Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan A. Taylor, University of Alabama; David Jeff Jackson, University of Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education

material of the sophomore-level course, very similar to the relationship betweenECE 383 and the senior-level courses ECE 480 and ECE 484 at our institution1,2,3,4.As discussed in this document, as well as in another article5, the upper-level courses assume asufficient background in the subjects relating to hardware and peripheral interfacing, so thesetopics must be covered at the beginning of the computer engineering sequence of an electricaland computer engineering curriculum. These introductory courses familiarize the students withsemi-complex microcontroller systems and their design and construction. The students then enterthe terminal courses with a good foundation from which to work.The issue of difficulty in this sequence of topics being

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Guerra, NASA; David T. Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Cheryl Farmer, UTeachEngineering

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-4130: A UNIQUE APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZING THE EN-GINEERING DESIGN PROCESSMs. Lisa Guerra, NASA Lisa Guerra has 25 years of experience in the NASA aerospace community. Guerra is currently working with the UTeachEngineering program. She recently completed a four-year assignment from NASA head- quarters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at the University of Texas, Austin, as a pilot for na- tional dissemination. Her efforts in systems engineering curriculum can be located at http://spacese.spacegrant.org/. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her responsibilities

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schar, Stanford University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Design in Engineering Education

) include: Passion for Customers, Trust and Respect forIndividuals, We Effectively Collaborate, Meaningful Innovation, Uncompromising Integrity. 5This broad ranging description of success reflects an understanding of the process of innovationthat extends well beyond the initial work of invention. Additional examples of engineers turned“product managers” are plentiful, including Bob Galvin of Motorola, Bill Gates of Microsoft andmost recently Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google. However, workplace success for the “engineer-and-business manager” is far fromassured. The work of product management involves many skills not always taught within astandard engineering curriculum. Learning beyond post-secondary education is often a ”sink orswim

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory A. Hixson, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; James J. Pembridge, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

. The high time investment typically required both to learn new teachingapproaches that differ markedly from familiar models and to effectively mentor teams, coupledwith an often-marginalized role for capstone courses in the curriculum, raise questions regardingfaculty motivation. Why, that is, do faculty choose to pursue this type of teaching, and how dothey make teaching decisions within the course? These questions become more critical as callsfor increasing emphasis on professional practice within the curriculum continue to grow 3.Understanding the motivational factors that promote or deter choosing to teach a capstone designcourse and implementing specific pedagogical approaches is critical in supporting the designeducation community as we

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jingshan Wu, Zhejiang University; Xiaodong Zou, Zhejiang University; Hanbing Kong, Zhejiang University

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 25.372.4In China, discipline-based education tends to cultivate specialists who are extremely deep andconfined to one aspect, rather than T-shaped professions, who are, on the contrary,knowledgeable, comprehensive or interdisciplinary and thus well-equipped to both a first joband a final career. In some colleges, the engineering curriculum is limited, withoutconsideration for the integrity of different disciplines; the so-called general education turnsout to be some superficial electives, which fail to attract students and faculty as well. The Whole T is not Solid Enough: Restrained Open InnovationEducation patterns in Chinese colleges tend to cultivate talent experts in studying the worldas it is rather than creating the world that

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Mohan Khedkar, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati

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Track 3 - Faculty Development

impartation of quality knowledge and skills to the students,thereby lowering their overall development and employability. At times, the facultyalso lack in communication and pedagogical skills and industry academiccollaboration is also at nascent stage. Hence, the process of faculty developmentbecomes highly imperative. Improvements in instructional programs may involve subject integration, just-in-time instruction, writing across the curriculum, or any of a variety of other non-traditional approaches that have been found to improve learning. The quality of ateaching program is primarily related to the quality of the instruction that takes placein individual classrooms. For the new curricula and instructional methods to have thedesired impact, a

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenda A. Haven, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Michael Kenneth Fabian, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Alexander James Herring, General Electric - Aviation; Marissa Pinnola, Purdue University; Devan DUPLICATE Berg, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

examined forconstruction and testing feasibility.First offering of the ME Capstone Detail Design CourseSince the ME propulsion-track students had previously taken a basic course in airbreathing androcket propulsion which covered jet engine cycle design point analysis and off-design pointengine operation, and an advanced propulsion course that covered component design, they werewell prepared for the first capstone preliminary design course to do cycle analysis, componentmatching and airframe integration for a turbojet-powered area-defense fighter. Since theemphasis on the follow-on detail design course involved component manufacturing and testing, afirst stage compressor blade was chosen to be examined from a production and testing viewpoint.The

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-3920: SCAFFOLDING PROVIDED TO ENGINEERING STUDENTSIN CORNERSTONE DESIGN PROJECT SCENARIOS RELATED TO PRAC-TICES OF EXPERT DESIGNERSDr. Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Yosef Allam is an Assistant Professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aero- nautical University. He graduated from the Ohio State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in industrial and systems engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Allam’s interests are in spatial visualiza- tion, the use of learning management systems for large-sample educational research studies, curriculum development, and fulfilling the needs of an integrated, multi-disciplinary first-year engineering educa

Conference Session

Design Cognition III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Celeste M. Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

.”6 These Academies’ reports5-6 and others7-9 convey an urgency toreform K-12 public education systems. But, changing the US K-12 public school systems(which number over 14,000) presents a great deal of time-consuming inertia to overcome for Page 25.992.2any change agent. Further, extensive nation-wide curriculum changes ought to be madecarefully, with sufficient planning and financial support. In the meantime, as we await neededsystemic changes, a broad outreach program such as High School Enterprise can have a muchmore timely impact. High School Enterprise (HSE) is an initiative that has established teams of secondarystudents that

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Steve Blair, University of Utah; Peter Rogers, Ohio State University; Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

for Engineering Education, 2012Prof. Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute After seven years with the Information Science Research Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was an Associate Research Professor, Junichi Kanai joined Panasonic Information and Net- working Technologies Lab in 1998. He was a Senior Scientist developing and transferring new technolo- gies to product divisions. From 2002 to 2004, he was a manager at Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (Panasonic), providing system integration and software development for clients. Kanai joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2004. He is currently Associate Director of the O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

-effectiveness competencies through the use of self- and peer-assessment in their project teams.The development of our team-effectiveness framework is described with a focus on how it aimsto stimulate students to provide mature feedback. Methods used to motivate students to learnabout and improve their team-effectiveness competencies are also described. The intendedintegration of the tool into the curriculum is outlined, highlighting an on-line student portfolio onteam-effectiveness that allows students to track their improvement longitudinally across differentproject teams throughout their undergraduate studies. This work has been developed for team-based design projects in undergraduate engineering but is also applicable in other disciplines.1

Conference Session

Design Cognition II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don L. Dekker, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

. His research interests include advanced vehicle modifications, ergonomics and mobility devices for individuals with disabilities. He received the Presidential Award from NMEDA and an award from the University of Miami for course development and recruitment for their online training in AT. He is actively involved with the state VR program to develop policy and train- ing for better integration of rehabilitation technology services. He is on the advisory board for the RERC on Wheelchair Transportation Safety at the University of Michigan. Recent awards include: Engineer of the Year (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Innovation Research Award (USF), and Florida Governors Point of Light. In 2006, He founded

Conference Session

Design Cognition II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shraddha Sangelkar, Texas A&M University, College Station; Daniel A. McAdams, Texas A&M University

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Design in Engineering Education

impact on theuser-centric design.SummaryThe paper explains the procedure to create actionfunction diagrams for user centric design ofproducts. Some of the advantages of actionfunction diagrams are focusing closely on product anduser interaction, highlighting those functions of a product in which the user is involved, andallowing for analysis of user-product interaction in the early design stages.This method can be introduced in an engineering design curriculum for user-focused design. The Page 25.355.14aim of this paper is to educate the design community and engineering educators about theimportance of user modeling and the available methods to

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne W. Scott, Petroleum Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-3469: PREPARING ENGINEERS FOR GLOBAL CAREERS: CUL-TURALLY DIVERSE DESIGN COMPETITIONS AND FORUMS FOR FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSDr. Suzanne W. Scott, Petroleum Institute Suzanne W. Scott is an Assistant Professor in the STEPS Program (Strategies for Team-based Engineering Problem Solving). She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver, an M.A from Washington University, and a B.A. from Drury University. She is a former Coordinator of the EPICS (Engineering Practices Introductory Course Sequence) Program at the Colorado School of Mines under the directorship of Dr. Robert Knecht, and has served as one of the Principal Investigators in the PI/CSM collaboration, ”Preparing Global Engineers,” on

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Philip Knodel, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Robert Vincent, U. S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

use in ways that the original inventor did notanticipate.3.3 Make Based Concept GenerationBased on prior success of utilizing PS/PM in our design curriculum and the lingering difficultythat students have implementing innovative solutions, an additional publication was added to themix – Make magazine. This publication has some of the technological innovation of PS/PM buttakes an instructable.com approach to explaining how the technology could actually beimplemented. This level of detail helped open the students’ minds to possibilities they thoughttoo complex or difficult. Additionally the detail served to allow them better cross-application ofideas since they had a deeper understanding of the problems faced when developing thetechnology and

Conference Session

Design Cognition I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Crehan, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

form of textual and graphical media. Is it necessary for usto rethink what it is we teach in Design and Technology Education and how we teach it?Would promoting and encouraging the use of non-traditional media support a better type oflearning? The integration of a non-criterion referenced constructivist electronic portfolio intoa design module has provided a valuable insight into the learning of students through a designprocess. Equally it provides clear evidence to support the use of an electronic portfolio insupporting student exploration and learning. The use of digital media (videos, audio filesetc.) by students in the capturing and portrayal of their learning indicates an advantage in theuse of e-portfolios over traditional

Conference Session

Design Cognition I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Gerard Spillane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

outcome. Polya was quite definite in his view that heuristics are not infallible and thatthey are to be contrasted with deductive reasoning. There are an infinite number of heuristics, anadaptive toolbox was proposed by Todd & Gigenzer [17] in which an array of different types of fastand frugal heuristics were proposed for solving different types of problems. The number ofoptions that are available in a decision situation and how many are chosen will partly determinethe heuristics employed.Shan & Oppenheimer [18] proposed that all heuristics rely on effort reduction by one or more of thefollowing:(1) Examining fewer cues(2) Reducing the effort of retrieving cue values(3) Simplifying the weighting of cues(4) Integrating less information(5

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem H. Heng, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

ontechnology and engineering at all levels in the Nation’s education system1.There is a need to change the perception of STEM education. STEM education cannot be viewedas teaching four unrelated subject matters. STEM education should be treated as an integraleducation2. Mathematics, science, technology and engineering are taught in classes with the hopethat students will use these subjects simultaneously to make new discoveries, to explore newideas, to make new products and to provide better services. As such, more project-basedactivities, that enable students to apply the knowledge and skills they learn from STEM coursesshould be implemented into curriculums. Practical hands-on learning-by-doing activities gohand-in-hand with STEM education. They

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Design in Engineering Education

AnnualConference Proceedings, ASEEConrad, James, Daniel Hoch, Peter Schmidt, , Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, William Heybruck, Deborah Sharer (2009).Assessing Senior Design Project Deliverables, 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society ofEngineering Education.Daniel, Shantha, Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, K. Jo Min, Leslie Potter (2006). ABET Outcome Assessment andImprovement through the Capstone Design Course in an Industrial Engineering Curriculum, 2006 AnnualConference Proceedings, ASEEEstell, John K. and Juliet Hurtig (2006) Usig Rubrics for the Assessment of Senior Design Projects, ConferenceProceedings, American Society of Engineering Education, Chicago.Gerlick, Robert, Denny Davis, Steven Beyerlein, Jay McCormack, Phillip Thompson, Olakunle

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas at Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Benjamin Afotey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering in the New Century. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2004.5. Sattler, Melanie; Chen, Victoria; Dennis, Brian H.; Mattingly, Stephen; Rogers, K. Jamie; Weatherton, Yvette Pearson. "Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Engineering Sustainable Engineers," Accepted for the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, June 2012.6. Weatherton, Yvette Pearson; Chen, Victoria; Mattingly, Stephen; Rogers, K. Jamie; Sattler, Melanie. “Sustainable Engineering Internships: Creation and Assessment.” Accepted for the American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, June 2012.7. Rogers, K

Conference Session

Design Cognition III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Wright, North Carolina State University

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Design in Engineering Education

, Page 25.784.6and why each principle is applicable. In addition to providing a basis for design decision-making,these principles also provide an abstract structure for the developing system to help facilitatenavigation through the design space through the use of the pattern structure. The process element of the P 3 F is based upon Alexander’s Fundamental DifferentiatingProcess. 7 This process provides a template for identifying and iterating over generative designdecision sequences that allow a system’s structure, behavior, and interaction with its environment tounfold as a coherent whole that smoothly integrates with its environment. With each new iteration,the student is directed to refresh the view of the system as a whole, incorporating

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin L. Brudigam, Lake Travis High School; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3987: SPATIAL ABILITY IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMs. Kristin L. Brudigam, Lake Travis High School Kristin Brudigam is a mathematics and engineering teacher at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. She earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics education from Wayne State College and her mas- ter’s degree in science education with an emphasis in engineering education from the University of Texas, Austin. Additionally, Brudigam is certified to teach civil engineering/architecture and Introduction to En- gineering Design as part of the Project Lead the Way curriculum at Lake Travis High School. Brudigam developed a curriculum entitled ”Careers Involving Mathematics” as an undergraduate in the John G

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

socioeconomic groups [38, 43, 54,55] and students with limited proficiency in English [54]. One study found that middle-schoolstudents working on an engineering design curriculum outperformed students using a traditionalcurriculum and students engaged in an inquiry-science unit on an assessment of sciencereasoning [56].EiE is rooted in a belief that children should engineer, because hands-on work promotesengagement, interest, and learning. As one second grade teacher explained, “Our class wasthoroughly engaged [in the submersible design challenge]. We even discussed using dental flossto tie to the submersible and pull it up… So many changes over time, inductive, deductivereasoning…”Scaffold Student WorkStudents need guidance in order to learn complex

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas A. Lenox Ph.D., American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

civil engineering curricula and to facilitate broad adoptionof the new BOK concepts in civil engineering education, CAP^3 established the BOKEducational Fulfillment Committee (BOKEdFC) in early 2008. This new committee was chargedwith (1) fostering the creation of a learning community of scholars interested in engineeringeducational reform, (2) reviewing the work products of the Body of Knowledge Committee andproviding feedback, and (3) documenting how programs can incorporate the Body of Knowledgeinto their curriculum. A key input to this work is the second edition of the Civil EngineeringBody of Knowledge for the 21st Century. The “companion paper” by Nelson, Fridley, and Hallprovides an insight into this committee’s work.25The Body of

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ioan Gelu Ionas, University of Missouri; Matthew A. Easter, University of Missouri; William H. Miller, University of Missouri, Columbia; Gayla M. Neumeyer, University of Missouri Research Reactor; Valerie Deitz Taylor, Center for Energy Workforce Development; Gwen K. Weakley, Kansas City Power & Light

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Continuing Professional Development

teammembers. Second, considering that updates could be needed as the requirements, legislation,standards, and audiences change, we were looking for a tool that would allow us to easily changecontent, potentially by subject matter experts with limited computer knowledge. Given thissecond objective, our hope was to find an integrated tool that would provide both contentcreation/editing capabilities and the ability to export this content to the appropriate standard. Page 25.1284.9Based on possible deployment options, there are two categories of tools to consider: desktopapplications and web-based tools. With the majority of the web-based tools still in

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Alexander Peraza Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Kaushik Das, Texas A&M University, College Station; Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

about 33% greater on AAO15 than AAO40, due to the higher pressure applied tothe AAO15 to reach an acceptable filling ratio. A reduction of was also appreciable after thecomposites were finished. This was due to nanocracks created by stress on the pore walls duringthe crystallization of the metal inside the pores.Student AssessmentThe first author felt that the overall experience of the summer research was very enjoyable. Helearned technical writing, presentation, and laboratory skills, which are not taught thoroughly inthe standard curriculum. The interactions with a faculty mentor, graduate students and otherundergraduate students from the host university and from other universities from all over US,who participated in the summer research

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Patricia Dee Zobel, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

: Structural equations modeling test of an integrated model of student retention. Journal of Higher Education, 64(2), 123-136.21. Habley, W., & McClanahan, R. (2008, July). What works in student retention? Presented at the ACT Information for Life’s Transitions Seventeenth Annual Enrollment Planner’s Conference, Chicago, IL.22. LaVine, M., & Mitchell, S. (2006). A Physical education learning community: development and first-year assessment. Physical Educator, 63(2), 58-68.23. Blackhurst, A. E., Akey, L. D., & Bobilya, A. J. (2003) A qualitative investigation of student outcomes in a residential learning community. Journal of the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, 15(2), 35-59.24. Kuh, G. D., Schuh, J. H., & Whitt

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University

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Instrumentation

experience in digital communication protocol. The course project has four majorcomponents: a LabVIEW20 based closed loop control system design using the Modbus17 digitalcommunication protocol; hardware design to replace the Modbus slave with a PCB; softwaredesign for the Modbus slave; and system integration. The focus of this article is on the firstcomponent, i.e., LabVIEW based closed loop control using Modbus communication protocol.LabVIEW was chosen to be the tool for the course project because it can provide hands-onexperiences for students, which is particularly important for engineering technology programs.Another reason for using LabVIEW was that it was being used by several other courses in theEET program, as part of the curriculum

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

such as computer literacy, teamwork, and critical thinking as well asstrong technical competencies in quality and process control, production philosophies includinglean, Just-In-Time, and integrated production systems in order to be successful in their careers.Not enough high school graduates consider an advanced manufacturing career as an option andare not aware of the skills needed to work in this environment. A survey by the NationalAssociation of Manufacturers stated that 80 percent of respondents reported a moderate toserious shortage of qualified job applicants3.It is obvious that the K-12 system does not providestudents with these skills or provide educational experience for them to be familiar withadvanced manufacturing career

Conference Session

Panel Session: Case Study Teaching in Computing Curricula

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Aeronautical Uni- versity. He has worked on software engineering research and education projects with the FAA, General Electric, the Harris Corp, the MITRE Corporation, DOD, FIPSE, the SEI, the NSF, the ACM, and the IEEE Computer Society. His interests include software processes, object-oriented analysis and design, formal specification techniques, and curriculum development, and he has published more than 70 papers in these areas. He is an IEEE-certified Software Developer, an IEEE Software Engineering Certified Instructor, and currently chairs the Curriculum Committee of the IEEE Computer Society Educational Activities Board