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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank M. Croft

Dr. Frank M. Croft, Jr.Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science The Ohio State UniversityFRANK M. CROFT, JR. is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering andGeodetic Science at The Ohio State University. Prior to assuming this position at OSU, he servedon the faculty of the Speed Scientific School, University of Louisville (1976-1984) and WestVirginia Institute of Technology(1973-1976). Before beginning his academic career, Croft was anassociate engineer/scientist with the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach California (1969-1973). Croft holds abachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering, earned at Indiana

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Howard Eisner

them in their overall careers within the enterprise.Finally, if students have special ideas that might contribute to improvements in the variouscourses, they are able to move forward with them in two distinct directions: (1) bring them updirectly in the classes themselves, and (2) send them off to the appropriate personnel within thefirm or agency (i.e., their employers).Selected Experience This author has been directly associated with cohort-based programs for more than ten years. Ithas therefore been possible to both establish such programs as well as observe how they operateover this entire period of time. All of this experience is at one University so the author has nofirst- hand knowledge of how such programs have been operating at other

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Atin Sinha

complete the project. Based on the past four years of experience it is safe to say that the 3Dscanning/reverse engineering/rapid prototyping project will continue to motivate our students towards anexciting engineering career in the coming years.Bibliography 1. Grimm, T., “User Guide to Rapid Prototyping,” Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2004 2. Stratasys, Inc., http://www.stratasys.com 3. NextEngine Inc., http://www.nextengine.com 4. 3D Digital Corporation, http://www.3ddigitalcorp.com 5. Creaform, http://www.creaform3d.com 6. Rapidform Global Headquarters, INIUS Technology, Inc., http://www.rapidform.com 7. Geomagic http://www.geomagic.com 8. Sinha, A., “AC 2009-514: Integrating Reverse Engineering Project in

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Victoria Schuele; Ronald Edwards; Don Gillich; Andrew Kovanen; Brian Moretti

project sponsor at the end of the year. Additionally,cadets give a poster presentation at USMA’s annual Project’s Day held during the Springsemester each year.ConclusionThe pyroelectric crystal accelerator at West Point provides the cadets in the Department ofPhysics and Nuclear Engineering a unique opportunity for outside the classroom, discoverylearning. Cadets can apply classroom skills to real world applications while gaining valuableresearch, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. This project will help them to be moreproductive in future academic endeavors as well as in future career fields.1. Naranjo, B., Gimzewski, J.K., and Putterman, S., “Observation of Nuclear Fusion Driven by a Pyroelectric Crystal”, Letters to Nature

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Peter Kinman; Daniel Murdock

overload.They get accustomed to thinking in terms of decibels. They experiment with different phaserelationships among sinusoids and how these relationships can be exploited in certain receiverarchitectures.The students were queried about the perceived value of this course to their careers. The resultsof that survey are shown in Table 1. Since this course is new and not a modification of anexisting course, there are no previous results with which to compare the data of Table 1. Table 1: Survey of Students “This course enhanced my …” Strongly Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Disagree“… skills to formulate and

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed A. Seif, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

and retrieval of the scientific data inspires the next batch of students to continuethis rocketry project as a sustainable research program.1. IntroductionThe NASA – MSFC’s (Marshall Space Flight Center) University Student Launch Initiative(USLI) program involves undergraduate students in the design, building, and testing of reusablerockets with associated scientific payloads. USLI is a competitive rocket and payload-buildingchallenge designed for university students. The initiative is intended to encouragestudents to pursue careers in engineering or science related fields. This unique hands-onexperience allows students to demonstrate proof-of-concept for their designs and givespreviously abstract concepts tangibility. It requires an eight

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum unit to real-life. A few RET programs have found successcomparable to that of Vanderbilt University in program implementation, though student levelresults have not been reported. The Georgia Institute of Technology’s Physics RET programsaw similar results: a majority of the teachers claimed the program gave them the ability toencourage students effectively to pursue a major in science or engineering.18 In addition, thePolytechnic Institute of New York University also found that their RET program allowed theirparticipants to conduct inquiry-based teaching successfully while engaging the students inSTEM-related curricula.19 The Texas A&M RET program aims to do the same while alsoimproving teachers’ knowledge about careers in engineering

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Engineering Design in Pedagogy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Sagar V. Kamarthi, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

incorporating environmental impact and human factors design. She received her B.S. in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her M.S. in Technological En- trepreneurship from Northeastern University. Page 22.824.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing the Capstone Experience Concept for Teacher Professional DevelopmentABSTRACTThe need for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) workforce is well documentedin the literature. The lack of interest among school-age students in STEM careers and the

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Carla Firetto, The Pennyslvania State University; L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2623: IMPROVED TEAM FUNCTION: STUDENT-DRIVEN TEAMRULES AND CONSEQUENCESPeter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus PETER J. SHULL is Professor of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. After a successful career in the technical field of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), and having worked at the prestigious Nation Institute of Standards and Technology, Dr. Shull made the decision to return to academia and began his career in education. From the first day, Dr. Shull noted an apparent lack of sound educational practice at the higher educational level. This is reflected in a statement made by Dr. Shull’s Ph.D. advisor regarding teaching”If you know the material well, you’ll be a great

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal, John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L. Price, University of Tulsa; John E. Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Wes Bussman, John Zink Co. LLC.; Sarah M. Olson, Northern Oklahoma College

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College Industry Partnerships

shed light on whycertain issues may be of more interest to these adjuncts compared to full time faculty.Gappa and Leslie (1993) extensively studied adjunct instructors and developed atypology of four categories of adjuncts based largely on experience and motivation: 1)career enders, 2) aspiring academics, 3) freelancers, and 4) specialists, experts orprofessionals. 21 Sputo (2006) believes that most engineering adjuncts fall into two ofthose categories: aspiring academics and specialists, experts or professionals. 22 The lattercategory concerns highly skilled part-time instructors working full-time at a job in theirfield. They are looking for fulfillment by sharing their expertise.1 This describes thetype of adjunct considered here.Most

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Priti N. Mody-Pan, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

can create cumulative disadvantages or advantagesfor women of certain race/ethnicity groups 13, 14, 15. This dual minority status has been referred toas the “double bind” although other research suggests that race is an asset for women of someracial minority groups. A recent study of African-American and white female science studentsfound that a “double jeopardy” hypothesis of dual minority status may not result in theaccumulation of greater disadvantages. For example, elements of African-American familyculture hold women up to near equal status as men and do not place work and child-rearing atodds, suggesting that elements of African-American family support structures give theseminority women more agency to be successful in science careers

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen P. Constant, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

Organizational structure and Strategy of the ISU ADVANCE ProgramTo broaden our impact and learn from other experts, ISU ADVANCE hosted a nationalconference on increasing flexibility in faculty careers (in October, 2008). To broaden the reachof ISU ADVANCE within ISU, Equity Advisors from each of the three colleges spoke to non-focal department faculty in their college (usually at a departmental faculty meeting) to discussISU ADVANCE activities and efforts in other departments and colleges – focusing specificallyon how they can make use of the results of research in their own departments. To improve accessto these results, a number of electronic resources have been developed (in Web and sometimesCD-ROM format). Topics include best practices for faculty

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Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

government/public service,and a third from industry, with a nearly exclusive emphasis on inventor/entrepreneur/CEOs inthat sector. Some committee members had work and/or life experience outside the United States,including in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, but all or nearly all had strong ties Page 22.1677.3to the United States. All were over 35 with impressive career records, including at least 12members of the National Academies. Data on race and ethnicity were not available.19Input was sought from the general public via the NAE website. The NAE boasts that over 1000people from over 40 countries submitted comments.20 However

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Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences (IWITTS)

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-693: TURNING LIMITED RESOURCES INTO INCREASED RE-CRUITMENT & RETENTION OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN TECHNOL-OGY PROGRAMSDonna Milgram, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences (IWITTS) Donna Milgram, the Executive Director of the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS), has dedicated her career to helping women succeed in fields that have been tradi- tionally dominated by men – from engineering and auto technology to law enforcement and computer networking. Initially, Ms. Milgram’s work focused on helping women ”survive” the workplace, but she quickly saw that institutional change was critical. She shifted to helping employers and the education and job

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fei Hu, University of Alabama

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NSF Grantees

hard to design, especially instrumentation amplifier and LPF…” # 3 THE Network (RF) - “Can we have more lectures on wireless networking? I want to know more.” - “Multi-hop programming over TinyOS is very useful to my career, I believe.” … 6. Conclusions and Significance In this article we have systematically introduced our undergraduate lab development strategy ontele-healthcare engineering. The labs mainly include three parts: medical sensor design, medical signalprocessing, and medical networks. We have proposed a building block style to develop all class labs. Toencourage innovative learning, we have proposed a multi-dimensional pedagogy to link learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stella A Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas, El Paso; B. Lush, University of Texas, El Paso; Gabriel Della-Piana, Evaluation Consultant ; Denise Carrejo, Ph.D., University of Texas, El Paso Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research, and Planning

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1904: NSF CCLI: AN APPLIED QUANTUM MECHANICS COURSEALIGNED WITH THE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMStella A Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Stella Quiones is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where she has been a faculty member for the past 13 years. She is the Forest O. and Henrietta Lewis Professor in Electrical Engineering and is a 2010 UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award recipient. Dr. Quinones was also selected as an innovative early-career engineering faculty to participate in the Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium in Dec. 2010. Her current research areas include planar and nano-scale

Conference Session

Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology; Michael Swartwout, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

Page 22.1290.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Significance Of Student-Built Spacecraft Design Programs – It’s Impact On Spacecraft Engineering Education Over Last Ten YearsAbstractFor nearly 30 years, student-built space missions have provided an uniqueopportunity to launch small spacecraft with a small budget. Among the technicaland educational merits of such projects, one significant outcome is the crossdisciplinary training for undergraduate science and engineering students thatprepares them for a future career in industry. The experience of many schools inthe U.S. and around the world indicates that hands-on, project-based education isvery effective for

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

creating opportunities to practice interdisciplinary reasoning andproblem solving with potential positive effects both during a college career and after graduation.The kinds of problems engineering students will face after graduation will undoubtedly demandmultidisciplinary expertise; the day of the sequestered engineer working alone on a problem islong gone, an artifact of the early 1990’s when businesses “re-engineered” their practices.Today’s areas for technological advancement can require electrical engineers to talk to chemicalengineers as well as biologists, public health officials and policy makers, so students need to beprepared for these multidisciplinary work practices and exchanges. The students themselves areanother reason to embrace

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

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Civil Engineering

creativity in engineering curricula. The principal aim of the overall project is to findstrategies to foster and reward creativity in engineering students. The principal aim of the trans-disciplinary course under discussion here is to investigate the degree to which the integration ofarchitecture and engineering pedagogy is successful in producing desirable outcomes for eithergroup of students. Given their different but potentially complementary skill sets, engineering andarchitecture students are a natural fit for investigations into creative pedagogy. In fact, thepractices of both disciplines are intimately related and, yet, students whose careers may be soclosely linked, rarely have opportunities for cross-disciplinary interaction in their

Conference Session

Simulation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Marion Scheepers, Boise State University, Department of Mathematics; Rey DeLeon, Boise State University, Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering Department; Charles Adams, Boise State University; Paul Williams, Boise State University

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Computers in Education

, Engineering, or 3 7 6.56 0.75 Math as your career?Evaluation Questions and Findings1. How do students perceive the use of interactive simulations in their class?We measured students‟ perceptions about the task value of the simulation programs in terms ofinterest, importance, and utility. We adopted six questions used in the MSLQ‟s task value sectionby specifically referring to the use of simulations. The Cronbach‟s Alpha level representingreliability among the modified six questions was .948. As shown in Table 2, students‟ task valuescores were spread out through low, moderate, and high levels in a bell-curve shape. Overall,students perceived the value of the simulation programs to be a moderate level, M = 3.99. SeeTable 3

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New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Xu, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Alan B Overby; Xiangyu Wei, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

completing the hands-on activities and the value thatsuch activities have on the immediate learning and on their careers as electrical engineers formedthe basis for questions in Part 4. Students had the opportunity to enter comments on theadvantages and disadvantages of EM hands-on activities in Part 5. Ten of the fourteen students Page 22.1669.8enrolled in the course participated in both surveys.The analysis of the students’ answers in Parts 1-3 indicated that the students had extremelylimited or no prior experience in optics and the hardware and software tools that were mentionedin the survey questions. Their level of confidence to perform the

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Design I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Michael Lobaugh, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

feel for what will be expected of them during their manylaboratory classes they will have to take.As part of the TAC-ABET accreditation requirements for engineering technology programsoutcome h calls for “an understanding of and a commitment to address professional and ethicalresponsibilities, including a respect for diversity”4. The topic of ethics in general is introduced inthis seminar course as part of the need to meet this TAC-ABET requirement. Students areintroduced to the differences between legal, moral, business and ethical decisions that they mayface in their careers. The final mini-project is a series of ethical decisions they must make aspart of a game. These will be described below.Project 1 – Scavenger HuntsThe students taking

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Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Beston, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

strong team of engineers withexperience in robotic manufacturing and technician education is engaged in developing on-linecourses that support student success and prepare program completers for industry-recognizedcertification. RoboKnowledge represents a strong industry/government/education partnershipthat will help ensure alignment of content with industry needs and recognized skill standards.High school partnerships are advancing career awareness and building new educational pathways Page 22.1261.5for technician education.Inquiry-based, integrated, and hands-on learning is being infused into a sequence of on-lineinstructional modules to broaden

Conference Session

Design Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, Univeristy of Saint Thomas

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Manufacturing

„mistaking the edge of the rut for the horizon’. These requirements mustbe viewed in the context of leadership that fits the needs of the 21st Century. The complexities ofplanning and developing strategy in a global economic manufacturing environment have becomemuch more difficult than in the last century. The approach to leadership for this environmentmust keep pace. Internally, leadership must draw on all the skills of every employee to developthe innovative processes and products that meet the challenges of global competitors.Externally, these leaders must change the face of manufacturing to the public, showing thetremendous impact of manufacturing on our quality of life2, and making a career inmanufacturing an attractive option for students

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keeshan Williams, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of the Civil Engineering Depart- ment at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Iskander is a recipient of NSF CAREER award, Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Honor Society) Metropolitan District James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award, Polytechnic’s Distinguished Teacher Award, and Polytechnic’s Jacobs Excellence in Education Award (twice). Dr. Iskander’s research interests include Geotechnical modeling with trans- parent soils, foundation engineering, and urban geotechnology. He makes extensive use of sensors and measurement systems in his research studies. Dr. Iskander has published 10 books, 90 papers and grad- uated 6 doctoral students, 27 masters students, 12 undergraduate research assistants

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-2649: FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF RA-TIO AND PROPORTION IN AN ENGINEERING ROBOTICS PROGRAMAraceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Araceli currently serves as the Director for Educator Quality at the Texas Higher Education Coordinat- ing Board. Her background includes over 7 years of leadership experience in curriculum development, teaching, and policy development in public education and teacher education programs in Michigan, Mas- sachusetts and Texas. Her area of specialization is science, technology, engineering and math education. Her PhD is in engineering education from Tufts University. Prior to her transition to the Educational field, Araceli built a career as an

Conference Session

Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to thetwenty-three personal and professional competencies. This is the benchmark for the Baylorstudy, and will continue longitudinally throughout the students‟ academic careers at Baylor.The twenty-three personal and professional competencies on this assessment are: [12]1. Self management (time and priorities): Demonstrating self control and an ability to manage time and priorities.2. Customer service: Anticipating meeting and/or exceeding customer needs, wants, and expectations.3. Written communication: Writing clearly, succinctly and understandably.4. Goal orientation: Energetically focusing efforts on meeting a goal, mission or objective5. Flexibility: Agility in adapting to change.6. Persuasion: Convincing others to change the way

Conference Session

FPD XI: Assessing First-Year Programs, Experiences, and Communities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R. Backer, San Jose State University; Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University; Janet Sundrud, San Jose State University

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First-Year Programs

Page 22.255.7engineering students: Engineering Student Success Center and MESA (Mathematics,Engineering, and Science Achievement) Engineering Program.The Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering Student Success Center (ESSC) includes aninfrastructure that provides academic, career, co-curricular, and advising programs forengineering students. It is an inclusive environment that fosters collaboration and responsibilityamong students, staff, and faculty. The mission of the ESSC is to empower engineering studentsfrom application to graduation, to support their academic and personal growth, and to engagethem as lifetime members of the college learning community.The ESSC’s main goal is to support engineering students and the college learning

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Mark Chrimes, Institution of Civil Engineers

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-318: CIVIL ENGINEERING IN A TIME OF CHANGE: THE RE-SPONSE OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS LIBRARYMichael Mark Chrimes, The Institution of Civil Engineers Mike Chrimes was born on 25 June 1954 in Neston, Wirral, Cheshire (about 10 miles from Liverpool and Chester) where his family have lived since the early eighteenth century. After attending Wirral Grammar School he studied Modern History at University College, London. He then began a career in Librarian- ship with Liverpool City Libraries. He became interested in developments in Information Technology in Librarianship and attended a post-graduate course at Loughborough University of Technology. In July 1977 Mike joined the staff of the Institution of

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

survey was conducted of those that have earned the CEEM. Of the 33 that hadcompleted the CEEM by December 2010, 19 responded. While this sample size is too small tomake any firm conclusions, the survey outcomes are presented here to give the reader an idea ofthe results up to this point. (Note that 84.2% of the respondents were required to only take onecourse with the 18 months of practicum.)First the background of the graduates was investigated. Five respondents were already workingin the energy, energy management, or environmental management when they applied to theprogram. Of the remaining 14 students, 11 (or 57.9% of the total respondents) were seeking tochange their career to energy, energy management, or environmental management when