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Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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College-Industry Partnerships

with the facultyand students at my institution. The Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program is something forwhich Boeing should be commended and remain committed.IntroductionThe Boeing Company is a company dedicated to developing the best engineers in the world.Early on, pioneers such as John McMasters from Boeing, with his unique style of addressinglearning1,2, recognized the need to integrate industry and education with the goal of improving theeducation process. John McMasters and Lee Matsch, from Allied Signal, authored a paperentitled “Desired Attributes of an Engineering Graduate – An Industry Perspective” in 1996outlining their view of engineering education leading to the practice of engineering3. EventuallyBoeing adopted its list of the

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Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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College-Industry Partnerships

monitoring.Major Internship Goals1. Provide the opportunity to integrate and apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed in the college or university curriculum.2. Provide the opportunity to work within an on-going business enterprise, meeting the performance standards set for regular employees and management, as well as completing the learning experiences that are integrated into the daily work routines of the organization.3. Refine planning, communication, and technical abilities in real world situations while establishing resume-worthy experience for future reference. Page 15.989.44. To demonstrate

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Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

that products designed to applicable constraints and combined withlocal empowerment can have an impact in markedly improving the lives of the less fortunate.Consequently, Polak’s ASEE presentation inspired instructors of the first-year engineeringcourses at Ohio Northern University to undertake, what was to some, a radical redesign of theircurriculum: the incorporation of a capstone project focusing on poverty alleviating designs for aThird World country.First-Year Engineering CurriculumThe first-year engineering curriculum at Ohio Northern University is a year-long (three quarter)sequence. The intent of the sequence is to both introduce students to interdisciplinary topics ofimportance in engineering and to integrate the students into

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work ranges over the topics of optical data links, integrated circuit technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 15.1152.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Sustainable Assessment for Program Improvement and ABET PreparationAbstractOne of the fundamental challenges of program assessment is to develop a process that issustainable and has the rigor to

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Structure and Form in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Dermody, Roger Williams University

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Architectural

Page 15.616.9 Press, Princeton, NJ.5. Brock, T. 2006. “Updating the Miesian Curriculum” in proceedings of the Building Technology Educators’ Symposium, University of Maryland, August 3-5, edited by Oakley, D.J. and Smith, R.E.6. Charles, P. and Dermody, R. 2009 “Linkage: The Undergraduate Materials and Methods Lecture Course and Its Companion Studio” in proceedings of the Building Technology Educators’ Symposium, University of New Mexico, August 3-5, edited by Guling, D. and Armpriest, D.7. Dong, K and Leslie, T. 2006. “Cross-Discipline, Cross-Country: A Collaborative Design Studio Integrating Architecture and Engineering” Proceedings of the 2006 Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education.8

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Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Information Systems

. Scientific American, 2001. 285(2): p. 62-9.22. Montante, R., Beowulf and Linux: an integrated project course. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2002. 17(6): p. 10-18.23. Hacker, T. and K.M. Madhavan. Developing a Research and Education Laboratory for High Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastucture. in Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 2009. Austin, TX. .24. Membrey, P., et al., The definitive guide to CentOS, in The expert's voice in open source. 2009, Apress: Berkeley, Calif.25. Team, C., HOWTO: Create an OSCAR package, January 2004.26. Sloan, J., High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, OpenMosix, and MPI (Nutshell Handbooks). 2004: O'Reilly

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Culture, Society, and Co-op

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Millward-Sadler, University of Applied Science, Graz; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Frank Newman, University of Graz

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

semesters of study.The reason behind the choice of EFL classes integrated into a technical degree is clear in thecontext of the English language’s status as the lingua franca of the global workplace wheregraduates must be able to function. Of course, English is not generally a student’s nativelanguage as most are from an Austrian high school background. The next section of this paperwill briefly outline the EFL programme which has been put in place for students in thecontext of the overall Automotive Engineering degree programme curriculum and will then befollowed by an analysis of student motivation to learn a second language (L2) within such atechnical environment.Major employers of Vehicle Technology department graduates include companies within

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Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-MathematicsDistrict D 23 17 40 32 33 39 4 12 349GR 5 - ScienceandTechnologyProject DescriptionEiE is meant to be integrated with a school's existing science and mathematics curriculum. Forexample, simple machine concepts such as levers, inclined planes and pulleys, are traditionallyintroduced in the 4th or 5th grade of elementary school. These concepts would still be covered inscience class but enhanced through the implementation of the "Marvelous Machines" unit of EiE.Table VI shows that District B chose to implement "Marvelous Machines" in Grade 5, butDistricts C and D implemented "Marvelous Machines" in Grade 4 because simple machineconcepts are covered in Grade 5 of District B, but in Grade 4 of

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BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Purvis Bedenbaugh, East Carolina University

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Biomedical

bioelectricphenomena. The students are enrolled in the biomedical engineering concentration within thenewly accredited general engineering program at East Carolina University. Bioelectricphenomena were introduced through a group project so that, in addition to learning new subjectmatter, they would (A) integrate knowledge developed in prerequisite and co-requisitecoursework in a new setting, (B) develop their independent research skills, (C) gain experienceworking in teams, and (D) develop facility to apply their new knowledge, not just recite it. Thesetraits are considered to be important aspects of the program goal to producing work-readyengineers.Teams of 3-4 students were given a model of an axon, surrounding tissue and a stimulating nervecuff, written in

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Manufacturing

nanotechnology education and research. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, SME, and MRS. Page 15.1183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching PLCs using the Kolb Learning CycleAbstractThis work describes an integral approach in teaching programmable logic controllers (PLCs)using the Kolb learning cycle. PLCs represent a module in a computer-integrated manufacturingcourse in two engineering programs at our institution. The two main learning objectives of thismodule are to demonstrate practical knowledge of PLCs by being able to program them and todevelop a sufficient increase in problem solving skills using

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Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

engineering, and surveying/geomatics.Questions for Educator’s Consideration for Implementing Standards Education in ABETOutcomes 1. An individual educator may not be able impact a whole curriculum. The whole college or school/department needs to determine how standards education should be integrated into the curriculum. An individual educator maybe working with a class that has relevant topics related to standards. This should be a starting point to work with colleagues in this class and make strides working with other colleagues with other classes. The author has prepared this list of questions to consider for discussion. It is not a definitive list. 2. How should standards be introduced to students? a. What

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Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stanley Hunley, Michigan State University; Joshua Whitman, Michigan State University; Seungik Baek, Michigan State University; Xiaobo Tan, Michigan State University; Drew Kim, Michigan State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, teamwork, engineering analysis, and cutting edge technology into asingle, integrative project. The build-and-test device used in this program is an actuatorthat simulates the action of sarcomeres (individual contractile units of muscle fibers)during muscle contraction, which demonstrates how creativity in engineering design mayinspired by phenomenon found in nature. To build the device, a group of three or fourstudents are assigned individual tasks that combine to produce a working device. Thediversity of these specific tasks also allows students to identify areas of engineering thatmay pique their interest. Furthermore, the project implements new technology in the formof electroactive polymer (EAP), which produces a motion when subject to a

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Research on the First Year I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Jing Chen, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-479: TEACHING DECISION-MAKING IN ENGINEERING: A REVIEWOF TEXTBOOKS AND TEACHING APPROACHESSenay Purzer, Purdue University Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is also the Co-Director of Assessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE). She received a Ph.D. and a M.A in Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University. Her creative research focuses on collaborative learning, design & decision-making, and the role of engineering self-efficacy on student achievement.Jing Chen, Purdue University Jing Chen is a graduate student in the

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Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Squires; Robert Cloutier

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

engineering courses. In Proceedings from the international systems engineering conference (ICSE) and the international council of systems engineering (INCOSE) 2004 region II conference, las vegas, nevada, september 15-18, 2004.11. Reichheld, F. F. (2003). The one number you need to grow. Harv Bus Rev, 81(12), 46-54, 124.12. Sener, J, Humbert, J. (2002) Student Satisfaction with Online Learning: An Expanding Universe. Elements of Quality Online Education: Practice and Direction, Volume 4 in the Sloan-C series.13. Squires, A. & Cloutier, R. (2010). Evolving the INCOSE reference curriculum for a graduate program in systems engineering. Systems Engineering, 13(4). [See Early Version available through Wiley Interscience

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Estrella Mountain Community College; Maria Reyes, Estrella Mountain Community College; Marge Goodman, Intel Corporation

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

.  Encourage activities that integrates science and technology learning with other disciplines,  Provide girls and young women with mentors form local campuses research facilities and corporations.2These recommendations fulfill the Hermanas conference objective of creating an encouragingstudent-centered learning environment, contextual curriculum that emphasizes exploration andcooperative learning.Belenky, Goldberger and Tarule in, Women’s Ways of Knowing, noted that women tend to beconnected knowers, where context is an important role and intuition, induction and creativity area part of the learning process. A contextual curriculum is a common theme for making thescience and engineering classroom more inclusive.7 This allows students

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Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahesh Aggarwal, Gannon University

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College-Industry Partnerships

AC 2010-52: COLLEGE-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS AT ITS BESTMahesh Aggarwal, Gannon University Page 15.288.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 College-Industry Partnerships at its BestIntroductionThis paper describes an integrated graduate program at Gannon University in cooperation with apracticum at GE Transportation leading to a Master of Science in mechanical, electrical, orembedded software engineering degree. Both are located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The programincludes the support of GE Transportation engineering mentors for directing the graduatestudents and Gannon University faculty mentors for administering the program and providingstudent

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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Toyama, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

connection between the theory learned in class and actualapplication. In some Fluid Mechanics laboratory experiments are conducted using off-the-shelfeducational stations. Our approach is to integrate the Fluid Mechanics laboratory with industrialequipment and tools in order to allow students to engage their classroom based theoreticalknowledge in an industry-like setting. Junior level students design digital data acquisitionsystems in conjunction with more traditional physical sensors in order to accomplish theirlaboratory goals. Students will also apply commercially available software to design and conductan experiment in the laboratory. Students are required to conduct simulations for a real case flowfield using commercially available software

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CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; Jay DeNatale, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

course. We also describethe structure of the new course and the activities that course participants are expected tocomplete. In developing and implementing the new course, we relied extensively on supportprovided by local civil engineering professionals. The local professionals were recruited to assistwith the course so that (1) we could provide realistic design experiences for the students and(2) we could integrate professional practice issues directly into the course curriculum. In thepaper, we describe the specific roles that local professionals play on the instructional team.Both faculty members and local practitioners helped to assess course and program outcomes.We present course and program assessment data in the paper, along with a brief

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jeffrey Pribyl, Minnesota State University, Mankato

, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato Stewart Ross is the founding Director for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Minnesota State University for the past 8 years. He holds a Master’s Degree and Ph.D. in Music Education from Northwestern University. He is an active presenter, with more than 50 workshops in 26 states in the U.S. on “Integrated Course Design” and other subjects related to university teaching and learning. As Director of the CETL at Minnesota State Mankato he works with over 500 full-time professors through faculty learning communities, peer faculty consultations, and an award willing

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

, students are encouraged to be involved in industry sponsored projectsoutside of the classroom. Many of the EE students also participate in the annual IEEE regionalrobotics competition (Figure 1). Engaging students with the concrete, hands-on, and real-worldproblems is a great motivator and learning opportunity. Page 15.197.2The EE program has strong emphasis on the implementation of design experiences. The 4-yearcurriculum has a design course each year with two in the senior year. The role of these coursesis to bring together material from various courses and form an integrated curriculum. Thedesign course Figure 1: EE Students

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Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; John Merrill, The Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

business students are both attracted to and motivated byentrepreneurial learning opportunities very early in their college careers.IntroductionThere is ongoing discussion among engineering educators regarding whether or not engineeringstudents should be exposed to business subjects in order to better prepare them for engineeringcareers.1 And, if so, what would be the best way to integrate such material into the traditionalengineering curriculum? The issue of teaching entrepreneurship (how to start a company) toengineering students is even more complex, since few engineering faculty have had actualstartup experiences and only a small percentage of engineering graduates will go on to start theirown company sometime during their career.And yet

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CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

cross-curricular collaboration developed and refined by faculty and mentors. Thefocus of this paper is to delineate and illustrate the evolution of the class resulting in positiveimpacts upon student outcomes and expectations.INTRODUCTIONInstilling an understanding of design and the design process are key aspects of preparing civilengineering students for professional practice. This is the focus of the Capstone Design class atthe University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering(CEE). The evolution of this curriculum has resulted in positive impacts upon student outcomesand expectations as well as helping the department to comply with ABET accreditation criteria.The ABET Civil Engineering (CE) Program criteria

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BIM and Other New Construction Practices

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

importantly, it can be assumed that there will be an expectationamong AEC professionals that construction curriculums will be integrating BIM skilldevelopment so that graduates will have developed competencies with BIM technology.However, in order to establish strategies for BIM skill development, documentation of the waysconstruction professionals are utilizing BIM could provide critical guidance for AEC educators.Purpose of the studySpecific skills can be associated with the level of BIM use. For example, small BIM skill setswould emphasize skill in generating accurate 3D that fully document a building or structure.Expertise with generating and storing information with a specific application such as Revit orArchiCad would have priority. In contrast

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Phys

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evan Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Matthew Mounce, US Navy; Jamie Weber, Parsons; Sudarshan Rai, Unknown; Willy Duffle, University of Central Oklahoma; Jesse Haubrich, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, John Jonides, and Biren A. Nagda. “Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Partnerships Affect Student Retention.” The Review of Higher Education, 22(1), 1998, pp. 55-72.7. Mahbub Uddin and A. Raj Chowdhury. “Integration of Nanotechnology into the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum.” International Conference on Engineering Education, August 6-10, 2001, Oslo Norway, Session 8B2.8. Beena Sukumaran, Kauser Jahan, Dianne Dorland, Jess Everett, Jennifer Kadlowec, Zenaida Gephardt and Steven Chin. “Engineering Clinics: An Integration of Research into the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum Rowan University.” Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, March 2006, 26(3), pp. 115-121.9. Cristina Gonzalez

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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering

works. It was definitely one of the most fun projects we have done in the curriculum.” Page 15.311.9 “I thought the project was a great way to incorporate real life heat transfer problems into the class. I feel that alot of the times we take these classes and never see how it is actually applied in real life. I really enjoyed the project.”Comments regarding the integration of the two classes included the following: “We ran into a lot of troubles getting 350 done and then making it work for 495.” “It would have been nice to have the 350 project due before the 495 project that way the analysis of the heater could have

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Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Design Graphics

developing essential communication skills. As a result, freehandsketching has become an integral facet of all technological subjects.Action research currently being carried out at the University of Limerick aims toidentify a sustainable intervention strategy for the development of concept drivencompetencies in students of technological education. Core to this is the developmentof student’s ability to freehand sketch what is both perceived and conceptualised.This paper presents findings of an intervention strategy carried out with a cohort of124 pre-service teachers of technology education. The study develops participant’sability to engage in higher order symphonic cognition as well as the harmonisation offundamental communication skills through the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David Elton, Auburn University; Gary Welling, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Pitts, Auburn University; Daniel Butler, Auburn University

; use ofvideo technology for both teaching and learning in a laboratory setting; and incorporation ofprofessional collaboration for specific classroom activities. The universities initiated this projectto enhance student learning in geotechnical engineering. Specifically, these exercises wereconducted to challenge students in new ways and broaden their fundamental skill sets includingprofessional skills associated with communication and global awareness. These components,which are critical in the ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK) and ABET Criteria, are generallydifficult to integrate across the curriculum in conventional classroom environments. Interaction

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virginia Westheider, University of Cincinnati; Sarai Hedges, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

lifelong learning is an outcome that is difficult to assess butalso manageable as a pilot effort, the committee decided to evaluate the college’s process ofassessing graduates’ ability to recognize the need for and to engage in lifelong learning as thepilot focus.The team began work in June of 2008 and decided the scope of the project would focus onimproving the assessment of ABET Criteria 3h (lifelong learning) and continuous improvementin accordance with a documented process. Using the evaluators’ ratings and Six Sigma tools, theteam attempted to improve the process by evaluating three surveys and the feedback loop forcollection, evaluation and use of assessment data.The team met all of its intermediate project goals by improving the survey

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Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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First-Year Programs

from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. He teaches courses in engineering design, and is interested in integrating the use of design projects and active learning throughout the curriculum to improve engineering education. Page 15.789.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Interactive Learning Using a SPIRAL Approach in a Large Required First-Year Mechanical Engineering ClassAbstractThe use of active learning is being implemented in a large, required first-year MechanicalEngineering two-course sequence that is part of a

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Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

that they report to. The managing of conflict at the DH/C level is extremelycomplex when considering an environment where faculty are concerned with promotion, lack ofaccountability, and concerns of discipline.21 The knowledge that tenured faculty are consideredby some, employed for life, may create added difficulty in leading and motivating this group. Allthese issues are compounded by increased enrollment with declining budgets. The DH/C playsthree basic roles at a university or college: (a) academic, (b) administrative, and (c) leadership.15The academic responsibilities involve teaching, research, advising, and curriculum development.Administrative responsibilities involve managing faculty and staff, budgets, record keeping, andrepresenting