Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

  shortage  of  experienced  systems  analysts  and  system  integrators,  the  graduates  from  such programs  will  be  in  great  demand  and  command  higher  salaries.  We  believe  the  demand  for engineers with background in systems engineering will be in even more as the systems become more complex and critical technologies in energy and environmental quality are developed. References  1.  Fabrycky, W. J. and McCrae, E.A. (2005) "Systems engineering degree programs in the united states." In  Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Symposium, INCOSE 2005, Rochester, NY, USA,  July 10­  15, 2005.  2.  B. S. Blanchard, W. J. Fabrycky, Systems Engineering and Analysis. Prentice Hall, 4th. Ed. 2006.  3.  Andrew P. Sage

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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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

Settings, NationalScience Foundation. Opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation (NSF).References[1] National Research Council. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school: Expanded edition. Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.[2] National Research Council. (2001). Knowing what students know: The science and design of educational assessment. Committee on the Foundations of Assessment. Pelligrino, J., Chudowsky, N., and

Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

achieved both professional AND academic credentials equal to or higher than those of the individuals involved in the P&T process. These "Peer Reviewers" serve as "Quality Assurance Evaluators" to insure the standards of the discipline and the academic community are being sustained. By having individuals who are neither professionally and/or academically qualified to serve in a Peer Review process, we would begin to see that the quality of the program(s) and the academic faculty (over time) would become "watered-down" and "ineffective". Furthermore, it would provide our true academic peers with an opportunity to ridicule and denigrate a system that uses outside "experts" as a key component of our

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; David Knight, The Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Information Systems

forinstructors to imagine all the variations of how a word or phrase can be written. In the code,the list of alternatives becomes long, hindering readability. And still some correct answersare marked wrong. Either the instructor needs to examine each answer individually, or (s)heneeds to wait until students complain. There is no easy way out.When answers are longer than a single word, the difficulties compound. Many of myclasses involve programming. My students had problems with Moodle, which treatsembedded blanks as significant. For example, a blank after a parenthesis in an expressioncan cause the system to give zero credit for the answer. Moreover, several specialcharacters, including “” are discarded by the system1 before answers are graded.Worse

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

-based ActivitiesVarious hands-on activities were used throughout the bonding module. Students were able tohold items made of materials with the representative bonding type(s). The material thuscontextualized information about bonding. The activity was done in teams where students wereencouraged to discuss observations and explain relevance to bonding. To further demonstrateand provide analogies for bonding in polymers, students were given Velcro to model van derWaals bonding and were able to see the difference in difficulty of pulling it apart under differentconfigurations. To observe the anisotropic behavior of polymers as a result of their bonding,students applied tension along various axes to plastic bags by pulling them apart by hand

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Corey Balint, Northeastern University; Christopher Wishon, Northeastern University; Colleen Fritze, Northeastern University

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New Engineering Educators

approaches described in the earlier Collaborative and Team-BasedLearning section. Further, traditional peer-assisted teaching is not typically conducted bycontemporaries/classmates of the enrolled students. This arrangement has been operationallydefined as “the use of undergraduate teaching assistants, usually students who recently weresuccessful in the course, and are useful because they provide a means to supplement large lecturecourses with small discussion groups.”11 Historically, first reports of students teaching studentsappeared in the 1960’s when faculty dissatisfaction emerged in response to large lecture coursesin which the student’s role was largely passive. Similar to the historical use of archons describedabove, undergraduate students

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Marlene Aviles, Dr. Ercel Webb School # 22, Jersey City School District; Jennifer Case, East Middle School; Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; John Brockway, East Middle School; Christie O'Hara, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Asheim, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Brian Lien, Princeton High School; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineeringengagement and knowledge acquisition by K-12 students through age appropriate activities andlessons. Best Practices Partnership Panel winners' papers are authored collaboratively betweenengineering and technology education faculty and K-12 teachers. Details on the partnership'sstructure and goals and the successful strategies employed to overcome challenges and obstaclesare included. Each partnership's description includes sample student product(s) and conveys howother partnerships may emulate the project.One proposal winner was chosen by a panel of reviewers at each of the following levels:preschool or elementary school; middle school; high school. The three winning abstracts havebeen used to create a conference paper for this session

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Lattuca, L. R., Terenzini, P. T., Harper, B.J., & Yin, A. C. (2009). Academic environments in detail: Holland’stheory at the subdiscipline level. Research in Higher Education.xiv Lattuca, L. R., Lambert, A. D., & Terenzini, P. T. (2008, March). Academic environments and student learning:A finer-grained examination. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association. New York, NY.xv Donald, J. G. (2002). Learning to think: Disciplinary perspectives. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.xvi Devon, R., Bilen, S., McKay, A., De Pennington, A., Serrafero, P., & Sierra, J. S. (2004). Integrated design: Whatknowledge is of most worth in engineering design education? International Journal of Engineering Education, 20(3), 424

Conference Session

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

, 1.2, 1.3)1.2 Identify and explain appropriate measuring tools, ≠ Use a variety of hand tools and machines to hand tools, and power tools used to hold, lift, change materials into new forms through carry, fasten, and separate, and explain their the external processes of forming, separating, and combining, and through safe and proper use. processes that cause internal change(s) to1.3 Identify and explain the safe and proper use of occur. (1.2) measuring tools, hand tools, and machines (e.g., band saw, drill press, sander, hammer, screwdriver

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

, ∂A ∂A ΔA = Δh + Δw + higher order term s . (16) ∂h ∂wThe higher-order terms involve products and integer powers of Δh and Δw that are negligible inmagnitude compared to the first-order terms. Neglecting them and dividing by A yields ΔA Δh Δ w = + . (17) A h w Page 15.923.11The transverse strain terms Δh/h and Δw/w for metals and cubic crystals can be expressed interms of

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological Univeristy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Information Technology Education 1 (3), 143-154.18 Newton, S., LeRouge, C., & Blanton, J. E. (2003, April). The systems developer skill set: Exploring nature, gaps,and gender differences research in progress [Electronic version]. Proceedings of the 2003 SIGMIS Conference onComputer Personnel Research: Freedom in Philadelphia--Leveraging Differences and Diversity in the IT Workforce(Philadelphia, PA). SIGMIS CPR '03. ACM, New York, NY, 150-153.19 Bassellier, G., Reich, B., & Benbasat, I. (2001). Information technology competence of business managers: Adefinition and research model [Electronic version]. Journal of Management Information Systems, 17(4), 159-182.20 Bassellier, G., Reich, B., & Benbasat, I. (2001). Information

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

people are affected by poverty,” and • “This project increased my knowledge of the culture(s) of another country.” Table 5. Societal and cultural awareness. Strongly Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Agree Disagree Awareness of people in 19 (21%) 42 (47%) 22 (25%) 5 (6%) 1 (1%) poverty Increased cultural 6 (7%) 32 (36%) 33 (37%) 15 (17%) 3 (3%) knowledgeThese results may

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

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Civil Engineering

activity.Through instruction, research, and service, the University promotes regional economic andcultural development, explores solutions to national and world issues, and supports scholars whocontribute in the advancement of knowledge, cultivate aesthetic sensibility, and improve thematerial conditions of humankind.During the 1990’s, the State’s Board of Regents was concerned that the length of time requiredto complete a baccalaureate degree was growing beyond the stated four years. Therefore, it wasstipulated that the program length for the baccalaureate degree be 128 semester hours, and anyprogram requiring more than 128 must be properly justified. Baccalaureate degree programs at[University A], in general, are 128 semester credit hours or less, which

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jade Mitchell-Blackwood, Drexel University; Manuel Figueroa, Drexel University; Chatchai Kokar, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

CurriculumAbstractAs the United States tries to remain technologically competitive with other nations the demandfor engineering professionals is expected to increase. Since the early 1990‘s, many K-12engineering outreach programs have been incorporated into middle schools either through hightech electives or in tandem with the State prescribed math and science curriculum with the intentof fostering student interest in science and engineering. In spite of both approaches the ratio ofscience and engineering degrees awarded annually to the college aged population in the U.S. isless than in other countries. Furthermore, the number of underrepresented minorities earningthose degrees is 12% according to the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Robert Jeanne, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael J. Litkow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amber R. Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lillian Tong, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

exploring new opportunities to create and sustaintechnology enhanced learning in STEM disciplines. Page 15.1154.15UW- Madison Sponsoring Deans: Dean Paul S. Peercy, College of Engineering Dean Margaret M. Molly Jahn College of Agricultural and Life SciencesUW-Madison Key Contributors Greg Moses, Professor, College of Engineering Robert Kohlhepp, Director, Computer Aided Engineering, College of Engineering Regina Nelson Lead Technology Consultant and Ph.D. candidate, College of Engineering Sandra Shaw-Courter, Director, Engineering Learning Center, College of Engineering, retired. Tim Tynan, Lead Technology Consultant and Ph.D. candidate, College of

Conference Session

Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Baker, The University of Vermont; John Merrill, The Ohio State University; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

International

,participation, understanding, and that enhance lives, and should always be collaborative betweenthe researcher(s) and community partners15. Authors often cite PAR as being rooted in the workof Paulo Freire, who advocated re-thinking traditional, top-down education in favor oftransformative, empowered “co-learning”4, 7, 13 .This paper begins with proposition that engineering programs seeking to engage in humanitarianand sustainable development will require interdisciplinary skills. In that sense it tests the theorythat there is value in preparing engineers to engage in teamwork with partners trained in differentskills and that view projects through diverse lenses and methodological frameworks. Throughtriangulation of the experiences of three different

Conference Session

Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

gapbetween research and practice: The research is not sufficiently persuasive or authoritative; Theresearch is not relevant to practice and does not address the issues and concerns of teachers; Ideasfrom research have not been accessible to teachers and are either difficult to find or understand; Theeducation system itself is either too intractable or too unstable, and therefore unable to engage insystematic change. Further, she notes that the gap between educational research and educationalpractice has been an ongoing phenomena and complaint of educational researchers since at least 1934.Careful experimental design was a focus of educational research in the 1960’s, but such research did notresult in broad and rapid adoption of researched

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

towards its lack of intellectual inquiry and critique. He viewed the relationshipbetween professional bodies and academic professionals as being inherently in conflict with theindependent pursuit of knowledge within the ideal university. According to this argument,accreditation is prejudiced because the people who are doing the accrediting likely owe a greaterallegiance to the profession than to the university: an inherent conflict of interest.Consider John Henry Newman´s core ideas regarding the value of liberal education put forwardin his 19th century book The Idea of a University [12]. Newman argued that the university is ahybrid educational environment which serves to educate students for life by means of“collegiality”, “enlargement of mind

Conference Session

Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Yang, Cornell University; Kathryn Dimiduk, Cornell University; Susan Daniel, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

them. The remainingstudents indicated that they were attracted to this profession because of a specific interest inchemistry and mathematics, or other specialized interests.Free response question: What career path(s) are you interested in?Table 1 summarizes the student responses to this second question. Unlike the numbers in theabstract, which were rounded off percentages for the entire class, these numbers are percentagesof the respondents whose answer included a career in the category.Table 1. Student Career Interests(Totals exceed 100% as some students listed more than one career choice) Career Interests Percent of Respondents Biology related (pharmaceutical, biomedical

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. Oliver, David W., Timothy P. Kelliher, James G. Keegan, Jr. Engineering Complex Systems with Models and Objects, McGraw-Hill, New York (1997).33. Shigley, Joesph E., Charles R. Mischke, Standard Handbook of Machine Design, 2nd Edition, Mc-Graw Hill, New York, (1996).34. Merritt, Frederick S., M. Kent Loftin, Jonathan T. Ricketts, Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers, 4th Edition, Mc-Graw Hill, New York (1996).35. McCabe, Warren L., Julian C. Smith, Peter Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill (2005).36. Ullman, D. The Mechanical Design Process, First Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York (1992).37. Stoll, H.W., Product Design Methods and Practices. Marcel Dekker, New York (1999).38. Ogot, M., and G

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, AZ State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

academic year. This successful program ran from 2003-2008 with76 students and over a 92% retention and graduation rate in engineering and computerscience. Diversity was an emphasis and 65% of the students in the program were eitherfemale or an underrepresented minority.13 In particular, 29 (38.2%) of the transferstudents were women. This percentage is much higher than the current 18.2% of womenenrolled. For more information on these programs see references 4-13.The CIRC/METS program continues with an NSF S-STEM grant (#0836050), so thecontinuing students, from the first CIRC/METS program, when it ended are now beingsupported in a second CIRC/METS program with $4,000 scholarships per year. When aCIRC/METS student graduates and continues full-time

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

-938.12. Garvin, D. A. (1988). Managing quality – The strategic and competitive edge. New York: Free Press.13. Goetsch, D. L., & Davis, S. B. (2003). Quality management: introduction to total quality management for production, processing, and services (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.14. Gryna F. M. (2001). Quality planning and analysis. Boston: McGraw-Hill.15. Juran, J. M. (1989). Juran on leadership for quality. New York: The Free Press.16. Khalil, T. M. (2000). Management of technology: The key to competitiveness and wealth creation. Boston: McGraw-Hill.17. Kotler, P. (1994). Marketing management (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.18. Loendorf, W. R. (2008). Transition of the tooling industry in a

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lamyaa El-Gabry, The American University in Cairo - Mechanical Engineering Department

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International

a long way to making the work doable.AcknowledgementsThe author would like to acknowledge the support of the Gerhart Center for Philanthropy &Civic Engagement and the Center for Learning & Teaching at the American University in Cairo.Bibliography1. Geiger, E., ―Service Learning Toolbox: Work Pages and Checklists to Help You get Started and Keep you Going,‖ http://www.iun.edu/~cetl/servicelearning/S-L-Resources/S-L-Toolbox.pdf2. Smith, K.A., Sheppard, S.D., Johnson, D.W., and Johnson, R.T., ―Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom- Based Practices‖, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005, pp 87 – 1013. Reid, K.J., ―Implementing Active and Collaborative Techniques: Lectures, Labs, Grading, and More‖, Proceedings of 2002

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2004 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference, June 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.[4] Dorsey, J., Continuous and Discrete Control Systems, McGraw Hill, 2002.[5] Franklin, G., et al., Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 3rd Ed., Addison Wesley, 1994.[6] Goodwin, G., et al., Control System Design, Prentice Hall, 2001.[7] Huang, H.-W., The HCS12/9S12: An Introduction, Software & Hardware Interfacing, Thomson DelmarLearning, 2006.[8] Morton, T., Embedded Microcontrollers, Prentice Hall, 2001.[9] Nise, N., Control Systems Engineering, 4th ed., John Wiley, 2004.[10] Ogata, K., Modern Control Engineering, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2002.[11] Pack, S., et al., Embedded Systems, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005[12] Stefani, S., et al

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Caverly, Villanova University; Howard Fulmer, Villanova University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University; James O’Brien, Villanova University; Gerard Jones, Villanova University; Edward Char, Villanova University; Frank Mercede, Villanova University; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Randy Weinstein, Villanova University; Joseph Yost, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

, Daniel M. White, ‘Selecting a Model for Freshman Engineering Design’, J. EngineeringEducation, July 1999.8. Millard, D., Chouikha, M., Berry, F., ‘Improving Student Intuition via Rensselaer s New Mobile StudioPedagogy’, ASEE 2007 Annual Conference, Honolulu, HW, June 2007.9. Comolli, N., Kelly, W. and Qianhong, W., ‘The Artificial Kidney: Investigating Current Dialysis Methods as aFreshman Design Project’, ASEE 2010 Annual Conference.10. Dinehart, D., Gross, S., Yost, J., Radlinska, A., “The Role of Structural Engineering in Multi-DisciplinaryFreshman Projects”, ASEE 2010 Annual Conference.Appendix A: Desired Skills from FEC Recommendations 1. Non-technical a. Teamwork b. Conflict resolution c. Communication (oral

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O'Brien, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students are members ofclubs and classes throughout the Philadelphia School District and participate in various Page 15.1060.9competitions during the academic year. Mentors spend three hours a week at an assigned school.In total five schools were visited during the six week competition period for BEST Robotics. Inaddition, in 2006, almost two dozen Robotics educators, from the School District of Philadelphia(SDP), gathered at Villanova University' s Center for Engineering Education and Research(CEER) to take part in an AT&T sponsored three-day computer-aided design workshop. Thisprogram was repeated in 2007 when 26 teachers visited Villanova

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Quantification of LearningTheories abound for ways of measuring learning. Fundamentally, learning is about contrasts:contrasts at points in time regarding knowledge, understanding, and skill that is transferred fromthe instructor to the student. The transference of information alone does not constitute learningin its full measure, although this mode of learning is easily quantifiable (exams for example). Ahigher mode of learning is using facts to arrive at understanding. To quantify understanding it isnecessary to frame the instrument of measure in the context of the central concept(s); Ericksoncalls this a “conceptual lens” [22]. For example, after learning the facts about expansion andcompression, the concept of heat transfer becomes more apparent. A