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Mentoring Minority Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patricia Ordóñez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras ; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC); Miguel Alfonso Nino, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Minorities in Engineering

reportedsuccess using e-mentoring where senior students were asked to leave voice messages forincoming first year students for their online introduction to nursing course. Although there wereno empirical results, the student mentees in the study responded favorably to the e-mentoring.7The definition of peer mentoring above describes a hierarchical relationship that is similar to thementoring relationship between a faculty mentor and his/her advisee, with one obviousexception. The major difference is that student peer mentors have a more equal relationshipbecause the future career success of the mentee is not in the hands of the mentor. Nevertheless,in a study where 54 medical professionals involved in faculty peer mentoring were interviewed,it was

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Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

more engineers into public office to encouraging engineers who aresuccessful in their technical careers to aspire to leadership in national organizations (such asASEE). The problem remains, however, that engineers in general may feel less prepared topursue leadership advancement because of their lack of confidence in their leadershipcommunication skills.Recognizing that communication plays a central role in leadership, faculty and staff at Rose-Hulman have made communication a focus for the Leadership Advancement Program events thatare planned each year. In particular, we are using the notion of “difficult conversations” as away to emphasize the importance of communication in effective leadership.“Difficult Conversations” Approach to

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State University; Cara J Poor P.E., Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

designing water and wastewater treatment facilities in central California. He was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2011. Dr. Brown’s research focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding why some engineering concepts are harder to learn than others, and how the concepts are embedded in contexts.Dr. Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State UniversityDr. Cara J Poor P.E., Washington State University Dr. Poor has been teaching many of the integral undergraduate civil engineering courses at Washington State University for the last six years, including seven mechanics of materials courses. She received the departments’ Outstanding Teaching Award in 2010 and Outstanding Advising Award in 2012. Dr. Poor is a licensed

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First Year Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Truc T. Ngo, University of San Diego; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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Educational Research and Methods

objective measures of student abilities, some research has assessedhow student attitudes or motivations affect their pursuit of engineering degrees. Besterfield-Sacre et al.3,4,5 developed the Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitude Survey (PFEAS) tocapture the attitudes of students towards engineering, and then used the results of the survey toexplain persistence among their students. The 50-item Likert questionnaire was used todistinguish how a student felt about 13 factors influencing attitudes to engineering includingacademic confidence, career prospects, family influence, and the impact of the profession onsociety. Along with measures of high school academic performance, these attitudes wereinitially used to explain some of the differences

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

Arab Institute for Statistics, a position that enabled him to lecture in a number Arab countries. Sabah has over 25 years of experience in higher education including more than 15 years in education management across different parts of the world. Concentration in the last 15 years was on development of career, Art & Science, technology and engineering programs. Leading positions in educational institutions including chair of department, acting Dean, university board member, University assessment committee member, consultant and team leader. A unique experience in coordination between educational institution and in- dustrial partners to build new paradigm in education through an NSF sponsored program. He is Lawrence

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"Best" of BED

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; Hamid Shahrestani, Florida International University, BME; Michael Edward Brown, Florida International University; James Dennis Byrne, Florida International University

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Biomedical

Engineering and Medical Instrumentation. He has mentored many senior design teams in association with other FIU faculty or FIU’s industry partners since 2006. Page 23.370.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Delivery and Assessment of the Biomedical Engineering Capstone Senior Design Experience Page 23.370.2AbstractThe capstone design course is the most important experience engineering students have duringtheir undergraduate academic careers. The capstone design sequence at Florida

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Preparation of Professional Engineers Outside of the USA. What are the Education, Experience, and Exam Requirements?

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Albert T. Yeung, University of Hong Kong

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Civil Engineering

disciplines and are available athttp://www.hkie.org.hk/eng/html/gradschemea/modeltrainingguide.asp. They are guidelines andtraining organizations are encouraged to design training opportunities to meet the specific needsof the organization as well as the future full professional career expectations of the candidate.The HKIE has adopted its Scheme A as a training objective system whereby candidates areassessed according to the set objectives. The Objective Record is a useful indication of whatcandidates are expected to demonstrate. They are in three parts: (i) common core – the objectivesthat candidates of all disciplines must meet; (ii) core – the objectives that all candidates of adiscipline must meet; and (iii) specific – the objectives set by the

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Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University; Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

and shared their experience in publications. One approach is to use advancedtechnology to enhance the effectiveness of learning, such as multimedia and CAD simulations.4-8Another approach is derived from cognitive science, and the knowledge in this course is dividedinto three categories: declarative, procedural, and conditional knowledge.9 We adopted anintegrated approach, which can be effectively applied to learning the knowledge in all these threecategories.II. Conceptual Bridge Page 23.48.2Most students consider Engineering Thermodynamics a very challenging course, whichquenched the passion of many promising students pursuing a career in

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Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srujal Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel P. Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 23.87.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A pedagogical model to educate tomorrow’s engineers through a cloud-based Design and Manufacturing InfrastructureMotivationEncouraging high school students to pursue a career in Engineering is crucial in building a strongfoundation for a successful future of any nation. The United States is ranked 27th (out of 29) forthe rate of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) bachelor’s degreesawarded in developed countries - 6% of U.S. undergraduates major in engineering comparedwith 12% in Europe, 20% in Singapore, and 40% in China1. In order to increase the number ofengineering graduates, it is important to encourage

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Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Gloria A. Murphy, NASA; Lisa D. May, NASA Headquarters

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Systems Engineering

NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, architecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Ms Guerra also spent 3 years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for future high-energy astrophysics mis- sions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope. She began her career at the Johnson Space Center working for Eagle Engineering and SAIC, focused on conceptual design of advanced spacecraft for human missions to the Moon and Mars. Ms. Guerra earned a B.S in Aerospace Engineering and

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Engineering and Public Policy II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ida B Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dennis R. Depew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Jane Dark, Purdue University; Rylan C. Chong, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy

engineering careers because of the expectationthat they would be able to help people, during their studies they find a lack of opportunities to doso 10, 11. These students are assumed to be searching for ways to use technical material tocontribute positively to society. This opportunity to benefit society is one of the main attractionsfor students, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, to biomedical, environmental-ecological, and agricultural-biological engineering disciplines12; it is especially noteworthy thatthese engineering disciplines also have the largest ethnic and gender diversity in enrollments.Engineering/technology and public policy could serve as a method to maintain these students’interest in engineering because of its socially

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Faculty and Course Evolution: Teaching With Technology, Online Delivery, and Addressing Emerging Student & Industry Needs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems

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Continuing Professional Development

”. Nothing was asked in return, because each had given far more thanmost to the program, and to each other. Now these leaders have the challenge to go forthand create great strides; should they choose to pursue this journey as they forge theirfuture careers. Page 23.1406.8Page | 7 Selections by "The Bottom 3" Diversity "The Bottom 3" Group Counts! Leadership # of # in # % # % % Women Training Applicants Selected Selected Selected Selected Women & Program Group

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Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

that considers the intellectual,social, cultural, and professional development needs of students and young professionals,and the need for taking little steps—one person at a time—that may make a bigdifference in student’s performance and attitudes towards learning. It is argued that suchan approach to mentoring will help encourage more underrepresented groups, such aswomen and minorities, to pursue careers in engineering. The paper, also, describes someattributes of mentoring and suggests how a faculty member might become a good mentorto students.I. IntroductionMentoring is not a new concept. Many of us have benefited from a trusted mentor.Perhaps we called them a friend, family member, or an advisor, whose opinions andexperiences we trusted

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Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liesl Hotaling, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg; Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Rustam Stolkin; Peiyi Lin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(particularly environmental science),technology (pre-engineering and computing) and mathematics, all tied in a holistic way withinthe overarching theme of water quality. The project goals are to:  To develop a sensor technologies curriculum for the high school classroom.  To use environmental sensors to teach technology, engineering, mathematics, science, Page 23.1107.2 and critical workforce skills.  To encourage learners to look at a local problem and local data with a global perspective.  To promote awareness of sensor network-related careers and opportunities among high school teachers, students and guidance

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W Villachica, Boise State University; Anthony Wayne Marker, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Linda Huglin; Amy Chegash, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

shared Department Chairs Boards Transfer & IP Giving concern and engineering Career Services practice that wants to Professional Organizations & Collections of Engineers Senior Design decrease ramp up time to

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Undergraduate Student Issues II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Sharon Lourens, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Port Elizabeth South Africa

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Women in Engineering

addition to responding to the input of the various stakeholders.2.1 Existing WELA programmme Page 23.1180.3At the time of writing this article, WELA had been in existence for two years (2011-2012). TheWELA junior programme was offered in 2011 and the WELA senior programme was presentedfor the first time in 2012. At the end of 2012, it was decided to combine the junior and seniorprograms into one programme, namely, the WELA LDP.The existing WELA co-curricular interventions and workshops were designed in partnershipwith the Student Counseling and Career Development Centre (SCCDC). The underlying premiseof the co-curricular interventions and workshops

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Mott P.E., University of Dayton; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

canalso be used by others to illustrate the content of the entire field of manufacturing and to helpdecide what parts of the manufacturing field are appropriate for inclusion in any givencurriculum. It is well known that graduates from many different types of academic programs findproductive careers in the manufacturing engineering function of product-producing industries.All should have at least an awareness-level comprehension of the entire field.Types of Programs Illustrated in this paperThe process of mapping curricula into the Four Pillars model is illustrated with four differenttypes of academic programs: 1. Four-year bachelor degree in manufacturing engineering (Figure 2) 2. Four-year bachelor degree in manufacturing engineering

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Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 23.1265.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Transfer Experience for Upper Division Engineering and Computer Science StudentsAbstractSince 2002 an academic scholarship success and professional development program has beenheld at Arizona State University for transfer and non-transfer students supported by NationalScience Foundation CSEM and S-STEM grants for scholars in engineering and

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simulation, measurement and modeling, 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

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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifang Shih, Excelsior College; Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus

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Electrical and Computer

Association (AERA), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), WebMedia, and WebNet, etc.Dr. Jane LeClair, Excelsior College Dr. LeClair is currently the Dean of the School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College in Albany, New York. Dr. LeClair, whose career in the nuclear industry has spanned two decades, has worked in various management positions for Constellation Energy. A past Chair of the ANS ETWD division, she received the ANS Training Excellence Award and is the current and past chair of the ANS Conference on Nuclear Training and Education. She is a past ASEE Regional Chair and chaired the ASEE regional conference in 2011. She also is the President of ALC Consulting and has been extensively

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A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

WorkWhile the value of a professional portfolio in other fields has been realized for some time,in engineering education, the benefits of a portfolio have only been recently recognized.It is known that the process of creating a portfolio encourages students to select, reflecton, and showcase best practice examples of their own work; as a complete product, theportfolio serves to display project experience with potential employers and colleagues,while they initiate their professional career.2 As such, the process of portfolio creationfosters effective educational practices of reflective judgment as advocated by King andKitchener4 and self-authorship recommended by Baxter Magolda.5 The possibility ofteaching and assessing ABET professional skills, and

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Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin R Campbell, Robert Morris University; A. Clayton Pozzi

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Biomedical

advanced education opportunities to encourage gifted students to pursue careers in science.A. Clayton Pozzi Page 23.1376.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Work in Progress: Adapting Inexpensive Game Technology to Teach Principles of Neural Interface Technology and Device ControlAbstract An inexpensive commercially available game that detects the brain’s beta wave activityto control game function was analyzed by biomedical engineering students to teach principles ofelectrical engineering, device control and neural interface technology. Students disassembled

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Zahorian, Binghamton University; Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Kyle J. Temkin, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

hopefully lead to a satisfying andrewarding career. However, likely the most important overall recommendation from thisstudy (as well as others), is that the actions mentioned above should be taken well beforestudents enter a university, in visits to local high schools and/or middle and grammar schools.It seems likely students have a general idea of what career paths are important for society andhave good job prospects, long before entering college.Bibliography1. Moland, K. J. (2011, March). Decline of US student enrollm ent in comput er s cience programs. In Southeastcon, 2011 Proceedings of IEEE (pp. 297-299). IEEE.2. Rampelli, D., Gieskes, K., Fellows, S., Santos, D., Shastry, S.K. “ Continuous Process Improvem ent: A Cas e of the

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; John P Henry, Sustainable Learning Systems; S. Keith Hargrove, Tennessee State University; Talbot Bielefeldt, International Society for Technology in Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

students understand thatKWS is a simplified, specific instance of a general problem-solving framework that they willneed to use throughout their careers in addressing novel challenges.Minor interface adjustments might make KWS and chat more accessible and integrated, or theinstructors might need to do some modeling of collaborative problem solving. For example, chatis currently designed to be launched through onscreen menu. A “You Got a Message” type ofnote will pop up on the top right corner of the game GUI whenever a group member initiates chatwith the player. The current design raised a lot of suggestions from the students during their play

Conference Session

Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #7007Indicators of Creative and Entrepreneurial Thinking Among Engineeringand Technology StudentsDr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Director of Assessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. Dr. Purzer is a NAE/CASEE New Faculty Fellow. She is also the recipient of a 2012 NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach innovation. Her expertise is on assessment and mixed-methods research.Mr. Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University

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Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Anthony Grenquist, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

themselves after theygraduate, and as they begin their careers. Authentic learning methodologies are used extensivelyto instruct medical students and law students.3 Engineering education also employs someauthentic learning techniques by requiring students to complete internships or cooperativeeducational placements in industry. Project-based learning is a subset of authentic learning as itapplies to engineering education. A significant amount of engineering education is involved inteaching students the fundamentals of problem solving skills. These problem solving skills arenow predominantly taught through lecture-based instruction and laboratory instruction.Unfortunately, these two methods of teaching problem solving skills are oriented more

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; A. Anil Kumar, Prairie View A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, “Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach,” Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, ISBN: 978-0-13-606023-9.[7] IEEE Computer Society and ACM, “Computer Engineering 2004: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Computer Engineering,” December 2004. http://www.acm.org/education/education/curric_vols/CE-Final-Report.pdf.[8] A. Aravind, “Students recruitment and retention in computer science: panel discussion”, in proceedings of the 16th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE’11), pp. 43-44, May 6-7, 2011, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC.[9] National Center for Education Statistics, Career and technical education in the United States: 1990 to 2005

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Classes in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan PhD, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. As a result of taking this course, you have acquired some familiarity with the prevalent business models within social entrepreneurship, and how it can be a career path. 8. Knowing oneself (strengths, the way one works, and one's values) are critical to the success of engineers in today's economy. 9. Some of the assignments in this course helped you realize the value of these important issues. 10. Very few people work by themselves. Most people work with others, and are effective with others. To be effective working with other people, you need to know their performance modes, their strengths and their values.It should be noted that the course included other activities targeting the other stated outcomes

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina; Lee J. Gatton, Gatton Research and Development; Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services

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Engineering Technology

in 2008 to pursue his interest in developing Socially Assistive Robots.Mrs. Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton is the IT project manager at Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton manages soft- ware implementations of commercial banking systems across the United States. She received her B.S. in Business from the University Of Texas at Dallas in 1977, her associate’s of Engineering Technology from Kansas State University in Salina in 1986, and a master’s of Management in Information Systems from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas in 1998. Gatton’s has built her career in the application of Information Technology to the business world

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey W. Fergus, Auburn University; Shirley A Scott-Harris, Auburn University

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Minorities in Engineering

isolation a young person feels when in a large, unfamiliar city for the first time. As Stromei11noted, providing students with a mentor at both school and work increases the likelihood ofsuccess at both locations and contributes to a smooth transition to the postsecondary environmentand eventually to the workplace.An Academic Resource Library, which includes a collection of books, video tapes, textbooks,software, and periodicals, is available for students’ use during their academic career. The libraryalso accommodates a computer bank of old test files to aid students in preparing for exams.Students often use the resource materials in areas where software programs, tutorials, or learninggroups are deficient. Another facet of the library is the