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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jack L. Beuth, Carnegie Mellon University; Rohit Kumar, Carnegie Mellon University; Carolyn Penstein Rose, Carnegie Mellon University

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NSF Grantees

automating and invigorating K-12 outreach effortsand for tying them naturally to more sophisticated undergraduate-level instruction.The foundation of our approach consists of two pillars: 1) self-paced web tutorials guidingstudents through software use and 2) dynamic, dialogue-based tutorial interfaces which engagestudents in interpreting simulation results they create. The use of self-paced web tutorials as ameans of efficiently integrating complex software package use into undergraduate curricula hasbeen the subject of a long-term effort at Carnegie Mellon8, 9. The integration of an agent-monitored dialogue-based interface into software instruction represents a substantialenhancement to this approach.As we deploy dialogue-based tutorials, we are

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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NSF Grantees

the program. This paper discusses the challenges facedby mentors and lessons learned during the project implementation.IntroductionIt is clear that the U.S. has “struggled to persuade sufficient number of its citizens to pursue highlytechnical careers”1. Undergraduate science education in particular has faced many challenges in retainingstudents. However, a growing body of literature suggests that new pedagogical strategies and approachesmay help attract and retain a wider range of students by enhancing engagement2.For the past three years, the University of Houston has collaborated with Houston Community CollegeSystem and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi as part of an NSF-CCLI grant program aimed atimproving the STEM education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Terri Tarr, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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NSF Grantees

, schools of engineering often do not draw upon the expertise of the CTL staff and theirknowledge of learning theory; perhaps this is because engineering faculty are disciplinaryexperts first, and may not see the value in professional development activities that are not tied totheir content 1. To address this concern, we conducted a workshop with relevant stakeholders.The Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning in Improvement of Undergraduate EngineeringEducation workshop was held July 1-2, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. The workshop broughttogether over 40 professionals representing the directors of CTLs, engineering faculty, andadministrators of schools of engineering; there were also 9 NSF program officers and otherstakeholders in attendance.The

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawretta C. Ononye, State University of New York, Canton

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NSF Grantees

S-STEM Project to the Region:SUNY Canton is located in St. Lawrence County; one of the counties in the economicallydepressed region of rural northern New York State, often referred to as the North Country. Thecounty is bordered by the St. Lawrence River and Canada to the north and the Adirondack Parkto the south and east. The region is home for St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. More than 60% of thestudents are from the North Country. Some of the local school districts in the North Country aredesignated by New York State’s Board of Regents as Low Resource/High Need Districts.5 Highneed is demonstrated by the following:1) The percentage of families living below poverty level. The 2006-2007 US Department ofEducation guidelines6 indicates that $30,000 is

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; John Birch III; Mehrdad Faezi, Manchester Community College

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- Technical writing - Understanding behavioral diversity using DISCSponsorsThe Program is funded by National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technology EducationProgram (ATE). Other program sponsors include the United States Coast Guard Academy(USCGA) and the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA).Program StructureThe Engineering Challenge for the 21st Century Program focuses on team-based activities thatallow students to effectively develop the necessary skills to become qualified, productive andsuccessful in engineering and technology disciplines of the future. To achieve this goal, theProgram targets two important educational groups: 1) high school students, and 2) faculty fromhigh schools and community colleges. Separate programs are

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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that provides resources for the research and development of distributed medical monitoring technologies and learning tools that support biomedical contexts. His research focuses on (1) plug-and-play, point-of- care medical monitoring systems that utilize interoperability standards, (2) wearable sensors and signal processing techniques for the determination of human and animal physiological status, and (3) educational tools and techniques that maximize learning and student interest. Dr. Warren is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Guillermo Luis Trotti, Trotti & Asssociates, Inc.; Suzanne Marie Wilcox, ExplorationWorks Museum of Science and Culture; Elizabeth Perry Gundersen, ExplorationWorks Museum of Science and Culture; Dava J. Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

Learning in Rural CommunitiesIntroductionAs recently as 50 years ago, the outlook for rural education in the United States was not good.Many schools were underfunded, understaffed, under-enrolled, and lacked the resources andfacilities to provide an education equivalent to their urban counterparts[1]. Informal educationprimarily came from utility based exposure directed toward a largely agrarian economy. Leisureopportunities for informal education, often enjoyed in urban environments, was sparser[2]. Withimproved communication, transportation, and focus on rural development, formal education hasimproved, yet not at the same level of more urban school systems[2, 3]. There is still a gapbetween the resources and courses available to rural students

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Core Concepts, Standards, and Policy in K-12 Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ronald L. Carr, Purdue University; Nilson E. Martinez-Lopez, Purdue University; Jose Daniel Bravo, INSPIRE

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

disciplines (1). A large area of new curricula is engineering-inspired and, inthe last several years, the amount of engineering curricula has drastically increased (2), with eachcurriculum providing definitions of engineering through their unique design. When compared toscience and mathematics education, pre-college engineering is still in its infancy and still definesits own space within the P-12 system as there are no national engineering standards across K-12and there is still debate as to whether such standards are even desired. Due to the lack of formalrecognition of engineering in K-12, there is no tested, large scale system of teacher preparation. Recent publications set the stage for further development. In 2009, The US

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Maryfaith Rodgers, Rowan University; Pavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University; Keith McIver; Haddy Diallo; Kaitlyn Jean Zienowicz; Jason J. Giacomelli, Rowan University; Vladimir de Delva

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presentation.Educational laboratory modules and outreach experiencesParticle properties and powder mixing experiments throughout the curriculum:A V-mixing laboratory experience4, 5 was designed last year for students to investigate the effectof mixing time, particle size and loading configuration in a statistical design. The experimentsand data analysis can be conducted over multiple class periods, and students were exposed toexperimental design strategies. A 5 L constant frequency V-mixer was used for laboratoryexperiences in courses, projects and research. Figures 1a and b show the mixer and the loadingoperation for a mixing experiment. Page 22.931.3Figures 1 a

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Grau, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

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New Engineering Educators

Colombian context,besides enhancing the students’ academic performance as an acceptation indicator of these newstrategies implemented in class. The overreaching goal of this study is to assess how to preparethe students for the technical challenges and management responsibilities that they will need toembrace, in the years to come, for the sustainable development of Colombian infrastructuresystem. Page 22.1012.2Methodology 1 In order to satisfy these objectives, a sequential-exploratory-combined research methodologywas implemented for this study. This

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Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Modibo Boubacar Traore, Purdue University, School of Engineering and Technology; Wanda L. Worley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tarawut Boonlua, Mahasarakham University

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Architectural

symbolizes the transferof knowledge from the Phu Yai to the Phu Noi and is emblematic of the educational processitself. A simple, concise, and visual representation of architectural education.Reflective Comments from a Student PerspectiveThis part of the discussion focuses upon the Thai teacher/student interrelationship and how thisvaries and compares to what one of our students (at the graduate level) has experienced in theUnited States. The following is his contribution to this dialogue and is spoken in his words,supported by his scholarly research into the topic:The goals herein were to describe and discuss what I saw/heard/tasted from a student‟sperspective with respect to the following two specific scenarios:1. The architectural class we

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IE Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dean Walton Pichette, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Walter Bryzik, Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Ming-Chia D. Lai, Wayne State University; Yun Seon Kim, Wayne State University

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Industrial Engineering

, Wayne State University Page 22.932.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Title: Integration of Systems Engineering Training Modules into Capstone Courses across College of Engineering DepartmentsBackground:The Department of Defense (DoD) has identified the promotion of Systems Engineering (SE)knowledge and career path awareness for undergraduate engineering students as a keystrategic initiative (1). The DoD chose exposing engineering students to systems engineeringtraining in capstone projects because they are required for all ABET-certified colleges ofengineering in the United

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To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qing Li, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

Chinese and worldwide librarian communities.IntroductionHaving students involved is not uncommon in the librarian communities. Students can greatlyreduce the workload of librarians by answering general questions about directions, printing andsimple reference inquiries as well, thus solving the short-of-hands issues brought by budget cuts.Although this topic has been extensively discussed, Zink et al [1] points out that the value ofstudent involvement in library activities is still under-appreciated and deserves greater attentionfrom the librarian communities.Given the prevalence of electronic library resources, more and more users choose to work fromtheir workplaces and reduce their visits to physical libraries. For example, a survey conductedby

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Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

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Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington; Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington; Marvi A. Matos, University of Washington; William B. Baratuci, B-Cubed; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Arne S.A. Biermans, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering

economic analysis:Figure 1: Screenshot of the ASPEN model that is provided to the students for the initialevaluation of the effect of changing process conditions. A highly simplified ASPEN model for a bio-ethanol production plant was developed andprovided to the students so they would use it as a basis for analyzing the impact of their resultson the operation of the whole plant. The simulation model contains units that are representativeof all the experiments that students perform in the laboratory. This common framework alsoserves to discuss the full process from a common perspective with all students. One typicalexample for the use of the simulation model is for students to evaluate real-world parameters inthe laboratory (e.g. actual

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Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

engineering design process modelsand the authors’ own analysis of previous student work. xiii From this analysis the authors decided to probebehaviors that include problem or task articulation, problem solving, information gathering, and the use,evaluation, and documentation of that information.The authors narrowed down their original list of items to a compact instrument consisting of 26 questionsprobing nine difference concepts (see Table 1). Most concepts (6) have three associated questions, twoconcepts have two associated questions, and one concept has four. The questions were offered using a LikertScale where 5 represented “Almost Always,” and 1 – “Almost Never.” There are no descriptors for 2-4, ratherthey suggested points on a continuum. All

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Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Patrick Hewerdine; James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; W Brent Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Design Graphics

these properties, designers can guarantee better part quality, partinterchangeability, and part function. One company that utilizes GD&T is Caterpillar Inc., wherea specific group is dedicated to the analysis and implementation of geometric tolerances [1].Many of the problems this group encounters originate from engineers who lack sufficientknowledge of GD&T practices. As a result the company spends significant financial resources oncorrective actions, as well as on teaching engineers the proper fundamentals of GD&T. This isnot a problem unique to Caterpillar Inc., and despite the prevalence of the tool across manydifferent industries, frequently young engineers do not leave university training with a goodfoundation in the topic

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet H. Murray, Georgia Tech; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell

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team has developed exercises for theintroductory Statics course that serves as most students’ first introduction to engineeringproblem solving.Currently, the U.S. engineering workforce remains 90% white and male; engineering, inparticular, has not attracted women and URMs. Baccalaureate degrees received by bothURMs and women in engineering peaked in 1999-2000 and have trended downwardsince then[1] A study conducted by Engineers Dedicated to a Better Tomorrow used theNSF WebCASPAR database to document that although about one half of earnedbaccalaureate degrees in S&E as a whole go to women, in physics, engineering,engineering technology, and computer science, these rates dropped to one in five[2].While in 2008 women earned 18.5% of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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NSF Grantees

in aqualitative study, the small sample has informed theories about a larger sample that could beaddressed in future work.Table 1: Interview Participants’ Post-Graduation Plans Student Post-Graduation Plan Relationship to Signals & Systems Amy A less technical career (management, law, Some systems engineering) Beth Graduate school in electrical engineering Close Charles Graduate school in mechanical engineering Some Diane Currently working for an engineering Close company using electrical engineering Edward Job

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis S. Nadelson, Boise State University; Amy J. Moll, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

work of materials science we continue to refine and discover new materials or newuses for existing materials resulting in the development of new and/or higher performingproducts. Thus, the science and engineering of materials impacts almost all facets of our lives,and yet, materials science is seldom explored outside of universities and research anddevelopment labs. However, the fundamental processes of materials science provide anexcellent context for engaging K-12 students and teachers in the exploration of a wide range ofSTEM concepts. The National Academies’ report on engineering education in K-12 1 highlights the benefitsof engaging K-12 students in engineering education and the inextricable link betweenengineering and math and science

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Innovations in Teaching: Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Janet H Murray, Georgia Tech; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

3D is an important part ofstatics, and many students struggle with it. We would like to present our software and discusssome of the issues we encountered while developing its 3D module.IntroductionIt has long been known that women and URMs (under-represented minorities) tend to avoidengineering as a major, resulting in a severe and detrimental lack of diversity in the populationsof both student and professional engineers. The main reasons for this are: a technical experiencegap relative to their white male peers 1; lower self-confidence than their white male peers 2; poorquality of classroom experience that leaves them feeling isolated, unsupported and discouraged 3;not perceiving the practical applications of engineering 2; not perceiving

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Learning Outside the Classroom

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Justin P. Micomonaco, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1645: LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITIES AS A POTENTIALINTERVENTION TO INCREASE THE RETENTION OF FIRST-YEAR EN-GINEERSJustin P. Micomonaco, Michigan State University Page 22.1020.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Living-Learning Communities as an Intervention to Increase the Retention of First-Year EngineersBackground The challenge to produce both a greater quantity and higher quality of engineers in theUnited States is well-documented.1, 2 There have been considerable efforts to recruit additionalstudents to engineering, yielding modest results; however, the increase in enrollment has

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

Page 22.936.4the corresponding responses to these forces. For the first half of the twentieth century, electricalsystems (the term electronics was not in vogue yet!) were usually quite rudimentary by today’sstandards and usually were implemented using the simple, yet venerable vacuum tube. Duringthis era, the electrical components enabled the particular application (see Figure 1) which againwas typically simplistic in nature (at least by today’s standards) and also fixed in its purpose orfunctionality. There was usually a very basic power supply or battery, a limited number ofvacuum tubes (<10) that performed analog signal processing, and a very limited man-machineinterface (MMI). This interface was typically used to adjust very basic

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Nanotechnology/RFID

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Anderson, CET; Ghassan T. Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University

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Engineering Technology

Page 22.1021.2low cost and energy efficient, and their high data transmission speed makes them suitable for realtime tracking and identification 1, 2. The tags are passive, i.e. they are powered by thesurrounding radio frequency (RF) field which is radiated by the reader (interrogator) antennalocated in the vicinity of the tag. Advances in the RFID technology have reached such a statewhere they are now widely used in various aspects of industry, giant retail stores, and large scalewarehouses. RFID systems applications in location estimation of stationary objects have been investigatedby various authors. They introduced methods for the localization of passive tags within apredetermined interrogation range of the reader and presented methods to

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Women in Engineering

program does not completely solve everyorganizational problem and does not ensure the success of its participants. Below are somecommon myths and misconceptions when implementing and carrying out a mentoring program.Myth #1: A Mentoring Relationship is Strictly DyadicAs previously discussed, the traditional concept of a mentoring relationship is a dyadic one; anolder individual guides a younger individual through various career and life paths. Manyinstitutions and organizations have attempted implementing such programs. Often programsconsisted of a program coordinator that blindly paired mentors to protégés. Depending on theinstitution, mentoring pairs belonged to the same college and even the same department.Mentoring pairs were then required to

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TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette, College of Technology; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

Page 22.1022.3Figure 1, incorporates a base of essential core studies, flexible and easily tailored courses toinsure relevance to emerging technologies, and a guided, industry focused applied research anddevelopment project called simply the Directed Project. The latter was deliberately designed torequire work commensurate to what is typically expected of a master’s degree thesis. Course Name Semester 1 (Fall '09): Measurement and Evaluation in Industry and Technology AIDC For Enterprise Research & Writing for Business & Industry Semester 2 (Spring '10): Analysis of Research

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Design Across Disciplines

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Design in Engineering Education

Technology are given the opportunity to participate in a high quality educationalenvironment with authentic and tangible learning experiences.The paper discusses the collaborative course design embedded in a combined studio/laboratorysetting. This instructional approach will provide a unique educational experience that allowsstudents to: (1) learn knowledge and tools in two disciplines that can be used applied toward thecompletion of a real-world, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research project; (2) developcomplementary skill sets across two disciplines which will allow students to design and build aworking prototype; (3) use critical thinking to analyze the effectiveness and quality of theresearch process and its outcomes.Unlike traditional

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Improving Visualization Skills

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy E. Study, Virginia State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Page 22.1023.4grades were used in the calculations in this study. Students in the test group had an overall mathGPA of 2.45 and a physics GPA of 2.07. Control group subjects had a math GPA of 1.11 and aphysics GPA of 1.02.Retention RatesOf the 56 students in the test group, 14 graduated, 40 are still retained in their major, 1 changedmajor, and 1 withdrew from the university. Of the 51 students in the control group, 4 graduated,35 remain enrolled in their major, 2 changed major, and 10 withdrew from the university. Not allthose students who left the university were suspended because of a low GPA.AnalysisUsing a t-test to compare the overall grade point averages of the test versus control group (Table1) found the test group had a significantly

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Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, Columbia University; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Over the past 18 years, more than 700 educators and 60,000 students havebeen impacted by the program, which features integration of engineering designchallenges into other disciplines of learning from literature to science and mathematics toart. For the past 12 years, DTEACh has focused on teaching automation and controlconcepts with robotics as the medium. This paper describes an evaluation of recentmodifications to the institute implementation and advancements in the designmethodology. In particular, changes to the institute feature: (1) contextualization of thedesign problems within the 21st Century Engineering Grand Challenges; and (2)increased focus on the pedagogy of design-based teaching and learning. These changeswere implemented in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Xiufang Chen, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees

required by different learning circumstances are increasingly recognized ascritical for successful learners. Such awareness and monitoring processes are often refer to asmetacognition –“ the processes in which the individual carefully considers thoughts in problemsolving situations through the strategies of self-planning, self-monitoring, self-regulating, self-questioning, self-reflecting, and or self-reviewing” [1]. The contention of this research is thatmetacognitive awareness on the part of students can be improved through systematic and directinstructions on strategic thinking. To support that, three important metacognitive interventions,as detailed below, are carefully designed into the interactive game activities.• Road Map training