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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David L. Soldan, Kansas State University; Noel N. Schulz, Kansas State University; Blythe A. Vogt, Kansas State University; Don Gruenbacher, Kansas State University; Rekha Natarajan, Kansas State University

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member from 2007 to 2010. He has served on the IEEE Education Society Adcom and has been the IEEE Com- puter Society representative to the Frontiers in Education Conference Steering Committee. He served as FIE Co-Program Chair in 1995 and 1998. Soldan served as President of the Electrical and Computer En- gineering Department Heads Association in 2002-03. He chaired the Computer Engineering Curriculum Committee of the Joint IEEE Computer Society/ACM Computing Curriculum Taskforce that published the first model curriculum for computer engineering in 2005. The Computer Society recognized this with an Outstanding Contribution Award. Dr. Soldan is a Fellow of IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Tau, Phi Kappa Phi

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BME Courses and Learning Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University

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Biomedical

given to each student: Course: This is a three-hour survey course whose aim is to give you a brief exposure to the biomedical and rehabilitation engineering field. As such, it is impossible for me to transmit any knowledge to you in detail. I hopefully will present you with a pretty good feel for the field, based on my 35 years of experience in it. To be fair, it also follows that assignments cannot have real depth. But they can be broad, and the can test the developing status of your engi- neering mind. The overview of necessity will not be comprehensive - rather an in depth look at each topic is left to other topical classes that you will take later in your academic career. In all cases we will try to integrate lectures and clinical

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Jun Zheng, University of Texas, El Paso; Carolyn Joy Awalt, University of Texas, El Paso, College of Education; Maria Veronica Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Francisco Medina

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calibration sequence b. The control panel of the virtual RP machine d. Slices the model into layers Figure 1 a-d: The Rapid Prototyping (RP) simulator developed by University of XXXX Page 22.501.4 3To date, there is no comprehensive education model fully integrating available Internettechnologies and virtual reality into classroom with an emphasis on the improvement ofstudents’ skills in problem solving and information seeking 15. Therefore, the authorspropose to use a digital simulator based approach to explore the use of Internet for activelearning and

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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Calvin C. Jen, Calvin College; Tyler Scott Helmus, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

solving. If they are only studied and are not used in practice by astudent, then the “head” knowledge is not integrated with the rest of the worldview and is noteasily or readily applied.Wisdom can be taught in tandem with diligence – pushing and stretching students to evaluaterisks and opportunities, to ask the right questions, and to be self-motivated in an iterative processof constant refinement – all of these activities to promote diligence can then lead students toconsider and wrestle with broader contextual questions beyond just solving a specific problembut generalizing and seeing the larger pattern.4.4 Curriculum4.4.1 Incremental and repeatedMultiple classes, projects, and problems allow students to grow and learn at a reasonable

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Beverly Radloff, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nancy Lamm, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

partnership between two well-established programs at Butler University and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technologyat Indiana-University Purdue-University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The EDDP allows students tostudy at Butler University, a small private school, which is known for its quality science,humanities, social science, fine arts, and professional programs and also have access to ABETaccredited engineering programs at IUPIU, a large state school.Completion of this program results in two degrees from both institutions. This program is not a3-2 program where students are expected to transfer after three years to an engineering school tocomplete their studies. The EDDP has a curriculum that integrates engineering, science,mathematics, computer

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Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Olsen, University of Michigan; Peter D. Washabaugh, University of Michigan

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Aerospace

have been experimental offerings of a first-year engineering coursethat incorporated a very extensive design-build-test-compete (DBTC) pedagogy. This course wasspecifically positioned to exercise core-engineering competencies, communication skills, andcreativity. The course is intense in that it involves two Aerospace Engineering team projects,integrated technical communications and technical content, teamwork, and individual scientificand fabrication laboratories. The projects involve design, build, test, and compete cycles withballoons and then with radio-controlled blimps. The students entering this DBTC course andother first-year courses were studied with respect to typical admissions criteria including highschool grades and test scores

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Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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College Industry Partnerships

Quality Testing – San Diego, California Students are designing water quality monitoring systems and are taking data on water quality in local rivers and resevoirs. Students design the test systems and data acquisitions systems by integrating commercially technologies where appropriate. Students analyze the data from the findings and present their results to the community.Implementing EPICS High Three models have emerged for implementing EPICS into high schools. The first is as anafter school program or club. Students meet with teachers after school or during activitiesperiods during the school day. This model was the one that launched the pilot at Bedford,Indiana. A second model has been to integrate an

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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

effectiveness of theassessment in measuring our abilities to teach and integrate the entrepreneurial mindset into ourdegree plans. This paper will document the selection of the assessment instrument, itsdeployment, and an initial analysis of the results in how they impact retention, professionaldevelopment, and the entrepreneurial mindset of the students at these institutions.IntroductionIn many engineering programs in the United States and around the world, it is no longersufficient to adequately train engineers with excellent left-brain skills – analysis, logicalthinking, and quantitative thought. According to Dean Julio M. Ottino of the Robert R.McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, solvingproblems is not

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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AC 2011-2548: NSF GRANTEE PRESENTATION: CHALLENGES OF IM-PLEMENTING A PEER MENTORING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT STEMLEARNINGFarrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston Farrokh Attarzedeh earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983. He is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College of Technology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. He is a member of ASEE and has been with the University of Houston since 1983. Dr. Attarzadeh may be reached at FAttarzadeh@central.uh.eduDeniz Gurkan, University of Houston Deniz Gurkan received her B.S. (1996) and

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Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly K. Ault, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Design Graphics

for Graphics Education: Results from a Five Year follow-up Survey. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 70 (2), 23-30.12. Barr, RE, TJ Krueger, and TA Aanstoos (2004), Assessing Student Outcomes in an Engineering Design and Graphics Course, The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 68(1), 22-36.13. Hartman, N. (2005) Integrating Surface Modeling into the Engineering Design Graphics Curriculum. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 70 (1), 16-22.14. Spence, A. and T. Doyle (2008) Product Centric CAD Education. Computer-Aided Design & Applications, 5(1-4), 381-390.15. Bhatt, R. et al. (2009) A Case for Scaffolded Virtual Prototyping Tutorial Case Studies in Engineering Education. Intl. Journal of

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FPD XI: Assessing First-Year Programs, Experiences, and Communities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald R. Ulseth, Itasca Community College; Gordy Savela, Itasca Community College; Mason A. Hansen, Itasca Community College; Julie Kennedy, P.E., Itasca Community College

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First-Year Programs

engineers use in professional practice15. Professional Development – Student development in ethics, etiquette, interviewing, presentations, “dress for success”, and interpersonal skills is an integral part of the EPD sequence. Graduates of the program frequently refer to the positive impact the professional development activities had on their experiences as interns and ultimately in the careers. Citizen Development – Students learn that engineers are servants to society through presentations, reading activities, and a minimum of 70 of hours of community service that they complete while at Itasca. Examples of the activities include road-side clean- ups, recreational trail maintenance, local

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Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John B. Napp, University of Toledo

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Engineering Libraries

in teams to solve a problem posed by an industry partner. Information literacy skillswere incorporated into the curriculum and related to the real-life industry problems. This was afor-credit, semester-long course making it different is some ways than the other studiesmentioned here as well as the one conducted for this paper. David H. Jonassen, who delivered aDistinguished Lecture during the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference wrote a book entitled Learningto Solve Problems: A Handbook for Designing Problem-Solving Learning Environments. Page 22.1676.3Jonassen, while never mentioning information literacy, does provide a detailed framework

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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron L. Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts; Richard Miller, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts; Robert Andrew Stevenson, Oklahoma Christian University

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First-Year Programs

-levelengineering courses. A shocking percentage of these students do not make it to their second yearwithin their chosen engineering discipline, either switching majors or leaving the universityentirely. Dr. Nathan Klingbeil of Wright State University first observed that, traditionally, only42% of engineering or computer science majors at Wright State advance beyond first-yearcalculus classes to seek their degrees 1. Thus, in an effort to improve student retention, in 2004WSU under the care of Dr. Klingbeil developed a mathematics education model which is Page 22.585.2designed to incorporate a new introductory math course into the engineering curriculum

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BME Courses and Learning Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Weizhao Zhao, University of Miami; Xiping Li; Fabrice Manns, University of Miami

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Biomedical

: Internet-based medical imaging teaching software.As a key component in BME, medical imaging, combining physics, mathematics, electrical andcomputer engineering, provides students with a broad view of an integration of differenttechnologies applied to biology and medicine. Recognizing the broad impact of medical imagingeducation on BME students, many institutions have established such a curriculum. Based on the Page 22.1057.2Whitaker Foundation’s BME program database31, there are 119 universities or colleges that haveBME programs in the nation. 70 undergraduate programs have been accredited by the ABET.Through the Internet, we surveyed these 119

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Int. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, and Implementations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yue-Min Zhao, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116; Yue-min Zhao, China University of Mining and Technology

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International

, mineral processing courses have included such engineering practice areas as"pilot study of methods", curriculum design, graduate design etc. This allows the lab classesto be a separate class in the true sense. This is a significant change to the original irrelevantcombination of experimental courses. In general, it cultivates student’s innovation awarenessand ability in practice. Playing the Role of Master, Promoting Innovation Consciousness Training. We knowthat a famous teacher can cultivate an excellent student. Talent cultivation of our highereducation cannot succeed without the guidance of the masters and the experts. At present,there are two academicians of Chinese Engineering and 2 winners of national outstandingyouth fund, 3 minister of

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Engineering Mechanics Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

AC 2011-1159: COMPREHENSIVE COURSE REDESIGN: INTRODUC-TION TO THE MECHANICS OF MATERIALSJefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeff Froyd is the Director of Faculty Climate and Development in the Office of the Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engi- neering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Emerging Information Technologies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University

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Computing & Information Technology

courses as a part of a regular curriculum. Experiences from these courseofferings will also be presented.2. Shortcomings of Internet Accessible Remote LaboratoryWhat are the issuesAs mentioned in the introduction section, researchers are pursuing this problem in an abruptmanner and are not yet coming up with a sustainable solution that can popularize the use ofremote laboratories. The major issues are: a) Integration of a number of disciplines into remote experimentation design; b) Modularity in designs; c) Readily available commercial products; d) Integration of learning management system; e) Maintenance and training; f) Administrative awareness and support; and g) Industry applications.a) Integration of a number of disciplines into

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Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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Aerospace

. Page 22.881.2Aircraft Dynamics and Control Course DescriptionAircraft dynamics and control is offered in the spring semester of the junior year. The pre-requisite competencies expected from the student entering the course include linear algebra, statespace and transfer function representation of dynamical systems and a strong grasp ofMatlab/Simulink programming. Specific pre-requisite courses include aerodynamics and afundamental course in system dynamics and control. The topics in the course includeStatic Stability and ControlStatic stability refers to the initial response of an aircraft to a perturbation from steady state. Thispart of the curriculum emphasizes how the design of the aircraft influences the stability propertyof the aircraft

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They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Kristin E. Oliver, Texas Tech University

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Educational Research and Methods

curriculum, it would be reasonable to expect to observedevelopment in information fluency in engineering students in their freshman to senior years.Measures of Information Fluency The processing of information is an intricate interplay between the person and theinformation source. On the one hand, there are strategies for negotiating the complexities ofinformation. These are termed metacognitive strategies because they relate to how a personmonitors and guides comprehension of information. On the other hand, individuals hold specificbeliefs about the nature and purpose of information. These are termed epistemic beliefs becausethey relate to individuals‟ beliefs about the nature of knowledge. Metacognitive strategy use and

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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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funds tosupport the actual oversees travel.We address this challenge in an innovative way using the product archaeology (PA) as the corecurriculum paradigm. PA involves the process of reconstructing the lifecycle of a product – thecustomer requirements, design specifications, and manufacturing processes used to produce it –to understand the decisions that led to its development. By considering products as designedartifacts with a history rooted in their development, we synthesize concepts from archaeologywith advances in cyber-enhanced product dissection to implement new educational innovationsthat integrate global, economic, environmental, and societal concerns into engineering design-related courses using product archaeology.Talking about

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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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Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; F. Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

in their curriculum for a long time now, such practice in engineeringeducation is not a common practice. In the globalized economy of 21st century, the corporationsare seeking a specialized expertise in their employees, which cannot be acquired throughtextbook only. It requires a lot of hands-on skills that normally come through industry projects10.This paper has presented a case study of a project based residency course that is being offered inone and only online executive MID program at the main campus of Texas A&M University inCollege Station, TX. It provided an in-depth review of the various learning approaches forstudent learning such as topic based, problem based, and the project based approaches. Thesurvey results of former

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TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); William M. Leonard, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert A. Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2732: ABET REPORT GENERATIONRichard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) I am an Associate Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. My main responsibilities are schol- arship, teaching and curriculum development. I have developed significant new curriculum in both the Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology departments. Courses and Labs include: Digital System Design, Principles of Electronic Design Automation, Circuit Theory I III, Electro-Optic Devices (new), Electronics I III, Electronic Principles for Design I & II, Applied Microprocessors (new) and, Advanced Electronics (new). I was the single recipient of the ”2002 Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for

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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland; Lawrence J. Carter, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

retained betterinto the following year. In consequence, peer marking is to be retained as a standardcomponent in ELECTENG 101 and is now becoming a standard feature of other first-yearengineering courses at the University of Auckland.Bibliography1. Godfrey, E., Archer, R., Denny, P., Hyland, M., Smaill, C., & Stol, K. (2009). Innovation and Integration in an In-house First-Year Engineering Program: A fast track to Enculturation. Paper presented at the Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX.2. Smaill, C. (2005). The implementation and evaluation of OASIS: a Web-based learning and assessment tool for large classes. IEEE Transactions on Education, 48(4), 658-663.3. Smaill, C., Godfrey, E., & Rowe, G. (2008

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New Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahesh Aggarwal, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University

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New Engineering Educators

excellence shallbe accomplished in a spirit of balance conducive to an equitable and respectful learningenvironment. Furthermore, advising has become a separate evaluation area in the new set ofrequirements. Responsibilities of the faculty advisors include: Developing and maintaining knowledge of University policies and curriculum requirements. Maintaining files to document academic progress for students who are assigned as advisees. Communicating to advisees the times and places where the faculty advisors will be available to meet with the student. Reviewing grade reports of that person's advisees and advising them of their significance. Assisting students in pre-registration, advising them

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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First-Year Programs

” is Susan Engel’s (5) call to turn collegeclassrooms into transformative experiences. Engel focuses on three elements to encouragestudents to think and participate in transformative class discussions that include the following:1.The chance to think like an expert, 2. The chance to come up with new ideas, and 3. Thechance to be part of an intellectual group. In many ways these goals overlap with other findingsto improve STEM education and student retention. For example, Daempfle (6a,b) calls forincreased faculty involvement with students along with actively engaging students in anintegrative curriculum that helps students see relationships between the disciplines and theirprofessions. Volkwein &Cabrera (7) stress the importance of

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EM Program Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy K. Zander P.E., Clarkson University

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Engineering Management

alsorequires the school to specify learning goals for each undergraduate degree program. Standard15: Management of Curricula lists management-specific knowledge and skills that it would belikely that an undergraduate management degree program should include (AACSB, 2010): • Ethical and legal responsibilities in organizations and society. • Financial theories, analysis, reporting, and markets. • Creation of value through the integrated production and distribution of goods, services and information. • Group and individual dynamics in organizations. • Statistical data analysis and management science as they support decision-making processes throughout an organization. • Information technologies as they

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

engineering today is a field dedicated to the engineering of molecularsystems, applying principles from underlying sciences (e.g., chemistry, biology, material science,and applied physics) and systems engineering (e.g., applied mathematics, operations research,and computer science)”1. This definition immediately implies chemical engineers crossing overto several other disciples, and in reciprocity professionals from other disciplines crossing overinto chemical engineering. This crossover is particularly true to the field of biotechnology whichcalls for an intimate partnership between chemical engineers and biologists. The explosivegrowth of biotechnology and related industries into an enterprise worth several billion dollarsand the fact that about 50

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Learning Outside the Classroom

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin P. Micomonaco, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

notcoincided with an increase in engineering graduates.3, 4 Therefore the departure of students fromthe discipline remains an issue. The primary focus in engineering education as well as other STEM fields has been toimprove the curriculum and pedagogy of faculty. STEM educators adopted this focus largely inresponse to Seymour and Hewitt’s seminal work studying students who depart from the STEMdisciplines. Noting that leavers do not differ significantly in terms of academic achievement orpreparedness, their findings indicate that students leave the STEM disciplines primarily due tothe content-laden curriculum, the inadequate and uninteresting instruction, and an overalldisinterest in STEM careers.5 As a result, engineering has invested

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Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Victoria Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, P.E., University of Texas, Arlington

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Environmental Engineering

project. Page 22.604.3Figure 1. Integrating and Reinforcing Sustainability throughout Engineering CurriculaProgram DescriptionEight courses in the civil engineering curriculum were chosen for ESE implementation. Thetargeted courses are required for all CE students and span from freshman through senior year.Additionally, the courses are common to many civil engineering curricula; therefore projectresults should have broad appeal to civil engineering programs nationwide. The targeted coursesare:  CE 1104 – Introduction to Engineering  CE 1105 – Introduction to Civil Engineering  CE 3301 – Stochastic Models  CE 3302

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Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University; Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1350: IMPROVING THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SKILLSOF GRADUATE STUDENTSCraig W. Somerton, Michigan State University Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. He has also taught the capstone design course for the department. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, appropriate technology, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982, all in engineering from UCLA.Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University