Conference Session

Research in Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M. Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia; Jim Sibley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; H.F. Machiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia

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Educational Research and Methods

on gears and powerscrews this past year required teams to design, select, and size gears and a power screw for anindustrial compaction device; teams were given the specifications and approximate placement ofa motor relative to a compaction chamber, and were asked to design a power transmission systemso as to maximize the compaction speed relative to lifetime cost (including cost of components,maintenance, and power). In these exercises, students prepare a detailed report outlining theirsolution that is graded by the instructor or graduate student teaching assistants. For the in-classactivities, teams also prepare a one-page summary of their design for review and assessment bytheir peers. The act of distilling the large report into a clear

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Rachel Margaret Best, University of Memphis; Charles V. Camp, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

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Civil Engineering

University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, M.Sc. (1995) in research methods in psychology from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and a Ph.D. (2003) in psychology from South Bank University, London. She is currently Project Manager for the MemphiSTEP project at the University of Memphis,a project funded by the National Science Foundation, designed to increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates. She is also a Co-PI on the Transforming a Civil Engineering curriculum through Geographic Information Systems Project at the University of Memphis, also funded by the National Sci- ence Foundation. Best has an extensive research background and served as lead researcher on a range of

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

technologycourses, others have not.To address this deficiency, a new survey course in Particle and Crystallization Technology(PACT) was developed that blended theory with practical applications. The goal was to provideinstruction that was not being covered in the core curriculum that would be helpful for studentsin their future careers. This course was offered twice as a split-level elective course withundergraduate and graduate students. Topics included characterization of particle size and shapedistributions, filtration, continuous and batch settling, cyclone and hydrocyclone design, particlesize reduction and enlargement, and crystallization. This course is novel in its inclusion ofcrystallization, ternary solid-liquid equilibrium phase diagrams, and

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, University of Idaho; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jennifer E. LeBeau, Washington State University; Robert E. Gerlick, Pittsburg State University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

from competitions to industry-sponsored projects and fromentrepreneurial to humanitarian in nature. Thus, this pilot testing provides a broad sampling ofconditions that will inform future development and testing of the IDEALS modules.The modules used by engineering faculty at the seven collaborating institutions varied markedly.Some instructors used modules in only one skills area, while some used modules in two or threeareas. Some used all modules in a skills area; others did not. Some used modules in their entirety,while others used primarily the assessment part of the modules. Thus, the instructors selected andused the modules in ways that best fit their needs and goals for the design course, which modelsthe practices one would expect when

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Arastoopour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Mohamed Shahidehpour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Joseph Clair P.E., Illinois Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

reducing greenhouse emissions; focusing on creative strategies for improving energy performance in buildings; reducing the need for carbon-based fuels in the energy supply; and encouraging occupant behaviors that reduce the net environmental impact of the campus. Through our unique requirement for all undergraduate students to enroll in two Interprofessional Projects ( IPRO) courses, and the simultaneous offering of a broad array of graduate and undergraduate research projects, IIT students are getting involved in many ongoing energy and sustainability initiatives using campus energy and sustainability operations as a real-world and practical laboratory. These projects include: micro grid (smart grid) and renewable

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

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Graduate Studies

. The development of new products and services in the 21st century demandsunprecedented interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. Engineers are actively involvedfrom the concept design stage which requires more involvement in product safety andenvironmental issues that have impact not only on workplace but also society at large7.Ethics is an important subject and should be an integral aspect of every engineer’s actions.However, very few teachers include ethics as a significant part of graduate programs. Over thepast several years, engineering colleges have been formulating and implementing assessment andfeedback processes for improving their curricula as required by the ABET accreditation criteria.Through these processes, many departments

Conference Session

What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

a meaningful job while going to school and testing degree interests in real-world situations. Co-op students frequently qualify for higher starting salaries after graduation because of their experience. Many organizations participate in the co-op program to develop future employees, offering permanent positions to numerous former co-op students after graduation. Fellowships are typically a merit-based scholarship, or form of academic financial aid. They may provide students and scholars with support to pursue independent or guided research projects of value to the granting agency.Rational for a Graduation RequirementNetworkingOne of the most powerful networking tools available for engineering

Conference Session

Exploration of Trends in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

directs the Graduate Student Professional Development program and instructs Purdue’s Preparing Future Faculty course and the Preparing Future Professionals course, designed to facilitate graduate students transition into faculty positions and non-academic positions respectively. Lynch’s re- search focuses on doctoral student engagement and assessment of doctoral student learning outcomes in identified best practices, including mentoring, developing effective writing strategies, orientations and transition courses, and doctoral student professional development.Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jiabin Zhu is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained a B.S. in

Conference Session

International Research Experience, Quality Improvement, and Programs/Curriculum Around the Globe

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Jennifer O. Burrell, Howard University; Wayne Patterson, Howard University; Afiya C. Fredericks, Howard University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University

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International

thedevelopment of this critical competency.Description of GEAR-UPThe program was designed to increase the preparedness of engineering students to be globallyengaged leaders upon graduation and to provide the opportunity for Howard engineering studentsto participate in an international research experience. The project involved travel to aninternational destination where teams of American students worked on research projects withteams of students from other countries. As a result, minority students were able to takeadvantage of the opportunity to interact with a select group of engineering students from some ofthe best technical universities around the world; experience close advising and mentoring byfaculty from both their home institution and an

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Basha, University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee, University of the Pacific

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Graduate Studies

student numbers present challenges inoffering graduate courses that provide hands-on learning experiences in multidisciplinaryenvironments - the same experiences often gained in graduate level research at larger researchintensive universities. Therefore, during the Spring semester of 2011, we offered amultidisciplinary course combining civil structural health monitoring (SHM) and sensornetworks.Recent research trends have tied these two topics together with an increase in the use of sensornetworks for SHM and an increase in monitoring structures in sensor networks. Combining thesetwo classes offered a unique opportunity for senior undergraduate students and graduate studentsto engage in multidisciplinary learning, to design and implement

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam

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Manufacturing

, wedecided to step up to the challenge of shaping courses and key experiences that would develophighly competent technical leaders.We created and delivered a series of leadership courses for graduate students in our School ofEngineering with excellent results, and have reported on these in several previous articles(Millam and Bennett 2004, 2011c,d), (Bennett and Millam 2011a,b) and a book (Bennett andMillam 2012). In the course of this work, we felt a strong need to find out what otherengineering schools and universities were doing to ensure their graduates were fluent in theirunderstanding and practice of leadership. Our research, utilizing a simple survey of deans ofengineering schools, was designed to determine how widespread the interest was in

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raslinda Ghazali, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

and her Ph.D. in food process engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First-year Engineering program at Purdue, the gateway for all first-year students entering the College of Engineering. She has coordinated and taught in a required first-year engineering course that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implemen- tation, and assessment of model-eliciting activities with realistic engineering contexts. She is currently the Director of Teacher Professional Development for the Institute for P-12

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Lee, Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

paper presents a journalistic approach to STEM learning by exploring the creation of a“technical”, online research publication intended for the middle and high school audience. Theintention of the journal is to feature articles that depict a variety of STEM related issues, learningpractices, research activities, and industrial careers, and is designed to increase the awareness ofmodern engineering and science practices currently ongoing within both academia and industry.Currently within its beginning phase of inception, the scope of the journal is to comprise acombination of student-initiated research projects, university research activities, and industrialengineering white papers to both actively engage students in problems of national concern

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

serves in the HUB-Empowered Cyber Reach Engineering Commit- tee and the Colombia-Purdue Institute for Advanced Scientific Research Committee. Juan has published several articles on the application of best-matching protocols in production settings (industrial engineer- ing) and collaborated in the publication of Springer’s Handbook of Automation (Springer, 2009).Ms. Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University Lindsey Payne received her M.S. in ecological sciences and engineering from Purdue University while working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for CIE. She is currently a Teaching Assistant for civil engi- neering. In the fall of 2010, she took on the role of Assistant Campus Coordinator for Service-learning, providing

Conference Session

Impacts on Engineering Education Through Collaborative Learning, Project-based, and Service-learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

students come to their colleges with different motivations, goals, plans, attitudes,and expectations. College study requires them to complete all their assignments to reach all thegoals with no requirement compromised. As a part of college study courses with computer labassignments usually provide instructors with a unique opportunity to motivate students to workhard to achieve their goals and to sustain their knowledge as well as to measure student learningoutcomes on this matter. Research finds it is still difficult to predict or measure how muchstudents are able to sustain their learning outcomes before their graduations. This research aimsto first ensure that all student lab activities and exercises are designed to not only for them

Conference Session

Epistemic Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4668: A FIRST STEP IN THE INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENTOF ENGINEERING-RELATED BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIREJi Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ji Hyun Yu a Ph.D student of learning, design, and technology at Purdue University.Dr. Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Johannes Strobel is Director of INSPIRE, Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning, and Assistant Professor of engineering education and learning design and technology at Purdue University. NSF and several private foundations fund his research. His research and teaching focuses on policy of P-12 engineering, how to support teachers and students’ academic achievements through engineering learning, the measurement and support

Conference Session

NEW THIS YEAR! - ASEE Main Plenary II: Best Paper Recognition & Industry Day Session: Corporate Member Council Speaker

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen R. Turns, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

Thermodynamics) PROPERTIES OF MATTER: STATE RELATIONS Figure 1. Key thermodynamic principles provide the basis for the analysis and design of practical devices and systems. Psychological research reveals significant differences in the knowledge organization ofexperts and novices in a domain. Expert’s knowledge is fused around critical principles, whereasthe novices’ knowledge representation is piecemeal and fragmented.8,9 Experts benefit from thisstructure because well-organized knowledge supports problem solving,10 the flexible applicationof knowledge,11 strategy use,12,13 and future learning.37 The aspect of problem solving that may be most affected by how knowledge is organizedis the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David H. Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

was finding a motivated student able to get up tospeed quickly on FPGA design and assigning a project within an existing framework created bythe graduate student. The availability of the graduate student during the first six weeks of the Page 25.1389.3summer to assist the undergraduate student was also helpful.In the Fall 2010, another undergraduate student (MC) expressed interest in FPGAs throughlearning about CM’s work. An independent study for the Fall 2010 semester was set up for MCto learn how to design with FPGAs and an appropriate research project was assigned to him. Thecriteria for an appropriate project for an undergraduate is one

Conference Session

Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3473: BIOMIMICRY INNOVATION AS A TOOL FOR DESIGNDr. Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Department at Kettering University and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. She serves as the Director for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kettering. Her areas of interest in teaching and research include ergonomics and human modeling, statistics, work design and lean princi- ples, supply chain management, and environmental sustainability.Dr. Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit MercyDr. Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy Darrell Kleinke has more than 25 years of

Conference Session

Computer and Informtion Technology-related Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ken Burbank, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

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Engineering Technology

learning experience. Therefore, well-designed provisions for interactions of the international students with domestic studentscan provide valuable learning experiences for the graduate students.A variety of study abroad opportunities is available in a typical University system.Though M.S. students are eligible for such opportunities, participation in such programsis not common among graduate students. Embedding study abroad programs within agraduate program could add value and attractiveness to graduate students and theirexperience. Joint research or teaching collaboration with organizations or institutionsoutside the USA is another value added proposition for graduate education and trainingfor M.S. students in Engineering Technology. The number

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Earl Hilton Martin

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2012-3718: EXPERIENCES LEARNED IN CONDUCTING A SUM-MER WORKSHOP ENTITLED ”INTEGRATING NASA SCIENCE, TECH-NOLOGY, AND RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM ANDTRAINING (INSTRUCT)” FOR HBCU/MI INSTITUTIONSDr. Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University Ajit D. Kelkar is a professor and Chair of Nanoengineering Department at Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. He also serves as an Associate Director for the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures. For the past 25 years, he has been working in the area of performance evaluation and modeling of polymeric composites and ceramic matrix composites. He has worked with several federal laboratories in the area of fatigue, impact, and finite

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Neil Hutzler, Michigan Technological University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science; Mia Jackson, Foundation for Family Science & Engineering; Joan F. Chadde, Michigan Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

integrated engineering disciplines and concepts were developed by a team ofexperienced curriculum developers; field tested at over 40 events in California, Connecticut,Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Utah, and Wisconsin, to determine theirsuitability for a wide range of settings and audiences; and reviewed by professional educatorsand engineers. Formative evaluation guided development of the program and, once completed,summative evaluation conducted by an independent evaluation team measured impact andefficacy of the program’s design, resource materials, and event formats. Findings indicate thatFamily Engineering activities and events are fun and engaging, result in families having anincreased appreciation and understanding of

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wilczynski, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Electrical and Computer

callfrom various technical reports on engineering education demands that U.S. higher education institutions produce this kind ofengineers. Accordingly, there is an urgent need for reforming and enhancing engineering education to address these needs. Thisreform effort is best served through a merging of engineering education with best practices in educational psychology. TheAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) is on board and fully supportive of the reform needs in engineering andcomputer science education. Accordingly, ABET now requires documentation of objectives and outcomes and associated directassessment of student learning in undergraduate programs. As such, we have designed a research-based system to meet

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ioan Gelu Ionas, University of Missouri; Matthew A. Easter, University of Missouri; William H. Miller, University of Missouri, Columbia; Gayla M. Neumeyer, University of Missouri Research Reactor; Valerie Deitz Taylor, Center for Energy Workforce Development; Gwen K. Weakley, Kansas City Power & Light

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2012-5098: THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT OFAN ONLINE, PORTABLE, BLENDED COURSE FOR THE ENERGY IN-DUSTRY USING OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS: TECHNOLOGICAL, LOGIS-TIC, AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN ISSUESDr. Ioan Gelu Ionas, University of Missouri Ioan Gelu Ionas is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri. He received his Ph.D. in information science and learning technologies from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He also holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering, an M.B.A. degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Sibiu, Romania. Ionas has taught for more than 10 years in engineering, business, and education and co-authored several books and book

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Marc Compere, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach FL; Ximena Toro; Jennifer C Adam, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Andrew P Easley, Washington State University; Xuesong Li P.E., Washington State University; Kevin Lee, University of Idaho; Mert Colpan, Washington State University; Kevin Tyler Gray, Washington State University; Benjamin Garrett, Washington State University; Shane Riley Reynolds, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University, Pullman

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Chemical Engineering

disaster relief and concentrated solar power for electricity generation, water desalination, and engineering edu- cation. He leads a yearly effort named Project Haiti to design, build, and install a solar powered water purifier in Haiti with students on an annual basis. He teaches senior design, vehicle dynamics, and in- strumentation courses. In addition to Clean Energy his research pursuits include hybrid electric vehicles, hardware-in-the-loop modeling, simulation and control, and swarm robotics with multiple heterogenous unmanned air and ground vehicles.Ms. Ximena Toro Ms. Ximena Toro graduated with a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering in the Fall of 2011 and graduated with Bachelors of Science in

Conference Session

Research in Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baba Abdul, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Robert Brown, Portland State University; Olusola O. Adesope, Washington State University, Pullman

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Educational Research and Methods

Bernard Van Wie has been teaching for 30 years, first as a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, and then as a professor at Washington State University. Over the past 15 years, he has devoted himself to developing novel teaching approaches that include components of cooperative/collaborative, hands-on, active, and problem/project-based learning (CHAPL) environments.Dr. Gary Robert Brown, Portland State UniversityDr. Olusola O. Adesope, Washington State University, Pullman Olusola O. Adesope is an Assistant Professor of educational psychology at Washington State University, Pullman. His research is at the intersection of educational psychology, learning sciences, and instructional design and technology. His recent

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie S. Garton, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

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New Engineering Educators

effective. TheOffice of Strategic Research Development of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)at Texas A&M University has held proposal development workshops targeting juniorengineering faculty and young investigator programs, especially the National ScienceFoundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, for almost 10 years as wellas individual follow-up with the participants. Attendance and feedback from these workshopshas resulted in several levels of workshops to address different needs and audiences, includingworkshops across our university system campuses on varying aspects of overall grantsmanshipthrough regional campus research initiation workshops, graduate student fellowship seminars,presentations at graduate

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Aleong, Queen's University

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Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-3517: IN SEARCH OF MEANING AND IDENTITY: AN AUTOETHNOG-RAPHY OF A GRADUATE STUDENT NAVIGATING THE FIELD OF EN-GINEERING EDUCATIONRichard J. Aleong, Queen’s University Richard Aleong is a master’s of applied science candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His research interests are in engineering design, qualitative research methodology, and teaching and learning in higher education. Page 25.756.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 In Search of Meaning and Identity: An Autoethnography of a

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Norm Clark, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

with industry. This course is a required class for the Industrial Distribution curriculum of theEngineering Technology and Industrial Distribution (ETID) department and is specificallytargeted towards ETID juniors majoring in Industrial Distribution. This article talks about howthe project is aligned with the learning objectives and the topics covered in the class. Measurestaken to assess learning while actively working on the project are also discussed. Extensiveindustry projects done with undergraduate students have specific challenges and those arediscussed as well. Nepal and Lawrence3 (2011) have shown how project-based learning has beeneffective in a graduate course. Benefits to the students as a result of this type of