Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

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Educational Research and Methods

. Thispaper will serve to suggest and provide support for another option in changing students’ view ofSTEM fields, through a week-long bioengineering commuter summer camp for high schoolstudents.Theoretical Perspective Borrowing from the field of child development, Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time(PPCT) ecological theory was utilized as a foundation for assessment planning. PPCT ecologicaltheory posits that development results from “multidirectional and interactional processes,”occurring over time, between developing individuals and the context in which they learn, work,and live. Though Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time (PPCT) model has been usedin child development research, it is rarely seen, if ever, seen in educational

Conference Session

Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). • In 2007, a second high school program week (focus session) was developed to provide participation options for high school students who had already completed the general GEE session and allow for more in-depth focus on two engineering disciplines. In addition, peer mentoring was extended to high school groups, and leadership training was added to the high school focus program to better prepare these participants to become middle school mentors. • In 2008, a brief orientation session for parents was introduced to broaden their knowledge of career opportunities in STEM fields, and middle and high school teachers selected to serve as educational consultants developed formal lesson plans for GEE

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

, then we convert it to a tree, and then you could dump the tree right out of Oracle for your SQL – there it is! And then they had all the little notations on the performance on the tree and you could look at that. And then in Ten [Ed: version 10] they dropped that, and it was like so, Grrr! And they went to a text, and then you had to learn to read the text and the indentation and which ones were not indented, and to see what's Page 22.874.6 happening. So now what we have to do is pull out the plan as text and write the tree from the plan, so, Um! you know...Geoffrey also talked about this phenomenon. He

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1909: INTRODUCING K-12 TEACHERS TO LEGO MINDSTORMROBOTICS THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE ONLINE PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT COURSEMeltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is a Research Scientist in the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Alemdar has experience evaluat- ing programs that fall under the umbrella of educational evaluation, including K-12 educational curricula, after-school programs, and comprehensive school reform initiatives. Across these evaluations, she has used a variety of evaluation methods, ranging from multi-level evaluation plans designed to assess pro- gram impact to monitoring plans

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

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Chemical Engineering

situation, leading all students design and plan a comprehensive project proposal with thedetails about the technical specifications and supplier contacts. Table 3 represents the skillsintroduced during UOL2. Table 3: The skills introduced during UOL2 course on a weekly basis.The students who successfully complete the transfer courses, UOL1 and UOL2, are eligible toregister for Experimental Chemical Engineering III (UOL3) course. This final course aims to Page 22.960.5provide students representative small scale units to study the fundamental chemical processes,such as distillation, liquid-liquid extraction and gas absorption. In this

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

internal team leadership needed toresolve common behaviors within dysfunctional teams. While no new theoretical results onteamwork are presented, the authors have focused instead on applying their experience asmanagers of teams in major corporations and institutions of higher education to explore what aneffective teaming curriculum might include and to develop related assessment tools. This paperoutlines a strategy for integrating deliberate teaming instruction into senior-level engineeringcapstone or project courses. The curriculum focuses on building team leadership skills andtechniques for addressing challenges such as planning and execution, social loafing, andprocrastination. Models for assessing students‟ teaming skills and for providing

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephanie Lynn Daza, University of Texas at Arlington; Vu V. Pham, University of Texas, Arlington

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Minorities in Engineering

from teacher focusgroups, classroom observations and teacher-produced materials such as lesson plans andreflective papers. Additional data was collected by surveying undergraduate engineeringstudents.For each group (e.g. High School STEM Teachers, High School STEM Students, andUndergraduate Engineering Students), key findings regarding the group‘s perception of barriersfor underrepresented populations are discussed. Perceptions of barriers are organized bydisability, gender, and race/ethnicity. Concluding remarks discuss some of the themes reflectedacross groups, including how curriculum, identities, and self-perceptions are constructed basedon traditional norms and historically held biases about gender, race/ethnicity, and (dis)ability.While

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Ayre, University of South Australia; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia

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Women in Engineering

Page 22.1103.9Intentions to leave the professionApproximately one quarter of both the ATU respondents and the CREW2 women indicated thatthey were likely or very likely to leave their current job in the next 12 months. Of these 13respondents in the ATU group: five (35.7%) responded that they would seek another engineeringposition, three (21.4%) planned to leave the profession, and the remainder were undecided. Incontrast 58.2% of the CREW2 women contemplating leaving their current job planned to seekanother engineering position, 7.6% would leave the profession and 34.2% were not sure.Although this appears to indicate that more of the ATU women are planning to leave theprofession in the future than the CREW2 women, any analysis of these data

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; John H. Bailey, Eastern Arizona College; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College

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NSF Grantees

Computer Science degree. The obviousprimary challenge of this collaboration was the distance separating the CCs from ASU.Although Central Arizona is only about an hour from ASU, Arizona Western and Cochise areeach a good three hours distant. While planning and administrative work can easily be done byInternet and phone, with this distance, it is difficult to take students out of school for a full day toserve on a panel or to have the students from these rural areas visit ASU. These challenges andhow we are working together in spite of them have been documented in other papers.6-7In the fall of 2009, the METSTEP Program (Motivated Engineering Transfer Students TalentExpansion Program) was funded by the NSF STEP program (grant # 0856834

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Women in Engineering

developed various ways of pairing mentors to protégés. Activities such as SpeedMentoring25, personality surveys, and protégé chosen mentors13 have been utilized in forming amore cohesive mentoring pair. Although these pairing mechanisms have assisted programcoordinators in slowly diminishing stated flaws within a program, these flaws are still notcompletely overcome.Myth #2: Informal Mentoring Programs are Always More Effective than Formal MentoringProgramsFormal mentoring is the term used to define a planned mentoring process3. Individuals aregenerally placed together in various mentoring groups and attend scheduled meetings3. Meetingtimes and other scheduled events are logged, and financial costs may be documented to help theinstitution assess

Conference Session

Laboratories and Projects in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Sonia Sparks Wallman; Margaret Bryans, Montgomery County Community College; Marina Taranova, Southern Federal University, Russia

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Biomedical

relationship between what ishappening in the system and the column and the resultant chromatogram. Students report thatusing the virtual chromatography system with the real chromatography system equipment andprocess SOPs allows them to quickly assemble and accurately use the real chromatographysystem to purify biopharmaceutical proteins. They understand the process.We believe that the combination of online and hands-on learning ensures integration oftheoretical knowledge and practical skills and enhances students’ understanding and workplaceperformance. Our plans include thorough testing to evaluate and compare the impact on studentlearning of hybrid labs versus the separate use of hands-on or virtual labs, as well as to developvirtual labs for the

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

2and exercises contained in the TC, TMC & TWA are designed to evoke responses surroundingthe 12 team performance indicators.Table 2. Performance factors assessed in the TIDEE instruments used in this study.Perform Area Performance Factors Inclusive Climate: Building an inclusive supportive climate for all members.Team Rela- Member Commitment: Gaining buy-in and interdependence of all members.tionships Conflict Resolution: Resolving conflicts to enhance teamwork.Joint Goal Establishment: Establishing shared team goals.Achieve- Planning and Management: Managing tasks to achieve team goals.ments Joint Work Products: Producing competent consensus outputs. Work

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida ; Zaria T. Malcolm, University of Florida; Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; David J. Therriault, University of Florida; Christine S. Lee, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

. Studying problem So all we‟re doing is just it‟s 12 feet long and this Prices Studying Connotative building needs 40 of them. Cost for the job would material problem be hard to do without the current prices of what the material would be. My plan is just to solve one and to kind of come specifications Rationalizing Indicative up with those specifications. But as far as the cost cost approach for the job part, I‟m not sure I can actually do it price without like the current price of what the materials materials would be. Two researchers were involved in the analysis

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

of job or nature of work, or a raise in starting salary. Otherevidence of outcome expectations may be the selection of the advisor or research project.Outcome expectations are often influenced by self-efficacy, especially when the outcomes arejudged based on the quality of a person’s performance of a task or behavior9, 10.The final major tenet of SCCT concerns student goals. A goal is defined as a decision that anindividual has made regarding future objectives or plans. Student goals may be the type ofgraduate degree they are interested in (MS or PhD), the type of job they want after graduation(industry or faculty), or the focus of their research topic. Behavior is organized and sustainedbased on these previously set goals.In addition to

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

alternative energy distributedgeneration (AEDG) systems such as wind, solar/photovoltaic (PV), and fuel cell (FC) powergeneration devices with zero (or near zero) emission of greenhouse and hazardous gases1,2, 4. Page 22.1236.2These generation devices can be used in stand-alone configuration or be connected to the powernetwork for grid reinforcement. Given the rapid progress in AEDG development and utilization,there will be a great need for trained professionals with adequate knowledge in this area to beable to plan, design and operate AEDG systems, and perform analytic evaluation of their impacton power systems to which they are connected4, 5. On

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

that,to fully modernize science, it should be connected to the “here and now,” to our technology-based society, and experienced by students within a personal and civic context. 15NASA and other agencies offer a wealth of resource materials from which project-based climatechange curricula can be developed for K-16 classrooms. NASA’s “MY NASA DATA” 16 andEarth Science Education Catalogue 17 provide lesson plans and access to data collected fromNASA missions to enable inquiry and exploration of earth systems. The NASA Climate ChangeEyes on the Earth website provides text and video details on climate change science andinteractive opportunities to explore recent changes in our climate through the results of NASAdata collection and modeling efforts

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy L. Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Carl F. Jenks, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

writing issues.Techniques for Helping Graduate Students WriteWhat follows is a discussion of some techniques which may be helpful to keep in mind inworking with graduate students to improve their writing. There are a few techniques which willhelp graduate advisors and educators improve the writing of their students: providing samplework and requiring reading of the type of work they are expected to produce; mind mapping;writing plans and schedules; extensive rewriting; and setting specific goals for the student work.Reading and Sample WorkStudents will not know what good scholarly writing is unless they have been exposed toscholarly works through reading and writing. A frequently used technique involves requiring thestudents to read extensively

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O. Everly, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

33 AlignmentTechnical Approach and Results of Receiver TestingThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) [10], founded in 1914, is the national association forAmateur Radio in the USA. Today, with more than 156,000 members, ARRL is the largestorganization of radio amateurs in the United States. The ARRL provides a comprehensive list of16 Receiver tests outlined in their 157 page Test Procedures Manual [11]. These have beenarranged in the ARRL test plan to minimize the required level and frequency of hook-up changesand modifications. Each hook-up, however, is shown complete with all changes from the Page 22.496.5previous test clearly indicated

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar G. Nespoli, University of Waterloo; Harry Tempelman, Hitachi Construction Truck Mfg Ltd.; Ryan Spencer; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

groups. The development of teamworkskills was also identified as a learning outcome (but not explicitly assessed, other thanobservations of the groups working in class). A third learning outcome was for the students toexperience the difference between theory (from the textbook) and practical application (how itwas actually done in industry, in this instance) in designing a braking system.A case plan was generated, per the development process referenced above, and this plan waspresented to the industry partner. Background information was provided by the industry partneron their brake design, including their specification, standards used for design, calculations used

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University, (first, corresponding author)

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Electrical and Computer

Executive Committee and Govern-ing Board for four years, as the Vice-President of Publications, member of the Finance Committee, theLong Range Planning Committee, and Technical Activities Advisory Board during 2004-2007. His pastactivities include serving as the Chair of the Power Engineering Education Committee, as the Regional 6Representative and Seattle Student Chapter Chair. At the Technical Committee levels, he chaired severalsubcommittees, working groups and task forces. He was also the Vice-Chair of the 1992 Summer Powermeeting. At the IEEE level, he represented the PES as the TAB Periodicals Committee member. He hadalso served as the Seattle Section Chair, and the Student Branch Advisor.In 1996 he received the Outstanding Power Engineering

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Lemoine, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; James Sells, San Jacinto College, Central Campus; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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Two Year College Division

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 University in Austin. Smith serves as the project coordinator for the $1.8 million productivity grant awarded to Texas from Lumina Foundation for Education to plan methods of making the opportunity

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J. Kowalski, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

design to others,keeping the project on target and dealing with setbacks, and producing a well tested and crediblesolution to the problem. Individual students may receive grades lower than the rest of their groupfor repeated absences from group meetings, poor teamwork, late assignments, or failing tocontribute constructively to the design process.Table 1: Grading scheme for Capstone I and IIItem % Capstone I % Capstone IIProject Management Plan 10Presentations 20Reports 10Final Report 15Design quality 40 35Design project management 10Weekly progress reports

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh

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Council of Sections

, we hope to provide other educators in both science andengineering with useful tools to assist them in developing and/or enhancing the use of writingwithin their own classrooms.IntroductionABET accreditation requirements emphasize the importance of “soft” skills in planning andachieving excellence in engineering education. In addition to “hard” knowledge, engineersneed to experience and understand “communication, teamwork, and the ability to recognizeand resolve ethical dilemmas.”[1] These skills are powerful when combined with awarenessskills involving “understanding the impact of global and social factors, knowledge ofcontemporary issues, and the ability to do lifelong learning.”[1] What is the most effectiveway of incorporating this into

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank G. Jacobitz, University of San Diego

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International

their studies. Other, more traditional, universities offersimilar short-format courses on a limited basis: typically between semesters (often calledintersession) or during the summer months. Such short sessions provide students with anopportunity for a greater role in planning their total program. Students have the chance to enrichtheir course of study, reduce the overall time spent in school, and decrease their regular courseload by careful selection of such short-term courses. The authors’ home institution, USD, is oneuniversity committed to short-term opportunities with a three-week intersession term in Januaryand a variety of terms in the summer months6.USD is also strongly committed to global competence through the internationalization of

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang Gong, Beihang University, Beijing, Institute of Higher Education; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qing Lei, Beihang University, Beijing

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First-Year Programs

framework.Compared with FEHP-US, FEHP-CN was newly launched in September 2002, the 50thanniversary of the founding of Uni-CN. In China, numerous engineering-oriented universitieswere founded around early 1950s due to the policy of restructuring of universities and colleges.On the one hand, it was an appropriate time to summarize previous practices of engineeringeducation programs as Uni-CN stood on the milestone of 5 decades; on the other hand, inspiredby the“985 Project”, a number of honors programs had been launched or planned to launch byother engineering-oriented universities in China since then. Hence, Uni-CN took the advantage Page 22.346.5of the

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Christian J. Schwartz P.E., Texas A&M University; Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

failureprevention and experiences in offering the redesigned course for three semesters: fall 2009,spring 2010, and fall 2010. Redesign follows the framework suggested in Wiggins andMcTighe1:  First, develop the learning outcomes for the course. Learning outcomes state expectations for learning in terms of what students will be expected to demonstrate.  After the learning outcomes are developed, the faculty member designs the plan through which student achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed and evaluated.  Finally, after the assessment plan is developed, the faculty member designs the learning activities and content delivery that will support student development with respect to the learning

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Women in Engineering

female audiences, efforts to institutionalize programs from thebeginning, and seeking opportunities to build early on-campus partnerships. This paper willreview successes and lessons learned as the project nears its halfway point, including feedbackfrom formative assessments, as well as plans and adjustments for years two through four. Inaddition, the paper contains recommendations on aspects of the program that can be adopted byother institutions.BackgroundLouisiana Tech University is a medium-sized state university with an increased emphasis onhigh-quality interdisciplinary research in key focal areas over the last 20 years. The College ofEngineering and Science emphasizes and utilizes an interdisciplinary, team-based model in allaspects of

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

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First-Year Programs

on writing and critical reading; planning, preparing, and revising informative and persuasive communication; adapting writing for intended audiences; grammar, usage and style; critical reading of prose models in the sciences and humanities; using information resources; videotaped oral presentations; collaborative writing using computers.”Along with these “standard” goals for composition classes, the university also sets the goal ofimproving retention and academic support for new students, particularly for under-representedgroups in the STEM fields. These high expectations pose a challenge for a two-creditcomposition class. In order to meet these challenges, the instructor for this class has beenengaged in a continuing Action Research

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

organizing group was running out of momentum when a publicly fundedopportunity arose.In northeastern Minnesota there is an ore deposit mined by several mining companies. Aregional governing agency is tasked with planning for and allocating the tax imposed onthe mining companies for each ton of ore removed from the earth. In response toregional industry's need for a more educated workforce and in an effort to createeconomic development, the agency partnered with the organizers of this model and twopublic higher education institutions, a community college consortium and an ABETaccredited state university to establish a new project based engineering curriculum. Acurriculum whose educational objectives include preparing an engineer with the

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

, consisting mostly of developing teacher expertise.Understanding and planning for the transportability of educational interventions is beingemphasized by funding agencies at the national level. The aspects of transportability specificallystudied in this paper include usage history and current adoption information, the VirtualLaboratory Project’s perceived sources of effectiveness, barriers to implementation andadaptations made during the implementation process. This paper is a subset of a largerinvestigation on student learning in virtual laboratories. Artifacts of implementation and teacherand student perceptions were the primary data sources for this investigation.Thus far, the Virtual Laboratory Project has been adapted to high school, community