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Engineering as a Professional Calling

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jian Yuan, Beihang University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #8896Engineering Education Policymaking in Cross-National Context: A CriticalAnalysis of Engineering Education Accreditation in ChinaQin Zhu, Purdue University Qin Zhu is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His main re- search interests include global/comparative/international engineering education, engineering education policy, and engineering ethics. He received his BS degree in material sciences and engineering and first PhD degree in philosophy of science and technology (engineering ethics) both from Dalian University of Technology, China. His first PhD dissertation on

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and professional practice. Page 24.1265.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Torquing Engineering: Historical and Contemporary Challenges to the Technical Core via InternationalizationSome of my earliest struggles to relate my technical coursework

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Engineering & Our Global Society

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

studentsto work with underserved communities globally on problems that the communities face intheir everyday lives. There are many parameters that are influential in creating a learninginteraction between students and underserved communities such as building trust with thecommunity, mutual respect, regular communication, technology for communication,overcoming cultural and language barriers to name a few. This paper focuses on theinclusion of interdisciplinary literature as a means of creating a more comprehensiveunderstanding and expansion of the problem space without overwhelming the students.Drawing on data from student experience in a course called Global Engineers Educationat Stanford University, this paper looks at the role of care as a means

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Engineering & Our Global Society

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #10251Study Abroad as a Means to Achieving ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes: A CaseStudy in Course Design and AssessmentDr. Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia Kathryn Neeley is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society in the Department of Engi- neering and Society. She is a past chair of the Liberal Education Division of ASEE. Page 24.1136.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Study Abroad as a Means to Achieving ABET Criterion 3 Outcomes: A

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Innovations in Electrical Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; George Jonathan Roskovich, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #9179An intuitive approach to teaching key concepts in Control SystemsDr. Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic UniversityMr. George Jonathan Roskovich, Florida Atlantic University Page 24.173.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 An Intuitive Approach to Teaching Key Concepts in Control SystemsAbstract As technology advances, newer generations are developing with quicker access to greaterquantities of information than each one that precedes it. Congruently, research has shown areduction in patience, while

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Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Shawn N Gieser, University Of Texas At Arlington; David Levine, University of Texas, Arlington

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Electrical and Computer

systems, in the last course he enjoys using his textbook ”Operating Systems a Spiral Approach” (McGraw-Hill), which he co-authored with Ramez Elmasri and Gil Carrick. Page 24.54.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Hierarchical Project-Based Introduction to Digital Logic Design CourseAbstractCourses in digital logic design are required by most electrical engineering and computerengineering programs and by many computer science programs. Typically, these courses coverlogic design fundamentals in lectures with applications and technology covered in the laboratory.As new

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FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John P Iselin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #8699Capstone Project in a Freshman Solid Modeling CourseDr. John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology John Mirth has 23 years of experience teaching in a primarily undergraduate environment. This experience includes time at the University of Denver, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and his current position at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has a BSME degree from Ohio University, and MSME and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota.Dr. John P Iselin, University of Wisconsin, Platteville John P Iselin is a professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Wisconsin

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Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Peter Y Wu

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Computers in Education

/are used in Asian and European countries by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in Computer Technology and a D.Eng. in Computer Science and Information Management with a concentration in knowledge discovery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Acharya is a co- author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals- 2nd Ed., Prentice

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Engineering & Our Global Society

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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wenjuan wang, Beihang University ; Ming Li, Beihang University; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Jian Yuan, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He is also an Associate Director of Purdue’s Global En- gineering Program, leads the Global Engineering Education Collaboratory (GEEC) research group, and is the recent recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and professional practice.Qin Zhu, Purdue University Qin Zhu is a

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Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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and research. Educational Researcher, 31: 15–21.26. Biesta, G. (2007). Why “what works” won’t work: Evidence-based practice and the democratic deficit in educational research. Educational Theory. 57(1):1-22.27. Sanderson, I. (2003). Is it “what works” that matters? Evaluation and Evidence-based Policy Making. Research Papers in Education, 18(4):331-345.28. Winner, L. (1990). Engineering ethics and political imagination. In Broad and Narrow Interpretations of Philosophy of Technology: P. Durbin, Ed. Boston: Kluwer, 53-64.29. Dewey, J. (1929). The sources of a science of education. New York: Horace Liverlight.30. Freire, P. (1971). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. M. Bergman Ramos, trans. New York: Continuum.31. Chavez, Cesar.(2013

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Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #8459Using Practical Examples in Teaching Digital Logic DesignDr. Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland Joseph P. Hoffbeck is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. He has a Ph.D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He previously worked with digital cell phone systems at Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T Bell Labs) in Whippany, New Jersey. His technical interests include communication systems, digital signal processing, and remote sensing

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Punit Prakash, Kansas State University; Ed Brokesh, Dept. of Bio and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University; Gary William Singleton Ph.D., Heartspring; Kim Fowler

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

directs the KSU Medical Component Design Laboratory, a facility partially funded by the National Science Foundation that provides resources for the research and development of distributed medical monitoring technologies and learning tools that support biomedical contexts. His research focuses on (1) plug-and-play, point-of- care medical monitoring systems that utilize interoperability standards, (2) wearable sensors and signal processing techniques for the determination of human and animal physiological status, and (3) educational tools and techniques that maximize learning and student interest. Dr. Warren is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics

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Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mindy Hart, EPICS; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, College of Engineering, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, 200 teachers and 500 parents each year. The programs she leads include summer camps for K-12 students; programs that send undergraduates and graduate students into schools to work with elementary and middle school students; training sessions for NC State engineering alumni who want to be volunteer teachers in their communities; and professional development and classroom support for K-12 teachers who want to introduce engineering concepts to their young students. She and her colleagues lead teacher workshops in STEM around the State. In 2009 Dr. Bottomley was selected for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Mentoring by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

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Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Robert B. Reese, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Electrical and Computer

first-year engineering efforts, conducting rigorous engineering education research to improve first-year experiences, and promoting the adoption of evidence-based in- structional practices. In addition to research in first year engineering, Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh investigates technology-supported classroom learning and using scientific visualization to improve understanding of complex phenomena. She earned her Ph.D. (2013) in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech, and both her M.S. (2004) and B.S. (2002) in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State. In 2013, Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh was honored as a promising new engineering education researcher when she was selected as an ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division

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Trends in Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Fatin Aliah Phang, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Aziatul Niza Sadikin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Syed Ahmad Helmi, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mohd Johari Kamaruddin, Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

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Educational Research and Methods

Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and is affiliated to the UTM Regional Centre for Engineering Education. He is currently the Graduate Programme Coordinator for the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master in Mechanical – Advanced Man- ufacturing Technology, and a PhD in Engineering Education. Prior to joining UTM, he had worked as a research officer in Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM) and as an engineer in various industries, such as INTEL and SIME-DARBY. Syed Helmi was a visiting scholar in University of Waterloo, Canada, and one of a task force member in-charge of propagating

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving her PhD, she spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Her academic career began in 1994 when she became an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1999, she accepted a position in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech where she was promoted to Professor in 2003 and was recognized as the William S. Cross Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2005. In 2006, she was appointed and continues to hold the position of Head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University

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Trends in Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Wigdahl, The University of New Mexico; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ahmad Slim, University of New Mexico; Chaouki T. Abdallah, University of New Mexico

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Educational Research and Methods

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET),and therefore all of them satisfy the same general ABET curricular criteria; yet, the curricular effi-ciencies of these programs are vastly different. Some might argue that a more efficient curriculum,allowing students to more easily progress, is obtained at the expense of program quality. Whatwe found, however, was quite the opposite, with highly regarded programs often having the mostefficient curricula.Curricula GraphsThe set of requirements associated with the curriculum in a particular degree program, along withthe relationships between the individual requirements (e.g., course pre/co-requisites) can be rep-resented as a directed acyclic graph. More specifically, we model a curriculum C

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Peifeng Yin

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Educational Research and Methods

Linguistics, 37(2):267–307.[17] Thelwall, M., Buckley, K., Paltoglou, G., Cai, D. and Kappas, A. (2011). Sentiment strength detection in short informal text. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61(12):2544–2558.[18] Sprehn, K.A. (2014). Individual Differences and the Effect of Information Format on Decision-Making. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Page 24.1215.16

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An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Inger M. Bergom, University of Michigan; Brian A. Burt, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Two Year College Division

. has fallen from first in 19992 to ninth in2010 in college graduation rates3. In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obamadirectly spoke to the need to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)education. He proposed that STEM education initiatives promote innovation, creativity, andingenuity in efforts to improve educational success and economic development4. Severalinnovation metrics, such as STEM degree production, change in research and developmentinvestment, and access to venture capital indicate that the United States has lost its competitiveedge in innovation-based global rankings5. As a result, the strategy pitched by the administrationjoins a series of policy documents demanding increased federal investment

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer S. Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT); Sunday O. Faseyitan, Butler County Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9526Green Plastics Laboratory by Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning(POGIL)Dr. Spencer S Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dr. Spencer Kim is an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department (MMET) at RIT, and serves as Associate Director of American Packaging Corporation Cen- ter for Packaging Innovation at RIT. He previously worked in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Kim, as a PI or Co-PI, received grants and sponsorship from NSF, SME, SPE, universities, and industries. In 2009 and 2013, he was nominated for the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching, RIT’s

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology); Joseph P. Fuehne, Purdue University at Columbus

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #9327The Seamless Pathway: A Partnership Between Community, Industry, andAcademiaDr. M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology) Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Technology Purdue UniversityDr. Joseph P. Fuehne, Purdue University at Columbus Joe Fuehne received a BS degree in Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering in 1983 from the University of Illinois and MS (1988) and Ph.D. (1990) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M Uni- versity. In between undergraduate and graduate school, he worked for 2 years in the flight test department at McDonnell Aircraft Company in various

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia A. Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer L. Groh, Purdue University Women in Engineering Program, West Lafayette; Allison L. Sieving, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Biomedical

the evolving needs of biomedical engineers, creating outreach activities that build knowledge and appreciation of the field of biomedical engineering, and managing the ABET assessment program for the Weldon School of Biomedical Engi- neering. Page 24.1388.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Works in Progress: Generating Interest in Biomedical Engineering through Exploration of the Design ProcessIntroductionIncreasing motivation of pre-college students in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) fields is a recurring goal, and

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General Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri; Elma Annette Hernandez, Texas Tech University; David L. Ernst, Texas Tech University - Construction Engineering

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Computers in Education

Engineering Education, 34(1), 26-39. 5. Stern, F., Xing, T., Muste, M., Yarbrough, D., Rothmayer, A., Rajagopalan, G., Caughey, D., Bhaskaran, R., Smith, S., and Hutchings, B. (2006). "Integration of simulation technology into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories." International Journal of Learning Technology, 2(1), 28-48. 6. Busch-Vishniac, I., Kibler, T., Campbell, P. B., Patterson, E., Guillaume, D., Jarosz, J., Chassapis, C., Emery, A., Ellis, G., Whitworth, H., Metz, S., Brainard, S., and Ray, P. (2011). "Deconstructing Engineering Education Programmes: The DEEP Project to reform the mechanical engineering curriculum." European Journal of Engineering Education, 36(3), 269-283. 7. Cheah, C., Chen

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas, Pan American; Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9317Developing Engineering Content for K-12 STEM Classrooms by Providing aHands-On Engineering Design Experience for Teachers: A Case StudyDr. Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas-Pan American Dr. Mounir Ben Ghalia is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas- Pan American. He is the principal investigator and the director of the Research Experiences for Teachers in Emerging and Novel Engineering Technologies (RET-ENET) in the Rio Grande Valley project which is funded by the National Science Foundation. His current research interests focus on cooperative multiple mobile

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SD Technical Session: Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Kathryn Ann Mobrand, University of Washington; Drew Paine, Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington

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Student

Capabilities of Undergraduate Engineering Students. Journal Of Engineering Education, 101(1), 60-81. 14. Tang, K. (2013). Out-of-School Media Representations of Science and Technology and their Relevance for Engineering Learning. Journal Of Engineering Education, 102(1), 51-76. 15. Nyquist, J. and Woodford, X. (2000). Re-envisioning the PhD: What concerns do we have? Downloaded from: http://depts.washington.edu/envision/resources/ConcernsBrief.pdf

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Teaching Dynamics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

presented in this paper are those of theauthors and do not necessarily represent those of the NSF.References[1] Lovell, M. D., Brophy, S. P., and Li, S. (2013). “Challenge-Based Instruction for a Civil Engineering DynamicsCourse,” Proceedings, 2013 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, June 23-26, 2013.[2] CTGV, Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt (1997). The Jasper project: Lessons in curriculum, Page 24.1273.10instruction, assessment, and professional development, Mahwah, NJ, Erlbaum[3] R. J. Roselli and S. P. Brophy, “Effectiveness of challenge-based instruction in biomechanics,” J. Eng. Educ.,vol. 93, no. 4, pp

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Computer Hardware

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Johné M. Parker, University of Kentucky; Stephen L. Canfield, Tennessee Technological University; Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #10183Using Hardware-based Programming Experiences to Enhance Student Learn-ing in a Junior-level Systems Modeling CourseDr. Johne’ M Parker, University of Kentucky John´e M. Parker is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. She received her BME, MSME and Ph.D. degrees from the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has six years industrial experience with Shell Oil Company and Mobil Chemical Company. Dr. Parker has received both federal and industrially-sponsored funding, including an NSF CAREER award in 2000; her

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

lab results.Group lab reports were due one week after completing the lab.Assessment Our hypothesis for the educational study was case studies can increase student learningand address the various learning styles represented in the course. To evaluate the hypothesis, theassessments were selected to measure three key factors, 1) Student Interest and motivation, 2)course preferences for millennial learners, and 3) increase in student efficacy related to the keyconcepts required by the National Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).Both qualitative and quantitative responses were measured. Students were evaluated usingtraditional metrics, such as lab reports and group presentations, which were an essential part

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Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue University; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #9585Data Mining to Help Determine Sources of Difficulty in an Introductory Continuous-Time Signals and Systems CourseDr. Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mario Simoni is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN.Ms. Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue UniversityDr. Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ruth A. Streveler is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Streveler has been the Principle Investigator or co-Principle Investigator of ten grants funded by the US

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FPD 9: First-Year Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #8710Use of the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges for Engi-neering as a semester-long project for an Introduction to Engineering courseDr. Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University Lindsay Corneal is an Assistant Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. She received her B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor, a M.B.A. from Lawrence Technological University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Materials Science and Engineering