Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter M. Osterberg, University of Portland; Aziz Sukru Inan, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

integrated circuit layouts for CHIP1 and CHIP2, respectively. Thelayouts were created using L-Edit from Tanner Research, Inc. Page 22.548.3 Fig. 2. High-level block diagrams of MOSIS CHIP1 and CHIP2Fig. 3. L-Edit layout of CHIP1 Fig. 4. L-Edit layout of CHIP2 Page 22.548.4Brief description of MOSIS CHIP1 The detailed block diagram of MOSIS CHIP1 is shown in Figure 5. To keep the initialdesign simple, the input is limited to eight four-bit signed samples in the 2's complement format.In order to avoid overflow, the final output consists of eight complex pairs of

Conference Session

TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nripendra N. Sarker, Prairie View A&M University; Mohan Ketkar, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan M. Akujuobi, Alabama State University

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Engineering Technology

, the a-k outcomes are mapped only to the3000 and 4000 level courses but not to the 1000 and 2000 courses (shaded). An outcome may not Page 22.605.3be required to map to a specific number of courses. For example, outcome ‘f’ is mapped to fivecourses while some outcomes are mapped to as low as two courses only. This is highlighted atthe bottom of the Figure 1. Figure 1. The a-k outcomes are mapped to individual coursesAn instructor is required to prepare assignments directed to measure the designated outcome(s)for the course. At the end of a semester, the same instructor is required to prepare a coursebinder which may be

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard A. Coffman, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas

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College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

inthe Spring of 2010. Both graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, private consultants, andpublic servants are provided with the opportunity to learn from each other during this weeklyone-hour seminar. The establishment and overview of the seminar series are discussed along with thedevelopment of guidelines for student attendance. Involvement of faculty, students, andprofessionals was evaluated. Attendance at each seminar is a function of topic(s), presenter(s),and time commitment conflict (schedule conflicts with other classes or faculty sabbatical).Based on data from the Spring 2010 and Fall 2010 semesters, faculty attended 41 percent of theseminars, and students attended 43 percent of the seminars. When absences forclass

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta; Inci Ayranci, University of Alberta

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Chemical Engineering

Fellowship, she is teaching material and energy balances to 2nd year students under the supervision of Dr. Suzanne Kresta. Page 22.286.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Bi-modal No More: Shifting the Curve in Material and Energy Balances Courses In the early 1990’s, common wisdom stated that a bi-modal distribution in process analysisis “normal”, with a significant number of students needing to take the course twice before they“get” the material. As class sizes in second year chemical engineering at the University ofAlberta grew to over 100

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University; Spencer Smith, McMaster University; Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Design in Engineering Education

distance was 10 mm, we derived an ideal target linear speed of 1/16 mm/ms(0.0625 m/s) for the read head. Page 22.331.5The class was provided with the floppy drive chassis and the restriction that they must fittheir new retrofit mechanism train into the existing space. No modifications of thechassis were permitted. Alternative gear designs and mechanisms were an option forbonus marks. Each team was specified a different input motor speed; however, all teamswere required to meet the specified output condition of the original read head speed.Assessment criteria included: preliminary research report, part and assembly modelling,system

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marvin C. Blackman, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shahidul Islam; Joseph Kamel, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

LAfter the automatic adjustment, the vertical reaction force on the front and the back wheels canbe determined as 1 1 R BY  W  R B  R BY cos  (R 2 L  W S ) cos 2 2 (10) 1 1 R FY  W  R F  R FY cos  (R 2 L  W S ) cos 2 2By considering L= 30/, H1 = 5/, R = 4/, and   15.47o , the following table provides thehorizontal forward force and the reaction forces on the wheels before and after automaticadjustmentTable2: Forces in downhill direction before and after automatic adjustmentTank Condition Horizontal Back

Conference Session

Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Tyler Lewis, Brigham Young University; Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young University; Bryan Howell, Brigham Young University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, ability to deferjudgment, intrinsic motivation, ability and willingness to prototype and iterate, willingness toflexibility to change roles and grow a diversity of ideas, and collaborative autonomy (ability towork both collectively and as an individual. Being able to bring individual ideas and connectthem with the ideas of others). Finally, the process can be viewed as both linear and non-linearbecause although there should be movement from divergent ideas to a convergent solution, theinnovation process steps can (and should) often be revisited to ensure the best solution(s) arebeing developed. Figure 1.3 diagrams the flow. Although the diagram is presented in linearformat, the process needs to be interpreted as being cyclical – in that idea

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joyce Palmer Allen, National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and not nano-based lessons. These materials should beshort enough that they can fit into current teaching. In addition, it is important to clearly statenano-based concepts and provide sufficient time for learning these concepts during a workshop.References Cited 1. Stevens, S., Sutherland,L. and Krajcik, J., 2009. Big Ideas in Nanoscale Science and Engineering: A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers. NSTA Press, Arlington, VA. 207 p. 2. National Nanotechnology, Accessed at: http://www.nano.gov/html/about/home_about.html. 3. Roco, M.C., 2003, Converging science and technology at the nanoscale: opportunities for education and training, Nature Biotechnology, 21 (3) pp.1-3. 4. Principals Committee, Innovate America

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Student Learning and Teamwork

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

: • “I think that after completing this project, I have a better understanding of the entire design and manufacturing process”; • “I view a 5 as near perfect, which is the reason for more of the 4’s”; • “It was a good learning experience”. Feedback from the collaborators, regarding the teams development, experiences, as well as the industry-defined competency of the developed assistive device were also extremely important during the semester. This provided a partial summative evaluation of the project and the students’ learning. Further summative evaluation of the project, regarding the usability and quality of the products, is expected to be provided by the users of the assistive devices. Lessons Learned

Conference Session

Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

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Materials

, for studentslearning science or engineering, it must be made explicit that, if they are going to becomepractitioners of a discipline using its foundational knowledge, then they too must learn thelanguage associated with the courses and subjects upon which that discipline is built.AcknowledgementThe authors acknowledge the support of this work from NSF CCLI Grant #0737146 and IEECIGrant #0836041. Page 22.1166.11References 1. Corkins, J., Kelly, J., Baker, D., Robinson Kurpius, S., Tasooji, A., & Krause, S. (2009). Determining the Factor Structure of the Materials Concept Inventory. 2009 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. 2

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ram V. Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Page 22.889.13References(Bugbee, 1999) Bugbee, B., ―Engineering plants for spaceflight environments‖, Gravitationaland Space Biology Bulletin, 12:67-74.(Corey and Wheeler, 1992) Corey, K.A. and R.M. Wheeler., ―Gas exchange in NASA's BiomassProduction Chamber - A pre-prototype closed human life support system‖, BioScience 42: 503–509, 1992.(Creswell and Clark, 2006) Creswell, J. and Clark, V., ―Designing and conducting mixedmethods research‖, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc. 2006.(Galston, 1992) Galston, A.W., ―Photosynthesis as a Basis for Life Support on Earth and inSpace‖, BioScience. 42:490-493.(Hilger et al., 2007) Hilger, H., Luster-Teasley, S., Dibiase, W., De Los Reyes III, F., Holmes,L., Mandjiny, Wang, C., Steck, T., Schimmel

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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David Che; David Clark; Tom Magnone

learning.Keywords: manufacturing engineering education, globalization, experiential learningIntroductionHistorically, civil and industrial engineering were the largest concentrations, producing themajority of engineering graduates at Geneva College, a Christian liberal arts college in westernPennsylvania1. Since the mid-1960’s, however, the engineering program saw an increase ofdiversification into mechanical, electrical, computer and chemical engineering. By the early1990’s, the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) program, once the mainstay ofthe Engineering Department, was attracting less and less students. This trend was in line withthe termination of the GI program after World War II and the steady decline of the steel industry

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

involvinghazardous materials, bio-terrorism, and major natural disaster events. In addition to identifying newworldwide business ventures, Dick oversaw all operations in Iraq and the Middle East. 12John S. Sofia – DTA 2006, BS MET 1984, MBA 1993 from University of Detroit Mercy. In 2006,he was the Vice President of Quality Assurance and Customer Satisfaction, American Axle &Manufacturing. John is responsible for maintaining exceptional world-class quality at all of theAAM manufacturing facilities—efforts that have made AAM a benchmark among its peers. Inaddition, he utilizes data, facts, and trends to establish strategies that save AAM customers millionsof dollars in warranty costs.Joseph M. Zachman – DTA

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Dennis J. Fallon

Dr. Dennis John FallonDennis John Fallon is presently The Citadel Distinguish Professor of Engineering Education.He is formerly the Dean of the School of Engineering and holds the Louis S. LeTellier Chair atThe Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his BSCE from Old Dominion University(ODU) with honors in 1970, and his MSCE and PhD. from North Carolina State University in1972 and 1980, respectively.Dr. Fallon’s industrial experience includes seven years at Carolina Power and Light Companyin Raleigh, NC, two years as Chief Structural Engineer with a consulting firm, and three yearswith the Underwater Explosion Research Division in Portsmouth, Virginia. He is aProfessional Engineer in the State

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

KENNETH WADE JACKSON

physician is designed to be holistic early in medical school. Their first courseis gross anatomy. Clinically based medical education is far more effective, if not veryefficient, as one can surmise from the cost of medical school. Even thoughengineering educators do not have eight year programs, except for Ph.D. s,engineering education might still profit some from the context of medical education,which introduces clinical experiential learning early and continues throughout theprogram and into residency.The abstractions and reductive nature of teaching engineering science are highlyefficient in terms of the metrics of cost and time and are reasonably predictive ofsuccess in practice. In terms of its growing specialization and depth of focus

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

AJ Almaguer

 would also like to thank our mentoring professors who have dedicated their time and expertise in teaching us how to teach effectively, the after school directors for providing us with a place to teach, as well as our community partners for providing us with funds, materials, and a location for our mentor training workshop. And finally, we would like to thank the rest of the BEAM staff for devoting their time efforts to make BEAM a success. References[1] Dorph, R., Goldstein, D., Lee, S., Lepori, K., Schneider, S., Venkatesan, S. (2007). The status of science education in the Bay Area: Research brief. Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley; California.  [2] Mason, C.L., Kahle, J.B., & Gardner, A.L. (1991). “Draw‐A

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University

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Biomedical

Assessment of the Quality of Bone and Scaffold Materials. Heidelberg,Germany: Springer; 2007.6. Xu H, Simon CG. Fast setting calcium phosphate–chitosan scaffold:mechanicalproperties and biocompatibility. Biomaterials. 2005;26:1337-48.7. Converse G, Yue W, Roeder RK. Processing and tensile properties ofhydroxyapatite-whisker-reinforced polyetheretherketone. Biomaterials. 2007;28:927-35.8. Schnieders J, Gbureck U, Thulb R, Kissel T. Controlled release of gentamicinfrom calcium phosphate—poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) composite bone cement.Biomaterials. 2006;27.9. Xu H, Quinn, JB Calcium phosphate cement containing resorbable fibers forshort-term reinforcement and macroporosity. Biomaterials. 2002;23:193-202.10. LI S, Liu B

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Jayson F. Clifford; Michael P. Dop, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2011-1103: AGILE METHODOLOGIES FOR HARDWARE / SOFT-WARE TEAMS FOR A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE: LESSONS LEARNEDRichard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. He instructs the capstone senior design course for computer and software engineering. His current research interests include unmanned aircraft, certification issues for unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is a tenure full professor of software engineering in the department

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Grau, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

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New Engineering Educators

engineering education, where engineering students want tobase their knowledge on concrete knowledge rather than on abstract logic, and achieve theunderstanding of a topic with a learning strategy from the specific to the general concepts. Themethodology and results of this study should be considered in further research, and implementedin other colleges and universities, especially in those emergent countries, since their applicationcan result in the enhancement of an the infrastructure system of a country and the growth of itssociety and achieve better economic development indexes.References[1] Caro S., S.; “The Paradigm of Civil Engineering Education within the Colombian Context”. Internacional

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Andrés Trucco; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs

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Aerospace

place on 9 November1961 with the SUMPA (Southampton University´s Man Powered Aircraft). Perhaps the best-known achievements of human-powered flights were crossing the English Channel (35.8 km) byBryan Allen pedaling the Gossamer Albatross on June 12, 1979, and later on April 23, 1988Kanellos Kanellopoulos established a distance record pedaling the Daedalus 88 from Crete toSantorini (119 km). Implementation of the herein suggested inflatable structure would reducethe weight of these competition aircrafts. The Gossamer Albatross weighed 32 kilograms and theDaedalus 88 weighed 31 kilograms.Currently the UK Royal Aeronautical Society organizes two human-powered flight competitionswith prizes of £50,000 and £100,000, see reference [12]. The first

Conference Session

Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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Aerospace

, 2007.[11] Bandura, A., “Guide for constructing self-efficacy scales,” in F. Pajares and T. Urdan (ed.), Adolescence andeducation, Vol. 5, pp. 307-337. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.[12] Pintrich, P. R., Smith, D., Garcia, T. and Mckeachie, W., “Reliability and Predictive Validity of the MotivatedStrategies for Learning Questionnaire (Mslq)”, Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 53, No. 3, 1993.[13] Yasar, S., Discourse in freshman engineering teams: The relationship between verbal persuasions, self-efficacyand achievement. (Ph.D. dissertation), 2008.[14] Yasar, S., Robinson-Kurpius, S., Baker, D., Roberts, C. and Krause, S., “An intervention to address genderissues in a course on design, engineering and technology for science

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

CubeSats to be morethan limited-functioning “ BeepSats” . In addition to NSF CubeSat missions, the other eightwill ride on ESA ’s first V ega flight; their results will be very indicative of the potentialscientific benefits of university-class CubeSats, and CubeSats in general.References1 Gruntman, M, Brodsky. R, Erwin. D, Kunc. J, “Workforce Development for Space Industry”, AIAA Space 2003Conference and Exposition, AIAA-2003-6309, Sep. 23-25, 2003.2 Gruntman. M, “The Time for Academic Departments in Astronautical Engineering”, AIAA SPACE 2007Conference & Exposition, AIAA 2007-6042, 18 - 20 September 2007.3 Guerra L.A., Fowler. W, “Space Systems Engineering for Aerospace Undergraduates”, 46th AIAA AerospaceSciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA

Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods

novices’ knowledge. In K.A. Ericsson, N. Charness, R. R. Hoffman, & P. J. Feltovich (Eds.), The Cambridge handbookof expertise and expert performance (pp. 167-184). Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress.Chi, M. T. H. 2008 Three types of Conceptual Change: Belief Revision, Mental Model Transformation,and Categorical Shift. In Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change, S. Vosniadou, Ed, New York:Routledge.Cronk, B. C. (2010), How to use PASW Statistics: A step-by-step guide to analysis and interpretation (6th ed), (Glendale, CA: Pyrczak).Evans, D., Gray, Gary, Krause, Stephen, Martin, J., Midkiff, C., Notaros, B., Pavelich, M., Rancour, D.,Reed-Rhoads, T., Steif, P., Streveler, R., and Wage, K. 2003. Progress on Concept Inventory

Conference Session

ETD Design III: Materials and Metallurgy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

, pages 70.5. Car and Driver magazine, December 2008, page 55.6. CarDataVideo, http://www.MyCarData.com, also, see Ford F-150 vs Toyota Tundra – Frame Strength on http://www.YouTube.com.7. See, for example, Huebner, S. Students and Their Schooling: Does Happiness Matter?, National Association of School Psychologists Communiqué, Vol 39, #2, www.nasponline.org. Page 22.1604.11 Appendix I Assignment Handout used for “The Truth About Trucks”“THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUCKS” WORKSHEET (Spring 2010): 1. This Worksheet has a series of questions for you to answer as you view the program

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention, and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University; William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Romel W. Mackelprang, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

can be sustained and enriched in the years following the project’scompletion as well as provide a foundation for a future NSF Alliance building project that willreach a broader audience.Bibliography1. Altshuler, S. A., Mackeiprang, R. W., & Baker, R. L. (2008). Youth with disabilities: A standardized portrait of how they are faring. Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 7 (1), 20-42.2. Burgstahler, S. E., & Cory, R. C. (Eds.). (2008). Universal Design in Higher Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.3. Burgstahler, S. (1994). Increasing the Representation of People with Disabilities in Science, Engineering and Mathmatics. Retrieved January 28, 2009, from https://people.rit.edu/easi

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Thomas David Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joanna M. Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Joseph H. Holles, University of Wyoming; Ted W. Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

Economic Sciences, Directorate for Social,Behavioral & Economic Systems of the National Science Foundation through grant #0832922. Page 22.510.9References 1. Bebeau, M. J. (2002) “The Defining Issues Test and the Four Component Model: contributions to professional education,” Journal of Moral Education, 31(3), 271 – 195. 2. Huff, C. & Frey, W. (2005) “Moral Pedagogy and Practical Ethics,” Science and Engineering Ethics, 11, 389 – 408. 3. Plemmons, D.K., Brody, S. A., & Kalichman, M. W. (2006) “Student Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Education in the Responsible Conduct of Research,” Science and Engineering

Conference Session

Computer and InformationTechnology-Related Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

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Engineering Technology

PedagogyTable 3 lists our labs in order to meet the course learning objectives in Tables 1-2. Again, themappings between the developed labs and course learning outcome(s) are also included. Page 22.679.5Table 3. List of labs and their mappings to the course learning outcomes for each course. Sequence course I Outcomes in Sequence course II Outcomes in (Alice platform) Table 1 (DirectX, Table 2 1. Alice programming environment, (1), (2) 1. DirectX programming (1) build-in functions, expressions, environment control structures 2. Objected

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Harold Jay Harris, Eastern Illinois University School of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

oftesting if biases are present in a FRS has been incorporated successfully in our graduate courses.This methodology gives our graduates the opportunity to move from a pure theoretical statisticsconcept to an applied statistics project Page 22.697.11References[1] Bolle, R. M., Connell, J. H., Pankanti, S., Ratha, N. K., & Senior, A. W. (2004). Guide to Biometrics.Hawthorne, NY: Springer-Verlag.[2] Furl, N., Phillips, P. J., & O'Toole, A. J. (2002). Face recognition algorithms and the other-race effect: Computational mechanisms for a developmental contact hypopaper. Cognitive Science, 26, 797-815.[3] Phillips, P. J., Jiang, F., Narvekar, A

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hergenrader, University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute; Joanna Drummond, University of Pittsburgh; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California

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Educational Research and Methods

can automatically analyze discussion datasets. These classifiers can enable us to efficiently process a lot more data via machine learningand thus provide even more representative results. Continuing to explore question-answerpatterns with accurate results will ultimately help instructors to better diagnose student needs in avirtual classroom context.1 Ahem, T.C., Cooper, S., Lan, W., Liu, X., Shaw, S., Tallent-Runnels, M.K., and Thomas, J.A. (2006). Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research. Review of Educational Research, 76: 1, 93-135.2 Drummond, J., Kim, J. (2011). Role of Elaborated Answers on Degrees of Student Participation in an Online Question-Answer Discussion Forum, American Educational Research