Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aileen M. Walter, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, NACME, Inc.; Saundra Johnson Austin, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, NACME, Inc.

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Minorities in Engineering

its policy leadership advocacy to develop an engineering workforce that looks like America.Ms. Saundra Johnson Austin, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, NACME, Inc. Saundra Johnson Austin joined NACME on Sept. 1, 2010 as Senior Vice President for Operations. John- son Austin has a combination of secondary, post seconday, non-profit, and corporate experience that gives her a unique perspective of NACME’s mission. She received a bachelor’s of science (B.S.) degree in civil engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a master’s of business administration (M.B.A.) degree from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to joining the NACME team, she served as the first President and CEO for St

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; Diane Johnson, University of Central Florida; Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

terms of women enrolled inundergraduate programs in the engineering colleges (University of Florida 22.7%, FloridaInternational University 17.7%, and University of South Florida 16%) and on par with a fourthstate university (Florida Atlantic University 13.5%)4. Approximately 50% of incoming freshmeninto CECS are from high schools in surrounding Central Florida area counties, 32% fromcounties to the south, and 11% from counties to the north. The remaining 6% of incomingfreshmen are primarily from other states, and another 1% from outside the U.S. Sixty-sixpercent of students who declare an engineering or computer science major transfer in to UCFfrom one of four feeder community colleges in the area. From these statistics, we can estimatethat at

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne W. Walter, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

, eventhough students enrolled in the course are actually working concurrently toward their BS and MSdegrees.Students should plan to spend at least three hours outside of class for every hour spent inside ofclass. Since the class meets nominally four hours per week, students should set aside at least 12hours in their work schedule every week for this course. There is a good deal of reading, andwriting for this course. Slow readers and writers may need to spend more time than this, to meetthe level of expected performance. While this will be a demanding class, at its successfulconclusion, students should expect to:1. Be well prepared to conduct MS level research in the broad field of mechanical engineering.2. Identify a thesis advisor, and topic for

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

emphasis on stimulating interest in STEM disciplinestowards increasing the number of underrepresented minorities and women in theses areas. Thespecific goals of the INSTRUCT program are to:1. Increase and stimulate the participation of underrepresented students in STEM disciplines2. Retain underrepresented students in STEM disciplines3. Foster the integration of NASA content into undergraduate education and training4. Promote the career preparedness of undergraduates by integrating NASA content based learning techniques throughout the STEM curricula5. Increase the number of students going to graduate school in NASA relevant technology areas6. Increase student and faculty exposure to NASA research and technologies and their relevance to

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Design in Engineering Education

“…knowledge and abilities to practical engineering problems.”1. The capstoneexperience permits students to connect theory and practice in the final academic process ofdeveloping professional skills of design and personal relationships through teamwork. Capstonetexts each have variations of the design process such as stage-gate, systems engineering andsystems engineering lifecycle; however, no consensus on what specifically constitutesengineering design was found2. These variations all include references to problem statements,problem definitions, problem scopes, problem formulations and/or problem framing. Researchindicates that experienced engineers recognize that the common process being described by theseterms is iterative in nature and integral to

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julian H. Kang, Texas A&M University

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Construction

. However, after seeing what their friends have created, many of them started tobelieve that they also could produce a similar model. Once they believe in what they canpossibly do, students are ready to get engaged in more realistic tasks.MotivationCreating a video at the end of semester presenting the construction plan is still a daunting taskfor students especially they have to learn how to use multiple BIM applications in the samesemester. For our BIM class, a total of 12 activities are scheduled across the semester to guidestudents to take a step-by-step process of creating a 3D and 4D construction sequence model.Project 1 – My Dream House (2 Weeks)Project 2 – Architectural & Structural Model (1 Week)Project 3 – MEP Model (1 Week)Project 4

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso; Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

control groups; the experimentswere conducted simultaneously at three institutions: University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP),Penn State, and University of Maryland. Besides contrasting results at different institutions, thevariety of experiments allows us to contrast participants at the graduate and the undergraduatelevel (all of them engineering students), working a design problem. In order to have significantresults, we followed a rigorous experimental procedure for which a set of guidelines wereproduced. Such experimental guidelines address (1) Design of Experiment, (2) Execution of theExperiment, and (3) Assessment of Results. With respect to assessment, we used traditionaloutcome-based metrics (quantity, novelty and variety) and adapted and

Conference Session

Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University; Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University; Drew Dosson Brennan, Michigan Technological University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

preparing students for thefollow-up course MEEM/EE 5296, Advanced Hybrid Electric Vehicles Laboratory wherestudents focus on system level integration and optimization issues. An overview of the schedulefor Introduction to Hybrid Electric Vehicles Laboratory is shown in Table 1.Table 1: Course Schedule Academic Lecture Topics Experimental Topics Week 1 HEV Safety Disabling the HV Electrical System, and prepairing for service Component identification & Determination of Vehicle Architectures and 2 HEV Architecture Powerflows

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

us to explore new ideas in a way that traditional learning may not afford. Sincecyberlearning has such great potential, the study explores ways in which it might be used to promoteexcellence in undergraduate STEM education, and to provide the Division of Undergraduate Education(DUE) Program Officers at the National Science Foundation (NSF) with recommendations on possibledirections they could take. Though originally targeted to Program Officers, STEM educators andresearchers searching for new ways to use cyberlearning to improve STEM education will also benefitfrom these findings. A convergent parallel mixed methods research design7 (p. 77) was used to collect different, butcomplementary data to answer five research questions. 1

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Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

recommendation purposes. Thisstudy uses social media monitoring tool Radian6 to collect data from Twitter about engineeringstudents’ college experiences. The data are analyzed both in Radian6 and manually usingqualitative content analysis. The results shed light into the academic context and social contextof engineering students’ learning experiences. This exploratory study also considers the potentialof social analytics tools for engineering education research. Social media analytics toolsspecifically for educational purposes need to be developed in the future.1. IntroductionMaintaining the U.S. scientific and technical talent pool has been a top priority in highereducation. In 2005, the National Academies report “Rising Above the Gathering

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

,engineering educators seek ways to emphasize and develop broad thinking. The work presentedin this paper provides insight into how engineering education might broaden its coverage tobetter address such modern challenges as globalization, climate change, and issues of socialjustice. In this paper, we present new findings from a recent analysis of semi-structuredinterviews that were conducted during the spring of 2006 as part of the Center for theAdvancement of Engineering Education’s (CAEE) Academic Pathways Study (APS). Theseinterviews of third-year engineering students at a large, public research university in the westernU.S. took place immediately following a short design-scoping task (the analysis of which isreported elsewhere [1, 2]) that asked

Conference Session

New and Innovative Ideas

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University; Danielle Tadros, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Paul Holt; William Andrew Stoy, North Carolina State University; Joy A. Kots, Father Judge High School; Caroline Louise Schauer, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-graders and 60% of twelfth-graders performed at or abovethe Basic level in science in 2009. Such reports clearly indicate that the US is quicklyfalling behind other world leaders in educating the next generation of scientists andengineers.Nanotechnology is the study of materials and their properties at the nanoscale,approximately sizes between 1 and 100 nanometers. At this scale, many materials exhibitproperties and behaviors unique to the nanoscale. The applications of nanotechnologyare becoming increasingly incorporated into modern life. For example, materials such astennis rackets, makeup, and paint all utilize nanotechnology to make materials stronger,lighter and more energy efficient. Due to the high demand of a technical workforceversed in

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

. Noting thepatenting value of this course, we are currently exploring further methodologies or techniques toincrease its impact in the professional development community among graduate students.Meanwhile, we are also exploring alternative perspectives to further understand the roles andfunctions of faculty members in order to further the preparation of graduate students as futurefaculty members.Bibliography 1. Austin, A. E., Sorcinelli, M. D., & McDaniels, M. (2007). Understanding New Faculty Background, Aspirations, Challenges, and Growth. In R. P. Perry and J. C. Smart (eds.), The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: An Evidence-Based Perspective (pp. 39-89): Springer Netherlands. 2. Nerad, M., &

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Yoon Suk Lee, Virginia Tech; John S Gero, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

study, which includedstudents at the beginning and the end of their sophomore year. Students in the experimentalgroup completed an introductory mechanical design course, while students in the control grouphad no formal design component in their curriculum. We analyze and compare the percentoccurrences of design issues and syntactic design processes from the protocol analysis of bothcohorts. These results provide an opportunity to investigate and understand how sophomorestudents’ design ability is affected by a design course.1. IntroductionDesign has long been considered a central component of engineering education, and a number ofrecent publications have called for an increase focus on design education not only in capstone orcornerstone

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

. Several data collection methods were used todetermine the effects of varied conditions on participation rates, the quality of post content,student perception and outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to introduce this exploratory, yetpractical application of blogging in higher education. Findings are revealed based on theprevailing research questions in an attempt to argue whether the use of blogging is an effectivetool given student participation, perception and content quality.1. IntroductionA 2011 study conducted by Cisco Systems1 shows that nearly half the student populationsurveyed internationally considers the Internet as close in importance as water, food, shelter andair. It further shows a tendency of college students to prefer online

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rachel A. Louis, Virginia Tech; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brook Sattler, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies

collaborative research, they largely did not do sobecause of a lack of time, support, and concerns regarding conflict with potential collaborators.Suggestions to promote collaborative research among graduate students include providingspecific venues online and at conferences to encourage inter-student interaction and facilitatecollaborative work.IntroductionResearchers participate in collaborative projects to promote innovation,1 share resources andknowledge,2,3 and develop new products.4 Collaborations also provide researchers with theopportunity to learn through cooperation.2,5 For a given project, the collaboration may becomposed of researchers within the same discipline at the same institution, researchers acrossdisciplines at the same institutions

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Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Shari E. Miller, University of Georgia ; Nadia N. Kellam, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

issues concerned with the transfers of theseconcepts to an engineering context. This includes the discussion of lessons learned from thetransdisciplinary dialogue. More specifically, these insights provide a new perspective onengineering communication on a conceptual as well as instructional level.1 Introduction: The need to foster empathic communication as part of engineering students’ professional developmentAs the nature of engineering work changes from well-defined, technological questions to broad,multi-facetted, and ill-defined issues 1, a focus of engineering education on preparing studentsfor socio-technical complexity emerges 2-6. The socio-technical systems, that constitute the coreof the engineering work our current students will

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Steffen, Iowa State University; Joseph Zambreno, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

z dĞĂŵ Ϯ dĞĂŵ ϰ z y y z dĞĂŵ ϭFigure 1: Our first video game playing field (Dodgeball), where students control four concurrentplayers on a team using a custom scripting language.game where teams can play in a head-to-head competition. Both of the scripting languages arespecifically for their video game. A limited number of instructions are implemented forcontrolling initial player

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University; Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Figure 1: Ohio Northern University Baja teamThe major components of the competition are design, manufacturing, project management, andpresentation. The design tasks are quite extensive, encompassing many aspects of mechanicaldesign with applications to automotive engineering. A variety of manufacturing techniques areemployed, and many more considered but not chosen due to cost, complexity, reliability, and soon. Project management is also crucial, for the design and construction of a competitive Baja carconsumes hundreds of student hours, mostly during the academic year. Students developvaluable skills in planning, budget generation and tracking, purchasing, and team motivation.Finally, the project presentation takes several forms, including

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry D. Peel P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Jared Scott Cavazos

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

student. The research focused onfabricating and testing part of a simple “bionic” or human-like arm similar to those in Figure 1. The objectives of the summer research were to: 1) Fabricate an actuator that could produce high forces while utilizing the new flexible tendons, 2) Improve the range of motion (rotation) for the third generation bionic arm, and 3) Have a more human like muscle placement. Previously, students and faculty1 at TAMUK fabricated two simple bionic arms that used Page 25.625.2Rubber Muscle Actuators (RMAs), as shown in Figure 1. KA1, the left-hand arm was completedin only 2 weeks, and proved quite

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Graduate Studies

thedesign and implementation of these learning activities and the analysis of students’ deliverablesin the evaluation of students’ learning outcomes.Project SignificanceThe global challenges facing society are more complex than ever and require a highly educatedand skilled workface. Society’s ability to address these global challenges requires the technicalknowledge of scientists and engineers with master’ s or doctoral degrees 1. These globalchallenges will not be addressed solely by Ph.D.s in the academy but also by Ph.D.s in business,government, and non-profit organizations. Over the past decade, doctoral education has receivednational attention with the discussion focusing on criticisms and reform efforts. One of thecriticisms argues that there

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sujatha J., Mission10X, Wipro Technologies; Rajshri Jobanputra

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Education in IndiaIntroductionQuality of engineering education, which is essential for the economic growth of the nation, hasemerged as a factor of paramount importance in India, today. This has led to several discussionson reforms in teaching-learning processes in engineering classrooms 1, 2.In particular, laboratory courses form an integral part of the degree programs in engineering.Concepts taught through lectures are often complemented by laboratory experiments which arecritical to enable learners to further develop their knowledge and skills. Student participation,however, in these laboratory based courses has been largely disappointing. It is often times ateacher’s experience that students are either not very interested in their laboratory

Conference Session

Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Veazie, Southern Polytechnic State University; Daniel Edward Ephraim

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of devices, including high-aspect-ratioand high-density laminated magnetic cores and multi-layered windings for advanced micro-magnetic generators, as developed by Arnold, et al.1 For these types of devices, the magneticand electrical properties of the materials are most critical for performance, however, since thesedevices involve micro-rotating machinery, the mechanical properties of the materials are alsocritical for operation and durability. For these reasons, Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) is usedas the permanent magnet material of choice, whereas electrodeposited nickel-iron (Ni80Fe20) isused as the back iron material as well as to fill the cavities between the silicon and the permanentmagnet, and to laminate the permanent magnet inside

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College; Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

level during the experiment. For each of the courses, laboratory sessions were heldonce a week, and each session was 1 hour and 50 minutes long. The survey included questionsabout the following topics: • the student’s frustration level during the experiment • perception of the duration of the laboratory session • primary causes of their frustration (equipment or troubleshooting issues, difficulty with theoretical concepts, lack of support from the instructor, confusing lab document, difficulty working with partner, or outside distractions) • whether there were any pre-lab exercises, and whether these were helpful • whether the instructor’s introduction was too brief or too prolonged • confidence level

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

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

explore these perceptions to understand the reasons behind the lowrate of implementation in engineering programs. In addition, concerns about tool andtechnology issues and their applicability to engineering distance education could play arole. Therefore, the following research questions are proposed to investigate faculty andstudent perceptions of online education: 1. What are the perceptions of engineering faculty and students about online engineering courses? 2. What are the perceptions of engineering faculty and students about different technologies and educational methods employed in engineering courses delivered online?MethodData was collected via an online survey delivered to a convenience sample of

Conference Session

Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park ; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

skills.Entrepreneurship instructors often focus on the development of the “entrepreneurial mindset”while design instructors focus on the development of “design thinking,” characteristics that havesome similarities. The role of the teacher in both areas is less likely to be a lecturer, but rather asa coach or a guide that assists students in completing a longer-term project. Many capstonecourses have an industry component and can even have an entrepreneurial component. Thepurpose of this paper is to compare the teaching beliefs and practices of instructors of capstonedesign courses and entrepreneurship courses. The following research questions will be used tocompare the beliefs of capstone versus entrepreneurship instructors: 1. What are the teaching practices

Conference Session

Exploration of Trends in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anil Saigal, Tufts University; Arun K. Saigal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

development. Page 25.632.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Faculty Hiring Patterns in Mechanical Engineering at Elite Universities Anil Saigal1 and Arun Saigal2 1 Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 email: anil.saigal@tufts.edu 2 MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 email: aksaigal@mit.eduAbstractDoes it matter

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Little-Wiles M.S.M., Ph.D. (A.B.D.), Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wanda L. Worley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Erich J. Bauer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

this particular institution does frequentlyoffer such courses in their various programs.This research centered on what faculty use in a learning management system to aid their studentsin not only gaining knowledge, but also in engaging them in the course and area of focus.Specific elements were identified that (1) faculty commonly use within the learning managementsystem, (2) faculty perceive students respond best to, and (3) faculty perceive students care mostabout. The results provide both administrators and faculty with general guidelines in developingand maintaining successful online learning environments. Standard tools available in themajority of learning management systems were evaluated. Determination of faculty’s trainingexperience

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia E. Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

mustmake difficult decisions about what products and resources should be purchased and promoted.Librarians must also decide what resources to emphasize when they have the opportunity to getinto the classroom. A recent article that examines the information seeking behavior of computerscience and engineering faculty at the College of New Jersey states “A third major issue was theneed for more subject-specific databases…. [1].” This library was unable to purchase additionaldatabases to meet that expressed need and had to answer the following question: Is CiteSeerX areasonable substitution for a subscription database in the area of computer science? There is noproven method of assessing Web crawler generated databases, especially in direct comparison

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Anna Zilberberg; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sean Mcvay, James Madison Univeristy

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Educational Research and Methods

gap, this study aims to gain adeeper understanding of the faculty‟s experience with LTS. Herein, we present the thoroughdevelopment of the LTS Faculty Survey, designed with content and construct validationprocesses in mind and included quantitative and qualitative items, as well as key findings fromsurveyed LTS faculty experts (N=25). The survey enabled us to measure characteristics of LTScurricular and extracurricular efforts, perceived barriers faced by faculty, motivations forimplementing LTS efforts, attitudes about LTS, etc. all from a faculty perspective. Key findingssuggest that major barriers for LTS implementation are (1) faculty time/workload, (2) problemscoordinating with the community, and (3) the lack of policy on the role of LTS