Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Coffman, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Christina White, Columbia University; Ashland Brown, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kristen Kaufman, University of Texas, Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

design projects. She earned a M. Ed from The University of Texas at Austin in Special Education. V-mail: 512-963-9609; E-mail: ckw.columbia@gmail.com.Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific Jiancheng Liu has been an assistant professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of the Pacific since 2006. Prior to joining at the University of the Pacific, he has worked in industries for many years. His research focuses on CNC machine design and analysis, computer aided manufacturing and manufacturing system automation. He has published more than 70 peer reviewed technical journal and conference papers. Dr. Liu was also awarded 4 patents. He has invented many

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Engelken

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering courses taught through the author‟sprogram, the College of Engineering has an Engineering Internship course that facilitates coursecredit for real world, off-campus experience with employers. Although rarely an avenue forpure/basic research, it does support applied research and development activities of undergraduatesunder the supervision of engineering personnel at regional industries.Research can also be tied to the Honors Program at the author‟s institution through HonorsSenior Thesis courses in which students, directed by an advisor and a committee which alsoincludes the Director of the Honors Program, define and conduct a high-level research, scholarly,or creative/artistic project, and complete and defend a comprehensive thesis over

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Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

safety, speed, and productivity, (3) to ensure uniformity, reliability, and excellence of product quality, (4) to achieve overall efficiency and economy. Page 15.1088.3Subramanyan states that the topic covers a “variety of documents including standards,specifications, codes of practice, recommendations, guidelines, nomenclature and terminology,and so on.” A document may also be a “composite” of these.Linda Musser (1990)4 wrote a straight forward overview of “Standards Collections for AcademicLibraries” including why a library should collect standards and described ways to build thecollection while Taylor (1999) does a similar project but

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Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cathy Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

is a particular difficulty when assessing engineering.This paper addresses content questions; the issue of assessing skills and process knowledge isleft for future research.IntroductionEngineering is Elementary (EiE) is a research-based curriculum development project focused oncreating curriculum units that cover topics in engineering and technology as a supplement to corescience instruction. Each EiE curriculum unit is designed to build on and reinforce one sciencetopic through the exploration and development of a related technology. EiE has been committedfrom the project’s inception in 2003 to assessing students’ knowledge about engineering andtechnology, and measuring the impact of EiE on student knowledge and attitudes. EiE is

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Benson, Kettering University; Ada Cheng, Kettering University; Odesma Dalrymple, ASU Polytechnic

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Mechanical Engineering

instruction or other remedialefforts to improve student learning, and to have a measure for demonstrating the effectiveness oftheir remedial/re-instruction efforts.While the content and skills trajectory research seeks to address curricular level efforts inassessment, in addition to mapping content and skill trajectories on a more detailed level, thisresearch also seeks to identify and categorize the methods of content and skills failure within thetrajectory structure. Unlike other efforts to evaluate student learning this project will look at Page 15.878.4failure of learning points rather than success. This analysis will be used to identify

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emad Habib, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Carloina Cruz-Neira, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Yuxin Ma, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Douglas Williams, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

and co-directed the Human-Computer Interaction graduate program. Dr. Cruz's work in VR started with her Ph.D. dissertation, the design of the CAVE™ Virtual Reality Environment, and the CAVE™ Library software specifications and implementation. Since then, her research has been driven by providing applicability and simplicity to VR technology. She spearheaded the open-source VR API movement with the development of VR Juggler. She currently serves as the main investigators on research projects from the National Science Foundation and the Army Research Lab.Yuxin Ma, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Dr. Yuxin Ma is a Researcher at the Center for Innovative Learning Assessment

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Estrella Mountain Community College; Maria Reyes, Estrella Mountain Community College; Marge Goodman, Intel Corporation

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities as the high school participants,however they were more engaged when they were with their age group. The 2008 conferencewas the first conference with two separates dates one for middle school participants and the otherfor high school participants. In previous years, the conference had been held during one daywith both middle and high school participants yet offered two separate “conference tracks”. The2008 separation of the conference allowed for two one-day conferences each focused on onelevel: one day for middle school and one day for high school students. Year Middle School High School 2006 Balloon Flinker project Barbie Bungee Polymer Silly Slim

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Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

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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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Engineering Design Graphics

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, catalogs, newsletters and booklets. Program: In Design 65 45Total Table 1We

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University

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Computers in Education

suggested system by incorporating other programming languages suchas C++ and MS Visual Basic.AcknowledgementThis work is funded by the National Science Council in Taiwan, under the “Science Education”Program, Project No. NSC 97-2511-S-218-005-MY2.Bibliography1. Allen Tucker. (2003). A Model Curriculum for K-12 Computer Science. Final Report of the ACM K-12 Education Task Force Curriculum Committee. ACM.2. Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., and Cocking, R.R.(2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C.:National Academy Press.3. Resnick, M. (1995). New paradigms for computing, new paradigms for thinking. In A. diSessa, Hoyles, C., & Noss, R. (Eds.), Computers and Exploratory Learning (pp. 31-43). New York

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glen Archer, Michigan Technological University; Kedmon Hungwe, Michigan Technological University; Luke Mounsey, Michigan Technological University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Baptist College in Gaylord, MI. He enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, and the occasional random research project. Page 15.914.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 New directions in engineering education: The development of a virtual lab course in electronic circuits.Abstract – The development of virtual education satisfying the needs of engineeringeducation is getting increased attention in the current era of Web and virtual technologies.In this paper, we present the rationale, implementation and formative evaluation of avirtual lab environment for an electronic circuits course. The system, which is

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Spencer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of K-12 education. In the spring of 2010, over 50students were enrolled in the undergraduate education courses.Strand 3: Mentoring ExperiencesCareer counselors regularly recommend that college students interview professionals in theirprospective fields in order to learn about a career. Therefore one initiative implemented as partof Tech to Teaching is a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (Teaching-SURE)program that places Pre-Teaching students and experienced high school STEM teachers together Page 15.1019.6into research labs to engage in summer research projects. The goal of this pairing is to allow thePage 15.1019.7the 1,245 students

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Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Bernier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2010-8: USING LIBGUIDES AS A WEB 2.0 CONTENT MANAGEMENTSYSTEM AND A COLLABORATION TOOL FOR ENGINEERING LIBRARIANSRichard Bernier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard Bernier is the Reference and Electronic Services Librarian at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he manages subscriptions and access to all electronic resources; conducts reference service and library instruction, and manages the digital archives project. He is currently transitioning his library toward a Library 2.0 environment. Page 15.1330.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Heersink, Colorado School of Mines; Wanda Dann, Carnegie Mellon University; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka Herriger, Purdue; Steven Cooper, Purdue

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-90: INVESTIGATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ COMPUTINGBELIEFSDaniel Heersink, Colorado School of MinesBarbara Moskal, Colorado School of MinesWanda Dann, Carnegie Mellon UniversityAlka Herriger, PurdueSteven Cooper, Purdue Page 15.813.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Investigating High School Students’ Computing BeliefsAbstractMany projects throughout the United States are underway that seek to increase the appeal ofcomputing as a field of study. This article reports the results of pre and post attitudes surveyswhich were administered before and after two interventions. One of the interventions wasdesigned to change students’ attitudes with

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracee Gilbert, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-1480: STUDENT SUCCESS – ORIENTED NEEDS ANALYSISFRAMEWORK: A PILOT STUDYTracee Gilbert, Virginia Tech Tracee Walker Gilbert is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on designing and applying ISE methods and tools to improve engineering education, with particular emphasis on new approaches that will have lasting effects for the success of women and minority students in K-12 and higher education. Prior to pursuing graduate studies full-time, she worked as a Senior Systems Engineer in private industry where she lead projects to develop Geospatial Intelligence Systems from concept through implementation.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Sustainable Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Simon, University of Nevada, Reno; Ted Batchman, University of Nevada-Reno; Christine Taylor, Lewis and Clark University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

limits to growth: A report for the club of Rome’s project on the predicament of mankind. New York: Universe Books.18. Monastersky, R. 2006a. A new science breaks down boundaries, Chronicle of Higher Education. 53(9): A20.19. Monastersky, R. 2006b. Truth in advertising: Middlebury college‘s biomass plant, Chronicle of Higher Education. 53(9): A20.20. North, Douglass C. 1981. Structure and change in economic history. New York: Norton.21. Pierce, J., and Lovrich, N. 1986. Water resources, democracy, and the technical information quandary. Millwood, NY: Associated Faculty Press. Page 15.808.16

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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Toyama, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the local industry, in this case mainly oil andgas, without the need for overseas migration in order to obtain their education. Given theirdiverse backgrounds and their attendance to a certified Western higher education system,successful graduates will be capable of pursuing engineering projects on the local and globalscale.6Despite the drive of the Regional students to enter engineering disciplines, summaries of industryviews on Regional engineering graduates reveal that they are seen to be especially deficient interms of hands-on experience, team work, and independent critical thinking.7 It is thereforeespecially important to foster any industry links with the students—including the simulation ofday-to-day practice and equipment in order to

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

of theresponsible conduct of research (RCR). In recent years, two instruments for measuring ethicalsensitivity in science and engineering have been developed, namely, the Test of EthicalSensitivity in Science and Engineering (TESSE) developed by Borenstein, et al.6 and the Test forEthical Sensitivity in Science (TESS) by Clarkeburn.7 Although both investigated ethicalsensitivity to issues arising from out of science and engineering, neither focused primarily onassessing ethical sensitivity of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)researchers to the responsible conduct of research.As part of an NSF sponsored project we have designed an instrument for testing the ethicalsensitivity of STEM researchers to situations involving

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Howell, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

made… Scientific literacy is the capacity to use scientific knowledge, to identify questions and to draw evidence-based conclusions in order to understand and help make decisions about the natural world and the changes made to it through human activity. (pp. 132–33)This definition of scientific literacy encompasses technology. In this area, the colleges ofengineering are uniquely poised to provide this type of literacy education to students from otherdisciplines. The Green Report-- Engineering Education for a Changing World5, released inOctober 1994 as a joint project report by the Engineering Deans Council and CorporateRoundtable of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), challenged the deansof the colleges of

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Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Lauren Madden, North Carolina State University; James Minogue, North Carolina State University; Mike Carter, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Inquiry-based elementaryscience education provides students with some opportunities to engage in authentic science butthe subject area expertise required by teachers can be daunting and time consuming. Currentlyengineering education professionals are looking for opportunities to positively influenceelementary (STEM) experience but the school curriculum demands limit their opportunity toexpose students to the benefits of engineering problem solving. Through professionaldevelopment we have instituted some graphic-based modeling techniques that support andextend current inquiry science curriculum activities and leverage the engineering design cycle.Research and findings done as part of a two-year NSF-supported project in elementary educationwill be

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Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Baldwin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Engineering Libraries

search interfacesdedicated as finding aids to institutional and disciplinary repositories assures expandedintellectual access as well.The results of this project support these conclusions. In this study nearly 11% of the articleswere deposited in institutional or disciplinary repositories. Much higher were the percentages offaculty in all three disciplines, in all five institutions who have at least one article with someform of open access. IR deposition is still in its infancy in these fields and repeated studies suchas this one will determine if the percentage of available publications is on the rise. Free access isincreasingly becoming the mantra and predictably faculty will more and more prefer to pull theircited publications from the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology; Siva Thangam, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

publicised (e.g. at conferences), so that the dissertation can be supported by the scientific and research community, not only by the opinions of the opponents. Denmark: '…capacity to carry out a scientific project involving independent use of the scientific method of the subject thereby furthering research at a level corresponding to the international standard of the PhD within the subject area.' The Netherlands: '…The dissertation must report on original research and present scientific results. It should make an original contribution to knowledge in the field and testify to the candidate's mastery of the methodology' Portugal: '…The thesis is expected to be a scholarly work which contributes to the

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Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

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Civil Engineering

active learning work? A review of the research”, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 223-231, July 2004.[2] Froyd, J. E., Evidence for the Efficacy of Student-active Learning Pedagogies, PKAL (Project Kaleidoscope), 2008, available in: http://www.pkal.org/documents/BibliographyofSALPedagogies.cfm[3] Schön, D., Educating the Reflective Practitioner, Jossey-Bass Publications (Wiley), New York, 1987.[4] Lyons, J. and E. F. Young, “Developing a systems approach to engineering problem solving and design of experiments in a racecar-based laboratory course”, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 109-112, January 2001.[5] Schank, R. C., Designing World Class E-Learning, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.[6

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

easy to understand. • Could use some work to correct Grammar. • It was pretty easy to follow step by step. • Everything was clear and straight forward. • All necessary info provided with clear directions. • For the most part I understood what was being done.B) How did you find the Pre-lab assignments? Useful: 13 Not Useful: 3 • It helped me to understand the lab better. • Helped to set me ready for lab. • Some of them were a little confusing but they all helped prepare for the lab. • They helped to understand the general idea of what the lab was about. • They prepared me for the labs. • Useful, it allowed you to get an insight on the actual project. • Gave you a good understanding of the experiment. • They were

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Chesney, University of Michigan; Ross Broms, The University of Michigan

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New Engineering Educators

sometimes needed to be ‘coached’ to respond asrequested. That is, as the semester wore on and / or significant project or homework assignmentswere looming, students needed to be encouraged to continue responding weekly to the questionsindicated above.There were two faculty teaching the course, who would alternate delivering lectures. Although Page 15.230.5the other faculty was not actively involved in this research, he participated wholly. In somecases, data analysis involves only one or the other faculty, but in most cases, data from both ofour lectures is analyzed. As examples, data analysis regarding how many stories were told, andof what type

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Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Engineering Technology

technical expertise that has been plagued by a significantlack of identity.1 For example, institutions that have engineering and engineering technologyprograms will often provide a description as to the differences between engineering technologyand engineering. Typically, this description is found by a URL link on the engineeringtechnology webpage and not on the engineering webpage. Even the traditional, distinctive claimby engineering technology programs of being hands-on has eroded with the introduction andrecent emphasis of applications and design implementation across engineering curricula,especially the EAC of ABET required capstone project. Much of this has been documented over 2-12the years.The engineering technology community has

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Green, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

protection, corporate security, and partner compliance solutions for multiple Fortune 500 companies in the consumer packaged goods, energy, financial services, hospitality and technology industries. While at Booz Allen Hamilton, Dr. Green provided technical and programmatic direction to the DARPA Special Projects Office (SPO), Army Research Lab (ARL), Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center (IATAC), and other DoD clients for advanced prototype systems research. He performed analysis tasks and provided strategic vision for his clients in the areas of survivability analysis, roadmap studies, threat analysis, and technology simulation and modeling. Dr

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Materials Lab Experiments and Demonstrations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University

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Materials

explore something that they find interesting about this course.” – “The freedom to do the test we wanted to do. It satisfied my curiosity.” – “This lab allows us to learn more about what we find interesting. We learn more from labs that we designed ourselves.” – “I liked that we were able to select our own project based on things that interested us, and also that we had to figure out our own procedures which allowed us to really learn what I was doing.” – “I liked the idea of planning our own lab and figuring out how to properly create samples and perform the experiment.” – “I like how we had to be responsible and complete a lab on our own.” – “Experience in using the equipment

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Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Squires; Robert Cloutier

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

- Page 15.531.2based format. That is, throughout the rest of the course, the instructor and the studentsinteracted asynchronously through text-based exchange within the Web Course Tools(WebCT) Learning Management System (LMS). Delivery consisted of posting weeklycourse content in the form of presentations, participating in required weekly onlinediscussions, and working together with a team to produce a final team project. The initialcourse was offered to sponsored corporate students in a condensed six-week format andthe initial courses were used primarily for systems engineering training. In 2005, audiolectures were added to the weekly course content; yet follow-on comparative researchindicated that: “…where there is evidence that the inclusion

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Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

the ISTEC 2008 workshop. Thus, SimCafeusers are likely to encounter the same learning structure and best-practices approach for differentproblems across the ME curriculum. Through these repeated encounters, students have a chanceto internalize best practices in their formative years and carry them into their careers.6. Evaluation ResultsIn 2009, an 18-item survey was administered to 57 students enrolled in M&AE 3272 MechanicalProperty & Performance Lab. The survey gathered data pertaining to user experience with theANSYS tutorials on SimCafe looking at content, navigation, presence of technical difficulties,clarity of material, real-world applicability and overall recommendations to project team.Almost all respondents reported having

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IE and the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dean Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Industrial Engineering

Besides principles of good practice in multi-media design16,17, a number of importantcriteria were considered in the development of the review modules. Specifically,≠ Where appropriate, modules should consider a variety of learning styles≠ Review modules should primarily be focused at knowledge (Foundational) level on the Steps for Better Thinking model (see Figure 2).≠ Review modules should be relatively short and should provide opportunities for exploration of applications related to the topic.≠ Embedded online interactive exercises should be self-correcting.≠ Navigation through review modules should be student-controlled.≠ All materials developed should be suitable for incorporation with a classroom project or as a stand-alone review