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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Diane Rover, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

(National Research Council). 2006. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11463.html.20. Ambrose, S. A., and M. Norman. 2006. Preparing engineering faculty as educators, The Bridge 36(2, Summer).21. ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Engineering Deans Council and Corporate Roundtable. 1994. Engineering Education for a Changing World. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education.22. Baxter Magolda, M. B. 1992. Knowing and Reasoning in College: Gender-Related Patterns in Students’ Intellectual Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.23. diSessa, A. 1982

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Instrumentation in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Instrumentation

Significant Difference Phenomenon: A Comparative Research Annotated Bibliography on Technology for Distance Education (5th ed.): International Distance Education Certification Center. 4. Scott, S., “The blended classroom: The best of both worlds?” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2006, 2006-146. 5. Adobe Systems Incorporated, http://www.adobe.com/ 6. Saba Software Inc., http://www.saba.com/products/centra/ 7. Advanced Internet Technology in the Interest of Society Laboratory (AITIS Lab) @ Sonoma State University, http://faridfarahmandresearch.blogspot.com/search/label/Remote_Laboratory 8. LabVIEW 2009 by National Instruments, http://www.ni.com 9. Interactive Simulations by University of

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Software and Hardware for Educators I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fadi Obeidat, Virginia Commonwealth University; Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jerry Tucker, Virginia Commonwealth University; Robert Klenke, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Computers in Education

2009 Annual Conference, Austin, TX, June 2009.12. S. Merchant, G.D. Peterson & D. Bouldin, “Improving embedded systems education: laboratory enhancements using programmable systems on chip”, In Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, Anaheim, CA, USA, June 2005.13. H. Mitsui, H. Kambe, D. Tilwaldi & H. Koizumi, “A Student Experiment Method for Embedded System Education Based on Incremental Upgrade”, In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops ICPPW, 2007.14. D.J. Jackson & P. Caspi, “Embedded systems education: future directions, initiatives, and cooperation”, ACM SIGBED Review, v.2 n.4, p.1-4, October 2005.15

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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Douglas Howe, Portland State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and Exposition Year. Milwaukee, WisconsinASEE.3. Saleta, M.E., D. Tobia, and S. Gil, Experimental study of Bernoulli's equation with losses. American Journal of Physics, 2005. 73(7): p. 598-602.4. Munson, B.R., D.F. Young, and T.H. Okiishi, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. fifth ed. 2006, New York: Wiley.5. Edwards, R., G. Recktenwald, and B. Benini. A laboratory exercise to teach the hydrostatic principle as a core concept in fluid mechanics. in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Austin, TX. June 14-17, 2009, American Society for Engineering Education. Page 15.161.14

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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

Engineering, New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.4. Beichner, R. J., Abbott, D. S., Deardorff , D. L., Allain, R. J., and Saul, J. M. (2000), “Introduction to SCALE-UP : Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics”, 2000 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, St. Louis, MO.5. Lowman, J. (1995). Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, Second Edition, San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass.6. McKeachie, W.J. (1999). Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers,Tenth Edition, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.7. Martinazzi, R. (1997), “Employing the “Partnering” Concept With Student Teams”, 1997 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Milwaukee, WI.8

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Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

Sorby, S. (1999). Developing 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills. Engineering Design Graphics Journal,Vol 63, No 2.5 Gobert, J. (1999). Expertise in the Comprehension of Architectural Plans (Knowledge Acquistion and Inference Making)". Visual and Spatial Reasoning in Design (JS Gero &B Tversky, Ed.)6 Arnheim, R. (1986). A plea for visual thinking. New Essays on the Psychology of Art. University of California Press, Berkeley,CA, (p. 135-152).7 Esparragoza, I.,(2004), Enhancing visualization skills in freshman engineering students. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting and Conference of the ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division,21-23 November, 2004 Williamsburg, VA.8 Potter, C. and Van der

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Arlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles

, 2008, Session 117.3. Hartley, J., Designing Instructional Text. London: Kogan Page, 1993.4. Tufte, E. R., The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 2001.5. Harris, R. L., Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.6. Davis, D.C., Beyerlein, S. W., & Davis, I.T., “Development and Use of an Engineering Profile,” Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. Portland, OR, 12-15 June, 2005. Session 3155.7. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Inc., Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Effective for Evaluations During the 2005-2006 Accreditation Cycle

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

: Past, Present, and Future”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1998.3. F.L. Huband, “Engineering Education – An Alternative Approach”, ASEE Prism, American Society for Engineering Education, January 1999.4. A. Gjengedal, “Project Based Learning in Engineering Education at Tromsoe College,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, Taipei, Taiwan, August 14-16, 2000.5. Undergraduate Catalog 2009/2010 http://www.wku.edu/coursecatalog/6. M.E. Cambron and S. Wilson, “Introducing Design to Freshmen and Sophomores at Western Kentucky University," Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edwin Garcia, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

. Page 15.584.9References1. Thornton, K. and Asta, M. (2005). Current status and outlook of computational materials science education in the US. Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 13 p.53-692. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (2009). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs. Retrieved November 25, 2009, from http://www.abet.org/Linked%20Documents- UPDATE/Criteria%20and%20PP/E001%2010-11%20EAC%20Criteria%2011-03-09.pdf3. Reid, A. C. E., Lua, R. C., Garcia, R. E., Coffman, V. and Langer, S. A. (2009). Modeling Microstructures in OOF2. Invited Paper in the International Journal of the Materials and Product Technology, 35, p. 361- 373.4. Chawla, N., Patel, B.V., Koopman, M

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Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Michael Hacker, Hofstra University; Marc Devries, University of Technology, Delft; Ammeret Rossouw, University of Technology, Delft

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Literacy.Washington, DC: April 6, 2000.3. ITEA. (2000). Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology. Reston, VA:International Technology Education Association.4. Ibid.5. Rutherford, F. J. and Ahlgren, A. (1991). Science for All Americans. Oxford University Press.6. Focus on Effectiveness: Research Based Strategies. Retrieved on December 10, 2009, fromhttp://www.netc.org/focus/strategies.7. Osborne, J., Collins, S., Ratcliffe, M., Millar, R., and Duschl, R. (2003). “What ‘ideas aboutscience’ should be taught in school science? A Delphi study of the ‘expert’ community.”Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 692–720.8. Ibid.9. NCTM. (2000). Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.10. Burghardt, David

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Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

, 2008, Farmindale State Colle - SUNY, Farm-ingdale, NY, http://www.merconline.net/wiki/index.php?title=Farmingdale_Forum_Program.3. Jack, H., (editor) Manufacturing Education Transformation Summit Proceedings, Austin, TX,June 2009, http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/ocs/index.php/smetexas2009/METS2009/sched-Conf/presentations.4. Jack, H., “The State of Manufacturing Engineering Education”, An SME Technical Paper,November 20055. Danielson, S, Georgeou, T, “The State of Manufacturing Engineering Technology Education”

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Innovations in ECE Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Lau, Universidad del Turabo; Sastry Kuruganty, Universidad del Turabo

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Electrical and Computer

, E. Advanced engineering mathematics, 9th edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.4 O’Neil, P. Advanced engineering mathematics, 6th edition, CL-Engineering, 2006.5 Sadiku, M. Elements of electromagnetics, 4th edition, oxford University Press, 2006.6 Teh, K. and Morgan, L. The application of Excel in teaching finite element analysis to final year engineering students, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE/AaeE (Australian Association for Engineering Education) Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, Paper # 50.7 Lau, M. A. and Kuruganty, S. P. Spreadsheet implementations for solving power-flow problems, eJournal of Spreadsheets in Education, 3(1): 27-45, August 2008. Online: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/ejsie/vol3/iss1/3

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The Influence of Cooperative Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno; Quamrul Mazumder

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

behavior of others and then imitating the behavior that produces a desired reward. For example, if the student sees others getting good grades and recognition, s/he will be motivated to copy the behavior to achieve the same results. 2. Cognitive theories According to Jean Piaget21, individuals have an innate need to organize their experiences. Page 15.890.3 They do this by fitting new experiences into existing mental structures or by modifying those structures to accommodate the new experience. The need for accommodating a new experience, either by linking it to an existing mental structure or by revising

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Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint

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Engineering Technology

tangible or intangible rewards. His original theories were extreme and could be interpreted to mean that human beings do not have real freedom of action, but merely respond to their environment. Albert Bandura’s theory of observational learning, also known as social learning19,20, states that people learn by observing the behavior of others and then imitating the behavior that produces a desired reward. For example, if the student sees others getting good grades and recognition, s/he will be motivated to copy the behavior to achieve the same results. 2. Cognitive theories According to Jean Piaget21, individuals have an innate need to organize their experiences

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guoping Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

. J. Bailey and N. E. Thornton, “Interactive video: Innovative episodes for enhancing education,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, no. 1, pp. 97–108, 1992-1993.[6] S. Stoney and R. Oliver, “Can higher order thinking and cognitive engagement be enhanced with multimedia?” Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning, no. 7, 1999.[7] Webct. [Online]. Available: http://www.webct.com[8] G. M. N. et al., Just-in-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.[9] A. Gavrin, K. Marrs, and R. Blake, “Just-in-time teaching JiTT: Using the web to enhance classroom learning,” Computers in education journal, no. 2, pp. 51–60, 2004.[10] R. Hake

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University

author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Page 15.354.9Reference[1] Low, Lesley Ann, Paula R. L. Heron, Brian C. Fabien, Per G. Reinhall, Development and Assessment of Tutorials for Introductory Engineering Dynamics, Proceedings of 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June 2004[2] Minogue, J., M.G. Jones, B. Broadwell and T. Oppewall, The impact of haptic augmentation on middle school student’s conceptions of the animal cells, Virtual Reality, Vol. 10, Num 3-4, 2006[3] Itkowitz B., Handley J., Zhu W., OpenHaptics: Add 3D Navigation and Haptics to Graphics Application

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Learning by Doing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

, San Francisco, CA, 344 p.4. Wadzuk, B., Dinehart, D., Glynn, E., Gross, S. and Hampton, F. (2009) “A Methodology for Curriculum Modification to Civil Engineering Mechanics,” The Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, June 2009. Available online at < http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=12240>.5. ABET, Engineering Accreditation Commission (2008) Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Effective for the 2008-2009 Accreditation Cycle. Available online at .6. Welker, A.L., Quintiliano, B., and Green, L. (2005) “Information Literacy: Skills for Life,” The Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, June 2005. Available online at .7. Welker, A.L. and Quintiliano, B. (2008

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Mauricio Castillo, California State University, Los Angeles; Alexander Abramyan, California State University, Los Angeles; Keith Moo-Young, California State University, LA

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 15.1103.11Conference, 2006.[4] L. Oseguera, A. Locks, and I. Vega. "Increasing Latina/o Students Baccalaureate Degree Attainment: A Focuson Retention." Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, vol 8, no 1. January 2009[5] M. T. V. Taningco. “Latinos in STEM Professions: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Next Steps.A Qualitative Study Using Stakeholder Interviews,” Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. April 2008.[6] S. Caonguyen and R. Vellanoweth. “Locating the Lipid Transfer Protein (LTP) Network for DevelopmentalRegulation in Flowering Plants” SACNAS National Conference - Improving the Human Condition: Challenges forInterdisciplinary Science, October 2009.[7] M. Zhang and D. Won. "Information in Pooled and Labeled-Line Spike and

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aezeden Mohamed, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

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Design in Engineering Education

. However, feedback from graduate student TAs and Instructors involved in advancedengineering courses indicates that students perform better in teams and are more able to communicate theirconcepts after taking ENG 1430.Bibliography 1. Ambrose, S. A. (1997). Systematic design of a first-year mechanical engineering course at Carnegie Mellon. Eng. Education , 2 (86). 2. Brassard, M. (1996). The Memory Jogger Plus, GOAL/QPC. 3. Brent, R. M. (2001). New faculty an orientation to the profession. Proceedings of the 31st ASEE/IEEE Conference, 31, pp. S3B/1-S3B/3. New York. 4. Byrd, J. (1995). Teaming in the design laboratory. ASEE , 84, 225±341. 5. Catalano, G. D. (1996). Adding hands-on design to an engineering curriculum

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamila Cola, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Westlake High School; Margaret Tarver, Tri-Cities High School; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

/www/usinterimproj/4. Georgia Department of Education-http://www.doe.k12.ga.us5. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons withDisabilities in Science and Engineering: 2009, NSF 09-305 ( Arlington, VA; January 2009). Available fromhttp://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.6. Jones, L.S. Science Education (1997) 81, 663.7. Lauer,P.A., Akiba, M., Wilkerson, S.B., Apthrop, H.S. , Snow, D., and Martin-Glenn, M. L. (2006) Review ofEducational Research, 76, 275 .8. Zaff, J. F., Moor, K.A., Papillo, A.R., Williams (2003) S. Journal of Adolescent Research, 18, 599.9. National Society of Black Engineers website: http://national.nsbe.org10. George, Y.S., Neale, D.S., Horne, V.V., Malcom, S.M. (2001

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Materials Selection & Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Materials

Education, Vol. 82, No. 2, April1993.4 “A Multi-university, Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project in Engineering,” P. Mellodge and D. Folz, Proceedingsof the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 14-17, 2009, Austin, TX, American Society forEngineering Education.5 “Microwave Processing of Polymeric Coatings for Guitar Woods,” C. Hammond, C. Hill, C. Sprinkle, A. Sorensenand S. Vera, Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Vol. 4, April 2010. Page 15.99.10

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Advances in Engineering Economy Pedagogy

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; B.J. Kim, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

Solving, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2003.2. Bordogna, J., Fromm, E., and Ernst, E.W., “Engineering Education: Innovation through Integration,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 82, No. 1, 1993, pp. 3–8.3. Everett, L., Imbrie, P.K., and Morgan, J., “Integrated Curricula: Purpose and Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 2, 2000, pp. 167–175.4. Roedel, R.J., Green, M., Garland, J., Doak, B., McCarter, J., Evans, D.L., and Duerden, S., “Projects That Integrate Engineering, Physics, Calculus, and English in the Arizona State University Foundation Coalition Freshman Program,” Proceedings, 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie97/papers/1159.pdf

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Retention Strategies in Action Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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Two Year College Division

the scholarship recipients have continued to progresssatisfactorily towards completion of their electrical engineering degrees. Page 15.460.2IntroductionOur engineering program at Seattle Pacific University aims to address the increasing technicalneeds of our country (Grose, 2006, NSB 2004), including the greater Seattle community, byspecifically increasing the number of community college transfer students in our engineeringprogram, a potentially untapped resource (Anderson-Rowland et al. 2004). The National ScienceFoundation has supported this effort through a grant in its S-STEM program. The goal of thegrant, Engaging the Community to Achieve

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

process.In addition, for new faculty members to communicate with others having just a few years moreexperience than them may help. That group will be able to communicate their experiences andrelate to their concerns. Even faculty members recently evaluated are still mostly pragmaticabout the Process, but their successful navigation of it should provide reassurance to others.Bibliography1. S. Barnicki, C. Barnicki, O. Petersen, “A Non-Tenure Faculty Evaluation System,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Milwaukee, WI, 1997. Page 15.915.9

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New Instrumentation Ideas

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hergert, Miami University

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Instrumentation

15.754.21Bibliography: 1. Feisel L.D. and Rosa, R.J., “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education,” Int. Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005. 2. Etkina, E., Murthy, S., and Zou, X., “Using Introductory Labs to Engage Students in Experimental Design,” Am. J. Phys. 74 (11), American Association of Physics Teachers, November 2006. 3. http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=whatis&pg=2 4. Hergert, D., “An Application Program That Interprets Code39 Barcode Images on an iPhone,” ASEE Mid-Eastern Conference, October 2009 Page 15.754.22

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Energy Education and Industry Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Soner Tarim

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. IntroductionAccording to the National Science Board (NSB)’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2004,enrollment in undergraduate engineering and science programs in the United States has been indecline since the 1980s1. Clearly, there is a continued need for increased enrollment andretention in science and engineering. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) have become increasingly central to our economic competitiveness and growth. Long–term strategies to maintain and increase living standards and promote opportunity will requireunprecedented coordinated efforts among public, private, and non-profit entities to promoteinnovation and to prepare an adequate supply of qualified STEM workers1. STEM education hasbecome increasingly central to U.S

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Daphene Koch, Purdue University

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Construction

15.730.8curriculum and the relevancy of the information will also be evaluated using the informationreceived from the students. The results of the assessment will be the subject of future studies.Bibliography1. Wahby, W.S. Industry and ET education collaborations from a construction engineering perspective. in 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2004: American Society of Engineering Education.2. Viswanathan, S. and H. Evans, Harnessing industry collaboration in developing graduate-degree programs, in 2009 ASEE National Conference. 2009, American Society of Engineering Education.3. Dobrowski, T. University and industry collaboration ideas beneficial to both. in 2006 National ASEE

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Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Easley, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Nicholas Beard, Louisiana Tech University; Glenn Fardsalehi, Louisiana Tech University; Nathan Wallace, Louisiana Tech University; Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

promote the sustainability our curriculum, we implemented a student-runhelp desk. The data collected over the past three quarters clearly show that the help deskprovides a significant amount of assistance for our students and significantly contributes to thesustainability of our project-based freshman engineering program.Acknowledgement and DisclaimerPartial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program under Award No. 0618288. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Nelson, J. and Napper, S., “Ramping

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Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, UTEP; James Becvar, UTEP; Ann Darnell, UTEP; Helmut Knaust, UTEP; Jorge Lopez, UTEP; Josefina Tinajero, UTEP

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First-Year Programs

Page 15.685.3of talented engineers6. Figure 1. Breakdown of a large class into PLTL workshops2. Peer Led Team LearningPLTL is a recognized curriculum enhancement strategy adopted in various forms by manyuniversities and colleges across the United States7, 8. In the mid-1990's the National ScienceFoundation initially funded the "Workshop Project" which has blossomed into a nationalmovement and is coordinated by the PLTL organization (www.pltl.org). PLTL engages anexperienced student as the overseer of a small group of learners in the capacity of Vygotsky’s“more capable peer”9. The idea builds on the pioneering observations of Treisman10, 11 from hisstudies as a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. From