Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

facultyprovide a similar curriculum taught in Engineering 101 and Pre-calculus college courses.The afternoon classes are project-oriented. Students design mousetrap cars usingSolidWorks, and build their cars in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. At night,students work on group projects that include designing and building robots using LEGOMindstorms NXT. To recruit students, we created a partnership between our College andfive different academic enrichment programs in Southern California. By working withcommunity organizations, we have reached highly motivated students who have a strongaptitude for science and mathematics. Since 2001, 203 students from 66 different highschools in the Greater Los Angeles Area have participated in SECOP. Of these

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

and administration, businesspractices, asset management, and an additional science appear to be daunting at firstglance. When the programs on campus with courses containing the required content werecontacted to possibly team teach a course with these topics (exception being theadditional science) or help produce modules to be inserted into existing courses, thefaculty refused to work together to team teach a course with the resounding reason - howto possibly manage the work load model! There was also no inherent benefit todeveloping content to be delivered by others or themselves as a subject matter expert fora two to nine lesson block of material.The civil engineering faculty were undaunted and decided to develop a single course tomesh the

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-958: AN IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT AND PROJECT IN THE FIRSTMEASUREMENT COURSEBijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the department and 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. He has served as the Chair of the Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Studies (DELOS) as well as the Mechanical Engineering Division of

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Baker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

and talent acquisition program serving as a bridge into theprofessoriate. Its marketing strategy is designed to inform a vast number of minority PhDstudents about the program to enable discovery of the brightest talent. The program began as away to help recruit prospects in the STEM fields, but gained such popularity that it wasexpanded to accept applicants from all disciplines across the eight colleges at RIT. Theprogram's aim is to increase minority scholars’ awareness of the benefits and increasedopportunities of working at a strong teaching and growing research university. Deans of collegeswithin the university engage future faculty participants in discussions about their academic workand career interests. A platform for the faculty to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University

undergraduate study. Haptics, the research and application on thesense of touch and force feedback, provides a novel human computer interface for students tointeract with virtual dynamics world to potentially gain a better understanding of the dynamicsconcepts. Under this assumption, this research started with the identification of key dynamicsconcepts from engineering teaching experience and converted these concepts into interestinginteractive animation with both graphics and haptics learning channels. The developed learningtools have been tested with 99 undergraduate engineering students in Spring 2008, Summer 2008and Spring 2009 semesters. The positive effect of the novel learning tools is confirmed with thestatistical analysis of the experimental

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, UTEP; James Becvar, UTEP; Ann Darnell, UTEP; Helmut Knaust, UTEP; Jorge Lopez, UTEP; Josefina Tinajero, UTEP

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-1659: IMPLEMENTING PEER LED TEAM LEARNING IN GATEWAYSCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COURSES FOR ENGINEERING MAJORSBenjamin Flores, UTEPJames Becvar, UTEPAnn Darnell, UTEPHelmut Knaust, UTEPJorge Lopez, UTEPJosefina Tinajero, UTEP Page 15.685.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Implementing Peer Led Team Learning in Gateway Science and Mathematics Courses for Engineering MajorsAbstractThe large lecture format found in most introductory mathematics and science courses isgenerally not conducive to a teaching-learning process that would allow for the development ofprofessional skills such as team work, oral and written communication, and time

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Wathen, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Hunt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Peter Ludovice, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

detection. Adam has also performed research on electron plasmonic energy loss spectroscopy in gold thin films and nanoparticles as a Sandia National Laboratories MESA Student Intern. Adam has received significant educational experience at the high school and collegiate level as an NSF GK-12 Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year, a graduate teaching assistant for 5 semesters at Georgia Tech during which time he received the Georgia Tech ECE Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, and as an adjunct faculty member at Southern Polytechnic State University in 2008 and 2010 in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.William Hunt, Georgia Institute of Technology William D

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hitt, USMA; Robert Floersheim, US Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

academic institutions feel that it is important tointegrate engineering because many modern systems are developed with integrated engineeringteams. In 2005 the National Academy of Engineering in “Educating the Engineer of 2020,”stated many benefits and merits of co-teaching, just in time teaching, and multi-disciplinaryteaching.1 Recent program outcomes criteria published by ABET have included in its list of a-kcriteria, a requirement for engineering programs to demonstrate that students have “an ability tofunction on multidisciplinary teams.”2 Even discipline specific organizations have identified theneed for their disciplines to cross boundaries. In the “2028 Vision for Mechanical Engineering,’ASME directs attention to the complexity of advanced

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Gianfranco DiGiuseppe, Kettering University

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Computers in Education

mechanics principles. He is also the karate and jiu-jitzu instructor at Kettering University, where he incorporates many of the martial arts principles and methods in the classroom.Gianfranco DiGiuseppe, Kettering University Professor DiGiuseppe joined Kettering University in 2005 and now teaches in the Mechanical Engineering Department. His teaching interests are in Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, and fuel cell courses. His research interests are in fuel cells and batteries with an emphasis on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with over 15 years of experience. He is responsible for Kettering's Solid Oxide Fuel Cell research facility and is focused on research related to improved

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qaiser Malik, Michigan State University; Punya Mishra, MSU; Michael Shanblatt, MSU

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Educational Research and Methods

ECEdepartment offers EI&S course, a 3 credit course for non-EE majors. The course has a largeintake with approximately 100 students from mechanical, bio-system, material, applied, and civilengineering majors. The course is delivered in a traditional manner through lectures, labs, and apublished e-book made available to the students via university web. The course is managedthrough Angel, the university’s course e-management system, only to the extent of postingassignments, solutions and individual grades. The course is not assigned a fixed term faculty.Like most service courses, teaching responsibility is rotated among the departmental faculty on a2-3 year cycle.The course introduces the breadth of EE while providing hands-on experience in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dinehart, Villanova University; Joseph Yost, Villanova University; Shawn Gross, Villanova University; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

), theCenter for Nonlinear Dynamics and Control (CENDAC), and the Villanova Center for theAdvancement of Sustainability in Engineering (VCASE). There are a total of 68 full-timefaculty members that teach in the CoEVU, 58 of which are tenured or tenure-track. The CoEVU Page 15.1253.2is committed to an educational program that emphasizes technical excellence and a liberaleducation within the framework of the University's Augustinian and Catholic traditions.Engineering programs throughout the country continue to modify their curriculums in an effortto be more innovative, integrated and inclusive of “real world” hands-on experiences andexamples1-5

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

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Civil Engineering

Page 15.1094.2aimed at reaching a pre-established goal, and not by listening to an instructor in a lecture.Advocates of learning-by-doing stress the role of doing as part of preparing to perform in aprofession. According to Schon 3, the main features of reflection in action are learning by doing,coaching rather than teaching, and creating a dialogue between coach and student. Effectiveforms of learning by doing in real laboratories have been implemented in Engineering Education,especially for capstone courses 4. Alternatively, a methodology of building a simulated scenario,in which the student can learn-by-doing while interacting with fictitious characters (some ofwhom provide coaching), has been proposed by Schank 5 as an effective form of

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Marshall Molen, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at Mississippi State University; Matthew Doude, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

capabilities, including HILhardware and software donated by dSPACE. The showcase laboratory is an invaluable tool tostudent engineers involved in the vehicle development process for EcoCAR, and is an asset tothe automotive instructional program at Mississippi State University. The breadth and depth ofstudents’ understanding of this development tool has already been greatly enhanced.IntroductionEcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge is a three-year, student-led engineering design competition whichchallenges 17 universities from across North America to develop solutions to commontechnological issues facing today’s automotive industry. This will be done by redesigning astock 2009 Saturn VUE as a hybrid, thereby improving the vehicle’s fuel efficiency andemissions

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lauren M. Ronsse; Lily M. Wang; Clarence E. Waters

project is designed by the students.For the spring 2010 semester, a three-story, 40,000 sq. ft. office building was selected. Two ofthe stories will contain the office of a local architectural engineering firm, which is intended inpart to be a laboratory space to showcase innovative building systems. The remaining story willbe a space for other tenants.This real-world building was under construction while students were working on the project.Though the students did not design the building systems used in the actual project, the architectand owner’s representative for the project participated extensively in the course. Theycommunicated the owner’s goals and requirements for the project, which included an emphasison incorporating sustainable design

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Margaret Phelps, Tennessee Technological University; Roy Loutzenheiser, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and engineering-based content and activities in their teaching, they must themselves experience learning throughinquiry, collaborate with other teachers, have access to and competence in using technology, andhave experience with engineering.8,9The interdisciplinary nature of engineering merges laboratory, field, and classroom inquiry withhistorical and cultural perspectives and the technology in the students’ worlds.10 Effectiveclassroom practices include conceptual understanding, thinking skills, inquiry, cooperativelearning, graphic organizers, computer simulations, actual observation, clear objectives, and on-going feedback.11 Students develop deeper understanding when they generate and testhypotheses, compare and contrast, summarize, and

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

context of theaerospace engineering program at GIT.Aerospace engineering requires depth of understanding. Engineering recruitment in industry andgovernment is usually based on perceived depth. Engineering curricula are designed on thereasoning that a firm foundation in basic disciplines gives the graduate a lifetime to gain breadth.Universities also try hard to “teach students to work in teams”, build breadth into the curriculumand retain the interest of learners in STEM (science/ technology/engineering/mathematics)careers, without compromising on depth or rigor of specialized learning or increasing time to 1graduation. Beyond preparatory first year courses, a course

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ryan; Nhut Ho; Shelley Bartenstein

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 15.413.1three full time faculty as well as two long time part-time faculty who had been teaching coursesrelated to design, including the 286A/B sequence. The committee’s charge from the DepartmentChair was to create a new design stem of courses to support our program’s learning outcomes,without being constrained by the format of the existing course sequence. The committee was touse the Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) framework as a template for this review.CSUN has been a CDIO collaborator since 2005, and has adapted the CDIO syllabus2 to theneeds of our student population, which is characterized by significant racial and ethnic diversity,as well as large variances in academic preparation3. The application of CDIO principles to

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

thatstudents are often “turned off” by the way technical subjects are taught; traditional classroomlectures followed by “cook-book” type laboratory experiences that provide little opportunity toactively engage in creative real-world problem solving. Engineering technicians are problemsolvers – individuals who skillfully apply their knowledge in solving real-world problems.Working side-by-side with engineers and scientists, engineering technicians are the “hands-on”side of an engineering team, responsible for designing experiments, building and troubleshootingprototypes, analyzing and interpreting data, and presenting experimental results to peers,supervisors and customers. If the U.S is to attract more students into STEM-related careers, theymust be

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; Cathy Bays, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Exposition, pp. 2599-2606, 2001.18. Miller, R., and Olds, B., “Encouraging Critical Thinking in an Interactive Chemical Engineering Laboratory Environment,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 506-510, 1994.19. Bruno, B., and Anderson, A., “Using Objective Driven Heat Transfer Lab Experiences to Simultaneously Teach Critical Thinking Skills and Technical Content,” Innovations in Engineering Education, pp. 177-189, 2005.20. Nelson, S., “Impact of Technology on Individuals and Society: A Critical Thinking and Lifelong Learning Class for Engineering Students,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, 3:S1B/14-S1B/18, 2001.21. Wiggins, and Grant. “Educative Assessment: Designing

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Marlene Aviles, Dr. Ercel Webb School # 22, Jersey City School District; Jennifer Case, East Middle School; Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; John Brockway, East Middle School; Christie O'Hara, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Asheim, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Brian Lien, Princeton High School; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students and teachers, allowing forcollaboration and brainstorming on lesson plans that will be implemented during the academicyear. The bond between the graduate students and the teachers begins to develop during thesummer and is strengthened throughout the academic year. These workshops are taught incollaboration with expert district teachers, CSM faculty, and, since 2009, engineers and scientistsfrom the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Each workshop further offers theoption of continuing education credits which are necessary for participating teachers to maintainstate teaching certification.Partnership Roles: The graduate student’s role in the classroom is to share their excitement,knowledge and research of mathematics, science and

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

read, individual article presentations and laboratory activitydiscussions were also included. Over the course of the semester ten round table activitiesoccurred. Half of these were the entire class reading the same journal article or conferenceproceeding, two were students discussing articles they read on a topic of their choice, two were Page 15.502.3wiki activities centered around three separate articles, and one was a discussion focused on 2triaxial laboratory testing. Each discussion was centered on a topic that correlated to the currentlesson topics of the course. Unless otherwise stated

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Instrumentation

AC 2010-786: SMART GRID, CLEANTECH, SENSOR NETWORKS COME OFAGEGary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College Mr. Gary J. Mullett, a Professor of Electronics Technology and Co-Department Chair, presently teaches in the Electronics Group at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. A long time faculty member and consultant to local business and industry, Mr. Mullett has provided leadership and initiated numerous curriculum reforms as either the Chair or Co-Department Chair of the four technology degree programs that constitute the Electronics Group. Since the mid-1990s, he has been active in the NSF’s ATE and CCLI programs as a knowledge leader in the wireless

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven

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Design in Engineering Education

vibrations and dynamic systems and control. Professor Orabi has taught courses in both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and Engineering Analysis, and undergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Capstone Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing laboratory sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory funded by AT&T. He is a member of ASME and ASEE. Page 15.503.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Enhancement of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Miami University

AC 2010-1862: PROJECT-BASED INTRODUCTORY ELECTROMAGNETICSCOURSE FOCUSED ON INCREASING STUDENTS’ INTEREST ANDMOTIVATIONDmitriy Garmatyuk, Miami University Page 15.995.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Project-Based Introductory Electromagnetics Course Focused on Increasing Students’ Interest and MotivationAbstract This paper discusses course material being designed under the National ScienceFoundation’s (NSF) Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant # 0632842“Developing Leadership and Innovation in Engineering Students Through UndergraduateCourses in Applied Electromagnetics Built Upon Novel Educational Concept” to

Conference Session

New Instrumentation Ideas

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Dayvon Green, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

AC 2010-2117: EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE OF A REMOTE-CONTROLLEDPLATFORM TO MONITOR WATER QUALITY DATAAbhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Prior to joining UMES he worked in Turabo University in San Juan , PR as well as Duke University in Durham North Carolina as Assistant Professor and Research Assistant Professor, respectively. Dr. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, robotics, systems and control, design of mechanical and

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerri Phillips, West Virginia University; Giampiero Campa, The MathWorks, Inc.; Srikanth Gururajan, West Virginia University; Marcello Napolitano, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

thefundamental concepts of flight, mathematics, and science, as well as the most recent advances inaerospace technology22. Laboratories or special class projects are often incorporated to enhancethese lessons; however, this only constitutes a small portion of the class and curriculum. In factafter graduation, students still typically require substantial training in systems engineering beforethey can be fully effective within aerospace companies. Furthermore, while practicing engineerstypically have one or two areas of expertise, engineers who understand their specialty in thecontext of the entire system are considered to be the most effective11 and tend to advance towardleading positions in their company or institution.The Panel on Undergraduate

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

Page 15.781.5 Figure 2: Example of a LabVIEW Block DiagramThe computing concepts covered in LabVIEW were first introduced in the lecture period andreinforced through activities in the laboratory period. Overall, it took 6 lecture and lab periods tointroduce students to all of the fundamental concepts covered in the course.In order to tie the design and computing aspects of the course together, a service-learning projectwas presented in the middle of the semester. Students were required to develop a program inLabVIEW that would teach a concept from the Indiana State math or science curriculum for the7th grade. Students were provided with the Indiana State standards for math and science andwere allowed to choose the

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Vargis, Vanderbilt University; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical

' ability to use critical thinking skills to tackle engineering problems, as well as theirability to research and discuss current technologies. There were two goals of this project: 1)implement a challenge-based learning module (based on the Legacy Cycle framework) todiagnose skin cancer with optical spectroscopy in a junior to senior-level undergraduate courseon biomedical optics and 2) assess the value of this module compared to previous years' lecture-only method of teaching optical spectroscopy. The experimental design was introduced over onesemester. The module was assessed using 3 indicators: comparing test answers between 5semesters worth of classes, a 1 page study guide on an emerging technology of skin cancerdiagnosis created by the

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

project as a teaching tool. Todd et al3presented the results of a survey performed in the nineties about the use of capstone engineeringcourses. The results indicate that they are widely used to increase student awareness of soft skillsand as tools to subject them to “real world” open-ended problems. Napper and Hale4 presentedthe use of capstone senior projects as assessment tools for engineering programs. They discussedthe ABET requirement for the program outcomes and how a senior project serves as a goodindicator for student ability to work in teams and use critical thinking to solve open-endedproblems.Design projects were also used as a tool to enhance the learning in undergraduate courses. Forexample, Mokhtar et al5 discussed the use of

Conference Session

Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

manufacturing technology, product design, and engineering economics. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Illinois and holds memberships in SPE and ASEE. Page 15.134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Alumni Perceptions of Project Management InstructionAbstractAfter teaching a project-oriented capstone course several semesters, the author observed someteams failed to provide quality solutions for their semester-long, team-based project. The rootcause appeared to be poor project management skills. This prompted the author to considerasking alumni, who have demonstrated success leading teams in their