Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eckehard Doerry, Northern Arizona University; James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University

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Educational Research and Methods

student grades basedon individual performance. Despite the minimalist philosophy shaping the evolution of ourapproach, truly effective use of the system developed requires substantial time investment by theinstructor; we close by outlining an online system we are developing to largely automate theteam management process. Benefits of automation include real-time feedback to instructor andteam members, automated flagging of potential trouble, and automatic documentation ofcontributions/performance for individual team members.1.0 IntroductionThe past decades have brought a growing awareness of the value of integrating training in abroad range of “soft skills” – including teaming, project management, and oral and writtencommunication – into the

Conference Session

Modeling and Problem-Solving

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith B. Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University

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Educational Research and Methods

University Kevin Cook is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at Montana State University. He is also the Program Coordinator of the MET Program. Mr. Cook holds a B.S. degree in MET and a M.S. degree in Industrial and Management Engineering, both from Montana State University. Mr. Cook has significant industrial experience and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Montana. His research interests relate to education improvement, as well as curriculum design and integration. Page 22.1400.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

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Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

with the Third Street Community Center’s after school program, which has a science andengineering focus.The students who enroll in the Renewable Energy Engineering class are passionate about makinga difference in society through engineering. One purpose of the service learning project is tobuild on this passion, giving them a tangible way to get involved while they are students. Theproject fosters an ethic of civic engagement among the engineering students. This engagementwith the community should enhance their engagement with learning and increase their dedicationto engineering.13 The positive effects of integrating service-learning in the curriculum includeimproved retention and graduation rates particularly among underrepresented groups

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Naji Khoury, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

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Graduate Studies

Professions, Vol. 17,No. 2, 1-3 (1998).9.Dudley-Sponaugle, A.; Lidtke, D.; “Preparing to teach ethics in a computer science curriculum,” Technology andSociety, 2002. (ISTAS'02). 2002 International Symposium on , 2002, pp. 121 –125.10. Dyrud, Marilyn, “Training Faculty for Ethics across the Curriculum,” Proceedings of 1999 ASEE AnnualConference, Session 2561.11.Ford, F. A. & Herren, R. V. 1995. The teaching of work ethics: Current practices of work program coordinatorsin Georgia. Journal of Vocational Education Research, 20 (1).12.McEachron, D, Vaidya, S., and Ake, S. 2009. “A model for Integrating Ethics into an Engineering Curriculum”,AC 2009-898, ASEE National Conference, Austin, Texas.13.National Academy of Engineering, Center for Engineering

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Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

, Florida, 2000.20. Integrating TRIZ into the Curriculum: An educational imperative, T.P. Schweitzer, TRIZCON2002 ConferenceProc. 200221. INsourcing Innovation, D. Silverstein, N. DeCarlo, and M. Slocum, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, 2008.22. TRIZ in the world of science—Where does it fit?, N. Shpakovsky, 200923. The Elements of Mechanical Design, J.G. Skakoon, ASME Press, New York, 2008.24. Systematic Innovation: An Introduction to TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving), J. Terninko, A.Zusman, and B. Zlotin, (St. Lucia Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1998.25. Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements 5th ed., R. S. Figliola, D. Beasley, Wiley and Sons Inc.2011,26. Introduction to Engineering Experimentation, 3rd ed., A.J. Wheeler, A. R. Ganji

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Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

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ASEE Global Programs

have manufacturing operations in China, India, Mexico, or otherdeveloping areas. Multinational companies continue to grow and expand throughout the world3.While it was once sufficient for an engineer to develop technical knowledge and skills, engineersmust now also adequately prepare to live and work in a global environment. Engineers in almostany company will have interaction with people who live or work in many parts of the world. Theability to communicate, understand cultural differences, and collaborate across time zones is nownecessary for engineers to be successful.Developing and integrating global competence skills into a compacted curriculum is a challengefacing many higher educational institutions; however, past experience

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph F. Kmec, Purdue University; Bryan J. Hubbard, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Martin A Lopez De Bertodano, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Revis, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

proliferation, small modular reactors, national energy policy, global nuclear power, developments of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ASME Nuclear Component Certification (N-type Codes), nuclear medicine, military applications of nuclear energy, and on-going campus research involving reactors, fuels, and cycles.Thus it can be seen that the list of courses in the proposed curriculum compares reasonably wellwith existing Nuclear Engineering Technology offerings and serves as an excellent starting pointfor the formal design of a program of study leading to a degree in Nuclear EngineeringTechnology. Moreover, the College of Technology at the authors’ main campus is ideallypositioned to undertake such an initiative

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott P. Schaffer, Purdue University; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

students.William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University, one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education and a courtesy faculty member in Mechanical Engi- neering and Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is an fellow of the ASEE and NSPE. .He was the first engineer to win the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service- Learning. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for his work in EPICS.Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology Daniel Gandara holds a masters degree in personnel

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jimmy Bill Linn, East Carolina University; Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University; Janet Hooper Sanders, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

should include at a minimum, physics, chemistry, material science and biology. 3) Mathematics: Mathematics is the mortar that bonds science, engineering and technology. An engineering technology student should have at a minimum, college algebra, and trigonometry. 4) Technology: This general area builds the student’s practical knowledge base and enables the student to apply science and engineering concepts to real world problems and situations. Courseware in this category should include but not be limited to computer numerical control (CNC), computer aided drafting (CAD), basic electricity, electromechanical systems, robotics, thermodynamics, fluid power, computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), quality

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1324: THE EFELTS PROJECT - ENGINEERING FACULTY EN-GAGEMENT IN LEARNING THROUGH SERVICEChristopher W. Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is an associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering with additional appoint- ments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Dr. Swan has also served as chair of Tufts CEE depart- ment (2002-2007) and as an officer in the Environmental Engineering division of ASEE (2001-2005). Dr. Swan’s current interests lie in the areas of waste reuse, and service-based educational efforts in the engineering curriculum. Specific efforts involving engineering education concern

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven; Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven; Nancy Ortins Savage, University of New Haven

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-2374: EFFECT OF FRESHMAN CHEMISTRY ON STUDENTPERFORMANCE IN SOPHOMORE ENGINEERING COURSESMichael A. Collura, University of New Haven MICHAEL A. COLLURA, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of New Haven, received his B.S. Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University. He is currently serving as the Director of the Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral Curriculum. His professional interests include the application of computers to process modeling and control, engineering education research and reform of engineering educationProf. Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven Shannon Ciston is an Assistant Professor of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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NSF Grantees

Engineering with an affiliate appointment in Educational Psychology. Her research interests include vascular biomechanics, hemodynamics and cardiac function as well as the factors that motivate students to pursue and persist in engineering careers, with a focus on women and under-represented minorities.Prof. David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison David Williamson Shaffer is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Educational Psychology and a Game Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Before coming to the University of Wisconsin, he was a teacher, teacher-trainer, curriculum developer, and game designer. Dr. Shaffer studies how new technologies change

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International

international service projects and how students learn to enhance creativity. An Illinois alumnus, he earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked in industry for four years, and earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in agricultural and biochemical engineering at Purdue University. Since 1986, he has been on the faculty at the University of Illinois, where he is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Laura Hahn is a zero-% time assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She specializes in curriculum and instruc- tion

Conference Session

Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University, Afghanistan

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International

, supported by tutorials and laboratory work. d. The resistance of senior academics to change their academic practices is another major challenge that needs to be addressed, e. The lack of suitable accrediting bodies that evaluate the programmes, recommend methods of delivery, ensure appropriate qualification of academics and ensure the universities are equipped with appropriate facilities. f. Integration of experimental work with theory needs to be at the core of the curriculums to overcome the lack of appropriate practical skills in the industry.7.1. Further RecommendationsThe education system in Afghanistan has been misused for political short-term gains

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University; Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University; Robert Quinlan Thames

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NSF Grantees

present future plans.† This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underInnovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) Grant No.093510. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material Page 22.573.2are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF).VESLL: Virtual Engineering ExperienceVESLL is establishing an online interactive learning environment designed to introduce studentsto engineering concepts through visualization and collaborative problem solving. Our long-termvision is to create a

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

. The responses were place into six major categories based on Fink’s Taxonomy ofSignificant Learning. The respondents unanimously indicated the course had an impact.Although in both data sets the Fink Categories of fundamental knowledge and applicationreceived the highest percentage of responses; all categories did receive responses. In addition,there was a significant shift from fundamental knowledge to integration between the post-classand alumni response sets. The content and distribution of responses would indicate anunderstanding of a breadth of concepts involved in creating a significant learning experience waspart of the impact of the course. Alumni survey questions focused on specific class objectives. An interesting

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Garene Kaloustian, Lebanese American University; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1707: ENGINEERING IN EARLY EDUCATION: A MULTICUL-TURAL COMPARISON OF WEB RESOURCESAikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette Having acquired a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Advanced Digital Com- munication in the Aristotle University in Greece, and after having worked as an educator both in formal and informal settings for 10 years now, I have, since January 2008, started the PhD Program in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. My research interests are : Developmental Engineering; Engineering in PreK-3; Early Engineering Curriculum Development; Use of Art to enhance Engineering Design; Educational Software; Educational RoboticsSo Yoon Yoon, Purdue

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Penn State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

know and how to learn what they don’t know when they have a need to learn it. And so it is an interesting thing, because I don’t think it is one of our stated goals, but it is not one of the things I would have identified as one of the benefits of a broad curriculum, is where students quickly learn that there are not only limits to their own knowledge, but limits to our knowledge. … [T]hey understand that nobody knows everything and they have to learn to get through here and they have to learn for the rest of their lives.The engineering curriculum is not specialized to any specific discipline, as students graduatewith a baccalaureate degree in general engineering. The goals of the program are to

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

highsensitivity and long-term repeatability. Their output signals can be in various formats such asanalog voltage output and serial (SPI or I2C) output. A semiconductor type pressure sensor withanalog voltage output was considered. The particular pressure sensor was Freescale’sMPXA6115A. This is an integrated silicon pressure sensor for measuring absolute pressure. Thissensor is on-chip signal conditioned, temperature compensated and calibrated.This reference design shows how to connect the pressure sensor to the CSM-12C32 module andprovide the C-codes for initializing the on-chip analog-to-digital converter for capturing theanalog output voltage from the temperature sensor. Pictures, ordering information, web link forthe breakout board, hardware

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Raju S. Dandu, Kansas State University, Salina

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Manufacturing

inspection sheetsreinforce expectations and provide examples of standard practice. Spring semester experiencesin the CNC lab allow students to focus on sources of variation when operator error is negligible.The entire sequence culminates with design teams designing an assembly prototype which mustbe manufactured to their specifications by another team. The early awareness and experiences encountered by these students during their freshmenyear provide a foundation for future courses and design projects.Some Approaches Recorded in the Literature The literature in engineering technology education provides a rich tradition of integratedexperiential approaches applying the design-to-manufacture process early in the curriculum. In

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; William J Calvo, Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program, Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)

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NSF Grantees

be obtained throughthe PharmaHUB. The problem sets have been incorporated into two easy to use documents thathave the problems organized by the chapter/section of Felder and Rousseau they would be usedin. If these problems are used in another course, such as a Freshman Engineering class, they canbe easily integrated them by using the chapter/topic outline found in the document onPharmaHUB. The complete module sets include an introduction and table of contents with indexproblems and solutions. The problems and solutions are on separate pages allowing the facultymember to easily use these for homework or in-class problems. The solutions are sufficientlydetailed to allow students with limited knowledge in the field to understand the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

presentation, additional time is allocated for a question andanswer period. Many of the questions at this point are related to specific technical majors andprograms.In some cases, a single 50-minute session is simply not enough time to adequately cover a topic.In order to resolve this issue, a number of 50-minute sessions, usually two or three held onconsecutive days, are grouped together to form a type of short course or mini course. These areoften included as an integral part of an existing course in order to add depth and breadth to thesubject matter. The presenter is introduced to the audience as a guest lecturer or invited lecturer.This format offers flexibility, variety, and a change of pace for the class or audience.Evaluation and AssessmentAt

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

, 70% of the students enrolled in Calculus or Pre-Calculus during the first semester wereretained in CEAS, compared to 60% of the Algebra II students. First-time, first-year CEASstudents, particularly those with weak mathematics preparation, continue to be a target group.Analysis of data for the latter portions of the 2008-09 and the whole of the 2009-10 academic Page 22.837.2years is ongoing, and is not entirely included in the results discussed in this paper.Literature cites an intensified curriculum and increasingly difficult coursework among thereasons for the “slumping sophomores” phenomenon, which can contribute to disengagementfrom

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees

to them, but she did notinvestigate the phenomenon in detail.5 In existing studies, there is a challenge in linking thecontent to students’ interest or the classroom environment to their retention in an engineering Page 22.1018.2program.MethodsData for this study were collected from students in a required electrical engineering course atGeorge Mason University. The course, ECE 320 – Signals and Systems II, is the second in aseries of two signals and systems courses in the electrical engineering curriculum and focuses ondiscrete-time signals and systems. Students enrolled in the course are typically at the junior orsenior level. The data

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lu, University of Kentucky

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

time-consuming. These issuescould potentially shift the course focus away from experimentation and thus jeopardize thestudents’ interests in this important subject. A Design-Expert software has been integrated intothe experimentation course to help students learn the principles of the DOE. Students have usedthe software for designing the experiments and analyzing the results. This paper presentsexample lecture and experiment to demonstrate the effectiveness of the software. The impact onstudents’ abilities in experimental designs is also discussed.IntroductionLaboratory courses are an important component of engineering education. “Engineering withoutlabs is a different discipline. If we cut out labs we might as well rename our degrees

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

important components of earthquakeengineering. The master’s curriculum has greater adaptability for an intervening disaster due tothe research directive despite of this deficiency. The students chose to engage the new master’scourse a couple of years early with uniform consensus. Page 22.1425.3   ProcedurreThe centrral phenomeenon is the in ntervention of o a synchro nous disasteer event on student learning.To examine the naturre of this pheenomenon, a qualitative research deesign was

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen R. Fleeman, Rock Valley College

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Engineering Technology

servicedevelopment, testing and alternative energy product certifications with an emphasis on theelectrical and electronic systems. The SES program helps prepare you to take the Alternative-Energy Integrator Certification examinations offered by the Electronics Technicians Association,International.” The SES degree program sequence plan is provided in Table 1. The certification componentof the program description is explained in the next section.Table 1. SES program sequence plan.2. Designing a curriculum for assessment The faculty agreed unanimously the new program should not be designed for installers, butrather designers who possess a great breadth of knowledge that embellishes their expertise inelectronics. It was also decided that external

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Kathy Ann Zook, Adams 50 School District; Megan Yoder, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Hacker, Hofstra University; David Burghardt, Hofstra University; David Crismond, City College of the City University of New York; Christopher Malanga; Timothy James Johnson, S. F. Austin High School, Houston ISD; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Loudonville, NY David Crismond, The City College of New York, New York, NY Chris Malanga, Riverhead Middle School, Riverhead, NYOverview of the Instructional ModelBedroom Design is an engineering design activity developed by a partnership between middleschool teachers in New York, and the Hofstra University Center for Technological Literacy formiddle school Engineering and Technology Education (ETE). The curriculum is underpinned bya “hybrid” instructional model that has the potential to transform instruction in ETE. The modelpreserves the hands-on physical laboratory activity that has engaged generations of students, butincorporates an IT-based engineering design approach that will accelerate technologyeducation’s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees

model ofmanuscript submission and peer-review in the conduct of scientific inquiry.1 The pedagogicalframework draws from the “writing across the curriculum” (WAC) movement’s premise thatverbal and visual composition are an analog for thinking and that communication assignmentscan be used to mediate student learning in complex problem-solving situations.21.1 CPR Components that Enable Learning -- Four structured workspaces perform in tandemto create a rich series of activities that reflect modern pedagogical strategies for usingcommunication in the learning process. Table A summarizes these stages in a typical CPRsession. Table A: Four Structured Workspaces of CPR SEGMENT ACTIVITY

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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; David Walton Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler

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Two Year College Division

AC 2011-2251: ”TUNING” ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE CON-TEXT OF ABET ACCREDITATIONMary Eileen Smith, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Mary E. Smith has been employed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s