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Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline R. Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina M. Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven LaLonde, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

3 5 45.5% n/a n/a n/a 45.5%Dean'sOfficesTotal 32 86 95 22.8% 26.6% 31.3% 23.7% 15.6%Women (36/115) (35/148) (24/154)STEMFaculty1 Represents Teaching (as opposed to Research) Faculty2 [2] Table F-2, http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/tables.cfm NSF, Women, Minorities, and Persons withDisabilities in Science and Engineering, S&E doctoral degrees awarded to women, by field: 2000–08. Values listedin Table 1 were adjusted to reflect RIT S & E disciplines and necessary weighting based on discipline faculty count3 Data listed is for a subset of

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Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joyce Palmer Allen, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Am. Ed. Res. Jour., 38: 915-945.8. Jeanpierre, B., Oberhauser, K., & Freeman, C., 2005. Characteristics of professional development that effect changed in secondary science teachers’ classroom practices, J. of Res. in Sci. Teaching, 42: 668-690.9. Supovitz, J.A. & Turner, H.M., 2000. The effects of professional development on science teaching practices in the professions, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.10. Geddis, A.N.., 1993. Transforming subject-matter knowledge: the role of pedagogical content knowledge in learning to reflect on teaching. Intnl. J. of Sci. Ed. 15: 673-683.11. Keys, C. & Bryan, L.A., 2001. Co-constructing inquiry-based science with teachers: Essential research for lasting reform, J

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Modeling and Problem-Solving

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Esteban Molina, Florida International University; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Educational Research and Methods

, why it is important, and major mistakes that had been made in theprevious stage. The intent of these lectures was to bring all students back to the same startingplace for the next stage and get them to reflect on how their work differed from what anexperienced modeler might have done. The students in BME09 did not receive these lectures.However, the BME09 students did receive one short lecture between activities 2 and 3 to clearup their misconceptions about light and to provide a mathematical description for the light Page 22.236.5distribution on a surface coming from a single LED. A modified version of this lecture was

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Mo Zhang, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patrick D. Pedrow, Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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NSF Grantees

professional engineering environment.This is critical, given the nature of the instrument, as we posit that high scores on the EPS Rubricwill suggest high performance in engineering professional skills in the workplace.Table 9. Questions to Examine Validity Evidence (adapted from Moskal & Leyden25) Content Construct Criterion • Do the scoring rubric’s • Are all of the • How do the scoring rubric’s criteria criteria address any important facets of reflect competencies that suggest extraneous content? the intended construct success on related or future • Do the scoring rubric’s evaluated through the performances

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Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brian Bowe, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

Inventory(IDI). While this tool is widely used and robust, the major disadvantage is its proprietarynature: the institution needs to pay a fee each time the instrument is administered. One otherdrawback in using this tool is that it may not give the full picture about the learningexperiences of our students while abroad.Given this review, we assert that assessment of study abroad programs in a comprehensiveway is necessary but has not been done to a sufficient degree. Assessment tools exist oncultural sensitivity (e.g., IDI), however, results on these alone do not reflect the growth inknowledge our engineering students need to have, and show to justify the expense directedinto these programs. To fill this void, we develop an assessment instrument

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K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

author(s) and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Page 22.208.2This paper has materials that will appear in: Ganesh, T. G. (in press). Children-produced drawings: aninterpretive and analytic tool for researchers. In E. Margolis & L. Pauwels, (Eds.). The Sage Handbook ofVisual Research Methods. London, UK: Sage. The author thanks Sage for the use of these materials.Review of the LiteratureThe use of children-produced drawings in research is not new. Margaret Mead used subject-produced drawings as contemporary responses by the public to events that represented rapidtechnological change after

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FPD V: Gender and Engineering Education: A Panel Discussion and Workshop

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lynn Andrea Stein, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs, Women in Engineering

-analysis andaligning one’s intent with positive micro-messaging, engineering educators may begin theirjourney towards creating positive classroom environments for women and other marginalizedgroups. By effectively using micro-affirmations, clearly delineating parameters of acceptablebehavior (e.g., rendering micro-inequities visible), and making a conscious effort to view theeducational environment through the eyes of non-privileged groups, engineering faculty andmentors will make a great impact for all students, especially women. The power and effect ofchanging one’s language and subtle behaviors cannot be emphasized enough.A further step would be to move beyond individual reflection and behavioral changes to begindiscussing issues of privilege

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"Green" Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

Caribbean countries, and Venezuela worked toward convertingincandescent to fluorescent lighting, and other countries including the UK and Canada have sinceadopted a phase-out of inefficient incandescent lighting14. This global issue was addressed at the2007 IESNA/Cooper Teachers of Lighting Workshop by an international cohort of lightingeducators. This consortium considered methods of incorporating energy efficient lightingmethodology into relevant coursework, transforming traditional lighting design education. Asthese legislative directives are recent and continually evolving, architectural and interior designcurricula must stay abreast of developments to reflect emerging issues in lighting technology.It is pertinent for students to understand

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R Hammond, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

theengineering fields so our students are engaged and excited about their chosen field of study byseeing and discussing the end product of the industry‟s efforts.Collaborating with engineering success coursesIn reflecting on the Freshman Career Exploration Evening, it occurs to us that the event seems tohave taken place in a vacuum with little actual and deliberate ties to other experiences that our Page 22.768.10engineering freshmen encounter. With this in mind, the Engineering Career Center is developinga multifaceted freshman career exploration curriculum that will be plugged into the engineeringsuccess courses starting the fall of 2011. The Freshman

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Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

sciences discipline will help them to become better engineers. Success. Average 73%. Acceptable results for all criteria in rubric. CENG 2336, Property HW Essay. Reflect on how GIS can be Geomatics location applied in selecting the “best” location for a property. Develop three criteria to use in site selection: how criteria are relevant, influences

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Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan M. Caley Opsal, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene M. Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James A. Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

reaching young women.References1. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0802505. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.2. National Science Foundation Engineering Task Force. The engineering workforce: current state, issues, and recommendations. 2005. p. 19.3. Thom, J.M., R. E. Thompson and C. Hoy. Understanding the barriers to recruiting women in engineering and technology programs. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 2001. http://www.asee.org/acPapers

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy Layne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Molly R. Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Women in Engineering

general consensus from the focus groups is that Virginia Tech is more family-friendly than itused to be. Newer faculty members with families appear to be having a different experience thantheir colleagues with more years of service (e.g., faculty members who started as assistantprofessors in the 2000s vs. faculty members who started as assistant professors in the 1990s orearlier). “One thing that has been a change I think largely as a result of the Advance grant is I do think the focus on work-life balance and being more family-friendly. That really has changed quite a lot.” – focus group participant “I think that that directly reflects a change in attitude. It's actually okay to have a baby, it's okay to have to do

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Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England College; Michael J. Rust, Western New England College; Robert Gettens, Western New England College; Richard D. Beach, Western New England College; Jason A Criscuolo, Western New England College

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Biomedical

fieldas a result of the program. The increase in confidence level for performing engineeringcalculations is intriguing as no calculations were required for any of the laboratory modules.This may reflect an overall increase in confidence related to a better understanding of thebiomedical engineering field. The increase in confidence in performing laboratory experimentsis likely due to their performance of multiple hands-on experiments over the span of theprogram. In addition, the participants increased their knowledge of the educational opportunitiesavailable for them in the biomedical engineering program at Western New England College. It islikely that many of the participants were unaware of the institution itself as well as thebiomedical

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Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sanjeev K. Khanna, University of Missouri

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Mechanical Engineering

particular because they feltthat how the various scores were weighted did not appropriately reflect what they had spentthe most time on. There were also concerns over group grades versus individualcontributions. Implementation of PBL in the Course MAE 3200 Engineering MaterialsSupported by a NSF grant (DUE-0836914), we have designed, developed, and initiallyimplemented a PBL version of MAE 3200, Engineering Materials. The initialimplementation of the course for purposes of research was a traditional lecture courseenrolling 62 students in the fall of 2009. That version of the course introduced conceptswith instructor lectures following the textbook (Callister, 2007). Topics covered are shownin Table 1. The course is taught by two instructors

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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

AC 2011-2623: IMPROVED TEAM FUNCTION: STUDENT-DRIVEN TEAMRULES AND CONSEQUENCESPeter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus PETER J. SHULL is Professor of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. After a successful career in the technical field of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), and having worked at the prestigious Nation Institute of Standards and Technology, Dr. Shull made the decision to return to academia and began his career in education. From the first day, Dr. Shull noted an apparent lack of sound educational practice at the higher educational level. This is reflected in a statement made by Dr. Shull’s Ph.D. advisor regarding teaching”If you know the material well, you’ll be a great

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University; Joseph Flieger, Northern Arizona University; Eddie Hillenbrand

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NSF Grantees

, Kölling M. Objects first with Java: a practical introduction using BlueJ.Pearson/Prentice Hall; 2009.11. Kölling M. Using BlueJ to Introduce Programming. In: Bennedsen J, Caspersen M, KöllingM, eds. Reflections on the Teaching of Programming.Vol 4821. Lecture Notes in ComputerScience. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg; 2008:98-115.12. Kouznetsova S. Using BlueJ and Blackjack to teach object-oriented design concepts in CS1.J. Comput. Small Coll. 2007;22:49–55.13. Patterson A, Kölling M, Rosenberg J. Introducing unit testing with BlueJ. In: ACM SIGCSEBulletin.Vol 35. New York, NY, USA: ACM; 2003:11–15. Page 22.985.1414. Henriksen P, Kölling M. greenfoot

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Oceans & Marine Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Miranda II, Florida Atlantic University

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Ocean and Marine

a system; however,they do not teach the tools that are needed to know how to integrate these concepts togetherduring the system development process. The downfall reflects in the student when theycannot develop a successful senior design project.As a solution, a state-of-the-art education is being presented as a project-based learningexperience. This type of educational method has been designed to push motivated studentsinto a fast pace, learn as you “build” environment in which students need to integrateeducational theory with applications. While not being a requirement by the university, adirected independent study was performed by a junior level student in the summer of 2010.The objective of the study was to apply compartmentalized

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Experiential Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert W. Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Richadr Lee Clark, Virginia Western Community College

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Electrical and Computer

-course survey was conducted in the secondweek of class and the follow-up post-course survey was conducted after the completion of thefinal Lab-in-a-Box course project.MethodsSurveys were made available on the student course management sites. Completion of thesurveys was a required component of the course as a self-reflective component of their learning,but students could opt to have their data excluded from the study.In ECE 2074, of the 121 enrolled students, 106 completed the pre-course survey and 95permitted their data to be released. A total of 91 students responded to the post-course survey,with 80 students allowing use of their data. Just over half were second-years, a quarter werethird-years, and the rest were in their fourth year or

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Outstanding Contributions: Mechanical Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy; Daisie D. Boettner, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

studentlearning.AcknowledgmentsThe views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the position ofthe United States Military Academy, the Department of the Army, or the Department of Defense. Page 22.917.15Bibliography1. Boettner, D., Norberg, S., Melnyk, R., Highley, J., Rounds, M., and Arnas, A. Ö., 2006, “Teaching theFundamentals of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics through an Integrated Systems Approach,” Proceedings ofthe International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, IL, Paper #:IMECE2006-13815.2. Boettner, D.D. and B.G. Crawford, “Consistency Considerations for Integrated Thermodynamics

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Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

facilitated discussion at the end of the semester, students expressed frustration with the“report back” parts of exercises. This is reflected in the student feedback in Figure  2 wherestudents wanted to see fewer instances of cross-university student interactions. The large numberof groups among the three universities made it difficult to maintain attention during informalreport backs, especially since audio and video feeds were difficult to hear and see. Studentsrecommended that future reporting from active learning activities incorporate visuals such asslides so that students at other sites could clearly make out what was being shown

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Deckard, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific; Kellie Marcarelli, Pershing Middle School; Susan Benson, Pershing Middle School; Heather Marie McCormick, Pershing Middle School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

period in between the first and third period classes, theteachers, scientists and engineer had time to reflect on the first class, discuss other ideas that theteachers had to further enhance the visit for the students, and identify problems that could beaddressed in the remaining class periods. At the end of the day, the teachers, scientists, andengineer met for an hour to debrief. Some outcomes of this session included:  Eight to ten students in each classroom worked directly with a scientist or engineer (78 total students) Page 22.1161.4  Students were very receptive to help from scientists and engineers  Passion of the

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Innovative Program and Curricular Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Juliet J. Trail, University of Virginia, Center for Diversity in Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science and engineering and the marvels of research at the frontiers ofknowledge.AcknowledgmentsThis program is funded by the National Science Foundation (grant 0502327). The views,opinions, and conclusions reported in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the NSF. Weare grateful for the Foundation’s support. We also thank the reviewers for their feedback.References1 Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science: Program Solicitation, NSF 11- 509.” National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11509/nsf11509.htm2 Sabochik, K. Changing the Equation in STEM Education. The White House Blog: September 16, 2010. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/09/16/changing-equation-stem

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University, Engineering Technology; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

. From the utilization of machine vision,images of the workpieces are shown on the programming software. Six different surfaceroughness pieces are discussed here. Their average surface roughness is 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4,0.8, and 1.6 micro meters. The properties and the intensity distributions of these imagehistograms are corresponding to six different surface roughness parameters. It can beseen that the histogram tends to move rightward and the standard deviation of PercentPixels increases as the average of surface roughness increases. The rougher surfaces seemto reflect more of the projected light which consequently increases the intensity levelcaptured by the machine vision camera. This can be supported by the fact that roughersurfaces contain

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University; Richard N. Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; A. Kulacki, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Perry, P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

to solving all the grand Page 22.1667.8challenges. Respondents also noted that a general ‘branding’ issue’ exists for the mechanicalengineering profession, other disciplines have added names like ‘environmental’ or‘bioengineering’ to their names, directly connecting them to the global challenges. Suggestionswere made that the definition and statements of engineering problems given to students needs tobe changed to put them in a ‘grand challenge’ context. The titles of mechanical engineeringcourses could be updated to reflect these issues. The issue of systems integration as a weaknessof the typical mechanical engineering educational program was

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar

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Minorities in Engineering

example, students will be introduced toinformation about the shape of various space crafts and shown that the volumes of suchspacecrafts can be computed by using the disk and shell methods in calculus. Other issues such Page 22.889.9as computing light reflection on different shapes of mirrors will be included in the modules.A module with the following characteristics was developed to be used in the Calculus II (Math132) course.The module involves calculating the volume of the volume of spacecraft Orion, the mathematicsinvolved the use of following mathematical concepts. write down linear function if given two points; write down

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

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New Engineering Educators

take it as a reflection of your capabilities. Keep submitting! Learn your student’s names. Address them by their name during class lecture and greet them in the hallway. Give students something active at least every 20 minutes during class lectures. Students begin to lose focus after approximately 10 minutes. Work through your exams from scratch and note how long it takes you to complete it. Ensure that students have three times longer to take the exam than it took you to complete. Grade tough on homework and easier on timed exams. When someone asks you to do something you are not sure you want to do (i.e. chair/serve on a committee, organize a conference, do a presentation, etc.), tell

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SE Tools and Techniques

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Hasker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mike Rowe, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

itsusefulness.As part of our preliminary evaluation, we requested written feedback from students using thetool in a sophomore/junior-level course. A number of comments reflect the need for additionalwork on the tool: making it more robust when syntactic errors are found in input files,improving the identification of defects in diagrams, and the need to include illustrations of theerror types. Comments about the effectiveness of the tool include • “Fixed numerous errors that [the instructor] did not address in class such as using ∗ instead of 0..∗. Also found errors in the syntax of the classes. attributes, operations, and the documentation of them.” • “The tool helps with discovering some errors, for example in the Associations. We found a

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Corns, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

environment of this first course consisted of implementing multiple facets ofeducation technology and methodologies as the courses consisted of distance learners as well ason campus students. This created a unique environment for the application of “learning bydoing” as students were geographically dispersed throughout the continental United States.Hence, the course contained both a lecture component and out of class meetings. The course wastaught through Cisco WebEx®, which is an online meeting and video conferencing tool. Allcourse lectures were recorded and archived in order to assure students had the capability toreview covered lecture material or reflect upon class discussions regarding the design of thisimmersion-training vest. The class was

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences (IWITTS)

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Women in Engineering

retention of both female and male students as measured by an external evaluator. It isto this project model—used by IWITTS in three national demonstration projects to increase thenumber of women in STEM programs where they are underrepresented—that IWITTS attributesthe positive results of the CalWomenTech Project.This material is based upon work supported by the Program for Research on Gender inScience and Engineering from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0533564. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF)References[1] Suzanne G. Brainard and Linda Carlin, "A Six-Year Longitudinal Study of

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WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aura Tuulia Paloheimo, Aalto University, School of Science and Engineering; Kaisa Pohjonen, Aalto University; Pirjo Helena Putila

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Women in Engineering

the form of narrative inquiry. The data collectionmethod was simple: all new arriving students in our Aalto University School of Science andTechnology wrote free-form stories about their pathways into the engineering fields. Theminimum length of the essay was two A4 pages with font size of 12 pt at maximum. Thedeadline for the essay was set four weeks from the beginning of the semester. In that way, thefirst impressions of the initiated studies already reflected in the structure and content ofstudents‟ essays.All students were informed about possible research use with guaranteed anonymity of the Page 22.1144.3contributing students. Students were