Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

based on Object Oriented Programmingthat integrate 3D-2D operations. This study utilized an online survey which was sent to 236construction firms drawn from the top 400 contractors listed in the 2008 Engineering NewsRecord (ENR) who were identified as having over 80% of their projects categorized as generalbuilding 2. The study utilized the following expanded utilization-level categorization: level 1(use of BIM technology that is limited to 2D and 3D capabilities for document production andvisualization functions), level 2 (use of BIM for additional analysis done on the 2D and 3D datathat is based on geometry and positioning of building systems including change management of2D and 3D documents, and conflict/clash detection between different

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

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Mechanics

AC 2010-1696: ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE LEARNING INA CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE VIBRATIONS COURSELuciana Barroso, Texas A&M University Page 15.120.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Active Learning Strategies to Enhance Learning in a Civil Engineering Graduate Vibrations CourseAbstractThis paper presents a first-semester graduate level course in structural dynamics that utilizesactive learning as a mechanism to address 1) higher expectations of learning, 2) varying levels oracademic background and preparation, and 3) diverse cultural backgrounds. Active learningstrategies used include cooperative learning, both

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

. Page 15.1334.3PFMEA MethodOne approach to process FMEA is presented in SAE standard, SAE J1739 4. Figure 1 contains aform modified from SAE J1739. The process adapted for the AET courses is shown in Figure 26.Process Potential Potential S Potential O Current D RPN Recommended Responsibility/ Actions S O D RPNStep Failure Effects e Causes c Controls e actions Date Taken e c e Mode of v of c t v c t Failure e Failure u e e u e r r c r

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Experiential Learning in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Wabler, Clemson University; Estefania Alvarez, Clemson University; John DesJardins, Clemson University

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Biomedical

undergraduate student in topics of medical devices, biomaterials, and clinicalanatomy. This paper details the development, application, and assessment of a mentoredundergraduate teaching and research program known as Creative Inquiry at Clemson Universitythat is focused on the development of a statewide implant retrieval program for educational andresearch purposes.IntroductionThe mission of the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University is to provide anoutstanding education for engineers in bioengineering and developing future leaders. With thismission in mind, three goals were identified: 1) to provide students with the education needed fora rewarding career, 2) to provide an intellectually rigorous undergraduate education thatemphasizes

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University; Mohammad MUQRI

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Information Systems

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B.K. Hodge, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

politicalleaders on energy issues. The energy education of future engineers is especially important asneither of the major political parties has yet to champion a realistic and workable energy policyfor the future. Using public domain energy and cost data from the DOE Energy InformationAdministration and the World Bank, a cogent presentation can be crafted that contains elementsof the etiology of the energy crisis, that suits various audiences, and that can be readily updatedas new information becomes available.IntroductionFigure 1, a mosaic of satellites photographs at night of the United States, is a rather dramaticillustration of the population density and dispersion in the United States as indicated by theenergy intensity distribution of night

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay; Rajesh Kitey

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Mechanics

:  max Kt  (1)  nomThe theoretical stress concentration factor is a function of component geometry and loading.Analytical expressions for stress concentration factors may be found in Mott (2008), and Pilkey(1997). Stress concentration factor Kt for plate with hole under tension is shown as a function ofthe diameter to width ratio, d/b in Figure 1. For a plate with hole under bending the stressconcentration factors as a function of the diameter to width ratio, d/b for various depth-to-thickness ratios d/h are shown in Figure 2. (Note that in the subsequent analysis we have used „t‟for thickness) Both these figures have been obtained from Pilkey (1997). For the two

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Byron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts; Anthony Donaldson, California Baptist University; Joan Ozdogan, Chantilly High School Academy

students to successfully advance past the traditionalfirst-year calculus sequence plagues engineering programs across the country. As such, there isa drastic need for a proven model which eliminates the first-year mathematics bottleneck inthe traditional engineering curriculum, yet can be readily adopted by engineering programsacross the country. A nationwide expansion and assessment of precisely one such model is thefocus of this work.The WSU model for engineering mathematics education involves three primary components:1) The development of EGR 101 "Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications," a novel freshman-level engineering mathematics course.2) A large-scale restructuring of the early engineering curriculum, where students can

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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First-Year Programs

components made using the same rapid prototyping tools available to thestudents; and the use of semester- or year-long design projects integrated with the coursematerial and constructed within stringent budget restrictions.IntroductionMany studiese.g. 1, 2 have demonstrated that cooperative learning with interactive projectssignificantly enhances learning, retention and application of material, helps nontraditionalstudents learn, and motivates engineering students to remain in school, as compared withtraditional techniques. Bruner presented a "‘spiral curriculum’ that turns back on itself at higherlevels" through repetition at ever-increasing depths of knowledge.3 This pedagogy has beenadapted for a large required first-year Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

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Educational Research and Methods

among the various toolswithin the machine learning community. During the past decades it has been widely usedin technical applications involving prediction and classification, especially in areas ofengineering, business and medicine22,23. The neural network model is especially attractivefor modeling complex systems because of its favorable properties: universal functionapproximation capability, accommodation of multiple non-linear variables with unknowninteractions, and good generalization ability24. More modeling details on applying NN topredict student retention in engineering can be found in Imbrie et al.4.C. Retention ModelsFive different forms of retention models (A, B, C, D and E as shown in Table 1) wereused in this study to evaluate the

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

Experiential Learning for Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractExperiential Learning (EL) is a philosophy in which educators purposefully engage learners indirect experience and focused reflection in order to maximize learning, increase knowledge, anddevelop skills. Based on the famous experiential learning model developed by David A. Kolb[1]there are four stages in a learning process: Concrete experience, reflective observation, abstractconceptualization and active experimentation. This model shows how theory, concreteexperience, reflection and active experimentation can be brought together to produce richerlearning than any of these elements can on its own. There are many avenues of concreteexperience for the students in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Margle, Penn State Abington; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State New Kensington; Yu-Chang Hsu, Pennsylvania State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata Engel

MORE) Broad Impact -The CampusesToys and Mathematical Options for Retention in Engineering (Toys’n MORE) is a retentionproject under development at The Pennsylvania State University through an NSF-sponsored,Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP grant,DUE # 0756992). It is being conducted in collaboration with 15 Penn State campuses and theCollege of Engineering at University Park. Its goal is to increase retention of Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students at Penn State.The broad impact of the Toys’n MORE project is twofold: (1) the implementation of programsto enhance retention is STEM fields across a coalition of 15 Penn State campuses with more

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeRome Dunn, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Robin Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Clinton Lee, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Shawn Watlington, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Biomedical

in the area of Biomaterials.RETs also participated in professional development sessions centered on classroom instructionand designed to help them translate their new scientific knowledge into a one-weekinquiry-based teaching module. Modules were aligned with the state's K-12 Science Curriculumintroducing K-12 students to the basic concepts of bioengineering. Additional module goalsincluded increasing K-12 student 1) knowledge of math and science; 2) awareness of andappreciation for the field of engineering; 3) ability to link this knowledge to real-lifeexperiences; and 4) capacity for scientific engagement in the classroom. RETs were able toimplement a portion of the module with high school students at the end of the summer.Entrance and

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati; Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati

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International

Experiential Learning for Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractExperiential Learning (EL) is a philosophy in which educators purposefully engage learners indirect experience and focused reflection in order to maximize learning, increase knowledge, anddevelop skills. Based on the famous experiential learning model developed by David A. Kolb[1]there are four stages in a learning process: Concrete experience, reflective observation, abstractconceptualization and active experimentation. This model shows how theory, concreteexperience, reflection and active experimentation can be brought together to produce richerlearning than any of these elements can on its own. There are many avenues of concreteexperience for the students in

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Marsocci; P.K. Raju; Chetan Sankar

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Architectural

utilizing what they learned to satisfythe client’s need. The overall design of the case studymust also give the student a chance to utilize prior gainedknowledge and give a realistic expectation of bringing adesign from problem to solution in the real businessworld2.In this paper, we discuss an international project that was Figure 1: New High-Rise Hostelsconducted at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)Madras, India, to compare the design of two dormitories, new and old, based on thermal comfortand social use of spaces. Two U.S. students worked with three IIT Madras students to conductthis study and were guided by a faculty member in India and two faculty members from the U.S.Their project experience was captured using a multi-media

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University; Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University

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Mechanical Engineering

, and the titles and descriptions are provided in Table 1. Theseminars emphasized aspects of experimental methods and were designed to provide skills thatwould benefit both their REU experience and their professional careers. The PIs also assignedthe participants 3 activities related to their seminar experience: an uncertainty analysis, a finalreport, and a poster presentation competition. The uncertainty analysis was assigned after thecompletion of the “Uncertainty in Experiments” seminar and required participants to perform anuncertainty analysis related to their project. Although the students did not have much experiencewith their research projects at that time, the exercise required them to think independently andcritically about their

Conference Session

Communication in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Fouad El Khoury, University of Hartford

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Design in Engineering Education

: organization/project management and technical writing. The courseconsisted of a semester-long project, with several groups working on different parts of thesystem. It was important for them to keep track of progress and maintain an understanding of theoverall project. Also, the students were required to submit a formal written report at the end ofthe semester and another goal of using the wiki was to have students documenting their work asthey went along so that the entire report was not left until the last minute.In the following sections, this paper provides the following: 1. A brief description of the project-based engineering design course. 2. A description of how the wiki was used in the course. 3. A demonstration of the wiki software

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps

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Information Systems

of the change process.1. IntroductionIt is well recognized that computing changes constantly and rapidly. The influence ofexponential growth of computing power driven by Moore’s law is often cited as a majorcontributing influence in this change. The implications of this law are far broader than GordonMoore’s original statement about the doubling of integrated circuit components on a die1,2,3 and,in general terms electronic systems, particularly computer-based systems, continually and rapidlygrow smaller, cheaper and much more powerful Moore’s law effectively dominates computersystem development.A consequence of this unrelenting, exponential change is the expectation and need for universityinstructors to both continually update their own

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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Two Year College Division

after they have mastered course material, PBL students learn course material in theprocess of solving a problem. In PBL, the problem itself drives the learning. Students are activeparticipants in their own learning, placed into a problem situation where problem parameters arenot well defined and more than one outcome is possible.PBL usually involves four steps: problem analysis, self-directed learning, brainstormingdiscussions, and solution testing (see Figure 1). In the first step, students are presented with aproblem and asked to identify what is known and unknown and if any constraints apply. Afterworking together to analyze the problem and its requirements, students then create their ownplan for acquiring the knowledge necessary to solve

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Jones, University of Texas, Pan American; Rajiv Nambiar, University of Texas, Pan American; Deborah Crown, San Jose State University

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Computers in Education

created a significant database of responses for questions about algebra. However, thestudents struggled with some of the complex structure of AIML beyond one for one matching ofresponses to algebra questions. Furthermore, the students had difficulty with the online teachinginterface for the chat-bot.Based on the positive response of students to the chat-bot and the difficulties encountered inusing the available training utilities, a new platform for the chat-bot was developed by Dr.Crown (www.crown.panam.edu/chat) as shown in Figure 1. The new Anne G. Neering chat-botwas developed to interpret a majority of questions and responses given in existing AIML files.This would enable the engineering chat-bot to build onto one of several chat-bot

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Swenty, University of Evansville; Mark Valenzuela, University of Evansville; James Allen, University of Evansville; Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville

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Civil Engineering

Assessing Program Educational Objectives Using a Web-Based Alumni Survey SystemAbstractABET’s Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs for 2009-2010 defines ProgramEducational Objectives (PEOs) as “broad statements that describe the career and professionalaccomplishments that the program is preparing the graduates to achieve.” The criteria furtherstates that “each program for which an institution seeks accreditation or reaccreditation musthave in place an assessment and evaluation process that periodically documents anddemonstrates the degree to which these objectives are attained.”1 For EAC-ABET visits in 2007-2008, 36.7% of the engineering programs visited received a PEO related weakness at theconclusion of the visit.2In

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Bouamor, University of Oklahoma; Chen Ling, University of Oklahoma; Binil Starly, University of Oklahoma; Randa Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Industrial Engineering

Page 15.897.3have had freshman level calculus and physics, but no prior experience with statics concepts.The Multimodal labA multimodal learning interface “Cantilever Model” was developed within the Visual C++environment with a visualization interface and a haptic device PHANTOM Desktop. The hapticdevice has six degrees of freedom which allow users to feel high fidelity haptic force-feedback(see Figure 1). The interface is designed around the concept of beam problem, which is one ofthe statics problems that are simple yet powerful to showcase important statics concepts. Figure 1. A Student Interacts with a PHANTOM Desktop Haptic Device in The LabThe multimodal lab was based on a 2D graphic user interface which presented the beam problem

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Stepler, Pennsylvania State University; Steve Garguilo, Johnson & Johnson Inc.; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

envisioned atthe outset of the projects. To addresses these shortcomings, at The Pennsylvania State Universitywe are applying three key tenets of systems thinking to our humanitarian engineering and socialentrepreneurial ventures: 1) employing regulation via feedback to ensure that the system isactually working; 2) defining systems by their interactions and their parts; and 3) understandingthat systems exhibit multi-finality. The concept of multi-finality refers to (designing) a systemwhere the individual actors (inputs), the subsystems, and their interactions, all meet their owngoals while the system as a whole also meets its goals. In this paper, we lay the framework forthe application of specific systems thinking concepts to increase the

Conference Session

Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Camarda, NYU; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Olivier de Weck, MIT; Jeannette Yen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jack Matson, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

students from all NASA Centers) with varying discipline expertise,computer and leadership skills, etc.; their experience (we were looking for youngerengineers/managers with 1–5 years experience); and their project/program experience.Results from the course were overwhelmingly positive based on the feedback from the studentsand faculty; the number and diversity of creative ideas/solutions; the connection of the studentsto real problems facing NASA; and the opportunity to attract funding for research grants back touniversities such as Penn State and MIT.Why a Course on Innovative Engineering Design?The problems NASA is struggling with today are similar to those facing many large companiesand industries in various sectors across the country. The

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

report.Student delivered poster and hardware presentations to their sponsors at an annual Design Expoor at their sponsor site.Course content is somewhat typical of a Capstone Design Course (see Eggert 2007)1, butenriched by the viewpoints of three faculty and enhanced teaming activities. Responsibility forthe instruction and lab activities was distributed between the three faculty with the goal ofachieving the stated student learning outcomes (listed in the assessment section). All threefaculty attended the lectures and labs to see the different points of view teaching the same topicsand provide insight from their department’s background. The students met weekly with theirfaculty advisor during a lab sections as to monitor their progress and provide

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Layton, DeVry University

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Liberal Education

sciencefundamentals have picked up the high school method of using science fiction to teach science.Because of the high-school science orientation, lessons using science fiction often avoid mattersof ethics. Gary Raham’s5 Teaching Science Fact With Science Fiction (2004) proposes usingscience fiction to “turn kids on” to science (p. 1). Raham seeks to use science fiction to “generatescience-based epiphanies” (p. 5). Sample concepts from Raham’s curricula include teaching thedifference between instinct and learning (p. 3), using scientific errors in TV and film sciencefiction to teach correct science (p. 49), learning about insect metamorphic life cycles (p. 52),teaching Newton’s theory of gravity (p. 57), and so on. Raham wants to avoid many of theethical

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

Orientation InventoryI. IntroductionThe concept of professional “roles” is a fundamental component in the study of the professions.1Kultgen defines roles as “patterns of activity governed by generally shared expectations andperformed by replaceable individuals” (pg. 38).1 Bebeau et al. suggests that a professional’s roleconcept is “a dimension of motivation and commitment which influences the prioritization ofprofessional over personal values” (pg. 32).2 A role orientation inventory is a tool designed toassess one’s professional role concept. Professional role concept is thus recognized as a keyaspect in evaluating a person's understanding of and attitude toward the nature of theirprofession, the role of that profession in society and the

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

use a portion of the survey and interview Page 15.227.4data—those which questioned individuals who describe themselves as not currently holdingpositions as practicing engineers or engineering managers. We originally surveyed 2500 alumni of a large, public university’s college ofengineering. We received 93 responses from individuals who selected their current professionalpositions as being, “Engineering background, but not in an engineering field.” We asked thefollowing open-ended questions of these individuals: 1) Even though you are working in a different field, do you still consider yourself anengineer? Why or why not

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

work atthe collegiate level, which was originally created to assess the performance of liberal artsstudents participating in interdisicplinary projects.4,6 The framework and rubric were developedusing a comprehensive definition of what constitutes a student’s interdisicplinary understandingbased upon faculty assessment of student interdisicplinary research. The definition consists offour dimensions of interdisicplinary understanding presented in the rubric and framework: (1)purposefulness, (2) disciplinary grounding, (3) integration, and (4) critical awareness.4 Figure 1: The four dimensions with which to assess interdisciplinary understanding4,6In the original studies used to develop these dimensions, students’ projects were only

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Davila, University of Texas, El Paso

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Design in Engineering Education

Bloom proposed. Marzano’s taxonomy is atwo-dimensional model as represented in Figure 1; one of the axes is the hierarchy of“thinking systems” or levels of processing and on the other axis the “domains ofknowledge”. Page 15.694.3 Figure 1. “The New Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives” Model (Marzano, 2007)12The authors organize the knowledge in three domains: information (declarativeknowledge with no procedure involved; “the what”), mental procedure (proceduralknowledge; “the how-to”) and psychomotor procedures (human body motionprocedures). These domains are based on psychology research and each is organized withtheir own hierarchies and categories as