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Liberal Education and Leadership

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1676: DEVELOPING STUDENTS' ABILITIES IN TECHNICALLEADERSHIP: THE ROSE-HULMAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMYJames Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology James Hanson is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman where he has been teaching since 2002. Among the courses he teaches is the capstone design course where he mentors team leaders. He has received several teaching awards including the ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Outstanding Teaching Award and the ASEE Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award. He has four years experience as a US Army officer where he led combat ready units. Recently he helped initiate the Rose-Hulman Leadership Academy.Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Micah Lande; Larry Leifer

Engineering. As part of their ABET-approved programs they experienced a capstonedesign course2 allowing them to synthesize what they learned in their programs.For researchers at the Center for Design Research at Stanford University, ME310 has long been alaboratory and test bed for design research.3 Much study has been devoted to how designersdesign, how they work in teams and tools that can help along the way. Forerunners of ME310(also labeled ME210, E210, E310) date back, in its current form, to at least 1972. CDR wasestablished in 1985 and research in ME310 has been going on near 25 years. Technology and theexpanding appreciation of what design and design thinking can tackle has changed the scope andtype of engineering design projects worked on in

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sonya Seif-Naraghi, University of California, San Diego

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Biomedical

Estudios Superiores de Monterrey(The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies) has recently implemented abiomedical engineering degree program. Their classes have been acknowledged as“substantially equivalent” by ABET, making this an ideal starting point for an exchangeprogram (http://www.abet.org/subequi.shtml). An extremely exciting recentdevelopment is the initiation of accreditation programs for international universities suchas the ITESM [18]. As programs at these institutions become accredited, facilitatingthese types of exchanges will only get easier. Page 14.431.34. DiscussionIn an increasingly globalized industry, an understanding

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Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Wankat, Purdue University; Kamyar Haghighi, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

anti-technology and anti-government attitude in the USA. Thegoals of the IDES division were to help recruit and retain students who had the ability to doengineering but also had other compelling interests. To retain maximum flexibility the decisionwas made to not seek ABET accreditation and to require a minimum of 30 credits ofengineering. Students were only allowed to follow plans of study that could not be done in oneof the standard disciplines offered at the university.By the early 21st century it was evident that IDES was serving two groups of students. Onegroup of students wanted an engineering education but did not plan to pursue an engineeringcareer. For example, these students were in preprofessional programs such as

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Instrumentation

AC 2009-868: ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION ANDINSTRUMENTATIONMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He

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Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Garry Warren, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; David Cordes, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama

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Liberal Education

browser market at 73 percent. Mostly due to that Internet Explorer is on every Windows PC. We determined that Microsoft needs to start looking to update their software due to the new competitors. Microsoft needs to study the history of IBM and other companies that believed their product would withstand the new competition. Google is at the top of the search engines and believes they can make money through ads with their new web browser. We discussed who uses different types of technology and software. We first discussed which web browser we use and why. There was a close split between Internet Explorer and Firefox. People use a web browser because it is their preference, the ease of

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Curtis, Linda Hall Library

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Engineering Libraries

engineering library would go beyond these community reads to promote directed casualreading across disciplines. The many techniques explored by public library RA librarians can beeffectively translated for use in a nonfiction, technical literature environment. For example, atLinda Hall Library, we have adapted RA techniques and used them for selection of works for ourPeriodic Roundtable book discussions. In engineering, practitioners implement technologies withintention and consequence to human society. For this reason, we should programmaticallyencourage casual reading in addition to academic reading as part of the educational process forengineers.Readers’ Advisory: Background Readers' Advisory (RA) encompasses a range of librarian activities

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Douglas R. Carroll

Science and Technology. He recently became the Director of the CooperativeEngineering Program, a cooperative program between Missouri S&T and Missouri StateUniversities. Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Kristin Bryant, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Ohio Northern University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-1032: THE IMPACT OF REFLECTIONS IN SERVICE LEARNING ANDOTHER UNDERGRADUATE TEAM PROJECT LEARNINGMargaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology Margaret Huyck is Professor in the Institute of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology. Her areas of expertise include adult development and program evaluation. She has been working with the IPRO Program at IIT for many years. She was a co-PI on an NSF CCLI-1 grant for adapting an EPICS Service Learning Pathway at IIT; and is the PI for a collaborative project funded with an NSF CCLI-2 grant to measure and identify best practices in multidisciplinary teamwork and awareness of ethical issues.Kristin Bryant, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

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Liberal Education

and relationships of peoples andorganizations involved in technological development.”1 Harris et al2 describe theirapproach to engineering ethics as bridging the gap between theory and practice usingcurrent case studies available such as Hurricane Katrina and global warming. Fledderman3seeks to provide a text and a resource for the study of engineering ethics and to help futureengineers be prepared for confronting and resolving ethical dilemmas that they mightencounter during their professional careers. Martin and Schinzinger4 provide anintroduction to the key issues in engineering ethics, taking account of both specificorganizational contexts and broader technological trends. Baura5 approaches engineeringethics from an industrial perspective

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. Asmatulu; E. Asmatulu; A. Yourdkhani

is one of the fastest growing fields. It is basicallyfabrication, manipulation, and characterization of materials at the nanoscale (usually between 1and 100 nm), which will significantly affect economic, educational, and social developments inall areas, such as engineering, science, defense, biomedical and biology [1]. It is also one of theleading technologies for educational revolution in the new millennium. Nanotechnologyeducation is being offered by many universities around the globe for the integration of allengineering and science courses for the future generation [1]. Several nanotechnology programsand centers in the U.S. have been undertaken by the government and by private sectors tointensify the teaching, research, and development

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

rationale for a general engineering program at ECU is made by Kauffmann et al.1“Instead of the traditional engineering disciplines, these operations require engineeringgeneralists with a strong theoretical background, broad knowledge in a range of areas, andspecific skills in problem solving to give them a sound but flexible base for managing andimplementing technology change and operations.” In 2004, East Carolina University initiated abachelor’s degree program in general engineering (BSE) to fulfill this requirement. The BSEcurriculum is implemented “through a concept and program identified as the IntegratedCollaborative Engineering Educational Environment (ICEE). The ICEE program… emphasizesa broad but highly integrated foundation of engineering

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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Computers in Education

implementedwith only basic microcontroller experience. Microcontroller technology is new enough thatrecent graduates can successfully compete with more senior engineers who have never learned todesign with microcontrollers.Curriculum DescriptionRather than taking one microcontroller class near their senior year, the students at the CaliforniaMaritime Academy will be exposed to microcontrollers as early as their freshman or sophomoreyears, and will gain experience with the same hardware and development tools in several classes.There are several advantages to this approach compared to adding a stand alone technicalelective to the curriculum.The primary advantage is that students learn the material early in their education and have adeveloped skill set

Conference Session

Advances in Engineering Economy Pedagogy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ristroph, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Engineering Economy

economics courses of important topics such as cash flow es-timation, as well as benefiting students who only receive an introductory treatment within otherengineering courses.IntroductionThe teaching of engineering has evolved over time, and today’s students are expected to have anunderstanding of the phenomena that they model and the means to evaluate those models. Somecalculations can be done quickly on a calculator, whereas others, such as least squares curve fit-ting, typically are done on a computer. In fact, some topics might not be taught at all if computa-tional aides were not available, such as optimization or finite differences. This paper examinesthe evolution of engineering economics and technology-driven opportunities for

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Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2009-2430: NCSLI'S METROLOGY AMBASSADOR OUTREACH PROGRAMGeorgia Harris, National Institute of Standards and Technology Georgia Harris is the Group Leader for the Laboratory Metrology Group in the Weights and Measures Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She is responsible for the Laboratory Recognition, Training, and proficiency testing of State Weights and Measures Laboratories and has been involved in metrology for more than 25 years. Prior to her work at NIST, she was a metrologist with the State of Minnesota. Ms. Harris is also the Vice President of Learning and Development in the National Conference of Standards Laboratories, International. She

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International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology; Chi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology

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International

AC 2009-2534: STUDENTS’ LEARNING SATISFACTION AND PROGRESSTOWARD A NANOMETER COURSE, EMPLOYING A CONCEPT MAPPINGLEARNING WEB PLATFORMKuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of TechnologyChi-Cheng Chang, National Taipei University of Technology Page 14.1091.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Students’ Learning Satisfaction and Progress toward Nanometer Course Employing Concept Mapping Learning Web Platform (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Kuo-Hung Tseng , Chi-Cheng Chang , Mei-Wen Chao , Wen-Shung Tai & Yueh-Min Huang(1) (3) Graduate Institute

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Fleming, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Vedant Jain, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology

AC 2009-745: IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF A LINEAR AXISRAPID DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMMike Fleming, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyVedant Jain, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRobert Landers, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyHong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRichard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 14.688.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Implementation and Evaluation of a Linear Axis Rapid Development SystemAbstractIn most control courses the topic of feedback control is introduced at a theoretical level. Atypical assignment, for

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Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shi-Jer Lou, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology; C. Ray Diez, University of North Dakota; Hsi-Chi Hsiao, Cheng Shiu University; Wen-Hsiung Wu, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences; Shu-Hsuan Chang, National Changhua University of Education

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International

: senior high school girl students, STEM, attitude Page 14.120.2 I. Introduction In an era of ever-changing technology, American education authorities found that theelementary and high schools could not provide their students with necessary knowledge andskills of science and technology. Since 1980s, America has aggressively been improving thecurriculum of science, engineering and mathematics. Therefore, in 1985, AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) launched a long-term project called“Project 2061” that committed to reform science, mathematics and technology education. Theplan made

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

AC 2009-465: STRENGTHENING THE U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FORINNOVATION: A PROGRESS REPORT OF THE NATIONAL COLLABORATIVEINITIATIVEDonald Keating, University of South Carolina DONALD A. KEATING is professor emeritus, mechanical engineering, College of Engineering, University of South Carolina, past chair of the Graduate Studies Division, and chair of the National Collaborative Task Force.Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina THOMAS G. STANFORD is assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina.Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation NORMAN F. EGBERT is vice president, Engineering and Technology, Rolls-Royce Corporation.Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

females. Studentinterviews, administered during the last semester of their senior year, provide additional evidenceabout confidence in engineering students, with marked differences in the responses of male andfemale students. This multi-method approach, utilizing the rich dataset of the AcademicPathways Study, enables us to consider approaches to understanding the ‘confidence gap’ inengineering students.Introduction:Despite years of research and intervention, women continue to be underrepresented inengineering.1 Women earned less than one-fifth of the bachelor’s degrees in engineering andengineering technologies granted in the U.S. in 2004.2 One reason for the gender gap which hasbeen explored by researchers is a gap in self-confidence, which

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York-Farmingdale

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Manufacturing

AC 2009-1055: ROLE OF MANUFACTURING PROGRAMS IN ENGINEERINGWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTVenkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York-Farmingdale The author is a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology and the Director of Science and Technology Programs at the State University of New York – Farmingdale. His prior assignments include teaching and research at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Purdue School of Engineering Technology at the Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis, and the Florida A&M University. He is a member of the Manufacturing Higher Education Task Force and the Accreditation Committee of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He is also on

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Jordan, Baylor University

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Engineering Ethics

learning to date has been with international projects. Theseprojects are an outgrowth of a student-created service organization. It is loosely patterned afterEngineers Without Borders from whom we have learned a great deal.Many approaches to poverty issues are from a top-down perspective, using governmentalpolicies and spending to try to make changes. Engineering service learning can be part of abottom-up approach, using technology and social entrepreneurship as tools to make a differencein poor communities. With a focus on service, technology can be an instrument of peace,community development, restoration of human dignity, and the alleviation of hunger andsuffering. This happens as these endeavors and their practitioners orient their craft

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Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audra Morse, Texas Tech

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-606: APPLICATION OF THE EXCEED TEACHING MODEL TOIMPROVE GRADUATE TEACHING IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGCOURSESAudra Morse, Texas Tech Page 14.223.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Application of the ExCEEd Teaching Model to Improve Graduate Teaching in Environmental Engineering Courses Page 14.223.2AbstractMany universities employ graduate teaching assistants to help reduce faculty teaching loads.However, the graduate teaching assistants may receive little to no training on teachingeffectiveness. Some universities may have programs to mentor graduate students in effectiveteaching strategies

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2009-2512: AN EXERCISE TO ENGAGE COMPUTING STUDENTS INDISCUSSIONS OF PROFESSIONAL ISSUESTammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Portland. Her research interests include computer science education and computer science theory. In the arena of computer science education research, she is especially interested in conducting studies that investigate students' preconceptions of computing ideas.Donald Chinn, University of Washington, Tacoma Dr. Donald Chinn is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma. He helped create a supplementary problem solving workshop program

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

teach students from diverse disciplines someessential concepts on computer technology in the context of applying cyberinfrastructure. Thesecourses developed for K13 & K14 levels will be offered in an innovative classroom setting forhands-on experimental learning with a focus on solving scientific problems as a team. Thesecourses will also be deployed for online learning in a virtual classroom. The effectiveness of suchan approach, introducing concepts from engineering education to the non-engineering students,will be assessed through formative and summative methods for further development anddissemination._____________________________________________________________________________*CIBRED is funded by NSF award OCI-0753375 to O

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nichole Au, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

development. Page 14.554.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 “Engineering Energy Solutions” for the INSPIRES CurriculumThe INSPIRES Curriculum (INcreasing Student Participation, Interest and Recruitmentin Engineering and Science), funded by the National Science Foundation, is beingdeveloped in response to the need to recruit more students in the STEM-related fields.The curriculum seeks to accomplish this goal by exposing students to a combination ofreal-world engineering design challenges, hands-on activities, and inquiry-based learningactivities that target the ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy as well as

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Monroe, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University; Bala Ram, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Christopher Doss, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Foundation. The main elements were: three plenary talks by eminent engineers:Dr. Kristina Johnson, Provost at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Priscilla Nelson, Provostat New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Dr. Richard Buckius, Assistant Director ofNational Science Foundation’s Engineering Directorate. Ms. Chineta Davis, a VicePresident at Northrup Grumman was the luncheon speaker, and Dr. Carlo Montemagno,Dean of College of Engineering at University of Cincinnati was the dinner banquetspeaker. A video recording of the plenary talks is available from the Workshoporganizers at NCA&T.Six technical tracks in Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (two tracks due tosignificant interest in this area and the strength of NCA&T in this area

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Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 14.750.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrating Reverse Engineering Project in a Laboratory Based Introductory Engineering CourseAbstractRapid Prototyping technologies has made significant inroads in a number of manufacturingsectors over the last two decades because of ease of customization and quick turn around ofconcepts to prototypes. The process requires A CAD model developed from the design data as aninput which may not always be available. Introduction of affordable 3D scanners has providedthe opportunity of developing a 3D surface or parametric CAD model from scanned data by areverse engineering software. The original design can be further extended when the model isexported to a

Conference Session

Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

Paving Technologists (AAPT) - http://www.asphalttechnology.org/ Institute of Transportation Engineers ITE - http://www.ite.org/aboutite/index.asp Institution of Highways & Transportation (IHT) - http://www.iht.org/en/index.cfm National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) - http://www.hotmix.org/ National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) - Page 14.1320.9 http://www.eng.auburn.edu/center/ncat/ Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) - http://www.pci.org/about/index.cfmDatabases (non-commercial)TRIS (Transportation Research Information Service) - This database provides access to almost 450,000

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Communication and Collaboration

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

Pertaining to Engineering Education." She is also a member of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (past president and senior member), the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Association of Professional Communication Consultants.Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn A. Dyrud has taught in the Communication Department of Oregon Institute of Technology since 1983 and regularly teaches courses in technical and business writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics. She is active in ASEE as a member of the ETD Board and compiler of the annual “Engineering Technology Education Bibliography.” A past chair of the Pacific