first calculus course. Working from the perceptionthat first year engineering students do not make the connection between what they learn incalculus and the problems they solve in freshman engineering, the faculty who teach theengineering sections of first semester calculus and the faculty who teach freshman engineeringworked together to define projects that span both classes.The primary goal of these projects was to show students how the concepts and techniques theywere learning in math class were relevant to their future career in engineering. It was proposedand believed that if the students understood the connection between the two subjects, they wouldunderstand both subjects better and be motivated to work
Conference Session
Aerospace Technical Session
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Aerospace
second year project-based experiences It is important to begin the education of engineering students with an authentic experience inengineering, often delivered through a project-based subject in the first or second year. We aredeveloping two types experiences. In one model, the laboratory or project-based experience is asimple but rather complete aeronautical vehicle, at the scope that can be successfully developedby students, but with an interdisciplinary perspective. Our preliminary selection of these projectsincluded: ≠ The development of an RC lighter than air vehicle, capable of being flown under radio control over a closed course, teaching equilibrium and simple flight mechanics. ≠ The design and testing of water rockets
Conference Session
Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University
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Architectural
Teaching Steel Joints. Proc. of the 2006 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference, Section 21, Technical Writing and Virtual Laboratories, March 15-17, 2006, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.9. Haque, M.E. (2007). n-D Virtual Environment in Construction Education. Proc. of the 2nd Int. Conference on Virtual Learning (ICVL 2007), 81-88, Constanta, Romania.10. Haque, M.E (2008). VR, n-D and FPS Game Engine Driven Visualization for the Architectural/Construction Engineering Education. Proc. of the International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2008), organized by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), ISBN 978-0-88986-768-0, pp. 419-423, September 29 – October 1
Conference Session
Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gerald Mora, New Mexico Tech; Ricardo Negron, WPAFB; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
AC 2010-783: NDEP-SUPPORTED K-12 STEM OUTREACH ACTIVITIES OF THEUS AIR FORCEGerald Mora, New Mexico Tech Gerald Mora is the Director of New Mexico Tech's Technology Transfer Support Group and the State of New Mexico Partnership Intermediary for the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Kirtland Air Force Base. Mr. Mora was awarded the 2001 New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Award for his development Kirtland’s La Luz program. Mr Mora has numerous publications based on his Systems Engineering work and his passion for education outreach.Ricardo Negron, WPAFB RICARDO NEGRON--Ricardo Negron is currently the Chief of the Domestic Partnering Branch at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFRL
Conference Session
Launching Successful Academic Careers
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University
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New Engineering Educators
deficiency had a significant direct impact on the NEE’s formal set ofresponsibilities, for example, a senior faculty member who deliberately inhibited theNEE’s work, say, by not making available departmental equipment needed for the NEEto teach a laboratory course. Even then, with the problem being necessarily discussed,the administrator must be conservative and respectful in discussing it with the NEE, andin privately correcting (not in the presence of the NEE) the faculty member.Infrequently, irritated senior faculty may confront the NEE with reality behind closeddoors. This can be unpleasant if outside of the formal chain of command. A preferredapproach would be for offended faculty to ask the director, chair, or official NEE facultymentor to
Conference Session
Early Engineering Design Experiences
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Prins, James Madison University; Eric Pappas, James Madison University
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Design in Engineering Education
and arerequired to build (or model) their designs. Throughout the program, students are required todesign or re-design products and processes that are subject to sustainability criteria we developedfor student projects. In addition to design instruction and practice, students receive group andindividual instruction in the use of hand and machine tools. (e.g. drills, band saw, lathe).Our approach to teaching design includes instruction in critical thinking practices—theintentional and directed cognitive processes and habits that foster effective thinking. Thisapproach includes projects that require students to physically construct their designs as part ofthe design iteration process. Our assertion is that critical thinking in combination with
Conference Session
Computer Education Innovations II
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Siew Koay, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University
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Computers in Education
, Xi’an, China, in 1993, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, China, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute, Bengbu, China. From 2000 to 2003, he was a research assistant with the Visualization, Analysis, and Imaging Laboratory (VAIL), the GeoResources Institute (GRI), Mississippi State. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Engineering Technology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX. His research interests include image and signal processing, and
Conference Session
Online and Web-based Education
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amelito Enriquez, Canada College
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Computers in Education
. Page 15.207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Assessing the Effectiveness of Synchronous Content Delivery in an Online Introductory Circuits Analysis CourseAbstractA 2008 study released by the US Department of Education indicates that online enrollments aregrowing at substantially faster rates than overall higher education enrollments (12.9% vs. 1.2%),with over 3.9 million students (or over 20% of all U.S. higher education students) taking at leastone online course in the fall of 2007. The study also reveals that among the eight majordiscipline areas examined, engineering has much lower online representation compared to others.One reason for this slow adoption of online teaching pedagogies in US engineering
Conference Session
Design in the First Year
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Noelle Comolli, Villanova University; William Kelly, Villanova University; Qianhong Wu, Villanova University
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First-Year Programs
instructor with the assistance of one ortwo undergraduate teaching assistants for the laboratory portion. This would allow a moresustainable staffing solution for the college. Possible improvements to the course could be to guide the students more on theirprojects. Specifically, the students should be told to use their standard curve to estimate saltconcentration from conductivity data, that mass balances should be conducted and the resultsshown in report, and to refer to equations and theory when explaining designs and data. Theinstructors also found within the confines of a seven week time-frame expecting freshman tocomplete a complex design, test it, prepare an oral and written report may have been asking toomuch. The project may simply be
Conference Session
Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Gary Riggins, Virginia Tech
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International
nature topics. ways to teach the course Such a course may improve the content teaching style to make the course content more interesting and understandableThe concept of spiral It is not subject specific and More number of hands on kitscurriculum applicable to all branches ofDemonstration of engineering. In my opinion allLabVIEW experiments faculty must attend this coursethrough remote controlProcessing knowledgemaps scientificallyExperimentation skills on Importance to laboratory, Study of syllabus of some ofMechatronics
Conference Session
Communication in Design
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kristen Eichhorn, SUNY Oswego; Cara Thompson, SUNY Oswego; David Vampola, SUNY Oswego; Fritz Messere, SUNY Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego
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Design in Engineering Education
discusses methods and contentdeveloped to be embedded into an engineering curriculum to teach students effectivecommunication skills and the efficient use of modern communication techniques. The results ofthis research effort, conducted by a multidisciplinary team of faculty from CommunicationStudies, the Arts and Media, English, Information Science, and Engineering are presented in thisarticle. The objective of this activity is the design of efficient and innovative ways to infusecommunication education into engineering courses, lectures, laboratories, projects, and seminarswith adequate assessment methods for a set of well-defined learning outcomes. However, theinfusion of communication skills is useful in nearly any field of study making this
Conference Session
Technical Papers
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Bradley Layton, Drexel University (Eng.)
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Engineering Libraries
Page 15.278.5methods for all students. Databases searched included Engineering Village (Compendex &INSPEC), e-book collections Knovel, ENGnetBASE, and the US Patent Office website. There was a significant focus on the sources of foundational information such as specialized handbooks and encyclopedias that give an introductory overview of engineering concepts. Students were also afforded the opportunity to actively begin the search process for their research focus and interact with an engineering librarian for guidance. Immediately following the one-hour instructional sessions at the library, students were required to demonstrate their recently acquired research skills to the faculty laboratory instructor and graduate student teaching
Conference Session
Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College
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Liberal Education
in Education conference. Her teaching interests are in the Computer Engineering area including Digital Design, Embedded Systems, and VLSI. She has co-taught international project courses in Turkey and in Spain. Her research has been focused on timing issues in digital systems. She has directed local and national outreach programs,including Robot Camp and the P. O. Pistilli Scholarship.J. Douglas Klein, Union College J. Douglass Klein is Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and Special Programs and Professor of Economics at Union College. Klein joined the Union faculty in 1979, after earning a BA in Mathematics at Grinnell College, and a PhD in Economics at the University of Wisconsin
Conference Session
Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology
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International
’ peers; Beliefs concerning the nature of professional engineering work; The social status of the engineering profession. This has a wider dimension which embeds the social as well as industry evaluation of engineering as an occupational group and touches upon issues of professional autonomy, social orientation and inclusion of ethics in the course of professional practice; Knowledge base and intellectual abilities required prior to undertaking studies in engineering; and Teaching and Learning in schools and faculties of engineering. Prospective students often rely on indirect information from their peers, friends and siblings who are or have studied engineering. These opinions are influenced by engineering academic beliefs and perceptions of
Conference Session
Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Katherine Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
AC 2010-1107: HOW STUDENT-FACULTY INTERACTIONS INFLUENCESTUDENT MOTIVATION: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY USINGSELF-DETERMINATION THEORYKatherine Winters, Virginia Tech Katherine Winters is a doctoral student and Graduate Teaching Fellow in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She has a M.S. in Civil Engineering and a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University. Her research interests include engineering student motivation and identity.Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech Holly Matusovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education. Dr. Matusovich recently joined Virginia Tech after completing her doctoral degree in Engineering