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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aiman S. Kuzmar

Construction Management students.Key Words: Statics, Construction Management, Design.Introduction:Statics is an important subject in many Engineering and Engineering Technologydisciplines especially Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering Technology, andArchitectural Engineering fields. Construction Management graduates dealextensively with architects to construct structures which are designed by civilengineers. Statics is a fundamental and required course in Civil and ArchitecturalEngineering curricula. Many Construction Management programs require Staticsin their curriculum for various reasons including accreditation requirements.The author has taught Statics to Engineering students for ten years at Penn StateUniversity. Simultaneously, he also

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RET Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zornitsa Georgieva, West Virginia University; Reagan Curtis, West Virginia University; Tyler A Saenz Saenz, West Virginia University; Miracle David Solley, West Virginia University; Darran Cairns, West Virginia University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

content, and real-world applications to societally-relevantproblems that they previously did not recognize. This transformation carried into theirclassrooms through design and problem-based learning units, and through increased advocacyfor sustainable energy solutions and STEM educational and career paths.Relevance and Integration in Secondary Mathematics and Science InstructionMathematics educators recognize the need to develop a more relevant curriculum for studentsand are exploring new approaches that connect mathematical concepts with real life. Scienceeducators are also increasingly situating science in societally-relevant contexts where scientificknowledge from different areas can be integrated to solve meaningful problems. There

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo; Christopher Mark Hessler, University of Toledo; Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

adapting and implementing problem based learning modules with real-life context. To apply computational techniques for hydraulics and water quality simulations to develop and evaluate complex dynamics in water distribution systems. To help instructors/faculties develop expertise in water distribution systems requiring a multi-disciplinary approach. To disseminate lab modules and kits to a broad audience (other institutions, water engineering professionals). To improve the current civil engineering curriculum by developing and providing hands on lab based modules and kits related to fluid mechanics, hydraulics, water chemistry and microbiology for integrated student understanding.Laboratory Module and Kit Development

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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Two Year College Division

completion problems among underrepresented communitycollege students through a summer research internship program. Developed through a three-yeargrant funded by the NASA Curriculum Improvements Partnership Award for the Integration ofResearch (CIPAIR) program, the ten-week summer research internship program providesopportunities for freshmen and sophomore community college students to participate inengineering research under the supervision of a university professor and a graduate studentmentor. Research topics covered during the internship program include performance-basedearthquake engineering, circuit design for biomedical applications, embedded systems design, andtransistor reliability issues in nano-scale circuits. The first two years of

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Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francis N Mensah, College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University; Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

to classical music.Prof. Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University Richard Helps is an associate professor in the Information Technology Program at BYU. He has research interests in embedded systems, human-computer interaction and curriculum design. He is a member off ASEE, IEEE, IEEE-CS, ACM-SIGITE and an ABET PEV for Information Technology. Page 23.1057.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Security Analysis of CPS: Understanding Current Concerns as a Foundation for Future

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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ASM Delowar Hossain; Zory Marantz; Djafar Mynbaev

in electrical-engineeringtechnology is a core part of the entire curriculum. Teaching electronics today,however, presents a real challenge. Indeed, on the one side, we need to introducethe basis of the subject, starting from diodes, transistors and simplest amplifiercircuits; on the other hand, modern electronics is based on integrated circuits(ICs) whose operation is very far from that of the circuits build from discretecomponents. In fact, the understanding of a system as a whole entity that isimperative in practical applications. In short, there is a huge gap between thefundamentals of electronics that we are still teaching in traditional electronicscourses and the real-world electronics used for building modern devices andgadgets. This

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K-5 Teacher Transformation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K. Anna Douglas, Purdue University; Daphne Duncan Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, INSPIRE, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. The designchallenges that the teachers participated in came from the Engineering is Elementary (EiE)curriculum. EiE is housed at the Museum of Science in Boston, and has developed a set oftwenty engineering units, each focusing on a different engineering discipline. Each unit iscomprised of an engineering story which introduces the problem, a lesson on the specificengineering discipline, a scientific investigation, and a design challenge which is centered onsolving the problem introduced in the story. Teachers had an opportunity to develop andimplement short lessons with groups of 3-5 students. The following summer, 2009, twenty-oneteachers returned for a 3-day follow-up engineering workshop. At this workshop, teachersparticipated in

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

skills such ascommunication, teamwork, planning, example-setting, result-driving, innovation-driving,rapport-building and enablement. Page 23.1011.2Addressing the concerns of the National Academy of Engineering[2], which calls for betterleadership development initiatives for engineering students, requires many strategies. Oneapproach would be for an engineering curriculum to incorporate leadership development coursesinto students’ requirements before graduation. This would speak to engineering students the needand the value of leadership skills, since it is accommodated in their engineering curriculum.However, such an approach may not be popular

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Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

engineering education. Prior to her academic position, she spent seven years working in industry including two years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.Dr. Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Kettering Uni- versity in Flint, Michigan. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, holds an MS Degree from Purdue University and a BS from Kettering University, formerly GMI-Engineering & Management Insti- tute. She teaches courses in Work Design, Ergonomics, Statistics and various other Industrial Engineering classes. Her

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Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Pitts, Northeastern University; Steve McGonagle, Northeastern University; Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

-assessment and a leadership capabilities framework linked tointeractive leadership laboratories (LLabs). This is part of a curriculum that also includes theteaching of best practices in effective product development and the scientific principlesunderlying major engineering disciplines. Experience-based practice and mastery of methods isgained via the Challenge Project, an intense, tightly-scheduled, deliverable-orienteddemonstration of human leadership, project and resource management and engineering problemsolving.The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL), in the graduate school of engineering atNortheastern University, targets the development of the soft skills, organizational awareness andtechnical agility key to mastering leadership in an

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ernest W. Tollner PE, University of Georgia; Qianqian Ma, University of Georgia; Caner Kazanci, University of Georgia

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Biological & Agricultural

results. In theory, one can model a curriculum withdata on documentation and retention of instruction at the course. An analogue of thermodynamictemperature appears to measure the importance of the respective course compartments. These correlateroughly to the numbers of connections associated with various course compartments. The temperaturevalues seemed not to be overly sensitive to the beta values used. We present an intense strategy todevelop documentation needed to model a given curriculum. The time-honored concept of cycling in acurriculum, of conceptual revisits, stands validated by the analysis. The Finn Cycling index describescycling system wide. The indirect/direct effects ratio describes how compartments other than adjacentcompartments

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Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Wayne W. Wheatley; Valerie Ann Little

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Continuing Professional Development

should be discussed during the first meeting between the faculty intern andthe industry sponsor.An assignment which allows the faculty intern to work within the framework of a lean project ora six-sigma [define, measure, analyze, improve, control (DMAIC)] methodology based projectis generally a good option when working with a manufacturing company. These opportunitiesallow the intern to work as part of a team during the problem identification, data collection, andbrainstorming phases. In this manner, the faculty intern has full support from the team and theteam leader for much of the data collection and investigation which is required during thedevelopment of the problem description. The intern becomes an integral part of thebrainstorming and

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2013 ERC

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Chris Crumbly

~7 days •  Demonstrate integrated spacecraft systems performance prior to crewed flight •  Demonstrate high speed entry (~11 km/s) and thermal protection system prior to crewed flight EM-2 no later than 2021 •  Crewed lunar orbit mission •  Mission duration 10–14 dayswww.nasa.gov/sls 4 The Road to First Flight in 2017 NASA Life Approval for Approval for Cycle

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Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly B Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

physics fundamentals in the five curricular threads – Electricity &Magnetism, Work & Mechanics, Waves & Sound, Light & Optics, and Thermal Fluids. By usinga project-driven approach, students become engaged early and maintain a high degree of interestand curiosity throughout the course.As part of the Work & Mechanics module within this hands-on curriculum, 2-dimensional papertrusses are used to introduce the concept of forces and vectors to students. As an application of Page 23.2.2these fundamentals, the truss project tasks students with analyzing and building a 2-dimensionaltruss using mat board (used in picture framing) and

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Engineering Identity 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University; Dawn G. Williams, Howard University; Leonard B. Bliss, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

minority students as well8, 16.Factors such as cultural identification, commitment and Tinto’s8 model of social integration intothe institution of higher education suggest that Black students may be more likely to attend andgraduate from HBCUs. Controlling for pre-collegiate characteristics and the academicselectivity of the institutions, researchers have suggested that attending an HBCU is positivelyassociated with Black students remaining in college and earning a bachelor’s degree 6, 18.Additionally, Allen19 noted that the “fit” between Black students and higher education is morefavorable at HBCUs. Also, Wenglinsky17 found that Black students at Black institutions aremore likely to become professionals6.Just as Black students are more likely to

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Arnold, Alma High School, Alma, MI; Ze Zhang; Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Bingbing Li, Department of Chemistry, Science of Advanced Materials Doctoral Program, Central Michigan University ; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6663Incorporating Engineering into the High School Chemistry ClassroomMs. Lisa Arnold, Alma High School, Alma, MI Lisa Arnold has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Alma College with emphasis in Mathematics and Natural Science and a Master of Arts from Central Michigan University in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Mathematics. She has also obtained M.A. +30 with emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction. Lisa has been teaching chemistry at Alma High School for the past seventeen years.Mr. Ze ZhangDr. Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University Dr. Tolga Kaya currently holds a joint assistant professor

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Global Competency and What Makes a Successful Engineer

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; Miriam Regina Simon, Ohio State University

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International

Page 23.209.2 communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries.  Project teams (both within classes and extra-curricular activities) were by far the most frequentlymentioned item in open-ended responses regarding what impacts global competency inengineering-related fields. When combined with design courses, it is clear that the experientiallearning components of the engineering curriculum play a major role in global competency. Theformal curriculum, general education and specific major and minor courses, also play asignificant role in attainment of global competency.BackgroundIn the last decade and a half, there has been an increase in interest of globalization topics byuniversities. In 2006, the Association of American Colleges and

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Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships; Caroline Crosthwaite, University of Queensland; Lydia Kavanaugh, University of Queensland

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Invited - Student Development

Research Methods Interest Group of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE). In that capacity I have run work- shops on research methods and educational evaluation in Australia and New Zealand and was a founder leader of the annual AAEE Winter School for engineering education research. In the last two years I have completed two CRC projects; Evaluation of Simulators in Train Driver Training and Towards a National Framework for Competence Assurance for Train drivers. I have also recently managed an ALTC project called Curriculum Change through Theory-Driven Evaluation on behalf of the University of Queensland.Caroline Crosthwaite, University of Queensland Caroline Crosthwaite BE(Hons), MEngSt (UQ

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Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Mohammed A Omar, Clemson University

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ASEE International Forum

, L.J., Bestererfield-Sacre, M., McGourty, J., “The ABET professional skills can theybe taught? Can they be assessed?” Journal of Engineering Education,Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 41– 55.[5] American National Standards Institute, ANSI 2002a: National Standards Strategy for theUnited States, Washington DC, ASNI publication.[6] Omar, M. A., Kurfess, T., Mears, L., Kiggans, R. “Organizational learning in the automotivemanufacturing; a strategic choice”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, ISSN 0956-5515, DOI10.1007/s10845-009-0330-6. 2009[7] Miller, M. H., “Industry internships as a tool for curriculum development”, Seattle, WA,USA, ASEE, Washington, DC, 1998[8] Beasley,  D.  E.,  Biggers,  S.  B.,  “Curriculum  development:  an  integrated

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Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Elizabeth Paderi Cheung, Los Angeles Pierce College; Tiffany Reardon

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Two Year College Division

engineering curriculum, coupledwith recent budget crises in California, is threatening the viability of community collegeengineering programs all over the state. In response to this pressing need to strengthencommunity college engineering programs, Cañada College, submitted a successful grantproposal to the National Science Foundation. This paper is a description of this NSF-fundedproject that attempts to improve community college engineering education using technology, andestablish collaborations and partnerships among institutions in order to increase the viability ofcommunity college engineering programs in the state.2. Struggling California Community College Engineering ProgramsEngineering is an important transfer program in California

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Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Community Engagement Division

the beginning of the course …; this pedagogy … mimics real-world scenarios.” Other case studies are also used. Burian describes the integration ofsustainability into the curriculum at the University of Utah using “brief references tosustainability at the lower levels, targeted modules in junior and senior level courses, anddedicated project-based electives at the senior and introductory graduate level.” Burian mentionsthe Engineering-LEAP (E-LEAP) Program, “a year-long seminar focusing on the theme ofcommunity building in American and in global settings, and the ethical standards ofengineering.” He notes that “A paper on sustainability is required, but limited class time isdedicated to specific discussion of sustainability.” Recent

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #6367Collaboration between Private Sector and Academia: Are We CompromisingOur Engineering Programs?Dr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Dr. Rigoberto Chinchilla earned his Ph.D. in Integrated Engineering from Ohio University. He is an associate professor of Applied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality Design, Biometric and Computer Security, Clean Technologies, Automation and Technology-Ethics. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university

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Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company

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Faculty Development

Austin for her PhD work in Higher Educational Administration; Northern Arizona University for her MA in Curriculum and Assessment, Arizona State University for her BA in Secondary Education – Communications and Central Arizona College for her Associate of Arts degree. Page 21.64.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Attributes of a Global Engineer Project: Updates, Inputs, Faculty Development ConsiderationsAbstractWhat knowledge, skills, abilities, and characteristics are needed by engineering professionalsliving and working in an increasingly

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Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

research interests lie in the areas of educational scholarship, including teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, process design instruction, and the integration of writing, speaking, and computing within the curriculum.Dr. Warren D. Seider, University of Pennsylvania Dr. Warren D. Seider is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Penn- sylvania. He received a B.S. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. For many years, he has contributed to the fields of process analysis, simula- tion, design, and control. In process design, he co-authored FLOWTRAN Simulation—An Introduction and Product, and Process Design

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

impunity when they get any power at all over others. A clearreference is provided as the reviewer wished34 for that statement.Some MetricsWith the developments that have gone into the EXTROVERT system, some facts can be used togauge effectiveness:1. Usage of Case-based assignments has now become routine in Vehicle Performance classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels.2. The fluid dynamics/ aerodynamics/ gas dynamics curricular stream has become fully integrated, from the Introduction to Aerospace Engineering course all the way to graduate level Advanced Aerodynamics.3. New ways of teaching advanced courses have become possible. For instance, an Advanced Fluid Dynamics course in Fall 2012 took first-semester graduate students to

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2013 EDI

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Irving Pressley McPhail, NACME

between the AOEs and NACME Partner Institutions by increasing awareness about engineering careers and ensuring that AOE programs incorporate learning standards and content consistent with industry-recognized skills. Examples of opportunities for participation include:• Serve on Advisory Boards of the Academies of Engineering• Conduct presentations about engineering opportunities• Support a research or an engineering design project by giving advice and guidance to a team of students enrolled in an AOE• Provide an opportunity for students to shadow an engineer for a day• Provide summer internship and full-time job opportunities for NACME Scholars 19NACME STEM Integration

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Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Talbot; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

from Dickinson College.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah E. Zappe is Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State University. In her current position, Dr. Zappe is re- sponsible for supporting curricular assessment and developing instructional support programs for faculty in the College of Engineering. In her research role, Dr. Zappe is interested in the integration of creativity into the engineering curriculum, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Zappe holds a doctorate in edu- cational psychology specializing in applied testing and measurement. Her measurement interests include the

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Systems Engineering Education Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pratik Mital, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) at Georgia Tech. She attended University of Illinois for her BS in Mechanical Engineering, then received a Masters in 2009 and a PhD in 2012 both in ME from Georgia Tech. Her doctoral work was in the area of design optimization. She is currently working on engineering curriculum development for middle and high school classrooms.Pratik Mital, Georgia Institute of Technology Pratik Mital is a Ph.D. student in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are using systems engineering methodologies to model various systems, using industrial engineering and operations

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CIP Division Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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College Industry Partnerships

of content.3The College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University offers an EngineeringAccreditation Council (EAC) of ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree.The degree’s curricular structure includes an engineering foundation in the first two years andprimary and secondary areas of focus in the third and four years. The program utilizes a projectspine, with project classes every semester of the curriculum, with an explicit emphasis on thestudents gaining professional skills as they progress through the curriculum, as recommended bymultiple engineering education studies.4, 5, 6 The program utilizes a 120 semester hourcurriculum and is structured to satisfy the “general” ABET criteria (but not any program

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin M Fitzgerald, Museum of Science; Christine M Cunningham, Museum of Science

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

’ perceptions of and confidence in teaching STEM in theelementary classroom in Massachusetts. Massachusetts’ curriculum frameworks state that“approximately one-quarter of PreK-5 science time should be devoted totechnology/engineering”10, and elementary students are assessed on technology and engineeringstandards through a state-wide exam in fifth grade. The BEST grant works with faculty from fourMassachusetts community colleges and their 4-year transfer partners to implement engagingengineering and technology content in preservice teacher preparation courses. Thirty-five facultymembers from these Massachusetts colleges are currently involved in the BEST grant, impactingapproximately 750 students each year.Our work on an earlier NSF-funded grant called