Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

AC 2011-242: WRITING CHALLENGES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSIN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYJoy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Joy L. Colwell, J.D., is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision and Director of Graduate Studies at Purdue University Calumet. She regularly teaches graduate courses in Leadership and Ethics and the Directed MS Project for the MS in Technology program at PUC.Jana Whittington, Purdue University Calumet Jana Whittington has a Ph.D. in education with a specialization in instructional design and online learn- ing. Additionally Jana has a MA in studio art and humanities, BFA in painting, and AA in graphic design. She has taught a variety of courses for 15+ years

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith F. Donnelly, Three Rivers Community-Technical College; Fenna D. Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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Two Year College Division

AC 2011-1769: CREATING REAL-WORLD PROBLEM-BASED LEARN-ING CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASETHE STEM PIPELINENicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College Nicholas Massa is a full professor in the Laser Electro-Optics Technology Department at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Western New England College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership/Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Massa is currently Co-Principal Investigator on the NSF-ATE STEM PBL Project of the New England Board of Higher Education.Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University Michele Dischino is an assistant

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Carla Firetto, The Pennyslvania State University; L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

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Design in Engineering Education

required inboth the engineering and the engineering technology programs. The portion of the EDSGNcourse under study involves multiple student design projects—one lasting two weeks andanother lasting 3 weeks. CBIOS is taught to all engineering technology students in their junioryear. It consists of a common lecture for all sections of the course and separate laboratoryexperience for each section with a maximum of 16 students per section—76 students in 5laboratory sections. For this work, the final two laboratory projects served as test period.Table 1 shows the breakdown of the basic data for participants and team makeup. The teamsizes ranged from 3 member teams to 5 member groups. The groups changed membership andsize between the two projects

Conference Session

Hardware Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Spivey, George Fox University

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Computers in Education

The Chirps Prototyping System Abstract Oregon State University has been a pioneer in developing a “Platform for Learning” usingtheir TekBots platform as a fundamental part of their electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum. At George Fox University, we fundamentally affirm this concept of a “Platform forLearning,” but we additionally desire a “Platform for Prototyping.” By “Platform forPrototyping,” we mean a platform that will enable our engineering students to create significantengineering projects as part of a myriad of service-learning projects, student research, courseprojects, and the senior capstone experience. To be effective across our curriculum, this systemmust not only be usable by mechanical, electrical and computer

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Design in Engineering Education

determine a general hierarchy of their response.One of our primary aims is to investigate how well students translate project goals, oraims, into concrete objectives they need to achieve and the criteria they will use toachieve those goals. In our terms, this translation of goals into concrete problems to besolved is part of the problem definition process. We believe engineering students willmature in their approach to engineering problems by when they can differentiategoals/requirements and the specific problems they will need to solve to achieve thosegoals. Therefore, one of our goals for this study involved describing how students Page

Conference Session

Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

about the value that their design or project brings to serving their customer.”Accordingly, “the EME demonstrates their value to the organization because they understand thebusiness and what is required to serve, support or push forward the corporate agenda.” Accordingto Tabat, “the EME wants to make sure they are defining the problem or situation correctly andthen providing the project leadership to push the development to the point of use.” [7] Characteristics of Entrepreneurially Minded Engineers[8]1. Opportunity Orientation – searching to identify and solve real world problems that improve people‟s lives through value creation2. Technical Empowerment – view technology as an enabler used to solve problems and create

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Electrical and Computer

the performance of a digital system depending on the application need (i.e., performance, power, size, or fault tolerance). LaMeres’ research is sponsored by NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Montana Space Grant Consortium, the National Space Grant Consortium, and the Office of Naval Research.Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb is the Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects at Montana State Univer- sity. She has been involved in engineering education for over 20 years. Page 22.26.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A

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Design Tools & Methodology I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein serves as the coordinator for an inter-disciplinary capstone design course in the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho. In this endeavor, he collaborates with five other colleagues from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Biological Engineering, and Computer Science. He is engaged in multiple research projects associated with engine testing, alternative

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

in Special Education with emphasis in gifted and talented education.Megan Yoder, Colorado School of MinesBarbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Barbara Moskal received her Ed.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Professor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, the Interim Director of the Trefny Institute for Educational Innovation, and the Director of the Center for Assessment in STEM at the Colorado School of Mines and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research interests are educational project assessment and evaluation, K-12 Outreach and gender equity in STEM.Michael Hacker, Hofstra University Michael Hacker is Co-director of the Center for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Omar M. Ashour, Pennsylvania State University ; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Wei Chen, Northwestern University

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NSF Grantees

more sustainable electric toothbrush (with lessenvironmental burden), and culturally and economically appropriate coffee-maker re-design forthe Japanese kitchen were included as projects.Assessment:Following the implementation of the modifications in the classroom setting, using parts of theE2020 national student survey (developed as part of a separate NSF project #0550608) alongwith some course specific questions, assessment of the introductory design course occurred inthe spring 2010 semester. The assessment tool asked the students to evaluate the emphasis andimpact that all their engineering courses have had on the following: • ethical issues, • professional skills, • systems thinking, • life long learning

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khanjan Mehta, Penn State University; Duarte B. Morais, North Carolina State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Ethics

Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design and instructor of the Graduate Assistant Seminar for engineering teaching assistants.Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a masters and a doctorate in educational psychology, where she

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Environmental Engineering

53% of the questions correctly.9 Affective and behavior scores are slightly better,suggesting that although students may recognize the energy problem, they generally lack theknowledge and capabilities to effectively contribute toward a solution. Intensive course workthat combines a project-based approach with relevant problem-solving experiences does help toincrease students’ energy literacy.7,8A review of literature and web resources in 2008 suggested that no course existed on climatechange that was specifically tailored for engineering undergraduates. Climate change courseshave been offered predominantly by science departments in American universities and, therefore,are not typically considered by engineering students. As the scientific

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine; Derek Richardson, Fairchild Semiconductor

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of semiconductor devices and sensors, and electronic instrumentation and measurement. He can be reached at guvench@usm.maine.edu.Derek Richardson, Fairchild Semiconductor Derek Richardson attended the University of Southern Maine where he received his Bachelor of Sci- ence Degree in Electrical Engineering. He is currently employed full-time at Fairchild Semiconductor as an Applications Engineer in the Mobile Solutions Product Line. Derek elected to research, design, and construct a Microwave Plasma Cleaner as a Senior Project in his undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering under the advisement of Professor Mustafa Guvench

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Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University; Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University; Carlos Lopez, Iowa State University ; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University

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Biological & Agricultural

I am a PhD student in Educational Leadership and policy studies with emphasis in higher education. I earned his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Master’s degree in Engineering Management both from Florida International University. I worked in companies such as CommerceBank, Johnson & Johnson, Electrolux and others as part of the operations, quality control, quality assurance and management teams. I started working at the office of Community College Research and Policy (OCCRP) as a Graduate Research Assistant in February 2009. I am currently working on a National Science Foundation funded project entitled the Pathway2STEM as Project Manager. I am also working in the Biomedical

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet; Nick L. Wilson, Morrison Container Handling Solutions

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Engineering Technology

system integrators, 2 are OEM products manufacturers,and 1 is the publisher of the largest trade journal for the industry. Representatives from these Page 22.864.4industries serve on the mechatronics program advisory board, the advisory board for theknowledge and resource center for packaging industry at the School of Technology, and promotethe program at the regional, national, and international levels. These industries provide internshipto our students, and sponsor funded design/development projects. They also provided state-of-theart industry standard equipment for laboratories and significant technical help through their full-time technical

Conference Session

Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-893: MAKING ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING WORK: LESSONSFROM PARTNERSHIPS AND PRACTICEMUSEUM OF SCIENCEChristine M Cunningham, Museum of Science Dr. Christine Cunningham is a Vice President at the Museum of Science, Boston where she oversees curriculum development, teacher professional development, and research and evaluation efforts related to K-16 engineering and science learning and teaching. She is the founder and director of the Engineering is Elementary project. Her work focuses on making engineering and science more relevant, understand- able, and accessible to everyone, especially marginalized populations such as women, underrepresented minorities, and people with disabilities. Christine received a joint BA

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rayshun J. Dorsey, WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc.; Ayanna M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-273: MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROBOTICS AC-TIVITIES IN UNDERSERVED K-12 COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE THE CLASS-ROOMRayshun J Dorsey, WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc. Rayshun Dorsey is currently the Founder and President of WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, an organization that works in conjunction with the Georgia Institute of Technology and currently offers an extensive in-formal education collaboration through various outreach projects to include AroPability, a federally funded initiative in conjunction with California Institute of Technology, Center for the Vi- sually Impaired, National Federation of the Blind and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite that seeks to stimulate STEM

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

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning community and is a 2006 CASTL Institute Scholar (Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning). She has published a case study to use in teaching computer science courses to increase the interpersonal orientation of the classroom experience. She is currently directing graduate and undergraduate students on NSF-funded projects to develop a Virtual Engineering Sciences Learning Lab in Second Life to provide an immersive learning environment for introductory engineering and computer science courses and to develop materials for teaching artificial intelligence through an experimental ap- proach modeled after the lab sciences. Her industry experience includes software and

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles J. Coronella, University of Nevada, Reno; Victor R. Vasquez, University of Nevada, Reno

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Chemical Engineering

that, so rapidly thatchoosing a time step to allow for stable computations is not straightforward.The class project Groups of three students are assigned the project about two thirds of the way throughthe semester. They are given all the technical data above, and shown in great detail how to setup the finite difference equations that result in a method for finding enthalpy. They are told thatthey must find a correlation for enthalpy as a function of temperature, as well as for thermalconductivity as a function of temperature. Boundary conditions and stopping conditions are notclearly specified. Convective coefficients are supplied for the pan (200 W/m2 K) and in air (15W/m2 K). Students are given the flexibility to choose the grill

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DEED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry B. Santoso, Utah State University; Raymond E. Boyles, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education

theparticipants’ task interpretations, strategies, monitoring activities, and judgments about theirdesign at the early and final stages of a design project. Participant responses were categorizedand tabulated according to interview questions. The results suggest that there was a change inboth task interpretation and strategy during the engineering design activity. Additionally, timeconstraints and skill level with the software affected student monitoring strategies in completingthe design task. Most participants were satisfied with their design result. In addition, issues andchallenges, as well as suggestions for conducting the semi-structured interview, are discussed inthe paper.Keywords: Engineering Design, Metacognition, Semi-Structured Interview

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Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin James Wainwright, BC Institute of Technology; Barbara Ellen Endicott-Popovsky, University of Washington, Information School; Sarah A. Rajala, Mississippi State University

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Continuing Professional Development

Endicott-Popovsky, Ph.D., is the Director for the Center of Information Assurance and Cyber- security at the University of Washington, designated by the NSA as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research. She holds a joint faculty appointment with the Infor- mation School and Masters in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructure, following a 20-year industry career marked by executive and consulting positions in IT architecture and project management. Her research interests include enterprise-wide information systems security and compliance management, forensic-ready networks, the science of digital forensics and secure coding practices. Barbara earned her Ph.D. in Computer

Conference Session

Knowing Ourselves: Research on Engineering Education Researchers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie M. Gillespie, University of Miami; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Russell Pimmel, National Science Foundation

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Educational Research and Methods

Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (TUES). The name change was made to emphasize interest in projects that have thepotential to transform undergraduate education in STEM fields. Therefore, we were interested inhow, prior to the name change, the community conceived of what is necessary to makeeducational improvements and how investigators operationalized this through their project’sproposed activities.We selected Phase/Type 1 engineering CCLI proposals, analyzing all funded proposals in 2005and 2009, and selected a random sample of non-funded proposals for comparison purposes. Thepercentage of proposals analyzed each year was consistent and represents approximately 30% ofsubmissions received that

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen J. Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

engineers. Skills include a working knowledge of business and ethics,teamwork experience, a solid grounding in engineering science as well as communication andpresentation skills. The program develops abilities such as an appreciation of the basic principlesof business, the profit motive, how to design and execute experiments, how to prepare projectplans and regulatory documents, and how to carry out a real-life project within a company.Program emphasis is placed upon engineering creativity and innovation. with a strong emphasison the needs of the nation to compete in the world market and maintain the strength of the U.S.economy. A second objective of the paper is to describe the current status of a recentlydeveloped Professional Science Master’s

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miguel Alonso, Jr., Miami Dade College; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Heather Thiry, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Electrical and Computer

Education in Florida. Dr. Alonso has also been involved in numerous projects promoting diversity in engineering & science, including serving as the Faculty and Student Advocate Lead for the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI), a men- tor for the Advancing Careers of Excellence, Tools for Success, and Windows of Opportunity scholarship programs and the director for the Summer Institute for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (SISTEM). Dr. Alonso is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Sarah Hug is Research Associate at the Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society (ATLAS) Institute, University of Colorado at

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Baratta, University of Toronto; Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto

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Engineering Libraries

breadth of information covered,evaluating information sources and engaging their critical thinking skills, and developingresearch strategies that can be used to find different sources of information.This paper begins by providing some background on the course and library partnership. We thendescribe the learning objectives for the activity as a whole and for each session, and presentobservations taken during the activity and unsolicited feedback from students.Praxis I: Design and CommunicationPraxis I is a first year introductory design and communication course at the University ofToronto. Students in Praxis I are taught principles of engineering design and technicalcommunication through several design projects that involve a combination of hand

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

journals and conferences. In addition to his duties at University of Brighton, he has been helping the higher education sector in Afghanistan for the last seven years. He is conducting several DFID/British Council and the World Bank funded projects in Afghanistan. He has prepared several reports for the Afghan government and has pub- lished many papers at international conferences on how to improve technical vocational and engineering education in Afghanistan. He was a visiting scholar at Virginia Polytechnic, Institute and Sate University in the USA in 1991 - 1992.Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University, Afghanistan Ogai Ahmadi is a lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science, Kabul University (KU), Afghanistan. She

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Davis, University of Hartford

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Architectural

tracks would provide our students with the design and technical skills necessary forworking on construction projects, from beginning to end. Students would develop constructionindustry expertise with emphasis on team building. Career opportunities in construction arefound throughout the world and include the following industries: construction companies,government agencies, architectural/engineering/environmental firms, industrial firms andmanufacturing/materials suppliers.ReasonThe current recession has had a dramatic impact on all aspects of the design and constructionindustry. “There are some very serious challenges facing the construction industry that aremotivating new approaches to how we design, build, operate, and maintain buildings

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

on Long Islandby establishing a Green Building Institute (GBI). The primary function of the GBI at FSCis to assist educators to create and implement new curricula and learning experiencesdesigned to educate and produce a workforce that will be available for employment ingreen industries, construction trades, and related enterprises1. The educators who willcollaborate in this project are university faculty from FSC, Educational OpportunityCenter instructors, adult and secondary technical instructors from ESB, and High Schoolinstructors through LI Works Green Career Academies. As a public college of appliedscience and technology founded in 1912, FSC enrolls 6,800 undergraduate students inSchools of Engineering Technology, Health Sciences, Arts

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

knowledgethey had acquired in any particular week to analyze and critique research data – this gave them asense of achievement and encouraged further learning. By chaperoning the journal clubdiscussions, students were able to gain a sense of belonging and ownership to the materialsdiscussed during class. Journal clubs also offered an opportunity for peer instruction.To further enhance collective learning, students were required to complete a term paper projectwhich had several parts designed to apply concepts learnt in class to research data. Term paperprojects were done in teams of 2-3 students each. Student teams were encouraged to come upwith their own projects that included abundant applications of transport phenomena inphysiology. Projects were

Conference Session

International Experience, Effective Instruction, and Student Exchange Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Braun Riggins, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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International

AC 2011-1475: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF A US UNDERGRAD-UATE STUDENT IN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN FRANCE AND BRAZILMr. Gary Braun Riggins, Virginia Tech Gary is a graduating senior in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He has studied abroad in France and Brazil and spent a summer in India on an an academic project.Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is a professor in the Engineering Education Department and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He led a 5-year DLR/NSF project at