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Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick Jones, University of Texas, Arlington; Vettrivel Gnaneswaran, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Beatriz Murrieta, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro

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International

consisted of pre- and post- Page 23.163.6surveys, with responses on a 7-point Likert-scale, from 1 - ‘strongly disagree’ to 7 - ‘strongly 5agree’ with a neutral point of 4 - ‘neither agree nor disagree’. The survey consisted of 43 itemscovering five categories: 1) Engineering Skills, 2) Language and Culture Skills, 3) Awareness ofGlobal Issues and Cultural Differences, 4) Future Plans, and 5) Cultural Intelligence. Each ofthese categories maps to one or more of the assessment questions.Engineering Skills maps to assessment questions A and B; the questions in this section focus ofboth the technical and

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Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Harry R. Diz, Gannon University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

threeengineering departments.Even though the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET mandates that engineeringprograms demonstrate that students achieve “(d) ability to function on multidisciplinary teams,”most senior design projects at our institution are discipline specific. Although the ECEdepartment actively promotes interdisciplinary projects and collaboration among students fromits two programs, computer engineering and electrical engineering it is in general challenging forall projects to be interdisciplinary. When planning an interdisciplinary senior design experienceamong three engineering departments, there were significant institutionalized obstacles to beovercome. It was quickly realized that even the timing and structure of the senior

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CEED - Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen P Kelley, Northeastern University; Steven Thomas McGonagle, Northeastern University Gordon Engineering Leadership Program

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

summarize what they have learned from the modulesand make a final presentation the Gordon Leadership team. Upon completion of these requirementsthey earn a Gordon Undergraduate Engineering Leadership certificate.GUEL - Co-op Engineering Leadership ModulesModule #1 Leadership in your Organization – Locate an organizational chart of your companyand or division. Ask your supervisor or a manager to review the chart with you. Elaborate on thefollowing: o Find out where your supervisor fits into the organizational chart. o Who does he/she report to? o How does the organizational chart influence your supervisor’s work and or goals and objectives? o Discuss with your supervisor leaders he/she believes you should meet and develop a plan to

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Potpouri - A Mix

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanics

Points (Weight) (0) (7) (10) Points Not completed, but Analysis correct and useful Everything None completed or completed and Weight: 10% Complete with minor correct errors Not thorough Thorough and Future Plan and/or reasonable None Provided Not reasonable

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Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen J. Horton PE, University of Maine; Amy Fried, University of Maine ; Mary Madden, University of Maine

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Women in Engineering

departments to change underlyingassumptions about how institutional processes impacted people differently based on their gender.The team would need to connect with the whole institution.Formation of the Advancement Initiatives CouncilEight months before the proposal was due, to secure early support for institutional change, theProvost announced the creation of the Advancement Initiatives Council (AIC), an internaladvisory board of faculty and high-level administrative staff in the position of implementingchanges in policies and practices. Whether or not the proposal was funded, this body was tocreate an ongoing and sustainable infrastructure for examining institutional policies and practicesand planning strategies to further gender equity based on

Conference Session

iSTEM

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University; Crystal Tricia Chukwurah, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as an adjoint professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering, Teaching & Learning, and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University where she partners with other universities in NSF-funded research to develop the Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric . She ran an NSF-funded programs such as Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) for nine years. She served as the Associate Dean for Outreach in the Vanderbilt School of Engineering from 2007-2010. She established the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) engineering pathway from K-12 with Race to the Top funding in 2010-2011 and is working with the state of Tennessee on potential adoption plans for the new Next Generation Science

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Computer Hardware and Simulation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

related to hierarchy, outline our students first hands-onexperience with logic circuit design and propagation delay using a CPLD. Our new CPLDstructure and timing document is outlined. Next, our issues regarding the CPLD module andthe CAD software are presented. We present our concerns with having our student's use of theCAD software outside of the class laboratory environment. We close with an outline of ourfuture plans. We will make use of lab sessions in the first two weeks of class for so-called labstartup activities, where our students will have a first hands-on activity with logic circuits andlearn how to use a breadboard. They will also perform the CAD tutorial and learn about ourexpectations for project reports. We will also provide in a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Pimmel, University of Alabama (Emeritus); Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder; Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

describes our implementationplans and the early steps we have taken; and finally it outlines plans for collecting andinterpreting evaluation data.Background and Literature ReviewIn developing the rationale for the use of VCPs in engineering faculty development, we reviewthe literature in five areas: the need for new engineering faculty development efforts, the inherentlimitations of current faculty development approaches, the effectiveness of learning communitiesand communities of practice, the effectiveness of virtual approaches, and the participation ofengineering faculty members.Need for New Engineering Faculty Development Efforts: Many faculty professionaldevelopment efforts rely on the “develop-disseminate model” in which individuals or

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Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

before pursuing the EET degree Transfer from other major Are you working at a part-time job now during the school year? Y or N, __ hrs/week Briefly describe the job you have currently Plans for school beyond BS degree Past jobs where you used your technical degree skills/knowledge: Company/location Briefly describe your job duties - repeat as necessaryFigure 2. Instrument #1 - Student BiographyThe information gathered in this instrument is in words, but numbering scales were assigned, inorder to be able to do a quantitative analysis. The student’s GPA was recorded as a two-digitnumber, with the data ranging from 2.6 to 4.0, on a 4.0 scale. All students in the course hadextensive work histories, but some

Conference Session

K-5 Teacher Transformation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K. Anna Douglas, Purdue University; Daphne Duncan Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, INSPIRE, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

23.474.8year.Quotes from Year 2Brandy: Well, I always want them to put thought into it. I’m a big proponent of you know, “let’splan it first and look at it and then go on.” But actually putting it into those stages of the process,I saw them developing skills that I probably haven’t developed before….Really deeper thinking. Ialways wanted that, that’s my objective, but this- to break it into the parts and to see thesequence and have go into deeper thought after they planned it, and to actually take their planand look at it better or a little deeper than they normally would, and I was doing that, too. Youknow, it cause me to do that, too, and me to question in a different way- Okay, why are you doingthat? Is this going to get you where you want to go

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

to be conducted in order to substantiate the results.Program Goals Moving ForwardEven though Rensselaer’s Engineering Ambassador program aims to promote engineering to anunderrepresented audience, the Ambassador role models currently do not depict the audience weare attempting to attract. Going forward, Rensselaer plans to address this, in addition toincorporating representation from all engineering majors. With these goals in mind, Rensselaer’sAmbassador recruitment efforts have become targeted to help encourage a diverse population ofEngineering Ambassadors. Expanding industry connections will also help to strengthen thesustainability of the program within Rensselaer’s School of Engineering culture and community.The university partnership

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara J Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jennifer Anna Kersten, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Micah S Stohlmann, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Forster D. Ntow, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota & Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

EngineeringEducation, which was designed to meet the growing need for a clear definition of quality K-12engineering education.MethodsThe Framework for Quality K-12 Engineering Education was developed using a design-basedresearch methodology10-12. For the design of the Framework, the researchers planned iterativecycles of revision in order to get a robust and inclusive framework that encompasses the coreideas necessary for a quality engineering education. Here, we first describe the final framework,and then the development process from the initial version based on a modified ABET Criterion3: Student Outcomes a-k4 for K-12 students through to the final version. For each iteration,academic standards from a sample of states were coded by multiple researchers

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl D. Seals, Auburn University; Earl B. Smith, Georgia Southern University

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Computers in Education

learning 4.Our plan was to introduce STARS Computer Clubs into all Auburn City Schools. In the first fiveyears of the project, we focused our activities on Auburn Elementary and Middle Schools and inthe upcoming year plan to incorporate Auburn Junior High and High School to provideenrichment activities to get students excited about education. Auburn University’s department ofComputer Science and Software Engineering started computer clubs in the elementary schools atthe 3rd, 4th and 5th grade levels. We studied students in their usage of computing technologyand found that these experiences have a positive effect of getting students excited about learningto utilize new technology, and excited about demonstrating their understanding of

Conference Session

Starting Them Early

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, Science Museum of Minnesota; Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Magnets, Module, Planned, Pressure, Right in the Angle, Right Length, Stabilize, Stabilizer, Stand on End, Standable, Stronger, Support, Teeter-Totter, Test, Tornado, Unstable, Vertical, Page 23.635.6 Wider, Wiggly . Table 2. Level of association with engineering for vocabulary terms used by dyads Low Moderate High Architecture Balance Design Base Fix

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Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering curriculum.The solid modeling courses provide a unique opportunity to work with many of the corecomponents of the engineering design process much earlier in the curriculum. For instance, thedevelopment of a solid model of a complex part requires identifying criteria (such as necessarydimensions), brainstorming, generating ideas, developing a plan to produce the solid model in anefficient manner, and actually constructing the solid model. Additionally, there can be someiterations in the plan as the designer attempts to develop a creation path and runs into an obstacleand has to revise the plan.Unlike full-scale engineering design, Mathematics and Physics are not obstacles in the designprocess involved with the creation of 3D solid models

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

existence of distance learning technologies,massively open online courses (MOOCs), and financial incentives provided byinstitutions to faculty members, departments and schools that teach or offer entireengineering degree programs on-line.So, what does this mean for the engineering educational system in the U.S. – where arewe headed (Quo Vadis)? The author is convinced that there are huge policy issues thatmust be identified, studied and analyzed in order to develop plans for the future ofengineering education in the U.S. This paper identifies and discusses some of these issuesin an attempt to bring them into sharper focus. IntroductionAccording to a 2011 article in Time magazine1, “everyone from President Obama to theUnited States Chamber of

Conference Session

Trends and Applications in Curricula and the Capstone Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Rhonda K Young, University of Wyoming; Rod E. Turochy, Auburn University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Joshua Swake, Oregon State University; Andrea R. Bill, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin Heaslip, Utah State University; Michael Kyte, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6325A Model for Collaborative Curriculum Design in Transportation Engineer-ing EducationDr. Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College Dr. Kristen Sanford Bernhardt is chair of the Engineering Studies program and associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College. Her expertise is in sustainable civil infrastructure management and transportation systems. She teaches a variety of courses including sustainability of built systems, transportation systems, transportation planning, civil infrastructure management, and Lafayette’s introductory first year engineering course. Dr

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Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donal Padraic Holland, Trinity College Dublin; Conor Walsh P.E., Harvard University; Gareth J. Bennett, Trinity College Dublin

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Design in Engineering Education

College in Dublin, Ireland, in 2003 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006 and 2010. He has been the recipient of over a dozen invention, entrepreneurship, and student mentoring awards including the MIT $100K business plan competition, Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Fellowship, and the MIT Graduate Student Mentor of the Year.Prof. Gareth J. Bennett, Trinity College Dublin Dr. Gareth J. Bennett, B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechan- ical and Manufacturing Engineering in Trinity College Dublin and has recently returned from Stanford University where he was a Visiting Scholar in the School of Engineering and the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech

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Student

creation of an interdisciplinary committee. For a review of the work oninterdisciplinary graduate supervision, see [9].Where a number of studies have investigated the role of the graduate advisor for interdisciplinarystudents [9-11], few investigate the role of the graduate student’s committee. A graduate student’scommittee generally comprises of 4-5 members who “work with them on developing a programplan, preparing and taking comprehensive exams, planning and executing a study, andcompleting the dissertation” [12]. For a graduate student earning an interdisciplinary degree, therole of the committee may vary from a traditional committee. Committee members may be usedto supplement expertise from disciplines that the advisor is not familiar with to

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R Walk, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

students.This paper provides a brief summary of Learning through Writing pedagogy objectives,methods, and outcomes from the learning methods literature. Samples of reported objectives andclassroom experiences and outcomes in undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, andtechnology (STEM) curricula are given. This paper presents also the author’s strategy, planning,applications, and results using Learning through Writing in the chosen laboratory. Lessonslearned and continuous improvement objectives and activities are described.IntroductionLearning through Writing (LtW) has become a popular and successful pedagogical advanceapplied across undergraduate curricula and disciplines, including engineering curricula, asnoted in many articles in the

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Sherif N Kinawy, University of Toronto; D. Grant Allen, University of Toronto; Chris Damaren, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto; Bryan Karney

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New Engineering Educators

University of Toronto in the Construction Management Group, Department of Civil Engineering. His research work focuses on empowering communities to become engaged in the sustainable planning of cities. Sherif is one of the assistants for the Prospective Professors in Training Program which is run by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of TorontoDr. D. Grant Allen, University of Toronto D. Grant Allen, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chem- istry at the University of Toronto. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and his M.A.Sc. and B.A.Sc. (8T1) from the University of Toronto. He joined the faculty at

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bosco Mansel Oliver, Clemson University; John R. Wagner, Clemson University; Elham B. Makram, Clemson University; Rajendra DUPE Singh, Clemson University

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Electrical and Computer

acceleratedgrowth in alternative energy based development and utilization has created a need for engineerswho can plan, design, and operate these systems, evaluate alternative energy systemperformance, and perform analytical comparisons with conventional power plants to supplyelectricity to the power grid7. Currently, green energy industries employ more than 5 million Page 23.1036.2people globally6 and this labor trend will steadily increase due to demand. Universities have anopportunity as well as a responsibility in creating and implementing courses that equip engineers,scientists, and energy planners with an ability to work with alternative energy

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

importantly, they all have the same goal: to learn howto do research. Second, at “brown-bag” lunch meetings, each REU student would present abouttheir project, progress, and difficulties. Third, they were required to write a paper step-by-stepthroughout the summer, including the literature review, conducting the experiments, performingdata analysis, and writing the conclusions. Last, they were required to (1) create a poster tosummarize their work, (2) present their findings at a university-wide poster session, and (3)respond to their peers’ questions about their projects. In addition to working on a researchproject, participants would also attend workshops and field trips related to imaging technology,science and engineering research, and planning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

majors to Infomatics which is not an engineering degree.The retention to graduation of this group of students in STEM is 98.6% and in engineering is97.2%. The retention to graduation in engineering at ASU is 94.4%. Forty-nine students (69%)have received their Bachelor’s degree and 25 (51%) of the students have continued on tograduate school. Seven of these students are in engineering PhD programs. Page 23.1052.6III. ProgrammingGraduate school is an emphasis in both S-STEM programs. The students are urged from day oneto have graduate school in their plans. The students are told about the greater opportunities inindustry with a

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Architectural

the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.(i) a recognition of the need for, and the ability to engage in life-long learning(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues”5On a micro scale, it was planned that the students would gain basic knowledge of a building withintegrated design by viewing working examples of the following: the positioning of a buildingon its site to maximize passive solar gain, how recycled building materials can be used, and howthe following “green” construction methods work: green roofs, composting toilets, permeablepaving, biotopes, bioswales and “green” systems such as: geothermal rain water catchment,photovoltaic, solar thermal, and grey water. It was also anticipated

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina; Erica Pfister-Altschul, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

has given over 10,000 K-12 students and over 400 K-12 teachersan increased awareness of STEM concepts. This was accomplished by engaging 96 GK-12Fellows from STEM disciplines in public school science classrooms and after school programs.At this site, cohorts of 6-15 engineering and science graduate students were recruited each year.Each cohort of GK-12 Fellows and Teacher Partners started with an August retreat whichengaged them in team building and planning activities. Each GK-12 Fellow then spent one ortwo days each week for the academic year in a science classroom with students and teachers, Page 23.117.2involving them in supplemental hands

Conference Session

It's Elementary

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Christine Mendoza

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are at different temperatures. • As temperature increases, more energy is added to a system. Explore Students • Energy in the • Planning and • Creativity planned and form of heat carrying out • Collaboration conducted an is thermal investigations • Communication Page

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, Virginia Tech; Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Tech; Eric Fouh, Virginia Tech; Mai Hassan ElShehaly, Virginia Tech; Daniel Breakiron, Virginia Tech

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Computing & Information Technology

progress at a designated level of proficiency impacts motivation positively. Con-structivist theory10, 11 suggests that the exchange of timely feedback can encourage students tomodify their work. Lovett and Greenhouse12 show that receiving feedback and comments on thesteps of learning have significant influence on learning compared to only receiving feedbackfrom the instructor on the performance. Page 23.549.3In the next section, details of the tutorial modules are discussed. The methods section presents awide variety of results from testing these tutorials in a quasi-experimental setting during Fall2012. The discussion section provides our plan

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, but do not necessarily teachstudents how to decide when to use a thermocouple, as opposed to another temperaturemeasurement device, or how to properly install a measurement device to avoid experimentalerrors.The idea of redesigning laboratory courses to benefit capstone design has been attemptedpreviously by Folz et. al. In their case, a junior-level materials engineering laboratory coursewas altered to include more engineering design concepts as well as problem solving,collaboration, and communication skills. The teams in this course were assessed during thecourse and showed gains in applying theory to practice. Folz et. al. had planned, but notfinished, assessment of the students after capstone design to determine if the skills learned in

Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Christopher J Rowe, Vanderbilt University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 23.705.3demonstrate the institution’s commitment to students’ post-college career planning.17Course Development and CollaborationIn the spring 2012 semester, a group of undergraduate engineering students taking a systemsengineering management course asked to do their semester project on the feasibility of a careerdevelopment course for engineering undergraduates. Such a course had been debated off and onfor many years by the faculty and had been deemed not academically rigorous to be offered in atraditional engineering curriculum. In any case, the students’ request was granted and thefeasibility study was done. The resulting project for the systems engineering management classwas presented to the course professor, who also invited the