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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; William Peeples, Drexel University

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NSF Grantees

. degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. He is currently serving as a research assistant at the Engineering Technology department at Drexel University. Robin has been involved in various projects funded by Pfizer, NASA, NSF and Department of Education. His areas of research include Embedded Systems, Mechatronics, Efficient Solar Energy Systems, Internet-based Quality Control and 3-D Online Education.William Peeples, Drexel University William Peeples is a graduate from Drexel University with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He now works in the Engineering Technology laboratory as a research assistant at Drexel University. His

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Minorities in Engineering

research. In addition, the School is active in research and has been awardednearly $3 million over the last five years in grants and contracts from sources including the USDepartment of Energy, National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Laboratory, NationalAeronautics and Space Administration, Pacific Gas & Electric, Agilent Technologies and SunMicrosystems. The school also maintains strong ties with the local industry. The San FranciscoBay Area, home of many innovative engineering and technology companies, provides anexcellent regional setting and an abundant pool of desirable employment opportunities for ourstudents.Given the challenges outlined under Identification of Need, the following goals were set for thefunded proposal.Goal 1

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Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keeshan Williams, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1861: ENRICHING K-12 SCIENCE EDUCATION USING LEGOSKeeshan Williams, The Polytechnic Institute of NYU KEESHAN WILLIAMS received a B.A. degree in Chemistry from Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), Flushing, NY, in 2005. Upon graduation, he worked as a Chemist for a materials testing laboratory in College Point, NY, and most recently as a Materials Engineer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. After obtaining his M.S. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering at NYU-Poly in 2008, he started pursuing a Ph.D. degree also in Chemical and Biological Engineering at NYU-Poly in the same year. He is currently serving as a teaching Fellow at the Crispus Attucks Elementary School

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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Robert S. Parker, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

specifically designed to facilitate knowledge inte-gration. This curriculum, in use for just over 5 years, is unique for its use of block scheduling.Block scheduling, in its simplest form, is transforming multi-semester courses into a single-semester course via extended, concentrated contact time. Among other things, the flexibilityafforded by extended and more frequent contact time allows (and encourages) greater opportu-nity for active and collaborative learning. The specific adaption of this technique to chemicalengineering has resulted in a curriculum comprised of 6 “Pillar” courses which are takenindividually in 6 consecutive undergraduate semesters and are accompanied by vertically in-tegrated laboratory experiences.IntroductionIn this paper, we

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Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Lauren Chapman, Boston College; Mac Cannady, Boston College; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1649: EVALUATION RESULTS OF AN E AND ET EDUCATIONFORUMMiguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston MIGUEL ANGEL RAMOS is the Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation for the College of Technology at the University of Houston. His primary focus has been the practical application of assess- ment and evaluation strategies to enhance educational quality in the college and university. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dr. Ramos worked as a researcher for the Southwest Educational Develop- ment Laboratory, and as an Evaluator for Boston Connects. He earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from Boston College in 2004.Lauren Chapman, Boston College Lauren Chapman is a

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Minorities in Engineering

work full-time over asix-week period. Each PI will open their laboratory to the undergraduates during the summer.The students will be divided into teams and split into the different laboratories. In thelaboratories, the students will be paired with a graduate student following the Pair-2-Learn(PAL) model.Pair-2-learn (PAL) model - Four undergraduate students will be “paired” with one graduatestudent to work in a research project; the graduate students will be trained by the Center forEffective Teaching and Learning (CETaL) at UTEP before they start working withundergraduate students. The graduate student will be the project leader while the undergraduatestudents will help in achieving the research tasks. The students involved in the research

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Engineering Mechanics Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Keith Berrier, University of Saint Thomas; Andrea Guggenbuehl, University of Saint Thomas, Health and Human Performance Department

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Mechanical Engineering

spring, and a German wheel as a slipping (or non-slipping, depending on the simplifications made) disk rolling on a surface. “Dynamics withCircus Laboratory” was designed to explore these connections in a fun, intensive elective course.This course was developed to supplement engineering students’ exposure to dynamics, and togive them hands-on experience doing experiments related to dynamics. Mechanical Engineeringstudents at the University of St. Thomas are required to take a traditional Mechanics course inwhich dynamics is taught, however this new course exposed/introduced students to additionaltopics, such as Lagrangian dynamics, that are not covered in the required class. This paper willdescribe the initial offering of the course, focusing on

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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel J. Magda, Weber State University

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Materials

Student W ould like to learn more Develop additional lab Implement a testing lab Questionnaire through hands-on work to measure the that students conduct that laboratory experiences changes in mechanical will measure hardness and that complements the properties due to heat toughness of various heat theory taught in class treatment and tempering treat conditions of 4140 processes of 4140 steel steel. Have students plot

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Engineering as the STEM Glue

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben Pelleg, Drexel University; David Urias, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Ph.D., Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

International Liquid Crystal Society Multimedia Prize. In 2003, he received a NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship to research NEMS/MEMS adaptive optics in the Microde- vices Laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Fontecchio received his Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University in 2002. He has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed publications.Eli Fromm, Ph.D., Drexel University (Eng.) Eli Fromm is the Roy A. Brothers University Professor, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Center for Educational Research in the College of Engineering of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. After his BSEE he was employment with General Electric and E.I. DuPont. He sub- sequently pursued graduate studies

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Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Kelli Jayn Nichols, University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Bioengineering; Laura Wright, University of Washington; Christopher Neils, University of Washington

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Biomedical

discussedwhat they would like bioengineering undergraduates to know regarding problem solving,laboratory techniques, and modeling.ResultsThe major charges from industry regarding what bioengineering programs should teach theirstudents include: 1) oral presentation, team work, and communication skills, 2) stringent labdocumentation practices, 3) fundamentals of the FDA regulatory process, and 4) statisticalanalysis techniques.Assessing the New Curriculum: Current Student FeedbackFeedback sessions from 2009 and 2010 involving current seniors, already described, were usedto obtain qualitative data regarding student satisfaction with specific proposed curriculumchanges. A consensus was reached that the addition of a second Capstone option, where

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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

he established an optical communi- cations laboratory for development and characterization of optical components, systems, and protocols for high-performance avionics data networks. Dr. Rosen is currently an assistant clinical professor at Drexel University, where he is responsible for developing and teaching courses in microprocessors, microcon- trollers, and FPGAs. Dr. Rosen has carried out research sponsored by the National Security Agency, National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and the Missile Defense Agency. Dr. Rosen is the author or coauthor of over 50 publications and conference proceedings and the holder of five U.S

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

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Council of Sections

strategies that address challengesand barriers to recruitment, retention and success of minority students. Among the strategiesdeveloped for this project are two summer programs that were implemented for the first time insummer 2009. The Summer Math Jam is a two-week intensive mathematics program designedto improve student preparation for college-level math courses. The Summer EngineeringInstitute is a two-week residential summer camp that offers participating students the opportunityto gain insight into the engineering academic program through a combination of lectures, hands-on laboratory activities, workshops and projects with engineering professionals. Preliminaryresults indicate success of both programs. Math Jam participants show improvement

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Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa I. Zelaya, Clemson University; Melissa Dorlette-Paul, Clemson University; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University; Carey W. Castle, Greenville Technical College

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Engineering Technology

President of SCATE Inc., a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation created to promote systemic change in Advanced Technological Education and help sustain the SC ATE Center of Excellence.Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University Dr. Anand K. Gramopadhye’s research focuses on solving human-machine systems design problems and modeling human performance in technologically complex systems such as health care, aviation and man- ufacturing. He has more than 200 publications in these areas, and his research has been funded by NIH, NASA, NSF, FAA, DOE and private companies. Currently, he and his students at the Advanced Tech- nology Systems Laboratory are pursuing cutting-edge research on the role of visualization and virtual

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Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon G. Sauer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-2744: ASSESSMENT IN THE HIGH PERFORMANCE LEARN-ING ENVIRONMENTSharon G. Sauer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Sharon G. Sauer is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy where she is teaching a variety of classroom and laboratory courses. She has long-standing interests in active learning techniques and has published papers in this and other educational areas, as well as in the fields of statistical thermodynamics and electrophoresis.Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University Pedro E. Arce is a University Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Professor and Chair of the Chemical En- gineering Dpt. at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN. He has

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. The course also includes a Page 22.260.3laboratory component. Students complete approximately 12 laboratory experiments over thecourse of one semester. Topics typically include kinematics, Newton‘s Laws, conservation ofmomentum and energy, rotational motion, and fluid mechanics. As such, numerous strategies,including the writing strategies to be described, have been developed that center around theaccommodation of students‘ diverse learning styles [27 – 33]. Students that enroll in the course most often do so to satisfy the university‘s sciencerequirement for graduation. The students come from a wide-array of academic

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan F. Arratia, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs; Luis F. Font, Ana G. Mendez University System

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Electrical and Computer

students, scienceand mathematics teachers, undergraduates, graduates, and economically-disadvantagedcommunity members. The Alliance is formed by institutions of higher education in Puerto Ricoand the US Virgin Islands, government agencies, public and private high schools, US mainlandinstitutions and national laboratories, research institutions and industrial partners. See AppendixI for a list of partner institutions.The lead institution is the Ana G. Méndez University System (AGMUS) through UniversidadMetropolitana (UMET). The CCCE Alliance is managed through the consortium formed by anExecutive Council, a National Advisory Board, an Implementation Team, and a ProjectCoordinator led by an experienced PI and a team of Co-PIs from Alliance

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Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

considered enrolling prior to theirhigh school interactions. None of them had ever been on campus before nor had any ofthem considered a technical career path. One of the four students does not fit thedescriptor of “White/Non-Hispanic” and has moved our diversity percentages in adesirable direction. We are eagerly awaiting the five additional high school students(including one diverse) that are in the process of making application.The ProgramThe University’s relationship with a local high school began with a simple invitation totheir technology education teacher. When asked if he would be interested in bringing aclass to tour our Industrial Power and Control laboratory, our phone call was answeredwith a slightly skeptical – perhaps. The teacher

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teodora Rutar, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering students because it requires an understanding of plant biology andchemistry laboratory techniques. In 2006, the mechanical engineering department at SeattleUniversity was approached by a local startup company and asked to design a photobioreactor togrow oleaginous algae. This project was established as a year-long capstone design project. Itwas manned by four mechanical engineering students and supervised by industry liaisons fromthe company, and faculty advisors from both mechanical engineering and biology. Although theadvisors were initially concerned about the interdisciplinary component of the project, thestudents were enthusiastic and successfully completed the project. The successes of that projectlead to three more algae related

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ELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bijan Sepahpour, College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-2457: AN INTERESTING APPLICATION OF OPTICAL MEA-SUREMENT TECHNIQUESBijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a registered Professional Engineer and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at TCNJ. He is currently serving as the chairman of the ME department. He is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. Professor Sepahpour did his undergraduate studies at TCNJ and has degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technol- ogy (NJIT). He has served as the Chair of ASEE Divisions of Experimentation and Laboratory

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Michael Reynolds; Nick Huisman

tool to facilitate distance education both in the United States andinternationally. Before the broad adoption of the Internet, distance education was oftenimplemented through satellite feeds or through regular postal mailing of videos. The Internet hasenabled distance education to be both more efficient and effective 1-3. In engineering education,the adoption rate of effective online educational strategies has been lower than in otherdisciplines4. The importance of laboratory and hands-on experiments, as well as ABETaccreditation policies are likely to be part of the reason for this gap. But one part of engineeringeducation has increased much more rapidly online: the Master’s degree. Because the Master’sdegree is typically not accredited

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Carl A. Erikson

Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research (Collab). The IPC is a servicelearning base course of study in the Department of Engineering at Messiah College while underthe umbrella of the Collab, under the School of Science, Engineering, and Health at the college.IPC has been operating and evolving over its 4 or 5 year history. Over 100 engineering studentsare involvedin studying, researching, designing, prototyping, and implementing projects. Sixmajor project areas include biomedical, communication, disability resources, energy,transportation, and water. Students have recently completed projects in Honduras, Nicaragua,Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.The study and use of Appropriate Technology principles in the classroom and laboratories allowthe

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Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey J. Evans, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Glenn R. Blackwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

difference between ECTS credits and typical U.S. university credits is that anECTS credit includes not only lecture and laboratory times but also individual out-of-class workand exam times. According to the current ECTS system a 15 weeks semester of higher educationcorresponds to approximately 30 credits.As a beginning comparison between U.S. and European systems (2), “Regarding undergraduatedegrees, there is a clear trend across Europe toward assigning between 180 and 240 ECTScredits, equaling 3 to 4 years of full-time study, while graduate degrees at Master level normallycarry 60-120 ECTS credits”.This paper will discuss some of the variations in both courses and degrees, including the three-year bachelor degree. It will also discuss ways for U.S

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Innovations in Computing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tao Xing, Tuskegee University; Legand L. Burge Jr., Tuskegee University; Heshmat A. Aglan, Tuskegee University

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Computing & Information Technology

AC 2011-1296: INTEGRATION OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY INTO UN-DERGRADUATE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMTao Xing, Tuskegee University Tao Xing is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering department at Tuskegee University. He re- ceived his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2002. His recent research focuses on computational fluid dynamics, most recently applied to renewable energy, and integration of mobile technology into engineering courses and laboratories. Address: Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Luther H. Foster Hall, Room 532, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 Ph: (334) 727-8986 (O), Fax: (334) 727-8090, Email: taox@tuskegee.edu, Web

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Martin W. Weiser, Eastern Washington University, Engineering and Design Department; Hani S. Saad, Eastern Washington University; Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

) heat transfer problems. Goldstein4 also used computational methods to teachseveral topics in heat transfer courses besides the standard in-class lectures. All of the abovementioned efforts were provided to strengthen the students’ understanding in several topics in aheat transfer course. In our institution, several laboratory experiments are usually conducted besides theregular lectures to enhance the students’ understanding of numerous concepts of heat transfer.This is definitely beneficial for our students to get real hands-on experience. However, someexperiments might be difficult to perform and time consuming. Additional experimental work toconduct parametric analysis is challenging. Therefore, computational (or numerical) analysis

Conference Session

Design Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; William A. Stapleton, Texas State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-97: LESSONS LEARNED IN IMPLEMENTING AND ACCRED-ITING A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMVedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University-San Marcos Vedaraman Sriraman is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University- San Marocs. In the past, he has served as the Manufacturing Engineering program coordinator. He has received several gramts form the NSF and SME-EF to initiate new curriculum and laboratories. Dr. Sri- raman has received several teaching awards and has served as the faculty advisor to the student chapter of SME.William A Stapleton, Texas State University Dr. William A. Stapleton received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Alabama in 1997

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peggy Layne, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

personal path led me from a [university] BS/MS in 1969/70 to industry experience in [state]. After balancing family obligations and career motivation in the late 70’s and early 80’s, I returned to school and received my PhD from [different university] in 1985. My continued commitment to education led me to the newly created chemical engineering department at [another university] in 1986, where I started as an assistant professor just before turning 40.” – Diane Dorland, dean, Rowan UniversitySally Ann Keller gained leadership experience at the National Science Foundation and LosAlamos National Laboratory before becoming dean: “When I look back on my career, I can honestly say I did not spend much time planning

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-1971: RECONFIGURABLE AND SCALABLE AUTOMATED SYS-TEMS PROJECTS FOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION AND CON-TROL EDUCATIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. students tocomplete a Teaching Practicum course during their doctoral studies. Students work closely withfaculty mentors in teaching a course. While the focus of the class is on pedagogy, the goal is forstudents to find the experience useful regardless of whether they are going into academia,industry, a research laboratory, or other career pursuits. In addition to issues dealing withteaching engineering, sessions are organized for career planning, success in both academia andindustry, ethics, and basic counseling and mentoring skills. This paper is a study of theeffectiveness of the Teaching Practicum experience. Survey responses are analyzed from nearly100 Ph.D. alumni for the period from the summer of 1996 to the spring of 2009. The

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC; Abe Eftekhari, Northern Virginia Community College; Ji Hyon Mun, Thomas Nelson Community College

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Two Year College Division

Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST). Dr. Mead also maintains an active laboratory group that develops laser systems for optical sensing and LIDAR applications. Dr. Mead has previously served as Senior Program Officer at the National Academy of Engineering and served as study director for the pivotal report, Engineering of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century.Dr. Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC Gwen Lee-Thomas has been an external consultant for over 12 years serving businesses as well as private and public colleges and universities in the state of Washington, California, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska and Virginia in diversity, STEM education, organizational culture, and leadership strategies

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Design Across Disciplines

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Alan Gow, Alan Gow and Associates; EunSook Kwon, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

learning in industrial design and engineering technology programs with anemphasis on design concept prototyping and technological prototyping respectively, thisinterdisciplinary course integrates these parallel tracks to provide a seamless collaborativelearning experience. From the identification of a research problem to the development of aworking prototype, the collaborative studio/laboratory reinforces creative and critical thinkingwith an emphasis on human, technological, and aesthetic aspects of product development. Thisapproach to undergraduate education can provide constructive and authentic learning experiencesto meet the industry needs. This paper reports the preliminary results of the pilot phase of a one-year grant awarded through the