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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Small, Clarkson University; Gail Gotham, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES; Peter Turner, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-177: K-12 TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVELYOFFERED BY STEM FACULTY FROM A RESEARCH UNIVERSITYSusan Powers, Clarkson University Dr. Susan E. Powers is the Assoc. Dean of Engineering for Research and Graduate Studies at Clarkson University. She has been a PI or co-PI on K-12 outreach projects for the last decade. Her contributions are especially in the area of energy education.Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam Dr. Bruce C. Brydges is the Director of Academic Assessment/Institutional Research in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at the State University College of New York - Potsdam. He has served as the evaluator on the teacher PD institutes described here.Jan DeWaters

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Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Hamilton, United States Air Force Academy; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines; Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

definitions orinterpretations, modeling emphasizes connected knowledge forms, adaptation of large ideasto new contexts, just-in-time learning, and complex reasoning in collaborativearrangements. An orientation around models and modeling is often referred to as a Models andModeling Perspective (MMP) (http://modelsandmodeling.net).Emphasis on modeling has a well-established history in the computer-supported collaborativelearning literature [9-12]. In science education, various curriculum projects [13] exemplify thistrend with the development of replacement modules across multiple areas of the high schoolcurriculum. Multiple new modeling oriented pedagogical frameworks have arisen from increasedattention towards enabling learners toexperience science

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aman Yadav, Purdue University; Mary Lundeberg, Michigan State University; Dipendra Subedi, Michigan State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1552: PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN AN UNDERGRADUATEELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSEAman Yadav, Purdue University Aman Yadav is an assistant professor of Educational Psychology Program at Purdue University. His research focuses on the use of case-based instruction and problem-based learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In addition to PhD in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, Dr. Yadav also has Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Yadav has undertaken both quantitative and qualitative research projects and has a strong familiarity with both types of analyses. Address: Department of

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Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Diana Fiumefreddo, Smith College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

that they will have the skills, materials, and enthusiasm to excite their students about engineering, and ≠ To create a fluid and dynamic engineering education pipeline where each level informs the preceding level about the skill base needed to ensure successThe overall objective of the grant is to enable teachers to reach and inspire students typicallyoutside of the engineering “pipeline”. Fundamental to the project is supporting teacherprofessional development that is based upon research from the learning sciences. In particular,the research shows that effective instruction requires teachers to have both a deep understandingof the subject area and an understanding of how students develop their understanding

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Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Turton, West Virginia University; Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University

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Chemical Engineering

education, and outcomes assessment. Joe is an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, and he is a co-author of the text Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes (3rd ed.), published by Prentice Hall in 2009. Page 15.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Module for Teaching Batch OperationsRationaleFor the past several years, the majority of projects chosen for one of the two required designs inour senior capstone course have involved some form of batch or semi-batch process. However,no formal instruction in the design and operation of batch processes was

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Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiffany Phagan, ERAU; Thomas Yang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Jianhua Liu, ERAU; Ilteris Demikiran, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Electrical and Computer

especiallyproblematic for large classes, because it demands excessive instructor resources. Computer-based online assessment has great potential to provide viable solutions to this problem, becauseweb-based assessment has many unique advantages such as convenient administration,automated data collection and analysis, timely feedback, and easy update. In this paper, theonline assessment for an introductory electrical engineering course we recently implemented isdescribed. The assessment tool is developed through the popular educational software,Blackboard. The assessment functions provided by Blackboard, such as “Test Manager” and“Pool Manager”, are especially suitable for automated assessment. Our assessment project notonly confirms the efficiency of online

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

, problem-based learning, and constructive controversy. He has co-written eight books including How to Model It: Problem Solving for the Computer Age, Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, 3rd Ed., Cooperative learning: Increasing college faculty instructional productivity; Strategies for energizing large classes: From small groups to learning communities; and Teamwork and project management, 3rd Ed.Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University Tameka Clarke Douglas is a doctoral candidate in Purdue's School of Engineering Education. Her research interests include communities of practice and conceptual understanding in statics

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Graduate Student Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barrett Caldwell, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

aspects of information flow, task coordination, and team performance as affected by information technology. His research explores human factors engineering principles of how people get, share, and use information well, including the following: • Defining quantitative characteristics of information flow and task coordination in team performance; • Describing effects of tasks, situations, and technologies on effective information exchange in organizations; • Improving user access to information and knowledge to manage events in complex systems. Prof. Caldwell’s research efforts have resulted in over 100 scientific publications. His projects since

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Robotics in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

LEGOS w/HandyBoard43University of West Curriculum integration LEGOS w/HandyBoard44 Page 15.877.3FloridaSwarthmore College Research project preparation, AAAI Khepera, ActivMedia Pioneers45Missouri University State of the art of robotics and Instructor-created kit usingof Science and architectures embedded C, Matlab imageTechnology processing46Carnegie Mellon Robots for study problem-based LEGOS with HandyBoard47-48University laboratory experimentsPontificia

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Learning by Doing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy; Richard Hallon, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

to the quantitative data, qualitative questions are also asked of the students. In theseresponses, the students clearly appreciated the base camp portion of the course, which was theapplication portion. For example, in response to the question, “What did you learn in the coursethat will be of help to you in the future?”, 29% of the 56 students commented on the base campportion of the course as the best for preparing for the future. Comments included the following:What did you learn in the course that will be of help to you in the future? • How to develop base camps • If I ever have to help plan and build a basecamp, I'm prepared. • Base camps are no joke. • How to manage a construction project and what goes into making a base camp

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Engaging Students in Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Engineering Technology

Program at JSU and has expertise on advisement, assessment of curriculum enhancement project. Page 15.769.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Self-Regulated Learning Instruction in a Digital Logic CourseAbstractSelf-Regulated Learning (SRL) involves self-monitoring and self-correction of three componentsof learning: motivation, behavior, and cognition. Abundant research has supported that optimalacademic performance is strongly tied to the extent to which the learner uses SRL. SRL iscurrently viewed as a vital prerequisite for the successful acquisition

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Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

creation of an ‘A’ level in engineering science. As anexamination it was highly successful, as a source of supply of future engineers it wasa failure. But several of its supporters argued that it should be seen as a component ofliberal education. Many engineering professors objected to this examination andargued that all students should be able to pursue projects through which they wouldlearn the pleasure of technology, and so government through its agencies sponsored“project technology”. It apparently had no effect on the supply of students totechnology programmes even though it was very successful at providing effectivelearning experiences3.In the last twenty or more years the term ‘literacy’ has developed to imply “anacquaintance with the basic

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Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Judith Zawojewski, Illinois Institute of Technology; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Richard Lesh, Indiana University

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Educational Research and Methods

the Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) in the Education and Human Resources Directorate. She remains a consultant to the EHR Directorate. During the 2006-2007 academic year Barbara was a visiting professor in Purdue University’s Engineering Education Department. Her research interests are primarily in understanding and assessing engineering student learning. She has participated in a number of curriculum innovation projects and has been active in the engineering education research and assessment communities. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and was a Fulbright lecturer/researcher in Sweden.Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University Heidi A

Conference Session

Student Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Ken Thomas, University of South Florida; Jeffrey Cunningham, University of South Florida; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

partnerships. Current research projects include the development of mineral oxide dependent treatment technologies (e.g adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation using novel nanoparticle arrangements) for contaminant remediation with a special emphasis on arsenic in drinking water and in landfill leachate, phosphate in aquarium/aquaculture facilities, and for disinfection of drinking water. She uses geochemical modeling to look at water quality changes for applications in CO2 sequestration and waste stream treatment at various industries. Community engagement is integrated into projects looking at water quality in settings that vary from urban stormwater ponds and rivers to remote, ecotourism

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Pawley, Purdue University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

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Liberal Education

myriad ways that everyday life in learning communities contributes to the social and cultural production of inequality along gender, race, and social class lines. In her cultural studies of engineering education, she brings to bear 15 years of experiences as a reservoir engineer in the petroleum industry. Her research in engineering education received the WEPAN’s Betty Vetter Award for Research, the Mary Catherine Ellwein Outstanding Dissertation Award (Qualitative Research Methodology) and the Selma Greenberg Distinguished Dissertation Award (Research on Women and Education) both from the American Educational Research Association. In other projects she examined the contributions of “standardized

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jana Milford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Diane Sieber, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ann Scarritt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Minorities in Engineering

predominantly-white, higher-SES institution. This is aformidable challenge, and underscores our understanding that creating a climate of inclusiveexcellence is a people-driven, high-touch enterprise.To begin to establish more creative pathways for increased inclusive excellence, during 2009-10we are executing a Focus 12 plan in which we have identified 12 high schools within our regionwith which to form meaningful partnerships — six this year and six next. While tailoringapproaches to meet the needs of each school’s population and priorities, these partnershipsinclude daylong, on-campus field trips during which students experience hands-on engineeringdesign projects, visit engineering research labs, and engage in fun campus-wide, GPS-basedscavenger

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Said Shakerin, University of the Pacific

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Mechanical Engineering

and critical thinking skills is to developexercises that require them to look for and explain unexpected behaviors. This paper describeshow the toys were used in class to demonstrate topics that were being taught – the students knewwhat to look for. Several ideas for assignments and projects are presented in the Appendix –these can be used as a starting point for helping students develop their skills in observation,analysis, and critical thinking. The assignments may serve as more useful measures of studentlearning because students can take as much time as they need to examine the toy and formulatetheir answers.ConclusionSeveral inexpensive toys were introduced in this paper. Despite their simplicity, each can beused to demonstrate an array

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Computers in Education

processing. In 1998 he founded Rydal Research and Development, Inc. for the purpose of carrying out research and development of advanced networking and signal-processing technologies.Eric Carr, Drexel University After completing his BSEET (specializing in Computer Engineering Technology) at Old Dominion University, Eric followed his wife to the Philadelphia area. He is the Laboratory Technician (and unofficial 'PIC Microcontroller Evangelist') for the Goodwin College Applied Engineering Technology program, where he enjoys putting his knowledge of microcontrollers and other technology to use. Some of Eric's other microcontroller-based projects include an accelerometer-based maze/balance

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The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Civil Engineering

Page 15.547.2determine the level of interest for an ExCEEd II workshop. Motivated by the overall positiveresults, the CFD began its planning of ExCEEd II in the fall of 2008 for a pilot delivery in thesummer of 2009 at Northern Arizona University. Never before has a second, more advancedworkshop in teaching and learning been offered that is built upon the principles and skillsdeveloped in the earlier workshop. This paper describes this novel project - the day and a halfExCEEd II workshop - and gives insights into the interests and reasons that would motivatefaculty to attend additional training on teaching and learning. This paper also includes a briefdescription of the originating ETW, relates results from the longitudinal survey of

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Computers and Software in Teaching Mathematics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida; Alvaro Islas, University of Central Florida; Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Patricia Ramsey, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida

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Mathematics

AC 2010-171: EXCEL IN MATHEMATICS: APPLICATIONS OF CALCULUSCynthia Young, University of Central Florida Cynthia Young is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics in the UCF College of Sciences and a Co-PI of the NSF-funded S-STEM program at UCF entitled the "Young Entrepreneur and Scholar(YES) Scholarship Program" as well as the NSF-funded STEP program entitled "EXCEL:UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence." Dr. Young's research interests are in the mathematical modeling of atmospheric effects on laser beams. She currently has projects with the Office of Naval Research and the Naval Research Laboratory investigating atmospheric propagation in the marine

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, University of South Florida

forincorporating sustainability into engineering education is the lack of effective learning materials.The work presented here is based on a project funded by the National Science Foundation thatfocuses on addressing those challenges by creating effective learning materials anddemonstrating successful new teaching strategies. The paper begins with a brief overview of theentire project and then focuses on the development of learning suites and dissemination of suchsuites through a workshop. The learning suites have been designed according to the Fink’staxonomy of significant learning and research from the learning sciences. The paper introducesthe learning suites and discusses how to use the Fink’s taxonomy and other research to guide thedevelopment of

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Newly Developed Engineering Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

break the case for sustainability), the ‘business case for sustainability’ was emphasized as not only to making projects feasible but serving as an avenue for future Page 15.525.3 employment as well.Page 15.525.4Page 15.525.5this survey have not been received yet. The authors believe that the results will most likely bereceived the next couple of months and hope to present them at the conferenceConclusionA new course pertaining to global sustainability and innovation was recently developed at auniversity in the southeast United States. This paper presented the findings after the coursewas developed and offered to students as part of

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

in engineering and science through research, policy and program development. She is currently the principal investigator for ENGAGE, Engaging Students in Engineering, (www.engageengineering.org) a five year project funded by the National Science Foundation to work with 30 engineering schools to integrate research based strategies that increase retention. Susan’s work at Stevens has been recognized by the White House as a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). She was honored by the Maria Mitchell Association with the Women in Science Award in 2002 and was named an AWIS Fellow in 2007.David Silverstein, Stevens Institute

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Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Glynn, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University; Mark Doorley, Villanova University

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Engineering Ethics

workshop wasidentified as the beginning of a long term effort to introduce ethics across the curriculum with thehope of shifting the academic culture of this professional school so that ethics and professionalresponsibility take a more central role in the education of future engineers. The authors hopethat the narrative of this project, as well as the details of the workshop, will provide inspirationand insight for other engineering programs with a desire to pursue similar goals.IntroductionThis paper will examine a faculty workshop offered in the College of Engineering at VillanovaUniversity. The workshop represents a first step in the creation of a robust ethics across thecurriculum approach to prepare undergraduate engineers for their

Conference Session

New Collaborations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries -- PHYS

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Engineering Libraries

orderto ‘communicate effectively’ (ABET Criterion 3.g)3, ECET students must be able to select ‘acommunication medium and format that best supports the purposes of the product orperformance and the intended audience (ACRL 4.6.a). 7The non-ECET core courses subcommittee members were particularly intrigued by comparingthe ALA/ACRL/STS standards with the skill sets that they felt their students currently possessedand those that the students should obtain by the time they graduate. As the curriculum in effect atthat time stood, instructors prior to the senior year rarely required external literature reviews.Students did not receive practice in gathering and synthesizing information from articles in aconsistent way until their senior design project. As

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

plans? How do project-based learning and faculty interaction affect career goals and student confidence? What affects student confidence in math skills? confidence in open-ended problem solving? confidence in professional skills? How does the major declaration process affect students' experiences in engineering? How is it related to persistence in college and to post-graduate goals? How does college selectivity affect students' experiences in engineering? How is selectivity related to persistence in college and to post-graduate goals? And how is selectivity related to SES? How are men's and women's educational experiences different? Page

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Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

: Study Individual Our Stolen DW Time Future book Evaluation: Biofuel LCA management review Group Ethics Case Ethics: case studies, moral exemplar, student honor code vs. Ethics Study NSPE Code of Ethics Course plan to GraduationDrinking watertreatment plant Team Project: Solid Waste – LandGEM – Waste-to-Energy tour write-upGuest Speaker Guest

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Hennington, Mississippi State University

instructionalmodules for use in existing courses.Four core chemical engineering courses are targeted: fluid flow operations, heattransfer operations, mass transfer operations, and chemical reactor design. Overthe three-year CCLI project, activities/modules will be developed andincorporated into each of these courses, with each activity/module focusing on aparticular element from the process intensification spectrum and designed to alsoenhance vertical concept integration. This poster presentation will focus on theactivities and modules developed in Year 1.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDThe chemical industry faces numerous challenges in the coming years due todecreasing availability of raw material and energy resources. Thus, existingprocesses must operate in an

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Patterson, San Diego State University; Christopher Paolini, San Diego State University; Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

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Mechanical Engineering

]. Page 15.348.2One approach to improve on these shortcomings was to embed a separate program into thebrowser interface to enhance the capabilities of the browser. These programs are now commonlyreferred to as plug-ins. The Java Runtime Environment which allows users to run Java appletsand the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view Adobe Acrobat files are examples of other widely usedbrowser plug-ins. Starting with Adobe Flash CS3, the introduction of ActionScript 3 meant thatFlash now offered a fully developed object-oriented programming language. Flash was chosen asthe primary development tool for this project since Flash offers a wide range of features toduplicate desktop functions, provides rich multimedia and visual tools, provides a robustprogramming

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Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

1995. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He leads a major curriculum reform project (2004-09), funded under the department-level reform program of the NSF, at Virginia Tech. A spiral curriculum approach is adopted to reformulate engineering curriculum in bioprocess engineering in this project. He co-authored an award winning paper with his PhD student at the 2007 annual conference of ASEE. He received the College of Engineering Faculty Fellow award in 2008.Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech Chelsea Green is a graduate student in the Department of Civil and