Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad M. Laux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Abram Walton, Ph.D., Purdue University; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kimberly Marie Deranek, Nova Southeastern University; Darrel L. Sandall, Purdue University; Rick L. Homkes, Purdue University; Sarah E. Leach, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

present technical information in written and oral form to technical and non-technicalpersonnel19. The importance for good communication skills are consistently being publicizedas a workforce requirement for college graduates, especially for those in highly technicalareas of study19. It is no longer sufficient to simply master cognate areas, but must betempered with the ability to effectively communicate about technology and systems to evennon-technical constituents. As a program objective, ET graduates will have the ability towork effectively and recognize that industry trends incorporate project management,collaboration, and use more recent operations innovations (such as lean manufacturing)combined with traditional engineering principles20. In

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Martha Elicia Beltran-Martinez, Organization of American States, Office of Science, Technology, and Innovation

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Women in Engineering

Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 4-15 September 1995, A/CONF.177/20/Rev.1, United Nations Publication No. 96.IV.13, United Nations, New York, New York, USA, 1996. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/fwcwn.html http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA%20E.pdf[6] US National Academies (2007). Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, National Academies Press, 2007. ISBN 0309100429. http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11741&page=1[7] InterAcademy Council (2006). Women for science: An advisory report. InterAcademy Council, 2006. ISBN 90-6984-492-3. http://www.interacademycouncil.net/Object.File/Master/11/051/Part%201%20WFS.pdf[8] Henry

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Graduate Studies

absolutely essential to master the material at the required level (Keefe, 1988). Page 22.248.5 Anthony F. Gregorc of the University of Connecticut at Storrs and Helen B. Wardof Northbrook, Illinois are of the opinion that educators must be able to successfullyaddress the needs of the individual by relating their own teaching style to the learningstyle of the individual. In other words, instructors should have a clear understanding ofwhat the word individual means (Gregorc and Ward, 1977). The four learning stylesidentified by the Gregoric Style Delineator - concrete sequential, abstract random,abstract sequential, and concrete random have been

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Allen, Bucknell University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

professional programs, there is an increased recognition for the need toprepare professionals who not only have mastered specialized technical knowledge, butalso transcendent skills such as cultural understanding, global awareness, emotionalintelligence, and creative right-brain capabilities—perspectives often at the center ofliberal arts offerings and that could be effectively imparted to students in the professionalprograms through greater integration. For example, in the case of engineering programsin the U.S., graduates with this latter set of skills should be better prepared to compete ina global workforce comprised of engineers educated elsewhere and possessingcomparable levels of technical preparation. Integration of the liberal arts with

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John P. O'Connell, University of Virginia; Jeffrey John Chalmers, Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

chemicalengineering faculty. The ability of an engineer to apply the fundamental concepts to newproblems is necessary for their effectiveness (see ABET Outcomes a and e), but it is difficult toteach using lecture-only teaching methods. In addition to mastering an effective strategy forteaching students to solve problems[4, 5], faculty must coach them in applying their problemsolving skills to different areas in which they, both faculty and students, may be unfamiliar [6].Engineering educators have been challenged with the need to include interdisciplinary learningin the undergraduate curriculum[7]. A recent article identifies that students have difficultytransferring their knowledge from one technical area to another, and they also lack the vision

Conference Session

International Experience, Effective Instruction, and Student Exchange Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

as: effect sizes andabsolute values for reported learning gains (11). No matter how results are presented in theliterature, faculty adopting instructional practices with the expectation of experiencing resultssimilar to those reported should be aware of the practical limitations of educational studies. Ingeneral., educational studies tell us what worked, on average, for the populations examined andlearning theories suggest why this might be so. However, claiming that faculty who adopt aspecific method will experience similar results in their own classrooms is simply not possible.Even if faculty members master the new instructional method, they can not control all othervariables that affect learning. There are conditions where a teacher may

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Robert J. Cloutier, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

development, systems thinking and systems engineering education. Alice is the Chair of the Systems Engineering Division of ASEE and has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE). Alice received the Stevens Institute of Technology Provost’s Online Teaching Excellence Award in 2007.Robert J Cloutier, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. Robert Cloutier is an Associate Professor of Systems Engineering in the School of Systems and Enterprises at Stevens Institute of Technology and holds a concurrent part-time Associate Professor II appointment at Buskerud University College in Kongsburg, Norway. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the National Science

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhigang Shen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Yimin Zhu, Florida International University

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NSF Grantees

change of students.This proposed tool is called the Case-based Multidimensional Virtual Environment (CMVE) inthis research. An overarching question of this research is whether CMVE can overcome barriersto trigger a conceptual change in students from structure-oriented thinking about complexsystems in construction engineering and project management to function- and/or behavior-oriented thinking. Enhancing students’ ability to handle complex problems is a crucial step inpreparing future engineers to master a boarder spectrum of technical and nontechnical skills andcompete globally. Thus, this research, if successful, may lead to a massive curriculum changethat incorporates teaching and learning meta-cognitive skills related to dealing with

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Cindee Dresen; Kysha L. Frazier, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

such as precision, conversion andinteroperability (e.g., of file formats), resolution, fidelity, transformation, compression, andencryption are related, as is standardization of representations to support communication.The appropriate emphasis is the notion that information that is processed by computers andcommunication systems is represented by bits (i.e., binary digits). Such a representation is auniform way for computers and communication systems to store and transmit all information;information can be synthesized without a master analog source simply by creating the bits and socan be used to produce everything from Toy Story animations to forged e-mail; symbolicinformation in machine-readable form is more easily searchable than physical

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

into those multiple operators andtoggle the display of the alternatives off and on to view the options. Additionally, studentsquickly found that those alternatives could be left in place while further design experimentationswere developed “downstream.” Most importantly, it became evident that for most students theexperimentation with generative design operations yielded unanticipated geometric outcomes,thus enhancing its use as a mechanism for exploration.Once the geometric relationships were established, generating representations of designalternatives proved to be one of the least challenging. The process of “baking” designalternatives and storing them via layer management was easily mastered by all the students.Interestingly, all student

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum In Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

challenges that are likely to be encountered inrolling out this program will be discussed.IntroductionIt is difficult to find a discipline today where technology advances are as rapid as the field ofCAD/CAM. These are driven continually by combinations of new developments in several areasthat include computer software, hardware, information technology and the fundamental theoriesbehind geometric modeling, design and manufacturing. This has led to ever more sophisticatedand powerful CAD/CAM systems that need to be mastered by practitioners in the field if their Page 22.411.2true benefit is to be realized in increased product development efficiency

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace, Competency, and a Successful Career

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Alanna Walker, Clemson University

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International

types of global competence.The ambiguity in our results speaks to the complexity of the issue at hand: what shouldengineering universities attempt to impart on their students in order to prepare them to beglobally competent employees? Also, whose opinion is most relevant when deciding what anengineering student should know? While it may seem daunting for an individual to master allthirteen dimensions of global competence, our survey provides a way to concentrate on the mostimportant or helpful aspects of global competence. Since our results come from the opinions ofexperts in the field of global thinking, we believe that engineering universities should focus theireducation on the top three dimensions of global competence that we found from our

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rainer Bartz, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Daniel Cox, University of North Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Automation and Measuring Systems), defining standards for automotive test data management. He is member of ASEE and of IEEE.Daniel Cox, University of North Florida Daniel Cox is from Gainesville Florida where he also graduated with his BSME with Honors degree and Master of Engineering degree from the University of Florida in 1979 and 1981, respectively. In 1981 he joined the IBM Corporation in Boulder Colorado where he worked as a Manufacturing Engineer. In 1986 he was awarded the prestigious IBM Resident Study Program Award to attend doctoral studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated with his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in robotics from UT Austin in 1992 where he also worked at

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-2009: DESIGN OF A SENIOR LABORATORY SEQUENCE TOGUIDE STUDENTS IN MULTIPLE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS TOWARDSWORKFORCE PREPAREDNESSPhilip H. Harding, Oregon State University Dr. Harding has served since 2007 as the Linus Pauling Distinguished Engineer at Oregon State University School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering. He has worked in the oil, pulp and paper, and microelectronic industries with a history of responsibilities including process engineering, research and development, product reliability, and worldwide manufacturing and research strategy. He holds 14 patents, with another 9 pending. Most recently, he worked for Hewlett-Packard Company in the role of Master Technologist.Milo Koretsky

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

, such assequential or global. For example, while some students are able to learn slowly and steadily asinformation is presented, master it, and move on (sequential), others may appear lost for sometime until a jump in knowledge occurs, allowing things to click into place (global). Since anyundergraduate class will be a mix of learning styles, it is helpful to present materials in differentways. Some of the key recommendations from Felder and Silverman’s research1 that we willincorporate into our course are:  Motivate learning by connecting the topic of the course to previous experiences andlearning, as well as future applications  Present material in different ways (written prose, spoken information, pictures, graphs,videos, computer

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Changho Nam, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

current technology. • Students as a CAD master drawings are professional quality.   Table 6. Capstone Project Assessment Results - ABET Outcomes h and i. OUTCOMES – h, i Professionalism–An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, a commitment to on-going professional competence and possession of basic professional and organizational success skills. Level 1 Exhibits professionally appropriate behavior patterns, appreciates engineering as a learned profession and possesses daily success skills. Level 2 Accepts responsibility for their education, understands the major professional and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

by industries but also, at least in theUnited States, by accreditation boards, such as ABET, and agencies, such as NSF. In fact, thestrategic goals set for engineering education institutions by ABET, stated in a recent report enti-tled “ABET Criteria 2000” [2–5], include • the ability of applying knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering; • the ability to apply advanced mathematics in engineering problem solving; • the ability to design and integrate contemporary analytical, computational and experi- mental practices; • the ability to work in teams and to effectively communicateas standard skills to be mastered by students by the completion of their undergraduate degree.The demand for team and computer

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Thompson

full time staff are expected to master all searchware being used, it may be difficult to train graduate assistants and other part-time or short-term staff in the intricacies of multiple searchware systems. Minimizing searchware interfaces minimizes the training needed for short-term staff. The popularity of the EiVillage CompendexWeb product testifies to the fact that many institutions have a different philosophy of electronic resource collection development. The added value of a site incorporating WWW links, industry standards information, and many other services outweighed any inconvenience incurred by introducing unique searchware.• Does the searchware provide adequate help screens and online tutorials? One of the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa L. Hein; Dan Budny

Purdue University involves students enrolled in an optional,Counselor Tutorial (CT) courses designed to provide supplemental instruction for academicallydisadvantaged students. The CT courses involve special one-on-one tutoring sessions that areheld with an instructor from the Freshman Engineering Department, as well as once a week withundergraduate tutors. These courses are tailored for the individual who has the minimumunderstanding of the course material but who has not yet mastered the subject 26. Page 4.497.2The particular CT course to be discussed later in this paper is called ENGR191M. ENGR191Mprovides supplemental instruction for

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

S P Maj; D Veal

. This curriculum hasalways been oversubscribed, has a very low student attrition rate, attracts students from otherFaculties in ECU and students from other universities in the state. When one new unit fromthis curriculum was first introduced, from an enrolment of 118, only 66 were computerscience students the others were from a wide range of disciplines, especially multi-media.Workshop exercises include: install master/slave hard disc drive; upgrade PCI video card,load an operating system. Other more advanced exercises in a subsequent unit include: theinstallation and testing of: Digital Video Disc (DVD), flat bed scanner, PC video camera,Infra-red communications link, Zip Disc, a video conference communications link via a localarea network

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Tapper

using possible search criteria: “industrial trade shows” etc.JEROME TAPPERMr. Tapper received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1970 and a Master of ScienceDegree in Information Systems in 1998, both from Northeastern University. He is a Registered ProfessionalEngineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with over twenty years of industrial experience in the areas ofprocess control, industrial automation design, circuit design, product development and project management. Mr.Tapper is the author of Electronics for Engineering Technology, a tool-kit based text for electrical engineeringtechnology students. He currently is an Associate Academic Specialist in the area of Electrical EngineeringTechnology in the School of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

S P Maj; D Veal

-servernetwork connected to the Internet, a wide range of PCs and associated equipment.Workshops include the installation and testing of: master-slave Hard disc, CD-ROM, DigitalVideo Disc (DVD), flat bed scanner, PC video camera, Infra-red communications link, ZipDisc etc. Other workshop exercises include establishing and testing a video conferencecommunications link via a local area network. With nearly over two hundred students everysemester the logistics associated with supporting this type of laboratory are non-trivial. Issuesinclude: initial equipment cost, student safety, damage to equipment and technical support,This paper presents details of how this new curriculum was designed and implemented at aminimum cost.1. IntroductionReports such as the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie L. Young; Peter L. Silsbee; Joseph W. Newkirk; Bradford L. Snowden; Anu Maria; Jerry W. Samples

2.429.11think. Always be ready to compromise your direction, but never your standard.REFERENCES:1. Bonwell, C.C. and Eison, J.A., Active Learning, ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 1, 1991.2. Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T., and Smith, K.A., Cooperative Learning, ASHE-ERIC Higher EducationReport No. 4, 1991.3. Lowman, J., Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1984.4. McKeachie, W.J., Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher, Eighth Edition,Lexington, MA, D.C. Heath and Company, 1986.5. Wankat, P.C. and Oreovicz, F.S., Teaching Engineering, New York, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993.DR. JERRY SAMPLES is Professor of Engineering and Director of Engineering Technology at theUniversity of Pittsburgh at

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lia F. Arthur; Irem Y. Tumer

colored marbles in several clear glass tubesshowed qualitatively the process of fixed bed adsorption with or without mass transferlimitations.I also wanted to explore some other innovative teaching techniques. For one of my topics,Instructional Objectives were handed out outlining exactly what information and details thestudents were expected to master during that module. The students responded positively bytelling me that it was nice to know what key points they should be concentrating on8,10. I alsomade an attempt to increase cooperative learning within the classroom, by having the students dosmall group work5. This was somewhat unsuccessful for several reasons. As I was new atimplementing this technique, I had a difficult time finding

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley Hunley, Michigan State University; Joshua Whitman, Michigan State University; Seungik Baek, Michigan State University; Xiaobo Tan, Michigan State University; Drew Kim, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

projects designed to show them how an engineer may solvea given problem. Additionally, the variety of engineering disciplines shown to thesevisitors allows them to observe the career possibilities within the engineering field.One of more recent career possibilities in the engineering field is biomedical engineering,which has proven to be a rapidly growing trend within the United States, according torecent increases in the number of master and doctoral degrees awarded in this field [2].Consistent with this trend, we may expect future increases in the number of biomedicalengineering programs offered by universities around the country, particularly at theundergraduate level. Therefore, it may be beneficial for prospective K-12 engineeringstudents to

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Colledge, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering design education, indigenous knowledge systems and systems thinking.Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University Mary Lynn Brannon, Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at the Pennsylvania State University, has a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design, and instructor of the Graduate Assistant Seminar for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Gerald Knapp, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University

AC 2010-759: OVERVIEW OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY'S STEMTALENT EXPANSION PROGRAM, ENGINEERING ENGAGEMENT FORSTUDENT SUCCESSSummer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University Ms Dann is currently employed by the Dean's office at LSU as the STEP program manager. Ms. Dann earned her bachelor and master degrees in Mechanical Engineering at LSU and was employed in private industry prior to her current position.John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Mr. Scalzo is the Associate Rector of the Engineering Residential College and an instructor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He earned his bachelor degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1992 and a master’s degree in

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

angles. He returned to his undergraduate alma materas an electrical engineering professor fresh from graduate school at another institution.One difference with the standard scenario is that the author’s bachelor degree was inphysics, with subsequent master and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, but he Page 15.1265.7returned as a faculty member in a small, purely undergraduate, multidisciplinaryengineering program13 with which he was less familiar than the physics program.However, he was quickly filled-in on details about the engineering program by formerphysics professors, and the chair of engineering who had interviewed and hired him

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Banerjee, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-839: INSTITUTIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY: A RESEARCH METHOD TOINVESTIGATE THE WORK-LIFE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN FACULTYMEMBERS IN STEM DISCIPLINESDina Banerjee, Purdue University Dina Banerjee is a post-doctoral researcher in the Research in Feminist Engineering (RIFE) group. Her primary responsibility is the study of the career-related experiences of the women and minority faculty members of the STEM disciplines of Purdue University. She graduated with her PhD from Purdue University in May, 2009. After her admission in Purdue University in 2002, she graduated with her third Masters with sociology major in 2004. Her areas of specialization are gender, work and occupation; development and social change