Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University; Mary D. VanLeer, Perceptive-Systems; Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-5046: DEFINING THE CORE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (COR-BOK) FOR A GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: AWORK IN PROGRESSDr. Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires is Manager of Systems Engineering at Aurora Flight Sciences and an adjunct systems engi- neering faculty for the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology. She is one of many authors on the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (http://www.sebokwiki.org/) and the Graduate Curriculum for Systems Engineering (http://bkcase.org/grcse-05). She was previously a Senior Researcher for the Systems Engineering University Affiliated Research Center (SE UARC) and Online Technical Director for the School of

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Design Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-4883: TOUR GUIDE ROBOT: A PLATFORM FOR INTERDISCI-PLINARY ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSDr. Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University Kumar Yelamarthi received his Ph.D. and M.S degrees in electrical engineering from Wright State Uni- versity in 2008 and 2004, and his B.E degree in instrumentation and control engineering from University of Madras in 2000. He is currently an Assistant Professor of electrical engineering at Central Michigan University. His research interest is in the area of RFID, timing optimization, nanometer circuit design, computer-aided design, and engineering education. He has served as a technical reviewer for NASA, IEEE/ASME/ASEE international conferences and journals, served

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Design Across Disciplines

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

alumnus of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and recipient of Harvard’s prestigious Rice Prize for the Integration of Architecture and Engineering, Nas- tasi is currently directing interdisciplinary research in sustainable engineering for both the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.Mr. Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology Eirik Hole has since 2004 held the position of lecturer in systems engineering and engineering man- agement in the School of Systems & Enterprise at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to this, he held systems engineering positions in a number of companies, primarily in the automotive and aerospace fields, in Norway and Germany. He obtained a master’s degree in aerospace

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Systems Engineering Education and K-12

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

. Page 25.487.5 • LEP students will place greater value on the work of individuals from other disciplines.Supporting Objective: DesignCompared to their non-LEP peers, LEP graduates will be more skilled at: • executing a design process, • designing multicomponent systems including the ability to manage interfaces between subsystems, and • applying practical design skills such as reading specifications sheets for electrical components or selecting parts from distributors for an integrated design.The research question to be addressed by the research strategy described in this paper is asfollows: Are LEP graduates different than their non-LEP graduate peers with respect to theirability to perform interdisciplinary work as described

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Momodou Jain

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International

AC 2012-3292: DEVELOPING MODEL FOR CROSS-CULTURAL SER-VICE LEARNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESDr. Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College Kurt DeGoede Associate Professor of engineering and physics, Elizabethtown College. DeGoede is cur- rently working on developing a collaborative study abroad program in West Africa built around a design course based in service engineering. Many of these projects include work with renewable energy systems. His research interests are in the areas of biomechanics and the modeling of dynamic systems. Current projects include collaborative work with faculty and students in occupational therapy and an orthopedic hand surgeon, developing clinical instruments for conducting therapy and

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Model Eliciting Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

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 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE).Dr. Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.45.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A First Take on an Individual Data Generation Assignment for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4404: IMPACTS OF SERVICE ON ENGINEERING STUDENTSProf. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson, Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, is also Director of Michigan Tech’s D80 Center. D80 has the mission to develop contribution-based learning, research, and service opportunities for all students and staff to partner with the poorest 80% of humanity, together creating solutions that matter. As Director of several international programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Paterson, his colleagues, and his students have conducted numerous community-inspired research and design projects. Paterson is an educational innovator, recently adding courses for first

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New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadgee Mar González García, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Laura Isabel Nieves, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Paola Beatriz Pacheco, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Rosaurelis Joanne Marín, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Minorities in Engineering

. Specifically, thewords used in the CI are not translated in the best connotation, since Arabic words arecompound, i.e. one word can have more than one meaning. These findings were incorporatedinto our study’s research design, which is explained in the following section.Research DesignStatics is a pivotal course for engineering students especially in the areas of civil and mechanicalengineering. Previous work demonstrated the presence of naive conceptions (misconceptions)on statics concepts among mechanical and civil senior engineering students.10, 11 CATS has beendesigned to detect errors associated with incorrect concepts necessary for Statics. Thedevelopment of CATS began with the identification of central Statics concepts based on ananalysis of

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Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guanghsu A. Chang, Minnesota State University, Mankato; William R. Peterson, WRP Associates

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Manufacturing

efficient the design.In recent years, there is a constantly growing need for manufacturing engineers possessing bothdesign and manufacturing knowledge [1,2,3]. Shortages of design expertise and manufacturingexperience often result in an unacceptable level of assemblability and manufacturability ofproduct design [6,7]. Unfortunately, best manufacturing practices and design expertise are hardto disseminate to designers. In order to effectively disseminate and reuse this valuableknowledge, design and manufacturing departments need quantitative feedback mechanisms toimprove communication between these two departments. Design for assembly (DFA) provides aquantitative method for evaluating the cost and assemblability of the design during the designstage

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda S. Davis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Deborah Lynn Grubbe P.E., Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC; Ronald Lee Cutshall Sr., R. L. Cutshall Sr., Consulting; Steven J. Swanson; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Arvind Varma, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Chemical Engineering

, anexplosion in a Massey Energy mine in West Virginia killed 29 workers in the worst mineincident in four decades. Also, in 2010, an explosion on the Deep Water off-shore oil platformin the Gulf Coast left 11 dead and caused yet to be understood damage to the environment andeconomy. The fines and lawsuits associated with these three incidents have been and willcontinue to be horrendous2. Process safety management must continue to improve and beadhered to if employees, communities and the environment are to be protected.A revision to the ABET program criteria for chemical engineering programs in January 2012requires that the curriculum “enable graduates to design, analyze, and control physical, chemicaland/or biological processes, and address the

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa; Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University; Mainul Kader Faruque, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

A&T State University, is the Educational Assessment and Adminis- trative Coordinator for the NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials. Page 25.721.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Impacting Undergraduate Nanoscience and Nanoengineering EducationAbstract In this paper, we report our three-pronged efforts toward enhancing undergraduatenanoscience and engineering education, with an emphasis on devices and systems. We are usingthe practical approach of direct engagement of the students in ongoing research in our advancedmaterials

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jessica Kaminsky, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cathy Leslie P.E., Engineers Without Borders - USA ; Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Rinehart and Winston; 1979.43. Beyea S. Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting focus group data. AORN. 2000;71(6):1278-1283.44. Krueger RA, Casey MA. Focus groups: a practical guide for applied research. SAGE; 2009.45. Glaser BG, Strauss A. The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. AldineTransaction; 1967.46. Miles MB, Huberman M. Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourceboo. 2nd ed. Sage Publications, Inc;1994.47. Singleton R, Straits BC. Approaches to Social Research. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, USA; 2004.48. Oppenheim AN. Questionnaire Design and Attitude Measurement. Later printing. Basic Books; 1966

Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Painter P.E., Tennessee State University

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Engineering Ethics

impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context."And, Criterion 4 requires that program graduates have design experience…that includes most ofthe following considerations: economic, environmental, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical,health and safety, social, and political" 1, 2. Notwithstanding ABET requirements, a recentsurvey indicates that 80% of engineering graduates attend schools that have no ethics-relatedcourse requirements. Even at schools that have courses with ethics-related content, the coursesare usually in philosophy or religion and have no specific engineering ethics component 3.Notwithstanding these deficiencies, the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE)Statement on Engineering Ethics

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

developed for superior educational experiences7, 8, including thelegacy cycle, i.e., an approach to design a challenge-based learning environment in classrooms.The legacy cycle is widely used from K-12 to post-graduate education to help educators focus ondifferent aspects of developing the initial challenge and guide students throughout the learningprocess, including the engineering design process. It also gives students a framework to organizeand manage their learning activities to assess their knowledge. The implementation of theengineering design process with the legacy cycle in the current robotics project is also a viableapproach to attract, and guide freshman college students to do research in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics

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Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kavitha D. Ramane, Purdue University

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International

Page 25.204.7all CQ questions, while another study of 447 undergraduate students in Singapore showed anaverage score of 4.25.18 Our CQ scores are generally higher than these other studies. This may bedue to the fact that a large number of our research subjects had prior experience living abroad,and/or were opting into courses and programs with an explicit global/international focus.Second, we found that students who spent two or more months living abroad had significantlyhigher scores for all dimensions of Cultural Intelligence. This finding is similar to results fromother studies. For example, Shannon and Begley found that prior international work experienceis a significant predictor for all dimensions of CQ except cognitive.19 The impact of

Conference Session

Empowering the User Learning Experience: Evolution in Library Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University; Kim Duckett, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

, which begins with knowing your users’ behaviors and aspirations. As a result, librariansare increasingly adopting methods for learning about and understanding our users. A growingnumber of libraries are undertaking projects to study users’ behaviors by leveraging qualitativemethodologies, ethnographic strategies, and participatory design processes such as thosedescribed in the University of Rochester Libraries’ studies of researchers and students. Theirwork to understand faculty’s research practices and behaviors 1 and “what students really dowhen they write their research papers” 2 have inspired many other libraries to employ ananthropological approach to learning more about library users. Some of these projects arenoteworthy for their size

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

designed to help studentsexcel in math, science, technology, and engineering courses and graduate with STEM-baseddegrees. The MESA Center is also home for several student organizations on our campus,including MAES, SACNAS, and SWE. Over the last two years we have partnered with a nearbyuniversity to direct a NASA sponsored undergraduate research program. The program (CIPAIR)provides opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in ongoing research projects off-campus, as well as to conduct new research projects on campus under the guidance andsupervision of a faculty member.The MESA Center served as a focal point for promoting these opportunities and fordissemination of project results. The on-campus research projects were developed by

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teacher data from state-wide publicinstruction databases. The goal will be to track students and teachers across multiple years,through multiple STEM outreach experiences and, for students, eventual matriculation tocolleges and universities (including NCSU).The new data-driven assessment tools will be used for MISO project research and will beavailable to any STEM outreach campus program. In this way, any STEM outreach projectaffiliated with NCSU, big or small, will have access to a valid analytic tool to evaluate theimpact of their project, as well as MISO research results. In order to support the campus-widecommunity of practice, projects will have the opportunity to work collaboratively during twice

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

. This will inspire students and help them comprehend and respond todiverse and fast changing knowledge and technologies in Aerospace domain. This initiative is in-line with the development of a new Aerospace engineering program at Southern PolytechnicState University. The research skills obtained by undergraduate students in their early educationcareers are an important learning experience. Special emphasis is put on design, practice,integration, and application of the scientific and technical knowledge learned from the classroomthrough various activities. The topic chosen for research is rather simple yet important tounderstand. It has real world applications. It provides analytical and experimental knowledge andskills to the students involved

Conference Session

Integration of Research and Education in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tali Moreshet, Swarthmore College; Uzi Vishkin, University of Maryland, College Park; Fuat Keceli, Intel Corporation

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Electrical and Computer

Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Parallel Simulation of Many-core Processors: Integration of Research and EducationAbstractProviding undergraduate students with an opportunity to experience meaningful academicresearch has a potential impact on their future career choice. Our approach combines twoseemingly contradicting attributes: (i) to make it exciting, the effort targets a grand researchobjective; and (ii) to make the experience self-assuring and overall positive, the concrete taskhanded to a student is feasible, given their background and time constraints, while stillcontributing towards the grand objective. We believe that this can motivate a wider range ofundergraduate students, including

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Old Dominion University and Quality Measures, LLC; Duc T. Nguyen, Old Dominion University; Melinda R. Hess; James A. Eison, University of South Florida; Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University; Glen H. Besterfield, University of South Florida; Corina M. Owens, Battelle Memorial Institute

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Computers in Education

AC 2012-3161: A HOLISTIC VIEW ON HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AS-SESSMENT, AND FUTURE OF AN OPEN COURSEWARE IN NUMERI-CAL METHODSProf. Autar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar Kaw is a professor of mechanical engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Clemson Univer- sity. His main scholarly interests are in engineering education research methods, open courseware de- velopment, bascule bridge design, body armor, and micromechanics of composite materials. With major funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, he is the lead developer of award-winning online resources for an undergraduate course in numerical methods

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene F. Brown, Virginia Tech; Larry G. Richards, University of Virginia; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University and Harpeth Hall School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Hall School Stacy Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly as it relates to increasing interest and participation by females. Klein-Gardner serves as the Director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls at the Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tenn. Here, she leads professional development opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for K-12 teachers and works to Identify and disseminate best practices from suc- cessful K12, university and corporate STEM programs for females. This center also leads a program for rising ninth- and 10th-grade girls that integrates community service and engineering design in

Conference Session

Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

test was chosen. On the other hand shegained a different way of thinking from her doctoral program. It has helped her determine whatinformation is required when beginning a project and how to best use test results. Page 25.860.12CamCam became interested in graduate school while completing his undergraduate degree becausehe did not feel prepared to call himself an engineer. Also, he was not interested in bachelor’sdegree engineering jobs. He wanted a job on a world stage where he could be creative. He didnot feel his bachelor’s degree would allow him this opportunity. He participated in the NationalScience Foundation Research Experience for

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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New Engineering Educators

enable them to grow in both of these areas.This year a series of workshops were designed and developed for the varied needs of the faculty,both experienced and new, in the art and practice of undergraduate engineering education. Whilethe workshops varied from a macro-level discussion of the School’s core competencies inteaching to two day-long workshops in the mechanics of teaching, collaboration was soughtacross campus lines and across different institutions, leveraging the experiences of thoseinvolved in similar endeavors in other academic or administrative units.This paper will document the benefits to the School including the sharing of “best practices” inteaching the various undergraduate courses, in much the same way as a local version of

Conference Session

From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Brian Charles Dougherty, Rose-Hulman Ventures

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

will bedeveloped from practicing innovation stage development projects and observing and recordingbest practices from successful outcomes.Rose-Hulman Ventures, a technology commercialization program, is described where corporatepartners bring concepts, research results, and intellectual property and teams of faculty, staff, andstudents develop designs, models, and prototypes as part of the commercialization process. Overten years of operation, the program has worked with hundreds of industrial clients in a broadrange of industry segments. These projects come after the research stage and fall in the criticalinnovation stage of development where technologies are prepared for success in the marketplace.Through these projects, several guiding

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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So Yoon Yoon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Miles Griffin Evans; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

have a long history in the K-12 schooling system and are wellintegrated into the preparation and continuous training of teachers. Similarly, the many conceptsof science and mathematics are shared amongst educators. Engineering in K-12 is yet to be fullyconceptualized1, 34, which does not only impact practice of teaching engineering in K-12 but haslarger impacts for this study. A limitation of this study is that it presumes a definition ofengineering, which might not be shared by all members of the community and not shared by allparticipants of the study. Our comprehensive literature review addresses some of the concerns,yet future research on the impact of different conceptualizations of engineering in K-12 and theirimpact on teachers’ self

Conference Session

Design Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Charles Cappello, York College of Pennsylvania; Takeshi Jonathan Ei, York College of Pennsylvania; Edward Miller Jr., York College of Pennsylvania; Dan Bosse, Weldon Solutions; Berne S. Edwards, Graham Packaging Company; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory M. Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

well as becoming a certified Professional Engineer while working for an electrical engineering consulting firm in Pennsylvania.Dan Bosse, Weldon Solutions Dan Bosse graduated from York College of Pennsylvania with a degree in mechanical engineering in the summer of 2011. He now works at Weldon Solutions in York, Penn., designing automation systems and precision grinders. The capstone design project was one of the highlights of his time at York College. Given the opportunity, he would gladly work on another robotics project.Berne S. Edwards, Graham Packaging Company Berne Edwards received his B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from York College of Pennsylvania in 2011 and works as a Project Management Engineer at

Conference Session

Before and After: Matriculants and Alumni

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, SKG Analysis; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Michelle Warner, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a focus in engineering education. Brunhaver completed a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University in 2008 and a M.S. in mechanical engineering with a focus in design for manufacturing from Stanford in 2010.Dr. Shannon Katherine GilmartinDr. Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University Sheri Sheppard, Ph.D., P.E., is professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University. Besides teach- ing both undergraduate and graduate design and education-related classes at Stanford University, she con- ducts research on weld and solder-connect fatigue and impact failures, fracture mechanics, applied finite

Conference Session

Design Spine

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-5247: A NEW VISION FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN INSTRUC-TION: ON THE INNOVATIVE SIX COURSE DESIGN SEQUENCE OFJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYDr. Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University Olga Pierrakos is an Associate Professor and founding faculty member in the School of Engineering, which is graduating its inaugural class May 2012, at James Madison University. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in engineering science and mechanics, an M.S. in engineering mechanics, and a Ph.D. in biomedical en- gineering from Virginia Tech. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineering design instruction and methodology, learning through service (NSF EFELTS project), understanding engineering

Conference Session

Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Brett D. Jones, Virginia Tech; Philip R. Brown, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

- wide Undergraduate Teaching Award at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (2003-2004). For his research, he received the North Carolina Association for Research in Education’s Distinguished Paper Award (2000) and the Best Paper Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, K-12 Engineering Division (2010). His current research focuses on applying motivation and cognitive theories to instruction. He developed the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation with the hopes that novice, as well as experienced, instructors would find it useful as a tool for improving their instruction (see http://www.MotivatingStudents.info/).Mr. Philip R. Brown, Virginia Tech Philip R. Brown is a graduate student in the