AC 2011-36: STRENGTHENING THE STEM PIPELINE THROUGH ANINTENSIVE REVIEW PROGRAM FOR MATH PLACEMENT TESTINGAmelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of engineering and mathematics at Canada College. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority and other under- represented groups in mathematics, science and engineering. Page 22.1328.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Strengthening
were placed into the “C- or Worse” category if theyreceived that grade in one of the courses. In this case, 3 of the 6 students taking both received aC or better in one of the two courses and only had to retake the other course. Of those 3students, two persisted in the program in the Spring 2010 semester and received a grade of C or Page 22.654.7 Math 231 - Fall 2009 5 Placed Up 2 4 Placed Up 1
AC 2011-1743: TEACHING COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOME-TRY WITH SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION AT A COMMUNITY COL-LEGEPaul Chanley, North Essex Community College Program Coordinator of Engineering Science & Electronic TechnologyMichael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community CollegeLinda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community CollegeProf. Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College Page 22.1377.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaching College Algebra and Trigonometry with Supplemental Instruction at a Community CollegeAbstractDuring the spring of 2009, using support from a grant
AC 2011-2240: MATHEMATICS AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE INCASIN PERUCheri Shakiban, University of St. Thomas I am a professor of mathematics at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where I have been a faculty member since 1983. I received my Ph.D. in 1979 from Brown University in Formal Cal- culus of Variations. My recent area of research is mostly in computer vision, with applications to object recognition. My publications are in diverse areas of mathematics and engineering. I love to work with undergraduate students, in particular, underrepresented students, to get them involved in doing research in mathematics and encourage them to give conference presentations/posters and submit their work for
AC 2011-842: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF USING WRITINGAS A CRITICAL THINKING TOOLN. Jean Hodges, VCUQatar Since Fall 2004, N. Jean Hodges has been an Assistant Professor of Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar (VCUQatar) in Doha, Qatar. She earned her degrees in North Carolina: a Master of Science in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Queens College (now Queens University). Her work experiences in legal, medical, executive, and academic positions and her business training have informed her understanding of writing in the workplace and in different fields. Her interdisciplinary Master’s pro- gram
AC 2011-1118: ASSESSING FIRST-YEAR CALCULUS KNOWLEDGE ANDSKILLS NEEDED FOR A SOPHOMORE STATICS AND DYNAMICS COURSEKristi J Shryock, Texas A&M University Kristi J. Shryock is a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. She received both a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M and received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering at Texas A&M in May 2011. Her research work focuses on engineering education.Prof. arun r srinivasa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University Prof Srinivasa obtained his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1986. He subsequently
AC 2011-2833: TEACHING ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATHEMAT-ICS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS: LESSONS LEARNEDKendrick T. Aung, Lamar University Dr. Kendrick Aung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar Uni- versity. He received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1996. He has published over 80 technical papers and presented them in numerous national and international conferences. Page 22.1371.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaching Advanced Engineering Mathematics to
AC 2011-2308: PUTTING MATHEMATICS IN CONTEXT: AN INTEGRA-TIVE APPROACH USING MATLABMicah Stickel, University of Toronto Micah Stickel is a lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Toronto. He first came to the department when he started as an undergraduate student in 1993. Since that time, he has completed the B.A.Sc. (1997), M.A.Sc. (1999), and Ph.D. degrees (2006). He has been involved in a number of research projects, including the use of spiral antennas for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, the design of high-fidelity directional couplers for digital circuits, and the application of micromachining techniques in the fabrication of bandpass filters for broadband
AC 2011-1443: EFFECTS OF AN INTEGRATED CALCULUS REFORMPROJECT FOR ENGINEERING MAJORSPo-Hung Liu, National Chin-Yi University of Technology Po-Hung Liu is a Professor of College of General Education at National Chin-Yi University of Technology in Taiwan. His research interests are AMT (advanced mathematical thinking) and HPM (history and pedagogy of mathematics).Ching Ching Lin, National Taipei University of TechnologyTung-Shyan Chen, Fundamental General Education Center, National Chin-Yi University of Tung-Shyan Chen is an associate professor of the Fundamental General Education Center at the National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan since 2010. Dr. Chen received his PhD (2002) from the Department
AC 2011-103: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON STUDENTS’ DEVELOP-MENT AND TRANSFER OF THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATIONAndrew G Bennett, Kansas State University Andrew Bennett received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University in 1985 and has been on the faculty at Kansas State University since 1988 where he is Director of the Center for Quantitative Education.Todd MooreXuan Hien Nguyen, Kansas State University Xuan Hien Nguyen is currently a post doctoral fellow at Kansas State University. Her research interests are in partial differential equations and mathematics education. Page 22.56.1 c
AC 2011-405: FACTORS IMPACTING POOR PERFORMANCE IN PRECALCULUSPaul J. Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr.Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Sviatoslav Archava, East Carolina University Sviatoslav Archava is a Teaching Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. Dr. Archava received a MA degree in Mathematics
AC 2011-2537: ENHANCE ENGINEERING COLLEGE MATH TEACH-ING WITH GAMING AND VIRTUAL REALITY LEARNING MODULESLin Li, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Lin Li is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Prairie View A&M Uni- versity. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004. Before that, he received his B.S. and M.E. from Beijing Institute of Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. His research interests include Computer Networks, Educational Technology, and Web Applications and Information Management. His research has been supported by NSF, DOE, etc.Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University Dr
AC 2011-362: A LOOK AT STEM EDUCATION FROM THE TOP DOWNPeter J. Sherman, Iowa State University Professor received his Ph.D. in ME in 1984. Since that time he has conducted teaching and research in a wide variety of areas related to engineering, mathematics and statistics. He currently holds a joint appointment in the departments of aerospace engineering and statistics at Iowa State University. Page 22.57.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Look at STEM Education from the Top DownAbstractThis paper addresses STEM education issues, not in the