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CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

cross-curricular collaboration developed and refined by faculty and mentors. Thefocus of this paper is to delineate and illustrate the evolution of the class resulting in positiveimpacts upon student outcomes and expectations.INTRODUCTIONInstilling an understanding of design and the design process are key aspects of preparing civilengineering students for professional practice. This is the focus of the Capstone Design class atthe University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering(CEE). The evolution of this curriculum has resulted in positive impacts upon student outcomesand expectations as well as helping the department to comply with ABET accreditation criteria.The ABET Civil Engineering (CE) Program criteria

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Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; John Merrill, The Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

business students are both attracted to and motivated byentrepreneurial learning opportunities very early in their college careers.IntroductionThere is ongoing discussion among engineering educators regarding whether or not engineeringstudents should be exposed to business subjects in order to better prepare them for engineeringcareers.1 And, if so, what would be the best way to integrate such material into the traditionalengineering curriculum? The issue of teaching entrepreneurship (how to start a company) toengineering students is even more complex, since few engineering faculty have had actualstartup experiences and only a small percentage of engineering graduates will go on to start theirown company sometime during their career.And yet

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BIM and Other New Construction Practices

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

importantly, it can be assumed that there will be an expectationamong AEC professionals that construction curriculums will be integrating BIM skilldevelopment so that graduates will have developed competencies with BIM technology.However, in order to establish strategies for BIM skill development, documentation of the waysconstruction professionals are utilizing BIM could provide critical guidance for AEC educators.Purpose of the studySpecific skills can be associated with the level of BIM use. For example, small BIM skill setswould emphasize skill in generating accurate 3D that fully document a building or structure.Expertise with generating and storing information with a specific application such as Revit orArchiCad would have priority. In contrast

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Phys

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evan Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Matthew Mounce, US Navy; Jamie Weber, Parsons; Sudarshan Rai, Unknown; Willy Duffle, University of Central Oklahoma; Jesse Haubrich, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, John Jonides, and Biren A. Nagda. “Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Partnerships Affect Student Retention.” The Review of Higher Education, 22(1), 1998, pp. 55-72.7. Mahbub Uddin and A. Raj Chowdhury. “Integration of Nanotechnology into the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum.” International Conference on Engineering Education, August 6-10, 2001, Oslo Norway, Session 8B2.8. Beena Sukumaran, Kauser Jahan, Dianne Dorland, Jess Everett, Jennifer Kadlowec, Zenaida Gephardt and Steven Chin. “Engineering Clinics: An Integration of Research into the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum Rowan University.” Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, March 2006, 26(3), pp. 115-121.9. Cristina Gonzalez

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ross McCurdy

in the rather small Model T. To make room for the fuel cell, radiator,and deionized water cooling loop we literally cut the car in half with an oxy acetylene cuttingtorch and stretching the frame 29”. This provided plenty of room for the fuel cell system as wellas our twin hydrogen cylinders donated by Lincoln Composites. Considerably longer, and nowpainted flat black, the lines of the Model T have the custom cool look of a classic hot rod with aneclectic mix of the latest propulsion technology. A remaining challenge was integrating theelectrical output of the fuel cell with the Model T’s electric drive system. Using a Curtiscontroller and a dozen 12 volt Optima deep cycle Yellow Top batteries wired in series the T hada 144 volt drive system

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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering

works. It was definitely one of the most fun projects we have done in the curriculum.” Page 15.311.9 “I thought the project was a great way to incorporate real life heat transfer problems into the class. I feel that alot of the times we take these classes and never see how it is actually applied in real life. I really enjoyed the project.”Comments regarding the integration of the two classes included the following: “We ran into a lot of troubles getting 350 done and then making it work for 495.” “It would have been nice to have the 350 project due before the 495 project that way the analysis of the heater could have

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Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

developing essential communication skills. As a result, freehandsketching has become an integral facet of all technological subjects.Action research currently being carried out at the University of Limerick aims toidentify a sustainable intervention strategy for the development of concept drivencompetencies in students of technological education. Core to this is the developmentof student’s ability to freehand sketch what is both perceived and conceptualised.This paper presents findings of an intervention strategy carried out with a cohort of124 pre-service teachers of technology education. The study develops participant’sability to engage in higher order symphonic cognition as well as the harmonisation offundamental communication skills through the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David Elton, Auburn University; Gary Welling, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Pitts, Auburn University; Daniel Butler, Auburn University

; use ofvideo technology for both teaching and learning in a laboratory setting; and incorporation ofprofessional collaboration for specific classroom activities. The universities initiated this projectto enhance student learning in geotechnical engineering. Specifically, these exercises wereconducted to challenge students in new ways and broaden their fundamental skill sets includingprofessional skills associated with communication and global awareness. These components,which are critical in the ASCE Body of Knowledge (BOK) and ABET Criteria, are generallydifficult to integrate across the curriculum in conventional classroom environments. Interaction

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virginia Westheider, University of Cincinnati; Sarai Hedges, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

lifelong learning is an outcome that is difficult to assess butalso manageable as a pilot effort, the committee decided to evaluate the college’s process ofassessing graduates’ ability to recognize the need for and to engage in lifelong learning as thepilot focus.The team began work in June of 2008 and decided the scope of the project would focus onimproving the assessment of ABET Criteria 3h (lifelong learning) and continuous improvementin accordance with a documented process. Using the evaluators’ ratings and Six Sigma tools, theteam attempted to improve the process by evaluating three surveys and the feedback loop forcollection, evaluation and use of assessment data.The team met all of its intermediate project goals by improving the survey

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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First-Year Programs

from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. He teaches courses in engineering design, and is interested in integrating the use of design projects and active learning throughout the curriculum to improve engineering education. Page 15.789.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Interactive Learning Using a SPIRAL Approach in a Large Required First-Year Mechanical Engineering ClassAbstractThe use of active learning is being implemented in a large, required first-year MechanicalEngineering two-course sequence that is part of a

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Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint; Olanrewaju Aluko, University of Michigan-Flint

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

15.76.4engineering department, in conjunction with a local northwest Florida high school, initiated in ahigh school engineering program. Primary issues encountered in the program included staffing,enrollment, finance, curriculum and deployment of instruction materials. Unique solutions andmethods were applied to make the program a success4.Clarkson University involved graduate STEM students into local schools to develop anddisseminate more rigorous STEM curricula, integrated and aligned with state and local academiccontent standards and expected by postsecondary STEM disciplines5 .The University of Akron offered a six-week summer residential program to improve the runningof outreach programs to underrepresented high-school students6 that provided a series

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College

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Engineering Technology

computer software packages for technical problem solving appropriate to the Electronics engineering technology discipline. 7. Demonstrate technical competency in electronics, circuit analysis, digital electronics, electronic communications, microprocessors, and systems. 8. Integrate knowledge of the functional areas of electronics engineering technology. 9. Demonstrate the ability to analyze, apply design concepts, and implement systems as appropriate to electronics engineering technology. 10. Participate effectively in groups, and apply project management techniques as appropriate to complete assignments. 11. Demonstrate an ability to understand professional, ethical and social responsibilities

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Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

that they report to. The managing of conflict at the DH/C level is extremelycomplex when considering an environment where faculty are concerned with promotion, lack ofaccountability, and concerns of discipline.21 The knowledge that tenured faculty are consideredby some, employed for life, may create added difficulty in leading and motivating this group. Allthese issues are compounded by increased enrollment with declining budgets. The DH/C playsthree basic roles at a university or college: (a) academic, (b) administrative, and (c) leadership.15The academic responsibilities involve teaching, research, advising, and curriculum development.Administrative responsibilities involve managing faculty and staff, budgets, record keeping, andrepresenting

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

biomechanics module as part of an NSF CCLI Phase I grant submitted by facultyAmber Kemppainen and Dr. Gretchen Hein (DUE-0836861).9 The biomechanics module is oneof three design modules being developed as part of this grant. All projects have engineeringactivities that include a MATLAB Mathematical Model, design/model/build sequence,spreadsheet analyses and technical communication of their activities. In this module, studentsdevelop a prosthetic limb over the course of the semester. They use virtual analysis techniques aswell as physically build the prosthetic and test it with a force plate.With her familiarity with the EF Department curriculum, and her background in biomedicalengineering, Ms. Roberts was an ideal candidate for this endeavor. Since

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deepika Sangam, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent Jesiek, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Question representation SchematicConclusion and RecommendationsThough the end application driving the development of each inventory is different, they all targetassessment of student understanding of key concepts in electrical circuits. Their uses range fromgeneral assessment of conceptual knowledge to assessment of a particular curriculum orinstructional method. Distractors in the multiple choice questions are based on students’ pre-existing conceptions reported in the literature. With increasing interest in integrating cognitive Page 15.277.9theory knowledge in instruction, further research is needed to determine if CI

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Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; Steven Kreh, United States Military Academy; Rhett Blackmon, United States Military Academy; Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

, according to Marchese and others, is an elusive goal. This paper explains a techniquedeveloped and implemented by several Civil Engineering faculty members teaching structuralmechanics, analysis, and design at the United States Military Academy in the Spring, 2009 andthe Fall, 2009 terms to encourage mastery of critical skills and transfer of these skills tosubsequent courses. The concept is called “Problem Set Zero” to stress the fact that the materialbeing evaluated is from the prior course(s) and must be mastered before a student beginsProblem Set One.1. Introduction1.1 Curriculum Structure A common feature of Civil Engineering and other curricula is the establishment ofprerequisite courses which allow students to progress from basic math

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Research University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. 127 (1), 6 (2000).5. H. Gould, J. Tobochnik, and W. Christian, An Introduction to Computer Simulation:Applications to Physical Systems, third edition, Addison-Wesley (2006).6. J. Tobochnik and H. Gould, “Teaching computational physics to undergraduates," inAnnual Reviews of Computational Physics IX, edited by D. Stau_er, World-Scienti_c(2001), p. 275.7. H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, “Integrating computational science into the physicscurriculum," in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 2074, Part I, 1031, Springer(2001).8. H. Gould and J. Tobochnik, “Using simulations to teach statistical physics," inComputer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVI, edited by D. Landau,Steven P Lewis, and Heinz-Bernd Schuttler, Springer (2004).9

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Retention Strategies in Action Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

1987. He was the Campus Coordinator for the Texas Alliance for Minority Participation program from 1993 to 2002, and is currently the Department Chairperson for Physics, Engineering, & Architecture. He has been involved in numerous initiatives to integrate the findings of physics and engineering education research with education practice. Page 15.294.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Community Colleges Can Help Universities During ABET Accreditation EffortsAbstractEvery Engineering program in the U.S. accredited by ABET undergoes a review process

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Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

understandany derivations regarding limits. A student who has just been introduced to the word, limit, issimply in no position to appreciate limits of difference quotients. The limit of the differencequotient is just a method of obtaining the value of the slope, not the derivative itself. There ismuch to be learned about curves with such an approach without belaboring the difficultiesinherent in limit processes. The integral of a positive piecewise monotonic function should bedefined as the area under the curve and again the limiting process should be viewed as just amethod of obtaining the value.All references to the concepts and perplexities of the 19th century Cauchy’s analysis should bepostponed until the series forms are confronted head on, and

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education

contextual listening 1) counters biasescommon in SCD contexts, 2) fosters a community-centric approach to problem defining andsolving, and 3) integrates multiple perspectives and sectors.6. Case study: Sika Dhari’s WindmillWe researched and developed a Sustainable Community Development (SCD) projectimplemented in Sika Dhari village in western India. In this project, an engineering professorteamed up with a non-governmental organization (NGO), the US Environmental ProtectionAgency, a group of her graduate students, and others to work with the villagers of Sika Dhari indesigning and implementing a windmill. The windmill is used to generate energy for poweringflashlights in the village. Throughout this project, the engineering professor was committed

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Leduc, Ball State University; Gary Hadley, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis; Mark Ratzlaff, 3M

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-57: IMMERSIVE LEARNING USING LEAN SIX SIGMAMETHODOLOGY IN THE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYCAPSTONE COURSEAlan Leduc, Ball State University Alan Leduc is an Associate Professor at Ball State University where he has taught in the TAC/ABET accredited Manufacturing Engineering Technology program since 1990. He also coordinates the Minor in Process Improvement (MIPI) which provides students with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt body of knowledge education and the opportunity to engage in professional level projects. Alan worked closely with Dr. Mikel Harry, Ball State University alumnus and co-creator of Six Sigma in developing the MIPI. Prior to his teaching career, Alan spent 20 years

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Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Fleisig, McMaster University; Harry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design

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Graduate Studies

creative engineering design for academia,business, and the engineering profession is a much greater challenge than was originallyimagined by the founders. The ideal product of the program is an individual with traits thatstretch beyond conventional engineering education norms to include commitment to Page 15.1052.2creating value, creativity, risk-taking, strong communication and interpersonal skills,business acumen, ability to integrate ideas, capability to explore ideas, and a capability tocollaborate with other professions, in addition to technical competence. This individual, indue course in their career, would show adeptness at creating higher

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Introducing Programming in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Gordon, The Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

Ohio State University and the University of Akronwith instructors at both sites providing a coordinated curriculum. The major topics and activitiesfor the course are shown in Table 1. The modeling and simulation competencies were designedto meet those associated with the Introduction to Modeling and Simulation course being offeredas a part of an undergraduate minor program at The Ohio State University. The full descriptionof the minor program and those competencies can be found online. 14 Table 1: Summary of Major Course Topics and Competencies Topic Abbreviated Competency Activity/Assignment Explain the role of modeling in engineering

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Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Nina Truch, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

their studies, they made reference to their more abstract uncertainties about theremainder of the curriculum. This uncertainty and anxiety may overwhelm any sense of inherentinterest they developed in the first-year.We take solace, however, in the fact that both intention and satisfaction were positivelycorrelated to students’ perceived attachment to their discipline (SPA) if only weakly. Though itis only anecdotal, we have continued to struggle to help our students develop an identity as amaterials engineer. This is due primarily to the fact that the field is highly multi-disciplinary andthus has no clear definition in the same sense that aerospace or civil engineering does. Thus, wetake these correlations as a positive sign that our efforts

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering

read about a moral exemplar; compare ASCE Code of Ethics5 to CU Student 20 20 Honor CodeTeam bridge competition in West Point Bridge Designer: teams of 4-5 students create a bridge using the WPBD software in an attempt to optimally fulfill 30 24 specified weighted design criteria and describe their design processCourse plan and curriculum mapping: outline courses that fulfill the CU CVEN 10 10requirements and illustrate how these courses teach the skills needed for licensureCivil engineering Controversies, Disasters, and Feats slides and paper 22 16Professional society meeting write-up and Reflective Essay 12 12The Civil Engineering

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ari Epstein, MIT; Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs; Trent Ramsey, Cambridge Youth Programs; Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group; Emily Davidson, MIT; Elizabeth Jones, MIT; Michelle Slosberg, MIT; Rafael Bras, MIT

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Birmingham-Southern College with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology.Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group KAREN C. GAREIS, Ph.D., is a Research Associate at Goodman Research Group, Inc., a research firm specializing in educational program evaluation. She is currently managing evaluations of several NSF-funded programs in the area of STEM education, including Terrascope Youth Radio; It’s About Discovery, an ITEST science curriculum for grades 8-10; and the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, in which outstanding K–12 STEM teachers are placed in appropriate federal agencies such as NSF for a year. Dr. Gareis received her doctorate and M.A. in Social Psychology from

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Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Okhtay Azarmanesh, Pennsylvania State University

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Electrical and Computer

must build and demonstrate an SDR that addresses the problem(s) defined by the WirelessInnovation Forum and supporting the target waveform(s). The SDR domains provides a methodto tie together many of the subjects in a typical electrical engineering and computer science andengineering undergraduate’s curriculum. Although student teams may choose to use whateverdevelopment environment they wish, we have had success with the GNU Radio developmentenvironment as well as the MATLAB Simulink environment. Simulink allows a model-baseddesign approach, which allows students to take a systems approach to designing the overall SDRtransceiver, which provides them with exposure to this important aspect of project development.In this paper, we discuss the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Xiaobin Le P.E.; Ali Moazed; Anthony Duva; Richard Roberts

toeasily visualize the components /assemblies in 2D. Now, CAD should be called computer-aideddesign, which becomes an essential tool to aid engineers during engineering design. But inphase II, 3D modeling and drawing associatively in the digital form are only geometries ofcomponents and the assembly. It is obvious that the mechanical behavior of two components,which have same shape, but one is made from steel and another is made from wood, will be quitedifferent. Nowadays, we are in phase III of the CAD, in which the constitutive equations ofmaterial can be assigned to the 3D modeling in the CAD software. When the finite elementanalysis is integrated into the CAD systems such as SolidWorks Simulation, the constitutiveequation of materials

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

and design principles that need to be mastered in structuraldesign. However when the theories are exemplified in a virtual environment with multimedia,animation, interaction, and manipulated image visualization techniques in a virtual realityenvironment, students' conceptual understanding are enhanced.Visualization has always been an important aspect in the construction industry and constructioneducation has always laid stress on that aspect. Design professionals and educators used drawingas a practical tool for seeing, thinking and understanding their ideas, and for communicatingthem to others. In education, drawing was often woven tightly into curriculum and it wasexpected to play a major role in developing students’ visual abilities

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Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

partnership included six urbandistricts in northern N.J., a science center, teacher education institution, and an engineering college.Teachers received 124 hours of continuous professional development including a two week summerinstitute, one hour monthly classroom support visits (coaching, modeling, curriculum alignment, andplanning), and three professional development days during the school year. The project is now in itsthird year.The partnership goals are to (1) increase teachers’ content knowledge in specific science topics andengineering, (2) improve the teachers’ notions of scientific inquiry, (3) increase participating teachers’preparedness in creating, adapting, and delivering inquiry-based science and engineering lessons, and(4) increase