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Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Hatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Alina Duca, NCSU

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Mathematics

curriculum. Paper presented at the ASEE Conference, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2006.4. Boardbridge, P. & Henderson, S. (2008). Mathematics education for 21st century engineering students: Final report. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.5. Green, .R., Harrison, A. S., Podcock, D. & Ward, J.P. (2004) The role of CAA in helping engineering undergraduates learn mathematics. Maths CAA Series: Nov 2004. Downloaded from http://ltsn.mathstore.ac.uk/articles/maths-caa-series/nov2004/index.shtml#abstract6. Cetty, M. (2000). A scheme for online Web-based assessment. Engineering science and education journal, 9(1), 27-32.7. Nahi, H.B., Charturvedi, S., Akan, A.O. & Pickering, J.W. (2007

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Arnie Peskin, Excelsior College

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Engineering Technology

fields of endeavor. Taken together, theseadvantages are propelling the college to make nanotechnology and power well-establishedofferings for engineering technologists.Bibliography1. Anwas, S. and H. Dhillon. “Development of an On-line Introduction to Nanotechnology Course: Issues and Challenges”. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference.2. Meyyappan, M. “Nanotechnology Education and Training”. Journal of Materials Education Vol. 26 (3-4), 2004.3. Anwar, S., J. A. Rolle, and A. A. Memon. “Development and Delivery of On-line Upper Division Engineering Technology Courses”. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference.4. Sridhara, B. “WebCT – A Powerful Web-Enhanced Instruction Tool for Engineering Technology Courses”. Proceedings of

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Design Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

scheduling of the laboratory facilities andallowing students to customize their products.References 1. D. C. Davis, K. L. Gentili, M. S. Trevisa, and D. E. Calkins: Engineering design assessment, processes and scoring scales for program improvement and accountability, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 91 (No. 2), pp. 211-221, 2002. 2. E. Koehn: Preparing students for engineering design and practice, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 88 (No. 2), pp. 163-167, 1999. 3. S. Howe and J. Wilbarger: 2005 National survey of engineering capstone design courses, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2006. 4. Sheppard S. D. (1999): Design as Cornerstone and Capstone, Mechanical Engineering Design

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Research in Graphics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Mark Shreve

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Engineering Design Graphics

reported 19 different strategies for completing the materialrelated to the textbook. The top 3 strategies were: 1) watched the voiced-over PowerPoint, readand reviewed the chapter(s), and then completed the online assessment (30%); 2) read andreviewed the chapter(s) and then completed the online assessment (11%); and 3) read thechapter(s), watched the voiced-over PowerPoints, and then completed the online assessment(7%). Approximately 13% of students did not use a study strategy that involved viewing thevoiced-over PowerPoints5.This study was repeated during the fall 2008 semester with 3 sections of GC120 (74 students).The same streaming media presentations of the textbook material were available to studentsonline. The post course survey revealed

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Silvia Carreño, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Studies, 1: 3-18.5. Ganesh, T., Thieken, J., Elser, M., Baker, D., Krause, S., Roberts, C., Kurpius-Robinson, S., Middleton, J. and Golden, J. 2009. Eliciting underserved middle-school youths’ notions of engineers: draw an engineer, Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, Texas, June 14 - 17.6. Karatas, F., Micklos. M. and Bodner, G. 2008. Sixth grade students’ images of engineering: what do engineers do? Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 22 - 25.7. Knight, M. and Cunningham, C.M. 2004. Draw an engineer test (DAET): Development of a tool to investigate students’ ideas about engineers and engineering. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE

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Computer Education Innovations I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Donald Gaitros, Baylor University

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Computers in Education

University was designed for intellectuallygifted, highly motivated students entering the School of Engineering & Computer Science (ECS)with a wide range of interests, who desire a more diverse experience across the disciplines. Theprogram seeks to broaden Computer Science Fellows’ backgrounds in their chosen area(s) ofdiversification while preparing them for a graduate studies or for successful careers. TheComputer Science Fellows is a major within the School of Engineering & Computer Sciencewhere fellows are free to create an individualized course of study with the advice of a programdirector who mentors them throughout the entire undergraduate experience. The program hascourse requirements in computer science as well as other core courses

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Industry Sponsored Research and Project Initiatives in Industrial Technology & Industrial Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Luis Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha

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Engineering Technology

Page 15.186.2process.At Western Michigan University (WMU) there is the requirement that all CEAS’s undergraduategraduating students must complete a Senior Design Project in a two-semester sequence. Projectsare presented by faculty members in the College, and students indicate their preferences.Subsequently, teams are formed, with the number of students in each team being decided by thetechnical advisor(s), the course coordinator, and any sponsor(s) in function of the expectationsfor the project. Most of the teams have three students, and students’ preferences have shifted inthe past years from having more interest on internal projects (i.e., no industry involvement) tohaving projects where an industry sponsor is involved. Among the many

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Jing Chen, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

. Categories Represented in the ASEE Proceedings Page 15.1170.6Page 15.1170.75. Gitlin, Andrew. (2001) Bounding teacher decision making: The threat of intensification. Educational Policy. Vol. 15 Issue 2, p227.6. Kalenscher, Tobias (2009). Decision-making and Neuroeconomics. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester.7. Li, Simon Y. W, Rakow, Tim, Newell, Ben R. (2009). Personal experience in doctor and patient decision making: from psychology to medicine. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Vol. 15 Issue 6, p993-995.8. Pugh, S

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

improvement in undergraduate instruction. SACS is the recognized regionalaccrediting body in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia for those institutions of highereducation that award associate, baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degrees. “An effective QEPshould be carefully designed and present a focused course of action that addresses a well-definedtopic or issue(s) related to enhancing student learning.”[1]In January 2005, a QEP Team of faculty, staff and students were charged with developing such aplan for the University of Louisville. A university-wide survey was conducted to identify areasof instruction that needed improvement, and solicit suggestions on ways

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

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Electrical and Computer

ts s e le ne en ri e uip ab nd ct w ts pe ng a n la ex Cha me le nt d b a Implement changes ELECTRONICS LABORATORIES NO

Conference Session

Alternate Energy

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

finals, coupled with various business and Christmasactivities of employees of CenterPoint Energy, and business travel by the PHEV representativemade it impossible to gather a group of CenterPoint Energy employees for the studentpresentations. Thus, only the CenterPoint Energy PHEV representative and the project professorwere gathered to hear the student presentations. A rating form was prepared for the CenterPointEnergy representative and the professor to rate the presentations. It is illustrated in Figure 1below. The students did not rate one another’s presentations because of the difficulty ofproviding anonymity. PHEV PROJECT CLASS PRESENTATION RATING SHEETPRESENTER(S) _______________names pre-typed by professor____PRESENTATION

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University; HsinPiao Hsu, Kainan University

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Computers in Education

, S. (2001). Challenge and promise: Technology in the classroom. Retrieved March 18, 2002, from http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/technologyed.pdf.4. Evans, C. (2008). The effectiveness of m-learning in the form of podcast revision lectures in higher education. Computers & Education, 50(2), 491-498.5. Flanagan, B. & Calandra, B. (2005). Podcasting for the K12 classroom. Learning and Leading with Technology, 33(3), 20-25.6. Gable, R., & Wolf, M. (Eds.). (1993). Instrument development in the affective domain. Boston: Kluwer Academic.7. Harris, H. Park, S. (2008). Educational usages of podcasting. British Journal of Educational Technology 39(3) 548-551.8. Hsu, H. (2003). Integrating technology

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IE and the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Laura Ruff, Mississippi State University

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Industrial Engineering

for careers as industrial engineers.The project work presented in this paper is ongoing. Future work includes expanded analysesthat will focus on assessing the impact of various factors on individual efficacy and satisfactionquestions, rather than average scores. The data will also be used to develop a predictive modelof career efficacy. Finally, the project will be expanded beyond industrial engineering, todetermine if similar conclusions can be drawn in other disciplines.Bibliography1. Hoitm, M. and M. Ohland, The impact of a discipline-based introduction to engineering course on improving retention, J. Eng. Edu., pp. 79-85, Jan. 1998.2. Courter, S., S. Millar and L. Lyons. From the students’ point of view: experiences in a freshman

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; James Beeler, Purdue University; Pat Connaughton, Purdue University; Jared Price, Purdue University; Ben Trefz, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

educational and social significance. San Diego, CA: Robert R. Knapp.7. Sorby, S. A. (2000). Spatial abilities and their relationship to effective learning of 3-D solid modeling software. Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 64(3), 30-35.8. Contero, M., Company, P., Saorin, J. L., & Naya, F. (2006). Learning support tools for developing spatial abilities in engineering design. International Journal of Engineering Education, 22(3), 470-477.9. Billinghurst, M. (2002). Augmented Reality in Education. Retrieved September 18, 2009, from http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/technology/billinghurst.htm10. Kaufmann, H. (2003). Collaborative augmented reality in education. Paper for keynote speech at Imagina 2003 conference

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ronald C. Lasky

constraintsof the system. Hence, I needed to know to what tolerances I needed to hold L, F, O l , O s and themode filed diameter of the laser and fiber. As the type of mechanical tolerances required wouldbe in the single micrometer range, there was a question as to whether or not this optoelectronicsystem could be developed at an acceptable cost.So I visited the optical research lab with great hopes. After introductions, I asked the researcher,who had developed the sophisticated software, questions relating to how the coupling of the lightis affected by varying L, F, O l , O s and the mode filed diameter of the laser and fiber. He had noidea. He told me if I gave him specific values for these parameters, he could tell me what thepercent of light

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Chitra N. Javdekar

Designing Freshman Engineering Experiences Author name(s) and Affiliation(s): Chitra N. Javdekar, Ph.D., MassBay Community College, MA Session: First Year Experience AbstractFreshman engineering experiences are critical from the perspective of overall development of studentsand student retention. These experiences can be particularly challenging to design owing to thedifferences in student backgrounds, and in levels of prior knowledge/preparation in fundamentalscientific concepts. This paper presents an approach for redesigning a freshman engineering designcourse to introduce students to the fundamentals of the engineering design

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ismail I. Orabi

Education, 94(1): 103- 120.[2] Dutson, A. J., R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby and C. D. Sorenson. (1997) “A Review of Literature on TeachingDesign through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education 76(1): 17-28.[3] McKenzie, L., M. Trevisan, D. Davis, and S. Beyerlein. (2004). “Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: ANational Study.” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.[4] Davis, D., M. Trevisan, L. McKenzie, S. Beyerlein, P. Daniels, T. Rutar, P. Thompson, and K. Gentili (2002).“Practices for Quality Implementation of the TIDEE ‘Design Team Readiness Assessment’”. Annual Conference ofthe American Society for Engineering Education, Montreal, QE.[5] Conn A.F and W.N. Sharpe Jr. An

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

obtained, has always been a challenge. They tend to think of components that are too simple to analyze. Therefore more guidelines have been provided on how to select an appropriate component for the project that addresses all CLOs. Where necessary, an engineering component has been selected for them to work on.As a side note to this, few students always creatively think of a common project topic thataddresses different aspects and requirements to satisfy another course(s) they take during thesame term, for example, a senior capstone design course or another ME elective course such asfailure considerations in design or failure analysis courses. This is a highly desirable as itprovides a total learning experience for the

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Instrumentation

encouraging and fostering new technical development, and the engineeringeducation community needs to evaluate its role in this process6.There are many recently documented examples of electric vehicle applications withinengineering education. Three course experiences on instrumentation, electric vehicles andproject activities were reported by Rizkalla et al7,8,9. A summary of the outcomes from thesethree experiences are that the students were very satisfied, learned technical content not coveredin other courses, and felt that the course helped prepare them for the real world of engineering.From an instructor viewpoint the course(s) relied heavily on industrial cooperation, and includedhands-on experiences. The authors also noted that an industrial

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

finalvelocity was a maximum at the point of impact with the water (and could be calculated using the constant acceleration equations ifthe falling distance or falling time was known).In physics, the term momentum (a vector) is used to describe “mass in motion.” Momentum can be found from: p = m × v,with units of kg-m/s. This looks a lot like a Newton, doesn’t it? We know that 1 N is equivalent to 1 kg-m/s2. Read on to see theconnection … When the eggs fell, their momentum changed from a zero initial value (pi = 0) to some final value (pf). Again, wecould calculate vf if we knew the falling distance or time. We could write this change in momentum as

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

and the company/agency that offers it. The student must researchthe host company and write a single page summary of the company, size, location(s),employment, and main products and services. In addition, a literature and database searchshould identify recent activities of the company, including current business, technical and legalsuccesses/problems. This activity prepares the students to be more active in a subsequent mockinterview with the course instructor.We position the resume/corporate profile and mock interview writing assignments early in thesemester, so they aid students preparing for the Engineering Career Fair as well as corporateinterviewing on campus for summer intern, co-op, and permanent positions

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandra Austin, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

States is becoming more diverse 6, globalization hasmade it disadvantageous to continue to foster inequality of educational opportunity along ethniclines. A hazardous cycle has been created, reinforcing the idea that African American studentsare better suited for manual than for academic pursuits. The National Academy of Engineering(NAE), an honorific organization of engineers that advises the government on issues concerningengineering, states that “if the U. S. is to maintain economic leadership and be able to sustain itsshare of high-technology jobs, it must prepare for a new wave of change”7. This new wave ofchange refers to the education of more minority students in engineering as the minoritypopulation increases in order to ensure global

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Engaging Students in Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University

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Engineering Technology

. Page 15.769.10Bibliography:1. National Center for Education Statistics, (2006). “Contexts of Postsecondary Education Indicator 45,” .2. Boylan, A. (2004). “The Charge to Conference Participants,” Proceeding of Invention and Impact: Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education, National Science Foundation, pp.357-360.3. Panaoura, A. and Philippou, G. (2003). “The Construct Validity of an Inventory for the Measurement of Young Pupils’ Metacognitive Abilities In Mathematics”. In N. A. Pateman, B. J. Doherty, and J. Zilliox (Eds.), Proc. 27th Conf. of the Int. Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 437-444.4. Pape, S. J., Bell, C. V. and Yetkin, I. E

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Sreeramachandra K. Mutya, Gannon University; Kirankumar Palthi, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

embedded in the signal transmittedfrom an antenna array. In this scheme, each mobile node with an omni-directional, single-element antenna estimates the AOT based on one (or more than one) signature signal(s)transmitted from the fixed node equipped with an antenna array. The mobile node then furtherestimates its distance from the fixed node based on the RSS of the signature signal to ultimatelybe able to pin-point its location in the polar coordinates where the fixed node is assumed to be atthe origin. Page 15.868.2Although our work on a prototype of an indoor positioning system exploiting AOT will need tobe continued to the next stage, up to the

Conference Session

Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Bradley Layton, Drexel University (Eng.)

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Engineering Libraries

students. Paper presented at the 30th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Kansas City, MO.4. Gadia V., R. Patel, S. Roy, R. Singh, N. Venkatesh, S. Lunagaria, and B.E. Layton. 2005. An educational model of an atomic force microscope. The Nanotechnology Group 4(7): 1-8.5. Gadia, V. S. Roy, N. Venkatesh, S. Lunagaria, R. Patel, and B.E. Layton. 2005. Towards nanotechnology for all. News from the Bottom 1(2): 1-7.6. Layton, B.E., L. Jablonowski, R. Kirby, and N. Lampe. 2007. Bicycle infrastructure development strategy for suburban commuting. ASME Insternational Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Seattle, WA.7. Edzan, N.N. 2007. Tracing information literacy of computer science undergraduates: A content

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Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement -- What the Experts Are Saying!

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Page 15.209.13 Licensure and Professional Practice,” 2007. Accessed at http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/policy_details.cfm?hdlid=15, January 7, 2010.7. ASCE. Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future, Reston, VA, 2004.8. Ressler, S. J. “Progress on Raising the Bar—New Civil Engineering Accreditation Criteria,” Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, June 2006.9. Levels of Achievement Subcommittee of CAP3. “Levels of Achievement Applicable to the Body of Knowledge Required for Entry into the Practice of Civil Engineering at the Professional Level,” ASCE, September 2004. Accessed at http://www.asce.org

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Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.2. Gal, I. and J.B. Garfield (Eds.). 1997. The Assessment Challenge in Statistics Education. IOS Press.3. Posner, G. J., K.A. Strike, P.W. Hewson, and W.A. Gertzog. 1982. Accommodation of a scientific conception: toward a theory of conceptual change. Science Education. 66 (2):211–227.4. Vygotsky, Lev S. 1978. Mind in society: Development of higher psychological processes. Edited by Cole, M., John-Steiner, V., Scribner, S., Souberman, E. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.5. Bransford, J., A. Brown, and R. Cocking (Eds.). 1999. How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school (Report of the National Research Council

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Frehill, Self employed consultant; Amanda Lain, Freelance Consultant; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Graduate Studies

Postdocs in S&E”. These data are collected from institutions(not individuals as the dataset name might imply), and often provided by the institutionalresearch office, the same entity that completes many institutional data reports, including the(IPEDS) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System reports for the National Center forEducation Statistics (NCES). For the sake of simplicity, we present data separately by genderwithin three race-ethnicity and citizenship groups. The URM group consists of U.S. citizens andpermanent residents who were members of three underrepresented minority groups: AfricanAmericans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Hispanics. At NMSU, the vast majorityof URMs are of Hispanic descent with small numbers of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

-Off Gross Weight (TOW).• Use a Wing Loading (W/S) from benchmarking, and find planform area S. Use airport gate or other commonsense constraints, or again benchmarking, to fix span, hence find aspect ratio.• For a selected cruise altitude and speed, find the lift and induced drag coefficients.• Guess a value for low speed zero-lift drag coefficient. Hence find total cruise drag, and speed for minimum drag. Find cruise L/D.• Starting with a thumb-rule (typically, that installed sea level static thrust is 30% of TOW, and that the plane must take off with 1 engine out), select a suitable engine and number of engines.• For the selected engine, find thrust-specific fuel consumption from published data, and estimate thrust at

Conference Session

Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Norman, Applied Research Associates, Inc

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Manufacturing

remarkablein any country seeking to industrialize. But in China, it carried special force”. However, when we think of innovation, are we overlooking something, is it justinnovation in the narrow context of new inventions? If we accept the broader definitionof innovation, “…act or process of inventing or introducing something new”, we reallymay be on to something. In other words we don’t have to invent a new widget to beinnovative, we might simply improve (optimize) the widget’s design, performance,durability, and manufacturing process. Many manufacturing processes have changed verylittle since the mid 1900’s. While there have been significant advances in manufacturing,most of the focus has been on process automation, Information Technology (IT