Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rana Mitra, Southeastern Louisiana University; Maarij M Syed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

come up changes in experimentalprocedures. I have heard students mention that they are now more aware of the polarization aspect oflight, and how the textbook makes a “lot more sense” with this experiment.At SELU, Rana Mitra (RM) is planning on taking the Engineering Statics students to the campusgymnasium. In one experiment, the students will carry out an activity with a simple set-up consisting ofa rod hinged at one end. Weights will be hung from the free end, and a force sensor will be attached tothe top of the free end to measure the force that is needed to hold the rod at a certain fixed angle. For Page 22.1658.4the same hanging

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorja Kimball, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Margaret Hobson, Texas A&M University

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Women in Engineering

of women (3.17 GPA) to that of men (3.09 GPA) was statisticallysignificant with a p =.009, with the findings currently under review for use in the College’sdiversity plan metrics. This diversity plan is required by the university and ties to the College’srecruitment plan to increase engineering enrollment of underrepresented students, which includesall women.10, 11 These findings are not unique, since research indicates that women inengineering are well prepared and perform well academically,9, 12-16 but are now documented forfurther study by the College. This continuation study was undertaken, in part, to comparefindings at Texas A&M to recent research on persistence and graduation, particularly for womenand women of color.17, 18

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

EngineeringThe Engineering Equity Extension Services (EEES) developed a research-based approach toencouraging more gender equity in engineering, specifically in the mechanical and electricalfields, with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of women attaining baccalaureate degreesin these fields. We envisioned a “train-the-trainer” project based on an extension services model,with our Experts providing research-based guidance on practice to Extension Agents whoprovide practical guidance of “gender-friendly” instructional and outreach practices, informed byresearch on engineering education and project management, to teachers, faculty, and outreachvolunteers. Over the 5-year course of the Project, the original plan evolved into one employingExpert

Conference Session

IE Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Walton Pichette, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Walter Bryzik, Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Ming-Chia D. Lai, Wayne State University; Yun Seon Kim, Wayne State University

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Industrial Engineering

Page 22.932.4Technologist. One expert was enlisted via an e-mail request; the other via a long-termresearch collaboration. These experts provided comments and suggestions on reports and alsoserved as external reviewers during project presentations and a follow-on oral examinationportion of the senior capstone project. Expert feedback also provided both encouragement andconfirmation of students‟ efforts during the course of the semester. Faculty reported that thementors and experts complemented the learning and design processes of the student teams.The System Engineering tools improved project outcomes and are planned for future use aspart of the continuous improvement plan.The fourth class was an integrated product development course. The aim

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas M. Korman Ph.D., P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Construction

to the class. Page 22.1388.3The REDUCE project is considered a service learning project, the students are expected andencouraged to gain input and feedback on their proposal from contractors, vendors, and materialssuppliers; however, students are not permitted to earn wages for participation on the project. Studentteams are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner in all aspects of the project.Student teams are expected to plan visits and phone calls with clients in a professional manner that isnot disruptive to the activities of the client. To motivate students to keep on task, the followingmilestones are required for

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Walewski, Texas A&M University; Amy Ahim Kim

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Construction

AC 2011-617: TOMORROW’S UNIVERSITY GRADUATE: CONSTRUC-TION INDUSTRY NEEDS AND CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENTJohn Walewski, Texas A&M University John A. Walewski, Ph.D., is an assistant professor with the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University with research interests in sustainable design and construction techniques, risk management and insurance, pre-project planning, and the use of alternative project delivery and procure- ment methods. John is a Board member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Central Texas-Balcones Chapter. Dr. Walewski obtained a Civil Engineering Ph.D. (Construction Engineering and Project Man- agement focus) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) in May 2005, and

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Cathy Bays

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Students and Critical Thinking: A Preliminary AnalysisAbstractIn 2007, the University of Louisville began implementation of their multi-year QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP) Ideas to Action (i2a): Using Critical Thinking to Foster StudentLearning and Community Engagement, whichfocuses on improving the critical thinking skills ofundergraduate students and more effectively preparing them to contribute to society and theworkforce. The Paul-Elder critical thinking framework was selected to serve as the structure fori2a initiatives. In addition to the QEP, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) revised the accreditation criteria in 2000 to require program assessment according toeleven outcomes that

Conference Session

Digital Simulation Tools in Energy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. The decisionsupport tools are basically the brain of the system that makes intelligent and sometimes complexdecisions. Some of these tools are: 1) Diagnostic and Outage analysis 2) Switch coordination 3) Repair planning 4) Restoration time 5) Catastrophic analysis 6) Network integration decisions 7) Load analysis 8) Phase analysis 9) Load dispatching 10) Facility management 11) Crew scheduling 12) Network reconfigurationSimulation and ModelingA well defined “modeling paradigm” for electric power management network is an importanttask that must be accomplished initially. A modeling paradigm is the language with which onecan represent the system models. This will allow to express the

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

individual and group training sessions for theeducators involved in curriculum development and design. Each session included a detaileddescription of the project's curriculum design goals, and involved discussions on factual,conceptual and procedural knowledge, knowledge application, and student reflection. Handoutswere provided on methodology, instrumentation, procedure and assessing learning outcomes.The sessions gave instructors an opportunity to state their questions and concerns, and discusstheir long term curriculum development plans. The goal of the project is to develop students’ higher order thinking skills, problemsolving, technical visualization skills, and decision making skills in the context of a data-richlearning environment

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag K. Srivastava, Washington State University; Soumya K. Srivastava, Washington State University; Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Noel N. Schulz, Kansas State University

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Graduate Studies

and improvements in the US graduate engineering educationsystem, better student planning, and increased enrollment of quality international graduatestudents. International engineering graduate students and alumni studying at US universitieswere invited to complete an online survey. Results from the survey indicate that perception ofinternational graduate students slightly differ when compared between current students andalumni. Survey findings also shows that US institutions have been making progress by providingenhanced funding, comparable safety/ security, and information to make the students wellprepared for post graduation job.Introduction Providing higher educational degrees is a major industry for several countries includingUSA

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsey Simmons, Stanford University; Beth L Pruitt, Stanford University; Kaye Storm, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Hands-on research component for many participants Stanford Engineering Research Experience for Teachers Interactive Seminars on Professional Practices (SERET) Supporting Transfer to the Classroom Analyzing and Synthesizing Literature Education Transfer Plan with IISME Collaborating Peer coach to support teachers funded by IISME Synthesizing Data and Communicating Results Subject-specific

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Meghann Norah Murray, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

characteristics, will be presented along with future plans for thedevelopment of flexible structures on plastic substrates.IntroductionThe invention of the transistor and the development of silicon planar technology ushered in anew age of synthetic materials. New materials are produced by a variety of processes including,but not limited to: molecular-beam epitaxy; sputtering (rf, dc and magnetron); chemical,physical and plasma-assisted vapor deposition; laser ablation; vacuum evaporation, hot-wiredecomposition, and many others. The materials are combined into innovative structures toproduce the better, smaller, faster electronic devices that everyone has become accustomed to.From a pedagogical perspective, the deposition equipment is expensive and

Conference Session

IE Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

of a set of structured activities to help increase education and research inrenewable energy systems.For the education component, a systems approach for curriculum development is used. The newcurriculum on Energy Sustainability provides an overview of the major energy flows and theissues associated with production and end-use. Major current sources of energy include fossilfuel, hydroelectric, nuclear power, and wind energy. In the research component, a Pair-2-learn(PAL) model is used to form teams of undergraduate and graduate students to work in specificresearch projects. In the outreach component, different lesson plans are developed for highschool teachers participating in the UTeach Miners program. The products provided under

Conference Session

Computer Science and Information Technology in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Papini Warren, Maui Economic Development Board; Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Projects include “largearchitecture/engineering and construction projects that include infrastructure design,environmental planning, facilities management, corridor planning, residential and commercialdevelopment master plans, and natural resource management.”1Colonel Hooper of the United States Army comments on the effect of geospatial technologywithin engineering in the military: “Exploitation of geospatial information is revolutionizingbusiness, science, and government. Aerial and satellite remotely sensed imagery, GlobalPositioning Systems, and computerized Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are increasinglybecoming the driving force for decision making across the local to global continuum. ” 2The growth of the geospatial industry creates a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Platteville

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NSF Grantees

infrastructure of the United States is exceeding its design capacity and is aging, requiringmaintenance and renovation. In order to meet this challenge, a need exists to produce civil andenvironmental engineers who have a broad understanding of the pressing needs of the infrastruc-ture of the United States. With this in mind, the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engi-neering (CEE) Department at [institution] reviewed the program curricula (for the first time in atleast 20 years) and decided to redesign the curricula with an infrastructure theme. A DepartmentLevel Reform planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was used to plan anoverhaul of the curriculum that infuses an infrastructure theme throughout.Once the curriculum planning

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Forsberg, Hofstra University

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Mechanical Engineering

enhance the students’ comprehension of the usefulness of dimensionalanalysis in the planning of experimental programs and the interpretation of the experimentaldata. The intent is to have students actively participate in the performance of the demonstrationsand the gathering of data. They would also correlate the data during the class period usingsoftware such as Excel, Matlab, or MathCad. The class session would be lively, with muchincreased student participation and active learning.Accordingly, we have developed a fluid mechanics experiment dealing with the flow of fluids(i. e., water and air) through nozzles of different sizes. The pressure drops across the nozzles aremeasured for a variety of flow rates. Using dimensional analysis, the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Nachtmann, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Emily M. Evans, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Economy

year? What is the average number of students in each offering of your Engineering Economy course? Is your Engineering Economy course a Semester or Quarterly course? How many credits is your Engineering Economy course worth? In your department's recommended plan of study, what year is your Engineering Economy course taken? Are there any prerequisite courses for your Engineering Economy course? In addition to your Engineering Economy course, are there other courses in the Engineering Economy field available to students within your department? Student Perspective In general, do your students believe that Engineering Economy is an important course at the time the course is

Conference Session

Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dowling, University of Southern Queensland

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Two Year College Division

engineering technologist• When they graduate 74% of the students plan to enrol in another program, with 57% percent of those students planning to study a Bachelor of Engineering program, and 11% a Bachelor of Technology program.• Most of the students believe it is very important (63%) or important (27%) that their program is accredited by Engineers Australia.Some of the other important findings were:• The four major influences on their decision to study engineering were: I like building things; I like finding out how things work; Good employment opportunities; and Good pay when I graduate.• The four major influences on their decision to study their current program were: To advance my career; It has the specialization I want; The

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

experience an immersionin the native culture.NDSU Camp for TCC StudentsThis camp has two tracks, one for students and another for the TCC faculty and high schoolteachers. Besides academic sessions, laboratories, and industry visits, students at the camp areprovided opportunities to participate in the activities of the university multicultural studentservice center, student chapter of American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and otherlocal NA organizations. The TCC faculty and teachers work with university professors todevelop lesson plans for the Sunday Academy sessions and high school summer camps. One ofthe unique features of this camp is both tribal college faculty and the students come together onthe university campus. Though the faculty

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

. Thecourse was also greatly concerned with policies related to infrastructure financing and newmodels of public-private partnership, or design-build-manage operation for a certain concessionperiod. Students in general, and non-engineering students in particular, appreciated themultidimensional nature of the issues related to sustainability as it became clear that these aremultifaceted problems that require a holistic approach in addressing them.IntroductionInfrastructure is the society’s inventory of facilities that require long term planning, construction,management, operation, maintenance, and upgrading. These are facilities used by members ofthe public on a daily basis. The extent to which infrastructure impact a person’s daily life cannotbe

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bradley A. Hyatt

  105 2006); (2) building information modeling (BIM) (Jones, et al 2009); and (3) integrated projectdelivery (Johnson and Gunderson 2008). Collectively, these trends are changing the way thatindustry members operate and the way that many projects are executed.The second step of this initial research focused on current practices and trends the in delivery ofsenior project or capstone courses in engineering and construction programs. The literaturereview provided three primary practices: (1) problem based learning [PBL] (Savage, Chen, andVanasupa 2007); (2) multidisciplinary approaches; and (3) service learning [SL] opportunities.The final step was a review of the current CM Program Student Outcomes Assessment Plan(SOAP). The SOAP listed the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ben Mason, University of California, Berkeley; Nicholas W. Trombetta, University of California, San Diego

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

undergraduate research assistants from CalPoly, have been working on this project for over two years. The project ends in September 2012.The research involves the use of both centrifuge experiments and analytical modeling toinvestigate soil-foundation-structure interaction effects occurring in dense urban areas duringearthquakes. In support of this project, undergraduate students have participated primarily in thecentrifuge modeling aspect of the research. Six centrifuge experiments are planned for thisproject, with three completed to date. As research assistants, the undergraduates' primary tasksinclude calibrating and placing model instrumentation, constructing the models, helping toconduct the centrifuge tests, documenting experimental activities

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

part of thisworkshop, it was expected that the faculty should propose plans to implement any ideas andinnovation principles learned during this workshop and bring those to the classroom.As one of the outcomes of the workshop, namely, the implementation plan, the author discusseda few case studies on innovation and entrepreneurship and how those topics can be related to theregular course material. Practically every course can include a discussion of these topics Page 22.924.2(innovation and entrepreneurship) to promote the mindset in students. The course that the authorattempted is Machine Design, which usually involves open-endedness and

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon F. Bendall, San Diego State University, Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education; Christina Deckard, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific; Clarisa E Bercovich Guelman, California State University, San Marcos; Nancy A. Taylor, San Diego County Office of Education; Adrienne Marriott, San Diego Science Alliance

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

effective collaboration between STEMs andmiddle school science teachers. The goals for the model are shown in Table 1. The table alsoshows the specific objectives for meeting each goal. Our research plan measured howeffectively the project met the objectives.Table 1. Goals and Objectives Goal 1: Impact teachers’ understandings of the work-lives of scientists and engineers, and via that impact teachers’ abilities to connect classroom science instruction to real life science. Goal 2: Impact students’ understandings of the work-lives of scientists and engineers, and via that elevate student interest in pursuing science-related careers. Below are the objectives for Goals 1 and 2. Teachers and students will:  have a

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik N. Dunmire, College of Marin; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College, Santa Clara

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

(which accounted for 17% of total transfers) will becancelled just in the next few years.Effects of the Eroding Core on Community College Engineering StudentsThe diversification of lower-division engineering requirements has negatively impacted transferstudents in a number of ways, as evidenced in the results of recent studies by the RP Group (TheResearch and Planning Group for California Community Colleges). This group is currentlyengaged in a large-scale research project studying factors that affect transfer in Career andTechnical Education (CTE) disciplines, which include Engineering.9 Phase I of the researchproject included both forward-mapping and backward-mapping quantitative analyses of CTEstudent cohorts over multiple years, as well as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

-based service learning, and engineering education reform. Prof. Paterson teaches courses on cre- ativity, engineering with developing communities, and community-inspired innovation. He has served the American Society for Engineering Education in numerous capacities, as a member of the Interna- tional Strategic Planning Task Force, the International Advisory Committee, and Global Task Force, and as Chair of the International Division. He actively serves Engineers Without Borders-USA, as a chapter co-advisor, education committee chair, and lead on EWB’s efforts to examine its educational impacts. He is currently leading several NSF-funded projects involving the design and assessment of service learn- ing in engineering

Conference Session

Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school activities likeDestination Imagination, FIRST Lego League and the state’s Engineering Challengecompetition. Further, their involvement helps them to develop extensions for the integrated units.Thus far in the project, enrichment teachers have co-planned and co-taught parts of the STEunits—most especially the engineering lessons in each unit—with many classroom teachers, and Page 22.1035.2assisted with the preparation of instructional materials.
Table 1: STE units—which are blends of modified district science and EiE units—for pilot andfull implementation years for 1st through 5th grades. TBD = to be determined

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

planned for Spring 2011: a. The formal class times will be changed from MWF (55 minutes each time) to a MW schedule with 2 back-to-back class periods on Monday and a single class period on Wednesday to allow more continuous discussions and hands-on opportunities on Monday. b. With the use of EMMA, when students work on their assignments outside of formal class times, for example they would be able to just use their cell phones to Page 22.1702.5 record video clips of the problems encountered and post them via EMMA. The instructor in turn

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

. The process of reflecting on experience in light of one’sprofessional goals sometimes led to the recognition of the inadequacy of those experiences forfully achieving those goals. For Nolan, this dissonance led to both clarification of his goals andclarification of his plans for achieving the more specific goals. Over the course of the academicyear, Nolan came to realize that the sum of his experiences had not yet prepared him to be anengineer. Reflecting on his first portfolio studio, he said he was surprised to find that he did nothave enough evidence to support his engineering preparedness claims. Page 22.1441.8 I'd say most

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; Jabulani Nyathi, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

still left with the biggest challenge of them all: Successful class delivery. Issues such ashow to best present the material to the student, how are laboratories going to be done, grading,faculty availability, etc. still remain to be addressed. This paper documents the various lessonslearned through the first year of the collaboration between Eastern Washington University (EWU)and North Seattle Community College (NSCC) to offer electrical engineering (EE) at the NSCCcampus. Section II describes the extensive planning process carried by the two institutions, aswell as the curriculum tailored for the non-traditional students expected to account for themajority of the student population. Administrative issues are addressed in section III