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Best of the NEE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Tylisha Baber, Michigan State University

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Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow. She earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Michigan State University. Tylisha’s dissertation focused on the design and implementation of a biomass conversion process for improving the fuel properties of biodiesel. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Page 13.577.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Evaluating Instructional

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Off the Beaten Path

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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. Design projects can be evenmore challenging since design is an inherently non-linear process and requirescoordinated effort distributed over time.To engage students in their engineering studies, educators have put forth many newapproaches: • Delivering the concepts of engineering via new technologies o Pod casts o YouTube movies of engineering concepts / lectures • Switching the format of teaching from “talk and chalk” to an active learning format6 • Increasing the opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in undergraduate researchEach of these approaches seeks to freshen the educational experience for engineeringstudents and pique their interest, and, in each case

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Been There/Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Harding, Purdue University; Benedict Kazora, Purdue University; Robert Smethers, Purdue University

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AC 2008-2176: AN OFT-OVERLOOKED RESOURCE: UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTS CAN BE A VALUABLE ASSET TO HELP IMPROVE THECURRICULUM, FACILITIES, AND PEDAGOGYGene Harding, Purdue University GENE L. HARDING is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he has taught for 5 years. He also worked in industry for 3 years with Agilent Technologies, and has over 22 years of combined active and reserve service with the United States Air Force.Benedict Kazora, Purdue University BENEDICT KAZORA is a May 2008 graduate of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology program at Purdue University.Robert Smethers, Purdue University ROBERT A. SMETHERS is

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Tricks of the Trade II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reginald Rogers, University of Michigan

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classroom at Northeastern. Reginald also served as President of the ASEE student chapter at the University of Michigan from 2005-2007. His current research is focused on the self-assembly of colloidal crystal structures for various applications. Upon finishing his degree, Reginald plans to return to industry before pursuing a position at the university level. Page 13.302.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Communicating in an Electronic Environment: Effective Teaching using Electronic Applications for Office HoursAs technologically-competent students enter college, the

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Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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AC 2008-252: NEW FACULTY MEETINGS: SURVIVING THE FIRST YEAR OFTHE TENURE TRACK TOGETHERRyan Beasley, Texas A&M University Ryan Beasley is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2006 as a result of his work on the control of surgical robots. His research activities involve designing surgical robots, developing virtual reality tools to enhance image-guided surgery, investigating haptic interfaces, and devising control algorithms for all the above.Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University Dr. Ana Goulart is an assistant professor in the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program in

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Off the Beaten Path

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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AC 2008-1478: UNDERSTANDING AND RELATING TO YOUR INTERNATIONALSTUDENTSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Page 13.1309.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Understanding and Relating to Your International Students Edward F. Gehringer North Carolina State University efg@ncsu.eduAbstractIn most engineering programs, international students constitute the majority of the graduatepopulation, and a rising percentage of the undergraduate population. It is important forengineering faculty to understand these students’ expectations of

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Tricks of the Trade II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; June Marshall, St. Joseph's College

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students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios, workshops, and playingspaces. It demands strenuous efforts and experts to intercede with stories, admonitions,or principles when students fail, as they must, if they are to learn. Most of the learningthat results in the expertise of the practicing scientist, engineer, or poet is accomplishedthrough hands and minds on a task. Just think of the contrast between the activities ofapprentices in a workshop and the passivity of pupils in a lecture hall.If we refocus our efforts on learning, professors can exploit information technology toprovide data, scholarly references, and simulated problems for cognitive workshops. Inthose workspaces, student investigators will

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Tricks of the Trade I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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AC 2008-1438: LEADERSHIP 104: THE TEACHER-SCHOLAR CULTUREJerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown JERRY SAMPLES is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ). He holds a BS ChE. from Clarkson College, and MS and Ph.D. in ME from Oklahoma State University. He taught at the United States Military Academy for 12 years before joining UPJ in 1996. His recent work has been in the area of foundations of good teaching and development of advanced teaching methods. Page 13.839.1© American Society

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Mentoring & Development:Creating Successful NEEs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Elizabeth Jones, Tarleton State University; Denise Martinez, Tarleton State University

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AC 2008-2089: MEETING THE MENTORING NEEDS OF NEW FACULTY: ANINTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCEB. Elizabeth Jones, Tarleton State UniversityDenise Martinez, Tarleton State University Page 13.886.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Meeting the Mentoring Needs of New Faculty: An Interdisciplinary ExperienceAbstractEvery new job presents its challenges, especially when an employee has the feeling of beingisolated. This paper will describe how a campus-wide faculty mentoring and networkinginitiative evolved from a one-day new faculty orientation into a university-supported new facultycohort program utilizing web resources, brown

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Off the Beaten Path

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Norberg, United States Military Academy

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AC 2008-2407: COMMERCIAL BREAKS IN THE CLASSROOMSeth Norberg, United States Military Academy Page 13.301.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 “Commercial Breaks in the Classroom” by Seth NorbergAbstractAfter teaching a required undergraduate thermal-fluid systems course in the spring of2006 to a broad assortment of engineering students at the United States MilitaryAcademy, many of whom saw no point in their enrollment in the course, various methodswere attempted to spur their interest, keep their attention, and liven the discussion. Thenecessity of a “commercial break” in the classroom was recognized

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Best of the NEE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Margaret Bates, Northeastern University; Brittany Damon, Northeastern University; Alison Reppy

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15 5 *STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math based coursesTable 4 shows that while nearly half of the freshmen (49%) believed that math and science courses weremore suited to lecture, an equal percentage also believed that engineering courses (Engineering Design inparticular) were more suited to active learning. An additional 13% believed that STEM courses in generalwere more suited to active learning. The higher top values may be due to the fact that this is the first timethat these students are exposed to engineering; thus, active learning allows them to grasp the complexitiesinvolved in the engineering curriculum. Further, this population has only had limited exposure to theother types of courses at the

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Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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– The Bonds Between Us Website at Mississippi State University, http://www.msstate.edu/org/reubonds/index.php, Accessed 3 December, 2007.[5] Minerick, A.R. "Outcomes of a Novel REU Site in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering." Chemical Engineering Division - American Society of Engineering Education, published in meeting proceedings, 2008.Adrienne R. MinerickAdrienne Minerick is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. She receivedher PhD and M.S. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Technological University. Sincejoining MSU, Dr. Minerick has taught the graduate Chemical Engineering Math, Process Controls, Introduction toChemical Engineering Freshman Seminar, Heat Transfer

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Tricks of the Trade I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Ieta, Murray State University; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University; Arthur Pallone

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AC 2008-2427: EFFECTIVE TEACHING: THE STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVEAdrian Ieta, Murray State University Adrian Ieta holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2004) from The University of Western Ontario, Canada. He also holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Timisoara, Romania (1984), a B.E.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnical University of Timisoara (1992), and an M.E.Sc. from The University of Western Ontario (1999). He worked on industrial projects within the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre and the Digital Electronics Research Group at the University of Western Ontario and is an IEEE member and a registered Professional Engineer of Ontario. He taught at the

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Off the Beaten Path

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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well as engineering education, with an emphasis on student learning and educational methods.Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Michelle Wilson (M’89) was born in Chicago, IL, in 1966. She received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University,Stanford, CA, in 1988 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 1989 and 1995, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, and she was previously with the University of Kentucky, Lexington, in a similar position from 1996 to 1999. She was also with Applied

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Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tonya Saddler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret Layne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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the VTADVANCE Program and a doctoral student in the Science Technology Studies program at Virginia Tech. Page 13.287.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Changes in the Nature of Faculty Work in Engineering during the First Three YearsAbstractThe literature frames the socialization process of new faculty members as if they face anidentical set of challenges in each of their pre-tenure years, regardless of discipline. This researchuses a longitudinal research design and interview data to determine if there are differences byyear in the experiences of a cohort pre-tenure faculty in engineering at a research

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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AC 2008-1483: DAMAGE CONTROL: WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS DON'TWORKEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Page 13.349.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Damage Control: What to Do When Things Don’t Work Edward F. Gehringer North Carolina State University efg@ncsu.eduAbstractWhat should you do when your software breaks, when your labs don't work out, when your testsare bombed, when your homework has errors? These are questions every instructor has faced.This paper brings together a set of tips from dozens of experienced

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Tricks of the Trade I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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AC 2008-1766: SMALL INTERVENTIONS, BIG IMPACTS: HOWMODIFICATION OF DELIVERY PROCESS OF IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES FORFRESHMEN CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE LEARNINGAly Tawfik, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Aly Tawfik is the VTSTA President and a Graduate Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is a doctoral student in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research is in the area of transportation systems. He is currently a workshop leader for freshmen courses at Virginia Tech.Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Janis Terpenny is an Associate Professor in Engineering Education and Mechanical