Conference Session

Lessons for New Engineering Educators

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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New Engineering Educators

focus involving mathematical modeling. Whatsets the first-year engineering courses apart from traditional engineering classes is instructionthat requires students to not only solve technical problems, but apply and adapt engineeringconcepts in mathematical models while developing professional skills - the ability to work inteams and translate mathematical models into a written procedure8.B. Model-Eliciting-Activities (MEA)Typical engineering classes are exam-based, project-based, or a combination of these. Seldomdo engineering classes provide sufficient activities that involve real-world problem solving.Therefore, there is a need for engineering classrooms to increase students’ exposure in suchactivities. One method for fulfilling the FYE

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Scott Molitor, University of Toledo; Brian W. Randolph, University of Toledo; Shane A. Brown, Washington State University; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University; C. Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas

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NSF Grantees

and community college levels) representing strategicpockets of interest in some of our nation’s most STEM critical regions. In addition to Ohio,these include Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Washington and Virginia. Thedissemination component of the project has resulted in the addition of several unfundedcollaborating instructions. All told, a total of 22 institutions spanning 8 different states havepiloted aspects of the Wright State model for adoption at their own institutions, including 16universities, 3 community colleges and 3 high schools. This section includes highlights from asmall subset of these institutions, including two funded institutions (University of Toledo andWashington State University) as well as one unfunded

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A Nason, Oregon State University; Bill J. Brooks, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

other hand, they report that innovative instruction can lead toimprovements in student beliefs. A project based design (graphic, industrial, interiorphotographic and fashion) curriculum, and a business curriculum promoting self reflection bothresulted in statistically significant increases in deep approach scores as measured by the SPQ.Although conventional lecture-based educational practices tend to reinforce more naive beliefs,innovative instruction can develop more expert-like beliefs, which in turn can promote learning.Over the last four years, the WISE Learning Tool has become an increasingly integralcomponent of the Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) curriculum atOSU, and has been integrated into the three courses

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen O'Brien, College of New Jersey; Suriza VanderSandt, College of New Jersey; Elizabeth Dianne Johnson, College of New Jersey

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and science content for the 8 non-STEM majors is MAT105 & MTT202 (previouslydescribed), MAT106 (“Math Structures & Algorithms for Educators-II”), any science courseand a science methods course. The PSY major has additional required math content: statisticalmethods provided “in context” within the psychology department, including a 1-semesterresearch project. In size, the Psychology, English and History majors dominate the non-STEMmajors. In this study, the majors of Art and Music, as well as the majors of Sociology andWoman & Gender Studies, are combined to create larger populations. The statisticalassumptions in this work were that samples are simple random sampled and that distributionsare normally distributed. Populations were

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Beth R. Isbell, University of Texas at Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington; Vu V. Pham, University of Texas at Arlington

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-2827: MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE AND FIRST YEAR RE-TENTION OF STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING LEARNING COMMUNI-TIESYvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington Dr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science (Environmental Engineering) from the University of New Orleans in 2000. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Pearson Weatherton’s expertise is in the areas of air quality including monitoring and modeling and engineering education. She is currently PI or Co-PI on a number of NSF-funded engineering education projects including ”Focus On Retention in Cohorts of Engineering Students”, which is the subject

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Alexandru Catalin Belu, Case Western Reserve University

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Aerospace

, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career, Dr. Belu published several papers in referred journals and in conference proceedings in his areas of the research interests. He has also been PI or co-PI for various research projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, load and energy demand forecasting and analysis, renewable energy analysis, assessment and design, turbulence and wave propagation, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation, atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compatibility, and engineering education.Dr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University Dr. CiobanescuHusanu is Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology at Drexel

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point

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Civil Engineering

Model  Positive rapport with students  Frequent assessment of student learningLowman’s first dimension the ability to  Classroom assessment techniquesgenerate intellectual excitement in the  Out-of-class homework and projects  Appropriate use of technologyclassroom, results from “the clarity of aninstructor’s presentations and their stimulatingemotional impact on students”5. Lowman Figure 1. ASCE ExCEEd Teaching model used in ASCE ExCEEd Teachingplaces heavier

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Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn Purchase, U.S. Military Academy; Marc J. Sanborn, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

” involvesvalue judgment. They generated a comparative organizer as shown in Table 1. Thisgeneralization of scholarly research into two categories, “informal research” and “formalresearch” may be an oversimplification, but it does provide an efficient means to evaluateeducational research. Within Table 1, examples of “informal” and “formal” aspects ofhypothetical research projects are provided for various portions (categories) of a typical researchproject. It is not suggested that research must be performed fully within the realm of “formal” to Page 22.1260.4achieve “formal” status. Further, it should be noted that there is very clear value associated

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Cooke, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Soil Behavior Demonstrations to Increase Student Engagement in Elementary Soil MechanicsAbstractAn important aspect of the geotechnical engineering discipline in civil engineering is theunderstanding of the physical behaviors of different soil types. This understanding underlies andsupports the engineer’s intuition and insights on how a particular soil may impact the design andconstruction of a project. The first exposure of undergraduate civil engineering students to soilbehavior typically occurs in an introductory soil mechanics course. In this class, it is commonfor students to be taught about key soil behaviors using verbal explanations in lecture and writtenexplanations provided in textbooks, perhaps supplemented with

Conference Session

Assessing Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. a commitment to quality, timeliness, and Nonecontinuous improvementl. the knowledge to manage change and improve Noneproductivitym. an ability to use the concepts learned in 9. Learning how to find and use resources forfundamental communication courses and possess answering questions or solving problemsmore developed skills in research and writing in a 11. Learning to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, anddiscipline specific context. points of viewn. the ability to apply project management techniques Noneo. the ability to use appropriate engineering tools in Nonethe building, testing, operation, and maintenance

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

view as the reasons toattend (or not attend) graduate school, when and where they might attend and what type ofgraduate degree they consider pursuing. The final section asks a single open ended question thatprobes any other thoughts, opinions, or information students have about their decision making Page 22.1565.6process.Four versions of the same survey were developed with appropriate differences in wording. Toensure content validity, the instrument was reviewed by student participants in the ethnographicobservations, and then reviewed by several members of the project advisory board from theparticipating institutions. These reviews helped

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention II: Curricular Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University; Steven M. Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Barbara A. Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

funded projects are focused on retention, it becomes clear that the commonapproach of tracking a first-matriculator cohort does not fully represent the situation, as it countsthose who leave the cohort, but completely ignores those who enter later, or leave and return.How Do Engineering Colleges Define Retention?The authors conducted a cursory and unscientific survey of a number of Associate Deans withwhom they had prior professional contact, both to see how they replied to retention percentagequestion, and to identify any other circumstances that may be missing from the enumerationabove. Of theten respondents, six clearly focused only on the incoming freshmen cohort,essentially relying on the NCES standard calculations for retention and

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; David L. Whitman, University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

programs.IntroductionThis study is part of a larger research project, supported by a National Science FoundationResearch on Gender in Science and Engineering program grant, designed to determine the effectof self-efficacy and other factors on the retention of women in undergraduate engineeringprograms. These data represent the initial pre-survey of the study completed in the 2009-2010academic year. Students completed a 96-item survey (not included in this paper due to theproprietary nature of some components). This survey was administered mostly in class and inwritten form at the start of their sophomore year; thus their responses were a reflection on theirfirst year experiences. Data will be gathered at two additional points in years two and three of thestudy

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elora Candace Voyles, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K. Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; John W. Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Robert Ricks

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First-Year Programs

. Page 22.1244.2IntroductionLow retention rates of undergraduate engineering majors, has lead many universities toimplement a variety of programs to combat attrition. 1, 2 Engineering student retention hasbecome critical due to a decrease in graduation rates and a projected need for more engineers inthe field. 3 The effectiveness of retention initiatives has become a central research topic inengineering education. Peer mentoring models are often utilized in engineering programs toincrease retention.Mentoring describes a relationship between a more experienced and a less experiencedindividual. Typically the more experienced person, called the mentor, guides the lessexperienced mentee through a new professional or academic environment. 4 Mentoring

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Cesar A Aceros; Brandeis H Marshall, Purdue University; Eric T. Matson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computing & Information Technology

. Computational Thinking encompasses aunique combination of reasoning processes and problem solving skills that involve the problemformulation by means of abstraction and decomposition transforming it into one students’ mayknow how to solve. An important outcome of a reformulated project is an appropriaterepresentation—a model—to convey suitable information by means of reduction, embedding,transformation, or simulation 4,14 . From this study we can identify that students’ understanding ofa problem and its potential solution may require a good representation of the problem. However,some students’ representations, when present, were very vague and some others were verysuperficial.The educational implications of this study can be divided into pedagogical

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

could [think of] some sort of wind {spontaneous analogy} pushing it inside the tub which is sort of crushing it, at the end there was just a lot of little crumbs.Figure 2: Sugar cube in vialsIn this discussion the student uses descriptive language to explain erosion as a microscopicprocess (Figure 3). The student demonstrates the ability to interpret perceptual observations andexpresses a top view spatial projection when discussing how the hole in the cup is facing thesand. I: If we were to look at the first stream table…I see this brown thing here, what is this exactly? S: That is the cup that is resting on the ruler, uhm and you pour the water into the cup and there is a dot, a hole in the bottom of the cup

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Herold, University of California, Riverside; Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside; Han-lung Lin, University of California, Riverside ; Robert C. Calfee, University of California, Riverside

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Educational Research and Methods

is a tablet-based tutoring system usedto teach Kirchhoff’s Law. It also interprets a student’s handwritten work and providestutorial feedback in response to errors. The pencast tutorials we consider differ from thesesystems in that pencasts present prerecorded tutorial information, while these systems areinteractive and provide feedback in response to student work.Our work is most similar to research on the use of multimedia for instruction. Lieu12included an interactive multimedia CD as a supplement to the conventional course textbook for an Engineering Graphics course. The contents of this CD helped studentsvisualize graphical concepts covered in the class such as orthogonal projection. The CDpresented concepts using a mixture of animation

Conference Session

Managing Dual-Career Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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Women in Engineering

: My wife is actually farther advanced in her career for a number of reasons...narrowness of field, a tighter-knit technical community, the ability to work full- time while earning her doctorate in a collaborative research project between her university and company. This doesn't remotely bother me, because I have had to work in different types of experiences to determine where I wanted to be and in which type of organization. I have now found it, and in many ways I'm in a more "prestigious" position than she is, even though she earns far more in salary than I do. It's one "us" unit, not two "me" units, and that works great for us. Panelist E Spouse: My  For the most part, we are at the same level, however the difference is

Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1963: EDUCATING BROAD THINKERS: A QUANTITATIVE ANAL-YSIS OF CURRICULAR AND PEDAGOGICAL TECHNIQUES USED TOPROMOTE INTERDISCIPLINARY SKILLSDavid B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park David Knight is a PhD candidate in the Higher Education Program at Pennsylvania State University and is a graduate research assistant on two NSF-funded engineering education projects. His research interests include STEM education, interdisciplinary teaching and research, organizational issues in higher education, and leadership and administration in higher education. Email: dbk144@psu.edu Page 22.519.1

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

affirmingtransaction beliefs sets a high benchmark for engineering undergraduates. The success ofinterventions to boost metacognitive processing22 and critical thinking24 indicate that facilitatingand supporting deliberate growth in these factors is a viable possibility for curricular change thatwould yield positive benefits. Overall these and related findings provide support for ongoinginitiatives to include more design projects, problem-based learning, cooperative education (co-op) experiences, and professional internships in engineering programs in order to continue todevelop students‟ abilities to analyze, interpret, critique, and respond personally to information,particularly in the context of ambiguity and the ill-defined problems that

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Leah Rineck; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ethan V Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Mathematics

-chair of UWM’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders for 2 years since its inception in 2007 and continues to help design and implement water distri- bution projects in Guatemala. Marissa Jablonski was a 2008 recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, the 2008 Wisconsin Water Association Scholarship, and the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 UWM Chancellor’s Graduate Student Awards. Marissa is a member of ASEE and EWB. She received her BS degree in Natural Resources and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2003, her MS degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering from UWM in 2009 and will receive her PhD in Civil/Environmental Engineering from UWM in 2013.Ethan Munson

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baba Abdul, Washington State University; Edgar A. O'Rear, University of Oklahoma; Gary Robert Brown, Washington State University, Office of Assessment and Innovation; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 22.675.7Fig. 1. The DLM base unit and the shell & tube plug -in cartridge used in this study areshown side by side in this picture.In this work the venturi, orifice, double pipe and shell and tube heat exchanger cartridges wereused for the learning activities.Fluid mechanics DVD: Homsy’s fluid mechanics DVD was employed as a study aid forvisualizing some fluid dynamic phenomena. Students were encouraged to get a personal copyand the videos were also projected onto the screen during class.Other apparatus: Other apparatus like the injection pump (used to demonstrate mass flowmeasurements), squirt guns (used to demonstrate inertial force exerted on an obstacle by amoving fluid) were used to enhance learning.Concept inventories: Concept

Conference Session

Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Bárbara M. Brizuela, Tufts University, Education Department

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

divided about students’ ability to engagein planning while they are designing. A number of studies 9, 11, 17 show that students do notspontaneously engage in planning when designing and that their plans do not have a strongresemblance to their final construction. Alternatively, there have been findings that youngstudents can make drawings that resemble their final creation 18 and that planning via drawingemerges as students progress through primary/elementary schooling 10, 16. Within technologyeducation, the research projects were all conducted within classroom settings; therefore, theyinclude a number of confounding variables (peers, classroom atmosphere, teacher’sunderstanding of design, curricula, access to materials) that make it difficult to

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Graduate Studies

. Page 22.248.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessment Based on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Mysore Narayanan, Miami University, Ohio.Abstract Scholars in the area of cognitive science and educational psychology agree that‘assessment’ as ‘learning’ should not be treated like a third-party research project orsome administrator’s questionnaire. Assessment must be actually viewed as acommunity effort or nothing. Assessment must be driven by a faculty's owncommitment to reflect, react, innovate and improve. Educators have also recognized thatit is very important that instructors make a strong effort to teach to the

Conference Session

Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Green’s research interests include entrepreneurship education and the psychology of entrepreneurship. Prior to Mtech, he provided business development and product management to WaveCrest Laboratories (acquired by Magna Interna- tional, NYSE: MGA), an innovative start-up in next-generation electric and hybrid-electric propulsion and drive systems. At Cyveillance (acquired by QinetiQ, LSE: QQ.L), he served in operations, client service, and product development roles for this software start-up and world leader in cyber intelligence and intelligence-led security. While at Booz Allen Hamilton, he provided technical and programmatic direction to the DARPA Special Projects Office (SPO), Army Research Lab (ARL), Defense

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Jason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University; Faith A. Morrison, Michigan Technological University; Maria Fernanda Tafur; Aytug Gencoglu, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

use COMSOL Multiphysics® to developmodules to help students connect high-level mass, momentum, and energy balances withthe underlying physical phenomenon at the continuum scale. These modules are part of alarger project of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) that enable students toexperiment to deduce cause / effect in a demonstration tool. We focus on microfluidicsand fuel cells because few examples exist in the chemical engineering literature in thisarea. These modules were implemented in chemical engineering in a special microdevicecourse for undergraduate upper-classmen and beginning graduate students, a senior levelelective course on Computational Methods, and a junior-level transport / unit operationscourse.Introduction and Motivation

Conference Session

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

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

reinforcement or linksbetween the classes, while the other fifteen students noted a positive affect. One student wrote,“By studying similar topics, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of the assigned topics.”Another added, “ I loved the content overlap between InterEngr 102 and EPD 155. I was able todo two projects on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which I found very interesting. I would definitelyrecommend FIG to anyone interested in engineering. ” And finally this comment, “I had a goodbackground on energy coming into102 class because of the EPD 155 class.”ConclusionIn conclusion, the goal of creating transformative class as defined by Engel (5) was successful.The required reflections, the class discussions, and the weekly emails to the

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Christine A. Victorino, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Unny Menon, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Marilyn Tseng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Tyler Scott Smith

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Educational Research and Methods

of online textbooks affect student learning outcomes?  We examined these questions by implementing online textbooks in three undergraduateengineering courses: IME 421 Manufacturing Organizations, ME 302 Introduction toThermodynamics, and ME 422 Mechanical Controls. The following are course descriptionsfrom the university course catalog:IME 421 Manufacturing Organizations (3 units)Theory and principles for manufacturing organizations. Competitive advantage. Strategicplanning and operations management for organizations and teams in a rapidly changingenvironment. Engineering management concepts and practices. Team-based projects and cases.ME 302 Introduction to Thermodynamics (3 units)Properties of working fluids and fundamental

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Moira M. Walsh, Independent Scholar

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Engineering Ethics

to bemeasurable, even if they do not project to actual ethical practice on the part of the students. Forexample, students are required to write the six fundamental canons of the NSPE Code of Ethicson the midterm from memory. The performance criterion is to correctly scribe the six canonsalthough mistakes are allowed if they don’t change the meaning of the canon. The evaluation ofa case study is part of a paper assignment. The performance criterion is to identify correctly allof the ethical infractions described in the paper by comparison with the NSPE code. In the samepaper they are asked to describe a strategy for dealing with the infractions if they were to assumeto role of the supervisor of the perpetrator. Questions on the midterm probe

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering