AC 2012-3478: RELATING USAGE OF WEB-BASED LEARNING MATE-RIALS TO LEARNING PROGRESSDr. Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University Paul S. Steif is a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Sc.B. in engineering from Brown University (1979) and M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1982) degrees from Harvard University in applied mechanics. He has been active as a teacher and researcher in the field of engineering education and mechanics. His research has focused on student learning of mechanics concepts and developing new course materials and classroom approaches. Drawing upon methods of cognitive and learning sciences, he has led the development and psychometric validation of the statics
AC 2012-3749: REVITALIZING U.S. MANUFACTURING TO CAPITAL-IZE ON INNOVATIONDr. Brian W. Anthony, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brian Anthony is the Director of the Master’s of Engineering in Manufacturing Program and Co-director of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center at MIT. He has more than 20 years of product real- ization experience, including instrumentation and measurement solutions for manufacturing systems and medical diagnostics and imaging systems.Dr. David E. Hardt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Hardt is a graduate of Lafayette College (B.S.M.E., 1972) and MIT (S.M., Ph.D, 1978). He has been a member of the mechanical engineering faculty at MIT since 1979. His
AC 2012-4886: ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS-BASED SOLAR CELLROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT LABORATORYDr. Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel UniversityDr. Michael G. Mauk, Drexel UniversityProf. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng is Associate Professor of industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineering at University of Texas, El Paso. He received his M.S. degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1995 and Ph.D in industrial engineering from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1999. Tseng delivered research results to many refereed journals, such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transaction, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems
AC 2012-3864: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACTIVE LEARNING (SEAL)SYSTEM: A NOVEL APPROACH TO CONTROLS LABORATORIESDr. Per Henrik Borgstrom, University of California, Los Angeles Per Henrik Borgstrom received the B.S. (2005), M.S. (2007), and Ph.D. (2009) degrees in electrical engineering from UCLA, where he received the prestigious Regent’s Scholarship and Chancellor’s Prize. His research interests include robotics, controls, and educational methods.Prof. William J. Kaiser, University of California, Los Angeles William J. Kaiser received a Ph.D. in solid state physics from Wayne State University in 1984. From 1977 through 1986, as a member of Ford Motor Co. research staff, his development of automotive sensor and
AC 2012-3019: SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM EXPERIMENTALAPPARATUSDr. Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh is professor of mechanical engineering currently on sabbatical leave at King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly, University of Missouri, Rolla), Rolla, Mo. His areas of interest are heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. Page 25.1168.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2012-3792: SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION: CONNECTING FORMALAND INFORMAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCES FOR ENGAGING FE-MALE STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ENGINEERINGDr. Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University Merredith Portsmore is a Research Assistant Professor in education at Tufts University, as well as the Director of Outreach Programs for Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Portsmore has the unique honor of being a ”Quadruple Jumbo,” having received all her four of her degrees from Tufts (B.A. English, B.S. mechanical engineering, M.A. education, and Ph.D. in engineering educa- tion). Her research interests focus on how children engage in constructing solutions to engineering design problems. Her
AC 2012-5242: TEACHER TRAINING AND STUDENT INQUIRY ANDSCIENCE LITERACY: LINKING TEACHER INTERVENTION TO STU-DENTS’ OUTCOMES IN STEM COURSES IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLCLASSESDr. Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California Gisele Ragusa is the Director of the University of Southern California’s Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation. She is jointly appointed in the Viterbi School of Engineering’s Division of Engineering Education and the Rossier School of Education. Her research interests and areas of expertise include en- gineering education as well as assessment and measurement in STEM education. She teaches courses in STEM teacher education, learning theory, measurement theory, assessment design, and research
AC 2012-3544: TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE ENERGY GAPOF INP QUANTUM DOTS: A SOPHOMORE-LEVEL NANOMATERIALSEXPERIMENTMs. Jennifer Rose Annoni, University of St. Thomas Jennifer Annoni is currently an Undergraduate student studying Electrical Engineering and Physics at the University of St. Thomas. She will graduate in May of 2012. Her plans are to pursue graduate school in the field of Engineering.Dr. Adam S. Green, University of St. Thomas Adam S. Green is an Associate Professor of physics at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. He received his B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in atomic, molecular, and optical physics at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He works with
AC 2012-4269: ENGAGING THE IMAGINATION OF YOUNG PEOPLETO INCREASE TECHNICAL LITERACYIsabel Huff, Smith CollegeDr. Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College Glenn Ellis is a professor of engineering at Smith College who teaches courses in engineering science and methods for teaching science and engineering. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering and oper- ations research from Princeton University. The winner of numerous teaching awards, Ellis received the 2007 U.S. Professor of the Year Award for Baccalaureate Colleges from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. His research fo- cuses on creating K-16 learning environments that support the growth of
AC 2012-4263: EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF A LEGO ROBOTICSTRAINING FOR VOLUNTEER MENTORS AND K-12 TEACHERSMs. Irina Igel, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Irina Igel received a B.S degree in mathematics with a minor in computer science from NYU-Poly, Brook- lyn, NY, in 2009. Upon graduating, she received an Adjunct Instructor position at the Department of Mathematics at NYU-Poly, teaching undergraduate math courses to incoming freshmen. She is currently serving as a teaching Fellow at the Bedford Academy HS under NYU-Poly’s GK-12 program funded by NSF and CBSI consortium of donors. She is perusing a M.S. degree in mechanical engineering with em- phasis on control and dynamical systems. Her research
AC 2012-5094: EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF DESIGN EDUCATIONON THE DESIGN COGNITION OF SOPHOMORE ENGINEERING STU-DENTSDr. Christopher B. Williams, Virginia TechDr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communica- tion in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is Co-PI on several NSF grants to explore identity and interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design.Mr
AC 2012-4972: GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE AT SAN JOSE STATEUNIVERSITY: RESULTS OF SEVEN YEARS OF AN INTERNATIONALEXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTSDr. Belle W. Y. Wei, San Jos State University Since her 2002 appointment as Don Beall Dean of SJSU’s Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, Belle Wei has led a college dedicated to educating engineers who can take on today’s problems and produce tomorrow’s solutions. Under Wei’s leadership, the college has launched programs to enhance students’ global awareness and enrich their professional networks. A signature program is the College’s Global Technology Initiative (GTI), a two-week study-tour to Asia. Since its inception, GTI has sent student-teams to China, Taiwan, or India
AC 2012-3167: INFORMATION ASSURANCE STUDENT GROUP: HOWTO TURN A CLUB INTO A VALUABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FORSTUDENTSDr. Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University Julie A. Rursch is currently is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. She will graduate with a degree in computer engineering with a focus on secure computing. Her research includes a unique approach to critical infrastructure modeling which provides emergency planners and first responders with resilient and flexible critical infrastructure evaluation in the face of non-recurrent, disruptive events. Her approach creates a new paradigm for modeling critical infrastructure sectors, analyzing real
AC 2012-4705: KNOWLEDGE-ENABLED ENGINEERING DESIGN: TO-WARD AN INTEGRATED MODELMr. Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael Fosmire is an Associate Professor of library science and Head of the Physical Sciences, Engi- neering, and Technology Division of the Purdue University Libraries. His research interests focus on information literacy instruction and student learning, especially as it relates to engineering design pro- cesses.Prof. David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.874.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2012-3714: LESSONS LEARNED FROM STARTING AN SAE BAJAPROGRAM IN A SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGEDr. David Che, Geneva College David Che has been an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Penn., since 2008. He currently is also the Director of the Pinkerton Center for Technology Development at Geneva College. He received his B.S.E in precision engineering from Harbin Institute of Technol- ogy, P. R. China, his M.S in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and Ph.D in mechanical engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. He worked as a se- nior research/project engineer at General Motors Corporation from 1997-2005. He also served as
AC 2012-5255: LESSONS LEARNED WITH TRANSATLANTIC UNDER-GRADUATE ENGINEERING DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMDr. Jan Helge Bohn, Virginia Tech Jan Helge Bohn is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech. He received his B.S. in computer science and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer and systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., in 1988, 1989, and 1993, respectively. Bohn’s research centers about geometric modeling, software engineering, and the engineering design process in a global context.Prof. Manfred J. Hampe, Technische Universitt Darmstadt Manfred J. Hampe is professor for thermal process engineering at the mechanical engineering depart- ment of Technische Universitaet
AC 2012-4892: CHANGING THE FACE OF ENGINEERING: CAN PHO-TOVOLTAIC ENGINEERING LEAD THE CHARGE?Ms. Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University Susan Shapcott holds a master’s of arts degree in educational psychology from Arizona State University, and is pursuing her doctorate. One of her research interests is the motivation and performance of adults in underrepresented environments.Mrs. Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University Katherine Nelson is in her fourth year of graduate studies at Arizona State University (ASU), working towards her Ph.D. in engineering education. She is currently a Research Assistant at the NSF and DOE co- sponsored Engineering Research Center on Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar
AC 2012-3447: CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT THE TONGJIUNIVERSITY, CHINA, AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAMs. Zhang Lei, University of Florida Zhang Lei is a graduate student of civil and coastal engineering at the University of Florida who earned her B.S.A.E. degree in construction management from Tongji University, China. Lei is a member of several professional associations.Dr. Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida Fazil T. Najafi a professor of civil and coastal engineering at the University of Florida earned his B.S.A.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has more than 35 years of experience with government, industry, and education
AC 2012-2988: COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IMPACT ON ENHANCINGMECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDr. Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Nash T. Younis is a professor of mechanical engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He has been the cooperative education coordinator of the mechanical engineering programs since 2000. He received his Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Iowa State University in 1988. Younis is the recipient of the 2002 Illinois/Indiana Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Outstanding Educator Award. In addition to curriculum and assessments issues, his research interests include sensors and optical experimental stress analysis
AC 2012-4264: CRYSTALLIZED IDENTITY: A LOOK AT IDENTITY DE-VELOPMENT THROUGH CROSS-DISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES IN EN-GINEERINGMr. Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tiago Forin is a Ph.D. student in engineering education at Purdue University. Forin has received his B.S. in civil engineering from Florida State University in 2006 and his M.S. in environmental engineering from Purdue University in 2008. Forin currently does research in cross-disciplinary experiences in engineering in the XRoads Research Group headed by Dr. Robin Adams of Purdue University. Forin also has an interest in global service design and has participated in the Global Engineering program at Purdue.Dr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West
AC 2012-3310: DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ONLINE OFFER-ING OF A NUCLEAR ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDr. Simin Hall, Virginia Tech Simin Hall is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Vir- ginia Tech (VT). She earned her Ph.D. in education and statistics and a post-master’s certificate in adult learning and college teaching from the University of North Carolina and holds degrees from Virginia Tech in engineering science and mechanics and mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics. She has research and applied experience at Virginia Tech, Westinghouse, and Babcock and Wilcox (AREVA) fo- cused in the areas of structural engineering, seismic, and loss of coolant accident
AC 2012-4653: EFFECTS OF STUDENT-LED UNDERGRADUATE RE-SEARCH EXPERIENCE ON LEARNING AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EN-GINEERING IN AN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS SCIENCE COURSEDr. Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University Raymundo Arroyave is an Assistant Professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department. He also belongs to the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Materials Science program. He received his Ph.D. degree in materials science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching interests include under- graduate courses on materials science and numerical methods and graduate courses on thermodynamics of materials science. He has more than 60 publications (peer-reviewed journals and proceedings) on the general
AC 2012-3794: A FIRST-YEAR ”INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING”COURSE AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE USING HANDS-ON MATLABEXPERIMENT CONTROLProf. Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University Stephen W. McKnight received a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1977 and had postdoctoral positions at Emory University and as National Research Council Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory before joining the faculty in the Physics Department at North- eastern University in 1980. In 1988, he became an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and in 2001 was promoted to Professor of electrical and computer engineering. He has published more than 50 refereed
AC 2012-4282: AIDING AND ABETING: THE BANKRUPTCY OF OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION AS A CHANGE STRATEGYDr. Donna M. Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Associate Professor and a founding faculty member in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. Her research interests include liberative pedagogies, engineering ethics, engineering and social justice, and exclusionary structures of power in engineering education. Page 25.141.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Aiding and ABETing: The Bankruptcy of Outcomes-Based Education as a
AC 2012-3518: ATLAS SHRUGGED: ASSESSING COMMUNICATION ANDGLOBAL COMPETENCE SKILLS IN A TECHNICAL WRITING COURSEDr. Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University Carolyn Kusbit Dunn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Dunn holds a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in professional and technical discourse, and she teaches technical writing. Her research interests are crisis communication, language and power, and teaching technical and professional communication. Page 25.238.1 c American Society for
AC 2012-3971: THE RAISE THE BAR INITIATIVE: CHARTING THE FU-TURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - ACCRED-ITATION CRITERIACol. Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy Stephen Ressler is professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. He earned a B.S. degree from USMA in 1979, a master’s of science in civil engineering degree from Lehigh University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Lehigh in 1991. An active duty Army officer, he has served in a variety of military engineering assignments around the world. He has been a member of the USMA faculty for 19 years, teaching courses in engineering me- chanics, structural engineering, construction
AC 2012-3965: UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY LED TRANSPORTATION FO-CUSED WEEKEND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR 7TH-12TH GRADEGIRLS: A CONTEXT FOCUSED FRAMEWORKDr. Kristina M. Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Kristina Fields is an Assistant Professor of civil engineering focusing on transportation at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Providing the age-appropriate transportation STEM outreach programs, the topic of her paper, has been a excellent experience for her. She is passionate about non-motorized transportation and links this to opportunities to improve community livability and connectivity for all ages of users, which she does through a variety of service learning projects.Ms. Tammy J. Salmon-Stephens
AC 2012-5585: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: LINKING A GEOGRAPHICALLYDISTRIBUTED REU PROGRAM WITH NETWORKING AND COLLAB-ORATION TOOLSDr. Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University Thalia Anagnos is a professor of general engineering at San Jose State University and a Co-leader of education, outreach, and training for the George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation.Alicia L. Lyman-Holt, Oregon State UniversityDr. Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette Sean P. Brophy is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and the Co-leader of the education, outreach, and training theme for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). He has been working with advanced learning
AC 2012-4772: REEL ENGINEERS: PORTRAYAL OF ENGINEERS ANDTHE ENGINEERING PROFESSION IN THE FEATURE FILMSDr. Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor Zbigniew J. Pasek is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Windsor. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. His research interests include manufacturing systems automation, risk management, health care engineering, and informal engineering education. He is a member of IEEE, ASME, SME, and ASEE. Page 25.1107.1 c American Society for
AC 2012-4973: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TABLET PC INTERAC-TION TECHNIQUESMahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Engineering Education. Before attending Virginia Tech, she earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer engineering from Mississippi State University and worked full-time in a scientific visualization research lab. Currently, she is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow and ENGE Ambassador. She is teaching a freshman engineering course while pursuing her research interests involving technology use in the engineering classroom.Dr. Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech