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Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Selvi, Muskingum University; Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University; Richard S. Taylor, Muskingum University; William R Wilson, Muskingum University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering. • They enjoyed working in teams. • They wanted more materials in bridge set to make more creative designs.DiscussionsAs a result of our observations and students’ feedback, we believe that these design projectsserved well for our purposes. We achieved our goals of teaching them in consecutive courses, aswell as they individually provided some other aims of teaching a design project.Discussion on teaching similar design projects in consecutive coursesSome students do not decide on their career on engineering until their sophomore year or later.There is a definite need to motivate these students and show them the benefits of studyingengineering. We believe that these projects enabled them, as well as the more determinedstudents, to

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Understanding Our Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Ozgur Eris, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

; fax: (+1) 781.292.2505; e-mail: ozgur.eris@olin.edu. Page 22.1025.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 LOOKING AT ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH A MOTIVATION/CONFIDENCE FRAMEWORKAbstractIn this paper we compare groups of engineering students along two dimensions, intrinsicpsychological motivation to study engineering and confidence in professional and interpersonalskills. We focus on these two measures because they have been shown to be directly related toseniors‟ future career plans and other aspects of the student experience1.Our sample included 103 students who

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Capstone Design Projects in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ziqian Liu, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Electrical and Computer

well prepare our engineering students for the challenges presented by advancedtechnologies in the 21st century, as educators in engineering higher education, we need to offerthe opportunities for our young engineering students to get experience in using modern Page 22.1074.2technology tools. Using Matlab/simulink to learn and design electric machinery drives inelectrical engineering will open doors and career opportunities for young engineers, and makesthem an asset in the future. Therefore, the author developed a series of Matlab/Simulinkprograms for modeling and simulation of electric machinery, which is used by the followingproject.In the

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New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madeleine Andrawis, South Dakota State University

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Electrical and Computer

technology, and other related topics. Over her career at SDSU, Dr. Andrawis served in many leadership roles through task forces, committees, and programs. She also served as Chair of the Academic Senate for the 2007/2008 academic year and has served on its Executive Committee for four years. Page 22.1606.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Active Learning in Teaching ElectromagneticsIntroduction“Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do not learn much just by sitting in classes listeningto teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers

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Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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MaryPat Beaufait; Duyun Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Cecile Dietrich; Garrett Michael Vanhoy, University of Arizona

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Electrical and Computer

advised by Carl Dietrich, a research faculty member who had undergraduate and graduateteaching and advising experience.Duyun discovered the CR program via an general informational email related to summerresearch sent from his university career services department. Garrett found out about the programthrough a math department website. MaryPat was not able to participate in the initialteleconference. She found out about the Cognitive Communications program through an emailsent to the undergraduate Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at heruniversity. This email was a forward from the head of the program.4.2 Prior related experience of the participantsDuyun attended a biomedical engineering research program at Johns Hopkins in

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Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Sugg, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division; John V Fishell, Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) ; Arman Hovakemian, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

build an increasing number of local students qualified and interested inpursuing careers in engineering.The Navy Metrology Engineering Center has been a proactive and engaged partner in the STEPProgram since its inception. STEP is funded privately by partner companies investing in theeducation of local youth to attempt to raise the numbers of high technology educated workers inthe local community. STEP‟s primary mission is to “Inspire students to pursue careers in math,science, engineering and technology” through an innovative, proactive approach that engagesstudents, teachers and the local K-12 educational system with high technology companies,universities/colleges, high tech government agencies and all of their collective resources toachieve

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-year Programs and Students, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Brett D. Jones, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Jacob Preston Moore, Virginia Tech; Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses na- tionwide, and is co-PI on several NSF grants to explore gender in engineering, design education, and interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design.Jacob Preston Moore, Virginia Tech Jacob Moore is a PhD candidate in the Engineering Education PhD program at Virginia Tech. His re- search interests include developing better digital textbooks for engineering and using Rapid Prototyping in education.Deirdre Annaliese Nicole Hunter, Virginia Tech Deirdre Hunter is a doctoral student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse

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Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Evan Jackson; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy, Pennsylvania State University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

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Computing & Information Technology

AC 2011-2280: MOUNT TIMPANOGOS COMMUNITY SPECIES DATABASEDr. Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University Reza Sanati-Mehrizy is a professor of Computer Science at Utah Valley University. His research interests include Data Structures, Databases, and Data Mining.Mr. Evan JacksonAli Sanati-Mehrizy, Pennsylvania State University Ali Sanati-Mehrizy is a medical student at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include the application of mobile computing in the sciences. Upon completion of medical school, he hopes to pursue a career in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics with a further specialization in Hematology-Oncology.Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Murray, Pittsburg State University; Randy Winzer, Pittsburg State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

participate in activities designed to strengthen their academic ability, character, social skills,and awareness of career opportunities available to them upon high school graduation.Program proposals are solicited by the Kauffman Scholars management each year frominstitutions of higher education, museums and other organizations. These proposals must includea rough outline of the pedagogy and academic plan the students participating in the particularsummer institute will follow and other details such as transportation, housing and mealarrangements. A specific budget must be submitted along with the plan for funding of thesummer institute. Once a specific proposal is selected for funding, Kauffman managementworks with the hosting organization to adjust

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Baxter-Baines, Rowan University; Caitlin Nicole Dillard, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees

that they will use throughout their engineering careers: • Novel application of chemical engineering principles • Concentration measurement • Calibration • Material balances • Use of spreadsheets for calculations and graphing • Comparison of experimental concentration data to predicted concentrationsBackground InformationConventional Drug Delivery Methods The most common methods of administration of a drug are by ingestion and injection2.In recent years, several other routes of adiminstration have been explored, including pulmonary-through the lung, transdermal- though the skin, transmucosal - through a mucous membrane, andtransepithelial- a combination of transdermal and transmucosalError!  Bookmark  not

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

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NSF Grantees

student participated in a simulated jobinterview. For the job interview, each student gave a presentation to the class and discussed whyhe/she was the best candidate for the given job. The interviewees used their education,experience, personal characteristics to convince the audience that he/she was the best fit for thejob. Feedback was provided by the instructor and questions were asked by the students. Thesetwo job preparation skills will help student be more effective at job career fairs, forced them tohave updated resumes, and sharpen their oral communication skills.To provide students with more information on teamwork, a guest speaker, who had extensiveexperience in team development and team-working, was invited to the class to speak

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

forengineering educators across the nation. Several universities and institutions have been workingtowards this objective 1-8.An engineering major typically has a curriculum 9 with a heavy load of prerequisite coursesmaking it relatively difficult (when compared with other majors) to combine with another major.On top of this the learning structure of a typical academic institution makes it hard for non-engineering majors to gain a meaningful understanding of engineering and technology 10-12. Non-engineering majors are faced with numerous forces that pull them in different directions—towardsocialization, career, and technological literacy. They are not well equipped to lead the nation,through its diversified and challenging problems by making informed

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chin-Zue Chen, Austin Peay State University; Adel Salama., Austin Peay State University

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Engineering Technology

offered,it was suggested to expand and add an Additive Manufacturing Option to the existingmanufacturing curriculum in order to encourage and prepare students to pursue careers in thisnew and expanding area. It is hoped that the students will come to have a positive influence onincreasing awareness and implementation of AM technology in the local industries where theyare employed.The manufacturing curriculum requires 125 semester hours, including 44 hours of Liberal Artscore, 45 hours of Engineering Technology core, and 36 hours of concentration courses. Withinthe concentration, there are 18 hours for the Manufacturing core and 18 hours, or 6 courses, forthe concentration, including 2 elective courses. See Table 1. “Manufacturing Curriculum

Conference Session

IE Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Abril Vazquez, University of Texas, El Paso; Olivia C. Moreno, University of Texas, El Paso

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Industrial Engineering

. OUTREACH TO MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. In the Fall2009 semester, a presentation titled Sustainability Engineering and current initiatives at UTEPwas prepared by two of the graduate students supported under grant. This presentation was givento 36 high school teachers from Parkland High School with the main objective to interest highschool students in environmental related careers. Moreover, in summers 2009 and 2010 using theinfrastructure of the UTeach Miners Program, the project directors offered two modules to 50middle/high school teachers to introduce students to Sustainability related topics. Additionally, aSustainability Engineering Session was offered directly to 30 middle/high school studentsparticipating in the 2010 UTEP

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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Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Robert W. Warke, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs

review was conducted to determine what other engineering programsacross the nation are currently doing to increase their retention and graduation rates. Mostarticles focused on freshman retention and the many efforts that have been undertaken toimprove first-year retention numbers. Unfortunately, in many cases it is still too early todetermine conclusively whether or not these have been successful. Therefore, this study focuseson efforts where substantial (two or more years of) increased retention have been documented.Successful efforts include:  First-year interest groups where students are clustered in common class sections.  Peer mentoring and/or supplemental instruction.  A first-semester, project-based, career-enlightening

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Manoogian, Loyola Marymount University

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Biological & Agricultural

aplethora of other areas that link science and engineering. The course content at this levelserved to broaden engineering students’ understanding of the science of biology as itrelates to engineering, stimulate interest in technical careers, address an ABET sciencerequirement and to address at least one common engineering program outcome related tolife-long learning. ABET related assessment was conducted with respect to the researchassignment from the class.Introduction The interrelationship between the fields of Biology and Engineering presents agrowing opportunity for engineers and that biology should be a core science course forengineers according to the NSF, NIH and others (1, 2). Knowledge of biology specific tothe complex communities

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

, would propel the career minded intoincreasingly greater senior-level opportunities. It has been readily recognized in industry, whenyou take a technical individual and move them into a leadership/managerial position, withoutproperly training them in leadership/management skills and techniques, you lose on two counts;you lose a good technical person and gain a less-than capable manager. The corollary to thisscenario is what happens to a leader when they become under pressure and have not beenproperly trained in leadership/management skills and techniques. In this scenario, the untrainedleader tends to resort back to micromanaging their technical subordinates. The untrained leaderdoes this because they were first and foremost good technical

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Marcia R. Laugerman, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

thecommunity college level and 5) gateway engineering courses offered at statecommunity colleges to better engage students. Working with State CC and theSTEM Pathway project, student-centered advising is also being coordinated tobroaden the diversity of students enrolled in engineering and to make studentsaware of the various paths to successfully completing an engineering degree,including transfer from a community college. This study enforces the newAmerican Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation model ofoutcome based education13.Methods and ResourcesRetrospective research data was obtained from Institutional Research at ISU andthe Career Services office for the college of engineering for three recent semestersof engineering

Conference Session

Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Tyler Lewis, Brigham Young University; Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young University; Bryan Howell, Brigham Young University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and his MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology.Bryan Howell, Brigham Young University Bryan Howell received his MFA in Design from the University of Texas Austin in 2003 and his under- graduate degree in Industrial Design from Brigham Young University in 1984. He started his professional career working with frogdesign in Germany. He then worked at Dell Computer in Design and Engineering Management following which he successfully directed his own Design consulting business. He has re- ceived IDEA, ID and G-Mark design awards and has 29 utility patents. He has lived in England, Germany, Singapore and the USA. Since 2006 he has been teaching Design courses at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah

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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larissa V. Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

following key issues: (1) what must undergraduateengineers learn/accomplish in the course string to be successful throughout their academic career Page 22.432.2and in the next generation professional settings; (2) what obstacles exist to providing thenecessary educational experiences, and (3) how can we effect change and what changes(integration) need to be made to an existing curriculum. Course string faculty committeescontinue to hold regular meetings every semester to address these questions. Syllabi analysisprovided invaluable information to enhance the alignment of the courses. As a result of coursestring faculty committees’ working sessions

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuhong Zhang, Texas Southern University; Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State

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Engineering Technology

22.457.10This kind of state-of-art laboratory and technology will help our engineering technologyeducation better prepare students for careers in industry.AcknowledgementsThis work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DUE-0942778and HRD-0928921.References:1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_technology.2 http://www.coe.neu.edu/Depts/SET/set/whatisset.html3 http://www.careercornerstone.org/pdf/engtech/engtech.pdf4 M.L. Good, N.F. Lane, “Producing the Finest Scientists and Engineers for the 21st Century”, Science, Vol. 266, pp. 741-743, November 1994.5 http://www.ni.com/nielvis/6 http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/86577 Y. Zhang, “The Application of MATLAB to Teaching Communication Systems” Proceedings

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Student Learning and Teamwork

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Page 22.462.6 the subject matter and began to clearly see the important and needed applications of assistive devices that go beyond the manufacturing process. Each prototype that will be developed will surely demonstrate that our students can make a difference in the lives of their fellow man. What a difference projects like that make in the life of the targeted disabled individuals! Impacts Diversity in the workplace is essential in today's society. Individuals with disabilities have much to offer and need just that little boost to push them on their way to a successful and fulfilling career. Likewise, the future generations of engineers must understand that their studies mean something. The implemented

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chao Li, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Antonio J. Soares, Florida A&M University

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Engineering Technology

year (2010) the program is training 50students and will graduate its first class.The degree requires basic knowledge in engineering, electrical circuits, motors and generators,thermodynamics, heat transfer and the language of computers. Then there come specializedcourses in photovoltaics (solar energy research and technology), wind, biomass (the recycling ofbiological material), hydropower and geothermal energy development. After graduation, studentswould be applying their new Bachelor of Science degrees in a range of design, engineering,installation, auditing and programming careers in the region’s expanding green-power sector.In 2006, the State University of New York (SUNY) at Canton started a four-year degree programin alternative and

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

build teamwork skills that are necessary to succeed inan engineering career. The first project was designed to emphasize the importance ofteamwork skills and the importance of research activities in support of a design project. Thesecond of the three projects is intended to simulate an authentic engineering design processbased on service learning criteria. The third project is a popsicle sticks bridge contest.The Introduction to Engineering course has been meeting for two hours each week, andconventional wisdom recommends that a student should devote from two to four hoursoutside the classroom for every hour spent in the class. Engineering courses typically requirea student commitment in the upper half of the range. Based on this principle, and

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale S.L. Dolan, California Polytechnic State University; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

and hardware portions along with its sampleresults will be presented.1. IntroductionPower electronics is an engineering discipline that deals with the conversion of electrical energyfrom one form to another. Power electronics has become increasingly important nowadays wherebillions of kilo-watts of electric power are being re-processed every day to provide the kind ofpower needed by loads1. Due to the rapid growth in power electronics technology, there has beenan increased presence of engineering companies who come during the career fair at Cal Poly torecruit electrical engineering (EE) students with power electronics background. This in turn hastriggered a great interest among our EE students in the field of power electronics as indicated

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christianna Irene White, Iowa State University, Institute for Transportation; David J. White, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

problemsAssumptionsIn addition to the core structure of the pilot program supplied by the parallel OM and recursivecommunication processes, these assumptions ground the program. We assumed that: • the ability to communicate effectively is an essential skill for professional practice of civil Page 22.167.6 engineering and that graduate engineering programs must ensure that their graduates will bring communication proficiencies into the next phase of their careers; • it was important to provide writing support to students with urgent needs and that we could identify elements that we would use to

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bowker; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Mark Newton Johnson, Equipass ID

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Instrumentation

has written and co-authored several industry-based case studies. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, power electronics, lasers, and instrumentation.Mark Newton Johnson, Equipass ID Mark Johnson is the founder and President of Equipass ID a sub-corporation of Newton RFID. He re- ceived a B.S. in Animal Science and Equine Husbandry from Middle Tennessee State University in 1992 and has spent a life time in the Horse Industry. Having co-founded two prior technology companies, Mr. Johnson’s professional career includes performing the first micro- payment trials in a closed loop application utilizing RFID wristband technology in 2004 and later being the first company to offer RFID micro

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed A. Seif, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

and retrieval of the scientific data inspires the next batch of students to continuethis rocketry project as a sustainable research program.1. IntroductionThe NASA – MSFC’s (Marshall Space Flight Center) University Student Launch Initiative(USLI) program involves undergraduate students in the design, building, and testing of reusablerockets with associated scientific payloads. USLI is a competitive rocket and payload-buildingchallenge designed for university students. The initiative is intended to encouragestudents to pursue careers in engineering or science related fields. This unique hands-onexperience allows students to demonstrate proof-of-concept for their designs and givespreviously abstract concepts tangibility. It requires an eight

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum unit to real-life. A few RET programs have found successcomparable to that of Vanderbilt University in program implementation, though student levelresults have not been reported. The Georgia Institute of Technology’s Physics RET programsaw similar results: a majority of the teachers claimed the program gave them the ability toencourage students effectively to pursue a major in science or engineering.18 In addition, thePolytechnic Institute of New York University also found that their RET program allowed theirparticipants to conduct inquiry-based teaching successfully while engaging the students inSTEM-related curricula.19 The Texas A&M RET program aims to do the same while alsoimproving teachers’ knowledge about careers in engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Design in Pedagogy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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

incorporating environmental impact and human factors design. She received her B.S. in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her M.S. in Technological En- trepreneurship from Northeastern University. Page 22.824.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing the Capstone Experience Concept for Teacher Professional DevelopmentABSTRACTThe need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) workforce is well documentedin the literature. The lack of interest among school-age students in STEM careers and the