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Teaching Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Brose, Hamburg University of Technology; Christian H. Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology

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Mechanics

AC 2011-847: IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING STUDENT DIFFICUL-TIES IN ENGINEERING STATICSAndrea Brose, Hamburg University of Technology Andrea Brose earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. From 1999 to 2008 she was in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA where she taught undergraduate math, led and developed the mathematics teaching assistant and faculty training program, and contributed to other aspects of academic administration. Since 2009, she is involved in a project on ”Active Learning in Engineering Education” at Hamburg University of Technology.Christian H. Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology Christian H. Kautz received his doctorate degree from the University of

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Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provide evidence that the RET program and its associated research-based modules positively affected student motivation.Introduction Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the goal of the ResearchExperience for Teachers program has been to support “the active involvement of K-12 teachersand community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge ofengineering and technological innovation into their classrooms.” In the winter of 2003,Vanderbilt University was awarded a site award for this program to host the “VanderbiltBiomedical Engineering RET Site Project.” Held in the summers of 2004, 2005, and 2006, thisprogram was designed with the previously discussed professional development characteristics inmind

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

University. He at- tended the Business School of Istanbul University and received an MS degree in Production Management. After working for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer, he received dual MS degrees in engineering management and mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla. He worked for Toyota Mo- tor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MS&T in 1999 while he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a faculty memer at Trine University teaching mainly

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samia A. Suliman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanics

) are being employedfor the first time in two courses on statics and strength of materials during the Fall 2010semester. This paper will present details of the development of the tools as well as evaluation ofassessments acquired during use and at the end of the semester. Page 22.1356.2IntroductionThe tools developed for this project are an applied extension of recent work at the LeonhardCenter for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. We seek to apply what waslearned about educational research (related to problem solving, transformational representation,prior knowledge, self-explanations, scaffolding, and worked examples

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas H. Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie M. Borror, Arizona State University West

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NSF Grantees

Advanced Manufacturing and Research Initiative (NAAMREI). Dr. Gonzalez is a founding leader of the initiative which seeks to develop the infrastructure for an integrated PK through practice educational system for the Rio South Texas Region. This endeavor involves a strong relationship with the Economic Development community, South Texas College and Region One Education Service Center which facilitates the activities of the proposed project. Because of his experience and role as a regional leader in a wide variety of endeavors, Dr. Gonzalez has served and continues to serve in leadership positions in technology based economic development in the Rio South Texas Region.Connie M Borror, Arizona State University West

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Maryfaith Rodgers, Rowan University; Pavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University; Keith McIver; Haddy Diallo; Kaitlyn Jean Zienowicz; Jason J. Giacomelli, Rowan University; Vladimir de Delva

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NSF Grantees

Center in2008 to provide outreach and training components to support the educational mission of theCenter. During the first year of the project, Rowan University worked with various constituencygroups to implement certain projects that directly impact the Center’s goals. This work has beenexpanded during the subsequent two years and additional modules and course materials havebeen developed.This paper describes the progress to date. Our long term goals are to:• train students who will be effective engineers and leaders in the manufacturing andresearch operations of the pharmaceutical and allied industries of the center.• train students for roles in education and in the agencies involved in regulating foodand drug manufacturing operations

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Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Aerospace

the University of Texas at Austin, in 1998. She served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama from 1998 to 2002, when she moved to Arizona State University. In 2008 she was promoted by ASU to Associate Professor. Dr. Husman has been a guest editor of Educational Psychology Review, has served on editorial board for top educational research journals, and currently sits on the editorial board of Learning and Instruction. In 2006 she was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER grant award and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. She has conducted and advised on educational research projects and grants in both the public and private sectors, and served as

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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shari Klotzkin; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Reginald Percy Tomkins, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

should provide information on theeffectiveness of an educational program, course, project, or activity/lesson. Thus, thespecification of student learning outcomes and the tools to assess the achievement of theoutcomes has become an increasingly important focus for higher education institutions, not onlyto satisfy the requirements of accrediting agencies, but also because the specification ofoutcomes can lead to improved classroom instruction and student learning.Traditional course syllabi usually include the reading assignments, homework assignments, andgrading practices for the course. Some faculty members have now gone further to include courseobjectives, which are expected to produce the desired student outcomes. While overall

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Art Duval, University of Texas, El Paso; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Alexandria Nicole Ogrey; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas, El Paso; Catherine Tabor, El Paso Independent School District; Rebeca Q. Gonzalez, UTEP-Graduate Student and EPISD-Teacher; Alan Siegel, New York University

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Electrical and Computer

can be directly integrated into math and sciencecourses.1. IntroductionThe iMPaCT (Media Propelled Computational Thinking) project[4,5,6,7,8,12] is an increasingly broad effortto enhance engagement with and success in STEM disciplines for a wide demographic of students --including those with inadequate mathematics backgrounds. The difficulties in such an endeavor are wellknown, and the societal benefits well understood.As a consequence, many projects have been designed with the intention of enhancing interest in STEMstudies. iMPaCT addresses the complementary challenge of providing under-prepared students with thereflective understandings of mathematical relationships needed to succeed in engineering programs andother core STEM subjects. In

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Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Satyajit Verma, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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Engineering Technology

those that satisfy the coursedescription and cover the major topics in the various chapters of the textbook for the course.Table 1 lists the course outcomes for a first-semester introduction to engineering technologycourse as an example.Quantification method for a course, along its own outcomes, is as follows: During the semester,students are evaluated on a numerical scale in various classroom activities such as, homeworkassignments, oral or written reports, laboratory or field exercises, quizzes or tests, projects, andother presentations as determined by the instructor. Each of these categories of classroomactivities is assigned a weight out of a total of 100. Table 2 summarizes this weighing forassignments for the introduction to engineering

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Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

based design flow, and how the graphical viewing of the final circuits thatstudents designed at a higher textual level excited and incentivized students in the undergraduateEET program at this university.Part I: introduction:Until recent years, if not still, student assignments in digital design courses at undergraduate levelconsisted primarily of paper designs, or at best such as in senior design projects they were a large Page 22.511.2morass of SSI and MSI (Small and Medium Scale Integration) silicon devices plugged on to circuitwiring (bread) boards. A higher percentage of time and effort were devoted on debugging theconnections and

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Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; John Krupczak, Hope College; James F. Young, Rice University, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

educationalobjectives and outcomes for minors, courses or similar programs which can be used byengineering units to develop programs for technological literacy of non-engineers at thecollegiate level. Four institutions with varying approaches in this area collaborated for this workas part of a larger NSF supported project. Working definitions for Educational Objectives,Outcomes, Assessment and Evaluation are established to support the work. Available objectivesand outcomes from the literature, which would be pertinent to this audience, were used asprimary sources. The project team prioritized statements from these sources for how they wouldapply to the intended audience of non-engineering, college-level students in the context ofofferings from an engineering

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Engineering as the STEM Glue

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Barth, University of Alabama; Debra M. McCallum, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Rosanna E. Guadagno, University of Alabama; Beverly Roskos, University of Alabama; Carmen Burkhalter, University of Alabama; Marion J Goldston, University of Alabama

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-2446: EFFECTS OF ENGAGING CLASSROOM STRATEGIESAND TEACHER SUPPORT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES OVER SCHOOLTRANSITIONSJoan Barth, University of Alabama Joan Barth is a research social scientist at the University of Alabama. Research interests include psycho- logical and educational issues in school settings. Current projects include a study of personal, social and life goal factors that affect interest in STEM careers from elementary through college years.Debra M. McCallum, University of AlabamaBeth Todd, University of Alabama Dr. Beth Todd is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama.Rosanna E. Guadagno, University of AlabamaBeverly Roskos, University of AlabamaDr. Carmen Burkhalter, The

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles

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Biomedical

research projects. As CSULA begins todevelop this BME program, we have aimed to make the limited opportunities available to ourstudents in BME thus far as enriching as possible.Over the past year, we have exploited the unique user interface of the HP Tablet PC to restructurethe teaching / student learning paradigm in the Biomedical Instrumentation course and to involvestudents in a biomedical engineering research project. Our objectives were to engage students inlearning BME course material by incorporating a technological gadget which students find funand interesting in and of itself, provide an avenue for interaction with the teacher and otherstudents, and aid instruction by allowing for an engaging method for on-the-spot assessment andfeedback

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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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Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Richard Pozzi, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Peter Ivanyi, University of Pecs; Richard Matthew Gutkowski, Colorado State University

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International

into U.S. West, and Western Electric Corporation. While at Nortel he developed a Managed IP Voice and Data Product solution for California School Systems. Some of Professor Pozzi’s various job titles have been: Director of Systems Engineering and Sales Support, Senior Systems Engineer, Acting Director Network Architecture, Senior Network Architect, Project Manager for Electronic Library, Direc- tor Mechanized Information Systems, Director Planning and Administrative Services, Director Inventory Management, Manager Business Services, and Field Engineer. Mr. Pozzi enjoys golf, grandkids and running in his time off.Dr. Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver Associate ProfessorDr. Peter Ivanyi, Pollack Mihaly

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keeshan Williams, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

under NYU-Poly’s GK-12 program funded by NSF and CBRI consortium of donors. His research interests include real-time monitoring DNA-protein interactions at electrified interfaces.Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Re- mote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in cooperative control; distributed spacecraft formation

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-1618: AUDIO-VISUAL LAB TUTORIALS TO DEVELOP INDE-PENDENT LEARNERSDeborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meg Krudysz, City College of New York; Ann Wittig P.E., City College of the City University of New York

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

mapping courses and studentactivities to student outcomes3 and then selecting examples of student work in these courses oractivities. Direct evidence includes student work such as homework, laboratory reports,examinations, quizzes, and projects. These are graded, and in some cases evaluated usingrubrics, which define and describe the important components of the work and provide a moredetailed way to measure student outcomes4. Indirect evidence includes students’ self-assessmentof their learning using instruments such as survey. The scores students receive on their work orself-report on surveys are then related to a single numerical range with a threshold value that isconsidered to demonstrate achievement of the SO. Finally, the average cohort

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Keith Berrier, University of Saint Thomas; Andrea Guggenbuehl, University of Saint Thomas, Health and Human Performance Department

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Mechanical Engineering

sessions. They were to record advice and comments from the lab coaches in their notebook, as well as their written notes for the experiments that they performed.  Lab Write-ups 15%  Final Project 20% The lab assignments and final project will be discussed below.It should be noted that as it became clear how much time the lab write-ups were taking, studentswere given the option of having the write-ups count for 30% of their grade, reducing theweighting for problem sets to 45%. Page 22.416.3 Table 1: Class scheduleWeek Day Agenda

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Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Denise Miller, Northern Arizona University; Elizabeth J. Brauer, Northern Arizona University; John Sharber, Northern Arizona University

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Electrical and Computer

mastering new information.[1,2] Furthermore,frequent practice promotes speed as well as accuracy. This point is particularly relevant in thefield of electrical engineering, as students must master core concepts (e.g., Ohm’s law) such thatthey can apply them quickly and effortlessly in order to efficiently solve more advancedproblems. The present project pilot-tested a novel technique for encouraging frequent, fast-paced practice among students in the first circuits course. Nineteen undergraduate engineeringmajors (including civil, mechanical, environmental and electrical) participated in a face-to-facecourse in which traditional course activities (lectures, in-class discussion, exams) weresupplemented by three online homework modules. These modules

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport; Omar Abuzaghleh, University of Bridgeport

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Computing & Information Technology

Performance Evaluation.Table 1 is a survey of high performance computing courses offered in the US only. As shown inthe table, most HPC courses utilize high performance computing infrastructure such assupercomputer or cluster systems. For example, the Berkeley Network of Workstations (NOW)project builds a distributed supercomputer using a network of workstations, which is mainlysponsored by NSF10. Currently, NOW includes 100 SUN UltraSPARCs and 40 SUN SPARCsrunning on Solaris, 35 Intel PC's running on Windows NT or on PC UNIX variant. All areconnected by a Myrinet switched network. The NOW project stimulated many HPC relatedcourses, such as CS 258 Parallel Processors. However, since the universities listed in Table 1 are

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith J. Bowman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University

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Materials

(MSE) Outreach Efforts of Evolving Design Standards for Elementary EducationIntroductionThe recently awarded National Science Foundation project, Science Learning throughEngineering Design (SLED) is one of nineteen targeted Math and Science Partnerships (MSPs)focused on science education and one of four MSPs focused on elementary education1. Severalstates, including Massachusetts2-4, Indiana5 and Minnesota6, have established engineering design-based standards that have potential implications for effectively engaging elementary schoolteachers and students with content related to materials science and engineering. Thirty-ninestates, the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands, have also adopted

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Teaching Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

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Mechanics

, and even the measurementscale.2,4 Preliminary work on this project, completed with Yokomoto, examined students’ abilityto assess their performance in Statics and Engineering Ethics.5 In the case of the preliminarystudy, however, students were asked to rate their performance in Statics prior to taking the finalexam and no other factors were considered. This study indicated that there were mild correla-tions between performance and self-assessment (enough to warrant further study).The present study looks to see if comparing students’ self-assessments to performance acrossmultiple problems shows any more correlation than was found in the one question to oneproblem work of Sarin and Headley.1 The analysis is based upon data collected in the

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahbub Uddin, Trinity University

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Environmental Engineering

the evening (similar to town hall meeting) to debate on environmental issues, their importance’s and impacts. Students are told that there is very limited funding available and only four projects will be funded for further study. After debating the issues they then develop a consensus and align themselves in four different environmental projects of their top interests. Each group then submits a formal written report on their environmental projects. The major thrust of this report is to provide a thorough analysis of the environmental problem, its impact and recommendations for corrective actions. 4. Making a Difference through Individual Actions: In the reflection Journal/Portfolio each student is

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Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American

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Electrical and Computer

nano scalelevel, but also experience the impact of design decisions at the device levels. Introduction ofnano devices in VLSI curricula also help the students learn nano technology.IntroductionThe paper describes our experience in teaching nano scale devices in an undergraduatecourse, which convinced us that it is possible to integrate nano scale devices in VLSI coursethrough design projects. As the deep sub micron and beyond technology emerges, trainingefforts in nano scale device characterization becomes more important than ever [1-5].The research is motivated by the significant increase of education and training ability in nanoelectronics areas at undergraduate level. It is estimated that about two millionnanotechnology workers will be

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engaged in a pluralistic,complex world, we have undertaken a project to develop and assess core liberal educationoutcomes. This paper describes the planning and actions thus far to meet these new requirementsat the university and specifically in our engineering programs. We have begun to expandoutcome assessment to include five “intellectual and practical skills,” specifically, critical andcreative thinking, inquiry/analysis, problem-solving, and information literacy. VALUE rubricsare being used as part of the process to ascertain where the best opportunities are to measurestudent achievement within the engineering and technology programs. An assessment frameworkis presented and successful pilot results are discussed.The ChallengeOur regional

Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

projects include the blog STEMequity.com, and a study, with sociologist Mary Ebeling, of economic equity in nanotechnology training and employment. She is also writing on distributions of blame between workers and materials for failures in contemporary building technologies, as economies of scale and automation continue their long incursion on the labor of commercial construction. Page 22.1061.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Metrics of Marginality: How Studies of Minority Self-Efficacy Hide Structural InequitiesAbstractIn ongoing

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Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC; Anna Newsome, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

-authored three ASEE papers on FIRST LEGO League and engineering in the middle school classroom. My current projects include an NSF research project called Science Learning Integrating Design, Engineering, and Robotics (SLIDER) and a NASA online professional development course for K-12 teacher on Using LEGO Robots to Enhance STEM Learning.N. Anna Newsome, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) atGeorgia Tech Anna Newsome serves as a Program Coordinator for the Center for Education Integrating Science, Math- ematics, and Computing (CEISMC), the K-12 outreach arm of Georgia Tech. She provides input and assistance to various projects at CEISMC, including Science Learning Integrating Design

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees

on loan to the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory from 1989 to 1995, managing a project to transition advanced instructional technologies to ten different middle schools located in five states. She is on the editorial board of three professional publications and has served as National Research Council Senior Fellow assigned to the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. In her spare time, Pat enjoys reading and gardening. Page 22.1102.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Nine Years of Calibrated Peer Review™ in Rhetoric

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BME Courses and Learning Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Biomedical

. Page 22.1057.3Pedagogical MotivationThe motivation to start this project was originated from the idea, “A picture is worth/better than athousand words”, i.e., using pictorial description would be superior to the text-only description.We extended the idea, “A moving picture is better than a static picture,” (by using Adobe FlashPlayer or Media Player). Furthermore, we added, “An interactive moving picture is better than asimple moving picture,” (by adding interactivities). Ultimately, our goal is to build an onlineuser-interactive teaching/learning system, featuring animation and simultion for physicalprinciples, mathematical derivations and engineering implementations, so as to fulfill themedical imaging education tasks optimally. By this