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Orla S. LoPiccolo

Drawing Comparisons: “What I See, I Remember. What I do I Understand” Orla S. LoPiccolo, M Arch, RA, Assistant Professor Department of Architecture and Construction Management Farmingdale State College, State University of New York“What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do I understand.” ConfuciusAbstractThis paper tests “What I see, I remember” against “What I do, I understand” via astudy conducted among two sections of freshman Architecture and ConstructionEngineering Technology students in a course that does not have a laboratorycomponent. The author‟s preceding investigation had verified

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Keith M. Gardiner

parallel concepts but perhaps with a slightlydifferent vocabulary (and spin). Adam Smith (1723-1790), the noted Scots philosopher left anexcellent trove of ideas relating to wealth creation and the societal importance of engineeringmethodologies for contributing to the quality of life. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832),1 a notedprecursor of socialist ideas under the banner of “Utilitarianism” followed with an objective oftenexpressed as the axiom “It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure ofright and wrong” In 1784 Samuel Gregg (1758-1834) opened Europe‟s largest cotton mill atStyal, near Manchester. David Dale (1739-1806) ultimately assisted by Robert Owen (1771-1858) followed in 1786 with a huge mill at New Lanark in

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Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

spending more time on problem development, and the ease with which the FEED-Solution (F-S) approach can be taught to students.1. Design Maturation. Novice designers often neglect problem development, becoming fixatedon particular solution concepts that are later found to be unsatisfactory.5 Even then, novicedesigners may continue to hold on to their early ideas and try to “design out” their flaws insteadof starting over with a new design concept and/or returning to the problem definition to makesure they have understood it correctly - as an expert designer is more likely to do.At the same time, other studies in design education have shown that a systematic approach to theearly stages of design can be helpful to students,20 as long as it is not too

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Erick Froede; David Saint John; Richard Devon

established an “informal rulethat anyone making improvements had to send them back to him”17 cultivating a fundamentalpractice of what Stallmann would later call Free Software. When the AI Lab was left as a shell ofits former self due to corporate rivalry, Richard decided to take things into his own hands andkeep his ideals alive by creating a new, UNIX-like operating system. Again, an act ofevolutionary selection ( a corporate raid) yielded innovation, and this innovation was based ontwo tactics often seen in evolutionary systems: mimicry and stigmergy. That GNU ( therecursively named operating system Stallman would develop out of his desire for a printerdriver) modeled itself on UNIX is not controversial, despite it‟s name: GNU‟s Not Unix. And

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Qinghai Gao

, pp.1-5 (London, 9-12 Nov.2009).[5] F. Monrose, M. Reiter, and S. Wetzel (1999). Password Hardening Based on Keystroke Dynamics. Proc. of theACM Conference in Computer and Communications Security, pp: 73– 82.[6] F. Monrose, M. Reiter, Q. Li, and S. Wetzel (2001). Cryptographic key generation from voice. Proc. of the IEEESymposium on Security and Privacy.[7] F. Hao, and C. Chan (2002). Private key generation from on-line handwritten signatures. InformationManagement & Computer Security, 10(2): 159–164.[8] B. Chen, and V. Chandran (2007). Biometric Based Cryptographic Key Generation from Faces. Proc. of the 9thBiennial Conference of the Australian Pattern Recognition Society on Digital Image Computing Techniques andApplication, pp: 394

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Frank T. Fisher; Hong Man

contributions to this work. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityBibliography1. Engineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc: Baltimore, MD, 1998.2. Shaping the future. Volume II. Perspectives on undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Advisory Committee to the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Education and Human Resources: Arlington, VA, 1998.3. Carr, S., "What are we waiting for? Put engineering first!" Excellence in Higher Education, 8(3), 1999.4. Belytschko, T., A

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course instructors and in-class observations of students engagedin impromptu design exercises represent the qualitative measures to be employed in the study.The methods and procedures for data collection and analysis are detailed below.5. ConclusionIn this paper, the use of impromptu design as a vehicle for integrating design educationthroughout the engineering curriculum was discussed. Examples of impromptu design exercisescurrently being developed for a diverse range of classes across engineering disciplines werepresented along with a discussion about some of the challenges of developing an adequateassessment plan.Bibliography[1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorenson. “A review of literature on teaching

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Duy K. Dao; Shankar Krishnan

, Murray B, Marinello S. RR Interval Analysis for Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in ECG Monitors. 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, Vancouver, 2008. 5. Khan MG. Rapid ECG Interpretation. 3rd Ed. Totowa: Humana Press. 6. Sornmo L, Stridh M, Husser D, Bollmann A, Olsson SB. Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation: from electrocardiogram signal processing to clinical management. Philosophical Transcactions of The Royal Society, 2008. 7. Chang PC, Hsieh JC, Lin JJ, Yeh FM. Atrial Fibrillation Analysis Based on Blind Source Separation in 12- Lead ECG Data. ICMB, (2010):286-295. 8. Weissman N, Katz A, Zigel Y. A New Method ofor Atrial Electrical Activity Analysis from Surface ECG Signals Using

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William J. Kelly

this need. Within the Sligo programme however, there asan obvious absence of engineering-based module(s). The topics covered in two courses atVillanova (CHE8588 and CHE8589), delivered via DE, were deemed to adequately provide thisengineering element to the Sligo curriculum.Other benefits of merging the graduate students from Villanova and Sligo in these two Villanovacourses were identified, such as: • Cross cultural interactions – through the in-class discussion and out-of-class group projects that these classes employ, there is the potential for exchange of different approaches and perspectives on the value and availability of new bioprocess technology and biotechnology products (i.e. drugs, sensors etc

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Amy Fleischer; Aaron Wemhoff; James O'Brien; Ani Ural; LeRoy Alaways

ortant skills for succes in s ssengineeri ing. During the worksh the girls were asked to assess th designs and support their g hop heirdesign deecisions. Fi igure 7 show that the m ws majority of g girls feel com mfortable in this role. WWhenasked if t they can exp plain the dec cisions that th make, 7 hey

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Eunice E. Yang; Beverly W. Withiam

the widely utilized Force Concept Inventory.Since then multiple engineering and physics disciplines now utilize concept inventories forteaching and learning assessments. The Statics Concept Inventory11 utilized in this research wasdeveloped by Paul S. Steif at Carnegie Mellon University and the co-developer was Anna Dollàrfrom University of Miami at Ohio. The 30-minute exam consists of 27 multiple choice questionscovering nine statics concepts (three questions for each topic) as categorized in Table 1. Table 1. Description of the concepts in the Statics Concept Inventory Exam A Free Body Diagram – Separating Bodies B Newton’s 3rd Law C Static equivalence of combinations of forces and

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Bahar Zoghi Moghadam

it showshow the toilets industry developed toward water efficiency. Toilets built before 1980 may usedanywhere between 5.5 to 12 gallons per flush (gpf). In the late 1980 and early 90’s the toiletswith 3.5 gpf become standard. In 1992 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set a newstandard stating that no toilets can use more than 1.6 gpf. This new standard can save the averageAmerican household 9740 to 17300 gallons of water per year. The second group subject wasWater Efficient Household Fixtures. This group report was focused on household appliancessuch as: washing machine, dishwasher, toilets and showerheads. “The year is 2010 and “gogreen” is the new phrase in our commitment to save the plant from human’s negative impacts. Fall 2010

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Philip Samuel P.E.; Kathryn Jablokow

solution to a particular design problem, which begs thequestion: if the ideal (or even a ‘very good’) solution lies outside the student’s cognitiveboundaries, how will he or she be led to find it?3. Managing Psychological Inertia in the Early Stages of DesignResearchers have observed that the effects of psychological inertia can be reduced throughthe awareness of one’s cognitive boundaries and the adoption of techniques that expand one’scognitive level and/or simulate different cognitive styles3, 4, 5, 14, 18. Fey and Rivin5 illustratethe impact of psychological inertia through an example from the former Soviet space agency,as follows: In the 1970’s, the space agency decided to launch an unmanned vehicle to land onthe Moon’s surface. A projector

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James C. Peyton Jones; Connor McArthur; Tyler Young

authors gratefully acknowledge support for this project from the National ScienceFoundation (DUE No. 0837637 [18]), and the MathWorks Inc. This work is neither endorsed nor Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova Universitymaintained by the LEGO group. MindStorms, NXT and LEGO are trademarks of the LEGOgroup. Please direct all enquiries to the authors.Bibliography 1. L. Greenwald, and D. Artz, “Teaching artificial intelligence with low cost robots,” In Accessible hands-on artificial intelligence and robotics education, ed. L. Greenwald, Z. Dodds, A. Howard, S. Tejada, and J. Weinberg, pp. 35-41. Technical Report SS-04-01. Menlo Park, CA: AAAI Press, (2004). 2. S. Coradeschi and J

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Ani Ural; Joseph Yost

practice aftergraduation.References[1] Dinehart, D., Yost, J., Gross, S., Radlinska, A. The role of structural engineering in multi-disciplinary freshman projects. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2010.[2] Comolli, N., Kelly, W., Wu, Q. The artificial kidney: investigating current dialysis methods as a freshman design project. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2010.[3] Caverly, R., Fulmer, H., Santhanam, S., Singh, P., O’Brien, J., Jones, G., Char, E., Mercede, F., Weinstein, R., Yost, J. Project-Based Freshman Engineering Experience: The Core Course American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Rosalind Wynne

. Davis, "Teaching Reflective Skills in an Engineering Course" Proceedings of 2003 ASEE Conference, 2003. 2. Guan, Z., S. Lappenbusch, J. Turns, and J. Yellin. “Portfolios in Engineering Education: What do they promise and how can they be used?,” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Session 1858, (2006). 3. Kolb, D. A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development, Prentice Hall, Eaglewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984. 4. Zull, J., The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning. Sterling, VA, Stylus Publishing, 2002, pp. 13-29 5. Wynne, R., “ The Diary of a Mad Student: Exam Diaries and

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Bill Lorenz; Pritpal Singh

the environment taught in the courses. The most common feedback was the course(s)changed their outlook on the environment/planet and made them very excited about being an engineer. They very much like the holistic approach of thinking about the 3 pillars of sustainability. At least 3students converted to vegatarian/vegan as a result of taking the course and pondering their personaloptions. Also, the students liked the opportunity of writing memos/Powerpoint as a way to learnbusiness communications.By focusing the team projects on real world situations, many dealing with how the students arecurrently living, we assure ourselves a very practical focus and energetic response. It has been verysatisfying to see the students clearly and openly deal

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M. Nazrul Islam

, “Achievement goals in the classroom: students’ learning strategies and motivation processes,” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 260 – 267, 1988.[3] S. R. Cotten and B. Wilson, “Student-faculty interactions: dynamics and determinants,” Higher Education, vol. 51, pp. 487 – 519, 2006.

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Kevin Dahm

• Apparatus or System Design • Laboratory Functions • Use of Modern Engineering Tools • Societal/Global Perspectives • Interpretation of Results • Formulating Conclusions • Making RecommendationsFall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University • Effective Written Communication • Effective Oral Communication3) Prepare grading rubrics that evaluate student achievement of instructionalobjectivesThe elements identified in the previous section are relatively broad s. With no furtherguidance, gauging the performance of a specific student or team with respect to one ofthese (on, for example, a 1-10 scale) is quite subjective. Consequently, consistent withthe strategy outlined by Felder,5 detailed rubrics

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Peggy Leonowich-Graham; Katie Blue; Steven Condly

Review on Women in Computing,” SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 34, No. 2, June, 2002, pp. 121-127. 2. Beyer, S., DeKeuster, M., Walter K., Colar, M., and Holcomb., C, “Changes in CS Students’ Attitudes Towards CS over Time: An Examination of Gender Difference,” ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 2005, Vol. 37, Issue 1, p. 392-396. 3. Chen, X., “Students Who Study Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Postsecondary Education,” U.S. Department of Education, NCES 2009-161, July 2009. 4. Murray, T. “Gender Equity in the Mathematics Classroom: Separate and Evaluate:, The Nueva Journal, 36(3) Summer 1995. 5. Jackson, C., “Can Single Sex Classes in Co-educational Schools Enhance the Learning Experiences

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Allison L. Felix; Joel Z. Bandstra; William H.J. Strosnider

Degree 5.9% (1) 5.9% (1) Other (undecided) 5.9% (1) 0 Intended Biology 7 respondents 9 respondentsAcademic Chemistry 7 respondents 7 respondentsField(s) of Computer Science 4 respondents 4 respondents Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityStudy after Engineering 13 respondents 12 respondentsGraduation Health Sciences 3 respondents 3 respondents

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Jaime D. Alava; Keith M. Gardiner

will enhance the classroom experience.References1 Gardiner, K. M., and Ozturk, S., “Developing a Practical Engineering Experience for First Year Students,”Proceedings, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Engineering Student Retention in the 21st Century,Raritan Valley Community College - April 23-24, 2004 (CD).2 Deanna R. Cerullo and Nick Nikitas.. “First Year Practical Engineering Experience-A Student View.”Proceedings, ASEE Mid-Atalntic Section Fall Conference.3 Deily, Robin. The Development of the First Year Engineering Experience, Fall 2010. Intervew by Jaime Alava.4/1/2010. Print. 26 Sep 2010.4 Yerk-Zwickl, Sherri. The Development of the First Year Engineering Experience, Fall 2010. Intervew by JaimeAlava. 4/7/2010