Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Adaikalaraj Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Posinasetti Nageswara Rao, University of Northern Iowa; Kanchan Das, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

including sustainability factors in design based courses are as high as 5 out of 6, ifwe segregate the outlier. In the case of Manufacturing Operations, opinions to includesustainability factors are uniform for each question of 5.2, 5.3, and 5.6 (Tables 1 and 2).Faculty /academia feedback on each of the above three groups establishes the importance ofincluding sustainability issues in manufacturing engineering courses.Question number 7 of Category 1was an open ended question that asked the participants toprovide suggestions to improve sustainability considerations in the course curriculum. Table 3lists suggestions included by 7 participants out of 30:Table 3: Suggestions to improve sustainability considerations in the Manufacturing Engineering

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aruna Shekar, Massey University

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Design in Engineering Education

to apply relevant theory, andencourage students to integrate the knowledge gained from all their courses. Most real-worldproblems and their solutions are not restricted to mono-disciplines, so students should learn todraw information from across disciplinary borders.Example project briefs: Develop an environmentally friendly, durable and low-cost roof material using locally available materials. Please consider the health and safety of the family, salt from ocean breeze and strong winds affecting families in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Design and develop a water filtration system that filters the river water for use by the villagers in their households in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.Teaching approach and key

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, Auburn University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10198Curriculum Exchange: Studio STEM, Engineering After SchoolDr. Christine Schnittka, Auburn University Dr. Christine Schnittka is an assistant professor in the College of Education and the Department of Curriculum and Teaching with a joint appointment in the College of Engineering. Her current research involves developing and evaluating engineering design-based curriculum units that target key science con- cepts and environmental issues through the contextual lens of problem-based learning. Prior to receiving her Ph.D. in science education at the University of Virginia, Dr. Schnittka was a middle school teacher

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

initiativesthroughout the country and to the growing technical demand of the country’s workforce.High School Initiatives and Inadequacy of the Common CoreMany states are looking closely at the specific learning outcomes of high school courses and anengineering economics course in college general education integrates well with these efforts.For example, Virginia has a policy for all public high school students to pass a Financial Literacycourse prior to high school graduation33. The topical coverage of this course links directly to acollege course in engineering economics due to an emphasis on decision making with the timevalue of money concept for individual decisions (e.g., obtaining a loan, developing a personalbudget, implications of a simple contract). The

Conference Session

K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Kip Hacking

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

taught with an integrated approach in mind. The central idea being to show the students howall STEM subjects tend to rely on each other, and that having a tactile application for these principlesenhances the learning process.ROV State-wide Competition In addition to having teachers explain pertinent STEM concepts and supervise the construction ofan ROV, we thought it would be beneficial to offer a motivation for the students to strive to optimize theirROV design. Many similar organizations such as MATE and SeaPerch have had great success with andsupport for competitions, and we felt that using a similar motivation would prove effective. We constructeda small slalom course out of PVC pipe that stood on the bottom of the pool. The given

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Sirkin, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #9749Press Play: A Course in Interactive Device DesignDr. David Sirkin, Stanford University David Sirkin teaches interactive device design in Stanford University’s department of Electrical Engi- neering, and is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Design Research and Communication between Humans and Interactive Media lab.Ms. Wendy G Ju, Stanford University Wendy Ju is Executive Director of Interaction Design Research at Stanford University’s Center for Design Research. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Design Program at California College of the Arts. She recently completed a stint at

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Buelin-Biesecker, North Carolina State University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University

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Design in Engineering Education

1. However, a perceived inability to assess creative attributes of students’ work has oftenprecluded creativity instruction in the classroom. The Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT)has shown promise in a variety of domains for its potential as a valid and reliable means ofcreativity assessment. Relying upon an operational definition of creativity and a group of ratersexperienced in a given domain, the CAT offers the field of engineering education an assessmentmethod that has demonstrated discriminant validity for dimensions of creativity as well as fortechnical strength and aesthetic appeal. This paper reports on a web-based adaptation of the CATfor rating student projects developed during a week-long engineering camp. High school

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen L. Bollenbach, University of Virginia; Erika D. Powell, University of Virginia; Stephanie L. Moore, University of Virginia; James F. Groves, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

students often do not enjoysuch substantive community experiences, and, in part because of this, they achieve lower rates ofpersistence to degree completion. Studies have examined this discrepancy in persistence todegree and found that the physical separation between an online student and their educationalinstitution can lead to a sense of isolation. This sense of isolation in turn can lead to an onlinestudent’s sense of alienation from their institution and powerlessness to change their situation.Numerous underlying factors appear to contribute to these feelings, including the usability of thetechnology tools that power the online education environment and the quality of student-facultyand student-student interactions that those tools enable. As

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Matt Robert Bohm, University of Louisville; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Functionality and Functional Modeling in an Engineering Curriculum. 10 • Glass Box Method: questions are asked about the design to move from a black box to a transparent box 5 where additional functionality can be identified. 3 • FAST (Function Analysis System Technique) Method: provides a technique to create functional models answering “Why?”, “How?”, and “When?” during design. 4 • Systematic Processes: a collection of methodological approaches design 3,7,11 that stem most directly from the work of Pahl and Beitz. 6 • Enumeration: meaning to “mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list,” 12 is the listing of each system-required function-flow pair. 3,5,7 • Zen Approach: takes

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William Travis Horton, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

goal for first-yearengineering programs to increase the number and diversity of students who earn engineeringdegrees. These efforts have included programs targeted at special populations with the creationof minority and women’s programs in engineering, technology and science; summer andoutreach programs for K-12 students; summer bridge programs and larger curriculum reformefforts including integrated curricula and learning communities1. Earlier design experiences havebecome more common and have shown to be valuable in motivating students to continue inengineering programs2. A challenge with first-year design experiences is a lack of engineeringexpertise. Often students’ designs are scaled down to the level of a first-year student but it

Conference Session

Design Realization

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #10205An Ethos of Sharing in the Maker CommunityMs. Christina Hobson Foster, Arizona State UniversityDr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Micah Lande teaches human-centered design innovation at Arizona State University and researches how engineers learn and apply a design process to their work. He is an assistant professor in the Depart- ment of Engineering on Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus. Dr. Lande is currently the PI for an NSF funded project investigating the educational pathways of adult Makers and is a co-PI on another NSF funded project on Young Makers. Dr. Lande

Conference Session

Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Lesley Eva Bristol, Maui Economic Development Board; Graham R. DeVey, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

- ogy Program. He directs the statewide program Island Energy InquiryTM , a place-based, inquiry learning curriculum for STEM teachers in grades 5-12. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching degree (Physics) and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical Science, with 18 years of expe- rience in engineering management and 19 years as an educator, curriculum developer, and professional development specialist. Page 24.481.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Energy Inquiry: Hands-on, Inquiry Learning Methods to Enhance STEM

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Leslie Braniger, Galveston College

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Two Year College Division

while still delivering required skills.Naturally, changing this well-established course presented obstacles and trials, from studentregistration to curriculum development. This course is open to any student who is a STEMmajor, has an interest in any STEM field, or has a specific interest in sustainability. However,this meant that even our advisors needed some clarification as to the definitions of STEM andsustainability in order to register students that would benefit from this course. The course wastaught using a team-based approach, with one faculty member from English and one fromEngineering, combining both areas of expertise in the classroom. Additionally, there was a shiftfrom using MLA style to APA style citations. Furthermore, students

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim G. Kotnour, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; John A. Selter, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Paper ID #10938Integrating Leadership Education into the Undergraduate Engineering Ex-perienceDr. Tim G Kotnour, University of Central Florida Tim Kotnour, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Kotnour partners with senior management teams to develop solutions for sustained performance excellence for their organization. He completed his doctorate in In- dustrial & Systems Engineering with an emphasis in Management Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is the Director of the UCF Engineering Leadership and Innovation Institute

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

the due date. This negates theintention of cross team communication and the group approach to solving problems.Regrettably, this model of team assignments where students work independently without theintended cross team communication is prevalent in STEM disciplines on many campusesnationwide. In an effort to overcome these collaborative learning shortcomings and engage thenew STEM student, the authors propose the development of the Multicourse UndergraduateLearning Community (MULC).The Multicourse Undergraduate Learning Community (MULC) process demands studentengagement in a vertically integrated project scheme where student teams in multiple courses inthe curriculum are interacting and utilizing others’ work products during the term. Teams

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers); Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Mechanical Engineering

to become interested in developing skills that provide the workforce base to enable advanced manufacturing to thrive. There is full agreement among SME and ASME that the educational aspiration is to have truly integrated product and process design and manufacturing, and that a common understanding of manufacturing is an important attribute of future mechanical and other engineers. Collaboration on achieving that vision would be a very positive Page 24.788.11 approach.  Developing faculty that can deliver a world-class manufacturing education in spite of a growing number of challenges. There is agreement

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

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Women in Engineering

successful in securing federalfunding for and implementing a number of relevant programs, employing forapproximately a dozen years an integrated model for the first two years of undergraduateengineering education3,4,5,6,7,8. This has reaped significant rewards in student success,retention, and satisfaction.Faculty expectations in the college for teaching, research, and service vary fromdepartment to department. Tenure-track/tenured faculty typically teach three to sixcourses per year and are generally expected to contribute to two to four proposals peryear (at least some of which can be as a co-PI). One to two publications are expected peryear, in general, as well as reasonable production of PhD and master’s students.Teaching and research are both

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, and water resources. In a major ($1M+, NSF) curriculum reform and engineering education research project from 2004 to 2009, he led a team of engineering and education faculty to reform engineering curriculum of an engineering department (Biological Systems Engineering) using Jerome Bruner’s spiral curriculum theory. Currently, Dr. Lohani leads an NSF/REU Site on ”interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering” which has already graduated 56 excellent undergraduate researchers since 2007. This Site is renewed for the third cycle which will be implemented during 2014-16. He also leads an NSF/TUES type I project in which a real-time environmental monitoring lab

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl A. Reidsema PhD, The University of Queensland; Lydia Kavanagh, The University of Queensland; Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

3 years to address these challenges. The FCmodel, where material is delivered online allowing face-to-face interactions to be grounded inauthentic disciplinary practices, aligned with the need for scale-up. Integrating theory withpractice in this way is necessary to drive deeper conceptual understanding of engineeringfundamentals2, 9. This paper will elaborate on the curriculum design rationale for this course,its implementation, and the results of the extensive and ongoing evaluation. The methods andprocess detailed in the paper can be used to aid similar processes.IntroductionDespite decades of debate and effort towards achieving an acceptable balance of theory andpractice within engineering curricula, educational programs still

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

instrumentas an appendix. 4“The results from multiple universities and multiple course offerings demonstrate that failurecase studies can be used to provide indirect, quantitative assessment of multiple student learningobjectives. Several outcomes that constitute the professional component of the curriculum maybe assessed in this way.”“The strongest results were for student outcomes (f) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility, (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context, (i) a recognition of the needfor, and an ability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues.Although student outcomes (d), an ability

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Nelson, Brigham Young University; Erick Hollenbaugh; M. Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

programs must have to be valid capstone experiences and to induce students to develop andapply both soft and technical skills. ABET has emphasized the need for engineering capstonecourses to build teamwork, communication, and project based skills. Furthermore, ABET hasrequired that students have an ability to function in multidisciplinary teams and to design asystem to meet desired needs within realistic constraints. In summary, ABET states that“students must be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminating in a majordesign experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work andincorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.” [5]In order to meet important educational

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University

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Engineering Technology

externalcommittee and an internal committee for assessment and continuous improvement. Page 24.72.3 CSETA ActivitiesThe proposed activities for CSETA are shown in Figure 1 below. The activities are discussed in detailfollowing the figure.Figure1 – Proposed activities for CSETA Page 24.72.4 EducationCourse ModulesTrying to integrate security into an existing curriculum gives rise to various concerns including theinability to provide special degree programs

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marie A. Boyette, FLATE; Deshjuana Bagley

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 10 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an engineering curriculum for elementary school applications. The for- mer is for development of electric field mediated drug and gene applicators and protocols. This effort has generated over 20 patents and protocols currently in Phase II trials.Dr. Marie A. Boyette, FLATE

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Engineering and Public Policy

reason for German technical superiority in thesecond-half of the nineteenth century was the British failure to take education, let alonetechnical education seriously except in so far as it was an upper middle and upper classactivity undertaken in the public schools. Compulsory elementary education was notintroduced until 1870 many years after Germany had taken the same step. Barnett in avociferous criticism of the liberal education views of Matthew Arnold and John Henry Page 24.666.8Newman, claimed that they high-jacked the public school curriculum, and Arnold’s viewswhich were particularly evangelical held sway. Moreover, they persisted into the

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amy Pritchett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

criterion’sapplicability to the design project) and compared those points with the evidence of studentincorporation of that criterion in their project.Context for Rubric DevelopmentThe research site for this study was an 80 student senior aircraft design course within theaerospace engineering department at a large public, research institution focused largely onengineering. The aircraft design sequence is comprised of two courses, one in the fall and one inthe spring. The purpose of the two senior design courses, as defined in the syllabus, is to givestudents experience with a conceptual design methodology that integrates methods for vehiclesizing, configuration selection and layout determination, propulsion system design, vehicleperformance analysis, and cost

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Browder, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Leslie Boughers, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Caroline Deutsch, East Tennessee State University; Nina Muehl, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Management

Innovation and Organizational Sustainability: An Addition to the Engineering Management Curriculum?Abstract and IntroductionThe Baldrige National Performance Excellence Criteria (2013 -2014) 1 places increased emphasison organizational sustainability in terms of societal, environmental, and financial impacts; andinnovation as a discontinuous change in engineering designs and/or business models. Suchconcepts may become important considerations for engineering managers in today’s globalmarketplace. Engineering management educators may become a major player in transformingcompliance with performance specifications into an enhanced competitive business advantage byoffering a total systems approach to managing innovation while ensuring the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

support; Don’t assume that students will come to Professor to ask questions.Our previous publication described several examples of how to use the above strategies, andinterested readers can refer to [10] for details. C. Integrating CPBL-beyond-Classroom into Curricular StructureA successful curriculum should offer a rich and balanced learning experience with variousinstructional strategies including lecturing, CPBL activities, and other active learningcomponents. In this section, the curricular structure of EE440 is described as an example toillustrate how to integrate CPBL-beyond-Classroom model in teaching practice. We hope thisclassroom-tested curricular structure can serve as a reference for other colleagues in similarinstitutions to

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; R. Eugene Stuffle, Idaho State University; Wei Pan, Idaho State University; Steven Grant Maclure, Idaho State University

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #8728Computing Tools in an Advanced Filter Theory CourseDr. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University Dr. Mousavinezhad is an active member of IEEE and ASEE having chaired sessions in national and re- gional conferences. He is an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV.) He is the Founding General Chair of the IEEE International Electro Information Technology Conferences, www.eit-conference.org and served as 2002/2003 ASEE ECE Division Chair. He is a panelist for the National Science Foundation, has published a book in hand-held computing in 2013 and received an NSF grant (Enhancing Access to Radio Spec- trum

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea J. Andrews, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Schliemann, A. (1998). Logic of Meanings and Situated Cognition. Learning and instruction, 8(6), 549–560. Page 24.981.136. Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Inhelder, B. (1975). If you want to get ahead, get a theory. Cognition, 3(3), 195–212.7. Katehi, L., Pearson, G., & Feder, M. (2009). Engineering in K-12 Education  : Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects.8: Hester, K. and C. Cunningham (2007) Engineering is Elementary: An Engineering and Technology Curriculum for Children. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii.9: Kolodner, J.L., P. Camp, D. Crismond, B

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Foy, L&N STEM Academy, Knox County Schools; Chien-fei Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin James Wills, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, he was selected for the CURENT RET (Re- search Experience for Teachers) program, and in 2013 for an REV (Research Experience for Veterans) program. At CURENT, Mr. Foy developed curriculum materials which assist him in explaining power generation and transmission to high school math, physics, and programming courses.Dr. Chien-fei Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Chien-fei Chen received the B.S. degree in English Language and Literature from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1992, and the M.S. in Communication, and Ph.D. in Sociology degrees from Wash- ington State University in 1995 and 2009, respectively. Her current research interests include public ac- ceptance of smart grid, renewable energy