Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Emma M. Allain, Louisiana State University; Harald Thomas Leder, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

LSU in Germany was important. Since the German program faculty member is a native ofGermany and very well acquainted with the region, he identified potential partners for excursionsin the locations of his existing program itinerary that may not have been obvious to his colleaguein engineering, yet could be useful for the teaching of the engineering courses. He was also ableto assist the engineering faculty member in establishing contacts and arranging the visits. Toprepare for the program, the two faculty members spent a week in Germany and visited most ofthe sites. This enabled the engineering faculty member to evaluate the suggested excursiontargets on site and to integrate specific topics and issues into her course plan. She also got

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees

someopen-ended problems. The developed projects cover all five layers in TCP/IP model to reinforcethe students’ understanding of various protocols.The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 provides a brief overview of the project. Section 3describes the established infrastructure and explains how remote PBL can be supported. Thedetails of the developed project sequence are presented in Section 4. Section 5 describes how thecomputer networking curriculum is revised to incorporate collaborative project-based andinquiry-based learning. Our assessment plan and preliminary results are included in Section 6.Project Overview Page 22.611.3As a federally

Conference Session

Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Richard Pozzi, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Peter Ivanyi, University of Pecs; Richard Matthew Gutkowski, Colorado State University

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International

into U.S. West, and Western Electric Corporation. While at Nortel he developed a Managed IP Voice and Data Product solution for California School Systems. Some of Professor Pozzi’s various job titles have been: Director of Systems Engineering and Sales Support, Senior Systems Engineer, Acting Director Network Architecture, Senior Network Architect, Project Manager for Electronic Library, Direc- tor Mechanized Information Systems, Director Planning and Administrative Services, Director Inventory Management, Manager Business Services, and Field Engineer. Mr. Pozzi enjoys golf, grandkids and running in his time off.Dr. Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver Associate ProfessorDr. Peter Ivanyi, Pollack Mihaly

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Robert S. Parker, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

processes to allow the comprehensive study of systems ranging from poly-merization reactors to enzyme-catalyzed metabolism to (bio-)artificial organs. The Dynamics and Modeling class is the first of a two-part Systems Engineering pillarsequence. This course covers dynamical analysis of process systems, process control fun-damentals, feedback, basic process modeling, and optimization. The second course in thissequence is the Design course which formally combines topics from all other pillars to allowboth product and process design.Assessment Plan for the Pillars CurriculumIn order to illustrate the educational impact of the new curricular structure, this section in

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jimmy Bill Linn, East Carolina University; Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University; Janet Hooper Sanders, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code for thekind of program that we are attempting to create would be: 15.9999 Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, Other. Process and Systems Engineering Technology: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in the: 1) improvement of processes in production and service environments. Includes instruction in process improvement, production line operations, inventory control, operations management, work planning and quality control, and 2) establishment of systems. Includes instruction in systems analysis, electronics and instrumentation, computer-aided design and

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody T. Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

, the shelving facilities were full, funding was not offered, and the timetable was 1 year.By creating Dim and Dark temporary storage, enlisting a student workforce, and benefiting froman ISyE student study of our workflows, we daringly set out to accomplish our goals. Thepurpose of this paper is to share our process so that other libraries facing similar circumstancesmay benefit.FEASIBILITYAs soon as the project was announced, we did a feasibility study to establish a broad brush project plan. Our student organizations had made it very clear that they did not want collection materials to take up

Conference Session

EM Program Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Viola, School of Engineering, Tufts University

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Engineering Management

two-year journey. Thecurrent program architecture is illustrated in Figure 2. Figure 2: MSEM program architectureAs an example of the module integration, in Semester 1 students focus on a product developmentproject emphasizing the cross-functional nature of this fundamental activity. They acquireknowledge and concepts of marketing and project management, and develop a plan and schedulefor a new product in a semester-long team project. In order to assess the financial viability oftheir proposed product, they need financial accounting tools; they are learning those skills inanother module being concurrently taught. In the Learning to Lead module, students learn thebasics of leadership and teamwork and are given

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

interact with classmates that have different disciplinarytraining? How will the students be brought up to speed on the problem while having anopportunity to design a proper solution? Once overseas, will the trip go according to plan or willwe have to overcome further hurdles? The intent of this paper is to describe the various learningexperiences of one particular student while involved in a global engineering project. By keepinga photo journal, I was able to capture significant learning moments in the experience that myproject leader might not have anticipated. For example, while our goal was to build a filter toprovide potable water, I discovered that while the filter provided clean water, more importantly itcreated extra time for the locals to

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Besser, University of Saint Thomas; AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas

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Design in Engineering Education

20, 21.Educators who seek information about encouraging creativity in mechanical engineering courseswould do well to consider other design-oriented disciplines, such as industrial design. LoisFichner-Rathus states, “Industrial design refers to the planning and artistic enhancement ofindustrial products ranging from space shuttles and automobiles to microcomputers and MP3players. To a large degree, the functional and mechanical aspects of these products are the workof engineers. Designers wrap the inner workings in attractive skins or housings” 22. Conversely,the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) defines industrial design as, “the professionalservice of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Carlos A. Garcia, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Tamara D. Guillen, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

faculty from several STEM disciplines for possible futurecollaboration opportunities such as laboratory assistantship during the school year or enrollmentin summer courses. Also, the professional engineers were asked to present their company STEMdiscipline-specific employment and career perspectives. In addition, 25 participants rated theESF camp ‘the most effective’ with respect to the other two university outreach camps,suggested by 9 participants each, and 24 students indicated ‘one-week’ as the best ESF campduration.The camp has illustrated several institutional benefits. When students were asked about theircollege choices before participating in the ESF camp, only 10 students indicated their plans toattend TAMUK. On the other hand, 23

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

Page 22.76.5setting and data analysis process.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to identify and quantify various sourcesof measurement errors and how they propagate, and be capable of using this knowledge incalculations, to understand the advantages and limitations of the various sensors used in thiscourse. Students will also be able to plan experiments to meet specific engineeringaccuracy/resolution goals, and they will be able to prepare a high quality engineering reportsincluding presentation of goals, background, results, analysis, and conclusions25, 26, 27.The topics covered during this course are presented below: Topics 1. Course intro, Intro to Measurement Systems; Basic Measurements: tools and

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tammy L Haut Donahue, Michigan Technological University

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Minorities in Engineering

research and has been used as a wayof predicting students’ academic interests and goals in engineering7. SCCT has threeoverlapping models aimed at understanding how people: a) Develop basic academic and career interests b) Make and revise their educational and vocational plans, and c) Achieve performances of varying quality in their chosen academic and career pursuits.Within these models, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, goals, and other factors such asgender, race, barriers, etc. help shape a students’ career path. An example of a barrierwould be negative contextual influences, or adverse learning conditions5. These theoriesare somewhat foundational when understanding the constructs of self-regulation and self-efficacy.Self

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

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Educational Research and Methods

. Thispaper will serve to suggest and provide support for another option in changing students’ view ofSTEM fields, through a week-long bioengineering commuter summer camp for high schoolstudents.Theoretical Perspective Borrowing from the field of child development, Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time(PPCT) ecological theory was utilized as a foundation for assessment planning. PPCT ecologicaltheory posits that development results from “multidirectional and interactional processes,”occurring over time, between developing individuals and the context in which they learn, work,and live. Though Bronfenbrenner’s Person-Process-Context-Time (PPCT) model has been usedin child development research, it is rarely seen, if ever, seen in educational

Conference Session

Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). • In 2007, a second high school program week (focus session) was developed to provide participation options for high school students who had already completed the general GEE session and allow for more in-depth focus on two engineering disciplines. In addition, peer mentoring was extended to high school groups, and leadership training was added to the high school focus program to better prepare these participants to become middle school mentors. • In 2008, a brief orientation session for parents was introduced to broaden their knowledge of career opportunities in STEM fields, and middle and high school teachers selected to serve as educational consultants developed formal lesson plans for GEE

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

, then we convert it to a tree, and then you could dump the tree right out of Oracle for your SQL – there it is! And then they had all the little notations on the performance on the tree and you could look at that. And then in Ten [Ed: version 10] they dropped that, and it was like so, Grrr! And they went to a text, and then you had to learn to read the text and the indentation and which ones were not indented, and to see what's Page 22.874.6 happening. So now what we have to do is pull out the plan as text and write the tree from the plan, so, Um! you know...Geoffrey also talked about this phenomenon. He

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1909: INTRODUCING K-12 TEACHERS TO LEGO MINDSTORMROBOTICS THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE ONLINE PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT COURSEMeltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is a Research Scientist in the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Alemdar has experience evaluat- ing programs that fall under the umbrella of educational evaluation, including K-12 educational curricula, after-school programs, and comprehensive school reform initiatives. Across these evaluations, she has used a variety of evaluation methods, ranging from multi-level evaluation plans designed to assess pro- gram impact to monitoring plans

Conference Session

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

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Chemical Engineering

situation, leading all students design and plan a comprehensive project proposal with thedetails about the technical specifications and supplier contacts. Table 3 represents the skillsintroduced during UOL2. Table 3: The skills introduced during UOL2 course on a weekly basis.The students who successfully complete the transfer courses, UOL1 and UOL2, are eligible toregister for Experimental Chemical Engineering III (UOL3) course. This final course aims to Page 22.960.5provide students representative small scale units to study the fundamental chemical processes,such as distillation, liquid-liquid extraction and gas absorption. In this

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

internal team leadership needed toresolve common behaviors within dysfunctional teams. While no new theoretical results onteamwork are presented, the authors have focused instead on applying their experience asmanagers of teams in major corporations and institutions of higher education to explore what aneffective teaming curriculum might include and to develop related assessment tools. This paperoutlines a strategy for integrating deliberate teaming instruction into senior-level engineeringcapstone or project courses. The curriculum focuses on building team leadership skills andtechniques for addressing challenges such as planning and execution, social loafing, andprocrastination. Models for assessing students‟ teaming skills and for providing

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephanie Lynn Daza, University of Texas at Arlington; Vu V. Pham, University of Texas, Arlington

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Minorities in Engineering

from teacher focusgroups, classroom observations and teacher-produced materials such as lesson plans andreflective papers. Additional data was collected by surveying undergraduate engineeringstudents.For each group (e.g. High School STEM Teachers, High School STEM Students, andUndergraduate Engineering Students), key findings regarding the group‘s perception of barriersfor underrepresented populations are discussed. Perceptions of barriers are organized bydisability, gender, and race/ethnicity. Concluding remarks discuss some of the themes reflectedacross groups, including how curriculum, identities, and self-perceptions are constructed basedon traditional norms and historically held biases about gender, race/ethnicity, and (dis)ability.While

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ayre, University of South Australia; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia

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Women in Engineering

Page 22.1103.9Intentions to leave the professionApproximately one quarter of both the ATU respondents and the CREW2 women indicated thatthey were likely or very likely to leave their current job in the next 12 months. Of these 13respondents in the ATU group: five (35.7%) responded that they would seek another engineeringposition, three (21.4%) planned to leave the profession, and the remainder were undecided. Incontrast 58.2% of the CREW2 women contemplating leaving their current job planned to seekanother engineering position, 7.6% would leave the profession and 34.2% were not sure.Although this appears to indicate that more of the ATU women are planning to leave theprofession in the future than the CREW2 women, any analysis of these data

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; John H. Bailey, Eastern Arizona College; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College

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NSF Grantees

Computer Science degree. The obviousprimary challenge of this collaboration was the distance separating the CCs from ASU.Although Central Arizona is only about an hour from ASU, Arizona Western and Cochise areeach a good three hours distant. While planning and administrative work can easily be done byInternet and phone, with this distance, it is difficult to take students out of school for a full day toserve on a panel or to have the students from these rural areas visit ASU. These challenges andhow we are working together in spite of them have been documented in other papers.6-7In the fall of 2009, the METSTEP Program (Motivated Engineering Transfer Students TalentExpansion Program) was funded by the NSF STEP program (grant # 0856834

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

developed various ways of pairing mentors to protégés. Activities such as SpeedMentoring25, personality surveys, and protégé chosen mentors13 have been utilized in forming amore cohesive mentoring pair. Although these pairing mechanisms have assisted programcoordinators in slowly diminishing stated flaws within a program, these flaws are still notcompletely overcome.Myth #2: Informal Mentoring Programs are Always More Effective than Formal MentoringProgramsFormal mentoring is the term used to define a planned mentoring process3. Individuals aregenerally placed together in various mentoring groups and attend scheduled meetings3. Meetingtimes and other scheduled events are logged, and financial costs may be documented to help theinstitution assess

Conference Session

Laboratories and Projects in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Sonia Sparks Wallman; Margaret Bryans, Montgomery County Community College; Marina Taranova, Southern Federal University, Russia

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Biomedical

relationship between what ishappening in the system and the column and the resultant chromatogram. Students report thatusing the virtual chromatography system with the real chromatography system equipment andprocess SOPs allows them to quickly assemble and accurately use the real chromatographysystem to purify biopharmaceutical proteins. They understand the process.We believe that the combination of online and hands-on learning ensures integration oftheoretical knowledge and practical skills and enhances students’ understanding and workplaceperformance. Our plans include thorough testing to evaluate and compare the impact on studentlearning of hybrid labs versus the separate use of hands-on or virtual labs, as well as to developvirtual labs for the

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Ashfaq Ansery, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

2and exercises contained in the TC, TMC & TWA are designed to evoke responses surroundingthe 12 team performance indicators.Table 2. Performance factors assessed in the TIDEE instruments used in this study.Perform Area Performance Factors Inclusive Climate: Building an inclusive supportive climate for all members.Team Rela- Member Commitment: Gaining buy-in and interdependence of all members.tionships Conflict Resolution: Resolving conflicts to enhance teamwork.Joint Goal Establishment: Establishing shared team goals.Achieve- Planning and Management: Managing tasks to achieve team goals.ments Joint Work Products: Producing competent consensus outputs. Work

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida ; Zaria T. Malcolm, University of Florida; Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; David J. Therriault, University of Florida; Christine S. Lee, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

. Studying problem So all we‟re doing is just it‟s 12 feet long and this Prices Studying Connotative building needs 40 of them. Cost for the job would material problem be hard to do without the current prices of what the material would be. My plan is just to solve one and to kind of come specifications Rationalizing Indicative up with those specifications. But as far as the cost cost approach for the job part, I‟m not sure I can actually do it price without like the current price of what the materials materials would be. Two researchers were involved in the analysis

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

of job or nature of work, or a raise in starting salary. Otherevidence of outcome expectations may be the selection of the advisor or research project.Outcome expectations are often influenced by self-efficacy, especially when the outcomes arejudged based on the quality of a person’s performance of a task or behavior9, 10.The final major tenet of SCCT concerns student goals. A goal is defined as a decision that anindividual has made regarding future objectives or plans. Student goals may be the type ofgraduate degree they are interested in (MS or PhD), the type of job they want after graduation(industry or faculty), or the focus of their research topic. Behavior is organized and sustainedbased on these previously set goals.In addition to

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

alternative energy distributedgeneration (AEDG) systems such as wind, solar/photovoltaic (PV), and fuel cell (FC) powergeneration devices with zero (or near zero) emission of greenhouse and hazardous gases1,2, 4. Page 22.1236.2These generation devices can be used in stand-alone configuration or be connected to the powernetwork for grid reinforcement. Given the rapid progress in AEDG development and utilization,there will be a great need for trained professionals with adequate knowledge in this area to beable to plan, design and operate AEDG systems, and perform analytic evaluation of their impacton power systems to which they are connected4, 5. On

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

that,to fully modernize science, it should be connected to the “here and now,” to our technology-based society, and experienced by students within a personal and civic context. 15NASA and other agencies offer a wealth of resource materials from which project-based climatechange curricula can be developed for K-16 classrooms. NASA’s “MY NASA DATA” 16 andEarth Science Education Catalogue 17 provide lesson plans and access to data collected fromNASA missions to enable inquiry and exploration of earth systems. The NASA Climate ChangeEyes on the Earth website provides text and video details on climate change science andinteractive opportunities to explore recent changes in our climate through the results of NASAdata collection and modeling efforts

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy L. Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Carl F. Jenks, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

writing issues.Techniques for Helping Graduate Students WriteWhat follows is a discussion of some techniques which may be helpful to keep in mind inworking with graduate students to improve their writing. There are a few techniques which willhelp graduate advisors and educators improve the writing of their students: providing samplework and requiring reading of the type of work they are expected to produce; mind mapping;writing plans and schedules; extensive rewriting; and setting specific goals for the student work.Reading and Sample WorkStudents will not know what good scholarly writing is unless they have been exposed toscholarly works through reading and writing. A frequently used technique involves requiring thestudents to read extensively

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O. Everly, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

33 AlignmentTechnical Approach and Results of Receiver TestingThe American Radio Relay League (ARRL) [10], founded in 1914, is the national association forAmateur Radio in the USA. Today, with more than 156,000 members, ARRL is the largestorganization of radio amateurs in the United States. The ARRL provides a comprehensive list of16 Receiver tests outlined in their 157 page Test Procedures Manual [11]. These have beenarranged in the ARRL test plan to minimize the required level and frequency of hook-up changesand modifications. Each hook-up, however, is shown complete with all changes from the Page 22.496.5previous test clearly indicated