Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Gary Perks, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. He worked for TRW in Redondo Beach, CA for 11 years, primarily on signal processing projects. He is a member of IEEE, ASEE, ACM, AAAS, ASES and SHOT. Page 15.391.1Gary Perks, California Polytechnic State University Gary Perks has a BSEE from Southeastern Massachusetts University at North Dartmouth. He received a MSEE from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He also earned a MBA / MS© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. In addition, he holds

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajesh Ganesan, George Mason University; Philip Henning, James Madison University; Donna Sterling, George Mason University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Investigator of the NSF funded SUNRISE GK-12 project at George Mason University.Philip Henning, James Madison UniversityDonna Sterling, George Mason University Page 15.667.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Impact of a University-School Division Partnership on Professional Development of Graduate StudentsAbstractThis paper documents the development, implementation efforts, and results of SUNRISE(Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A National ScienceFoundation (NSF)/George Mason University (GMU) GK-12 Fellows Project), a unique graduateFellowship program at GMU

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Computers in Education

design and manufacturing processes. Page 15.1099.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Strategies for Teaching CAD Automation to Engineers and TechnologistsAbstractTraining in Computer-Aided Design is now common place in engineering and technologyprograms. This can take one of three forms. Instruction in the mechanics and strategies foreffectively using a CAD application is the most common. This is often completed early in theprogram to provide students with the ability to use these tools in term projects and capstonedesign. The second approach delves into a study of the building blocks of a CAD system gettinginto the areas of

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Mark Schreck, University of Louisville; Angela Cline, University of Louisville

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

informationis stressed - data about the company, the project, and the impact on the business is required. Inaddition, as with the performance appraisal, a focus on ABET learning outcomes using aquestion/answer format has been added. This approach captures and summarizes the relevancyof the co-op learning experience with respect to ABET learning outcomes, for the student and thefaculty reviewer. A sample of a co-op report in the new format is included in the Appendix.Exit Interview: Feedback to the student and reflection by the student on the co-op experience is Page 15.515.7a critical element of the learning process. An in-depth exit interview with the

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Sly, Iowa State University; Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

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College-Industry Partnerships

course involves between 6 to 10in-class presentations by professionals that are successful in Technical Sales. These professionals are synchronized with thecourse syllabus, such that they are able to reinforce the specific material being taught around the time they are speaking. Inthe Technical Sales 2 course, students are required to individually be assigned to a specific company which they present tothe class (every two weeks), and attempt to improve, that company's sales organization to the other students in the class.Therefore, the final project for students in the Technical Sales 2 course is to design an improved process for part of that salesorganization's function.Another element of the structure of both courses is the addition of inter

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Anson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Greene, University of Alabama; Carol Romanowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Larry Villasmil, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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New Engineering Educators

jointly. These concepts areinterrelated and will be discussed to expound on the concepts as they were developed in ourdiscussion.Co-authorship Entitlement – There is no entitlement to co-authorship just because someone ispart of the untenured team (UFAST in our case). Each paper, research project or grant proposalwould have an initiator or team of initiators. Others who want to participate would need tocommunicate what they can contribute to the project and the initiators had the full right tograciously refuse the offer of help. There are many reasons why help might be refused. Amongpersonal reasons is the potential participant; 1) does not know the subject well enough, 2) doesnot follow through on commitments, and 3) does not “play well with

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

pneumatic, electrical, and/or hydraulic components with PLC programs.To let students have hands-on applications in this course, a two-hour/week lab is also offered totrain the students to integrate mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical components with ladderdiagrams or PLC programs. The lab basically includes three main sessions: (1) four weeks ofpneumatic applications, (2) four weeks of pneumatic components, electrical sensors, and ladderdiagrams, and (3) five weeks of PLC programming using IDEC3 and TRiLOGI4 PLCs. Inaddition, the simulation software of Automation Studio5 is used in each project so that studentscan check their designs before implementing their projects.This design of this research project is to apply the knowledge learned from

Conference Session

e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

manager in any high-techcompany has three major features to reconcile: The deliverables are managed within projects that are tightly constrained to meet very specific goals on-time and within budget. The reward process therefore drives most projects to an optimized point solution. Systems are continuously evolving so there is also a higher need for a platform design that can deliver many point solution variants over time. However, no customers for the point solutions wish to pay the infrastructure costs for platform development and support. The system provider can take on that strategic role but it implies higher overhead and a perpetual accounting problem. New technology, especially for data

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Spang, Burlington County College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

served as principle investigator on both NSF and NASA grants, as Adjunct Professor of Project Management (cost, risk, contract & procurement) at the Keller Graduate School of Management and as Adjunct Professor of Material Science at SUNY Maritime College. Dr. Spang has also served on the Editorial Board of the International Materials Reviews, a publication of ASM International and has served as a reviewer of ASEE proceeding submissions.Vladimir Genis, Drexel University Dr. Vladimir Genis—Associate Professor and Applied Engineering Technology Program Director in the School of Technology and Professional Studies, Drexel University, has developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Chowdhury

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Construction

engineeringtechniques to the planning, design and construction of a project in order to controlthe time and cost to complete the project and the quality of the construction.The Bachelor's Degree program in Construction Management offered by AlabamaA&M University, Normal, Alabama is designed to provide a foundation inconstruction management, construction engineering and legal issues relating tothe construction management field. The program’s multidisciplinary approachcombines essential components of construction techniques with concepts ofbusiness management and behavioral science to develop technically qualifiedindividuals for responsible management roles in the design, construction, andoperation of major construction projects. In addition, Alabama A&M

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Gabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Eugenio Lopez-Aldea, NIEDAX; Nuria Oliva, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv Universifty; Catalina Martinez-Mediano, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Mihail Milev, Plovdiv Universifty; Slavka Tzanova, Sofia University; Edmundo Tovar, UPM; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo

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Electrical and Computer

available, are very popular and can be used for different learningfunctionalities, ranging from communication and collaboration purposes to providing access tocontents, both informational and instructional. Performance-centered approach has been provento be more effective than the traditional lecture-practice-test (expository inductive) in traininghigher order skills, for preparing learners for self-learning, improving, adapting for changingjobs.The mPSS project applies performance-centered approach in mobile learning managementsystem for educational and training purposes. Students receive a set of learning resources,consisting in description of adaptive scenarios performance centered assessment methods andcriteria for evaluation and experts

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Duda, Grove City College

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International

Child) to jump start pre-engineering and science education in ruralUganda.Findings of survey trip to BKK in 2004The author organized an initial survey trip to BKK. The trip was made up of a team ofengineering educators and coordinated with education leaders in BKK. A summary of the tripand findings of the team were reported in a previous ASEE paper3 and the authors were awardedthe ASEE International Division Global Engineering & Engineering Technology EducatorAward for 2005.Three significant findings of the team relating to the XO1 project were the following: First, theteam found one progressive innovative secondary school (Bulindi Secondary School inextremely rural BKK) which had a well equipped multiple IBM type computer lab consisting

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Jorge Leon, Texas A&M University; Luis San Andres, Texas A&M Univeristy

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

design and manufacturing of microturbomachinery. Some students study materials, dynamics, or thermal aspects ofturbomachinery, while others explore and develop various micromanufacturing technologies formicroturbine fabrication. The nature of micromachinery requires the development of novelmicromanufacturing technologies for superalloys and other robust engineering materials. Theselected participants study micromilling, electrical discharge micromachining, electrochemicalmicromachining, and vacuum assisted microcasting. They complete a research methodologyworkshop and then apply to their own projects through setting objectives, planning schedule,performing experiments, documenting data, presenting results at the campus-wide poster session

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles Baukal; Joe Colannino; Wes Bussman; John Matsson

that program, Boeing employees acted as adjunct or visiting faculty atuniversities where Boeing recruited engineering graduates. For those universities located at adistance, the Fellow temporarily lived on or near the campus during the course. However, thatarrangement proved to be unsatisfactory for the employees and the program was eventuallydiscontinued. Some universities have used industry to help teach senior design courses as part ofcapstone projects; 4 Lehigh University refers to these adjuncts as “Professors of Practice.” 5Adjunct instructors from industry can temporarily replace faculty on sabbatical or on leave, 6handle temporary increases in student course enrollments, 7 relieve full-time faculty so they cando research, 8 or co-teach

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashpal Ahluwalia, West Virginia University; Atul Phadke, West Virginia University; Gary Winn, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University

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Industrial Engineering

enrollment in STEM areas has beendeclining; this is particularly true for minority and Appalachian students. This project workedwith two batches of twenty students each. Each batch was organized into four teams of fivestudents. All students were first provided instruction in logic circuits and ladder logic. Ladderlogic circuits for four tasks were created; a) simulation of automatic garage door, b) simulationof four way traffic light, 3) controlling a light via a physical switch, and 4) physical control offive lights. The five lights mimicked traffic lights (red, yellow, yellow left, green, and green left)at an intersection. The students were asked to control the timing sequence of the lights. Uponcompletion of the eight hour lecture/laboratory

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Design in Engineering Education

contribute to greater fuel economy. Unique design and fabricationtechniques for high performance structural composites will be utilized to reduce curb weight by30-50%, when compared to conventional steel chassis design benchmarks. Self-imposedmandates adopted by the WWU R&D team include design and manufacturing sustainabilityfocus, which are reflected in all architectural, materials selection, and manufacturing processdecisions. An additional design goal targets the ability to use a range of alternative fuels by usinga modular hybrid powertrain and open source control strategies that enable utilization of regionalfeedstocks available to the purchaser. The hybrid bus project combines undergraduate Vehicle Design students withEngineering

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Keynton, University of Louisville; James Fiet, University of Louisville; Pankaj Patel, Ball State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

31 out of 31business plans according to their expected financial performance. This program was anexperiment to see if the search model can improve the odds of aspiring PhD entrepreneurs todevelop successful business ventures in the growing biomedical device industry.The program consists of three integrated components incorporating the search model: (1) anInnovation Training Program for researchers and PhD level graduate bioengineering students; (2)an Innovative Research Fund to provide “discovery grants” for early stage research projects; and,(3) the Business Development Network to assist innovators with one-stop shopping forpatenting, determining market feasibility, business planning, licensing, and new business start-ups (Figure 1).PhD

Conference Session

New Instrumentation Ideas

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Buchanan, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Bunkley, University of Southern Mississippi

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Instrumentation

characteristics.Variances can be attributed to human error in positioning of the elevated mass before releasingfor impact.Student LearningA first-semester graduate student was assigned to the project for the purposes of acquainting thestudent with instrumentation and computer hardware. The student’s undergraduate backgroundwas computer science, so he had little to no actual hardware experience. Furthermore, the studenthad never been exposed to experimental research. Fortunately, the student put forth the effort tolearn the necessary components related to the research, and successfully completed the project.Feedback from the student indicated that he not only learned from this project, but the projectalso helped him understand and related unfamiliar subjects he was

Conference Session

Women In Engineering Poster Session / WEPAN Knowledge Center / Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Jane Langeman, Langeman Consulting; Lori DuBois, DuBois Information

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-2412: DISSEMINATION, ONLINE COMMUNITY AND USAGE OFWEPAN KNOWLEDGE CENTERC. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech UniversityJane Langeman, Langeman ConsultingLori DuBois, DuBois Information Page 15.425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WEPAN’s Digital Women in Engineering Knowledge CenterAbstractThe WEPAN Knowledge Center (WKC) offers several avenues for researchers and practitionersto improve dissemination activities as well as research and practice. The WKC ProfessionalCommunity can be used for private communities of research teams as well as project groups andparticipant groups. This paper will present an overview of these

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Virginia Greiman; Jim Cormier

Communication and Collaboration in an Online Masters Degree Vijay Kanabar, Associate Professor, Boston University Virginia Greiman, Assistant Professor, Boston University Jim Cormier, Lecturer, Boston UniversityAbstract Communicating with students and encouraging collaboration poses a major challenge in distanceeducation. In this paper, the authors present lessons learned from an online master’s degree program; eachhad successfully developed courses to teach engineers and managers project management at a distance.The first section introduces online learning and illustrates the tools and interactive technologies used tocommunicate with students. The second

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

of acourse project. To discuss nanomaterial applications, the students employed the knowledge theyacquired from the instructor to supplement literature review to present, share and propose newavenues to explore. This unusual course format (from students’ perspective) presented uniqueopportunities for the students.Core engineering courses typically struggle to function beyond the lower order thinking level;focusing often only on knowledge, comprehension and application. The incorporation of journalclub methods elevated the Introduction to Nanotechnology course to function primarily at thehigher order thinking levels, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy.12 As a result the performance of astudent was essentially based upon their ability to analyze

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Williams, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

Instruction to Individual Student Learning StylesAbstract This paper describes the approach and offers preliminary results for our guided on-demandadaptive learning (GOAL) project. GOAL provides asynchronous web-based instruction thatdetects preferred learning styles for each student and adapts the instruction to match the detectedpreference. It also provides a platform for research about learning and for evaluating instruction.Introduction Undergraduate engineering education must change to accommodate the acceleratingdependence of society upon engineering and to harness the evolving strengths of our students. Tobe technologically literate, a student today needs greater breadth and depth of technicalknowledge than

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dave Sly; Daniel Bumblauskas; Frank Peters

based multi-tier decision making your Market, 4-Finding groups. Buyers) o Mastering Tech Sales (7- Perfect Pitches, 13/11-• Week 4 – Identifying Decision Sanity after the Sale) Makers and Decision Making o Close the Deal (8-Get the Processes within large Sale, 11-Weak Closing) corporations o Mastering Tech Sales • Week 8 – RFQ and RFP Process (16/14-Executive for Technical Projects

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel McCarthy, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

POS expressions.3.3.3 In-Lab ExercisesFor this lab, a Xilinx skeleton project is provided to the students. This skeleton project containsan unfinished schematic with only inputs and outputs drawn, a completed test fixture, and correctpin assignments for the 95108 CPLD. The first in-lab task is for the students to enter either theirSOP or POS circuits into the Xilinx schematic editor. Since this is the first time that the studentswill actually use the schematic editor, a short introduction to this portion of the Xilinx softwareis provided. After successfully entering their schematic, students must simulate their design usingthe provided test fixture. Finally, they synthesize their design and download it to a CPLD wherethey can test their

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J Thompson, Kansas State University; Ata M. Nazar, Kabul University

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International

Page 15.1017.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Rebuilding Kabul University Engineering ProgramAbstract:Kansas State University (KSU) and Kabul University (KU) have established an EngineeringPartnership for the purpose of rebuilding the engineering program at Kabul University. Thepartnership is part of the Strengthening Higher Education Program (SHEP) of the Ministry ofHigher Education (MoHE), sponsored by the World Bank. The ten year partnership started in2007. This paper provides an historical backdrop against which the rebuilding project isdescribed. The project was designed on the concept of preparing the engineering programs toqualify for ABET accreditation. A form of the Fundamentals of Engineering

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Gunnink, Montana State University

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Civil Engineering

communicate with Civil Engineers of various sub-disciplines, architects, contractors, the public and public agents, scientists and others to design and construct Civil Engineering projects. 3. Begin to develop expertise in one of the sub-disciplines of Civil Engineering and engage in the life-long learning necessary to advance in the Civil Engineering profession; 4. Contribute to society and the Civil Engineering profession through involvement in professional related and/or other service activity, and 5. Conduct their affairs in a highly ethical manner holding paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and striving to comply with the principles of sustainable

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

our interest in FEED was prompted by the rise of consulting services in FEED in industry, itis possible that there is a disconnect between teaching design and practicing it. Our experienceobviously has led us to this conclusion and the brief review of popular design textbooks belowsupports this. In Ahmed’s defense, well taught innovative design that is informed by what ishappening in industry (good and bad) is certainly an appropriate service to provide, but not at theexpense of problem development.112. Improved Return on Investment (RoI). There is evidence that spending more time on frontend engineering leads to more projects getting finished on time. This means that FEED improvesthe RoI curve (moving it up and to the left), and FEED

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

assessment is based on thecommonly used course topics and based on identifying the common course learning objectives(CLOs). CLOs are then mapped with ABET’s program outcomes (POs). Assessment tools suchas class work, home work, quizzes, tests, as well as the final exam and/or final project work withpresentations are used to assess the performance of the students. The rationale for writing thispaper is to understand the variation if any in students’ understanding of the material on theiroverall performance in the class. Variation is to be expected since the student population isdifferent (full time versus part time, graduate versus undergraduate) and the course is taught bydifferent instructors. However, usage of common CLOs, course topics, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; John Scalzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Gerald Knapp, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University

-2005. He served two years as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation. Page 15.936.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Overview of Louisiana State University’s STEM Talent Expansion Program, Engineering Engagement for Student Success, ENG2Abstract The Louisiana State University (LSU) College of Engineering’s ENG2 Project is designedto increase the number of engineering and construction management graduates through retentionprograms aimed at developing and maintaining a sense of community among the students andfaculty, enhancing academic skills of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

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Aerospace

participant definitelyenhance teaching at home institutions. The individual final report was written and presented tokey personnel of the Boeing administration at the end of the summer program.Another requirement of the program was to accomplish a group research project, from a listproposed by the Boeing leadership, on a specific topic of concern to Boeing. The topic chosenby the authors was to examine the state of the engineering education pipeline and offer advice toBoeing on how to become an integral element in the cultivation and development of emergingengineering talent. The group project was accomplished as a team, even though the teammembers were sited at different locations. This collaborative project was written as a final reportand also