Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Riham M. Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). Wasfy is also the Founder and Chairman of Advanced Science and Automation Corp. (founded in 1998) and AscienceTutor (founded in 2007). Wasfy’s research and development areas include flexible multibody dynamics, finite element modeling of solids and fluids, fluid-structure interaction, belt-drive dynamics, tires mechanics/dynamics, ground ve- hicle dynamics, visualization of numerical simulation results, engineering applications of virtual-reality, and artificial intelligence. He authored and co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and gave more than 65 presentations at international conferences and invited lectures in those areas. He received two ASME best conference paper

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Automated Approach to Assessing the Quality of Project Reviews AbstractPeer review of code and other software documents is an integral component of a softwaredevelopment life cycle. In software engineering courses, peer reviewing is done by other studentsin the class. In order to help students improve their reviewing skills, feedback needs to beprovided for the reviews written by students. The process of reviewing a review or identifying thequality of reviews can be referred to as metareviewing. Automated metareviewing ensuresprovision of immediate feedback to reviewers, which is likely to motivate the reviewer to improvehis work and provide more useful feedback to the authors. In this work we focus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Robert M. Nickel, Bucknell University; Steven H. Chin, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

peer-reviewed publications. He is also interested in developing educational paradigms that allow undergraduate and entry-level graduate students to participate in rigorous computational intelligence research. Polikar is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is an Associate Professor of chemical engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from WPI in 1992 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1998, and joined Rowan in 1999. He has received the Joseph J. Martin Award, the Raymond W. Fahien Award, the PIC-III Award, the Corcoran Award and the Mid-Atlantic Section Outstanding Teaching Award from ASEE.Dr. Ying Tang, Rowan University

Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington

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Biomedical

companies to medical device risk4, andclinical trials in developing countries. At the University of Washington, Public Health Service-funded researchers are required to participate in the Biomedical Research Integrity (BRI)Program, which addresses conflict of interest, data acquisition and ownership, peer review,responsible authorship, and research misconduct. As a BRI discussion leader, the BIOEN 215instructor was able to incorporate real world examples from the BRI Program into the secondoffering of BIOEN 215, designed to specifically address the feedback from students during thefirst offering that ethics seems like a “common sense” issue (Table 1). BRI training is requiredfor many of the positions these students are striving towards. This helped

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

Participation (LSAMP) program is designedfor underrepresented minority students. It is a collaborative effort sustained by five highereducation institutions in the state of Georgia6. These include: • Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) • Fort Valley State University • Georgia Perimeter College • Savannah State University • University of Georgia Page 25.653.3At SPSU, it provides scholars supplemental instruction and an opportunity for academicenrichment. It promotes learning communities amongst fresh engineering students. It alsoprovides opportunities for tutoring, financial support, peer and faculty mentoring

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

water tower apparatus must be easily drainable 7 Power input must be typical 110 V 8 Device must be fully automatedEach team was allocated a role and a set of responsibilities, viz: 1) Integrating Contractor Team a. Acts as the Project Manager for the project b. Acts as budget officer c. Assures an adequate amount of energy available and characterizes flow d. Determines timeline, tracks progress e. Assembles integration specifications from each team f. Writes final report 2) Sensor Design Team a. Responsible for sensor, pump, & shut-off system specification and design b. Computer interface and readout, coding and formatting c

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Guillermo J. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

senior undergraduate and graduate Hispanic students in thedesign, fabrication, and testing of microelectronic devices. Specifically, this grant has sponsoredthe research efforts of 3 graduate and 5 undergraduate students, but also outreach efforts haveimpacted around 70 high school students from the public education system. Additionally, 7senior undergraduate students have been indirectly impacted through a special topic course, fromwhich 2 of the participating students were able to publish and participate in a peer-reviewconference. The overall objective of the second project is to initiate a research program tobroaden participation and increase opportunities of Hispanic engineering students so that theycan become engaged in research as

Conference Session

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

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyu F. Zeng, Indiana Wesleyan University

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International

research for this Chinese Information Technology Bachelor’s program believes that one ofsolutions to achieve all the educational objectives and sustain student knowledge for a long termis to develop learning experiences to meet student's educational and professional needs byencouraging student intentionality, discussion and involvement through lab demonstration,discussion, presentation, document co-creation, micro-sharing, peer critique, and evaluation.This belief helps determine the goal of this research is to identify and test new teaching andlearning methods to effectively improve and sustain student learning outcomes. The fundamentalchange in this research is to shift students from passive learners to be their own masters in labdesign

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University

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Environmental Engineering

environmentalengineering graduates by preparing students for industry and graduate school and by enablingthem to utilize their class room understanding to solve real world problems. The researchexperience in our undergraduate environmental engineering program offers the students aninvaluable opportunity to work on sophisticated analytical instruments, hands-on experimentaldesign, data analysis and interpretation, and also helps them hone their technical writing skills tomeet the demands of graduate school and future employers. Furthermore, the addition of aresearch experience to a core environmental engineering curriculum provides an excellent meansof not only teaching, but also assessing a large number of environmental engineering criteriaoutlined by the

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Lynn Brugnano, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Marcia A. Pool, Purdue University; Allison L. Sieving, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ann E. Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Biomedical

AC 2012-4192: SCAFFOLDING AND ASSESSING PROFESSIONAL DE-SIGN SKILLS USING AN ACTIVE-LEARNING STUDIO-STYLE CLASS-ROOMJamie Lynn Brugnano, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University Jamie Brugnano is a Ph.D candidate in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue Uni- versity. Her doctoral research is focused on intracellular drug delivery of peptide-based therapeutics for inflammatory applications. She earned her B.S. in biology from Harvey Mudd College. Her research inter- ests include tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug delivery, and effective techniques to improve biomedical engineering education. She has six peer-reviewed publications and is committed to mentoring and

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker PE, Villanova University; Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University; John Komlos, Villanova University; Alfred Andrew Fry

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Civil Engineering

Foundation Design the students are asked to research a geotechnical topic of theirchoosing using a variety of sources. The students are asked to find four sources: one source thatis available/accessible to the general public, one general web source, one peer-reviewed journalarticle, and one other type of printed reference such as a conference or technical periodicalarticle. They are then asked to summarize the information in these sources. Lastly, they are askedto compare the sources considering the intended audience, contradictions amongst the sources,communication style, quality, trustworthiness, and biases. The ability to properly format thebibliography continues to be the most troublesome aspect of writing for the students. In addition

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

. Our goal through the design sequence is to provide the students with multiple opportunities to develop and practice professional skills as they work with their faculty advisors, peers, and clients.Overarching Goals and Objectives for Design CoursesEngineering design instruction in the form of modules begins in our first engineering course,Introduction to Engineering. In this course, we introduce students to engineering design throughboth reverse engineering exercises and a variety of design activities that span engineeringdisciplines. Some examples of these design activities in the past have included the design ofsolar tower, design of a water filter, design of a dorm room, et cetera. This is meant to providestudents with basic knowledge

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Douglass Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, visually compelling format, and will givethem practice in oral expression. The seminar format of the class means that students will frequently voice their questions, andare expected to prepare for class in small in-person and online groups. In particular, studentswill frequently work in pairs, a format which offers the pedagogical advantages of groups, whileensuring participation of all (both) members.22 In addition to the motivating and creativeaspects, pairwork enables students to explore the questions they bring to class, and to try outtheir arguments on their peers. In addition to a college-wide end-of-term student course evaluation, students course areassessed using a six-point writing rubric. Because of the highly interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Spierre, Arizona State University; Elizabeth A. Martin, Arizona State University; Jathan Sadowski; Andrew Berardy, Arizona State University; Scott McClintock, Arizona State University; Shirley-Ann Augustin, Arizona State University; Nicholas Hohman; Jay George Banna Jr.

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Engineering Ethics

the professional engineering codes of ethics) and theory for the particularsustainability issue and allows students to conceptualize the problem and possible solutions in anabstract way. Understanding of theory may be assessed through graded writing assignments suchas formal essays or less formal entries online (wikis, tweets, or blogs). Next, students areencouraged to experiment with game calculators to become familiar with how the game worksand to determine possible game strategies. Before playing with the entire group, students musthypothesize what will happen during game-play, and predict the level of cooperation they expectfrom their peers. This serves as an assessment tool for experimentation, as they apply theoreticalsolutions to their

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Biological & Agricultural

Senior Member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE, and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than thirty five papers at various assessment institutes. His posters in the areas of assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of cogni- tive science and educational methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance

Conference Session

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

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

group exam than by the individual exam, and it isimportant to provide fast feedback.Before the exam, students must prepare sufficiently to be ready to actively engage during theexam. Without adequate preparation, students may find it too easy to passively rely on the groupconsciousness and may not be capable of identifying gaps in their own knowledge during thediscussion. To encourage individual accountability and active discussion during the exam, thestudents must follow two rules. 1. Each student must write some of the answers. 2. All students must agree on every answer submitted.When there is a “hung jury”, students can be encouraged to record the top two positions with asupporting argument for each. This becomes an answer the group

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

a better leader, having strongerprofessionalism, interacting professionally with a liaison or advisor, not dwelling on “pettyhuman idiosyncrasies,” understanding the importance of clearly defined roles andresponsibilities, portraying ideas, communicating better, writing peer-evaluations, and learningteamwork in a group environment.Alumni interviewees varied in their ratings of the degree to which the IDEALS modules helpedthem produce a high quality design solution. Six of them indicated that the modules were of nohelp, two of little to no help, seven of little help, two little to moderate help, eight of moderatehelp, and three of great help. Many suggested the benefit gained was more indirect, in the formof team communication and the

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

acid plant engineering at Monsanto, and traffic engineering in the City of Cincinnati. Her positions in the high-tech field stemmed from her undergraduate degrees in civil engineering and mathematics from Vanderbilt University. Contact information: mstrutz@purdue.edu.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland is Associate Professor of engineering education at Purdue University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineering students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and col- laborative teaching methods has been supported by more than $11.6 million from the

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Emily George Hardee, Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering; Lizette D. Day, Rachel Freeman School of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

overview of the curriculum structure is next, and the restof the time is spent working through a kit or kits to give teachers insight into the studentexperience of the curriculum. The teachers, in this way, move between the “teacher” and“student” roles to get a broad perspective.It is not unusual for children from economically disadvantaged homes to enter kindergarten withfewer experiences and early childhood education than their more affluent peers (Reardon).Because of this, the team decided to not use the EiE kits in grades K-1, but rather to focus theestablishment of foundational skills the children would use throughout their elementary years atRachel Freeman, enabling them to participate in the engineering implementation fully as theymoved up

Conference Session

Improving IE Course Content

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Scott Sink, Ohio State University; Joseph M. Cerrato, Ohio State University; John A. Merrill, Ohio State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

lab activity favorable and were happy to be actively doing and problemsolving with peers. Students cited the open-ended and collaborative nature of the in-lab problemsolving session where the mock organizations convened to discuss how they could improveproduction and cut costs. Some students wrote that this was their favorite lab. Other studentsremarked on enjoying getting insight on the workings of both the product and the productionprocess. Page 25.66.10Student outcomes, as gauged from submitted student technical reports, were generallyencouraging, with most students completing the writing assignment competently, and studentswho mastered the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald L. Carr, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). Page 25.299.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Change in Elementary Student Conceptions of Engineering Following an Intervention as Seen from the Draw-an-Engineer TestAbstractChange in elementary students’ conceptions of engineering has been studied using the Draw-an-Engineering Test (DAET) prior to and following a curriculum intervention. This instrument asksstudents to draw an engineer doing engineering work and then write about what the engineer isdoing, typically in a sentence or two. Children in participating grade 2-4 classrooms completedthe DAET in a pre-post fashion during academic year 2010-2011. Classrooms were chosen basedupon teacher participation in professional development

Conference Session

Topics Related to Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University; Daryl Hunter White, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-4042: DEVELOPING EXPERIMENTS FOR THE VIBRATIONCOURSE WITH MINIMAL EXPENDITUREDr. B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian In- stitute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Sridhara has published sev- eral peer-reviewed articles in the areas of acoustics, vibration, finite element methods, and engineering education.Mr. Daryl Hunter White, Middle Tennessee State University Daryl

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; LeAnn E. Faidley, Iowa State University; Terrence R. Meyer, Iowa State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-5155: DEVELOPING INQUIRY-BASED LABORATORY EXER-CISES FOR A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMProf. Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University Sriram Sundararajan is an Associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University. He is currently the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs and oversees curricular and program matters including assessment and continuous improvement efforts. His research areas encompass scanning probe microscopy, multiscale tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), and surface engineering. More recently, he has focused on atom scale mapping of thin film material systems using 3D-atom probe microscopy. He has authored over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Alexandra Chincarini, RETainUS

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

of the topics they are about to learn. The learning begins withresearch, teacher lectures, group discussions, and revisions to the original ideas of the unit. Nextis a section of the Legacy Cycle called “test your mettle” in which students are required to showwhat they have learned. This can be accomplished in a tradition paper and pencil test format orcan be explored through projects, papers, or presentations. To finish out the Legacy Cycle, thestudents must “go public” with what they have learned, presenting their findings in front of theirschool or community through the format of a newspaper article, poster, or presentation. This willforce the students to be accountable for their learning to their peers and community. Knowingthat they

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa K. Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Educational Research and Methods

to evaluate students’ learning and facilitate their deeper understanding of the coursecontent.ReasoningThe typical technical written exam (in STEM courses) is the most common way to assess astudent’s learning when the class sizes are large, or the professor has multiple sections.However, it may not be the most accurate assessment technique in general and certainly is notreflective of how the students will be expected to perform once they become professionals.Never will a student be expected to create a report of analysis for a well-defined problem withoutexternal resources or help, without peer review, in an hour, only to wait for someone to reviewtheir report without any opportunity to further explain or defend their analyses. Not only

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Miraglia, Syracuse University ; Sharon W. Alestalo, Syracuse University; Shobha K. Bhatia, Syracuse University

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Women in Engineering

areable to focus on smaller groups of WiSE-FPP Associates. WiSE Associate cohorts areconsistently diverse; on average 45% of all participants are international students, including (butnot limited to) students from China, Turkey, India and eastern European countries. The diversityembedded in the WiSE program mirrors the increasing diversity of the professional world. Theinterdisciplinary mix provides an additional layer of skill and knowledge necessary for successas associates become more familiar and comfortable with peers from outside their discipline. Page 25.1481.5In the midst of its fifth year, WiSE-FPP is an active and growing program, whose

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda A. Haven, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Michael Kenneth Fabian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Alexander James Herring, General Electric - Aviation; Marissa Pinnola, Purdue University; Devan DUPLICATE Berg, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

design courses in thespring semester of 2003 with the addition of a communications instructor from the University’sCollege of Arts and Sciences.2 The impetus for the team-teaching model was tied to students'perceived weakness in their communication skills as documented in alumni surveys. Theintentional integration of engineering and communication paid large dividends in the preparationof students for employment immediately following graduation. ERAU AE alumni survey data inthe area of skill preparation in technical writing shows an increase from 28.2 percent “VeryGood” responses for the classes of 1999 through 2002 to 50 percent “Very Good” responses forthe class of 2004. 3The success of the team-teaching format encouraged the pursuit of other

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

connects all participants‟ research around a well defined goal. Theadvantage of the latter is the ability of the participants to see and experience connections amongdifferent research projects to achieve a common goal.A project director leads and manages the research site. The director is responsible for thefollowing activities:  Conceptualizing and writing the project proposal to a funding agency, with clear presentation of the theme of the research site and associated components,  Engaging all project Principal Investigators and faculty members during the proposal stage to ensure buy-in and commitment with the project, if funded, for the project duration and including departmental and other appropriate administrators in

Conference Session

New and Innovative Ideas

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Hotaling, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg; Susan Lowes, Columbia University; Peiyi Lin, Columbia University; Rustam Stolkin, University of Birmingham; James S. Bonner, Clarkson University; William David Kirkey, Clarkson University; Temitope Ojo, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

their sensors with computers, write programs togather raw signals, implement calibration curves, and perform data manipulation and datalogging. In later modules, students program their own communications protocols for wirelesstransmission of the sensor data and connect their computerized sensor stations together to form adistributed wireless sensor network15. Additional modules explore the use and implications ofthis technology for biosciences and environmental research.B. The CurriculumThe SENSE IT curriculum is comprised of four educational modules. In Module 1, “Sensordevelopment,” students learn about the principles of transducers, design, analyze and calibrateelectronic circuits around their transducers in order to make numerical

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

. Advancing research in this area is consistent with an increased emphasison preparing students for professional practice5. Stakeholders’ varying definitions of keyabilities makes it more difficult to assess professional skills6 relative to technical outcomes, suchas ability to apply theories or formulae7-9. Conducting multi-institution studies on theseoutcomes has been a challenge because professional skill assessments have relied on a variety ofmeasures, including feedback from multiple sources such as faculty, peers, and self-reflections10,peer evaluations11, project rubrics12, and portfolio analyses13-17.Lattuca, Terenzini and Volkwein18 assessed outcomes across multiple institutions in anevaluation of the impact of new ABET accreditation