AC 2011-769: PREDICTING GRADUATE SCHOOL PLANS BASED ONSTUDENTS’ SELF-ASSESSED ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSHyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University Hyun Has been working as a graduate assistant on the Engineer of 2020 research grants that the Center for the Study of Higher Education received from the National Science Foundation at Penn State. Page 22.1167.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Predicting Graduate School Plans Based on Students’ Self-assessed Engineering Knowledge and SkillsAbstract U.S. production of STEM graduates
AC 2011-1569: TEACHING DESIGN IDEATIONShanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Research Scientist in the College of Engineering. Her research focuses on design teaching and learning and strategies for innovation.James Loren Christian, University of Michigan James Loren Christian is a senior in Mechanical Engineering and Art & Design at the University of Michigan.Seda Yilmaz, Iowa State UniversityColleen M. Seifert, University of MichiganRichard Gonzalez, University of Michigan Page 22.1382.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
AC 2011-1719: PREPARING ENGINEERING GRADUATES FOR THE REALWORLDJessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisBeverly Radloff, Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisNancy Lamm, Indiana University Purdue University, IndianapolisTerri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Terri Talbert-Hatch is the Assistant Dean for the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI. In this position she is responsible for recruitment of undergraduate students and all scholarships. She is responsible for all marketing for the school including program brochures and the school’s website. She also oversees the School’s Career Services office and is the advisor to the
AC 2011-1965: DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-COST RADIO FREQUENCYTEST EQUIPMENTJames O. Everly, University of Cincinnati James O. Everly is an Associate Professor in Electronic and Computing Systems at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He received a BSEE and MSEE from The Ohio State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He is a member of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, and in 1997 he received the IEEE Professional Achievement Award. He has held several research and management positions in industry working for such companies as Battelle’s
AC 2011-522: DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ELECTRICAL EN-GINEERINGEsteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University Esteban Rodriguez-Marek is an Associate Professor at Eastern Washington University.Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University MIN-SUNG KOH obtained his B.E. and M.S. in Control and Instrumentation Engineering in the Uni- versity of ULSAN, South Korea, and his Ph. D in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at Washington State University. He was with KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Co.) for 9 years before en- rolling in the Ph. D. program at Washington State University. In KEPCO, he worked at the NPP (Nuclear Power Plant) as a nuclear engineer. In the Fall ’02 quarter he joined the department
AC 2011-2483: EXPLORING THE VALUE OF DEMOCRATIC ASSESS-MENT IN DESIGN BASED ACTIVITIES OF GRAPHICAL EDUCATIONNiall Seery, University of LimerickMr. Diarmaid Lane, University of LimerickMr. Donal Canty, University of Limerick Page 22.691.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Exploring the value of democratic assessment in design based activities of graphical educationAbstract A significant change in the philosophy of graphical education in Ireland has taken place since 2007. The introduction of a new subject Design and Communication Graphics (DCG) has broadened the
AC 2011-997: ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT UNDERSTANDING IN PHYSICS:AN INTEGRATED QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHTeresa L. Larkin, American University Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Faculty Liaison to the Pre-engineering Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin is involved with Physics Educa- tion Research (PER) and has published widely on topics related to the assessment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. She has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American
AC 2011-528: BEST PRACTICES FOR STUDENT ROBOTIC CAMPSMarilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Dr. Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Center of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida as its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathway; curriculum development and reform; and professional development for technical teachers and faculty. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil
AC 2011-1863: BIG: UNITING THE UNIVERSITY INNOVATION ECOSYS-TEMDouglas E. Allen, Bucknell UniversitySteven B. Shooter, Bucknell University Steve Shooter, Ph.D., P.E. is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University where he has taught for design, innovation and robotics for 16 years. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and been PI or Co-PI on grants from NSF, ONR, NIST, ARDEC in addition to industry. As a registered professional engineer he also consults extensively with industry on design projects and formulation of innovation strategies. Page 22.287.1 c
AC 2011-602: CIVIL ENGINEERING MASTER’S PROGRAMS: A COM-PREHENSIVE REVIEW OF TYPES AND REQUIREMENTSJeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison Jeffrey S. Russell, Ph.D., P.E. is a Professor and Chair at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2205 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706 Over the past 22 years, Professor Jeffrey S. Russell has established himself as a leader in education, research, and service to the civil engineering profession through championing diversity, leadership, inno- vation, and enhanced education for future civil engineers. He is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He received a BS degree
AC 2011-1052: COMPARISON OF TWO CURRICULUM MODELS FORMAPPING ENGINEERING CORE CONCEPTS TO EXISTING SCIENCEAND MATHEMATICS STANDARDSMike Ryan, CEISMC - Georgia TechBrian D. Gane, Georgia Institute of Technology Brian Gane is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Psychology at Georgia Tech and a research assistant at CEISMC. His research focuses on skill acquisition and instructional design.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Marion Usselman is Associate Director for Federal Outreach and Research for Georgia Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing. She has been with CEISMC since 1996 managing programs, interacting with K-12 schools, and assisting Georgia Tech faculty in
AC 2011-684: BUILDING A TRANSFORMATIVE CLASS FOR FRESH-MAN STEM STUDENTS TO THINK AND ACT LIKE CREATIVE, THOUGHT-FUL FUTURE SCIENTISTSGeorge Roesch Johnson, Engineering Professional Development, UW-Madison Associate Faculty Associate for the last eleven years at EPD, which is part of the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. I am responsible for teaching introductory and advanced technical writing ,along with technical presentations./Users/georgejo/Desktop/abstract.pdf Page 22.5.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Building a Transformative Class for First-Year STEM Students
AC 2011-1299: ADDRESSING MISCONCEPTIONS AND KNOWLEDGEGAPS IN THE RESTRUCTURING OF ATOMIC BONDING COURSE CON-TENT TO ENHANCE CONCEPTUAL CHANGEStephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluat- ing conceptual knowledge, misconceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering
AC 2011-1669: AI & SCIFI: TEACHING WRITING, HISTORY, TECH-NOLOGY, LITERATURE AND ETHICSRebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University in 1990, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Boston University in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in elec- trical engineering from the University of Washington in 2004. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1993. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science de- partment at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her research interests include speech recognition and understanding as well as engineering education
AC 2011-2132: APPLICATION OF SYSTEM SELECTION TOOL TO TRAF-FIC CONGESTION IN METRO ATLANTA: A CASE STUDYAdeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Adeel Khalid is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State Univer- sity (SPSU) in Marietta, Georgia USA. His expertise include Multidisciplinary design and optimization of Aerospace systems. He has worked as systems engineer at Avidyne Corporation. The company man- ufactures glass cockpits for general aviation aircraft. Dr. Khalid was involved in architecture definition, design and development of cockpit avionics. He is experienced in test case scripting, verification and val- idation of Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multi
AC 2011-1429: NATIONAL SURVEY OF STATES’ P-12 ENGINEERINGSTANDARDSJohannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning and As- sistant Professor of Engineering Education & Educational Technology at Purdue University. After study- ing philosophy, religious studies and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. (2004) in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. NSF, SSHRC, FQRSC, and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on the intersection between learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology
AC 2011-1640: UNIT OPERATIONS LAB BAZAARMichael E Prudich, Ohio University Mike Prudich is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio Uni- versity were he has been for 27 years. Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio University, he was a senior research engineering at Gulf Research and Development Company in Pittsburgh, PA primarily working in the area of synthetic fuels.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research includ- ing student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of
AC 2011-1720: THE 2011 STATE OF MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Professor of Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering. His interests include Automation, Robotics, Project Management, and Design. Most recently he was part of the team that developed the Curriculum 2015 report. Page 22.1426.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The 2011 State of Manufacturing EducationAbstractThe paper complements the work of other groups and professionals, all trying to assess the statusof manufacturing education. To this end the paper
AC 2011-2720: AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS STUDENTS’ ENGINEER-ING PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY IN COOPERATIVE PROBLEM-BASEDLEARNING (CPBL)Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Syed Helmi is an academic staff in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and is currently a Ph.D. in Engineering Education candidate in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Khairiyah is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is presently the Deputy Director at the Centre for Teaching and Learning in UTM. Her main research areas are Process Modeling, Simulation and Control, and Engineering Education. She has been implementing
AC 2011-1858: RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES USING LOCAL IN-DUSTRY: SERVICE LEARNING WITH MANUFACTURING ENGINEERSDaniel J. Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Daniel Waldorf is a Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Cal Poly State Univer- sity. He received his Ph.D. in industrial engineering in 1996 from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. At Cal Poly he teaches mainly in the manufacturing processes area, including Manufacturing Process Design, Tool Engineering, Computer-Aided Manufacturing, and Quality Engineering. He worked for two years in Chicago as a Quality/Manufacturing Engineer at ATF, Inc., a supplier of specialty cold- formed and machined components for
AC 2011-2360: INSTRUCT INTEGRATING NASA SCIENCE, TECHNOL-OGY, AND RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AND TRAIN-INGRam V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng) Dr. Ram Mohan is currently an Associate Professor with the interdisciplinary graduate program in com- putational science and engineering (CSE). He serves as the module content director for the INSTRUCT project. Dr. Mohan currently has more than 90 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and con- ference proceedings to his credit. He plays an active role in American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and serves as the chair of the ASME materials processing technical committee and a member of the ASME Nanoengineering Council Steering
AC 2011-1729: UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP LANDSCAPE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONMary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh Mary Besterfield-Sacre is an Associate Professor and Fulton C. Noss Faculty Fellow in Department of Industrial Engineering, a Center Associate for the Learning Research and Development Center, and the Director for the Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Her principal research is in engineering education assessment, which has been funded by the NSF, Department of Edu- cation, Sloan Foundation, Engineering Information Foundation, and the NCIIA. Mary’s current research focuses on three distinct but highly correlated areas innovative product
, where she taught introductory courses and co-directed the NSF-sponsored Young Scholars Program. Her most recent service to the University began in 2001, when she began teaching in the EET Program. Her technical courses include Digital Systems, Programmable Logic Controllers, and DC/AC Circuit Analysis, but her strength lies in teaching the more humanistic side of engineering in Introduction to EET and Project Management. Her student evaluations earned her the University of Maine’s Presidential Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award in 2010 and the College of Engineering’s Early Career Teaching Award in 1995. Prior to 2001, Judith held several engineering and project management positions throughout Maine, including
AC 2011-951: MODULAR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR MECHA-TRONICS TECHNICIANSBranislav Rosul, College of Dupage Dr. Rosul completed his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering in February of 1984 majoring in Control Systems. Soon after he started to work as an Instrumentation Engineer in Teleoptic, Belgrade where he stayed for three years working on the Instrumentation Design and as a Project Engineer. During that time he worked on instrumentation and technology development of various industrial processes, from food to petrochemical and still industry. Academically, he continued on toward the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at University of Belgrade. After completing his course work at the Belgrade
AC 2011-295: EDUCATIONAL TOOL DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELEC-TRIC DRIVETRAIN BENCH UNITY. Gene Liao, Wayne State University Y. Gene Liao received the BSME from National Central University, Taiwan, Mechanical Engineer from Columbia University, and Doctor of Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is cur- rently an Associate Professor at Wayne State University. He has over 15 years of industrial practices in the automotive sector prior to becoming a faculty member. Dr. Liao has research and teaching interests in the areas of multi-body dynamics, hybrid vehicle powertrain, and CAE applications in products development and manufacturing.D Fu, Wayne State University
AC 2011-1397: DEVELOPING INQUIRY-BASED NANOBIOTECHNOL-OGY LABORATORY EXPERIENCE FOR SOPHOMORESJianyu Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Jianyu Liang is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. She received her Ph.D. from Brown University in 2005. She joined WPI in September 2004 and has established a Nanomanufacturing and Nanomaterials Laboratory at WPI. Her recent work has focused on developing novel nanomanufac- turing approaches, investigating inter-facial properties at nanometer scale, and exploring the applications of nanomaterials in biotechnology, fuel cells and batteries.Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Terri A. Camesano is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at
AC 2011-1328: ISES A LONGITUDINAL STUDY TO MEASURE THE IM-PACTS OF SERVICE ON ENGINEERING STUDENTSChristopher W. Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is an associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering with additional appoint- ments in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Dr. Swan has also served as chair of Tufts CEE depart- ment (2002-2007) and as an officer in the Environmental Engineering division of ASEE (2001-2005). Dr. Swan’s current interests lie in the areas of waste reuse, and service-based educational efforts in the engineering curriculum. Specific efforts involving engineering education concern
AC 2011-2916: GENDER SCHEMAS, PRIVILEGE, MICRO-MESSAGING,AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION: PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM THE-ORYYevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Yevgeniya V. Zastavker is an Associate Professor of Physics at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Her research interests lie at the intersection of project-based learning and gender studies with specific emphasis on the curricula and pedagogies implemented in the first-year engineering programs.Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at Olin College, where she has been in- volved in the development and evolution of the engineering curriculum since she joined the
AC 2011-1373: GETTING STUDENTS PREPARED TO PRESENT WELLSmitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Smitesh Bakrania is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his PhD from University of Michigan in 2008 and his BS from Union College in 2003. His research interests include combustion synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications. Page 22.743.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Getting Students Prepared to Present WellAlthough engineering students become aware of what a good presentation entails early in theircollege
AC 2011-1518: HELPING FRESHMEN DEVELOP A PERSONAL IDEN-TITY AS AN ENGINEERStephen Rippon, Arizona State University As Assistant Dean for Student Services in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Steve Rippon over- sees the Schools’ K-12 outreach and summer programs, undergraduate recruitment, undergraduate re- tention and engagement initiatives, and the Engineering Career Center. Prior to joining the Schools of Engineering in 2007, Steve was the Executive Director of Student Success and Engagement Programs for ASU’s University College. Among his responsibilities during his 11 years as Executive Director, Steve directed the ASU Summer Bridge Program, the Campus Match Freshman Interest Groups, the University