Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Carol Reeves, University of Arkansas

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Interdisciplinary STEM-Business Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship ProgramAbstractEfforts to merge entrepreneurial training into graduate STEM education face many obstacles toimplementation. These include curriculum crowding, STEM faculty opposition to time spentoutside the research laboratory, STEM student focus on traditional opportunities in largetechnical organizations, and lack of coordination between STEM departments and colleges ofbusiness.This paper will describe efforts to first embed entrepreneurial research commercializationtraining into an interdisciplinary science/engineering graduate program. We will then describethe creation of a more

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew D. Lammi, Utah State University

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

understand and interpret systems and engineeringdesign themes and findings. Through the qualitative analysis, it was shown that the students demonstrated thinking interms of systems. The results imply that systems thinking can be part of a high schoolengineering curriculum. The students considered and explored multiple interconnected variablesthat were technical as well as non-technical in nature. The students showed further systemsthinking by optimizing their design through balancing trade-offs of non-linear interconnectedvariables. Sketching played an integral part in the students’ design process as it was used togenerate, develop, and communicate their designs. Although many of the students recognizedtheir own lack of drawing abilities

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad N. Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Raj Sinha, National University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

lives and property, by designing a new fire detecting system using very low costelectronics, newly developed software, and existing wireless technologies. The system is capableof detecting fire at an early stage and helping to make an accurate plan to fight the wildfires in abetter way. The “Wildfire Detection and Monitoring System” capstone project dealt with a new design anddevelopment of a fire detecting system. In this capstone project, students integrated hardwareand software to develop an engineering product prototype to meet a pressing need3. They Page 22.344.2developed new software applications and used very low cost commercially

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Macho, Buffalo State College; Su Wang, China National Institute for Educational Research

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

institutions in China. The Buffalo State College Center for China Studiescelebrated its ten-year anniversary this past fall (2010). Additionally, Buffalo State Collegehouses a Technology Education program and several Engineering Technology programs.Workshop Goals and Objectives The workshop goals were developed collaboratively among CNIER staff and BuffaloState College faculty. Research was conducted by reviewing CNIER Future Engineers materials,Chinese news stories on education, and conducting many interviews. The common over-archingtheme was to promote technological literacy in an integrated fashion that is not specific to anyexisting curriculum, e.g., not a portion of the science or math curriculum. The workshop goals were to

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Nicholas van Bloemen Waanders, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Mechanical Engineering; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering

. These MEAs are currently being developed and tested to confirm that theyare helping engineering students learn essential skills. This paper focuses on a particular MEAdealing with the introductory thermodynamic concepts of processes and uses an in-depth reflectiontool to determine the concepts that students' learned and their opinions. The premise for thisMEA surrounds the analysis of an engine cycle that needs to be modeled for thermal efficiency.The MEA was run in six separate classes in groups of four, the students were given one week tofinish and turn in a memo that described their analysis of the engine cycle. The groups thatmodeled their cycle with at least one isothermal process calculated a work output for the cycle thatwas about 25

Conference Session

Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shree Frazier; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

to spend considerable time coding, checking,cleaning and reordering data14.Despite the aforementioned limitations and issues, CVs poses unique features as the mostcomplete longitudinal record of people’s careers 14. As Pirralha et al. (2009) explain, “the CV isa relatively easy document to get, displays an extended amount of information that would take along time and money to gather otherwise and allows the return to the original source wheneverrequired” (p. 4) 17. Through this relatively unobtrusive method, a plethora of longitudinal careeranalyses might be performed. A recent special issue of Research Evaluation, published in June2009, compiles different examples of the state-of-the-art curriculum vitae method as to thetheory and

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron

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Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

: Launch curriculum where students design (conceptually) and build multiple modules in asemester and use these modules on a regular basis to explore multiple thermodynamics conceptsinside the classroom.Overview of Year 1It must be stated that Year 1 is not truly the first year the author has used some form of projectdesign in his class, but it is the first year that the thought of integrating the projects inside theclassroom on a desktop has occurred. The students who were involved in the Year 1 course werefirst semester, junior-level students (33 ChE and 3 CEE) at TTU. There were nine teams ofstudents and each team contained four members. The teams were solely decided by the instructorbased on an analysis of the students’ college transcripts and

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Computing & Information Technology

. Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 2010 Annual International Conference.8. Autodesk Revit family. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=14898170&siteID=1231129. Salazar, G., Mokbel, H., and Aboulez, M., (2006). The Building Information Model in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Education at WPI, Proceedings of the ASEE New England Section 2006 Annual Conference.10. Taylor, J. M., Liu, J., and Hein, M.F., (2008). Integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) into an ACCE Accredited Construction Management Curriculum. Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 2008 Annual International Conference.11. Vico Software. http://www.vicosoftware.com/.12. Sabongi, F.J., (2009). The

Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Emma M. Allain, Louisiana State University; Harald Thomas Leder, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

withineach department’s curriculum to give student appropriate credit was not easy; this was a tediousand time consuming task. In addition to the course Manufacturing and Technology, we arecurrently working on opportunities to offer the regular German first semester course toengineering students for General Education credit. This would be an additional step to integratethe two programs more and provide another course selection for students. Appropriate classroom space and internet access for the students was the biggestlogistical challenge for the students and faculty. Two of the housing locations did not have orhad limited internet access so special arrangements had to be made for the engineering studentsto be able to finish their

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haluk M. Aktan, Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University; Kevin James Phillips

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Civil Engineering

Abstract A two semester senior level capstone design course has been restructured (Senior Design I and II) in response to the outcomes defined by the industry to assure job ready engineers and outcomes set by the academicians to assure math and science based fundamentals. The restructuring purpose was also to align the course outcomes with the college mission of graduating „Career- Ready‟ engineers. The department offers programs in civil engineering and construction engineering. Both program curriculums require a two semester course on a comprehensive design application. The courses are designed to meet specific ABET outcomes. Also to meet an additional program outcome of: students are able to explain

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

]. Page 22.1351.2The team based presentation project evolved within advanced thermodynamic courses as a wayto introduce upper-level engineering students to an engineering outreach opportunity while alsostrengthening communication skills and deepening engineering knowledge. The need for moreworkers with an engineering background in the coming years is clear [6] and it is often necessaryfor students to track into appropriate math and science classes as early as middle school if theyare to be ready for a college engineering curriculum. RIT already has an active women inengineering (WE@RIT) outreach program [7] with a successful infrastructure in place, so it is anatural extension of work already being done within the college to start a program to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-507: CERTIFICATE/CONCENTRATION IN ENGINEERING FORP-12 EDUCATORSAnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas AnnMarie Thomas is an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, and co- director of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education. Her teaching and research focus on Engineering Design and K-12 Engineering Education. Prior to her appointment at UST, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design.Jan B. Hansen, Ph.D., University of Saint Thomas Jan B. Hansen is co-director of the Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education at the University of St. Thomas. Her current interests as an educational psychologist focus on outreach through the nonprofit

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

states. Typically oneproperty is left unchanged, as in the cases of isochoric, isobaric, isothermal or isentropic process.Therefore, if the initial state is specified, the final state can be determined with an additionalproperty. Using the first law of thermodynamics, heat exchange and work can be calculated. Forexample, as no work is done in an isochoric process, the amount of heat exchange can be figuredout from the difference in internal energy. On the other hand, an adiabatic process allows work tobe calculated from this difference in internal energy.During the investigation of internal combustion engines, a P-v diagram is very helpful, as thework can be intuitively shown as the integral of pressure over volume. In addition, it is a

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rana Mitra, Southeastern Louisiana University; Maarij M Syed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

world. Wireless technology will be an integral part of this.  Introduce many additional stimulating and challenging activities or student projects that will Page 22.1658.3 modeled after real-world situations in the laboratory 2  Initiate interactive pedagogical methods to increase class participation, and effective student- teacher communication.Implementation of new ideasThe concept of centripetal acceleration is often not understood properly, and students often confusethe pseudo centrifugal force as being a

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2011-579: HYBRID LESSONS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DE-SIGN: A STUDYCatherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines Catherine Skokan is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. She received her BSc, MSc, and PhD from the Colorado School of Mines in Geophysical Engineering and was the first woman to receive a graduate degree from that institution. Her educational research interests include multidisciplinary engineering, humanitarian engineering, and curriculum devel- opment and design. Page 22.790.1 c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Ashfaq Ansery, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

Bioengineering and Director of the Engineering Education Research Center at Washington State University. He has led numerous multidisciplinary research projects to enhance engi- neering education. He currently leads projects creating and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses. He has been a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education since 2002.Paul B Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an MS from Washington State University and recently defended his PhD degree and is currently the Laboratory Supervisor in the Voiland School of School of Chemical Engineering and Bio-engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

nine U.S. patents. Page 22.1404.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaching Sustainability Analysis in Electronics Lecture CoursesAbstractBased on positive prior experiences teaching sustainability analysis in electronics laboratorycourses, this work explores techniques for teaching sustainability analysis in lecture courses. Asdifficult as it may seem to incorporate sustainability into integrated circuit courses or otherengineering courses, it may prove as easy as asking students to consider how the courseworkrelates to sustainability issues.The need to educate students “to

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; John M. Jones, East Carolina University; Kris Kareem Augustus, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

PC to teach computer networking and operating systems”, Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Information Technology Curriculum, Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 2003.2. A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, W. Armitage, R. Sekar, and T. Daniels, “The role of virtualization in computing education”, Proceedings of the 39th ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education Portland, Oregon, USA, 2008.3. J. Ekstrom, M. Bailey, “Teaching Web Deployment with OS-virtualization”, Proceedings of 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, USA, 2009.4. P. Li, “Integrating Virtualization Technology into Remote Lab: A Three- Year Experience”, Proceedings of 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, USA

Conference Session

IE Technical Session I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

amongst students. An important question that we believe should be addressed is: Are all newly Page 22.1587.5coined terms buzzwords? The word “sustainable” is being used frequently in the contextof manufacturing nowadays. The popularity of this word has a lot to do with the fact thatall over the world there is now a realization that activities of one generation can adverselyaffect the earth and what is left of this earth for future generations. Hence, whether“sustainable” is a buzzword is debatable; it appears to convey a new idea that was notconsidered important only a few years back. Similarly, words that become integral partof our lingo for years

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sanjeev K. Khanna, University of Missouri

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Mechanical Engineering

was chosen because it is the first course in the mechanicalengineering sequence, and because virtually every mechanical engineering probleminvolves materials selection or materials troubleshooting elements. Before describing thecourse and the results of an initial trial implementation, we describe principles of problem-based learning (PBL). Practices and principles of problem-based learningPreparing for professional practice in any discipline requires that students learn to thinklike successful practitioners in that field. PBL is an instructional strategy in which a unit,course, or curriculum is organized around problems authentic to practice rather than subjectmater content. Rather than studying concepts, principles and

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Poltavtchenko, Northern Arizona University; John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Management faculty at Northern Arizona University in 2007. His engineer- ing career spans a wide variety of design and forensic engineering experiences. He spent the first eight years of his career performing structural consulting engineering in Chicago. This work culminated with design work on the Minneapolis Public Library and the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison Wiscon- sin. He was also involved with forensic investigations in Iowa and Wisconsin and participated in structural coordination efforts at Ground Zero in September of 2001. He holds professional engineering licenses in the States of Arizona an Illinois. He is currently working on a Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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

AC 2011-1548: METRICS OF MARGINALITY: HOW STUDIES OF MI-NORITY SELF-EFFICACY HIDE STRUCTURAL INEQUITIESAmy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng.) Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University and a visiting associate professor at Haverford College. She received her PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and has written on the history of standards and instrumentation in materials science, engineering and the building trades. Her most recent book , Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineer- ing: The History of an Occupational Color Line (Harvard University Press, 2010), traces American ideas about race and technical aptitude since 1940. Current

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-2265: ENGINEERING ETHICS CASE STUDIES IN SENIOR UNITOPERATIONS LABORATORYJames P Abulencia, Manhattan College Page 22.588.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Engineering Ethics Case Studies in Senior Unit Operations LaboratoryAbstract Placement of ethics in the Chemical Engineering curriculum has always been debated. Inthis project, the use of a real-world engineering ethics case study was integrated into the SeniorUnit Operations Laboratory course over two separate class years (i.e. Year 1 and Year 2). Themotivation behind this was twofold. First, the assignment provides the opportunity to develop

Conference Session

Design Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; William A. Stapleton, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

LearningAdditional guidance came from an examination of the best practices and curriculum content ofexemplar manufacturing engineering programs in the U.S. These included Brigham YoungUniversity, General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) and Worchester PolytechnicInstitute. Based on the input from the abovementioned sources and the specific stakeholders ofthe Texas State University Manufacturing Engineering program, the mission statement,educational objectives, and educational outcomes were developed.Mission StatementAfter several revisions made in consultation with the program’s stakeholders, the Texas StateUniversity Manufacturing Engineering Mission Statement was created. The Mission Statementfor the program is:Our mission is• To sustain a

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas M. Korman Ph.D., P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Construction

them with a hands on experience. In addition, the paper will cover the teachingmethodology used, project milestones scheduled to motivate students, and the criteria used toassess student learning.Introduction and BackgroundA new curriculum recently adopted at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (CalPoly) is based on a model similar to that proposed by Hauck and Jackson5, where constructionmanagement is taught as a series of labs integrating the various construction management coursesinto an active, applied learning experience. The integrated curriculum for the Cal Poly constructionmanagement department centers on seven (7) project-based laboratory courses. They are as follows: • Fundamentals of Construction Management

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2011-638: TEACHING DESIGN AND TECHNICAL GRAPHICS IN AGREEN ENVIRONMENTV. William DeLuca, North Carolina State University Dr. DeLuca is an Associate Professor of Technology Education at North Carolina State University. He has been a technology education teacher at the middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate levels for over 30 years, and has extensive teaching, research, and curriculum development experience. His research includes the study of thinking processes, teaching methods, and activities that improve techno- logical problem-solving performance and creativity. He has expertise in developing technology education curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Bill B. Elmore, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

and cleanup inthe Gulf of Mexico became the focus of the national news media.1 A second environmentalevent occurred in Europe in October 2010 - the release of toxic red sludge into the Danube Riverbasin in Hungary.2 The impact of an environmental accident may be widespread, and candevastate not only pristine nature areas and wildlife, but also the social and economic realities ofcommunities adjacent to the accident site. Many of these students have vacationed on thebeaches on the Gulf of Mexico since they were children; this history brings the harsh reality ofthe BP/Deepwater Horizon spill and its devastation on the communities along the Gulf Coast intomuch sharper focus for this generation of students. We believe integrating environmental

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

and Sciences, and Business.FSC boasts faculty expertise and other resources that will be dedicated to leading theGBI. FSC also hosts the Long Island Educational Opportunity Center that offers freeGED and vocational training for educationally and economically underserved adultlearners. Eastern Suffolk BOCES is an educational cooperative of 51 Long Island schooldistricts that provides career and technical education for secondary students and adults.The curriculum prepares students for entry-level employment or for higher education invocational fields. The Long Island Works Coalition is a not-for-profit corporationfounded in 1999 for the purpose of establishing partnerships between employers and theeducational community so as to prepare students

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick J. Nefcy, Oregon State University; Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

characterize student teams’ modeldevelopment as they proceed through a laboratory project. In this paper, the ModelRepresentations for 15 teams are examined as they complete physical and virtual laboratoryprojects in the senior year of the curriculum. Analysis of the Model Representation confirms thatthe virtual laboratory project affords students a richer opportunity for model development,modification, and use of evidence-based reasoning.IntroductionAs technology is integrated into classroom instruction, virtual laboratories have been receivingmore attention as an alternative mode to engage students and promote learning.1 Mostcommonly, the virtual laboratory is used as an alternative mode to deliver the correspondingphysical laboratory by simulating

Conference Session

Core Concepts, Standards, and Policy in K-12 Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas M. Sherman, Virginia Tech; Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Patricia Watson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University Dr. Hyuksoo Kwon has completed his Ph.D. in the Technology Education/STEM Education program at Virginia Tech. His research interests are curriculum development, integrative approach among STEM subjects, and biotechnology education.Ms. Patricia Watson, Virginia Tech Patricia Watson is a PhD student in the Integrative STEM education program at Virginia Tech. She re- ceived her bachelor’s degree in technology education, also from Virginia Tech. After graduation, Patty spent eight years working for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Japan and Germany teaching technology education and instructional technology. During that time, she earned a master’s degree in educational technology from Michigan