Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage; Aram Agajanian, DeVry University, Chicago

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Engineering Ethics

nanotechnology encompass so many fundamental areas such as ethics, privacy, environment, and security. This paper describes the teaching approaches used to teach the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology in a “Science, Technology and Society (STS)” capstone course at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. There are essentially four objectives to this course: (1) developing a strong understanding of local and global forces and issues which affect people and societies, (2) guiding local/global societies to appropriate use of technology, (3) alerting societies to technological risks and failures, and (4) developing informed and encompassing

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey S. Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania

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Electrical and Computer

prototype system described in this paper was designedaround the USB4000 microspectrometer by Ocean Optics which in the visible/NIR configurationresponds to a wavelength range of 350-1100 nm. For the computing solution, the “Overo Fire”Computer-on-module (COM) by Gumstix Inc. was used. The COM is a six gram Linux-basedPC with WiFi roughly the size of a stick of gum. When coupled with their “Gallop” module,power conditioning, GPS and accelerometer functions are added. Completing the prototype is aUSB hub, a lithium-ion battery and power regulation module. Benefits of LiIon batteries includehigh power-to-weight capacity, relative temperature insensitivity, high charge rate and durability.The block diagram in Figure 1 shows the configuration of these

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University; Kevin D. Hall, University of Arkansas; Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

, P.E., received his B.S. degree in engineering mechanics from the U.S. Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at the Citadel on July 1, 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas, Tyler, from Jan. 2007 to June 2011, as well as having served in the Corps of Engineers for more than 24 years, including 11 years on the faculty at the U.S. Military Academy. Page 25.967.1

Conference Session

Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John V. Fishell, Science and Technology Education Partnership; Arman Hovakemian, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Douglass Sugg, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Elizabeth Gentry, National Conference of Standards Laboratories International

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and technology.”2 The ontology and internationalvocabulary of metrology (VIM) is maintained by the International Organization forStandardization. Metrology is an extremely broad field, but may be generally divided into threemain subfields: (1) Scientific or fundamental metrology, (2) Applied or industrial metrology,and (3) Legal metrology. Scientific or fundamental metrology concerns the establishment ofquantity systems, unit systems, units of measurement; the development of new measurementmethods and techniques; realization of measurement standards; and the transfer of traceabilityfrom these standards to users in society. Applied or industrial metrology concerns theapplication of measurement science to manufacturing, construction

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Kirstin Collette Busch, University of Texas, Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

work within each of them. Table 1 summarizes this agreement.Table 1: Comparison of epistemic commitments and practices in mathematics, science andengineering Science Engineering Design MathematicsGoal Explain natural Solve a problem Identify patterns and phenomenon by through design, structures on which to building general changing the world base conjectures principles, regarding future understanding the patterns and world structures.Common • Ask and refine

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; I. Richmond Nettey, Kent State University; Edem G. Tetteh; Philip Weinsier, Bowling Green State University, Firelands

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New Engineering Educators

Teaching awards o Letters of support from others than those from the external reviewers.How can you find out what your P&T committee will *actually value* [sic] in time to dosomething about your "first impression"?• Find out (1) what the P&T committee members are doing, (2) what the institution is acknowledging and rewarding, and (3) what the in-your-field trends are and how they match the mission of the institution.Many technology colleges and departments are teaching focused with moderate to heavyteaching loads From [sic] conversations, it would appear that many universities are nowexpecting a research agenda from faculty with not so much reduced teaching expectations. Isthis observation true in general?• Generally speaking

Conference Session

Epistemic Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jamon W. Opgenorth; Carrie Beth Reardan, Epistemic Games; Nathan Patrick Haggerty, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clayton Guy Lepak

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Educational Research and Methods

thinking in a virtual internshipIntroductionEducational institutions at all levels have historically struggled with motivating and retainingwomen in science and engineering. Blickenstaff [1] and others have referred to this as theproblem of a “leaky pipeline,” in the sense that women opt out of the path from elementaryschool through university and on to STEM careers at various points along the way. Onesignificant “leak” occurs when declaring an undergraduate major in the first year [2, 3]. Researchsuggests that women with an interest in engineering enter undergraduate programs with highlevels of self-confidence, but these levels decline significantly during the first year [4]. Thesingle biggest drop in

Conference Session

Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Bogan Daniels, University of New Haven; Cheryl Q Li, University of New Haven; W. David Harding P.E., University of New Haven

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

were considered the only reasonable solution to thisproblem. Figure 1- Data socket server in LabVIEW projectLabVIEW support data streaming via a project with the use of a datasocket server (figure 1).The datasocket server used was an example found in the network section of the getting startinginterface of LabVIEW. There are numerous examples and among them was the project file,“shared variable client- server”. This project was already setup to stream two variables, awaveform and a command. The waveform was a double precision floating point arrayappropriate for collecting data from a single channel. The datasocket server is initialized whenthe project is opened but the actual streaming is done using a separate VI that

Conference Session

International Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Implementations, and Pedagogical Challenges in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert De La Coromoto Koeneke-Ramirez, Daytona State College; Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College; Karla Patricia Moore, Daytona State College

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International

Page 25.973.4search of knowledge of Digital Circuits.Transition StrategyThe strategy proposed in this paper consists of introducing the PLD technology gradually in thecourses of Digital Circuits. We recommend the following path: 1. Study thoroughly and understand the theoretical background of Digital Logic. Design with basic discrete components and SSI and MSI. A successful designer of digital logic circuits needs a good understanding of basic concepts6. 2. Design with CAD tools using the graphic interface and the simulator. The transition from traditional circuit drawing to schematic entry design should not be difficult. Despite that schematic entry design may limit the scope of the circuit design, the students can

Conference Session

Embedded Control and Instrumentation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Instrumentation

interconnections. The students designed their own assembly code to read the systemsensors and control the water level to a variable, user-determined set point. The required codecomponents were developed throughout the semester as each peripheral of the microcontrollerwas discussed. The process control served as a culminating project for the course. This paperpresents the system hardware and example student software. Course curriculum is also presentedand discussed.IntroductionMicrocontrollers are used extensively in process control applications. Courses in process controloften use microcontrollers to implement various control techniques. 1 Low-cost custom-builtprocess control trainers can be utilized to demonstrate many processes. 2,3 The

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanna Schmeelk, Rutgers University; Robert Sigley, Rutgers University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

VMC Analytic, anonline video editing and annotation tool [1], invite users to create analytics from videos hosted on the VMC for usein their classrooms. Educational interventions involving the VMC have showed significant change in-serviceteachers’ recognition of students’ reasoning as well as their beliefs about what children can learn and what teacherscan do to support student learning [2][3] when used in professional development [4].Keywords: Student Learning, Mathematics Education Research, Video Mosaic Collaborative, VMC. INTRODUCTIONThe Video Mosaic Collaborative (VMC) Repository has been built as a resource for teachers, educators andresearchers. More recently, it has been a key resource

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O. Grondin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

degree or a degree which is philosophically devoted to the value ofbreadth across engineering. This last type of degree was categorized by Newberry and Farisonas philosophical.DataIn Table 1, we provide a list of schools that had programs that were accredited as a generalengineering or engineering program by ABET in the 2010/2011 academic year. We also showhow Newberry and Farison categorized the program if they included it in their 2003 paper. Inaddition to classifying programs that have come into being since the time of Newberry andFarison, we also revisited all of the surviving programs from their study and independentlyclassified them as well. In almost every instance where the program was independentlyclassified in both surveys, we came to

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Riham M. Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College

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Computers in Education

the same time period, the compoundannual growth in the number of students taking at least one online course was 18.3%1. Thismeans that students who are taking online classes are becoming a larger proportion year afteryear of the overall population of higher education students. The same trend is taking placeelsewhere around the globe and to a lesser degree in K-12 education. For example, in China, in2006, there were 66 universities offering 8,557 online courses with a total enrollment of around 3million students2.According to numerous studies up to 2001, students who learn solely using high quality onlineresources, achieve the same level of proficiency as students who learn in a traditional classroomsetting3. A more recent study by the U.S

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giti Javidi, Virginia State University; Ehsan O. Sheybani, Virginia State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines for middle school students in theDigispired project. The primary goal of project was to provide learning and research opportunities to middle schoolstudents by focusing on programming and thus gaming, and the four science themes through Saturday and summerprograms for three years. Within this 36-month project, 90 low-income rural and urban students (1) learned abouttechnologies involved in game products; (2) learned about programming, computer graphics, and animation; (3)created games on four science themes – recycling, nutrition, physical exercise or activity, and substance abuse; (4)finalized their interactive game projects for distribution in local educational communities; and (5) shared

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Gulsen Senol, Gediz University İzmır Institute of Technology; Sevgi Zeynep Dogan, Gediz University İzmır Institute of Technology

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Construction

students.The paper has addressed this shortcoming and provided an example on how to integrate non-verbal communication skills into a construction course. This topic is the vital component of aleadership development in construction business in which industry professionals urge educatorsto bring the issue into curricula. At the same time, collaboration is also expected from industryprofessionals by cooperating in seminar and capstone project courses and/or providing fundingfor research projects. Bibliography 1. Yang, J., Ahuja, V., Shankar, R. (2007). “Managing Building Projects through Enchanted Communication – An ICT Based Strategy for Small and Medium Enterprises.” (paper presented at the CIB World Building Congress, Cape Town

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, University of Texas; Aceela Muqri, VCU School of Medicine

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Instrumentation

interface will be used to correlate specific EKG findings with pathology of theheart and selectively demonstrate the diagnosis of certain cardiologic health screening andassessment parameters.This learning and teaching module 1 can be instrumental in progressive learning for BMET andEET students, by enhancing their understanding of clinical EKG instrumentation, parametersextraction and their relationship with differential diagnosis of the patients. It will give them aform of intellectual development, enhancing their skill-set, and challenging their creativity.This paper thereby serves as an interesting way to expose engineering technology, health careand medical students to this fascinating topic and gives them exposure to EKG instrumentation,and

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University; Gregory Mason P.E., Seattle University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

advanced cycles; air-conditioning processes of humid air; ReheatRankine cycle including means to improve its efficiency; Otto and Diesel cycles; Brayton withintercooling, reheating and regeneration; property diagrams, p-v, T-v, T-p, T-s, h-s, p-h, andPsychrometric chart . The course schedule is shown in Table 1 and is divided into ten weeks;each quarter typically contains ten weeks. Each week has 200 minutes of lectures, contents ofwhich are shown in the second column. Seven labs are offered, in weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10.Labs 1-4 require only 60 minutes per team; labs 5 and 6 require 90 minutes; Lab 7 is a two-and-ahalf hour tour of HVAC systems used to air-condition medical research laboratories at FredHutchinson Cancer Research Center

Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Novel Chemical Reactors in the CHE Curriculum: An Instructional Module Page 25.982.2AbstractFor the production of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, chemical reactions are often carriedout in batch rather than continuous mode. Novel alternatives are the spinning disk reactor [1] andthe rotating packed bed reactor [2]. These reactors utilize high gravity to enhance mass transferin the reactor, leading to significant performance improvements over batch reactors. This modulewill provide instruction on the phenomena exploited to achieve the improvements in the reactorand its basic configuration. An overview of technology

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Jenkins P.E., California State University, Fresno; Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno; Thomas Nguyen

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Two Year College Division

University before starting his po- sition as faculty at CSU, Fresno. His research and teaching interests include advanced materials, alternate energy, systems analysis, and project management.Dr. Thomas Nguyen Page 25.983.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Now More Than Ever: The Need for a Common Engineering Core Curriculum Michael G. Jenkins1, PhD, PE; Walter V. Loscutoff1, PhD; Thomas L. Nguyen2, PhD 1 California State University, Fresno, CA; 2Levitas Consultants, Merced, CAAbstractFor decades, the hallmark of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

B.S. in chemistry, an M.S. in education, and a Ph.D. in higher ed. and adult development from UCLA. Page 25.984.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012NSF ATE Regional Center CREATENSF ATE grant #1002653Annual ReportMarch 2012Section One: Research and Education Activities:1. Executive Summary: Major Accomplishments in 2011-2012 • CREATE sponsored a Wind Turbine Technician DACUM. The DACUM industry experts (predominantly senior wind technicians from the Tehachapi and Palm Desert wind farms) were representative of the different regions in California and various sizes/types

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; James R. Lewis, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

as an element in your UI layout, such as a buttons,images, text labels etc. In contrast to Apple’s iPhone, Android’s UI builder is fairly inefficientand probably the only way to get around is to code all of the UIs directly into the XML. HoweverI noticed that integrated Java-Doc and content seem to truly facilitate the path to learn anunfamiliar API.Arrays in Java are data structures consisting of related data items of the same type. Arrays can beconsidered as fixed-length entities, although at times an array reference with proper syntax maybe reassigned to a new array of a different length. On the other hand we have dynamic datastructures, 1 such as stacks, queues, trees and lists that can shrink or grow as programs execute.Android also

Conference Session

Design Cognition I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Gerard Spillane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

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Design in Engineering Education

(individually and collectively) to society.Yet, research has highlighted the misalignment between theory (curriculum) and practice(teaching practices, learning experiences) in the attainment of this aim. The objective oftechnology education is to produce technologically capable and literate people. Problem-solvingand value judgements have been highlighted as critical areas in the development of technologicalcapability [1] and technological literacy [2].This paper investigates students’ (12 to 15-year-olds) individual heuristics when problem solvingduring a prescribed ICT based computer task. The program attempts to elicit critical thinking andreasoning skills (deductive/abductive/inductive). The development and application of these skillsbecame

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

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New Engineering Educators

this initial common exposure to student-learning strategies contributed to the commonobservations we share within this paper.We believe these observations to be universally applicable to all instructors (beyond merelyElectrical Engineering or even engineering at-large) provided the following caveats are met: 1) alearning-centered environment for students is the underlying paradigm for the classroominstruction, 2) the course is required (e.g., a core class), and 3) the instructor/student ratio issmall (i.e., manageable).The observations cover a wide gamut of teaching/classroom strategies and execution, but hereare the observations we address in the paper. These observations are explored further within the

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

professionals from the seeds plantedtoday in the minds of the current generation.References[1] Merlan, Francesca, Representing the rainbow: Aboriginal culture in an interconnected world,paper presented to Fulbright Symposium, Darwin, Australia, July, 1997[2] Morphy, Howard, Journey to the Crocodile’s Nest, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra,Australia, 1984.Biographical InformationFrancis J. HopcroftProf. Hopcroft has been teaching Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology formore than 18 years. He has taught freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors and has taught students fromtechnology and engineering programs as well as students from four separate majors. He has collaborated withfaculty from several other colleges

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, Utah State University; Raymond Edward Boyles, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University

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Minorities in Engineering

andflow stability related to mechanical engineering. Also, they become familiar with concepts ofdigital sensors related to electrical and computer engineering. Through the fish farm curriculumactivity, students will have opportunity to: (1) work to implement the integrated sustainablesystems to apply concepts and principles of networking; (2) be exposed to diverse concepts,principles, and fundamentals associated with different fields of engineering; (3) discover andexpand their knowledge about the various fields including mechanical, computer, and chemicalengineering; (4) connect their interest in environmental issues with different types of engineeringconcepts; and (5) identify that these integrated sustainable systems are crucial for the

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C Pappas, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

appropriate for anotherinstitution.IntroductionIn order for our future engineers to be able to work toward a sustainable future, they must betrained to think flexibly and to be adaptive as it is unlikely that their future will have them Page 25.990.2working in one domain. They must, instead, be versatilists. Versitalists, as popularized byFriedman, can “apply depth of skill to a progressively widening scope of situations andexperiences, gaining new competencies, building relationships, and assuming new roles.”1 p. 291The School of Engineering (SOE) at James Madison University (JMU) has been developed fromthe ground up to provide this general

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Joseph Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Fatima Zevallos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Denisse Echevarria, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Engineering Ethics

identified with groups such as Engineers WithoutBorders, Engineers for a Sustainable World and the IEEE Society for Social Implications ofTechnology.Recent work has examined this “engineering to help” movement, and designations such as“peace engineering”1 and “humanitarian engineering”2 now represent recognized fields ofinquiry and practice. Several authors have framed these efforts within a context of engineeringethics, and within this framework, they have worked to incorporate perspectives of social justice3,4,5 .One recurrent theme from these commentaries is the requirement to involve local communities,not as passive recipients, but as true partners at all stages of the development process3. Whengenuinely undertaken, this act of partnering

Conference Session

Design Cognition III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Celeste M. Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 25.992.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 On the Benefits of Using the Engineering Design Process to Frame Project-Based Outreach and to Recruit Secondary Students to STEM Majors and STEM CareersAbstract The pedagogical premise of our outreach program is project-based learning. Althoughthere is some variation in the literature as to what elements of an intervention are required inorder for it to be considered “project-based learning,”1,2 there seem to be some essentialcomponents.3,4 Land and Zembal-Saul3 have described these (citing Blumenfeld et al.4) asfollows: 1) “use of long-term investigations that emphasize iterative and progressive

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

very explicit in the ways in which studentsshould learn, and how teachers should teach (1, 2). Further, they address differentlearning styles (3, 4), focus explicitly on communication, teamwork, and leadershipskills (5, 6), and stress on educating students for life by helping them learn how tolearn. (5, 7)“Skilful engineering teachers” are those who are committed to the profession, and atthe same time, do possess knowledge in three domains: engineering knowledge (i.e.,their main disciplinary expertise and its related areas), pedagogical knowledge (i.e.,how students learn, effective pedagogies in achieving learning goals), andpedagogical content knowledge (e.g., how best to demonstrate procedures, relateconcepts, and correct students

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Yu Gu, University of California, Los Angeles

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Women in Engineering

, 2012 On the Fence: The Influence of Protégé-Mentor Relationships on Women Doctoral Students' Academic Career Aspirations in EngineeringStatement of Purpose According to a 2004 report from the Commission on Professionals in Science andTechnology, women in engineering and the physical, mathematical, and environmental sciencesmake up less than 6 percent of full professor positions.1 Two decades ago, researchers projectedthat occupational equity for females in science and engineering was just “a matter of time”—time for increasing the number of female Ph.D. students and moving them through the ranks ofacademia.2 However, the prediction that growing numbers of female Ph.D. students would leadto greater gender equity among the