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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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Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of St. Thomas; Adam S Green, University of St. Thomas; Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Marty Johnston, University of St. Thomas; Paul R Ohmann, University of St. Thomas (MN)

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Association ofPhysics Teacher’s “Statement on Computational Physics” says, “Computational physics hasbecome a third way of doing physics and complements traditional modes of theoretical andexperimental physics.” 1 Computation should be an important component in the physicsundergraduate curriculum, and ideally it should merge seamlessly with the rest of the curriculum.Throughout the past 15 years, the University of St. Thomas physics department has beenimplementing an integrated physics curriculum where students gain the theoretical, experimental,computational, and communication skills they will need to succeed in their careers. Thecomputational work in our department began with an NSF-sponsored effort (DUE-0311432) todevelop computational modules in

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A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isolde Adriana Parker, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Seetha Veeraghanta, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 23.478.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Embedding Information Literacy within Undergraduate Research Page 23.478.2 Embedding Information Literacy within Undergraduate ResearchIntroductionEngineering curricula have witnessed an expansion of its subject areas to include an appreciation of“realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,manufacturability, and sustainability” (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), 2011-2012) [1]. More than half of eleven ABET student outcomes focus on students’abilities to view engineering within a broader

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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Dirk Ifenthaler, University of Freiburg; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

with different mental models prepare themselves to learn how to learn in an increasingly wired, interconnected and culturally diverse world. In this paper, we describe the salient features of AME5740 Designing for Open Innovation and our initial findings from the study. 1 Frame of reference With increasing globalization and 21st century trends such as the commoditization of technology, individuals are required to continuously refresh and adapt their competencies and keep their knowledge current. It is well documented that the changing environment and the diverse learning needs of individuals demand a change in the existing paradigm of engineering education. What is needed is a more flexible, learner-centric paradigm

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Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Corinne Johnson Rutzke, Corinne Rutzke

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Page 23.481.21.0 IntroductionIn the last couple of years, significant effort has been devoted at the University of MarylandEastern Shore (UMES) to develop a broad-based multidisciplinary framework encompassing theSTEAM disciplines to promote education and research in bio-energy and bio-products.Significant support from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through theAgriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) and 1890 Capacity Building Programs (CBG)have not only helped initiate and sustain the efforts but also have set the stage for involving 1890land grant colleges such as to play a positive role in realizing the vision outlined in the 2012National Bio-economy Blueprint of President Obama [1]. Today's television commercials

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Building BIM into Construction Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyunjoo Kim, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Construction

project, thus forming a reliable basis fordecisions to be made during its life-cycle, from inception and onward1. Thus, this paperintends to focus on how to make use of the digital representation of informationdeveloped and associated with all the building components in the school curriculum. As the construction industry is adapting the BIM technology, computerized dataare becoming more and more available. However, in most cases, these data might not beproperly utilized. Several reasons exist: (1) complexity of the data analysis process issometimes beyond the simple applications; and (2) there was no well-defined dataanalysis procedure to extract, analyze the data and summarize the results so that the sitemanagers could use it. This paper

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Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ona Egbue, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla MO; Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ean-Harn Ng, Oregon State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

minority,in the engineering education pipeline.In addition to fostering the students’ interests in STEM fields, this paper uses Bloom’sTaxonomy to assess the knowledge and comprehension levels of the participants of theworkshop. More specifically, the main objectives of this study are 1. To evaluate the students’ knowledge and perceptions related to electric vehicles. 2. To translate graduate research in clear and simple terms to the participants and assess their learning during the workshop.The design of this study centers on the cognitive domain of bloom’s taxonomy, specifically,focusing on the knowledge and comprehension levels. The educational material was deliveredthrough lecture, and a demonstration of the working of the battery

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and equipment. They expand onthe case study concept by including skills-based problems that can be used in place of traditionalhomework problems but written in the context of the real-world environment, as well asadditional design problems based on design methods and actual solutions at real facilities.Accompanying supplementary and background information promotes increased inquiry-based orstudent-centered learning, better addresses student real world expectations, and leads to anincrease in overall student engagement. A Phase 1 grant allowed for the development andrepeated formative assessment of a single scenario, leading to the current Phase 2 grant. At thisstage of the grant, assessment is being conducted in thermodynamics classes at

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POTPOURRI

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Computing & Information Technology

. To begin, we discuss the structure of the course, the challenges that emerged, andthe development approaches that were employed. We conclude with the results of twoanonymous surveys on engagement; the first was given to students who participated in the class,while the second was sent to the general computing population of the university.BackgroundMilgram describes mixed reality environments as a spectrum, with the physical world at oneextreme and purely virtual environments at the other [1]. In purely virtual environments, most(if not all) aspects of the user experience are synthesized. However, because virtual objects areembedded within the physical world, AR lies between these two extremes. Its strong ties to thephysical world naturally

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Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Golder, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Deanna Gail Levis, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Darlene B Webb, British Columbia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the event successful, the following seven steps need to be taken: (1) finding thesponsors, (2) marketing the competition, (3) registering the students, (4) planning the twoevents, (5) preparing refreshments and gifts, (6) voting for audience choice prizes, and (7)updating after the event.1. Finding SponsorsFinding sponsors is the most important and probably most challenging task, particularly in thefirst year or two. We find most sponsors by canvassing engineering companies, book publishers,and engineering departments at the institute. Page 23.486.22. Marketing the Competition

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Teresa Napoli, UC Santa Barbara; Arica Lubin, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California, Santa Barbara; Liu-Yen Kramer, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California Santa Barbara; Jens-Uwe Kuhn, Santa Barbara City College; Nicholas Arnold, Santa Barbara City College; Ofelia Aguirre, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships; Megan T. Valentine, University of California, Santa Barbara

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and economic competitiveness [1-4]. However, while the overall number ofdegrees awarded by four-year institutions in the U.S. has increased, the percentage of bachelor’sdegrees in STEM fields has fallen to a low of 18% in 2009, from its peak of 24% in 1985 [1]. Infact, in 2008/09, bachelor's degrees in Engineering and Engineering Technologies accountedonly for 5% of the 1.6 million total degrees awarded [5,6], much lower than in other countries,such as France (12%) or Germany (17 %) [5,6]. At the same time, a number of recent nationalreports, including the 2007 report ‘Rising above the gathering storm’, by the National Academyof Sciences [7], emphasize the critical need to engage underrepresented populations in STEM.Yet, participation and

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Renée S DeGraaf M.A., Lansing Community College; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College; Ruth Heckman, Lansing Community College; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff P.E., Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

is a not a traditional conference paper. In this report we describe the progress of anNSF-funded Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program(STEP) project. The report is based on our STEP Third Year Review report. The broad processtimeline for a STEP project typically includes a lifetime of five years, with a milestone duringthe third year of operation that is an NSF checkpoint. This Third Year Review is centrallyimportant to every STEP project that is a standard Type 1 project; the data conveyed to NSFdetermines whether or not the fourth and fifth year of the project will be funded by NSF.The complete title of our STEP project is “EEES: Engaging Early Engineering Students toExpand Numbers of Degree Recipients

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Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

notions of power.Following that is a two-part literature review on: 1) work-family balance and related policies, Page 23.489.2and 2) engagement with Foucault in engineering education literature. After a description of ourmethods, we present our findings, identifying ways in which further engagement with Foucault’sscholarship can help engineering educators and administrators better understand both thechallenges faced by female engineering faculty and persistent underrepresentation of femalefaculty. Specifically, we identify the following topics that would benefit from furtherengagement with notions of power: 1) internalization of social norms

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Christi McGeorge, North Dakota State University ; Cali L. Anicha, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

institutional transformationinvolves multiple interventions which take into account (1) the effects of institutional policiesand practices; (2) campus climate, reflecting attitudes and behaviors that diminish women’sadvancement; and (3) knowledge and skills for success in teaching, research, and leadership.Because men are recognized as vital partners in achieving institutional transformation forgender equity, the ADVANCE FORWARD project deliberately cultivates alliances with menfaculty and administrators. The Campus Climate component of the project focuses upon the institutional andindividual responsibilities for working toward a gender diverse faculty and a supportive,inclusive, collegial environment, and tying institutional rewards to success

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Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

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Construction

. Page 23.491.7The museum saved in excess of $5000 for the project. They had been quoted a cost of $6000 fora new sign. Materials for the sign cost around $600 and concrete paint and grout was around$100. The board of the museum was very pleased with the final projects.Lessons learnedThe use of volunteer labor through student engagement has many benefits that students willhopefully carry with them through their professional careers. 1. Developing practical solutions at the most economical and beneficial use of the client. Non-profits and public sector entities have constrained budgets that must maximize their financial inputs. There is no ability to expand the budget. The project will be used by many for an extended period of

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Supporting Diversity in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chung Hyuk Park, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

results from the camps, we discuss the basiccurriculum for the camp and resulting game challenges that are used to engage the studentswhile proving a means to evaluate their learned robotic programming skills.Robotic Platform and Accessible DeviceIn order to provide an intriguing and user-friendly robotic platform, the LEGO MindstormTMwas selected for use in the camp (Figure 1). The robots for this session were pre-built for thestudents to provide identical hardware platform for all participants. The robots werecomposed of one LEGO Brick computing block, two motors with wheels and built-inencoders for odometry calculation, two touch sensors to detect user input and bumpingincident, one light sensor to detect a goal on the floor, and one

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"Best" of BED

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael J Rust, Western New England University; Andrew Wellesley Browne, Harvard Medical School, University of Southern California

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Biomedical

in thearea of Lab on a Chip. Additionally, student responses recorded at various time pointsthroughout the course identified research skills that were developed as a result of the project.IntroductionRecently, there has been significant interest in the enhancement of research skills forundergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) students. Such research skills are critical forstudents wishing to pursue graduate studies, academic careers, or industrial employment inresearch and development (R&D) positions.1 However, there are limited opportunities forresearch in undergraduate BME programs, and many of these experiences are extracurricular innature or are only available to a small percentage of students.2 For example, students maycomplete

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xia Wang, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Michael A Latcha, Oakland University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

1  the National Science Foundation a three year grant to engage US engineering students in fuel cellresearch at a foreign site in China. The program started on Oct 1, 2009. The objective of theproposed IRES site is to annually provide five U.S. engineering students (four undergraduatesand one graduate) with the unique opportunity to work on fuel cell collaborative researchbetween OU and BJTU in Beijing, China. In the past three summers, a total of 17 students (6females) have taken part in the IRES program. These students stayed in BJTU for 8 weeks andworked on 7 different projects related to fuel cells. An international advising team includingboth US and China faculty advisors worked closely with each student for the duration of theprogram

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

focused onleadership skills) to train new Engineering Ambassadors as well as to share best practicessuch as examples of demonstrations to accompany the talks for improving all theprograms. The expansion to four institutions resulted in a network that deepened thedevelopment training for all the Ambassadors and strengthened each school’s outreachefforts.Figure 1: Scenes from Engineering Ambassador events: Danielle DaSilva presenting ina high school chemistry class; Keri Wolfe addressing prospective engineering studentsand parents; and Danielle DaSilva coaching new Engineering Ambassadors from WPI:Emily Miner and Hannah McCallum.Phase II: A Workshop for Initiating an Engineering Ambassador National Network Between 2010-12, numerous faculty

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lynn S. McElholm, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sonya M Renfro, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

formation of the Engineering Ambassador Network.Four more specific papers are connected with this paper and provide analysis about otherspecific aspects of the Network. One such paper provides an overview of the program,1 asecond paper focuses on the outreach done by Engineering Ambassadors,2 a third paperfocuses on the leadership development of the Engineering Ambassadors,3 and the fourthassesses the effectiveness of a national conference that trained ambassadors for seventeenadditional pilot Engineering Ambassador programs at schools across the United States.4IntroductionThe Engineering Ambassador Program helps undergraduate engineering students developimportant professional skills, such as communication and leadership. Recognizing the need for

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashlea Noelle Krupa, Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Johanna Gretchen Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

students associated the term engineer onlywith someone who drives a train.1 The lack of knowledge about engineering among America’syouth creates a serious concern. Problems our nation currently faces and will face in the futurewill need engineers. Therefore, if not enough future students become engineers, we will face ashortage. To combat this shortage, many institutions across the nation have formed engineeringoutreach programs. One such program is the Engineering Ambassador Network, which was formed byPennsylvania State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Connecticut,and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The Engineering Ambassador Network is a professionaldevelopment organization with an outreach mission

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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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Catherine Talbot; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

fundamentals of visual communication.1 Ample evidence shows thatgraduate engineers lack the required standard of communication skills needed in industry.From an ASME survey of more than 1000 engineers and managers working in industry,only 9 percent considered the communication skills of recent mechanical engineeringgraduates to be strong.2 Opportunities certainly exist to gain communication, leadership,and teamwork skills in the classroom; however, these experiences are limited. Althoughmany graduates felt they had gained analytical and problem-solving skills as well assubject-specific knowledge, they felt their engineering degrees did not provide them withstrong oral communication skills and management skills. These students noted theimportance of

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Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johanna Gretchen Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ASEE’s Board of Directors, and was ASEE President in 2010-2011. Page 23.499.1Dr. Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Engineering Ambassador Network: Professional Development Programs with an Outreach FocusIntroduction Among middle and high school students and teachers, many misconceptions existregarding the profession of engineering. According to a study done by the National Academy ofEngineers,1 the majority of students in

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Raymond Edward Boyles, Technology and Engineering Education

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

advancing to thepresent, historical research will uncover the terms and distinctions necessary to establish both anunderstanding and a synthesis of how these current fields have emerged. Chronological eventscan be linked to provide the foundations of engineering education, technology education, andengineering & technology education.1. IntroductionThere is confusion today to define concepts or activities related to the terms “technology” and“engineering”. Society tends to confuse the term technology with science, when technology isconcerned with “what can or should be through modification of the natural world, and science isvery concerned with what is (exist) in the natural world. Also, public opinion inclines to relatethe term technology with

Conference Session

Starting Them Early

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, right?” Page 23.501.3 “We don't talk about engineering concepts but more fundamental things like ideas of convection and temperature.”Parents primarily reported helping their children learn about engineering throughinformal based discussions (spontaneous conversations, queries from children) andinteractions with media (books, computers, television, and toys). In addition, hands-onactivities, outreach opportunities and educational materials were mentioned (see Table 1).Table 1. Parental practices to introduce “engineering”.Informal Discussions § Work Visits Take kid to work/lab which generates questions to parents about

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

University to assessthe impact of the Collaborative Engineering Program on its cohort of students.1.1 Research QuestionsThe long-term goal of this research is to improve understanding of how students become proficient atinterdisciplinary design for the purpose of creating better curricula to develop graduates with those skills.To facilitate this goal, the primary research method used was to observe engineering students from boththe Collaborative Engineering Program and not in the program working on interdisciplinary design teamson an engineering design activity. It uses a mixed-methods approach to address two main objectives,interdisciplinary collaboration and engineering design, by addressing two high level research questions.Research Question 1

Conference Session

K-5 Teacher Transformation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design process do the teachersaddress in their responses to a design process knowledge task? How does previous professionaldevelopment and engineering teaching experience affect teachers’ knowledge of the engineeringdesign process?Fifty-nine in-service elementary teachers from second, third, and fourth grade classrooms in anurban school district attended a week-long workshop on how to incorporate engineering,technology, and design into their classrooms. Twenty-three of these teachers had attended asimilar workshop the summer before (Cohort 1), and they also taught at least one unit and up tofour units of the “Engineering is Elementary” curriculum during the school year. The other 36teachers (Cohort 2) had not received any training, nor did they

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

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Community Engagement Division

where they provide asupportive foundation for the students above them.The authors hypothesize that this supportive structure lends itself ideally to faculty mentorship ofengineering design-and-build projects; for example capstone senior design projects. In well-managed student projects, faculty members do none of the actual design or construction work.Instead, they mentor a team of students toward successful completion of the challenge.To evaluate the impact of a servant-leadership teaching pedagogy in an engineering setting, aninterdisciplinary faculty collaboration was implemented that combined three components: 1) acurriculum-integrated design-and-build project; 2) an industrial engineering project managementcourse; and 3) sponsored service

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; Karen L Roberts, Upward Consulting; Tom C. Roberts P.E., FASEE, FNSPE, Kansas State University; Gary A. Clark, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

results in a 2:1 fiscal benefit to cost ratio.8 Eighty percent of all science and technology-based occupations in the state stem from engineering and information technology fields.4 TheNational Academies report that as much as 85 percent of measured growth in income per capitain the United States is due to technological advancements made by engineers.9In response to this need, the State of Kansas passed the University Engineering Initiative Act(UEIA) in 2011.7 The purpose of the act was to provide funding with required matching newfunds from the institution for recruitment, retention, infrastructure, and faculty needed to createand support an increase in engineering students. State universities in Kansas committed toincrease the number of

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mickey R. Wilhelm P.E., University of Louisville

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Engineering and Public Policy

Commerce is worried about whether we’re producing enoughSTEM graduates from our colleges and universities.” American companies are quite Page 23.506.2concerned about impending shortages of workers to fill science, technology, engineering  1 and mathematics jobs in the future. Shortages of workers trained in these fields couldlogically impede the growth of technology, lower competitiveness with otherindustrialized nations, and thereby exacerbate the decline of the U. S. economy.Likely, all engineering educators who are at all interested in policy matters have read thatChina and India are producing from 5 to 10 times

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan C Pollock, Purdue University

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College Industry Partnerships

methodology used is that of single case studyresearch, and the author of this paper is also the case study. For the sake of readability, the paperis written in third person.Yin’s [1] definition of case study research establishes it as an “all encompassing” method, which Page 23.507.2converges the logic of design, data collection techniques, and specific approaches to dataanalysis. Thus, the case study is not limited to being a data collection tactic alone or even adesign feature alone [1, 2]. A case study is an in-depth exploration of a contemporaryphenomenon, in this paper – a single case study of a Doctoral Candidate in EngineeringEducation