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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering with an affiliate appointment in Educational Psychology. Her research interests include vascular biomechanics, hemodynamics and cardiac function as well as the factors that motivate students to pursue and persist in engineering careers, with a focus on women and under-represented minorities.Prof. David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison David Williamson Shaffer is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Educational Psychology and a Game Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Before coming to the University of Wisconsin, he was a teacher, teacher-trainer, curriculum developer, and game designer. Dr. Shaffer studies how new technologies change

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Collaborative Learning, Project-Based, Service Learning, and Impacts on Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Laura D. Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aaron Daniel Lewicki, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Valeri Werpetinski, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Seung Won Hong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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International

international service projects and how students learn to enhance creativity. An Illinois alumnus, he earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked in industry for four years, and earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in agricultural and biochemical engineering at Purdue University. Since 1986, he has been on the faculty at the University of Illinois, where he is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.Laura D Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Laura Hahn is a zero-% time assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She specializes in curriculum and instruc- tion

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Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Ogai Ahmadi, Kabul University, Afghanistan

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International

, supported by tutorials and laboratory work. d. The resistance of senior academics to change their academic practices is another major challenge that needs to be addressed, e. The lack of suitable accrediting bodies that evaluate the programmes, recommend methods of delivery, ensure appropriate qualification of academics and ensure the universities are equipped with appropriate facilities. f. Integration of experimental work with theory needs to be at the core of the curriculums to overcome the lack of appropriate practical skills in the industry.7.1. Further RecommendationsThe education system in Afghanistan has been misused for political short-term gains

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University; Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University; Robert Quinlan Thames

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NSF Grantees

present future plans.† This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underInnovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) Grant No.093510. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material Page 22.573.2are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF).VESLL: Virtual Engineering ExperienceVESLL is establishing an online interactive learning environment designed to introduce studentsto engineering concepts through visualization and collaborative problem solving. Our long-termvision is to create a

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

. The responses were place into six major categories based on Fink’s Taxonomy ofSignificant Learning. The respondents unanimously indicated the course had an impact.Although in both data sets the Fink Categories of fundamental knowledge and applicationreceived the highest percentage of responses; all categories did receive responses. In addition,there was a significant shift from fundamental knowledge to integration between the post-classand alumni response sets. The content and distribution of responses would indicate anunderstanding of a breadth of concepts involved in creating a significant learning experience waspart of the impact of the course. Alumni survey questions focused on specific class objectives. An interesting

Conference Session

Using Web-Resources and Literature to Teach Engineering in P-8

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Garene Kaloustian, Lebanese American University; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1707: ENGINEERING IN EARLY EDUCATION: A MULTICUL-TURAL COMPARISON OF WEB RESOURCESAikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette Having acquired a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Advanced Digital Com- munication in the Aristotle University in Greece, and after having worked as an educator both in formal and informal settings for 10 years now, I have, since January 2008, started the PhD Program in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. My research interests are : Developmental Engineering; Engineering in PreK-3; Early Engineering Curriculum Development; Use of Art to enhance Engineering Design; Educational Software; Educational RoboticsSo Yoon Yoon, Purdue

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Penn State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

know and how to learn what they don’t know when they have a need to learn it. And so it is an interesting thing, because I don’t think it is one of our stated goals, but it is not one of the things I would have identified as one of the benefits of a broad curriculum, is where students quickly learn that there are not only limits to their own knowledge, but limits to our knowledge. … [T]hey understand that nobody knows everything and they have to learn to get through here and they have to learn for the rest of their lives.The engineering curriculum is not specialized to any specific discipline, as students graduatewith a baccalaureate degree in general engineering. The goals of the program are to

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

highsensitivity and long-term repeatability. Their output signals can be in various formats such asanalog voltage output and serial (SPI or I2C) output. A semiconductor type pressure sensor withanalog voltage output was considered. The particular pressure sensor was Freescale’sMPXA6115A. This is an integrated silicon pressure sensor for measuring absolute pressure. Thissensor is on-chip signal conditioned, temperature compensated and calibrated.This reference design shows how to connect the pressure sensor to the CSM-12C32 module andprovide the C-codes for initializing the on-chip analog-to-digital converter for capturing theanalog output voltage from the temperature sensor. Pictures, ordering information, web link forthe breakout board, hardware

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Design Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Raju S. Dandu, Kansas State University, Salina

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Manufacturing

inspection sheetsreinforce expectations and provide examples of standard practice. Spring semester experiencesin the CNC lab allow students to focus on sources of variation when operator error is negligible.The entire sequence culminates with design teams designing an assembly prototype which mustbe manufactured to their specifications by another team. The early awareness and experiences encountered by these students during their freshmenyear provide a foundation for future courses and design projects.Some Approaches Recorded in the Literature The literature in engineering technology education provides a rich tradition of integratedexperiential approaches applying the design-to-manufacture process early in the curriculum. In

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; William J Calvo, Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program, Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)

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be obtained throughthe PharmaHUB. The problem sets have been incorporated into two easy to use documents thathave the problems organized by the chapter/section of Felder and Rousseau they would be usedin. If these problems are used in another course, such as a Freshman Engineering class, they canbe easily integrated them by using the chapter/topic outline found in the document onPharmaHUB. The complete module sets include an introduction and table of contents with indexproblems and solutions. The problems and solutions are on separate pages allowing the facultymember to easily use these for homework or in-class problems. The solutions are sufficientlydetailed to allow students with limited knowledge in the field to understand the

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Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

presentation, additional time is allocated for a question andanswer period. Many of the questions at this point are related to specific technical majors andprograms.In some cases, a single 50-minute session is simply not enough time to adequately cover a topic.In order to resolve this issue, a number of 50-minute sessions, usually two or three held onconsecutive days, are grouped together to form a type of short course or mini course. These areoften included as an integral part of an existing course in order to add depth and breadth to thesubject matter. The presenter is introduced to the audience as a guest lecturer or invited lecturer.This format offers flexibility, variety, and a change of pace for the class or audience.Evaluation and AssessmentAt

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FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

, 70% of the students enrolled in Calculus or Pre-Calculus during the first semester wereretained in CEAS, compared to 60% of the Algebra II students. First-time, first-year CEASstudents, particularly those with weak mathematics preparation, continue to be a target group.Analysis of data for the latter portions of the 2008-09 and the whole of the 2009-10 academic Page 22.837.2years is ongoing, and is not entirely included in the results discussed in this paper.Literature cites an intensified curriculum and increasingly difficult coursework among thereasons for the “slumping sophomores” phenomenon, which can contribute to disengagementfrom

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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NSF Grantees

to them, but she did notinvestigate the phenomenon in detail.5 In existing studies, there is a challenge in linking thecontent to students’ interest or the classroom environment to their retention in an engineering Page 22.1018.2program.MethodsData for this study were collected from students in a required electrical engineering course atGeorge Mason University. The course, ECE 320 – Signals and Systems II, is the second in aseries of two signals and systems courses in the electrical engineering curriculum and focuses ondiscrete-time signals and systems. Students enrolled in the course are typically at the junior orsenior level. The data

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Lu, University of Kentucky

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

time-consuming. These issuescould potentially shift the course focus away from experimentation and thus jeopardize thestudents’ interests in this important subject. A Design-Expert software has been integrated intothe experimentation course to help students learn the principles of the DOE. Students have usedthe software for designing the experiments and analyzing the results. This paper presentsexample lecture and experiment to demonstrate the effectiveness of the software. The impact onstudents’ abilities in experimental designs is also discussed.IntroductionLaboratory courses are an important component of engineering education. “Engineering withoutlabs is a different discipline. If we cut out labs we might as well rename our degrees

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Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

important components of earthquakeengineering. The master’s curriculum has greater adaptability for an intervening disaster due tothe research directive despite of this deficiency. The students chose to engage the new master’scourse a couple of years early with uniform consensus. Page 22.1425.3   ProcedurreThe centrral phenomeenon is the in ntervention of o a synchro nous disasteer event on student learning.To examine the naturre of this pheenomenon, a qualitative research deesign was

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Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen R. Fleeman, Rock Valley College

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Engineering Technology

servicedevelopment, testing and alternative energy product certifications with an emphasis on theelectrical and electronic systems. The SES program helps prepare you to take the Alternative-Energy Integrator Certification examinations offered by the Electronics Technicians Association,International.” The SES degree program sequence plan is provided in Table 1. The certification componentof the program description is explained in the next section.Table 1. SES program sequence plan.2. Designing a curriculum for assessment The faculty agreed unanimously the new program should not be designed for installers, butrather designers who possess a great breadth of knowledge that embellishes their expertise inelectronics. It was also decided that external

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Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Kathy Ann Zook, Adams 50 School District; Megan Yoder, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Hacker, Hofstra University; David Burghardt, Hofstra University; David Crismond, City College of the City University of New York; Christopher Malanga; Timothy James Johnson, S. F. Austin High School, Houston ISD; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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, Loudonville, NY David Crismond, The City College of New York, New York, NY Chris Malanga, Riverhead Middle School, Riverhead, NYOverview of the Instructional ModelBedroom Design is an engineering design activity developed by a partnership between middleschool teachers in New York, and the Hofstra University Center for Technological Literacy formiddle school Engineering and Technology Education (ETE). The curriculum is underpinned bya “hybrid” instructional model that has the potential to transform instruction in ETE. The modelpreserves the hands-on physical laboratory activity that has engaged generations of students, butincorporates an IT-based engineering design approach that will accelerate technologyeducation’s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees

model ofmanuscript submission and peer-review in the conduct of scientific inquiry.1 The pedagogicalframework draws from the “writing across the curriculum” (WAC) movement’s premise thatverbal and visual composition are an analog for thinking and that communication assignmentscan be used to mediate student learning in complex problem-solving situations.21.1 CPR Components that Enable Learning -- Four structured workspaces perform in tandemto create a rich series of activities that reflect modern pedagogical strategies for usingcommunication in the learning process. Table A summarizes these stages in a typical CPRsession. Table A: Four Structured Workspaces of CPR SEGMENT ACTIVITY

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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; David Walton Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler

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Two Year College Division

AC 2011-2251: ”TUNING” ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE CON-TEXT OF ABET ACCREDITATIONMary Eileen Smith, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Mary E. Smith has been employed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Xingguo Xiong; Hassan Bajwa; Lawrence Hmurcik

published papers and posters in the VLSI related journals andconferences. 1. IntroductionVLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits) has been one of the most important technologiesdeveloped in 20th century. During the last decade, the VLSI industry has made continuousefforts to keep shrinking the size of the transistors, so that more and more transistors can bebuilt into a single VLSI chip to make it more and more powerful [1]. Moore's law hasgoverned the trends in VLSI industry for the past decades [2]. The transistor size has beenshrunk into deep submicron or even nanometer domain, so that more and more transistors canbe integrated into the same chip area. Nowadays a state-of-the-art Intel Xeon MicroprocessorMP X7460 based on 45nm technology

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1596: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CER-TIFICATE IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man- agement and Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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NSF Grantees

discontinued for now,with faculty choosing to focus more in depth on the first two case studies. However, it offersmuch for students, and may be substituted for one of the other case studies or added as the coursechanges.Case Studies in the LiteratureMany authors over the past two decades have pointed out the need to integrate lessons learnedfrom failure case studies in engineering education 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14. The case for including failurecase studies in the engineering curriculum has been made by several authors, including Delatteand Rens 15, Delatte 16, Carper 13, Carper et al. 17, and Carper et al. 18. Over the years, the ASCETechnical Council on Forensic Engineering (TCFE) has carried out several surveys of civilengineer programs across the

Conference Session

Learning Outside the Classroom

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian A. Burt, University of Michigan; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Janel A. Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Robert M. Bielby, University of Michigan; Eunjong Ra, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

experience to the ethical lessons taught in the curriculum, we begin toengage engineers and create more robust learning experiences. Engaging students on thepractical decisions they face in their organizations could positively influence how students viewethics in all situations they encounter. In addition to relating out-of-class experiences to in-classdiscussions on ethical development, institutions should create a culture that promotes studentengagement with an understanding that there may be risks to students when they are overcommitted.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation (EEC#0647460, 0647532, and 0647929). The views expressed represent those of the authors and notnecessarily those of

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SPECIAL SESSION: What Works to Retain Students in Chemical Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Donald P. Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Susan M. Montgomery, University of Michigan; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Amanda M. Portis, Michigan State University; Eldred H. Chimowitz, University of Rochester; Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Keith L. Levien, Oregon State University; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Condit, University of Rochester ; Stephen Lindeman

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Chemical Engineering

University of Michigan and MSEChE and PhDChE from Princeton University.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research includ- ing student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of ABET.Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Donald D. Joye

sequence we have tried to balance these often conflicting trends. Ourprogram has had and still has an orientation toward chemical engineering practice, so giving uplarge-scale equipment has been keenly felt. Integrating the computer has not always beenproductive or relevant. And because of rapid electronic obsolescence, whatever computerarrangement one has, has to be re-done in 5-7 years. This is an enormous challenge to those of uswho run the lab. For example, who does programming any more? In what follows, the evolution of lab at Villanova’s chemical engineering department isdiscussed with a view toward clarifying these issues. Some decisions need to be made, andschools will make them differently, depending on what they want lab to

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Alan Hadad; Akram Abu-aisheh

University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  their respective disciplines. Thus, for example, the faculty member in engineering with expertise in digital signal processing would work side by side with the faculty member in technology with the same specialty, and the students would have easy access to both faculty, regardless of whether they were students of engineering or technology.  To accomplish this, a merger was arranged that had three dimensions. The first was an administrative merger that took place on 1 July 2003. This meant that there is one dean, one promotion and tenure committee, one academic standings committee, one curriculum committee for the entire

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Camilla M. Saviz, University of the Pacific; Abel A. Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Elizabeth A. Basha, University of the Pacific; Andria Patricia Ellis, University of the Pacific, School of Engineering and Computer Science ; Kristina Hammarstrom; Feliciano Leon; Jerry Bruce Hildebrand; Spencer Ton

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-748: ENGINEERING INTERNSHIPS IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP: DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND STUDENT PERSPECTIVESCamilla M. Saviz, University of the Pacific Camilla M. Saviz is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis in the area of hydrodynamic and water quality modeling. She joined the University of the Pacific in 1999 and is a registered Professional Engineer in California. Her current research interests include sustainable engineering and

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seokyoung Ahn, University of Texas - Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Gregory Allen Potter, The University of Texas - Pan American

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Engineering Design Graphics

usually measured in miles or kilometers. Would it not seem ridiculous to ask for that same distance in units of inches or centimeters? 2. Should you create a new part template? Do you have to?Multiple Perspectives:Ask students to create puzzle part shapes from snap cubes first. They can then create a sub-assembly of each puzzle piece using their snap cube part drawn earlier.Possible questions: Page 22.470.15 1. What type of tolerance fit is between each snap cube? The snap-cubes have an Interference Fit between the mating surfaces. This question is meant to reinforce the regular EG curriculum with a

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program (ITLL) and the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the Louisiana State University, and an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in coun- seling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties in- clude assessment, evaluation and research for the ITL Program’s and BOLD Center’s hands-on initiatives.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Laboratories and Projects in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey A. Lamack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering; NE Schlick, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ron Gerrits, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

Page 22.404.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Ron J. Gerrits, Ph.D.Ron Gerrits is currently an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Academic Program Di-rector of the Master’s of Science in Perfusion program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He holdsa B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (1994) and a Ph.D. in Phys-iology from the Medical College of Wisconsin (1999). He most commonly teaches health science coursesfor nursing, perfusion and biomedical engineering students. Professional interests focus on science ed-ucation and he currently serves as the chairperson of the Curriculum and Instruction Committee of theHuman Anatomy and Physiology