Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Pariyothorn, Texas A&M University; Robin L. Autenrieth, Texas A&M University

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Graduate Studies

by contributing to ongoing faculty research projects or pursuing anindependent research topic. More than 555 participants have completed the USRG program sincethe summer of 2000.The objectives of the program are to: 1) provide immersive research experience(s) forengineering undergraduates; 2) increase participant’s interest in pursuing graduate studies withan emphasis on the Ph.D. program; 3) increase participant’s awareness of the graduate schoolexperience; 4) provide an outlet to enhance participant’s writing and communications skills; 5)increase participant’s understanding of the graduate school application process for admissionsand fellowships; and subsequently, 6) position participants to be more competitive for graduateadmissions and

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tonya Lynn Lauriski-Karriker, Colorado School of Mines; Emma Nicoletti, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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Computers in Education

, educational researchers and college instructors have been exploring newmethods for using technology to enhance the learning process. The level of use varies byinstructor and institution.Georgia Tech began the Classroom 2000 project in the 1990s, with the intention of investigatingdiverse approaches for incorporating technology in the classroom.1 This project continues todayunder the revised name, eClass.2 Classroom 2000/eClass was designed to investigate the ideathat students are able to devote more attention to content when they do not need to focus oncopying notes. Other schools, even high schools, have selected to adopt specific technologies,such as the tablet PCs for widespread instructional use. For example, secondary school districtsin Ontario

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon D. Nelson P.E., Tetra Tech, Inc; Monte L. Phillips P.E., Americal Society of Civil Engineers; Craig N. Musselman, CMA Engineers, Inc.; Michael J. Conzett, HDR, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3876: THE ”RAISE THE BAR” INITIATIVE: CHARTING THEFUTURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - MOD-IFYING THE MODEL LAWS AND RULES FOR ENGINEERING LICEN-SUREMr. Jon D. Nelson P.E., Tetra Tech, Inc Jon D. Nelson, P.E. is Senior Vice President of the central region of the Engineering and Architectural Services group of Tetra Tech, Inc. in Tulsa, Okla. He has been a consulting engineer for 34 years, focusing on municipal water and wastewater projects. He has been with Tetra Tech for 27 years. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Kansas State University and a M.S. degree in environmental engineering from Oklahoma State University. Nelson is licensed as a professional engineer in four states and

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

technological growth.”Here the ASME paper suggests that we must preserve low standards for entry into the professionto ensure that we have an adequate supply of engineers to ensure our technological growth. Yetthere is compelling evidence that our future global competitiveness demands not more engineers,but better educated engineers.Consider the report produced by a National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored project called“The 5XME Workshop: Transforming Mechanical Engineering Education and Research in theUSA.”9 The 5XME project report describes the ongoing global commoditization of engineering Page 25.1361.4* The ASME position paper uses the

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Andy Luse, Iowa State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

also participate in numerous activities (calledanomalies) throughout the competition which are designed to keep them engaged and slightly offbalance just as real IT staffs get engaged in new projects and may overlook intrusions or securityrisks in new implementations. These requests may run counter to the goal of having securesystems or may open holes in their servers. The students must then decide how, or if, toimplement the request on their network, as well as how to implement it securely. It is theseactivities that help keep the students focused on providing a useable network for their end users,as well as a secure one.The group who tests each student team’s network for vulnerabilities and plays the role ofattackers in the competition

Conference Session

Engineering Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann P. McMahon Ph.D., Ann P. McMahon, LLC

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachingpractice, all participants – including me – talked about the topics they teach and/or theirpedagogical approach. Valerie, Nancy and I refer to guided inquiry as our pedagogical approach,while Elizabeth describes her pedagogical approach as constructivist and project based. We donot name topics or activities, which presupposes that any topic we teach is presented throughguided inquiry or within the context of a project. Renee, Ellen and Jill describe specific kits orkit publishers, topics, and strategies such as science notebooking. The kit-based curriculumpublishers these teachers mention make their pedagogical approach explicit in the teacher guidethat accompanies the kit, so these teachers might conflate the kit publisher or topic with

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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New Engineering Educators

of Personality/Behavior/Motivation Assessment in the Design of a Good Group Project Team o Teaching in Large Classes: Ensuring Student Success and Engagement o What Makes a Good Assessment? o Collaborative learning in the Classroom o Technology in the Classroom: What works and what does not o How and where to Incorporate Active Learning into Courses o Learner-Centered Teaching o Grades and Learning: Expectations, Assessments, and Accountability o Developing Cross-Disciplinary Learning Experiences for Students o Incorporating and Teaching Global Perspectives o Promoting Learning through WritingInnovation and Creativity o Teaching Innovation in Design Courses o Benefits of/Best Practices in Integrating Innovation

Conference Session

Online Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lance Kinney P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Min Liu, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell A. Thornton Ph.D., P.E., Southern Methodist University

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Computers in Education

, and Ingraffea12 explored the TAM model and socialnetworking in a distance education project for aerospace design. Landry, Griffeth, andHartman13 looked at student perceptions of the Blackboard ™ learning managementsystem.Other research has focused directly on the role of perceptions in online courses. Osborne,Kreise, Tobey, and Johnson14 developed a survey instrument to investigate student andfaculty perceptions of online courses in social science departments. This study found thateffective communication methods are critical for online courses.It is clear that faculty and student perception is a key component in the acceptance andimplementation of new technologies, including online and distance education programs,and it is important to

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Alexis Pham, University of the Pacific

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Mechanical Engineering

Professor in the Benerd School of Education within the Ed- ucational and School Psychology Department at the University of the Pacific, where she teaches graduate- level research methodology and applied statistics courses. In addition to serving as a consultant to faculty and students within her unit, Hackett serves as an independent evaluator on several state- and federally funded projects related to education.Miss Alexis Pham, University of the Pacific Alexis Pham is currently a Ph.D. student in educational psychology. She examines how students learn and develop in educational settings. She holds a M.A. in educational and counseling psychology from University of the Pacific

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Adithya Raghavan; Ji Soo Yi, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

scholarship14. Besides challenges from thesocial environment, the major challenge for doctoral students is scholarly and intellectualdevelopment. Novice researchers usually come to the research field with a broad area of interest.This broad interest serves as an initial direction for exploration. They have to refine and distillthis topic into specific research questions15. This process calls for lots of efforts in understandingthe scope of the whole research field, looking for relevant literature under certain topics, tryingto find a gap in the literature and use their own research project to bridge the gap.Engineering Education incorporates methodological traditions from sociology, educationalpsychology, educational technology, as well as various

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Environmental Engineering

reform and engineering education research grant,Departmental Level Reform (DLR), awarded to a group of engineering and education faculty inthe university [4, 5, 6]. The first course in the program, Engineering Exploration (ENGE 1024),is the most affected course by the DLR project. This course primarily focuses on hands-ondesign, problem solving, professional ethics and skills, contemporary issues like sustainability,globalization, nanotechnology, and critical thinking skills [7]. This course is taken byapproximately 1700 freshmen every year. The course delivery format includes one 50-minutelecture followed by one 110-minute hands-on workshop every week.One of the learning objectives of this course is gaining the ability to develop and

Conference Session

K-12 Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Vincent Abbott, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

costs less, and most of the industrial motors make use of AC power. See Figure 10 for acomparison between AC and DC currents. Figure 10: Graph of AC current (sine wave) vs. DC current (flat line). This activity however, used DC power for several reasons. First, AC power systems mustbe synchronized and achieving this on a small grid would be very difficult. Second, the loads onthe system will be LEDs (light-emitting diodes), which require DC electric current. This activitywas an end-of-the-year project which was conducted over many days. Students were first askedto design/build their own wind turbines out of cardboard. When this process was complete, theybuilt a power grid using wires and LEDs, which was setup to utilize DC

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele L. Strutz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

aretransferable to another context. 31Dependability was shown with detailed documentation of the “research design and itsimplementation, … operational detail of data gathering, … [and] reflective appraisal of theproject”. 32 Throughout the project design, data collection and examination, and dataexplication, the first author’s dispositions and biases were documented in a notebook and weretested in her debriefing sessions with her advisor and mentor, and in conversations with hergraduate student peers, establishing confirmability. 33Interview procedureIn phenomenological studies, in-depth interviews are used to collect rich, thick data. 34Exploratory qualitative interviews 24 were used to capture the participants’ experiences ofchoosing to study

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Scott David Greenhalgh, University of Northern Iowa; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Gary A. Stewardson, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Oenardi Lawanto is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Lawanto holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in human resource education. His research interests include areas in cognition, learning, instructions, engineering design, and e-learning. Currently, he is working on two research projects that investigate students’ cognitive and metacognitive activities while learning engineering. Both projects are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).Dr. Gary A. Stewardson, Utah State University Gary Stewardson is an Associate Professor in technology and engineering education at Utah State Uni- versity. His curriculum and research interests

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

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International

institution - Demonstrations or presentations (individual or collective) - Portfolios - Homework Page 25.375.4 - Student scores   - Projects at “capstone” courses - Use of rubrics - Evaluation by employers - Tests and oral presentations - Essays and papersSome indirect methods of collection include: - Surveys on attitudes and/or perceptions of students, employers and teachers. - Dropout and failing rates - Focus groups - Interviews with different members of the communityFor Georgia State University learning outcomes assessment is a systematic process of continuousimprovement based on

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Vanderbilt University; Robert James Webster III, Vanderbilt University

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Mechanical Engineering

Nagy, Z., 2009, “Applying Kolb’s experiential learning cycle for laboratory education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 98, pp. 283–294. [4] Wieman, C. and Perkins, K., November 2005, “Transforming physics education,” Physics Today, pp. 36–41. [5] Fraser, D., Pillay, R., Tjatindi, L., and Case, J., 2007, “Enhancing the learning of fluid mechanics using computer simulations,” Journal of Engineering Education, No.4, pp. 381–388. [6] Goeser, P., Johnson, W. M., Hamza-Lup, F. G., and Schaefer, D., 2011, “VIEW - a virtual interactive web-based learning environment for engineers,” Advances in Engineering Education. [7] Terpenny, J. and Goff, R., 2006, “Utilizing assistive technology design projects and interdisplinary teams to

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

lend support toneoliberal trends in academia.It may be premature to begin a conversation about alternatives before the critiques of OBE inengineering education have been fully articulated. Tentatively, then, I will point to somestrategies that may address the concerns I have raised here about OBE and EC 2000.We have learned from critical pedagogy that our apparatuses of university administration andaccreditation will reproduce structures of power that we ultimately seek to dismantle, resist, orchange. We cannot retain the same decision-making structures – neither in our universities nor inour accreditation system, and expect to see different results. Thus, a project as simple aschanging ABET outcomes - for example to include diversity as a new

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen M. Doerr, Syracuse University; Jonas Bergman Arleback, Syracuse University; AnnMarie H. O'Neil, Syracuse University

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First-Year Programs

, our goal was to prepare students for success intheir first mathematics course, whether that placement was pre-calculus or calculus. Toaccomplish this goal, we designed a summer course to engage students in challengingmathematics through hands-on modeling projects using collaborative group learning. Thefollowing section of this paper describes the design of the course and its implementation. Thenext section describes results of the students’ performance both within the course and in theirsubsequent courses in mathematics. We then conclude with comments on lessons learned fromthe first implementation of the course, the continuing re-design of the course andrecommendations for future efforts.Course DesignThe overarching objective of this course

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Leah Rineck; Ethan V. Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

minorities and women to UWM’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Jablonski is focusing her dissertation on sustainable oxidation of textile wastewater and is working to create small-scale wastewater treatment units for cottage textile industries. She trained at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur, India where she worked on biodegra- dation of azo dye intermediates. Jablonski served as Co-chair of UWM’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders for two years since its inception in 2007 and continues to help design and implement water distribution projects in Guatemala. Jablonski was a 2008 recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellow- ship Honorable Mention, the 2008 Wisconsin

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM

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Engineering and Public Policy

HSIs in preparing atechnically-talented STEM workforce.IntroductionThe powering of today’s New Economy requires individuals to posses the 21st Centuryknowledge, skills and competencies that are needed to fully participate in the STEM Enterprise.At the core of this New Economy is technology, an artifact that must increasingly be leveragedto maximize earning potential and learning experiences. According to the U.S. Department ofCommerce (Langdon, McKittrick, Beede, Knah, & Doms, 2011)1, in 2010, 7.6 million people or1 in 18 workers held STEM jobs. Over the past 10 years, STEM jobs grew three times fasterthen non-STEM jobs. Between 2008 and 2018, STEM jobs are projected to grow by 17 percentcompared to 9.8 percent growth for non-STEM jobs

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

proposal and technical report. The technical report includes a component of each of theprevious assignments – graphics, a definition and a description are all required – and so studentscan learn how these individual pieces of technical writing can function together to form adifferent whole. In the 13th week of class, the content focuses on oral presentations, and studentspresent a five minute oral report on the topic of their technical report. The final week of class isspent reviewing material for the final project, which is a portfolio of the student‘s correctedwork. Throughout the semester, students receive their assignment back with fairly extensivefeedback from the instructor. For the final project, students have to make corrections to

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Penn State University; Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andras Gordon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3118: THE IMPACT OF COGNITIVE STYLE ON CONCEPTMAPPING: VISUALIZING VARIATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE OF IDEASDr. Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Joanna DeFranco earned her Ph.D. in computer and information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, M.S. in computer engineering from Villanova University, and B.S. in electrical engineering from Penn State, University Park. She teaches graduate courses, including Problem Solving, Project Man- agement, Software Systems Design, Computer Forensics, Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, Advanced Software Engineering Studio, and an Information Technology seminar. Previous to entering academia, DeFranco held a number of

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Disadvantages  Research contracts render  Inappropriate theses if not properly opportunities to render valuable supervised public service, particularly in  Certain types of sponsored research problems of national defense may be more suitable for industrial  Contracts for basic research are organizations with which the desirable as means of building up educational institution should not [the] research atmosphere of the compete institute  Steer project in direction of funding  Research contracts… make it agency interest

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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College Industry Partnerships

enhanced using theextended EPS research team as resources with expertise. The extended team includes theinterview team and the external project evaluator, as well as other researchers working on EPS.In addition to reviewing the questions with the extended research team, the interview teampiloted questions with graduate students and working ECPs of similar age as the samplepopulation (between 25-26 years old). The questions were revised and improved during multiplerounds of pilot testing. The final interview protocol probed the ECPs’ past and presentexperiences and future plans. For example, the ECPs were asked if they are currently doing whatthey thought they would be doing as an undergraduate.Participants As previously mentioned, the participants

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

2015. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an11% growth in the need for nuclear engineers in the period up to 2018” [16]. A parallel examplecomes from the UK where in respect of a large underground rail development in London(Crossrail) the contractor reported that it will require 1000 tunnellers. But there were only 500tunnellers in the whole of the UK whose average age is 55 years. Unfortunately it did not saywhat qualifications were required [17].More generally in the United States recent evidence on the demand for personnel seems tosuggest that the pattern of demand is changing. So is there a changing pattern in the demand forpersonnel with technological skills

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Rivera, Universidad Icesi; Andrés López, Universidad Icesi; Andrés Calderón, Universidad Icesi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

activities, plans and projects to turn the Strategic Intent into reality.Operations professionals will need to provide company leaders with a clear picture of thecompany’s capabilities in terms of technologies and their innovations. They will need to findchallenges that serve the deployment of the corporate strategies in ways the operation’semployees find interesting and engaging. They will explore new areas of operation andknowledge that take advantage of teamwork and shared technical expertise. They have alsoknowledge of the rhythms and cycles of technological change, which they can apply to decisionsrelated to product innovation.One of the additional resources employed in the class is the analysis and discussion of a videorelated to the

Conference Session

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

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Catherine Baker Lipe, Cañada College

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Two Year College Division

originally proposed in the project. This is due to the fact that funds originallybudgeted for a Math Instructional Aide have been freed as a result of Cañada College’s newgrant initiative funded by the US Department of Education through the Hispanic-ServingInstitution Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HSI STEM) grant program. Weanticipate to be able to fund two additional scholars next year. Grant Period Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Number of Applicants 35 31 62 Number of New Awards 21 20 21 % Successful

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University; Shankar Subramaniam, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

faculty in an informal setting.This is one of the most popular events – it attracts 25-40 students, predominantly women, eachtime it is held. This event also attracts women students outside the department (typically 10students) as well as about 8-12 faculty and staff. Page 25.1483.7d) Dead week treats: This event is held the week before the final exam week in fall and spring.This   event   provides   the   women   students   with   a   small   break   from   studying,   test   taking,   and  working   on   final   projects.   Food,   refreshments   and   various   stress-­‐busting   activities

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juyeon Y. Kluin, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Investiations and Oversight. (1993). Projecting science and engineering personnel requirements for the 1990s: How good are the numbers? Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 14. Jesiek, B. K., Newswander, L., & Borrego, M. (2009). Engineering education research: Field, community, or discipline? Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 39–52. 15. Carroll, D. R. (1997). Bridge engineering for the elementary grades. Journal of Engineering Education, 86(3), 227-231. 16. Jeffers, A. T., Safferman, A. G., & Safferman, S. I. (2004). Understanding K-12 engineering outreach programs. Journal of

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

all general engineering design configurations 1. These common elementsinclude: identifying a problem or forming a goal, recognizing the criteria and constraintsassociated with the problem or goals, brainstorming and exploring potential solutions,constructing a prototype, and evaluating the results. As the National Academy of Engineeringand National Research Council 1 acknowledge, design is not a linear process. Elements of theprocess are revisited when needed and if the project dictates, as optimization can require multipleiterations. Based on the work of NAE and NRC 1 we developed a model that condenses thisprocess into five elements that represent the fundamental aspects of design (see Table 1). Ourintention was to simplify the design