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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Barbe, University of Maryland; James Green, University of Maryland; Dean Chang, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Institute in Abu Dhabi) • Hinman CEOs Program – 4 courses • Hillman Entrepreneurs Program – 4 coursesGraduate Students • Course – Advanced Engineering Startup Ventures • Graduate Certificate in Technology Ventures & Innovation: Professional Masters courses managed by Mtech – 4 courses: – Technology Startup Ventures – Strategies for Managing Innovation – Innovative Thinking – Corporate Technology VenturingProfessionals • Certificate in Innovation Management ProgramTable

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Hager, United States Air Force Academy; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

student as part of degreerequirements for a master of science degree in electrical engineering. We have partnered withstudents on a number of related education projects over the past decade. We have dubbed thistype of development project as “For Students By Students (FSBS).” In the FSBS model, studentsdevelop educational tools for use in the classroom and laboratory for use by fellow students. Thisapproach has allowed us to custom design educational tools while providing studentsopportunities for hands-on development work. Additional information on this approach andrelated projects are provided in the literature [3-9].In the next section we present background information for the reader to put into context theconcepts related to the paper

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

1982 to 2002 was an officer in the U.S. Navy’s submarine force. He is currently an Assistant© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Professor of Electrical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. His research interests include target tracking, detection, estimation, and engineering education.Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania Emine Celik is currently an Assistant Professor at York College of Pennsylvania. In 2008, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering Department at Johns Hopkins University. She received her Master of Science and Ph.D degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. Emine Celik’s research interests include design

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University

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Engineering Technology

Page 15.769.6 task, personal interest in the task, and perception of the utility value of the task for future goals. Expandable intelligence theory can help students perceive that challenge in learning engineering and technology through SRL can provide intellectual stimulation for enhancing their own intelligence or ability. • Setting Goal Orientation: Goal orientation includes mastery goal orientation (referring to concern with learning and mastering the task using self-set standards and self- improvement), extrinsic goal orientation (focusing on getting good grades and pleasing others may be attained without much in-depth self-regulated learning), and relative ability orientation

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Sreeramachandra K. Mutya, Gannon University; Kirankumar Palthi, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

criteria, and also developing a set ofsmall-scale laboratory experiments for undergraduate courses in the areas of communications.I. IntroductionThe work presented in this paper initially began as a small research project involving master-level graduate students on indoor positioning. Research on indoor positioning has been intenseover the past few years to facilitate a broader spectrum of location-based services andapplications. It is well known that due to the inherent limitations of the satellite signals, theglobal positioning system (GPS)-based technologies do not work well in indoor environment.Several alternative approaches have been reported in the literature, and they can be classifiedlargely into four categories: i) infrared signal-based

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O'Brien, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

studentsand faculty have returned from trips with a new interest in learning a foreign language. Some ofour students have come back from trips and earned minors in Spanish. A number of studentshave become fluent in Spanish, primarily so they could return to the communities that theyvisited for extended periods of time. Currently the Dean of the College of Engineering isplanning Summer Spanish Language Workshops for faculty in the college who are interested.Motivation and Learning:The increased motivation and enthusiasm the students have to master their academic subjects isevident. This is supported by the student response to the engineering trips shown in Table 2questions #3 and #5 which discuss how well the project activities integrated with

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vaneshette Henderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Brenda Nixon, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

critical thinking in their classroomsthrough engineering activities designed for their students.The program was lead by Dr. John Hansen of the University of Texas at Tyler and Ms. ShellyTornquist of Memorial High School in Houston, Texas. Dr. Hansen is a Professor of Technologyand Executive Director of the Ingenuity Center at UT-Tyler. Dr. Hansen is also the Project Leadthe Way (PLTW) Affiliate Director. Ms. Tornquist is currently teaching Engineering Design andComputer-Integrated-Manufacturing. Ms. Tornquist is also a Master Teacher for Introduction toEngineering Design for PLTW. Dr. Hansen and Mrs. Tornquist were selected as the leadfacilitators from amongst several applicants. Their previous teacher development organizationand PLTW experience

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Greene, University of Alabama; Carol Romanowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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New Engineering Educators

Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Packaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY. He teaches courses in computer aided design to engineering technology undergraduates. Before joining RIT in December of 2003 he accumulated 30 years of engineering and management experience at various firms, including NASA and General Electric. Mr. Castro-Cedeno was born in Puerto Rico and obtained his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master degree in Materials Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology ELIZABETH DELL is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing &

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Technology

be most important to view.I have not yet begun to use Panopto.1. I have not yet viewed anything on Panopto. So while I have to conduct a survey on it. It ishard to either criticize or compliment it. 2. The class is not necessarily very difficult but theway the course material is set viz-a-viz the questions that get asked in the quizzes; leaves a lot tobe desired. The text book the course uses fails to explain plainly enough C Language for anyonestudying alone to understand and master what they learn. 3. The instructor needs to do a betterjob explaining what is coming. Because the way these surveys tests and quizzes were set; therewas no explanation to the students as to what was in them. I believe tests and quizzes are ameasure of one's

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

GSA CAD Standards: http://www.gsa.gov/gsa/cm_attachments/GSA_DOCUMENT/CAD_standards_R2NY1-k_0Z5RDZ-i34K- pR.pdf 12 Jongeling, R. (2006). A process model for work-flow management in construction (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden. 13 Foster, L. L. (2008). Legal issues and risks associated with Building Information Modeling technology (Unpublished masters thesis). University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 14 Kiviniemi, A., Tarandi, V., Karlshøj, J., Bell, H., & Karud, O. J. (2008). Review of the development and implementation of IFC compatible BIM (Erabuild Report): The Research Council of Norway. Statsbygg, Norway. 15 Khemlani, L., Timerman

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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Two Year College Division

after they have mastered course material, PBL students learn course material in theprocess of solving a problem. In PBL, the problem itself drives the learning. Students are activeparticipants in their own learning, placed into a problem situation where problem parameters arenot well defined and more than one outcome is possible.PBL usually involves four steps: problem analysis, self-directed learning, brainstormingdiscussions, and solution testing (see Figure 1). In the first step, students are presented with aproblem and asked to identify what is known and unknown and if any constraints apply. Afterworking together to analyze the problem and its requirements, students then create their ownplan for acquiring the knowledge necessary to solve

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Mary Bowden, University of Maryland at College Park; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Richard Henry, Johns Hopkins University

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Minorities in Engineering

Materials, and Aerospace Structures Page 15.245.1 Courses. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Cornell University in 1978, and both her Master of Science in 1981 and Doctor of Science in 1988 from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduation, Dr. Bowden spent 10 years working in the aerospace industry for a number of© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 different companies including American Composites Company, American Rocket Company, and AEC-Able Engineering. Dr. Bowden is currently

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Liberal Education

Dean/FIGs Director Author affiliations, UW-Madison: Technical Communication Program: http://tc.engr.wisc.edu/ Master of Engineering in Professional Practice: http://mepp.engr.wisc.edu/ Page 15.1075.11Appendix A. Handout for freshman engineering students at summer registration. Studentslearn about the FIG program and the options for FIG classes for their first semester on campus insummer registration. Better communication point has made it easier for students to know whatto expect in their options. Space Exploration EPD155 Freshman Engineering Technical Writing course

Conference Session

Conceptual Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University; Aidsa Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy

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Educational Research and Methods

between students’ conception of force and the common errors that they make in solving problem in Statics? Methods The study described in this paper looked at the interviews from three male civil andmechanical engineering seniors. Seniors were used in this study because it was assumed that theyhad already mastered these fundamental concepts and also should know how to solve theseproblems. Students were asked to think aloud as they solved a problem based on the targetconcepts of free body diagram (FBD) and equilibrium 13. Materials The students were asked to solve a problem taken from an early version of the Statics

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

inquiry-based, hands-on learning goal, the Center’s Project Development Team(PDT) proposed a new instructional systems design model during the summer of 1995 [15, 16]. Anessential element of the design is the use of a transfer activity that allows the students toreinforce and extend competencies mastered in previous learning tasks to a new problem solvingcontext. Transfer is defined as “the ability to perform an acquired skill in new, unfamiliarsituations” [5]. The purpose of the transfer activity is to provide integration of the competenciesintroduced through the module's previous learning events and to provide an opportunity to applythe learned skills to a real world problem. The real world problem is based on a virtual company,a macrocontext

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zuhdi Aljobeh; Aaron Jennings

project that included equipping new Environmental Engineering laboratoriesfor advance heavy metal analysis. Ms. Pfaff continued on into graduate studies at CWRU anddid her thesis research on lead soil contamination around Cleveland’s Master Metals site. Thiswork led to an assessment of soil extraction techniques and the development of a screeningextraction method (the CWRU 1N HCl, 2h Hr. Ex.) that is still in use today (Pfaff and Jennings,1996). The work also identified near surface soil lead contamination as high as 23,750 mg/kg.The current standard of “child contact” residential soil is 400 mg/kg (USEPA, 2001), so valueslike 23,750 mg/kg represent profound contamination and serious health risk. The work of Ms. Pfaff and other graduate

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

. Page 9.753.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDERAN HANESIAN received his B. ChE. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering degrees from Cornell University in 1952and 1961 respectively. He was employed at DuPont and then started teaching at NJIT in 1963 and served as Chairmanof the Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science from 1975-1988. He is the recipientof numerous awards and in October 2000, he was designated in the inaugural group of five MASTER TEACHERS atNJIT. He is a Fellow and Emeritus Member (52 years) in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvanus Nwosu; Robert Goldbach; Mike Lovell

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Gaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

race and sex differences, professional choice cannot be fully addressed throughcurrent occupational choice theories. In this paper, we address the problem of gender and racedynamics in Information Technology-related fields. This study evaluates the distribution offamily-background, educational, family, and employment characteristics by gender and race.We use these characteristics to evaluate the determinants of job satisfaction among highlyeducated IT-eligible workers.Data and analysisGeorgia Tech is the only institution that ranks in the top 10 in graduating women and minoritiesin all engineering degree categories--bachelors, masters, and doctorate. Because of itsspecialization in technical education, Georgia Tech’s extensive alumni database

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, Biloxi, Mississippi, November 6-9, 1999.10. Duff, J.M. (1990). Teaching engineering graphics as a body of knowledge. Proceedings of the 44th Midyear Conference of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, Tempe, Arizona, 1990.11. Cumberland, R. R. (2001). The foundation of a progressive engineering graphics curriculum: A directed project report. Unpublished masters thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette.12. Gredler, M. E. (2001). Information Processing Theories. In Learning and instruction: Theory in to practice (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice-Hall. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Lisa A. Nutt, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

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International

Validation.Ms. Lisa A Nutt, Robert Morris UniversityDr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University Tony Kerzmann received both a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004. After graduating, Tony Kerzmann enrolled in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh where he graduated with a Master in Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Robert Morris University, where his research goals include, hybrid concen- trating photovoltaic systems, energy system life cycle assessment, sustainable product development, and active

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas; Andrew Tubesing, University of St. Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

programming, we found that the success of this course was primarily due to the motivationand commitment shown by the students. To allow students more time to dig deeper into thesesubject areas and master them with more hands-on examples, for the next offering of the coursewe plan to separate the course into two courses - one covering basic electrical concepts andanalog devices and the second one covering digital and computing systems.  Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronics  Digital Electronics and Computing SystemsOur hope is that students will either take both courses as a series or take one of the twodepending on their comfort level and their expected use of the material in their own curriculum

Conference Session

ECE Distance Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan C. Schneider, Marquette University; James E. Richie, Marquette University

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Electrical and Computer

experience - can be facilitated by achieving the second goal - replacingthe traditional lecture with a modern multimedia array of materials which bring a freshperspective to the conceptual, analytical, and procedural aspects of each laboratory assignment.The flexibility of multimedia allows for demonstration of lab technique via video, creation ofsample data sets to practice laboratory data analysis technique, and competency quizzes to insurethe student has mastered each level before moving to the next.Laboratory Course Format -The department offers five laboratory classes for engineering students; one or more of theseclasses is required for majors in three different programs, Electrical Engineering (EE), ComputerEngineering (CompE) and Biomedical

Conference Session

Choice and Persistence in Engineering Education and Careers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

interested in majoring in electrical engineering(and is now working on a degree at a prestigious engineering school) describes his careerinfluence thusly: My brother’s actually becoming – like – he’s going to get his Master Electrician’s License and he kind of got me interested, always talking about that stuff and I just kind of decided that would be a good fit.This mechanism can also work in reverse. If a student does not identify with a vicarious rolemodel in engineering or that model is not successful, then they may decide that a path intoengineering is closed to them. A highly-talented female in physics describes her likelihood ofchoosing a career in engineering: I feel like they’re [engineers] a whole bunch of smart

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Gary Bright Ph.D., National University

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Manufacturing

understanding how a final capstone project has to be done.References: 1. Viswanathan, S. and H. Evans,“ Effective Capstone/Masters Projects – Do’s and Don’ts”, presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, June 12-15, Portland, Oregon, USA (2005). Page 24.453.202. "Guide to Great Chair Design." Guide to Great Chair Design. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 May 2011. 3. "chair history — Chair Blog." Chair Blog — Chairs, Chair Designers and Chair Manufacturers. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 May 2011. .4. http://somaergo.com/content/chairs/SomaCourtReprtr.pdf5. IKEA. (2013). Democratic Design: Design for Everyone. Retrieved from http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/about-the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven M. Yalisove, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Materials

class expert for each of the 13 areas of Materials Science and Engineering that were covered on each of the 13 Wednesdays. We filmed interview with the faculty expert as well as with her or his graduate students. We also filmed “B-roll” of their labs to put in front of the interviews to make the Page 24.469.8 videos more visually interesting. The intent of all of the interviews was to capture the passion that the researchers had for the topics and to show that the topics were so compelling, that it was easily worth 10 hours of the students' time to master the subject. These videos can be found at the website for the 2013

Conference Session

Engineering Across the K-12 Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Sciences, and the Common Core

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Lesley Eva Bristol, Maui Economic Development Board; Graham R. DeVey, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

- ogy Program. He directs the statewide program Island Energy InquiryTM , a place-based, inquiry learning curriculum for STEM teachers in grades 5-12. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching degree (Physics) and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautical Science, with 18 years of expe- rience in engineering management and 19 years as an educator, curriculum developer, and professional development specialist. Page 24.481.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Energy Inquiry: Hands-on, Inquiry Learning Methods to Enhance STEM

Conference Session

SD Technical Session: Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Colleen Marie Croyle, The Ohio State Univeristy ; Alison N. Snyder; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Student

goals which will carry into my career. I would like to pursue a Masters in Engineering and work at a prestigious Engineering company once I graduate where I can apply my knowledge of business entrepreneurship to the field of engineering. I also hope to work for a university as an engineering professor and counselor after gaining experience in industry so I can use my education and experience to help new engineering students on their path to graduation. Receiving a scholarship would enable me to spend more time focusing on my academics, community service, and student organizations without the burden of how to pay for my education. The schooling that

Conference Session

Materials Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nitin Sukhija, Mississippi State University (Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems and Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering); Tomasz A. Haupt, Mississippi State University; Mark Fredrick Horstemeyer, Mississippi State University

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Materials

is that each module culminates with a collaborativehomework assignment where the students were motivated to publish, validate, and visualize theirmultiscale modeling learning outcomes on Wiki based EVOCD web portal8 with an anticipationof sharing and defending their research findings with other class members, thus facilitating easyassessment of students accomplishments. Through this exercise students demonstrated how theknowledge attained and exchanged from ICME wiki resulted in practicing and publishing thepotential impact of adopting the multiscale modeling paradigm in their diverse research areasrelated to their Master/PhD dissertations.Course organization and curriculaThe interdisciplinary course curriculum described here was designed in

Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, Gonzaga University; Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., Gonzaga University; Matt Zarecor, Spokane County Stormwater Utility

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Civil Engineering

Stormwater Management and En- gineering Education. She received her bachelor of science in Mechanical Engineering from Gonzaga University and a master of science in Civil Engineering from Washington State University. She is also an adjunct member of the Civil Engineering Faculty at Gonzaga University where she teaches Stormwater Management and Senior Design.Dr. Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University Professor of Civil Engineering.Dr. Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., Gonzaga University Dr. Niezgoda is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Gonzaga University. She has a doctorate in Civil Engineering from Penn State University and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wyoming. She conducts research in the