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Manufacturing Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W Simoneau, Keene State College; Megan C Piccus, Springfield Technical Community College; Gary Masciadrelli, Springfield Technical Community College

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Manufacturing

vocational education as a Master Teacher in the Plastics Technology program at Minuteman Regional Technical High School. He is also an adjunct professor for the Plastics Engineering Program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He has been a consultant to Ford Motor Company, Polaroid Inc., Timken Aerospace, and SMITHS Industries. He was also a guest scientist at the Army Materials Research in the Composite Development Division. He continues to co-teach Technology Studies courses with the technology faculty at Keene State College. He has published numerous articles over the years in engineering technology and materials research. He is a consultant on the Virtual Ideation Platform (VIP) project for Central Maine

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Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Victoria Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, P.E., University of Texas, Arlington

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2011-314: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE CIVIL ENGINEERSMelanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Melanie Sattler is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. In her 7 years at UT Arlington, she has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator for 21 projects involving emissions measurement, air quality modeling, or air pollution control technologies. She teaches 5 graduate courses in air pollution, and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas.Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science (Environmental Engineering) from the

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Women in Engineering

and service-learning (S-L) in particular are more attractive to those from underrepresented groups inengineering than to their counterparts. Courses with service-learning projects have beenintegrated into existing required courses in engineering over the past six years in fivedepartments at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Entering engineering students have beensampled every fall with a “pre” survey, and then all students are surveyed “post” at the end of thespring semester. Evidence continues to mount of the significant difference in responses inattitudes toward community service and S-L in engineering with women especially and to alesser extent other minorities in engineering. Voluntary participation in S-L projects involvingwork

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Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University; Christopher A. Mattson, Brigham Young University; Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

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College Industry Partnerships

Young UniversityGregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University Gregg M. Warnick is the External Relations and Intern Coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering de- partment in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at BYU. He works directly with industry each year to recruit more than 30 funded Capstone projects and provides project management, team development, and coaching support to each of these project teams and faculty coaches. In ad- dition, he continues to focus on increasing international project opportunities for students and faculty. His research and teaching interests include globalization, project management, leadership, ethics, and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining BYU, Gregg worked

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney Rogers, Alignment Nashville; Sandra Harris, Alignment Nashville and PENCIL Foundation; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; David McNeel, Education Consultant

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NSF Grantees

Massachusetts Boston investigating successful scaling strategies for innovations in technological education. Page 22.228.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Art2STEM: Building a STEM Workforce at the Middle School Level1. IntroductionArt2STEM is an Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) -Strategy Project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and it is currently in itssecond year. Project partners are Alignment Nashville, PENCIL Foundation, MetropolitanNashville Public Schools (MNPS), Adventure Science Center, Tennessee Tech University, andEdvantia

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Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University; Richard F. McCormick, Marshall University; Sydney M. Wait, Marshall University

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Environmental Engineering

process. Feedback gathered from students indicatedenthusiasm with the project and enhanced understanding of reaction kinetics. Gainingindependent, self-directed experience in the lab provided students with important opportunities topractice critical thinking and experience the independent reasoning that is required for successbeyond graduation.IntroductionReaction kinetics is often taught at the beginning of undergraduate environmental engineeringcourses in order to help students understand temporal relationships in processes such as drinkingwater disinfection, secondary treatment of wastewater, and remediation of contaminated soil.Although some students intuitively understand concepts without physical examples, others findreaction kinetics

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Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering Capstone CourseAbstract:This paper presents the opportunities provided by EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge in supporting acapstone design course in computer and software engineering. Students participating in thecourse were responsible for implementing a sub-system of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.Being a sponsored competition organized by the Department of Energy, the project providedmany unique learning opportunities for students in the course and those that they interacted withfrom other disciplines. This paper will discuss both the benefits of utilizing such a competitionfor a senior capstone design course as well as some of the challenges faced. The paper concludeswith some recommendations for those considering such a project as a

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Siang Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada; Montell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research; Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Engineering Education, 2011 Transformative Learning Experience for Incoming Freshmen Engineering Students through Robotics ResearchAbstract – An intensive four-week 2010 Summer Bridge The Summer Bridge program is distinguished frompilot program introducing four incoming freshmen to other project-based, hands-on engineering courses inrobotics research is presented in this paper. Through that, rather than using a project as a teaching tool in athis program, students acquire the necessary knowledge course whose primary objective is to prepare studentsand skills to become active participants in an ongoing for future coursework, it is designed

Conference Session

ETD Design IV: Construction and Civil Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Regina Leffers, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

, and students. Starting with a site plan by a local architect and a construction blueprintfrom another trailhead elsewhere in the state, charrette participants improved the design and sitelocation. Students completed the design, obtained approval from the customer (the nonprofit trailgroup), and obtained approval from local and state governments. Because this was a capstonecourse, students were required to demonstrate knowledge and skills they acquired during theirfour-year degree program. As such, they created the blueprints of the new design, estimated costsand materials, scheduled the construction, and fulfilled the role of project manager. Constructionprofessionals mentored the students as they built the trailhead restroom. The magic words

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Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Wong, Portland State University, ECE Department; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University, ECE Department; Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an Asso- ciate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education at Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In this role he has led department-wide changes in curriculum with emphasis on project- and lab-based instruction and learning. His research interests are in the areas of semiconductor device characterization, design and simulation, signal integrity and THz sensors. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, Portland State University Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske received her M.S. degree in electronics engineering from Politechnika Warszawska (the Technical University of Warsaw) in Warsaw

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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robert J. Herrick, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sancho Maria-Ribera, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Matthias Kuder, Freie Universität Berlin; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1317: CRITICAL ISSUES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN ESTAB-LISHING CONCURRENT INTERNATIONAL MS DEGREE PROGRAMSIN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYMichael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael Dyrenfurth is professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation, in the Col- lege of Technology at Purdue University. He is co-PI of the DETECT project. He collaborates frequently with ProSTAR to deliver industry-oriented graduate programs to professionals in the field. Active in in- ternational aspects of the profession, he teaches and researches in the areas of technological innovation, technological literacy, and international dimensions of technological education.Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of

Conference Session

Structural Education Applications in Architectural Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

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Architectural

idealteaching tools. Furthermore, the AASHTO Guide Specifications for Design of PedestrianBridges represent a manageable introduction to formal engineering design for a semesterlong project. This paper describes a one credit hour, semester long, project undertaken byMArch students alongside a required course in Structural Engineering Design. Studentsundertook conceptual design of pedestrian bridges. After a class wide study of innovativeprecedents, they worked in small groups and were required to choose and analyze a site,and propose an initial structural scheme. A minimum clear span was required to pushmore ambitious spanning strategies. They then performed a Finite Element Analysis andsized all the primary structural members of the bridge. The

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicki Wendy Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Uncovering the Role of Emotion in Engineering Education within an Integrated Curricular ExperienceAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to uncover the role of emotion within an interdisciplinary, project-based design studio as implemented in 2009 and 2010. This qualitative research study involves anarrative analysis of data collected over two semesters of the design studios to identify the typesof emotions described, the change in these emotions over the semester, and the interaction ofthese emotions with learning. This analysis is conducted on students’ written reflections, as it isimportant to understand emotions from the perspective of the student and within the desiredcontext

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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David S. Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1995. He is a reg- istered Professional Engineer with the Commonwealth of Virginia. With more than 13 years professorial experience, he has taught a large variety of courses including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Chung-Suk Cho is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. His teaching and research focus on project scope definition, pre-project planning, sustainable construction, project administration, construction safety, construction

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Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Darling, Ph.D., Syracuse University

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Design in Engineering Education

Bioengineering Capstone DesignAbstractStudy abroad course-work presents unique collaboration potential with capstone engineeringdesign, specifically as a source for student projects. Project-based instruction of bioengineeringcapstone design hinges upon engaging the students’ interest and commitment early in the project.Strategies to achieve this level of student commitment can include encouraging student-originated project ideas, seeking projects from real-world external clients in research andindustry, or offering instructor-originated projects orchestrated specifically to elicit studentinterest. Another alternative, soliciting student-originated engineering design projects derivedfrom study abroad courses, allows for practical projects with real

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

CourseAbstractCapstone courses for senior engineering students may be organized in numerous ways. Usually,the goal is to give students a significant development and design experience that will preparethem well for their work following graduation. Sometimes the focus of a capstone course is onsolving technical problems of an advanced project. Sometimes the focus is on getting thestudents to produce a design based on the scope provided by an industry partner. Sometimes thefocus is on giving the students a rich experience in how a team works together. Sometimes thefocus is on the business side of projects and engineering. Sometimes the focus is on coveringmaterial that doesn’t fit in any of the other regular courses. Most capstone courses try to formsome balance

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard Medoff, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz; Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Design in Engineering Education

-autonomous operation and vehicle response tosensors (such as an ultrasonic distance sensor) under computer control. This flexibilityallows this electric car platform to support a wide range of future experimentation anddesign projects. Educational resources (lab exercises, team projects) developed tosupport this activity will be presented.1. Introduction Penn State University was awarded an NSF grant ‘Toys and MathematicalOptions for Retention in Engineering (Toys ‘N More) in 2008. This is a five year grantextending to 2013. This project is being conducted at the University Park campus, as wellas fourteen other Penn State campuses throughout Pennsylvania. The overall goal of thegrant is to improve the numbers of students enrolled in retention

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lance W. Traub, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

Aeronautical University, Prescott AZAbstract The development of an undergraduate advanced experimental aerodynamics course isdiscussed in this article. The aim of the course is to allow an easier transition to graduate levelresearch through development of problem solving skills as well as exposure to the researchprocess. The course comprises a mixture of applied theoretical and hands on project basedlearning. The theory component is modular, with coverage of topics supportive of the assignedprojects. Use of numerical tools for airfoil and aircraft analysis is required, as is proficiency inLabView for data acquisition. Projects are performed in groups. Students generally conduct twoprojects. One is equipment based, where students become proficient

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Sagar V. Kamarthi, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University

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

capstone design project course that is typically required in the ABET-accredited college engineering curriculum. Students are motivated by the capstone experiencebecause it shows the elegance of the EDP and relates to how engineering is used in practice todesign and manufacture products.In order to teach the EDP and capstone experience effectively, high school teachers mustexperience, learn and use the EDP themselves. Our methodology begins by educating theteachers about the capstone experience and how to incorporate it in their classroom instructionswhen they return to their schools. We continue to work with and monitor the teachers duringtheir teaching activities over one academic year.We have implemented the capstone experience in the first

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Karen L. Tonso, Wayne State University; Peggy Noel Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University

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NSF Grantees

University Jeffrey E. Froyd is the Director of Faculty Climate and Development at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored or co-authored over 70 papers on engineering education in areas ranging from curricular change

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Global Education in Construction Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Grau, University of Alabama; Edward Back, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

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Construction

construction workforce. Currently, he investigates the effect of a novel program to increase the retention of first-year undergraduate students enrolled in an engineering college. The program also aims at increas- ing engineering student success, enhancing the sense of community and belonging by the students, and improving the transfer of knowledge in the engineering disciplines. In order to succeed in his research endeavors, Dr. Grau frequently collaborates with social scientists and educators. Prior to his academic career, he worked for more than seven years both leading an engineering department and managing com- plex industrial projects in South and Central America, and Europe. He is a registered Industrial Engineer in

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

Officer at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Her portfo- lio is the Diversity of the Engineering Workforce program with a charge to provide staff leadership to the NAE’s efforts to enhance the diversity of the engineering workforce at all levels including the diversity of those being prepared to enter the future workforce. She is the project director of a $2 million dol- lar National Science Foundation grant to increase the number of women receiving baccalaureate degrees in engineering. In addition to her duties at NAE, in March of 2007 Didion became the Director of the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. This is a standing committee with a new mandate to work as a focal point on gender

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Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Morteza Sameei, Houston Community College Northeast

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2322: MENTOR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR A PEER-TO-PEERLEARNING ENVIRONMENT: LEADERSHIP VS. CURRICULUM BAL-ANCEFarrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston Farrokh Attarzadeh earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983. He is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983. Dr. Attarzadeh may be reached at FAttarzadeh@central.uh.edu.Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston Deniz Gurkan received her B.S. (1996) and M.S

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Pedagogical Issues in Computing

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chitra Bharathi Ganapathy, University Of Southern California; Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California

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Computers in Education

include pedagogical discourse analysis, human-computer interaction, social network assistance, and assessment of student collaborative online activities. She leads synergistic work among machine learning experts, educational psychologists, NLP researchers, and STEM instructors. She is the PI of five NSF projects including the CCLI/PedDiscourse, CCLI/PedWiki and NSDL/SocRecomm projects under the EHR Directorate and CreativeIT/PedGames and IIS/PedWorkflow projects under the CISE Directorate. Under the PedWiki effort, her team is developing instructional assessment tools based on discourse analysis and identifying scaffolding opportunities to promote engagement and collaboration.Jeon Hyung Kang, ISI/University of Southern

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering and agricultural science acumen within the GSSEteams engaged in sustainable enterprises in developing countries. The latter need was addressedby assigning engineering and science students from the STESE course directly to the GSSEteams. In its first offering, the STESE course was cross listed between the Colleges ofEngineering and Agricultural Sciences, which yielded a total enrollment of 40 students among 6different majors. The course was jointly taught by faculty from three departments (Management,Mechanical Engineering and Agricultural Resource Economics) in a weekly format that includedlectures, project based learning, and guest speakers. The 16-week semester was divided into fourgeneral topic areas: the entrepreneurial mindset

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"Green" Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

knowledgeable about how to sustain energy efficiency through lighting. The LEED forHomes Rating System provides minimal description for achieving lighting credits towardcertification and little supplemental information about lighting to educate the homeowner orother lay person. As a result, homeowners are left to rely on their own consumer informationwith regard to maintaining an energy efficient lighting system and over time can become lesssatisfied with the aesthetic and functional results.This paper reviews and examines an educational experience across interior design andarchitectural technology disciplines to learn about energy efficient lighting and apply it in aconsumer education effort. Specifically, it describes the pedagogy of a design project

Conference Session

Manufacturing Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University

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Manufacturing

local manufacturers with the need for a ready supply of certaingoods in the event of an emergency, some financial incentive or leveraged assistance must beprovided to the companies. The incentive and the assistance can both come from universitystudents and teachers as a form of service learning. Service learning4,5 is a growing trend inuniversities in which students participate on an educational project that applies their knowledgewhile contributing meaningfully to their communities. Service learning engages students bygiving their work significant purpose and reinforces their commitment to their discipline byseeing it directly benefit humanity. This contribution to community welfare, even more so thancontributing to a company’s bottom line of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Harvey Bell, University of Michigan; Brian E. Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Gail Susan Hohner, University of Michigan, College of Engineering; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 22.1031.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Making a College-Level Multidisciplinary Design Program Effective and Understanding the Outcomes Page 22.1031.2abstractThe University of Michigan’s College of Engineering (CoE) has committed to a significantMultidisciplinary Design (MD) Program complementing the bachelor degree programs. Thisenables students from across degree programs and even outside of the CoE to collaborate onprojects. This is currently being done by flexibly addressing instructional and practicum needsthrough a series of short seminars, semester and multi-semester long project work, and a minor.Participation by

Conference Session

TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette, College of Technology; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

sits on many university and community boards and advisory committees. Dr. Springer is internationally recognized, has authored numerous books and articles, and lectured on software development methodologies, management prac- tices and program management. Dr. Springer received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Exec- utive Development from Ball State University. He is certified as both a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette, IN Mark Schuver is the Associate Director of the Center for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Patricia Ryaby Backer, San Jose State University; Elena Klaw, Ph.D., San Jose State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

; hydropower; fuel cells;biofuels; geothermal; and ocean, wave, and tidal energy. In all of the topics, the class coversenough of the engineering fundamentals to allow for mini-design projects in each technology.The classroom periods use an active learning methodology. The classes are structured such thatthe students work together in multi-disciplinary teams where each student is able to bring theexpertise of their major to understanding the technology. For example, the background ofmechanical engineers combined with electrical engineers will allow a team to begin to grasp thebasic fundamentals of fluid flow and power generation needed to understand how a hydropowerplant operates.A significant assignment in the class is a community-based service