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Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint; Olanrewaju Aluko, University of Michigan-Flint

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

innovation increases at a phenomenal pace,more so than it was in the past few decades.Innovation and creativity in development of future technological breakthrough requires themotivation of current high school students to focus more towards science and technology. Anumber of pre-engineering programs have been developed across the nation during the past fewdecades to encourage students to consider engineering and science as career choices. Althoughthe programs showed an increased level of interest towards STEM disciplines, those initiativesare less than adequate as we are still seeing declines in enrollment in STEM disciplines. Toaddress the projected critical shortage of future scientists and engineers in the USA, a pre-engineering program was

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Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University; Rebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University

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Materials

project to identify and address student difficulties in learning materials science.Rebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University Rebecca Rosenblatt is a graduate research associate in the physics department working towards a PhD in physics education at The Ohio State University. She is currently investigating the evolution of student understanding of force, velocity, and acceleration, and she is working on this project to identify and address student difficulties in learning materials science. Page 15.1124.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student Understanding

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Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donna Riley, Smith College

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Engineering Ethics

Implications of NanotechnologyAbstractNanotechnology has established itself as an important new scientific discipline with anextraordinary number of potential applications. Consequently, researchers and policy makershave identified a need for well-trained scientists, engineers, and technicians in nanotechnologyand its ethical, legal and societal implications. This project builds on this consensus thatworkforce training and education must include, in addition to technical training, education on theethical, legal, and societal implications of nanotechnology in the core courses so that futureprofessionals and scientists will be able to shape the direction of nanotechnology policy. As aninitial step, this pilot project sought to characterize the current

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Burger, Virginia Tech; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Joe Raelin, Northeastern University; David Whitman, University of Wyoming

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Women in Engineering

Whitman, University of Wyoming David Whitman is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Wyoming. He has been involved, as both a faculty member and a former Associate Dean, in many activities that are associated with recruitment and retention of engineering Page 15.1223.1 undergraduates. Some of these projects include the formation of Power Groups (a blocked schedule for incoming freshmen to promote the development of study groups), two floors in the residence halls that are specifically for engineering majors (including 25% women), and working

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Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabriel Harley, IUPUI; Daniel Baldwin, IUPUI; Wanda Worley, IUPUI; Tresler Thurston, IUPUI; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

; the Design of Technology during the spring of 2008. The initiative required thatstudents demonstrate an ability to work with and lead collaborative projects, includingvirtual/distributed work teams. Assignments included the creation of an individual student blog,and a digital video field assignment.15 Gary Chinn, instructional designer and member of theeLearning Initiative team, stated, “it would benefit the students to have a community of peerswith whom they could continue their conversations outside of the classroom. Our course huballows students to interact with one another, and indicate their agreement or disagreement in theform of positive or negative votes. The idea with the course hub and peer voting is really to keepconversations

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Bonuccelli, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Relevant Engineering Applications in Mathematics (CREAM) project at Washington State University.Denny Davis, Washington State University Denny Davis is professor of Bioengineering and co-director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He is also project director for the NSF-funded Culturally Relevant Engineering Applications in Mathematics (CREAM) project. Page 15.961.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Poster: Engaging K-12 Students in Engineering Design of Cooling Systems for ElectronicsAbstract Successful lessons in the K-12

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Remeikas, University of Central Florida; Sagar Chowdhury, University of Oklahoma; Piyamas Saengsuri, University of Oklahoma; Xiaojun Geng, California State University, Northridge; Yunjun Xu, University of Central Florida; Chen Ling, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

science andengineering courses is increasing. The advantages from using techniques of visualization are toimprove interaction between users and game, and to enhance interaction aspects of the design.The modules developed in this project, Gaming and Interactive Visualization for Education(GIVE), is a game-like learning tool which is composed of game characteristics (e.g., aprogressively balanced goal, feedback, multiple-goal structure, and scoring), 2D/3Dvisualization, and state-of-the-art interaction technologies to help undergraduate students learn,and to improve the image of engineering.GIVE is different from the conventional blackboard, PowerPoint based lectures, and e-learningmethods [5]. Because it is used for high school and undergraduate

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Conceptual Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morris Girgis, Central State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, 2010 A ew Engineering Taxonomy for Assessing Conceptual and Problem-Solving CompetenciesAbstractAn engineering taxonomy is being proposed in order to assess and enhance the student’sconceptual and problem-solving competencies. The taxonomy consists of the following taxa:pre-knowledge conceptual experiences; basic conceptual knowledge; applied conceptualknowledge; procedural knowledge; advanced knowledge and analytical skills; project-basedknowledge; and professional engineering knowledge and practice. A Concept and Problem-solving Inventory (CPI) has been developed in order to assess the student’s conceptual andprocedural skills. The CPI contains a set of mechanics problems designed to fit the three

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Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Technology

Leadership research in academia also needs to focus on the ethical aspects andhow it affects learning. This includes the relationship between leadership and learning.There appear to be comparable characteristics of IT professionals and academic faculty. The ITprofessional has been described as high maintenance, and thus unique to lead. The older ITprofessionals are considered stagnant with little desire for new knowledge. They are alsoperceived as not desiring positions of management. 5 Similarly, academic faculty have beendescribed as “the last group of workers in the world who actually own the means of projection intheir job and have life-time job security”. 9 These practices are now being questioned ascorporate management styles are being adopted

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education

in Education conference. Her teaching interests are in the Computer Engineering area including Digital Design, Embedded Systems, and VLSI. She has co-taught international project courses in Turkey and in Spain. Her research has been focused on timing issues in digital systems. She has directed local and national outreach programs,including Robot Camp and the P. O. Pistilli Scholarship.J. Douglas Klein, Union College J. Douglass Klein is Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and Special Programs and Professor of Economics at Union College. Klein joined the Union faculty in 1979, after earning a BA in Mathematics at Grinnell College, and a PhD in Economics at the University of Wisconsin

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Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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International

Page 15.1374.9 engineering diplomas are followed by two-year courses at universities in either technical aspects of engineering or engineering science. It is essential that the prescriptive knowledge of how be augmented by the tacit knowledge of what and critical skills of why found at universities.3. An articulation into TAFE colleges. Holders of science degrees would undertake 2-year existing diploma courses combined with a major engineering project, though some universities will accept science graduates into their Masters program in engineering which further emphasizes the science narrative and eschew the practicality of knowledge how.4. A horizontal articulation in which holders of science degrees would undertake an existing two

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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Mechanical Engineering

experiments by themselves using the physics lab facilities. If theyconsidered it necessary, they could bring some simple and common materials from home. Those experiments should cover five main items of the syllabus: projectile motion, forceand motion, conservation/dissipation of energy, physics of collisions and rotational dynamics.The goal was to implement, in laboratory classes, learning by project strategy, intensifyingcognitive activity, stimulating innovation and creativity as well as promoting team work5.4.3.1. Building a project Following this new strategy, students were informed at the beginning of the term about thesubjects that experiments should incorporate; they also came into contact with the existinglab material for the first time

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware; Thomas Brumm, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

competencies are informed bythe student’s performance in a “Discovery Learning Experience” – either a technical practicumin industry or an undergraduate research project. Page 15.299.2Introduction and Background:The University of Delaware’s Department of Bioresources Engineering offers a B.S. degree inEngineering Technology (ET) that has been a TAC of ABET-accredited2 general ET programsince 1988. The program typically graduates 20 to 25 majors per year. Both EAC of ABETand TAC of ABET accreditation regimes require outcomes assessment. TAC of ABETdocumentation2 under Criterion 3, Program Outcomes, stipulates that each program mustdemonstrate its

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Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Mora, New Mexico Tech; Ricardo Negron, WPAFB; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

U.S. students in their knowledge of and theirparticipation in STEM as an area of critical concern to national security. Basic science andmathematics competence, gained in grades K-12, form the foundation of an educated, capable,technical future work force for DoD. The objective of NDEP is to support the education anddevelopment of such a future workforce by establishing a DoD-wide program to invigorate thescience and mathematics curriculum, to enhance teaching skills of science and mathematicsteachers to deliver the curriculum, and to increase the level of awareness, interest and activeparticipation of students in STEM activities, projects, and academics. The overall strategy is tohave DoD scientists and engineers partner with educational

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Industrial Interactions and Educational Resources

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College; Shep Anderson, Sinclair Community College; Robert Mott, University of Dayton; Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

, high quality information and classroom activities is often a daunting proposition. Oneway to alleviate frustration and to avoid reinventing wheels is to use the Manufacturing andEngineering Technologies Education Clearinghouse (METEC). METEC serves as a one stopshop for technology educators in general, and new educators in particular.METEC’s searchable electronic database provides resources pertinent to a broad range ofengineering technologies. Among the vetted materials in the database are course and programoutlines, descriptions of best practices, simulations, texts, activities, videos, PowerPointpresentations, etc. The clearinghouse materials are obtained from numerous sources such asNSF centers and projects, other academic institutions

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Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Jose Yanez, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Ernesto Gramsch, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Roberto Santander, Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Cecilia Richards, Washington State University; Robert Richards, Washington State University

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International

noexposure to this key technology. To our knowledge, the facility documented in this paperis the first microfabrication facility to be developed for university education in Chile andonly the second in Latin America. Challenges included the extremely small budgetavailable for the project and the paucity of educational and resource materials available inLatin America.IntroductionMicrofabrication is a key enabling manufacturing technology. Almost all digitalelectronics are manufactured using these microfabrication techniques. Over the last thirtyyears, the suite of available microfabrication techniques has expanded dramatically. Thisexpansion has enabled the rapid rise of a new field, Microelectromechanical Systems orMEMS. The economic impact of these

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Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian Belu, Drexel University

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Electrical and Computer

performed, procedures,analysis, report writing requirements and references.II.1 The Virtual InterfacesAs the project outlined in this paper demonstrates, with suitable resources a virtual laboratorycan aid students in their preparation for carrying out the experimental work. The virtualinterface planned to be developed involves creating simulations of the machine experimentson a website. Students log in, configure parameters and then “perform” the experiment.Simulations return results consistent with the machines in the laboratory. It is envisaged thatin this way all students will be able to perform all parts of all experiments in their own time.Students will still attend “hands-on” laboratory sessions to conduct selected parts of theexperiments as

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education

program, the most common answer isthe projects. They wanted a “hands-on” aspect to their education. The next mostcommon answer has to do with the focus on the individual and the comparative size ofthe campus. Some students also like the ability to delay any choice of specialization untilthey are juniors. While we do find some students who are attracted by the flexibility ofthe program, this factor is not mentioned by most students.Development of the Perspective OutcomeThe general process by which we developed the program has been described earlier7. We Page 15.421.6started with the 11 ABET outcomes, the set a through k. Then we added in twoadditional

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Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Lashway, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

applicationsand older devices, which are no longer supported by their manufacturers or contain obsoletecomponents [4]. In [4], the University of Redding, U.K. retrofitted a Puma 560 robot with anenhanced monitoring and torque control system. The project presents an excellent example ofhow a mechanically sound robot can be revitalized on a modern software platform forexperimental research in a classroom. Page 15.122.2When selecting a software platform for building interface and user interaction to hardwaresystems, two programs have been widely used in control system and analysis applications [5].Many control systems have tested and implemented their

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Faculty Development for Distance Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

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Continuing Professional Development

several education-related papers for engineering faculty and gives faculty development workshops on active learning. He is currently participating in Project Catalyst, an NSF- funded initiative to help faculty re-envision their role in the learning process.Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Research and Learning North and associate research scientist in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. In addition, she actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty in their scholarly projects. She also is past Chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of American Society of

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Culture, Society, and Co-op

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Jenkins-Stark, Iridescent; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

for media interviews, strategies for identifying public Page 15.500.4outreach opportunities, and workshops for scientists and engineers who are interested in learningmore about science communication 19.Cyber learning: Ice Stories (an Exploratorium project) connects citizens to scientists using theWeb. The project encourages researchers to blog and webcast their research in Antarctica. It alsoencourages readers to comment and discuss the posts with the scientists.Benefits to Engineers: “My Work Inspires Many”The Family Science Courses enable engineers to directly impact the STEM pipeline by servingas role models and providing meaningful

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

cost associated for the end user.Since the Course Content Server’s implementation the lectures are being delivered 24-7. Thelectures are comprised of Spoken lecture voice along with the live interplay of screen video.This approach lends a very rich presentation medium which provides enhancements that include,color, font and size to the written characters. The instructor could design the software anddemonstrate the results along with the lecture. Any software simulation or project demonstrationcould also be incorporated as part of the lecture. The instructor can tap into the vast reservoir ofknowledge base that is available on NET and can make this an integral part of the lecture. Thisapproach has totally changed the paradigm of Pedagogy.The

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Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelli Huser, Iowa State University; Thomas Kelly, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Seth Ballou, Iowa State University; Joseph Crispin, Iowa State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

influenced the area he or she chose to research. Onestudent, a business major, decided to research currency and the impacts of this technologicalpractice. Another student, with coursework interests in water resources, chose to explorehistorical and current water technologies and how these technologies influenced societaldevelopment.The research paper was a semester long project intended to allow students to delve deeper into aparticular subject area of technology that interested them and would drive their interest for theentire semester. The general requirements were to select a broad subject area that related totechnology, cover the historical aspects of the technology, and address the impacts of thistechnology. All paper topics had to be approved

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

to their workload. Nonetheless, theyare excellent resources for the program and can provide guidance, mentorship, andspecial lectures to help strengthen graduate educators’ teaching skills and help thembecome more effective educators.This project aims to address this problem by more efficient utilization of the best possiblefaculty as mentors to eager graduate students who would be trained and mentored to bethe best educators they can be. We refer to these graduate students as graduate educators.Minor in Engineering Studies: Program ObjectivesTo have a better understanding of the classes that the graduate educators teach, weprovide a quick overview of the MES program.The main objective for the MES is to provide a technological education to

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui (Celia) Pan, Purdue University; Shih-Ping Kuo, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

Practice basic design elements, (7 females; 39 (6 females; 22 principles, composition and males) males) typology to communicate visuallyCG01 by solving exercise problems and designing projects like identity logo, flyer, calendar, and postcard. Program: In Design 19 17 Design single and multiple- page (8 females; (6 females; 11 documents for business, advertising 11males) males) such as identities, flyers, brochures,CG02 forms

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Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

abilities above average people tobe creative and resourceful professional.” 7 Therefore, spatial ability has been found to be apredictor for academic performance for engineering as well as related disciplines.8However, research has found that performance among students with lower levels of spatial skillcan be remediated with additional supplemental activities such as multi-view sketching andmodeling exercises.8, 9. Similarly, Esparragoza 7 proposed that “training to help the students todevelop and enhance their visualization skills can be done by means of problems and exercises inthe orthographic projection and axonometric drawings topics.” He cited the role of two multi

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New Methods and Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duncan Moore, University of Rochester

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering• Chemical Engineering• Electrical & Computer Engineering• Mechanical Engineering• Materials Science• Optics• Computer Science• Energy & the EnvironmentAll students are also required to participate in a semester long practicum experience. Under thedirection of an advisor, students will work with the Office of Technology Transfer. Students willutilize the office’s intellectual property to develop technology and business cases around varioustechnology patents. Students will participate in the strategy, design, and technology validationprocess. Students will also be required to write a business plan and present an accompanying oralpresentation. During this project students must work in teams to create a professional, well-written

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Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University; Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University

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Materials

AC 2010-1276: STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANICALPROPERTIES OF METALS IN AN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS SCIENCEENGINEERING COURSERebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University Rebecca Rosenblatt is a graduate research associate in the physics department working towards a PhD in physics education at The Ohio State University. She is currently investigating the evolution of student understanding of force, velocity, and acceleration, and she is working on this project to identify and address student difficulties in learning materials science.Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University Andrew F. Heckler is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Ohio State University. His original area of research was in

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Todd Shields, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas

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Minorities in Engineering

paidhourly) visit high schools with large populations of underrepresented students. Theteam partners with high school teachers for access to prospective students. Therecruiters make classroom presentations explaining what engineers do in their careers.During the discussion, exciting examples are provided about creative things engineersare doing and current problems being solved by engineers. The recruiters also providespecific examples about undergraduate students involved in classroom projects andundergraduate research, including photographs. The student recruiters discuss whatrecent alumni are doing in their jobs and lives. The recruiter also talks about whathe/she is doing in class projects and research labs. This type of presentation, given

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University

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International

published many papers on power electronics at high quality international journals and conferences. In addition to his duties at University of Brighton, he has been helping the higher education sector in Afghanistan for the last six years. He is conducting several DFID/British Council and the World Bank funded projects in Afghanistan. He has prepared several reports for the Afghan government and has published many papers at international conferences on how to improve technical vocational and engineering education in Afghanistan. He was a visiting scholar at Virginia Polytechnic, Institute and Sate University in the USA in 1991 – 1992.Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University