Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters; Lauren Miller, NASA Headquarters

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Aerospace

AC 2010-1995: UNIQUE EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FORNASA ENGINEERSRoger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters Roger C. Forsgren, Deputy Director, NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL), Office of the Chief Engineer, NASA Headquarters, National Aeronautics & Space Administration Roger C. Forsgren is the deputy director of the NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL). NASA APPEL, managed through the Office of the Chief Engineer at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, provides the Agency’s engineers and project managers with educational resources encouraging foundational learning, professional development, and

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Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

student and faculty perceptions of productive conflict. Themain conflicts that were reported in our study included conflicts of commitment, differentideas about the project direction as well as different working styles.Results from this research will enable us to rethink common models of team conflict anddevelop direct and indirect intervention strategies that can help students to better integrateemotion and intellect in engineering design and innovation.IntroductionAlthough design projects and course structures may vary, there has been a consistentattempt to integrate team experiences into the engineering design curriculum 1-5. Whilethere has been significant work that describes instructional approaches for integrating andassessing teamwork

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Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hanjun Xian, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

curriculum? and (3)What are the characteristics of a middleware framework that will allow the inclusion of real-world data sources within the classroom? Currently, we support a total of 1136 sensors from avariety of sources. This dataset contains sensor data of air temperature, water temperature, waterlevel, wind speed, air pressure, precipitation, conductivity, and soil moisture, and is being rapidlyexpanded to support a large universal set of open sensors.Success of this project provides a chance to bring practice-oriented education into engineeringclassrooms. Students will be able to access real-time, real-world sensor data with a single iPhoneapplication. Effective visualization and interface for navigation of sensor data helps

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Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

perspectives on acceptance criteria and adoption rates of newtechnology. Quantitative technology forecasting studies have proven reliable in projecting intime technological and social change using relatively simple models such as logistic growth andsubstitution patterns, precursor relationships, constant performance improvement rates of change,and the identification of anthropologically invariant behaviors. In addition, extensive studies ofthe evolution of patents have uncovered not a series of breakthrough discoveries or creations, butpredictable trends of incremental technological innovation, governed by a short list of parametricvariations.This paper presents an overview of the major processes describing technological changeindentified through

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Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-2028: SPECIAL SESSION: DEVELOPING INTERCULTURALENGINEERS THROUGH SERVICEKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Page 15.1083.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Developing Intercultural Engineers Through ServiceAbstractThis paper reports on recent efforts to understand the cultural awareness among engineeringstudents. A standard assessment program has been instituted across the various programs atMichigan Technological University with pre-, during-, and post-project phases. The mixed-methods assessment plan consists of surveys, reflection statements, journaling, a wellnessindicator, the Intercultural Development Inventory, and project

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Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Essinger, Drexel University; Ryan Coote, Drexel University; Pete Konstantopoulos, CAPA High School; Jason Silverman, Drexel University; Gail Rosen, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

often either like STEM courses or artsand humanities courses. The goal of our program is to capture students’ perceived interests andsupport them in coming to see the relationship between the creative and performing arts andbroader STEM concepts. This goal was accomplished through the design, development, andimplementation of a variety of inquiry-based labs. These labs, which were developed primarilyby undergraduate and graduate engineering students, focused on a diverse set of topics includingimage processing, robotics, bioinformatics, and audio processing. Project staff implementedthese labs to students in an arts magnet school that is part of a large urban school district. In this paper, we discuss preliminary results from the first

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Participants were expected to take part in the afterschool program for two-years,beginning in their seventh grade, thereby providing for an in-depth year-round experience. Thiseffort is part of a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored project under theInformation Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program. Middleschool students took part in a long-term in-depth afterschool program over two-years thatincluded both school year and summer experiences where they engaged in a variety oftechnology-rich project-based challenges. Site selection met the NSF ITEST program objectivesof targeting underrepresented populations in the STEM fields. A purposeful selection strategywas used to select cohorts from four middle schools

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; David Olowokere, Texas Southern University

up of an Internet-based laboratory forinteractive learning. Faculties from two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)collaborate on this project, with the aim of revamping some existing laboratories with virtual andremote functionalities. The objectives of this effort are to improve the learning of under-represented student population in the ET program; provide a platform to publish the VR-Labcourseware developed in senior projects; promote inter-institutional collaboration by developingand sharing VR-Lab courseware; develop faculty expertise through research and teachinginitiatives; and disseminate results and findings of the project to other universities and colleges.In this paper, the authors intend to demonstrate their

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lily Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Nikki Adams, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Matthew Burd, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Trevor Cardinal, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

Engineering, Biological Sciences, or AnimalScience.After completing their coursework, students complete a nine-month internship in a stem cellresearch lab at one of our partner institutions. The nine-month internship, which addresses all ofour programmatic learning goals, allows students to further develop their laboratory and criticalthinking skills in a research-intensive environment with a rigorous and independent project.Upon completion of their research internships, students return for one final quarter ofcoursework. During the quarter, students complete a Master’s Project Course that allows them toapply the skills gained during the research internship to existing research efforts at ouruniversity. This Master’s Project provides students with

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Anthony, Tennessee Technological University; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Tech University; Sally Pardue, Tennessee Tech University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Evangelynn Thurber, Cookeville High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

immerses high school mathematics and science teachers into the design andprocesses of engineering research. Teachers conduct their research alongside engineeringstudents (undergraduate and graduate) with supervision from engineering faculty in variousdisciplines (mechanical, chemical, etc.). Of central importance to the project team is how tofoster the translation of that research into practice, specifically into the high school mathematicsand science curriculum. This paper explores the viability and flexibility of the Legacy Cycle as avehicle to (1) train teachers to be researchers, and (2) as a planning and implementation modelteachers can use to take engineering concepts and research into their classrooms.RETainUS is designed so that teachers

Conference Session

New Collaborations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Strife, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

describe using online or video tutorials generally, with somefascinating articles about various video tutorials for students in engineering and the sciences. Page 15.839.2Jack Maness from the University of Colorado, Boulder published an article in the Summer 2006Issues in Science & Technology Libraries (ISTL) that evaluated streaming video used to deliverinstruction to engineering students in the distance education program6. Barsky and Lindstromwrote an article in the Fall 2008 issue of ISTL about podcasting at the University of BritishColumbia1. Berger discussed a podcasting pilot project at the University of Virginia2. Robertsand Bhatt wrote

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Shane Brown, Washington State University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

students to gain experience in design, but experience alonedoes not guarantee learning of skills and knowledge, or the ability to transfer this knowledge tonew situations. Researchers and theorists have long trumpeted the value of reflective practice asa differentiating factor in the effectiveness of practitioners. As shown by the growing number ofpublications on the topic in engineering education literature, teaching students the process andvalue of reflection is increasingly recognized as an essential component of engineering designeducation.To support teaching and learning of reflection in engineering capstone design courses, this studyseeks to understand how students reflect—individually and as a team—as they are engaged in adesign project

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering

toward the BSCE. Freshman Engineering: The College of Engineering implemented a Freshman Engineering program in Fall 2007 to provide a common freshman experience for engineering majors. The primary goal of the freshman program is to improve 1st-year to 2nd-year retention across the College. As a result, there are no civil engineering courses offered to first-year students. Culminating Design Experience. The technical component places a strong emphasis on engineering design. As shown in Table 2, twelve of the required civil engineering classes involve significant design content as do most of the engineering elective courses. The major design experience requirement is met through completion of two required design projects. Four

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Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

to the most important skillswere significantly different, with the exception of the relative importance of design and math. Inaddition, five senior civil engineering students mapped their personal course experiences to theBOK2. One student noted that the capstone design course alone covered 21 of the 24 BOK2outcomes, indicating that a single course can achieve a wide range of objectives and one neednot view the BOK2 outcomes as “course-by-course” requirements. However, the outcomes inthe senior design course were somewhat dependent on the specific project and the individualstudents’ role on the project. For example, a service learning project for a developingcommunity achieved to some extent the globalization outcome that other students

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

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International

with different cultures and habits and at the same time having a kindof influence. Enterprises are looking for new talents no matter where they are and so moreopportunities and the reverse side of the same coin more competitiveness. The history shows anenormous amount of companies and engineers working in different places in the worldaccomplishing huge projects promoting the development of countries and societies. Page 15.484.2Now more then ever engineers should pay attention to what is going on worldwide to go forinternational experiences to improve personal skills and get different opportunities becausenothing has more impact than personal

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Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah McCubbin-Cain, University of Kentucky; Bruce Tschantz, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Civil Engineering

authored or co-authored over 100 articles, papers, abstracts, and reports on his research. Over the last 40+ years, he has been in demand as a special consultant to engineering firms on dam safety and drainage matters and as a technical expert by attorneys at local, regional, national & international levels in accidents and issues related to hydrologic and hydraulic engineering projects. Over the years, Dr. Tschantz has coordinated and remains active in teaching many state, regional and national one- and two-day workshops in the areas of dam safety, stormwater management, and erosion prevention & sediment control. Since 2001, he has assisted in developing and

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Electrical and Computer

. More specifically, this Page 15.983.2 project is expected to provide useful insights into several key PBL problems, including: 1) how to select appropriate programming problems to ensure the breadth of contents covered, 2) how to balance teaching and students’ self- directed study in programming courses, and 3) how to enhance the guided PBL model based on both qualitative and quantitative evaluation to improve students’ MTP programming skills. • Assess the effectiveness of developed PBL-based multicore programming course for students with diverse background. As one of the few earliest courses

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diana Stoppiello, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, TheWorld is Flat by Thomas Friedman,4 the NSF-sponsored Babson-Olin Symposium onEngineering Entrepreneurship Education,5 the Student-Centered Active Learning Environmentfor Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) Project at North Carolina State University,6 and a2006 Project Kaleidoscope workshop on designing undergraduate science and mathematicsfacilities7 all contributed to the development of engineering at FGCU and to the design of its newbuilding (Holmes Hall), which opened for classes in January 2009. During the U.A. WhitakerSchool of Engineering’s initial 5-year period, its vision and mission evolved based on input fromfaculty and external advisors and in response to the addition of computer science to become

Conference Session

Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Jack Patzer, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 15.1080.1 Public Schools working to integrate technology into their classrooms. TEC will be extended to include teachers on the White Earth Reservation.Jack Patzer, University of Pittsburgh Jack Patzer is Coordinator of the Bioartificial Liver Program in the McGowan Institute for© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Page 15.1080.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Model-Eliciting Activities – Instructor PerspectivesAbstractAs part of a larger NSF-funded project to develop Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) inengineering courses (MEDIA), the

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Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

 engineering approach. Need Analysis Because  of  global  competition,  products  and  systems  have  to  deliver  more  and  are  becoming more complex. Engineers of the  future  must be trained  in systems engineering  approach rather than  classical  engineering  design  approach.  Further  most  systems  of  the  future  will  use information (signal, communication in analog and digital form), computers (hardware, software, and firmware) and broad­based engineering technologies.  Table 1  Employment Projections at Local, State and National Level [5, 6]  Local [5]  State [5]  National [6] Title  2006  2016

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Javier Conde, National University of Distance Education; Jose M. de Urena, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Jose Turmo, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Raul Vizcaino, University of Castilla-La Mancha

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Civil Engineering

from within a system of universities,and assembling a heterogeneous faculty.Keywords – BOK, civil engineering, consortium, curriculum, faculty, industry, innovation,internship, leadership, management, master’s degree, project, SpainIntroductionSpain’s five-year civil engineering programs devote very little time to group and personalmanagement and leadership behaviour. That, and innovation, are increasingly relevant inenterprise development and in civil engineering. Accordingly, a Master of Leadership in CivilEngineering (MLCE) program was developed. Supported by a private foundation, the master’sdegree program was organized and is operated by and at one of Spain’s youngest civilengineering schools and involves collaboration with the country’s

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; Yong Han Ahn, East Carolina University; Hyun IK Shin, Kumoh National Instute of Technology

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Construction

AC 2010-1191: THE ATTITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION-RELATED STUDENTSTOWARD SUSTAINABILITY IN SOUTH KOREAHyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech Dr. Hyuksoo Kwon has completed his Ph.D. in the Technology Education/STEM Education program at Virginia Tech. His research interest are curriculum development, integrative approach among school subjects, and comparative educational research.Yong Han Ahn, East Carolina University Dr. Yong Han Ahn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina University specializing in sustainable design and construction. Throughout his career, Yong Han has involved in sustainable design and construction projects to implement sustainability in the

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Design in BME Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nur Ozaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Biomedical

projects. The data consisted of twice weekly reflections of the activities that studentteams engaged in during their design process, as well as open-ended comments about theirdesign progression. This data was then collapsed into Dym’s model from which empiricalassociations were made between the various stages. Coupled with the teams’ open-ended weeklyreflections, we were able to identify educational patterns that potentially lead to higher or lowerquality designs. Based on their final artifact, teams were judged to be innovative or non-innovative. We found that differences exist between those teams innovative non-innovativeteams. This paper reports these findings.IntroductionInnovation is highly important as competition between companies and

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Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Baukal, John Zink Institute; Joseph Colannino, John Zink Co. LLC; Wes Bussman, John Zink Institute; Geoffrey Price, University of Tulsa

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College-Industry Partnerships

benefits for both organizations. TU could offer a course to theirstudents in an area that was not a specific strength of its faculty. TU students had thebenefit of learning professional practice from experienced industry engineers. JZ hadclose access to top senior and graduate chemical engineering students that were potentialinterns and permanent hires. JZ also benefitted from high quality student final projectresearch reports and presentations in topic areas suggested by and of interest to theinstructors. The main area for improvement for future classes is better coordinationamong the instructors for the quantity and difficulty of homework and exam problems,better consistency on grading projects, and eliminating unnecessary duplication. Themain

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Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-1755: TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MINORITYSTUDENTS IN STEMEhsan Sheybani, Virginia State UniversityGiti Javidi, VSU Page 15.1275.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Training and Performance Assessment of Minority Students in STEMAbstractThe proposed study is designed to implement and test the efficacy of an intervention developed as part of an NSF-funded project by the team of investigators at Longwood University and Virginia State University. This interventiondevelops the underlying thinking skills in students necessary for success in STEM courses and careers. Rather thanrelying only on classroom content and high-level thinking

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Wojciechowski, Grand Valley State University; Charles Standridge, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

use of Excel; engineering terminology, mechanisms anddevices; and the engineering design process. This knowledge was applied duringthe co-op experience to customer relationship topics such as meetingrequirements, using design standards, satisfying machine footprint constraints,and writing documentation that was understandable to all constituents. Generalcurricular knowledge was also applied to technical issues such as calculating thethrust force of a pneumatic cylinder given its bore size, stroke length, andsupplied air pressure. The professional development gained each co-op semesterbetter prepared the student for the ensuing curricular education experience invarious ways including assurance that no curricular assignment, project, or task

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of Technology; Shun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

atMingchi University in Taiwan. The evaluation results from the students measured before andafter using the approach are very encouraging which demonstrate its efficiency and success.The goals of micro-controller application coursesThe goals of presented teaching approach for micro-controller application course are thatstudents should gain knowledge of the principle of micro-controller operations and could designa real-world application project based on micro-controller topics. The period of the micro-controller application course at Mingchi University in one semester is a total of 51 hours (3 hoursper week times 17 weeks.) The syllabus of this industry-oriented micro-controller course isdescribed in Table 1. We teachers have already integrated

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julio Garcia, San Jose State University; William Cruz, National Hispanic University

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-383: A TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED SIMULATION OFDISTRIBUTED-TEAM IT SOLUTION DEVELOPMENTJulio Garcia, San Jose State UniversityWilliam Cruz, National Hispanic University Page 15.106.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Technology-Assisted Simulation of Distributed-Team IT Solution DevelopmentAbstractUsing HP mobile technology, students transformed their vision of teamwork then designed andimplemented IT solutions addressing challenges posed through lecture and lab. In addition,faculty members not immediately involved in the grant learned how to use technology by seeingits use in the project classroom.The goals of this study were how

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Online and Web-based Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-2204: DATA IN DEPTH: WEB 3-D TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDE NEWAPPROACHES TO THE PRESENTATION OF COURSE CONTENTCharles Lesko, East Carolina University Charles Lesko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University. He received his BS at the US Naval Academy; he holds a MS in Forensics from National University and a second MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University; his PhD is in Applied Management from Walden University. His current teaching and research regime focus on strategic technology management and communication, information technology project management, and virtual reality

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Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill May, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2010-1825: THE CREATION AND VALIDATION OF MEASURES FORETHICS IN CROSS DISCIPLINARY STUDENT TEAMSJill May, Illinois Institute of Technology Jill May is a graduate student in Industrial/ Organizational psychology within the Institute of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology. She is serving as an IIT site project manager on NSF grant DUE 0817531,which supports the research reported in this paper.Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology Daniel Gandara is a graduate student in Industral/ Organizational psychology within the Institute of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is an IIT site manager for NSF grant DUE 0817531, which supports the research reported in