Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

). Broadening the Appeal by Changing the Context of Engineering Education. ASEE Annual Conference.5. Rippon, S. and Collofellow, J. (2010). Camping the Way to Higher Retention Rates. ASEE Annual Conference.6. Zhang, Q., Vanasupa, L., Zimmerman, J., and Mihelcic, J. (2010). Development and Dissemination of Learning Suites for Sustainability Integration in Engineering Education. ASEE Annual Conference.7. Heun, M. and VanderLeest, S. (2008). Why a Liberal and Multidisciplinary Education is Needed to Solve the Energy Crisis. ASEE Annual Conference.8. Foster, J. and Heeney, A. (2009). The Engineering Science Praxis Sequence: Challenges and Opportunities when Integrating Sustainable Development into the Engineering Design

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Maj Jonathan Bodenhamer, U.S. Military Academy, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering; James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers

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New Engineering Educators

background knowledge andteaching experience. It is easy to be misled or misinterpret cues that are not filtered for context,culture, gender, and personal bias. The available literature focusing on nonverbal classroomcommunication is significantly partial toward projected cues of the instructor and providessurprisingly little content specific to decoding student generated cues.ReferencesAngelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques : a handbook for college teachers (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.Davis, B. G. (2009). Tools for teaching (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.Gregersen, T. S. (2005). Nonverbal cues: clues to the detection of foreign language anxiety. Foreign Language

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

well as a native student in their studies. Some argued that there was no differencebetween the two groups of students, but did not back it up with data or citations. Hill looked atdata of studies on this subject from 1928 to 1964 and found that the results were consistent inshowing a drop in grade point average after transfer. Hill asked guidance counselors in highschools to inform their students that this transfer shock occurred and that a s a transfer student itwould probably take longer to graduate than native students at a four year school.As more students began to attend community colleges in the 1980s, more studies occurred ontransfer shock. During this time the studies showed that transfer students usually earned GPAs.20 to .30 points

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Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Sanghoon Lee, University of Virginia; Shing Wai Yam, University of Virginia; William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

AC 2011-2054: SIGNIFICANT FACTORS IN SUCCESSFULLY MATCH-ING STUDENTS TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABO-RATORIESJonathan Sanghoon Lee, University of Virginia Jonathan S. Lee is currently an undergraduate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia.Mr. Shing Wai YamWilliam H Guilford, University of Virginia Will Guilford is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and the current Undergraduate Program Director. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona. Will did his postdoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics at the University of Vermont under David

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ELOS Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Brackett, Bradley University; David Zietlow, Bradley University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

D L P W F Student M Installed Orifice(s) S D Expansion tank Mount pumps in the same horizontal plane Figure 1: Pump and Pipe System Schematic The system schematic shows the

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Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sohum Sohoni, Oklahoma State University; Donald P. French, Oklahoma State University; YoonJung Cho, Oklahoma State University

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Educational Research and Methods

the new measure of GTA‟s need assessment can be used as a reliable and valid toolacross institutions.IntroductionConcerns about recruitment and retention of students in engineering disciplines have resulted innumerous calls for reform in engineering education[1-3]. Regardless of the chosen response tosuch calls, it is clear that quality education requires the presence of instructors who have learnedto teach effectively. Unfortunately, because we often rely on “on-the-job” training, facultybecome skilled at teaching after receiving their doctoral degrees and “practicing” on students.For this reason, institutions commonly establish teaching effectiveness centers dedicated tofaculty development. Moreover, and of greater concern to us, much

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

advanced and efficient design methods, theywill be trained to see the need to implement and promote technological changes at their work placethroughout their careers as a lifelong practice. Page 22.511.9References:[1] VHDL International, “VHDL International University Usage Survey,” VHDL International, Santa Clara, CA, 1995.[2] S. Palnitlear, Verilog HDL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996.[3] Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design By Stephen Brown, Zvonko Vranesic, Published 2002 McGraw-Hill Professional[4] S. M. Sait, “Integrating UAHPL-DA systems with VLSI design tools to support VLSI DA courses,” IEEE Trans. Educ

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Engineering Education Research in K-12

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen A. High, Oklahoma State University; Melanie C. Page, Oklahoma State University; Julie Thomas, Oklahoma State University

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

education. Journal of Engineering Education,309-318.4. Halpern, D.F., Benbow, C.P., Geary, D.C., Gur, R.C., Hyde, J.S., & Gernsbacher, M.A. (2007). The science of sex differences in science and mathematics. Psychological Science in the Public Interest. 8(1), 1-51.5. Walters, A.M., & Brown, L.M. (2005). The role of ethnicity on the gender-gap in mathematics. In A.M. Gallagher & J.C. Kaufman (Eds.), Gender differences in mathematics: An integrative psychological approach (pp. 207-219). New York: Cambridge University Press.6. Catsambis, S. (1995). Gender, race, ethnicity, and science education in the middle grades. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32, 243-257.7. Margolis, J. & Fisher, A. (2002

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Design Communications & Cognition I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole E. Genco; Katja Holtta-Otto, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Interesting 7.5 Very Interesting 10 Innovative Page 22.705.4Quality (in terms of technical feasibility)The technical feasibility of the concepts is measured using a quality metric developed by Shah et mal.32-33 Quality is measured as M qual = ∑ f j S qj , where m is the number of features in the design, j =1fj is the weight assigned for feature j, and Sqj is the quality score given for feature j. To calculatean average quality score, fj can be replaced with 1/m. Sqj is evaluated by one of the

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Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Heys, Montana State University

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Chemical Engineering

offavorite heuristics. For example, “assume the solution is known and try to determine whatproperties it might have” is a commonly used heuristic in many fields (e.g., physics, engineering,etc.)Beginning in the 1970’s, Schoenfeld began teaching mathematical problem solving, and hestarted observing and videotaping students while they struggled to solve different mathematicalproblems. Schoenfeld identified four different components to successful mathematical problemsolving performance3-6, and they are: 1. resources – the mathematical facts and procedures possessed by the problem solver 2. heuristics – problem solving strategies or techniques, 3. control – ability to select and implement the proper resources and strategies, and 4. belief

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Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody T. Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

could not be done unless a retention agreement wasestablished with other Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) schools. This campuspolicy is in line with the Ithaka S+R recommendations: “What to Withdraw? Print CollectionsManagement in the Wake of Digitization.4” For our project, however, this policy meant that printmaterials we would have considered withdrawing must be maintained somewhere on campus.In our library, the only weeding criteria located consisted of general guidelines on what to sendto the now full storage facilities. Because weeding policies did not exist, we developed initialguidelines that we continued to modify as the project progressed and new reports becameavailable. From the beginning, our guiding principles were to

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School ; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Nicole A.C. Hutchison; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School

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Systems Engineering

Postgraduate School Stephanie Enck is a research assistant at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Systems Engineering Depart- ment. She has a Bachelor of Science in Communication, sales and marketing management experience, and volunteered to assist Army families for several years before joining the SE department at NPS. Her research interests and project coordination efforts include M&S education, project management, and SE education. Page 22.461.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Developing Systems Engineering Graduate Programs Aligned to the Body of Knowledge and

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

theory. An exampleis given by permission [4]. This student also used supercritical airfoil sections for the sweptwings. Problem statement, from Acierno [4] The drag of the equivalent body of revolution can be computed using Von Karman’s formula: (3.1) Where S(x) is the function describing the equivalent body of revolution in terms of normal cross-sectional area vs. location along the x axis. S can be derived from the oblique cross sections obtained by the intersection of Mach planes with the wing-body combination through (3.2) Where s is defined as the area intersected by the oblique Mach planes. As detailed in reference 5, S’(x

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

Communication Curriculum in One Department of CivilEngineering," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol. 51, pp. 313-327, 2008.18 M. T. Davis, "Assessing Technical Communication within Engineering Contexts Tutorial," IEEE Transactions onProfessional Communication, vol. 53, pp. 33-45, 2010.19 L. J. Anthony, et al., "Using Discourse Analysis to Study a Cross-Disciplinary Learning Community: Insightsfrom an IGERT Training Program," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 96, pp. 141-156, 2007. Page 22.1687.1220 S. S. Taylor, "Comments on Lab Reports by Mechanical Engineering Teaching Assistants - Typical Practices

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Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Ellie H. Fini, North Carolina A&T State University; Mahour Mellat Parast, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

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Civil Engineering

International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE 2010), 652-5, 2010; ISBN-13: 978-1- 4244-6002-1; DOI: 10.1109/ICCSE.2010.5593527.4. Martinez, F., L. C. Herrero, S. De Pablo, Project-Based Learning and Rubrics in the Teaching of Power Supplies and Photovoltaic Electricity, IEEE Transactions on Education, March 25, 2010; ISSN: 00189359; DOI: 10.1109/TE.2010.2044506.5. Kilmartin, L., E. McCarrick, A Case Study of Enhancing Learning Outcomes for Undergraduate Electronic\Computer Engineering Students through a Service Learning Based Project Module, 2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments, 18 pp., 2010; ISBN-13: 978-1

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Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles J Lesko Jr., East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

taken advantage of thetechnology‟s capabilities including social presence, persistence and the visual presentation of thevirtual environment. Emphasis has focused on the visual presentation or building out theseenvironments for pedagogical deployment in an effort to develop virtual classroom and meetingspaces that not only replace the actual real world academic experiences, but also maximize theinherent unique functionalities that the new VW provides. Yet once the spaces are in place therecomes the need to communicate course content; there inlays the impetus behind a growinginterest in the use of VW environments as delivery media for presenting content bothsynchronously and asynchronously.This case covered the course delivery involving three

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John B. Napp, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

information literacy skills are relevant to the work ofengineers requires new pedagogies. One such pedagogy is problem-based learning (PBL) wherea real-life situation is introduced and students use information literacy skills to complete theassignment. Students will gain essential knowledge while seeing how those skills fit into theengineering design process. This paper will describe problem-based learning as it can be appliedto information literacy in engineering classes. The author‟s experience in using PBL to teachinformation literacy in a freshman design class is also described.Introduction Conducting information literacy instruction sessions that are relevant and interesting tothe students, while providing useful skills, has long been a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Y. Lin, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

is powered, the coil in the motor can generate an electro-magneticforce of 44 lbs with the speed can reach up to15 ft/s. Each arm is equipped with four ThrusTubemotors. Figure 2: The Linear ThrusTube Mounted on the Rail3. Amplifiers for Thrust TubesAn amplifier is used to control the motion of each ThrusTube. Figure 3 shows the connection ofthe amplifier. When it receives signals through the J3 connection with a PC, it performs thefollowing tasks: a. Offers sixteen motion profiles which were stored through a RS-232 cable with a PC. b. Receives the command from the main program to choose one of the sixteen motion profiles for the motion. Figure 4 shows an example of setting up a motion profile for a typical

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L. Daugherty, Purdue University; Rodney L. Custer, Illinois State University; Raymond A. Dixon, Illinois State University, CeMaST

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

                                                                                                                       1  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0426421. Any Page 22.1508.3opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.   The focus of secondary level engineering education, however, has largely been onprocess. The Standards for Technological Literacy (STL),9 for example, include design-orientedstandards that

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

development,which seeks a way to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs.9 Figure 1. Sustainability Venn diagram motivated by the Euston & Gibson definition of sustainability6 and James White’s four sustainability “E”s.104E Sustainability AnalysisTo explore sustainability issues in electronics experiments, this work employs the proposed 4ESustainability Analysis technique. By writing sustainability analyses, students learn to explainhow engineering experiments, their applications, and their impacts foster or preventsustainability. Analyses uncover energy and resource issues in engineering topics and relate themto sustainability issues. The analyses involve environmental

Conference Session

ETD Design IV: Construction and Civil Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eric Nesbitt

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

toinvestigate any difference in the significance between the two different educational levels. Thestate’s median household income was used to represent the economic variable. The population,education, and economic data were obtained from the most recent official statistics provided bythe U.S. Census Bureau (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008).18 The population and educational data wasobtained from the 2000 U.S. Census. Median household income was reported by the CensusBureau as a three-year average from 2002 to 2004. The geographical region of each state wasdetermined by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) region classifications (EPA,2008).19 The number of state and local incentives supporting green building were collected fromthe USGBC website

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Arun R. Srinivasa, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

would need to crate are moving upward at a be divided by 3 and then given in N. constant speed of 3.0 m/s, how (if any) would the answer above in question #10 differ? (Question #10 asked when the pieces in the crate are not moving, what is the magnitude of force exerted on piece A by rope 2?) (Figure 9 displays the crate configuration for both questions.)Figure 6. Sign Configuration from Question #13 on Beta Instrument 1

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

explain difficult concepts, and talk with enthusiasm to keep the audience’s attention. Other than those minor things, we thought that doing the applications was an interesting way to relate fluid mechanics to real world applications and expand the knowledge that the course provided. We also enjoyed watching other presentations, and Page 22.373.12 learned a lot of things that we had never really thought about before.” Student Group 4 reflection essay excerpt is from the topic: superfluids.The required department survey assessment at the end of semester, compared to the previousyear/s, showed substantial increases in instructor and

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

orstudents. New learning objectives, educational interventions and pedagogy are needed to teachdata curation skills. Librarians need to translate traditional library science skills into a datacuration context in order to forge the partnerships necessary to have a successful datamanagement program.References1 Gold, A. Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 1. D-Lib Magazine 13, 9/10, doi:10.1045/september20september-gold-pt1 (2007).2 Gold, A. Cyberinfrastructure, Data, and Libraries, Part 2. D-Lib Magazine 13, 9/10, doi:10.1045/july20september-gold-pt2 (2007).3 Westra, B., Ramirez, M., Parham, S. W. & Scaramozzino, J. M. in Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship no. 63 (Fall 2010). Available

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Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University

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International

marketplace for technological goods and services.References 1. Hirleman E., Atkinson D., Groll E., Matthews J., Xu L., Allert B., Hong W., Purdue Univ.; Albers A., Univ. Karlsruhe; Wittig L., German Aerospace Center, Koln; Lin Q., Xi L., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.; “GEARE: A Comprehensive Program for Globalizing Engineering Education”, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2004 2. Parkinson A, Brigham Young Univ., “Engineering Study Abroad programs, Formats, Challenges, Best Practices”,2007-422, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2007 3. Abubakr S., Qi D., Western Michigan Univ., “Development of Global Engineering Education in China for Western Michigan University

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Ewert, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Iron Range Engineering; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College

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Design in Engineering Education

their primary Page 22.78.5learning style(s) early in the IRE program and build strategies which make the mosteffective use for each learning style. Students reflect often on their selection of learningapproaches as well as monitor the effectiveness of the approaches and regulate theirlearning by making changes in their approach. One fourth of the grade in every technicalcompetency is based upon the students use, documentation, and oral description of theirmetacognition strategies and use.Throughout the entire semester students are tracking their progress on development ofprofessional competencies. Weekly, there are mini workshops on topics like

Conference Session

Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American

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Continuing Professional Development

the challenge and to revise their original ideas are introduced here. Formative instructional events can and probably should occur in each step of the cycle but are of primary usefulness in this step. Knowledge and learner centered.  Test your mettle: Summative instructional events are now presented. Knowledge and learner centered.  Go public: This is a high stakes motivating component introduced to motivate the faculty/student to do well. This step is where the faculty/student is asked to provide solutions and insights for learning to the next cohort of faculty/students, as well as to the instructor(s) and is termed “Leaving Legacies” and hence the name of the cycle. Learner and community

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Victoria Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

] Hudson, C. M., Burk, K., Zhai, M., Gagne, P. “Time-to-Degree for FY2008 Bachelor’s Degree GraduatesExecutive Summary” March 26, 2009, http://www.usg.edu/research/pubs/rnotes/rn-mar09.pdf, accessed 12/14/2010.[5] Dockterman, D. “Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2007”, March 5, 2009.http://pewhispanic.org/factsheets/factsheet.php?FactsheetID=46, accessed 12/16/2010.[6] Kochhar, R., Suro, R., Tafoya, S. “The New Latino South: The Context and Consequences of Rapid PopulationGrowth”, July 26, 2005. http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/50.pdf accessed 12/18/2010.[7] Passel, J. S., Cohn, D. “U.S. Population Projections:2005 – 2050”, Feb. 11, 2008, Pew Research Center.http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/85.pdf accessed 1/10/2011

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

learning from that failure; 2. Work as a teamto fundamentally understand a problem and why the problem occurred (The goal is to understandnot only technically why it occurred but why the technical errors were not discovered andcorrected.); 3. Engage in critical thinking and analysis to identify what technical error(s)occurred and to try to determine what system error(s) existed that allowed the technical error togo undetected, and finally, logically analyze the case to determine what personal errors weremade by the people involved in the case; 4. Increase student awareness of the roles andresponsibilities of working in the Engineering Profession; and 5. Use the elements of criticalthinking to create a defensible, logical position on the question

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Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Occasionally, but rarely, students willdiscover these connections on their own, even though they may be readily apparent toteachers, curriculum designers, and other content experts. Examples of explicit andimplicit math integration in a PLTW course follow.Example 1: Excerpt illustrating explicit integration of math with engineering In this example two students are discussing the design of their project, aballistic device, with their instructor: S: ((At the same time)) Different, different angles. S: A protractor sitting here. With a string with a weight on it. So as you tip it it'll that'll tell you what degree you're tipping it. T: I like that. That's nice. S: So that tells you what degree so we can figure that out. In