AC 2010-368: TEACHING LINEAR SYSTEMS USING MASTERY INSTRUCTIONAnthony Richardson, University of Evansville Page 15.1179.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010
AC 2010-1151: DAILY COURSE EVALUATION WITH GOOGLE FORMSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia. Page 15.340.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Daily Course Evaluation with Google FormsAbstractStudent course evaluation has become a fixture of
AC 2010-951: PROPOSAL ADVICE: EXPERIENTIAL ADVICE FOCUSED FORNEW FACULTYAdrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University having recently moved from Mississippi State University, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She received her PhD and M.S. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. At Tech, Adrienne has taught Advanced Kinetics. At MSU, she taught graduate Chem Eng Math, Process Controls, Intro to Chem Eng Freshman Seminar, Heat Transfer, and Analytical Microdevice Technology courses. She is an NSF CAREER Awardee and was the faculty advisor for MSU’s
AC 2011-826: REALISTIC OPEN-ENDED ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLV-ING AS SITES FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER TRAINING INCOURSE INSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENTAmani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amani Salim is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue University, and was previously a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She receives her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Uni- versity of Minnesota Twin Cities, and her Ph.D. in BioMEMS and Microelectronics from Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. Her engineering education research focuses on prob- lem formulation within Model
AC 2010-1545: A NEW APPROACH: USING ELECTRONICS LABORATORYMORE EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELYFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University Page 15.63.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A New Approach: Using the Electronics Laboratory More Efficiently and SafelyAbstractUse and administration of the electronics laboratories are very important due to safety concernsand variety of parts and equipment. There are a variety of components and devices which need tobe organized and monitored for different lab experiments. Electronics laboratories serve a varietyof students with different knowledge levels for their lab classes and various projects
AC 2010-356: DESIGNING USER-FRIENDLY HANDOUTS FOR A FLUID POWERCLASSBarry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Page 15.372.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Designing User-Friendly Handouts for a Fluid Power ClassAbstractFluid power, the branch of mechanical engineering focused on compressed air and hydraulicsystems, is an inherently image-intensive subject. Teaching fluid power involves cutawaydiagrams of valves, cylinders, pumps, and motors, as well as performance curves and othertechnical graphs. Chalkboard instruction is inadequate: substantial image degradation occurs aspictures and graphs are transferred from original
AC 2010-1323: MAKING SERVICE COUNT: ADVICE FOR NEW ENGINEERINGEDUCATORSAndrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown Andrew T. Rose, Ph.D., P.E. is Associate Professor and Department Head of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. His teaching interests are in the areas of geotechnical and structural engineering. His research interests are in curriculum development and inovation, engineering education, engineering history, historic structures, and incorporating practical design experience and professional practice issues into the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum. Dr. Rose received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University
AC 2011-2780: BOOTSTRAPPING A NEW GRADUATE CURRICULUMTHROUGH AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERDevdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng) Devdas M. Pai is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and serves as Director for Education and Out- reach for the NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of manufacturing processes and materials engineering.Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University Robin Guill Liles is associate professor in counseling and counselor education in the Department of Hu- man Development and Services in the School of Education at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
AC 2010-1360: LEVERAGING THE INTERNET AND LIMITED ON-CAMPUSRESOURCES TO TEACH INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS TO FUTUREENGINEERING PRACTITIONERSCharlotte Erdmann, Purdue UniversityBruce Harding, Purdue University Page 15.841.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 LEVERAGING THE INTERNET AND LIMITED ON-CAMPUS RESOURCES TO TEACH INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS TO FUTURE ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERSAbstractIn the internet age, practitioners of engineering and technology may find themselves lackinginformation literacy skills so necessary in a modern global work environment. The needs may bemanifested as researching technical and non-technical
AC 2012-4769: APPLICATIONS FOR SUPPORTING COLLABORATIONIN THE CLASSROOMDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an Associate Professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Com- puter Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and has also taught at Carnegie Mellon University and Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie mainly in computer-supported cooperative learning. Page 25.196.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Applications for
AC 2010-939: STANDARDS FOR NEW EDUCATORS: GUIDE TO ABETOUTCOMES AND STANDARDS AVAILABILITY IN LIBRARIESCharlotte Erdmann, Purdue University Page 15.1088.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Standards for New Educators: Guide to ABET Outcomes and Standards Availability inLibrariesAbstractEngineering educators worked with standards in industrial and research careers. Many facultymembers use standards in their research and teaching. Awareness of standards may develop in avariety of ways including reading and writing dissertations, journal articles, conference papers,and handbooks. References to standards are also prevalent in bibliographic databases, andcampus websites
AC 2010-1415: CONFRONTING THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY NEWFEMALE FACULTYChristina Howe, University of Evansville Christina Howe is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Evansville. She received a PhD in EE from Vanderbilt University. Page 15.310.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Confronting the Unique Challenges Faced by New Female FacultyAbstractAs a first year female faculty member joining an all male faculty group, many unique challengespresent themselves. These challenges include the usual of a new faculty
AC 2010-328: SHOWCASING AND SUPPORTING ENGINEERING FACULTYENGAGED IN TEACHING INNOVATION THROUGH A NEW SYMPOSIUMElizabeth Cady, National Academy of EngineeringNorman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Page 15.1064.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Showcasing and Supporting Engineering Faculty Engaged in Teaching Innovation through a New SymposiumIn spring 2009, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) received funding from theO’Donnell Foundation in order to strengthen the engineering and innovation capacity of thenation by catalyzing a vibrant community of emerging engineering education leaders. The NAEchose to
AC 2011-320: INTERDISCIPLINARY SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN ANDDEVELOPMENT EDUCATION: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DIS-COVERYRonald Scozzari and Jennifer Astwood, University of Wisconsin - Stout Ronald Scozzari is an assistant professor of engineering graphics, CAD and Sustainability Design and Development at the University of Wisconsin - Stout campus. He brings 23 years of corporate techni- cal training and development experience to his position and is pursuing a terminal degree in Education Leadership and Management. Jennifer Astwood is an assistant professor of industrial design at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. She earned her MFA Industrial Design from the University of Illinois.Jennifer Astwood, University of
. After completing his degree Doc- tor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Texas Arlington he worked at Virginia Polytechnic and State University as a Post – doctoral fellow (Jan 2010 – Dec 2010) and as a Research Assistant Professor at University of Arkansas (Jan 2011 – Jun 2013). Dr. Bedekar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Engineering Technology at the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). His research is related to Energy Harvesting, Magnetoelectric Materials, Struc- tural Health Monitoring and synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials. Dr. Bedekar is an editorial board member of Journal of Materials Science Research and a reviewer on
AC 2012-3833: ADMINISTRATIVE ADVICE FROM COORDINATORS OFLARGE-ENROLLMENT FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING COURSES WITHSIGNIFICANT ACTIVE-LEARNING COMPONENTSProf. Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo is an Advanced Instructor at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. She is currently Co-coordinator of a large first-semester introductory engineering course and has taught a variety of introductory engineering courses.Prof. Tamara W. Knott, Virginia Tech Tamara Knott is Associate Professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech. She is the Course Coordi- nator for one of the three first-year engineering courses offered by the department and also teaches in the graduate program. Her interests include assessment and pedagogy. Within
AC 2010-1352: WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEEKNOWLEDGE OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND THE PROCESS OFSTANDARDIZATION?Bruce Harding, Purdue UniversityPaul McPherson, Purdue University Page 15.1364.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEE KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND THE PROCESS OF STANDARDIZATION?AbstractProducts and processes considered everyday conveniences would not be possible withoutstandardization. That standardization making today’s technology possible was developed overthe last few decades by practitioners, many of whom are on the brink of retirement.Consequently, a growing concern
AC 2011-1023: INNOVATIVE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN NANOENGI-NEERINGAjit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Ajit D. Kelkar is a Professor and Chairman of Nanoengineering department at Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at North Carolina A&T State University. He also serves as an As- sociate Director for the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures and is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro. For the past twenty five years he has been working in the area of performance evaluation and modeling of poly- meric composites and ceramic matrix composites. He has worked with several federal laboratories in the
AC 2011-2569: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TEACHING ASSISTANT TRAIN-ING PROGRAM IN APPLIED SCIENCE: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTA-TIONFaizal Karim, UBC Faculty of Applied Science Page 22.1439.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011The Development of a Teaching Assistant Training Program in Applied Science: Design and Implementation Page 22.1439.2IntroductionTeaching Assistants (TAs) make an important contribution to teaching and learning at theuniversity while they develop competencies and skills relevant to their professional lives. Inrecognition of this, the Faculty of
Water Quality Parameters as Surrogates in an Urban Watershed. Proceedings of Research, NSF/REU Site on Interdisciplinary Water Sciences and Engineering (under preparation), Virginia Tech.25. Fry, Z.M., Lohani, V.K., Maczka, D.K. (2015). Implementation of the LEWAS Lab at Virginia Tech User Interfaces in a Professional Environment. Proceedings of Research, NSF/REU Site on Interdisciplinary Water Sciences and Engineering (under preparation), Virginia Tech.26. Lattuca, L., & Knight, D. (2010). AC 2010-1537: In the Eye of the Beholder: Defining and Studying Interdisciplinary in Engineering Education. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference.27. Borrego, M., & Newswander, L. K. (2010
AC 2010-800: EFFECTIVE FACULTY MENTORING FOR DIVERSITY: ANASSESSMENT OF MENTORING PARADIGMSAndrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyJennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyCassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Page 15.440.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Effective Faculty Mentoring: A Preliminary Assessment of Mentoring ParadigmsAbstractOne of the difficulties facing smaller institutions is the limited number of faculty from whichmentoring partnerships can be formed. This is problematic when changing institutional prioritiescan cause a generational difference
AC 2011-1413: ATTITUDES TOWARD PURSUING DOCTORAL STUD-IES IN ENGINEERINGHoda Baytiyeh, The American University of Beirut Hoda Baytiyeh is a computer engineer. She has earned a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is currently an assistant professor in the Education Department at The American University of Beirut. Her research interests include Engineering Education, ubiquitous computing using Open Source Software, and online learning communities.Mohamad K. Naja, The Lebanese University Mohamad Naja has earned his M.S. and Ph. D. in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University at East Lansing. He is currently an associate professor in the Civil Engineering Department
AC 2007-1966: DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH:INSIGHTS FROM THREE STUDY DESIGNSCheryl Allendoerfer, University of WashingtonSharon Jones, Lafayette CollegeJaime Hernandez, Texas State University-San MarcosRebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-MankatoRobin Adams, Purdue University Page 12.557.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Diversity in Engineering Education Research: Insights from Three Study DesignsAbstractDiversity is a significant concern in engineering education, as evidenced by the numerous recentcalls to recruit and retain more women and underrepresented minorities into engineering majorsand
AC 2010-532: WORKING WITH AND MENTORING GRADUATE STUDENTINSTRUCTORS IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING COURSESMelissa Roberts, Michigan Technological UniversityAmber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological UniversityGretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University Page 15.1384.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Working with and Mentoring Graduate Student Instructors in First-year Engineering CoursesAbstractMichigan Tech University has a history of teaching first-year engineering courses. Annually,approximately 900 first-year engineering students learn basic engineering skills and concepts inthe first-year engineering program. The program offers a
AC 2012-4440: FOSTERING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARN-ING IN A COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGDr. W. Vincent Wilding P.E., Brigham Young University W. Vincent Wilding is professor of chemical engineering, 1994-present, Brigham Young University. He worked for Wiltec Research Company, Inc., 1985-1994, and has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, Rice University, 1985, and a B.S. in chemical engineering, Brigham Young University, 1981.Prof. James K. Archibald, Brigham Young University James K. Archibald received a B.S. degree in mathematics from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1981, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Since 1987, he
AC 2010-1211: LEADERSHIP 107: STUDENT CENTEREDNESS – A BALANCEJerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown DR. JERRY SAMPLES holds a BS Ch.E. from Clarkson College, MS and Ph.D. in ME from Oklahoma State University. Dr. Samples served at the United States Military Academy twelve years before assuming the position of Director of the Engineering Technology Division at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1996. After a five year period as the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs he returned to the Engineering Technology Division. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Teaching and Learning receiving that honor in 2007. In 2008, he received the American
AC 2010-1486: NEW FACULTY AND NAVIGATING THE CONTRACT RENEWALPROCESSJay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Jay Wierer is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2008. He is a Member of the IEEE and enjoys teaching courses in communications, signals and systems, DSP, controls, and circuits.Roger Frankowski, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Frankowski is Vice-President of Academics and Professor of General Studies at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received his Ph.D. degree from Marquette University in 1992. He has been Vice-President
AC 2010-1525: USING INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEMS TOENRICH ENGINEERING EDUCATIONHenry Louie, Seattle University Page 15.1329.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Audience Response Systems to Enrich Engineering EducationAbstractAudience response systems are becoming increasingly popular in the collegiate classroom sincethey promote interactive learning, which can enrich and enhance the educational experience.When using such systems, each student is able to react to questions or activities prompted by theinstructor by using a response device. The supporting hardware and software instantaneouslyrecords and displays the students’ responses, which can
AC 2011-1914: THE RESEARCH PROPOSITION AND PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT: UPDATE ON FIRST YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT PREPA-RATIONDavid F. Ollis, North Carolina State University David Ollis is Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. He has taught professional development and technical writing at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Page 22.1495.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Research Proposition and Professional Development: Update on First Year Graduate Student Preparation Twenty years ago, our