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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

-basedprojects now constitute about 40% of the current course curriculum, with the remainder of thelabs/projects consisting of both standard “follow the procedure and report a result” style oflaboratory and skills development labs, such as basic welding and machining. It should be notedthat the „design challenge‟ hovercraft project has been implemented without additional staff orspace resources.The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of design-based projects referred to as „designchallenges‟, on the retention of students in the Mechanical Engineering program, as well as toexplore the preferences of engineering students towards design-based projects versusconventional laboratories. In the first section of the paper, the original lab sequence

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and Mold Making program, leadingto an Associate of Applied Science degree.Identifying linkage to outcomes such as these is fairly common at the program and course level.In this study, the relevant skills are integrated at the assignment level as well. In courses whereassignments did not support these skills, assignments were added or modified as appropriate.For example: communication, critical thinking, and teamwork were integrated into laboratory(machining) sections through the use of individual and team based projects. These projectsrequired written plans, written evaluations at the conclusion, a reflective paper to cementlearning, and a presentation to the class and others.This paper will provide a detailed description of how this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weizhao Zhao, University of Miami; Ann G Bessell PhD; Nurgun Erdol, Florida Atlantic University; Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; William T. Rhodes, Florida Atlantic University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6716Collaborative Development of Internet-Accessible, Interactive, Medical Imag-ing Teaching Courseware and Application to Undergraduate CurriculaDr. Weizhao Zhao, University of Miami Dr. Weizhao Zhao’s fields of study include medical imaging and image processing, image-guided surgical intervention, medical imaging simulation for BME training. At the University of Miami, Dr. Zhao has been the director of the Bioimaging Laboratory; the co-director of the Medical Physics Graduate Program; and an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology and Radiology.Ann G Bessell PhDDr. Nurgun Erdol, Florida Atlantic

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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Community Engagement Division

attitudes and perceived learningopportunities (research question 3).Description of Study Abroad Experience The study abroad course was developed in conjunction with the institution’s Engineerswithout Borders chapter. Students participating in the experience completed a total of four credithours – three hours for an interdisciplinary course entitled Engineering for DevelopmentWorkers, and one hour for a structural or geotechnical engineering laboratory course. Prior to thetrip, participants attended a seminar series which included four half-day sessions led by subject-matter experts from other academic departments, including Development Patterns in LatinAmerica, The Ethics of Assistance, Technical Challenges in Development, and Social

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Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devdas Shetty, University of District of Columbia, DC; Arunkumar Chandrashekarappa Giriyapur, B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Because of the integrated multidisciplinaryapproach, the scope for innovation in product engineering is ever increasing. With rapidchanges in technology and more applications becoming real-time and embedded, teaching themechatronics course only through laboratories or course projects is not sufficient. The leapfrom the traditional sequential design approach to the mechatronics philosophy is very big.Added to this are the various definitions that have evolved and the various methodologiesdeveloped for the mechatronics system design. Mechatronics is at a stage of evolutionaryprocess of modern engineering design and involves systems thinking. “V-cycle” is aprescribed industrial process for mechatronics. It is a graphical construct used tocommunicate

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Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nicholas Janeiro Medeiros, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Donal James Boyd; Jared Snell, WPI; Lucas J Brutvan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #7252A Computer-Controlled Biodiesel ExperimentDr. William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute William Clark is an associate professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds a B.S. from Clemson University and a Ph.D. from Rice University, both in Chemical Engineering. He has taught thermodynamics, separation processes, and unit operations laboratory for over 25 years. In addition to research efforts in teaching and learning, he has conducted disciplinary research in separation processes.Mr. Nicholas Janeiro Medeiros, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDonal James

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Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Christie Ritter, The University of Colorado at Boulder; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jared Leventhal, University of Colorado at Boulder; David Espinoza, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Student Development

Paper ID #8277Presenting the NapoNet: Developing Global Competencies through Commu-nications Technology in the Peruvian AmazonMiss Christie Ritter, The University of Colorado at Boulder Christie Ritter is a Junior in Environmental Engineering with a focus in Engineering for Developing Communities at the University of Colorado at Boulder.Dr. Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, BoulderDr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram and Laboratory. He holds a BS in psychology from Louisiana State University

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Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill M. Diong, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Computers in Education

implemented - and studied how students used - online videodemonstrations related to solid modeling software instruction. The latter found better learningoutcomes in those students who watched more of the videos during the semester. In addition,video-taped Electrical Power and Machines lab experiments had been used as a virtual substituteexperience for distance learning students, and it was concluded that the video-taped laboratory wasas effective as the traditional laboratory in attaining the desired course outcomes, while thestudents’ overall evaluation was very positive9. Secondly, recorded videos of entire lectures or else short video clips of lecture-relatedmaterial (e.g., topical summaries or illustrative demonstrations or solving

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; Tom G Thomas, University of South Alabama; Kuang-Ting Hsiao, University of South Alabama

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First-Year Programs

coursework in Calculus were also contacted about the program.ResourcesThe program was conducted by two engineering faculty, one in electrical engineering and theother in materials engineering. Each faculty member spent one week with the participants,presenting brief lectures and supervising laboratory activities. Five undergraduate students,majoring in electrical or mechanical engineering, were hired to assist with laboratory sessions.An important resource for the program was LabVIEW Lessons2 which features activitiesdesigned to develop students' computational thinking and engineering design skills through thepresentation of open-ended problems. Page

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K-12 Professional Development II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

27 years as a teacher and researcher. He has extensive research and curriculum development experience in STEM disciplines. His research includes the study of thinking processes, teaching methods, and activities that improve technological problem-solving performance and creativity. He has expertise in developing technology education curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathe- matics (STEM) concepts. Currently, Dr. DeLuca’s research includes projects to develop curricula to teach STEM concepts associated with renewable energy technologies by providing a living laboratory of perfor- mance data from numerous renewable energy systems. The overarching goal of the project is to develop middle

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Theodore Paul Dani; Ankita Sahu; Nathan Marshall LeBlanc

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Computers in Education

-DEAS, or SolidWorks. Other math tools such as MatLabSimulink, MapleSim, etc., are also available to study planar mechanism kinematics. Finally, thestudents in India used the available laboratory experimental apparatus to verify some of thetheoretical calculations. The performance metric is a final report that included the learningoutcomes and recommendations for further work.Introduction and literature reviewThe Course Learning Objectives (CLOs) of the course are: 1. Apply the integration of the fundamental concepts of rigid body kinematics in relative motion, solid mechanics and computer aided engineering through computational and design tools. 2. Apply fundamental mechanics principles to the kinematic, dynamic and fatigue

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lin Wang; Si Ma; Haifeng Yan

Practical Courses for Synthetic Ability Practical Courses for Specialized Skills Practical Courses for Basic Skills EXPERIMENTAL AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION PLATFORM The National Experimental Education Center of Transportation Engineering The National Engineering Education Center for Practice Teaching The Joint Center of National and Provincial Engineering Education The Provincial Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Transportation The Railways Schedule Formation Center of Ministry of Transportation (P.R.China) 21 Large Enterprises for

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Amaka Waturuocha; Laura Ford; Christi Patton Luks

as an undergraduate, supervising a chemical engineering laboratory as a masters studentand grading assignments for an undergraduate chemical engineering course were teachingexperiences that were a standard part of my education. Although these were minor teachingresponsibilities, these experiences exposed me to the opportunity to share knowledge and fueledmy subsequent interest in becoming a college professor. At the time when my interest in teachingbecame clear, it almost seemed too late as I was already halfway through my doctoral degreeprogram. Despite that, I started doing some reading about what it would take to become aprofessor. The wealth of information served only to confuse me further. I did two things at thatpoint: 1. I mapped

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

constructed within the virtualworld [5].Students in engineering classes at our campus have also designed interactiveengineering exhibits and various prototypes to support coursework. An interactive mobilerobotics virtual laboratory was developed to instruct virtual users in the basic programmingtechniques to direct a robot to successfully navigate a maze. Due to the persistence of virtualworld platforms, this virtual, interactive robotics laboratory (as well as all other virtual worlduser content) is available online at all times to an international audience [6]. In general, virtualworlds offer more immersive and powerful user (avatar) interaction, collaboration and in-worldbuilding, but may offer less in the way of accurate and precise models that

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

for past grammatical expertise Page 23.676.8Junior ME 332 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design IYear Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4-6 pages each) Short Technical Reporting Brief narrative of procedure, measured data, Design Analysis Reports (2 @ 4- deduced and analyzed data, plotted results with 6 pp. Individual); Technical discussion and conclusions. Analysis, Economic Analysis, Recommendation for Action

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Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark W. Milke P.E., University of Canterbury; Creon Upton, Unaffiliated; Glen F Koorey, University of Canterbury; Aisling Dominique O'Sullivan Ph. D., University of Canterbury; Keith Comer, Chalmers University of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Technology, Sweden. 1Teaching of writing skills can be, arguably, the most difficult communication skill to teach.Engineering students need to master writer, genre, and reader-oriented composition, thoughnot necessarily to equal levels or at the same time. In Years 2 and 3, engineering studentsneed to master ‘genre-oriented composition’; in other words, they need to be able to matchthe expectations for diverse, yet specific, writing types: cover letters, laboratory reports,design reports, engineering drawings, and oral presentations. In Years 3 and 4, engineeringstudents, to varying degrees, need to focus more on reader-oriented composition andrecognise the

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; N.M. Awlad HOSSAIN, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

product and the final report, peer evaluations and faculty/industry finalpresentation evaluations.The decision to change the Capstone course from a “Production Laboratory” to a “Research andDevelopment Project”, to better meet the needs of the MET and ME students, was firstimplemented in the fall of 2010. This was possible because the course was split into two separateCapstones, an R&D based course for the MET & ME students and the traditional productionbased course for the Applied Technology students. During the 2010-11, the new R&D capstonecourse was taught to the MET students since none of the ME students were sophomores andjuniors. The switch to an R&D focus allowed the department to reach out to industry partners towork on

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York at Oswego; Rachid Manseur, Oswego State University College; Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University

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New Engineering Educators

classrooms and laboratories according to our vision of good practiceand needs. One of the ECE faculty temporarily based in the Physics department developed anapplied electrostatics laboratory from scratch to be used in the ECE program and taught thePhysics capstone course twice using the lab facilities. The Applied Electrostatics Laboratory wasthought to allow for great flexibility of projects related particularly to nanotechnology by meansof electrospraying, electrospinning, and gas discharges. The main available equipment consistsof a couple of high voltage power supplies (one high voltage amplifier), single syringe anddouble syringe pumps, a high speed camera system, a Keythley picoammeter, a modified Veecosystem for studying electrospray

Conference Session

Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lynn Charles Rathbun, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Cornell University

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International

education, and teacher professional development. For ten years she served on the Board of Examiners for the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. She was also at the University of South Carolina for 17 years where she taught undergraduates, had an active research program in paleo-oceanography, and numerous graduate students. She has a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Rhode Island and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from the University of South Carolina.Lynn Charles Rathbun, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Cornell University Dr. Lynn Rathbun is the Deputy Director of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network and the Laboratory Manager of the Cornell Nanoscale

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Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, Proposed Solution Resumes, email, short engineering focused Paper, Justified Evaluation Paper, Writing Profile reports, engineering writing demands, problem Paper solving, speaking, ethics, and orientation to the university/college/majorsSoph. ME 201 – ThermodynamicsYear Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertiseJunior ME 332 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design IYear Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4-6 pages each) Short Technical Reporting Brief narrative of procedure

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Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

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Student Development

discipline in a localcompany or research laboratory. During their year abroad,GSEP scholars regularly participate in “webinars” integratedinto GSEP meetings for the on-campus participants, helpingto engage, motivate, and prepare future cohorts for theirupcoming year abroad.Finally, GSEP scholars return to NAU to complete Capstoneexperiences and remaining coursework in their fifth year. Asexperienced global professionals, these students continue toparticipate in GSEP meetings, serving as role models andmentors for younger GSEP cohorts.The investment of an additional year of undergraduate studyis rewarded with a second BA (or dual minor, in the case ofChinese and Japanese) in a foreign language, a formalCertificate in International Engineering and

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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nizami Z Vagidov, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Athos Chariton Petrou; Joseph L Zawicki Zawicki

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Electrical and Computer

midterm exams. As a result thestudents do not put a uniform effort in learning during the course but, under pressure from theirother courses, apply themselves to the EFW course for only a short period of time just before theexams, resulting in an uneven and incomplete learning.To overcome the problems described above we are developing a conceptually novel one-semester EFW course for engineering junior undergraduate students and establishing a newundergraduate EFW laboratory. This course is a four credit-hour lecture/lab course (three credithours are for the lecture component and one credit hour for the lab component of the combinedcourse). A novel style of teaching this EFW course is based on the interactive approach –experiment – theory

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Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Adriana Becker-Gomez, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE); Carmen A Bovalino III, Rochester Institute of Technology, Student; Michael B Jones, RIT; Derrick Brazil, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael R Caldwell, Graduate Student Rochester Institute of Technology; sajin george, RIT

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Engineering Technology

masters and is now working with Prof. Page 23.1195.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Embedded Development Tools You Did Not Have When Growing UpAbstractIn this paper we give a broad overview of the embedded tools that engineering technologystudents at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have been discovering and using forcourses, laboratories, senior design and in their personal projects. By no means is this anextensive but a comprehensive list of embedded debugging tools used by students and faculty inour department. The important

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

commercial thermal cycle, analyze its performance and discuss thedifference between the actual device and the theoretical model. Students were also required tobuild a small physical model of the device using straws, wires, plastic cups and paper. By doingthat students could better visualize the device and its components.Toro et al.40 presented a desktop scale Rankine cycle with a solar-powered boiler for use as ahands-on laboratory experiment. Patterson41 collected real-life thermodynamics examples in abooklet. The examples were intended to enhance teaching of thermodynamics by increasing theaccessibility of thermodynamics principles, and to raise the appeal of thermodynamics tostudents. The examples were designed using the 5Es approach: Engage

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

favored by academics, and practitioners second that opinion. Laboratory andTeamwork also receive special mention. In total these illustrate the importance of education thatincludes exploration in the lab, through projects, and in the workplace. Given the widespreadagreement, the question is not ‘if we should’, but ‘how should we’? Recommendation: Explore new methods for education that involves work in laboratories, projects, and workplaces.8. Conclusions Page 23.19.11In general the community is positive about the value of manufacturing education, but continuesto perceive a lack of social and political support

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Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

, California. She received her B.S. in Physics from Istanbul University, M.S. in applied physics from Bogazici University, and Ph. D. in Physics from Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. She joined the faculty of Bogazici University in 1979 and Istanbul Technical University in 1983. After- wards, she taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in both materials science and physics depart- ments at various universities in Europe and USA. She worked as a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and as a research faculty at UC Berkeley in USA before starting as a MESA Engi- neering Program director of San Francisco State University in the School of Engineering in 2001. Her research focuses on the

Conference Session

Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Doyle P.E., University of Nevada, Reno; Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Catherine W. French, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Heidi A Tremayne P.E., Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center; Sean P Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #7191Using Educational ”Hands-On” Experiential Tools to Introduce Math, Sci-ence and Engineering Concepts to K-16 Students (Research to Practice)Ms. Kelly Doyle P.E., University of Nevada, Reno Kelly Doyle is a licensed professional engineer and has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from University of Nevada, Reno. She currently works as Administrative Faculty at the University where she recently managed a large research project on curved bridges in the Large-Scale Structures Laboratory. In addition to her research and management capacity, Doyle handles educational outreach for the Center for Civil

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University; Sagar V. Kamarthi, Northeastern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #7088How to Use Engineering in High School Science: Two Case StudiesDr. Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern UniversityMs. Jessica Chin, Northeastern University Jessica Chin is an Artist/Designer/Researcher focusing on blending creativity with mechanical design. She has been collaborating with leading research and development laboratories including the Modeling, Analysis, and Predcition (MAP) Laboratory at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. and the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern. For the past four years, Chin was a researcher working on the development of a predictive model for chronic wound tracking. In

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Georgette

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Mechanics

Paper ID #7412Inquiry-Based Learning Activities in DynamicsDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Dr Self has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. Prior to that, he worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education activities include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical

Conference Session

Misconceptions

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karla L. Sanchez, Purdue University; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Sederberg, Purdue University; Grant P Richards, Purdue University, West Lafayette; M. Gail Jones, NC State University; Hong Z Tan, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

pedagogical tool to teachfreshmen engineering students about electromagnetism. A quasi-experimental design was used tocompare students who used visual-only simulations to those who used visuohaptic. Wehypothesized that multimodal presentation of information may lead to better conceptualunderstanding of electromagnetism compared to visual presentation alone.A class of 77 electrical engineering technology students from six different laboratory sessionsparticipated in the study. Laboratory sessions were randomly divided into two groups: a controlgroup with only visual simulations and an experimental group with visual simulations plus hapticfeedback. Learning was assessed qualitatively and quantitatively.Overall results on the pretest and posttest