Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College

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Mechanical Engineering

by many researchers3, for example, papers presented in ASEE-IEEEConferences.Course 1: Machine Design I (Taught at Kettering University)Course Description:This course is a first course in Mechanical Component Design with pre-requisites ofMechanics of Materials and Statics. Pre-requisite knowledge test in Statics is given at thebeginning of the course to reinstate the importance of understanding of free bodydiagrams. Thus, the Machine Design course deals more with application of the theory andconcepts learned in the mechanics sequence, namely, equilibrium of rigid bodies and freebody diagrams to design and/or to select mechanical components. Design standards (suchas ANSI, AGMA, etc.) are used in depth in this course and the students are

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Amy Martin, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

semester. A sample informed consent statement is exhibited in Fig. 1. Fig. 1: Sample student informed Consent StatementThe IRB process is indeed very helpful as there are many subtleties involving the design of thestudy in SoTL projects. These issues are often foreign to professors and lecturers in engineeringand engineering technology areas, who normally do not have training in their professionalbackground in dealing with human subjects. Some of the subtleties are unique to SoTL projects.For example, when teaching effectiveness is being evaluated by comparing two differentteaching methods, as in the study presented here, the design of the study should ensure that nogroup of students receives preferential treatment. As

Conference Session

Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

Control, the author has been following a sequence that included (i) hard-wiredrelay logic, (ii) integrated-circuit (IC) based digital logic, and (iii) Programmable LogicController (PLC) based controls.With the hard-wired logic section, students learn about practical control applications such asstandard push-button motor starters, H-bridges for directional motor controls, sequential controlcircuits, and auto-switching back-up lighting systems as well as generation of control logic basedon switches and relays1. An example circuit built on a relay-trainer, designed and assembled in-house is shown in Figure 1.On the other hand, the IC section introduces Fundamentals of Digital Electronics, Binary Logicand Boolean Algebra, especially the Objective

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-2068: CORNERSTONE DESIGN: PRODUCT DISSECTION IN ACOMMON FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND GRAPHICS COURSEThomas Doyle, McMaster University Page 14.371.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Cornerstone Design – Product Dissection in a Common First Year Engineering Design and Graphics CourseAbstractIn the senior year of an engineering program many students will have the opportunity to enroll incourses that offer Capstone engineering design projects [1]. In many engineering students’educational career these are the most interesting and rewarding courses because they offer thestudent the ability to apply the culmination of their education to an

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Moaveni, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Deborah Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Karen Chou, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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New Engineering Educators

faculty 42% of which are female.The College of Science, Engineering, and Technology has a total of 116 faculty, with 20 of thembeing female (17%). The Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering offers a B.S. inMechanical Engineering, B.S. in Civil Engineering, and M.S. in Engineering. The departmenthas an enrollment of over 320 students with 10 full-time and 1 part-time faculty, two (1 full-timeand 1 part-time) of which are female. The breakdown of all faculty for the College of Science,Engineering, and Technology as well as other colleges (Allied Health and Nursing, Arts andHumanities, Business, Education, Graduate Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences) at MSU isshown in Tables 1 and 2. Table 1. Numbers of Faculty in the College

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

posit the following questions: 1. Among Kettering University students, will Chen’s ESE construct correlate with intentions to start a new enterprise (ITSB)? 2. What role does locus of control play in student’s ESE and intent to start a new enterprise? 3. Can data reduction identify underlying concepts among Chen’s 22 measures? 4. Will students report higher levels of ESE and ITSB after completing a course in innovation?Methodology We sought to understand entrepreneurial thinking among students at KetteringUniversity. The authors surveyed a sample of students (n=129) in seven classes during 2006-2008. Five of the classes (n=101) were sections of an upper level elective course in innovationand new venturing. One class was

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kip Coonley, Duke University; Martin Brooke, Duke University; Philip Ethier, Duke University; Hisham Massoud, Duke University

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Design in Engineering Education

electronics in a design-oriented, project-based first electronics class. Thechallenges of covering a core analog electronics curriculum to enable students to continue in thefield and yet provide a rich design experience that will inspire students to remain in theelectronics specialization are discussed. The course placement within the undergraduatecurriculum is considered and the impact of this type of course on the prerequisite and post-requisite courses presented. Student acquisition of skills is assessed anecdotally and empirically.IntroductionTraditional approaches to engineering education have introduced students to real-world design ina scattered manner with limited exposure to design practices.1 A deficiency has been noted toexist at the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Schreiber, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Glen Thorncroft, California Polytechnic State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

attention that they probably deserve. Also, we havenoticed that faculty and lecturer understanding of some fundamental thermodynamic conceptscould be better. In that context, this paper describes our efforts to develop an MEA whichaccomplishes the following goals: 1) has a laboratory component 2) requires minimal (and inexpensive) equipment to be purchased 3) reinforces the similarity and differences between work and heat transfer 4) clarifies the similarity and differences between reversible and irreversible work 5) addresses both ideal and non-ideal behavior of air 6) expands understanding of the polytropic process assumption and choice of exponents 7) provides opportunity to investigate the validity of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashland Brown, University of the Pacific; Kris Wood, University of Texas; Kristen Kaufman, Grad Student Universiy ot Texas; Daniel Jensen, United States Air Force Academy; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Christina White, Columbia University

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Mechanical Engineering

firms6,8 are asking their B.S. and A.A.S.engineering graduates to learn and apply this complex analysis technique. In manyundergraduate programs, the FE method is not taught as a required element thus graduates oftenlack knowledge of the proper use of this tool26,27. Two principle reasons for this are: 1. Introducing new material in curriculum typically requires the removal of other material (possibly essential by the faculty and ABET.) This approach must be balanced with the Page 14.75.3 recent push to reduce total credit hours of programs nationwide. 2. FE coursework typically is organized around theoretical details considered

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin

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First-Year Programs

content with mixed and/or out-of-date styling. Yet the inclusion of personal, course related information created anadditional sense of presence that cannot be felt in, say, a textbook alone.The original site used a variety of techniques to try and establish an online presence. Achat room (see Figure 1), populated by proctors during office hours, as well as acomment interface in the test submission system provided the most direct and focusedcontact with proctors. When office hours were not in session there was a course emailaddress where students could send queries and comments and receive feedback within 24hours. A webcam, usually used in concert with the chat room, was also implemented sostudents could see other people in the office hours, and

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Damron, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Educational Research and Methods

in the finaldraft to the Engineering 1111 instructor, who then graded the reports. See Figure 1 for theprocess.Figure 1. The Writing Fellow Process Page 14.1383.3The Assignments and Writing Fellow CommentsBoth assignments for the semester were reports based on design experiences. All studentsdid the first assignment, the Aircraft Design Project. The second design experience variedby section. However, the report requirements were the same for all assignments. Theywere designed as Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions and Implications, with asection for formatting called ‘Requirements’. The assignments were written around theeight Elements of Critical thinking from the Paul Model

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University; Suzanne Pieper, Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering at the OhioState University redeveloped the freshman engineering classes into a combined course withhands-on laboratory elements2. Teamwork, project management, report writing, and oralpresentations were the main parts of this program.Another recent study3, focused on the classroom-based pedagogy of engagement, recognizedactive and collaborative learning as better ways for students to learn by being intensely involvedin the educational process. These learning methods can further be implemented by encouragingstudents to apply their knowledge in many situations. The study attempts to highlight thesuperiority of problem-based learning over subject-based learning by contrasting the twoapproaches in Figure 1. Problem based learning (PBL

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Manufacturing

once the investment in a moldhas been made.In Figures 1 and 2 the subtractive process of CNC machining is compared to the casting process,a net-shaped manufacturing process, for the example of creating a simple container shape.Teaching students the thought process of mold design required for a net-shaped process isdistinct from teaching conventional product design. For example, net-shaped manufacturingprocesses require the product to have draft to facilitate product removal from the mold, as shownin Figure 3. This is a unique requirement from that seen in a subtractive process. Page 14.1005.2 Blank CNC material

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn S Jordan, Purdue University; Nielsen Pereira, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

Rube Goldberg curricula in a variety of educationalsettings, but few have attempted to investigate and learn from the process that the students gothrough and the products that they create. This paper examines how an engineering designprocess was taught to middle school students in order to provide a systematic way to design andbuild Rube Goldberg machines in an educational setting.This study seeks to explore the following research questions, in the context of 5th and 6th gradestudents enrolled in a talent development program: 1. How do generated design ideas evolve across different stages of the design process? 2. How do group interactions influence design process outcomes? 3. How effective is teaching an engineering design process

Conference Session

Exploring Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong Hwan Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Marszalek, University of Missouri, Kansas City; Joyce Lee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Susan Linnemeyer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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First-Year Programs

SAGE – Student Assisted Guidance in EngineeringI. IntroductionEngineers are key personnel to maintain or promote economic growth and create jobs throughinnovation in a society 1. However, engineers experience difficulties in transition or socializationin multiple stages of their academic and professional career 2-5. Especially, first-year engineeringstudents are exposed to more critical environmental changes and discrepancies of identity 6, 7.Unsuccessful transitioning into rigorous engineering education context induces low retention offirst year engineering students. The National Science Foundation 8 reports that only 60% ofstudents who enter engineering disciplines obtain an engineering degree. Some engineeringcolleges provide special

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

indicate whether the benchmark has been metor not. The entries in Bold indicated that some shortcomings were triggered during Fall07 andthat recommendation actions were imitated to address these weaknesses when the course wasoffered again in Fall08. Table 1 – Course Level Outcomes form (CLO) Program Evaluation Actual Actions ActualCourse Outcomes Measure on Levels initiated LevelsObjectives Course Level Outcomes (a-k) Scale of 4 Fall07 Fall07 Fall08 1- determine the use of different control devices

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Sanders, Virginia Tech; Thomas Sherman, Virginia Tech; Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; James Pembridge, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-2090: TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES:TEACHERS' BELIEFS AND PRACTICES IN PERSPECTIVEMark Sanders, Virginia TechThomas Sherman, Virginia TechHyuksoo Kwon, Virginia TechJames Pembridge, Virginia Tech Page 14.1170.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Technology Education in the United States: Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in PerspectiveSince changing its name in 1985, the field/school subject known as Technology Education hasworked to transform its curriculum and teaching practice from one dominated by craft andindustry-related technologies, to “a curriculum to reflect technology.”1 Over the past threedecades

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Oakes, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Start with something and build. If the perfect community partner isnot available, that is okay too. Get started and grow and improve each time you teach.Most of the successful service-learning efforts started small and grew and developed.Finally, look for resources on your campus. If other faculty are not doing service-learning, look to see if your campus has a service-learning center or a the campusvolunteer office. They can be a great help and they will probably be excited to see anengineering professor.You and your students will learn a great deal. Our fellow citizens will be better for yourefforts too.Bibliographic Information (references need to be reordered for final paper) 1. National Academy of Engineering (2004). The Engineer of

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Environmental Engineering

400 students persemester. Being part of the core curriculum, students from diverse educational backgrounds andeducational objectives typically take this course in their freshman year. The course is anexcellent introductory gateway for non-science/technology majors into the world of science,technology and sustainability.The state in which this course has existed in the past had the following prominent drawbackswhich were in absolute need of rectification:1. Recent technological advancements such as fuel cells, smart materials etc which are an integral part of environment consciousness and sustainability were not given any exposure.2. Product Design, which forms an integral component of sustainability, didn’t receive any exposure.3. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles

exposing them tofun hands-on in class projects. The proposed course redesign employs the Tablet PC-basedCollaborative Project-Based Learning model (CPBL) that has been proven to be effective in ourupper division computer engineering courses. This paper presents our current progress on theCCLI project. To study the impact of the CPBL model in freshman/sophomore level courses, aseries of interactive in-class projects was developed that: 1) stimulate students’ learning andmake them more engaged in the classroom; 2) tie the theory taught in class to real-world designexperience; and 3) provide a clearer insight into possible engineering careers. So far five in-classprojects using Verilog HDL design, simulation, and synthesis with Xilinx FPGA boards

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

referred to as Quality Function Deployment (QFD). This tool centers on the so calledhouse of Quality. The House of Quality is a matrix that converts customer requirements intoproduct design features.Figure 1 illustrates the structure of a typical house of quality.It is evident from the figure that customer requirements can easily be translated into productfeatures using this approach. Simultaneously, it is also useful in ensuring that the product staysahead of any competition that may exist or might crop up in the future. .In order to use the QFD systematically, one needs to adopt a four step approach to curriculumdesign which is detailed as follows.1. Curriculum Planning: This is the first step in the process. It seeks to incorporate the voice

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

broad statements that describe the career andprofessional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve. Programoutcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be ableto do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that studentsacquire as they advance through the program.1 The ABET program evaluator (PEV) will expectto see that your program educational objectives are consistent with the mission of your institutionand that they support your program’s constituencies. The PEV will also expect your program Page 14.846.2outcomes to foster the attainment

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Lynnwood Brown, WikiRing Partnership; Michael McDonald, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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First-Year Programs

different kinds of resources supported by the wiki, and illustrate howusers access them during a session. Figure 1 illustrates the types of objects defined for theIntroEngineering.org wiki and the relationships between them. Central to the organization ofboth the textbook and the wiki is the concept of a Learning Objective. In the context of theBook, a learning objective is a specific competency that a student should demonstrate uponcompletion of a Chapter. For example, in Chapter 1 of the book, “Engineering and Society,” oneof the learning objectives is that students should be able “to articulate a view of our environmentas containing both naturally occurring and human-made or artificial things and to discuss the roleof engineers in developing and

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Tyler Lark, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

effectively across disciplines1. The students work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects. Some examples of Page 14.1083.2the projects are:1. A combined thermistor, pressure, and CO2 device for use in the sleep laboratory: Develop adesign for a single device that can be used on infants and that can measure all three signals ofinterest which are a) temperature difference between inhaled and exhaled air, b) pressure sensorsthat show a flattening pressure profile during upper airway narrowing, and c) carbon dioxidesampling tubes to detect the exhaled CO2 waveform.2. Design for a self-contained, maneuverable, endoscopic, video camera

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Programs and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Colin Neill, Pennsylvania State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

,solution planning, and system design tasks during collaboration. The model was initiallydeveloped to improve the effectiveness of engineers performing such tasks in teams and thisstudy posits that the model will be equally effective on student learning.A detailed statistical experiment to study the effect of this model on subjects collaborativelysolving an analysis and design problem was designed and executed. Randomly assigned teams ofstudents were presented with one of four design problems. Half the teams were then exposed tothe CCM while the remaining half was not. The effect on student learning was then measuredusing assessment of team deliverables.1. IntroductionIn a brief survey of the graduate engineering and technology courses offered at

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiang Le, Hampton University; Eric Sheppard, Hampton University

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Minorities in Engineering

section (an EGR 101 section with case studies) and the control section(another EGR 101 section without case studies) perceived their higher-order cognitive skills atthe end of the course to be lower than the levels anticipated at the beginning (see Table 1).However, whereas the drop was not statistically significant for the experimental section, the falloff was highly significant for the control section. On both the self-efficacy and team workingdimensions, students in the experimental section perceived they had improved, although themean increases were not statistically significant. In comparison, students in the control sectionperceived a significant decrease in self-efficacy and a substantial (though not statisticallysignificant) decrease in

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Hutchinson, Purdue University; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

dimensions between approximately 1 to 100 nanometers, where uniquephenomena enable novel applications.”1 Many special properties occur on the nanoscale, such asoptical and magnetic properties that are dependent upon particle size.2 The development ofnanotechnology comes about through the blending of multiple science and engineeringdisciplines (e.g., biology, chemistry, physics, materials engineering, chemical engineering, andbioengineering) on the nanometer scale. Because of this convergence, Foley and Hersam arguedthat the impact of nanoscale science and engineering (NSE) will be broader than any othertechnological revolution.3 It is predicted that nanotechnology will affect nearly every type ofmanufactured good over the next ten years, being

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Nathaniel Downes, Rowan University; Patrick Hoffman, Rowan University; Matthew Abdallah, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Blacklight Power (BLP) project consists of thevalidation of calorimetry results of a novel heat source of an industrial affiliate. Analyzing theresults of the calorimetry experiments they performed, following protocols they developedthemselves, students demonstrated that their data consistently had less than 1% error. The workinvolved setting up rigorous protocols, MATLAB programming, Labview data collection andanalysis, as well as summarizing the experimental results. These students have experienced, firsthand, what is required to bring a potential novel energy source forward. This paper describeshow these students were involved as part of their junior and senior clinic course work to be thefirst group to replicate these results in a third party

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina; Elena Mangione-Lora, University of Notre Dame

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Liberal Education

simulationsand multiple video projects would likely be more effective. It is interesting to note that the Fall2008 semester Networking 1 class did not choose to complete a video project due to acompletely different classroom dynamic and lack of student interest. Michael Wesch notes: “Students would prefer less technology in the classroom (especially *participatory* technologies that force them to do something other than sit back and memorize material for a regurgitation exercise) 14Looking back, the Networking 1 teacher wonders if he should have pressed the issue hardergiven that the project deals with participatory 21st century literacy and communication skills.While some students may be reluctant to take an active role in their

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, The University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering education research.While this paper is not suggesting that the rigor of Newtonian thinking be abandoned, it issuggesting that the tendency to apply mechanistic, reductive analysis to complex systems shouldbe addressed. According to Bertalanffy7, a founder of General Systems Theory, it is necessary tomeet the following two conditions in order to effectively apply mechanistic analysis to a system:1) the interactions between the parts are nonexistent or weak and 2) the relations describing thebehavior of a system must be causal (linear, cause and effect). In educational systems, theseconditions are rarely, if ever, met; therefore a systems approach to understanding educationalsystems is going to be proposed in this paper.On the abstract