Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl B. Schrader, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Kotaro Sasaki, Boise State University; Teresa Cole, Boise State University, Computer Science Department; John N. Chiasson, Boise State University

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New Engineering Educators

guidelines toassist faculty members during the process of institutional transformation from a teaching-basedto a research-based university.IntroductionRegardless of whether it is primarily teaching-oriented or research-oriented, a university needsdedicated teachers, productive researchers, and effective administrators1. In engineering collegesin particular, where research productivity often outweighs teaching effectiveness, facultymembers might struggle to maintain balance among a multiplicity of roles and responsibilities.Lacking the skills to effectively balance teaching, research, and service workloads, with limitedpedagogical training at the graduate and/or post-doctoral level, novice faculty often adopt trialand error techniques2. Although

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies, Student

decisions. Our results also show that despite a perceived lack of autonomy, some GTAscontinue to act autonomously when faced with decision-making in the classroom. These resultscan help inform faculty as they seek to support GTAs in the GTAs‟ teaching responsibilities.IntroductionFor many years, graduate students have served as laboratory assistants and graders forundergraduate engineering courses. Due to recent efforts to increase hands-on activities inengineering education, many institutions are now also employing graduate teaching assistants(GTAs) as course instructors and lecturers 1-3. While researchers have studied GTAs in thehumanities and physical sciences, little is known about GTA experiences in engineering. Thepurpose of this study is to

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

Programs In a review of the development and characteristics of future faculty preparationprograms2, it is pointed out that they can provide a smooth transition between graduate schooland faculty positions. These programs evolved from TA training programs that proliferatedbetween 1960 and 1990. Establishment of the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program in 1993formed a base for a sustained national initiative to transform doctoral education. The PFFprogram has three core features3 of 1) addressing the full scope of faculty roles andresponsibilities, 2) students have multiple mentors and receive reflective feedback and 3) bothare addressed in the context of a cluster of institutions typically involving a doctoral degree-granting institution

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

between students’ self-rating and their GPA (r= .8, n = 152, p < .0001) suggesting that their self-report scores are fairly reliable. Thecorrelation between students’ academic performance, their past migration within engineering,and their intention to graduate with an engineering degree was also tested and was found to besignificant (Table 2).Previous migration outside engineering was found to have a strong negative correlation with Page 22.689.5entering college as an engineering major suggesting that while some students enter engineeringafter starting in a major other than engineering, but it is rare for a student to start in engineering

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

and academic success of engineering students is a critical issuethat will generate a profound impact upon the nation‟s economy and prosperity.1 According tothe American Society of Engineering Education, enrollment in baccalaureate programs increased14% between 2000 and 2005, but the number of engineering graduates remained relativelyunchanged since 2005.2 The demand for qualified engineering graduates will grow 11% between2008 and 2018 based on the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections.3 Therefore,preparing a qualified engineering workforce is a national issue particularly since the scientificand technological leadership of the U.S. has “experienced a gradual erosion”4 of its position.Considering the critical role played by

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Katie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - Columbia; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Women in Engineering

interesting students, a female student who had designed and soldher own jewelry, with the proceeds going to aid women in an underdeveloped country. At Howard’s engineering school, they are very competitive for one main demographic --African American students. Clearly, other HBCUs are obviously in competition with Howard forthis student pool. In addition, Howard does derive a student population from internationalstudents, mostly Carribbean and African, who feel very comfortable with Howard’s message,role and history. Howard respondents told us “because of Howard’s legacy we get people whoseparents have graduated from Howard and they are middle class, upper middle class and then youhave other people who are in the first generation college, so those

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

this time, the researcher made a judgment about the student’s voiceprojection. Quieter students were asked to wear a lapel microphone. Audio/video recording wasdone to capture the participants as they verbally worked through the problem, as well as, to showwhat participants were reading, drawing, and so on. The documents used in administering theproblem were colored to help the observer differentiate between information (blue), problemdefinition (yellow) and student work (white).Three hours were allotted for students to complete the design task, although the average studentcompleted the problem prior to the administrator stopping the session. During the participant’sdesign session, a member of the research team acted as the administrator of

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: What Works to Retain Students in Chemical Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Donald P. Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Susan M. Montgomery, University of Michigan; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Amanda M. Portis, Michigan State University; Eldred H. Chimowitz, University of Rochester; Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Keith L. Levien, Oregon State University; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Condit, University of Rochester ; Stephen Lindeman

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Chemical Engineering

addition, Professor Walton received MSU’s Teacher-Scholar award in 2010 and was a 2010-2011 MSU Lilly Teaching Fellow.Amanda M Portis, Michigan State UniversityEldred H. Chimowitz, University of Rochester Eldred Chimowitz is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Rochester. He teaches courses in process design and control to undergraduates and statistical mechanics and thermodynamics to graduate students. He is the author of a textbook titled: ”Introduction to Critical Phenomena in Fluids” which was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. It was nominated for an American Associa- tion of American Publishers Award for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing. Jennifer Condit who helped prepare this

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

argument, and he made plans and tookaction to close the gap.Goal setting and monitoring in the portfolio studio also enabled students to look across theirgoals and determine if they complemented one another. Jessica had a chance to consider herpersonal and professional goals and saw a potential conflict. Rather than change her goals, sheworked on her self-confidence, which she felt was a critical component in the achievement ofthose goals. It remains to be seen how Jessica will find a balance between her personal andprofessional goals and/or remake those goals to suit her needs better.Many students have goals that are lofty but lacking in detail. Goal setting and monitoring in theportfolio studio enabled Nolan to clarify his goals and plan

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

attrition rate in such offerings is substantial. Inchemical engineering, it is not uncommon for students who have done well in freshmanyear to struggle with their first chemical engineering course: mass and energy balances(MEBs). This difficulty is curious, as the course is based largely on concepts firstencountered in high school chemistry (conservation of elemental mass, stoichiometry)and first year physics (conservation of energy). The central intellectual activity for our MEB course, using the now classic text1by Richard Felder and Ron Rousseau(F & R), is reading problem statements, creatingprocess flowsheets and solving the associated algebraic equations which result. Thegeneral solution approach is efficiently described as a series

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Calvin C. Jen, Calvin College; Tyler Scott Helmus, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

not for profit boards. His interests include the integration of faith in all types and aspects of business including engineering and architecture, and the use of business in international community development.Tyler Scott Helmus, Calvin College TYLER S. HELMUS is a student currently enrolled in Calvin College’s engineering program. He expects to graduate in 2012 and hopes to attend graduate school after. research interests include robotics and control systems.Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College STEVEN H. VANDERLEEST is a Professor of Engineering at Calvin College, Vice-President of Re- search & Development at DornerWorks, Ltd., and partner at squishLogic LLC. He obtained the M.S.E.E. from Michigan

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhao Chad Kong; Angie Martiza Bautista-Chavez, Rice University; Andres J Goza, Rice University; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Kurt Kienast, Rice University; Sam Oke; Juan A Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

introduce underrepresented,underprivileged high school students (mentees) to engineering and help them prepare for thechallenges of an undergraduate engineering degree program. DREAM has three main goals thathave evolved and come into focus over the four years of the program’s existence. First, DREAMseeks to change mentees’ perceptions of what is possible, leading them to a better quality of lifethrough college education and subsequent rewarding and lucrative engineering and STEMcareers. Second, DREAM prepares mentees for the rigors of undergraduate STEM education byforming connections between engineering applications and high school classes, and promotingenrollment in upper-level math and science courses. Third, DREAM prepares mentees for

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lee Downey, Virginia Tech; Masanori Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

 Hitachi  or  Toshiba  nor  even  university  graduates  employed  in  engineering  positions.  Engineering  education  was  most  congruent  with  the  new  metric  of  progress  when  it  effectively  de-­‐emphasized  the  identities  of  graduates  qua  engineers.  Global  engineering  education  to  provide  protective  competencies       The  neatness  of  this  relationship  between  experiences  in  engineering  education  and  lifetime  employment  within  a  corporate  household  began  to  erode  with  increased  multi-­‐national  flow  of  major  Western  corporations.  The  image  of  economic  competitiveness  was  not  itself  felt  as  news  across  Japan.  What  was  news  was  the  scale  and  scope  that  the  expansion  of

Conference Session

Collaborative Learning, Project-Based, Service Learning, and Impacts on Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Laura D. Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aaron Daniel Lewicki, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Seung Won Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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International

, learning outcomes assessment, and intercultural learning. She is also the Director of the Intensive English Institute at Illinois.Aaron Daniel Lewicki, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana I am currently a graduate student in the College of Education at the University of Illinois studying organi- zation development and strategic design. I have interests in professional identity development and social cognitive learning experiences and their impact on college students.Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Valeri Werpetinski is a Specialist in Education in the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Seung Won Hong, University of Illinois at Urbana

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, University of Texas, El Paso; Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas, El Paso

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College Industry Partnerships

. Page 22.913.2  IntroductionThere is an increasing demand from industry, and a responsive desire by academics, to providemore professional practice skills and experiences to BS graduates of engineering programs. Thisis actually not a new phenomenon, as engineering programs have changed emphasis frompractical training to theory and research often over the past 100 or more years. We are at a timenow, however, when global competitiveness in innovation combined with an ever increasingknowledge base and complexity of the problems we as engineers face, is driving the need for aneffective balance between theory and practice in the engineering curriculum.The methods of providing practical training to

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University; Dina Banerjee, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

models for thinking about gender and race in the context of engineering education. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant for the project, ”Learning from Small Numbers: Using personal narratives by underrepresented undergraduate students to promote institutional change in engineering education.”Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University Jordana Hoegh, M.S., is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at Purdue University. Her research interests include early adult life course and transitions, self and identity, sociology of the family, work and organizations, and social networks. She is currently conducting her dissertation research on the role of motherhood in the career paths of women with engineering

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

,” was written during a more radical moment in U.S. history. It was cutting in itscriticism in a way that was consistent with the general protest culture of the 1960s. Beginningwith the statement that, “Technology has brought mankind to a critical point in history. It is in aposition to destroy man; it may even be in a position to save him,” Olmstead‟s committeeadopted the stance that it was necessary to completely rethink how schools approached theliberal education of engineers. Students were to be trained to understand the role of technology“within the total human culture,” and to control its adverse effects. Considering the task at hand,the committee judged all prior attempts at engineering and liberal arts integration to be a failure,and

Conference Session

The CE Profession: Perspectives from the U.S. & Canada

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig N Musselman P.E., A & E Consulting; Jon D. Nelson, Tetra Tech, Inc.; Monte L. Phillips P.E., University of North Dakota, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering

years. Some states have term limits while others do not.PE Boards, and PE Board members, have several basic functions. The primary and most timeconsuming function is the review of applications for licensure and the qualifications of theapplicants. Those applying to take the Fundamentals of Engineering examination (the “FEexam”) who are students or graduates of EAC/ABET engineering programs are typicallyapproved without much review. The educational qualifications of those with alternate educationbackgrounds are typically reviewed in detail by PE Board members. Board members typicallysplit up the task of detailed review of the education and experience of each individual applicationfor initial licensure as a professional engineer, and follow it

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Drew Borresen, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees

-based educational strategies across the engineering curriculum. As part of a"Sounding Board" of potential adopters, faculty will provide guidance, review componentsof redesigned courses, and participate in a series of workshops highlighting a variety ofproblem- and project-based instructional strategies1, 2.A “Test Bed” will act as a venue for the visible redesign of existing courses in ways thatemploy authentic learning and assessment activities--where students do real-worldengineering in the classroom. The redesigned courses will also help students inbound intotheir community of professional practice 3, 4. Project mentors drawn from a localprofessional engineering organization will help students to complete projects, and onlinewebinars/live

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; Jabulani Nyathi, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

partnership between a four-year institution and a community college. I. IntroductionFor decades, engineering has been taught in an all too familiar method: Theory is imparted in aclassroom and reinforced in a laboratory where either a faculty member or a graduate studentassists students with their experiments. Student cohorts consists of a generally uniform group ofstudents who have just finished high-school, live in dormitories or apartments close to lecturehalls and have yet to have a taste of being part of the labor force. The few students not fittingthat description are denominated “non-traditional,” as they rarely amount to significantpercentage of the student population. Many of these non-traditional students never even make itto a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Allen, Bucknell University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, there had not been an university-wide discussion. Amajor impetus behind the initiative described in this paper was to intentionally unite theserelated elements through creating an innovation ecosystem. An innovation ecosystem isthe result of interactions between diverse stakeholders in a community with a vision ofachieving goals through innovation or targeted creativity. Toward this end, facultyleaders in innovation from diverse disciplines gathered in a workshop to explore tactics tonurture, support and promote these activities and new initiatives. Specifically, this groupof faculty from engineering, management, arts, humanities and social sciences met to: 1. Build an awareness of all of the diverse activities and identify how they tie into

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Engineering (RIFE) group, whose projects are described at the group’s website, http://feministengineering.org/. She is interested in creating new models for thinking about gender and race in the context of engineering education. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant for the project, ”Learning from Small Numbers: Using personal narratives by underrepresented undergraduate students to promote institutional change in engineering education.”Jordana Hoegh, Purdue University Jordana Hoegh, M.S., is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at Purdue University. Her research interests include early adult life course and transitions, self and identity, sociology of the family, work and organizations, and social networks

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

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NSF Grantees

Education to theNew Century. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.Olds, B. M. and R. Miller. 2004. The effect of a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Ratesand Student Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Engineering Education 93 (1): 23-35.Ponton, M. K., J. H. Edmister, L. S. Ukeiley, and J. M. Seiner. 2001. Understanding the role of self-efficacy inengineering education. Journal of Engineering Education 90 (2): 247-251.Prince, M. 2004. Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3).R Development Core Team. 2010. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation forStatistical Computing: Vienna, Austria.Schneider, L. and M. Terrell. 2010

Conference Session

Using Web-Resources and Literature to Teach Engineering in P-8

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucy McAuliffe, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Sonia Katrin Ellis, Smith College; Isabel Huff, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Relation to IE“The Loyalty Quiz” A short quiz that helps Games and play learners identify the balance between being loyal to their friends and making wise decisions“6 Keys to Acting Ethically” Learners hunt for six “keys” in Games and play a treasure map; each key identifies a step in making an ethical decision“Discover Your Ethical Style” Instructions and layout for Games and play folding an origami box upon which learners answer