Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Ken Thomas, University of South Florida; Jeffrey Cunningham, University of South Florida; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and his PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. He has authored over a dozen papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Page 15.705.1Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving writing in civil and environmental engineeringcourses using CLAQWA, an online tool for writing improvementAbstractA required ABET student outcome of engineering programs is “communication” which,according to the American Society of Civil Engineers BOK means that a student can“Plan, compose, and integrate

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Chin, East Carolina University; Nancy Study, Virginia State University

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New Engineering Educators

. Page 15.826.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Keys to Publishing in Peer Reviewed JournalsAbstractA plethora of literature exists to which new engineering educators can refer that will assist themsucceed as scholars. Blocking out time to write every day or every week; learning to say “no”;ignoring bad reviews and heeding critical reviews; reading; writing, writing, writing; exhibiting awillingness to change; being flexible; and being reasonable are included among the suggestionsthe literature promotes. The intent of this paper in contrast was to provide new engineeringeducators with a framework for negotiating the journal publication process. In particular, thepaper addresses the procedures for producing a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marilyn Hart, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Mezbahur Rahman, Minnesota State University, Mankato

progression of a student through the programprovides valuable opportunities for “stepping stone peer mentoring” and individual studentdevelopment. Our selection process addresses diversity issues by factoring in major, gender,year, eligibility for subsidized financial aid (a program requirement), community collegebackground and first-generation status. In addition, we ask students to write a brief essaydescribing how they will contribute to the program diversity given a broad definition thatincorporates such things as race, religion, socioeconomic status, and breadth of experience incommunities. We strive to select students who are motivated and who could have an improvededucational experience given the opportunity to be a member of the cohort, to

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

topic both before and after it has been discussed in class. The following section provides a collective summary of instructor observations regardingthe free-writing writing activity. In addition, it provides some concluding thoughts in terms ofapplications of these writing activities to other domains of science and engineering.V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Critical to the writing activities is the feedback provided to the students. The benefits ofinstructor- (as well as peer-) feedback are numerous. The instructor-student relationship isquickly fostered and enhanced. Because students are given prompt critical and detailedfeedback, they take the writing activities very seriously. The quality of student work is clearlyimproved

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

AC 2010-281: STRUCTURED PROCESS FOR WRITING, REVISING, ANDASSESSING MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUIZZESJosh Coffman, University of Arkansas Josh Coffman is a M.S. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He has worked as a civil design technician for Crafton, Tull, Sparks, and Associates in Russellville, Arkansas. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Arkansas Tech University in 2006. V-mail: 479-970-7359; E-mail: jacoffma@uark.edu.Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas Joseph J. Rencis has been professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville since 2004. He has held the inaugural

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University; Abhishek Gummadi, North Carolina State University; Reejesh Kadanjoth, North Carolina State University; Yvonne Marie Andrés, Global Schoolnet.org

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Information Systems

, can be accomplished by a simple extension tostudent peer review.Expertiza [1, 2] is a Web-based system for peer-reviewing student work. After studentssubmit their work by uploading a file or writing on a wiki, other students are assigned toreview their work. Author and reviewer communicate in double-blind fashion using rubrics.The reviewer fills out a rubric that includes several questions about the author’s work, as Page 15.886.2 Figure 1. Filling out a review formProceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1Copyright ∏ 2010, American Society for

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Rafael Hernandez, Mississippi State University

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Graduate Studies

they needed guidance to agree wherethey demonstrated some independence (3.5 at course start) and this increased to a greater overallindependence (4.1) by the end of the course. The students self-rated skills compiling theliterature, organizing it, and recognizing missing information did not change substantially fromcourse beginning to course end (4.0 to 4.2). While the course did not involve practice analyzingraw data, it did involve describing how the data analysis would be conducted. Pre and postcourse ratings in this area increased from 3.7 to 4.2. Experience writing research articles wasrated 3.7 in the beginning and 4.0 in the end although only two students in the class had actuallypublished a peer-reviewed research article. This rating

Conference Session

Conceptual Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Brooks, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 15.1226.4choice answer, write a short answer explanation, and report their confidence. A distribution ofthe responses was displayed in bar graph form after the question was answered. In most cases,the class was encouraged to self-select groups of two or three students and discuss their answers.During this group discussion, the instructor did not interact with the groups directly except toanswer general questions. Therefore, the responses were entirely comprised of the co-construction within the student group. The exercise was assigned again and, in addition to theresponses above, students identified the members of their Peer Instruction group. In all cases, aclass wide discussion followed.In this paper, a subset of four question pairs

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Estefania Alvarez, Clemson University; Steven Saville, Clemson University; O. Thompson Mefford, Clemson University; John DesJardins, Clemson University

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Biomedical

8this lab applied to the overall research question at hand. Many examples of peer reviewedprofessional biomedical engineering society 1 page abstracts were provided to the students aspart of the introductory workshop on abstract writing. In addition, an abstract template wasprovided to assist the students in formatting and section descriptions. Refer to the Appendix toreview this abstract template. To remain consistent as possible with the evaluation of the writing of the students, abstractswere judged based on the rubric below. Upon evaluation, students were given assistance andsuggestions on areas which they could improve. The rubric also allowed students to self-evaluate efforts before submitting a completed assignment. The abstracts

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-1298: ATLAS - ACADEMIC TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSISTANTSSTUDY: THE USE OF PEERS AS ‘QUALITY MANAGERS’ IN ENGINEERINGCLASS INSTRUCTIONBeverly Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly K. Jaeger, PhD is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a select group of full-time faculty devoted to the First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University (NU). While she concentrates on first-year engineering courses and instructs across all engineering disciplines, Dr. Jaeger also teaches specialty courses in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU in Digital Simulation, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems.Corey Balint, Northeastern University

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

University ofCalifornia--Los Angeles (UCLA). This partnership is supported by a CCLI--Phase II grant toextend an established software platform (Calibrated Peer Review™) to include both oral andvisual communication within engineering education.BackgroundCalibrated Peer Review™ (CPR) is a web-based application that enables students to criticallyreview other students’ written assignments anonymously, but only after they have achieved asuccessful calibration level via online critiques of standardized assignments. The current projectexpands and enhances this widely used “learning by writing” tool to a more comprehensive“learning by communication” model that includes graphical/pictorial and oral presentation tools.The principal intellectual contribution

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky

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Design in Engineering Education

paperintends to show a set of report outlines along with evaluation tools and rubrics used in a one-semester senior design capstone course.The author of this paper has taught the senior design capstone course in Electrical and ComputerEngineering at the University of Kentucky for several years. During this time a set of reportingoutlines for the students were developed. The course is offered as a one-semester class and thestudents need to write a proposal, a midterm executive summary, and a final report. For all ofthese reports the students are given an outline to follow. The students also need to hand inself/peer evaluations three times per semester. These self/peer evaluations have been adaptedfrom different self/peer evaluations found on the

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

structure / idea presentation strategy and because what reviewers lookfor evolves over time. Further, each agency has their own emphasis / desired presentation of theproposed project. Basically, to continue to secure funding, a person has to continually seekfunding and continually learn how to best accomplish that task.#4: Don’t attempt to plan research / write in a vacuumThe best way to learn and the quickest way to transition from unfunded proposals to fundedproposals is to get feedback and help. It’s true that trial and error learning is not the mostefficient, but peer-review mechanisms dictate this. Most new faculty are acutely aware that theyhave a fixed timeline to attain funding, but shouldn’t let this hinder their learning. Any givenidea

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Simmons, University of Utah; Susan Sample, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education

we consider the SPIRAL curriculum that hasbeen implemented. ME 1000 is the first of a four-semester sequence where students will beworking in groups and applying teamwork skills to their engineering, oral communication, andwriting assignments. The fact that students interpreted the instruction as meaningfully relevantand also noticed an improvement in proficiency lends itself nicely to the next step in the SPIRALsequence. We are hopeful that students’ perceptions of writing and speaking instruction willimprove in future semesters, due to their appreciation for effective teamwork to both engineeringand communication practices.Peer EvaluationsA review of students’ peer evaluation memos provides additional insight into their experienceswith

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

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Biomedical

club (or how to find and read a research article), discussions on laboratory etiquette andresearch ethics. Participants were then integrated into their research mentors laboratory, andspent eight weeks on a research project. The program has two Peer Mentors, who areundergraduates with research experience, that live with the students and participate in theresearch project. The mentors are also responsible for additional social and academic activitiesduring nights and weekends. This paper describes the program, evaluations and critiques fromthe first year (from both research mentors and participants), as well as the challenges andopportunities the program presents to future “Research Experience for Undergraduates”programs. Surveys will continue

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

Page 15.587.9this context, the theme that emerged was the use of both self- and peer-assessment in group-work projects and assignments. One important initiative here was the implementation in 2009of peer-assessment exercises. These were conducted fortnightly in tutorials. Prior to “peer-marking tutorials”, students were asked to write solutions to specified questions. At the startof the tutorial these solutions were collected by the tutor who re-distributed them amongst thestudents. A detailed marking scheme was then displayed and the tutor guided the studentsthrough it as they marked the work of one of their peers. The markers were required to awardmarks, write short explanatory notes where marks had been lost, and also write their name

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Gerald Knapp, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University

the students, and providing a framework for interactionsbetween faculty, students and industry personnel. The project hosts three main programs: aFaculty Development Workshop, the Encounter Engineering Bridge Camp (E2), and a freshmancourse, ENGR 1050 Introduction to Engineering. The project also hosts several of itsprofessional development and academic enhancement activities in the Engineering ResidentialCollege (ERC), a residential hall for freshmen. Finally, the project is expanding Peer Mentoring,which emerged from the bridge camp team captains, and now is incorporated into ENGR 1050. Assessment includes individual program elements and overall impact on retention.Feedback on the individual components includes surveying the

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Mechanics

ideas and concepts from previous work listed here, the authorundertook a redesign of his mechanics classes (statics and strength of materials) toinclude interactive engagement, cooperative learning and peer instruction. The idea of“teaching-notes”1 was modernized by the faculty’s use of current technology consistingof a media projector and a tablet-pc with ink technology. Digital ink-technology is theterm used for writing on a tablet-pc screen using free hand writing. The students in theclass did not use tablet-pc. Page 15.1323.2BeginningsTo begin the process, the concept of mini lectures based on informal cooperative learningexperiences of Johnson, et

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Eichhorn, SUNY Oswego; Cara Thompson, SUNY Oswego; David Vampola, SUNY Oswego; Fritz Messere, SUNY Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego

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Design in Engineering Education

limit on the numberof courses or degree credit hours. Consequently, teaching communication skills must be infusedin required courses adding to the general education portion of the curriculum and withoutreplacing cognate or core engineering material. The challenge is to provide a solid and modernengineering education where students will naturally and ubiquitously acquire efficient andmodern communication skills.This presentation discusses some of the research results of this project including the developmentof a modern technical writing course, the integration of communication skills into engineeringmaterials, and multidisciplinary methods that combine students enrolled in the Arts, Media, andCommunication Studies with engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Technology

write up or the oral presentation. Really did a lot during the project, particularly with the final Tony Romo 1.05 document. Betty Crocker 1.05 Overall good participator. Note: “Total” must equal the number of rated team members or Total 3.00 3.0 Figure A-1: Completed sample peer evaluation by “Johnny Debb” on his fellow group members. Table A-1: Example of Total Group Assessments and Resulting Final Grades: Johnny Tom Tony

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Clyne, Drexel University

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New Engineering Educators

orientation but before classes started to easenew faculty tension. Sessions were held on the three tenure criteria: research, teaching, andservice. In each session, a panel of three tenured faculty (one senior and two recently tenured)spoke about what was required for success and answered junior faculty questions. Following thethree sessions, the junior faculty had lunch with senior administrators and a discussion with theengineering dean.A particular problem in new faculty integration is bringing women into departments in whichfew or no women currently work. We started a women in engineering research network toconnect junior and senior women in all engineering departments, and thereby attain a criticalmass for effective peer-mentoring. The network

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Sam Conn, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

motivation and achievement, are unwilling to do mindful work, such as executinghigher level cognitive processes. Learners in the collaborative problem solving process receivefeedback and comments from peers, and from the teacher on the steps of planning,implementing, and executing problem solving processes rather than only receiving feedbackfrom the teacher on their performance. Therefore, peer pressure, as a motivating factor, may pushstudents to perform higher level cognitive functions. In addition, social constructivism3 suggeststhat the exchange of critical feedback among peers as well as from the instructor can encouragestudents to modify their work. Research is needed that will provide insights for engineeringdepartments in design

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

teaching with the use of atablet-pc and digital ink technology. Digital ink-technology is the term used for writing on atablet-pc screen using free hand writing. The students in the class did not use tablet-pc. Theauthor had developed complete PowerPointTM based lectures, several animations, multimediacontent and several example problems around this approach targeted to engineers.Based on all the information that was given at the interview and from what had been gleanedfrom literature, the author decided to start his new job by utilizing the blackboard to teach in thetraditional method to address the falsely perceived lack of depth and rigor. The lectures weremostly oriented to writing the notes and solving several example problems on the

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Steiner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Alben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Cheng Hsu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

withpeer evaluations, each student was also asked to write a reflective memo. Both the reflectivememo and peer evaluation questions were designed to force the student to think critically abouttheir team experience. The words used for the assignment are shown in figure 3 below.For this assignment you should reflect upon your participation on the project and comment onyour key strengths and how it has contributed to the overall effort. You should also describepossible weaknesses and opportunities for improvement, the major challenges and issues faced,and what you have learned from the experience. Comment on what might have been donedifferently to make your learning experience more productive.In addition, you should prepare a peer evaluation for

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

toprovide training and real world, small-scale project experience through the completion ofa full-project lifecycle from conceptualization to prototype. Brief discussion of thoseprojects that resulted in provisional patents, refereed journal publications, and conferencepresentations will be given. Some of the features of the course, such as University andindustry guest speaker series and final project evaluation by the department’s IndustrialAdvisory Board, leading professionals, faculty, technical staff and peers will beexamined. The paper concludes by outlining a set of short term and long term goals forthe future direction of the course.IntroductionEngineering and engineering technology disciplines consider senior project courses animportant and

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Stevie Clark, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Ryan Smith, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Cooperation on Science Fair Projects on Elementary School StudentsAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to show that outside the classroom, active learning throughscience fair projects with assistance from RAMP-UP Fellows can positively impactfourth graders. A comparison of the students’ third grade End-of-Grade (EOG) mathscores to their fourth grade EOG math scores, after they have worked with RAMP-UPFellows on science fair projects, is presented to assess the impact. RAMP-UP assistedfourth graders in 2007 had a 2.96% and an 11.43% improvement in their developmentscale score and achievement level respectively as compared to 1.99% and 3.59%improvement by their peers. The 2008 and 2009 assisted science fair students did notperform as well as

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

skills.The development of the MSU Engineering Residential Experience includes much more than justthe physical housing of first-year engineering students in a single residence hall. It also includes Page 15.589.3delivery of student service operations, including career services, freshman academic advisingand peer-led tutoring sessions. Another aspect of our co-curricular program includes thedevelopment of a faculty speaker series and alumni panels. These activities are intended tocompliment the social events offered through residence hall programming.A comprehensive approach to integrating a first-year academic program with a living-learningcommunity

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julio Garcia, San Jose State University; William Cruz, National Hispanic University

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Computers in Education

Online notes or presentations posted by instructor 4.7 Support for you as an individual learner HOW MUCH did each of the following aspects of the class HELP YOUR5 LEARNING?5.1 Working with peers outside of class (e.g., study groups) 4.3 Increases in your skills As a result of your work in this class, what GAINS DID YOU MAKE in the6 following SKILLS?6.1 Writing documents in discipline-appropriate style and format 4.2 Page 15.106.6 Class impact on your attitudes As a result of your work in this class, what GAINS DID YOU MAKE in the7

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong Woo; Blake Wentz, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Construction

AC 2010-1581: USE OF WIKIS IN CONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONJeong Han Woo, Milwaukee School of Engineeirng Dr. Woo has been an active researcher in the field of Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, especially in BIM, building energy efficiency, and construction information technologies. He presented his research findings numerously at Construction Research Congress, ISARC (International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction), ACADIA (Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture), ASC (Associated Schools of Construction), and ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education). Dr. Woo’s papers are published in peer-reviewed journals in the field, such as

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

development in chemical engineering at a large publicuniversity. The topical content which has been developed may also be used “À la carte” forincorporating elements into existing engineering courses if there is not room in the curriculumfor an integrated course of this type. The complete course content, including the syllabus,subject matter presentations, assignments, and relevant links, is available on a public web sitefor use by engineering instructors: (www.courses.ncsu.edu/che395). Course evaluationsindicate that students assign high values to this required seminar.IntroductionEngineering departments employ different strategies for introducing soft skills such as writing,oral presentation, teamwork, information literacy, and ethics. A frequently