Conference Session

Newly Developed Engineering Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Hands-on Source Heat Pump Heat Class Project: Design of heat exchangers using γ-NTU and Computational LMTD methodsAll computational activities were conducted using EES (Engineering Equation Solver) because itcontains the necessary subroutines and fluid properties database for most thermal systemsproblems. EES uses an objective computer language which allows each user to type equations ina simple form. With EES, students can generate parametric tables for independent anddependent variables and create a variety of graphics and plots for easy interpretation ofcomputational results.Four hands-on laboratory

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Spencer, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

requirements, hardware requirements, and softwarerequirements including maintenance are often considered bottlenecks in program expansions, orjust in keeping these programs current. When limited space or funds confine the labenvironment, a stable, yet flexible, laboratory environment that can quickly be configured fornew or updated courses becomes a necessity.CIS, CS, and other technology-based programs rely heavily on computer laboratories to serve asthe major resource for implementing active and project-based learning in a university setting.The literature reviewed shows positive results such as increased student enthusiasm towards theirprograms of study, perceptual and actual increases in students’ knowledge, and development ofdesign and team

Conference Session

Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Iyer, University of Houston

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Education.The current Director developed this multidisciplinary undergraduate curriculum in collaborationwith the academic and industry partners. In addition, she collaborated with Dr. Melinda Wales ofTexas A & M University and Reactive Surfaces, an Austin-based biotechnology company, andincorporated her research into the development of a project-based undergraduate laboratory Page 15.268.4curriculum. The new laboratory curriculum infuses twenty years of research into theundergraduate biotechnology lab and provides students with hands- on experience with some ofthe new and emerging techniques in biotechnology to better prepare our undergraduates

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabor Bojar, Graphisoft

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International

Budapest (2000) stock exchange and was purchased by Nemetscheck Gmbh (Germany) in 2007. Mr Bojár remains Chairman of Graphisoft's board of directors. In 1996, Mr. Bojár founded a real-estate development company to re-cultivate a run down industrial site on the bank of the river Danube and to turn it into a state-of-the art science park, accommodating the research units of corporations including Microsoft, SAP, Apple Servier and others, becoming Budapest's prime revitalization project and the recipient of several awards and recognitions. Mr. Bojár was distinguished by numerous national and international awards for scientific and business excellence, including Szechenyi Prize (1997), Order of

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Ricco, Purdue University; Ida Ngambeki, Purdue University; Russell Long, Purdue University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

. She currently serves as the President of the Purdue Student Chapter of ASEE. Her research interests include engineering thinking, motivation and vocational choice in engineering, and sustainability policy.Russell Long, Purdue University Russell A. Long is Associate Director of MIDFIELD and Director of Project Assessment in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has twenty years experience in institutional research, assessment, strategic planning, and higher education policy. He is a SAS expert and manages the MIDFIELD database.Matthew Ohland, Purdue University Matthew W. Ohland is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

program coordinator for an NSF funded project focused on the pathway from community colleges to engineering and a doctoral students in higher education at Iowa State University. Page 15.553.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experiences of Engineering Transfer Students: From Community College to University AbstractResearch on students who transfer from community colleges into engineering majors is limited.The National Science Foundation funds millions of dollars to community colleges to build inter-institutional linkages to create

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University; Jonna M. Kulikowich, Pennsylvania State University; Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

taught in the traditional way in a freshmen designcourse.________________________________________________________________________ S1.5  Which figure below is a rotation of the first? ________________________________________________________________________ Figure 3. Example of 3D rotation, Construct (S1).Construct (S2) requires translation of two-dimensional images to three-dimensional and vice versawhen solving engineering problems. This construct includes the interpretation of figures,diagrams, and word descriptions that represent engineering- or physics-based principles. There aretwo different skills that are included in this construct: a. Three-view two-dimensional projection drawing to a three-dimensional perspective drawing

Conference Session

Technological Literacy - Courses, Educational and Accreditation Standards

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoojung Chae, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Monica Cardella, Purdue University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. Page 15.324.8Table 5. The commonalities among science, technology, and mathematics Societal Impact Process Modeling throughScience Inquiry Scientific Models KnowledgeTechnology Design Technological Models ToolsMathematics Problem-Solving Mathematical Models Analysis The one theme that resulted of this study, systems and models, was also identified as acommon theme across science, technology and mathematics in the Project 2061: Benchmarks forScience Literacy by AAAS.5 There are four common

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamed Farahani Manesh, Eastern Mediterranean University; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-24: A VIRTUAL FACTORY APPROACH FOR DESIGN ANDIMPLEMENTATION OF AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMSHamed Farahani Manesh, Eastern Mediterranean University Hamed F. Manesh received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean University, N. Cyprus. He was a Research Assistant and Lecturer in this university from 2003 to 2010. He received his first Master’s Degree in Information Systems and the second in Mechanical Engineering also from Eastern Mediterranean University. Currently, he is involved in a research group, which carries out research and development activities for industry-oriented projects of intelligent manufacturing systems, automation, virtual manufacturing as well as

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-34: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES OVER A QUARTER-CENTURYOF MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design and in product innovation and entrepreneurialism. His instruction is characterized by heavy reliance upon project-based, design-centric learning. Course projects are drawn from real industrial applications with real industrial constraints, often interactive with a corporate sponsor. Students are challenged to design effective

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janus Liang, Yung-Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce

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Manufacturing

areas and have different learning styles. Curtisand Lawson [27] have suggested that it is important to provide distance learners with multiplechannels, both synchronous and asynchronous, in order to accommodate their preference fordifferent communication styles. In particular, the availability of synchronous communicationtools appeared to be critical in the process of collaborative learning [21]. Assigning learners towork on a group project does not necessarily mean that they will work collaboratively. Learnerstend to use a task specialization approach where tasks are divided among group members andthere are fewer opportunities to develop mutual engagement, knowledge and skill exchange, andinterpersonal communication skills [28].There are three

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Constant, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

. Page 15.817.9References1. Iowa State University Fact Book, 2008-2009, Office of Institutional Research, Iowa State University, http://www.ir.iastate.edu/factbk.html2. Iowa State University Office of the Provost. 2003. Taskforce on the Recruitment and Retention of Women and Minority Faculty Report. http://www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty/diversity/Iowa State University Website3. Rankin, Susan. (2004) ISU Campus Climate Assessment Project Final Report. Rankin and Associates. http://www.hrs.iastate.edu/AAO/eod/finalreport.pdf4. Constant, K. P., Bird, Sharon, Hamrick, Florence (2008). "Advancing Women Faculty in Engineering through Institutional Transformation: the Iowa State University ADVANCE Program in the College of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

inventory should help those studying the nature of research integrityand those designing education programs in the responsible conduct of research. STEMresearchers are held to ethical standards by funding agencies, the institutions they work for,professional societies and many of the journals in which they publish. This means that therecould be severe consequences in an individual violates the principles of RCR. Our tool could beused to identify the relationship between one’s research role concept and patterns of researchmisconduct for the purposes of preventing such misconduct through educational initiatives.As part of an NSF sponsored project we have designed and tested such an instrument. Indesigning our instrument, we adapted the constructs of

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Braden Boss, Springville High School; Daniel Bates, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

have already been taken to integratetechnological literacy into school curriculums in some areas. For example, the state ofMassachusetts has developed PreK – 12 Instructional Technology Standards24 which schooldistricts are expected to adopt. A second example comes from the state of Utah, where twogeneral approaches to teaching engineering and technology have been adopted. One has been toincorporate a nationwide program called Project Lead the Way (PLTW).26 PLTW involves afour-year sequence of technology education courses that are designed to help high schoolstudents prepare for engineering and technology higher education disciplines. One problem thatsome school systems have had in implementing this program is the cost associated

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Vargis, Vanderbilt University; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical

' ability to use critical thinking skills to tackle engineering problems, as well as theirability to research and discuss current technologies. There were two goals of this project: 1)implement a challenge-based learning module (based on the Legacy Cycle framework) todiagnose skin cancer with optical spectroscopy in a junior to senior-level undergraduate courseon biomedical optics and 2) assess the value of this module compared to previous years' lecture-only method of teaching optical spectroscopy. The experimental design was introduced over onesemester. The module was assessed using 3 indicators: comparing test answers between 5semesters worth of classes, a 1 page study guide on an emerging technology of skin cancerdiagnosis created by the

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Sara Skiles, University of Notre Dame; Sean Kelly, University of Notre Dame; Leo McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

scrutinize factors that affected enrollment and persistence in engineering.This longitudinal retention study thus began in the fall of 2001, with the development of a hands-on first-year engineering course sequence that continues today, although in modified form.Analyzing student demographic data, along with retention data and academic performance data,has become an important aspect of evaluating the success of that experiment on an annual basis.Brockman et al.17 and others 18,18,20 have described in detail the motivations for and structure of theIntroduction to Engineering Systems I and II (EG 10111 and EG 10112) courses. The coursesequence comprises a series of team-oriented projects conducted over two semesters, andemphasizes a student-centered

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mrinal Saha, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Bipul Barua, University of Oklahoma; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University

engineering concepts. For example, the materialsand manufacturing course is offered in both the University of Oklahoma (OU) andTuskegee University (TU) in a traditional style and is found that the students often havedifficulties understanding abstract concepts and lose their interests. The medium ofinstruction that engages students’ learning complex engineering concepts is necessary intoday’s changing world.Learning through a medium that combines course materials with interactive visualizationand simulation is proven to be a very powerful tool for engineering education. Accordingto recent NSF funded projects it has been found than students learn best when (i)presented with organized information that relates in some way to their own experiences,and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

women to UWM's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She is focusing her dissertation on the policy and production of sustainable textiles. She has served as Co-chair of UWM’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders since its inception in 2007 in which time they have completed two water distribution projects in Guatemala. Marissa Jablonski was a 2008 recipient of the National Science Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, the 2008 Wisconsin Water Association Scholarship, and the 2007, 2008, and 2009 UWM Chancellor’s Graduate Student Awards. Marissa is a member of ASEE. She received her BS degree in Natural Resources and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

which an engineering design challengechanges teachers’ conceptions of thermal energy and heat transfer? Page 15.461.3WorkshopFor over 10 years, professors from UDLAP have been working with the company CalizasIndustriales del Carmen (CALICA) on a community service project whose main objective is toprovide teacher development programs at an annual regional conference (sponsored byCALICA) in the state of Quintana Roo. These programs involve offering for 3 days,distinguished lectures, seminars, and workshops at no cost to teachers in attendance. Theprogram designed for each conference is always different and includes recent educationaldevelopments

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

periodic basis by faculty when teaching the courses indicated with an ‘A’ in Appendix 2.Program outcome assessment is performed by the course instructor. Common tools include Page 15.1152.5special projects, labs, lab reports, project reports, and or specific exam questions. The courseinstructor then gauges the attainment of the outcome based on a rubric. The instructor alsoprovides feedback, specifically if the attainment is lower than pre-set thresholds. A typicalprogram outcome assessment form is shown in Appendix 3. Faculty who are teaching coursessubject to program outcome assessment are given a blank program outcome assessment form atthe

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

with essays, Likert type questions, and end-of-class reflections. Page 15.1390.3Module Usage Type 1. Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) ModulesThe POGIL method tries to engage students in the learning process by having them buildconceptual understanding of a topic rather than memorizing facts or applying algorithms.According to their website, this method uses guided inquiry – a version of the Socratic method inwhich students use carefully designed materials that guide them to construct new learning.5When one goes to the POGIL website (http://www.pogil.org/) project materials are availablecommercially for guided inquiry

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; christopher conley, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

availablewithin the CE program, and several electives in environmental engineering are also availablefrom outside the program. The program currently offers no additional course in constructionmanagement or hydrology and hydraulics.Constituent FeedbackReports from the field indicated that CE graduates were adequately proficient in the traditionalareas of civil engineering, but lacked additional expertise in areas like project management,power generation and distribution, geomatics, transportation, and infrastructure assessment.Constituent survey results showed that topics could be categorized into three groupings toinclude “essential,” “necessary” and “nice to have.” Tables 2 and 3 below specify the “essential”and “necessary” topics, respectively. The

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

K, A K K, A K, A K, A K K, A continuous improvement. Means the student is required to pass written quizzes orK exams. Refers to an application in which a student is evaluated onA the success and quality of a project, laboratory activity, written report of an experiment etc. Symbolizes synthesis or higher level of achievement whereS a student is required to solve a new problem with little or no help from the instructor.Figure 2. An example of the curriculum map.Identifying Assessment Measures and the Source of AssessmentAssessment measures were identified for each performance criteria. According to Rogers, anassessment method refers to

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram Mohan, North Carolina A & T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

methods for when parametric assumptions are not satisfied. Fundamentals ofstatistical and research design methods are also covered to train and educate the students about toembark on their graduate theses and projects. Statistics software such as SAS and/or SPSS isused and tailored according to students’ skill levels and disciplines. Along with the conventionalexamples and problems (often based on agricultural research data), analysis of cutting edgeresearch data from several disciplines is discussed. Some discipline research data are: Statisticalmodeling or designing experiments in composite material research; Experimental design andanalytical issues involved in the analysis of gene expression data from Microarrays incomputational biology. The

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dazhi Yang, Purdue University; Aidsa Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; James Slotta, University of Toronto; Michelene Chi

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-1826: REPAIRING STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS USING ONTOLOGYTRAINING: A STUDY WITH JUNIOR AND SENIOR UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTSDazhi Yang, Purdue University Dazhi Yang is a postdoctoral researcher and an instructional designer in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. She obtained both her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Technology from Purdue in 2004 and 2008, respectively. She has taught a variety of subjects at the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. She also has worked on various instructional deign and technology-supported learning projects across disciplines. Dr. Yang’s research interests are instructional design and strategies

Conference Session

Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; John Christ; Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines; Heidi Diefes-Dux

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Educational Research and Methods

assessing engineering student learning. She has participated in a number of curriculum innovation projects and has been active in the engineering education research and assessment communities. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and was a Fulbright lecturer/researcher in Sweden.Heidi Diefes-Dux, Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rod Paton, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

, electronicresources and assignments) were also used to corroborate claims or assertions made ininformal interviews of academic staff and communications given to students. For example,teaching staff in lectures and tutorials emphasized that students should take responsibility fortheir own learning, and this message also came through in course materials, projects,electronic resources and assignments.The researcher was aware that his presence in the class could well impact on studentbehaviour. However, he was present from the first lecture and subsequently attended alllectures. He also attended a number of different tutorial classes and spent some time seated instudent work-areas. On a relatively small number of occasions the researcher did take on amore active

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Simon, Columbia University

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Minorities in Engineering

sense of the projects that we worked on together. He gave me a lot of freedom to do things on my own…He would give me good input and fair appraisal…He and I got along very well because he always valued my opinion highly, as opposed to me trying to just compete to see who’s going to win.Jason also identified his faculty adviser as a factor to completing the doctorate. According to Page 15.1252.14Jason, “He was definitely instrumental to me finishing. He would say positive things about mewhen I needed to hear it.” Jason also revealed that his faculty adviser was “determined toincrease the number of underrepresented people in

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

collaborative learning activities.Simultaneously, there was a change to a collaborative term long research project in the coursefrom individual term long projects. Additionally, all active, in-class exercises were completed inthese same collaborative teams this academic year. No attempt was made to separate the effectsof these two, simultaneous changes. A separate paper3 covers the initial observations fromchanging to the collaborative approach for completion of the research project and a more detailedpaper that includes the outcomes for this academic year is being prepared. No doubt part of thechange in the outcomes described in this paper is due to the increase in the amount andfrequency of collaborative work as outlined in the research literature16

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

qualitativeexploration of the ways the authors addressed the issue of data integration, or mixing. During thequalitative phase we examined the same sample to explore the themes that emerge regarding theissue of integrating the data. The sample chosen for this study included 16 journal articlespublished in seven journals from 2005 to present. Table 1 summarizes how the data werecollected from the sample population for the two major phases of the project. Table 1. Research Design: Questions, Data Collection and AnalysisResearch Phenomenon of Interest Data Collection Data AnalysisQuestion How do current articles Articles were identified based on Elements from each article published