Conference Session

The Ever-Changing Course

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Thompson, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven

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First-Year Programs

assessment shows students find this course dramatically improves their ability to work inteams. For instance, data from Section 04 for fall 2008 shows that 75% of students found thatthis course is “very useful” in learning attributes of an effective team member. 94% respondedthat is was “very useful” or “useful.” These results are based upon a sample of 16 responses froma class of 18 students.Implementation and ResultsThis research has led to curriculum changes that instructors are currently implementing.Instructors implemented new curriculum related to the bridge project during the fall 2008semester and instructors will begin implementing the other proposed curriculum changes in thespring and fall semesters of 2009. Instructors expect some

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine

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Two Year College Division

realize that continuing rapidchanges in electronic components, technologies, methods, equipment and jobs are the norm butfind it difficult to keep courses and curriculum are in step. Yet, more than ever it is essential thatacademia match industry and the consumer in keeping up with the technology.One way to update and improve the technician-level electronics curriculum is to adopt a systems-oriented rather than a component/circuit analysis approach that most schools still use. Thanks tohigh density integrated circuits, fewer and fewer discrete component circuits are in use today yetmost two-year schools continue to teach the analysis and design of discrete component circuitsthat few technicians actually encounter today. The modern technician

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

, thermodynamics, solid mechanics, fluids, and propulsion in a single course.The concept was to combine the material to emphasize the systems nature of aerospaceengineering. With this integrated approach to presenting the material, it became a naturalfit for the ABET 2000 requirements on social impact, ethics and economics. In responseto industry concerns that engineering students were becoming applied physicists insteadof engineers, MIT revamped its undergraduate curriculum. The result of a two-yearoverhaul was the Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (CDIO) educational initiative.Emphasis is towards hands-on learning. Unified Engineering is still a key part of thecurriculum, but most core classes have added hands-on labs. Through the years, MIT

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phillip Sealy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; David Drury, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mesut Muslu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Electrical and Computer

, P.E., Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, Department of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Curriculum ChairMesut Muslu, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Professor, P.E., Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, Department of Electrical Engineering, Previous Electrical Engineering Chair Page 14.329.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Closing the Loop on AssessmentAbstractIn recent years we have noticed an increase in the number of students making fundamentalmistakes in upper-division electrical engineering (EE) courses. In addition, we have found thatsome students have

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Harvey I. Lyons

experience that closely matches that encountered by professional design engineers. And we can seek to develop those communication skills that are an inherent and vital part of engineering activity. Let us begin by examining the professional functions of an engineering technologist upon being given an open-ended design project. The ET will invariably work in a design group; will initially research the project fully; will create and consider several possible design paths; will prepare a Design Proposal and Cost Estimate that is subject to (client) approval; will carefully schedule the project work which may include prototyping; will prepare formal Progress Reports; may develop a

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

AC 2009-115: WRITING TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTINGPROJECT-DIRECTED MATHEMATICSJohn Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar Branch Campus Dr. John Schmeelk is a Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha Qatar Branch, where he is engaged in applied mathematics, generalized functions, image processing and educational pedagogy. He received his PhD from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He was awarded many summer faculty grants to go to Fort Rucker, Alabama implementing procedures utilizing generalized functions. He has been an invited speaker to conferences in Australia

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Arash Salehi, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-62: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERINGSTUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON STUDENT EFFICACYLesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University Lesley Strawderman is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She conducts research in the area of human factors and ergonomics, specifically looking at the impact of large scale service systems on human use. She has received her IE degrees from Penn State and Kansas State Universities.Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University Bill Elmore is an Associate Professor and Associate Director in the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering. His research interests include K-12 and undergraduate education reform and

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ernest Tollner, University of Georgia, Athens; John Schramski, University of Georgia; Caner Kazanci, University of Georgia

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Biological & Agricultural

of goal functionsand ecosystem indicators. IN Eco Targets, Goal Functions and Orientors (F. Muller and M.Leupelt, Eds). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.Jorgensen, S. E. and Y.M. Svirezhev. 2004. Towards a thermodynamic theory for ecologicalsystems. Elsevier Ltd. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Haven, D.S. and R. Morales-Alamo. 1966. Aspects of biodeposition byoysters and other invertebrate filter feeders. Limnology and Oceanography 11(3):487-498.Kazanci, C. 2007. EcoNet: new software for ecological modeling, simulation and networkanalysis. Ecological Modeling 208(1): 3-8.Kazanci, C. and E.W. Tollner. 2008. Particle tracking: an integrated approach for solvingecological network models. J. Math. Biology (In Prep.).Matis, J.H., Patten, B.C., White

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; William Hurley, Villanova University; Edmond Dougherty, Villanova University; James Klingler, Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

cost labor regions, particularly India and China, there is a realconcern that the US-educated engineering student of the 21st century must be educated ina different way to the traditional engineering curriculum. The United States still leads theworld in terms of having a complete vertically integrated infrastructure supportingbusiness development. The elements of this infrastructure include a supportive culture forentrepreneurship, small business financing vehicles, intellectual property protectionand a supportive business tax and legislative structure. Yet with all this support, not manyuniversities provide entrepreneurship education to undergraduates within their curricula.Some universities that do include Lehigh University, the University

Conference Session

LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

course. This course is required forstudents from three majors: computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanicalengineering. The course content includes introduction to microcontrollers (μCs), actuators,analog and digital sensors, electronics, and programmable logic controllers. The justification tohave this course in the curricula is twofold. First is to provide a basic knowledge aboutelectromechanical systems to students since nowadays there are very few systems that can becategorized as either pure electrical system or mechanical system. Second is to help student buildmultidisciplinary team skills.Robotics is an appropriate technical field for the integration of different engineering curriculatopics and therefore it has been

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

semester credit hours.A recurring theme in the ongoing dialogue is the merit of having the Master’s degree orequivalent required for the design engineer and thus necessary for an engineer to becomelicensed. Substantial ongoing effort by ASCE has helped to clarify the learningappropriate to the body of knowledge (BOK) for civil engineering6 and much dialoguecontinues on the baccalaureate curriculum for civil engineering. Meanwhile, the Master’slevel learning defined in the ASCE BOK is only recently being examined in detail. The24 learning outcomes in the ASCE BOK are separated into three categories: foundational,technical and professional learning. Master’s level learning is not identified as a part ofthe foundational and professional learning

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tal Rusak, Cornell University; Christopher Barnes, Cornell University; G. Scott Russ, Cornell University; Vincent Kam, Cornell University; David Gries, Cornell University

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Information Systems

AC 2009-2507: CPAS: ON THE STRUCTURE AND USABILITY OF ACOURSE-PLANNING AND AUDIT SYSTEMTal Rusak, Cornell University Tal Rusak is an undergraduate student at the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, graduating May 2009. Tal's interests lie in understanding the structure of networks and novel computing systems as well as in the theory and practice of engineering and computer science education. Tal was recognized as the 2009 Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Award Winner. Tal's research in modeling the temporal variations of low-power wireless network links has been published internationally and was recognized by the Best Paper Award at ACM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Hulme, State University of New York, Buffalo; Edward Kasprzak, Milliken Research Associates; Kenneth English, State University of New York, Buffalo; Deborah Moore-Russo, State University of New York, Buffalo; Kemper Lewis, State University of New York, Buffalo

broad availability of visuallyengaging and fast-paced games, contemporary students can find traditional classroom methods oflecture and guided laboratory experiments limiting. This paper presents a novel methodologythat incorporates driving simulation, motion simulation, and educational practices into anengaging, gaming-inspired simulation framework for a vehicle dynamics curriculum. Theresearch places students into a gaming scenario where learning occurs during game play, ratherthan using a formally structured learning approach to vehicle dynamics. The application of themethodology is demonstrated in the context of an advanced vehicle dynamics course. This paperreports on work done under National Science Foundation grant DUE-0633596 in the

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Bailey, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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First-Year Programs

of general education. In particular, we argue for the positive value of ageneral education program centered on common foundation courses taken by all studentsat an institution. Even more particularly, we argue for the positive value of a foundationcourse, taken by all first- or second-year students, which introduces them to, and providesopportunities for them to practice, their critical, analytical, quantitative, and scientificreasoning skills. Most particularly, we argue for the positive value of such a course forundergraduate Engineering majors. In part one of our paper, we will correlate the goals,objectives, and curriculum of UNST 130 Analytical Reasoning, a general educationfoundation course at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

in industry and is now a standard engineering tool for both analysis and design.When FEM first appeared in the 1960’s it was introduced into the engineering curriculum at thegraduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM was introduced at theundergraduate level in engineering and engineering technology programs, even in some two-yearengineering technology programs. Today, FEM is primarily offered as an elective undergraduatecourse in mechanical, civil, and aeronautical engineering programs. Fatigue analysis that in the past was carried out by hand and/or in-house computer programsis now done using commercial FEM software. Fatigue design modules have recently beenintegrated into commercial FEM codes that include ABAQUS

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy Ward, Ohio State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Robert J. Gustafson; Jessica D'Ambrosio; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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International

international team conducted research on one of four components of an integrated research program investigating wetlands adjoining Lake Victoria.2 Benin Groundwater Research and Development in Benin The program was initiated in 1998, with Benin student involvement since 2000 University of Notre Dame and annual trips involving US students since 2003. 2002-2005 involved a Universitéd’Abomey-Calavi summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). 2006-2008 involved a Long-Term Research (LTR) Program. The REU involved 2-4 weeks of pre- travel

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jan Collins-Eaglin, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-864: CONNECTOR FACULTY: A FRIENDLY FACE FOR EARLYENGINEERING STUDENTSDaina Briedis, Michigan State University Dr. DAINA BRIEDIS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Mark Maughmer, Penn State University

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Aerospace

performance. Our intention is to initiate a dialogue on the dilemma ofdeclining achievement. BackgroundCoursesThe two courses focused on in this study have been in the aerospace engineering curriculum atPenn State University (PSU) for a number of years and offer fundamental content. One is arequired junior-level course, Introduction to Aeronautics, with a required prerequisite of the firstaerodynamics class and an aerospace analysis class. The other is a senior-level technicalelective, Theoretical Aerodynamics, and its prerequisite is the Introduction to Aeronauticscourse. The junior-level course introduces students to the basic concepts of aeronautics bycovering the estimation of the forces of flight and

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Bret Swan, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

and participate in capstone projects to achieve substantive deliverables that do not result ina working product or system.Students building a working prototype product or system are operating in primarily in theproduct-oriented, phase of the complete system development life cycle. There are hiddenassumptions in the design of capstone courses that encourage students to work in that phase.A student team can accomplish the learning objectives of a technical capstone project byfollowing a clearly defined design and development process resulting in project deliverables thatare not a working prototype.Recently, an Information Technology (IT) capstone student team at Brigham Young Universityselected a project that requires them to follow a systems

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program. in 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2008.2. Torvi, D.A., Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistant Instructional Programs: Training Tomorrow’s Faculty Members. Journal of Engineering Education, 1994. 83(4): p. 2-5.3. DiBiasio, D., J.E. Miller, and J.E. Groccia. Managers of the Learning Process: Preparing Future Faculty to Teach Productively. in 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. 1996.4. Dziedzic, M., P.R. Janissek, and M.J. Tozzi, A Graduate Course in Faculty Development, in 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. 2007, Milwaukee, WI.5. Kane, R., et al. An Integrated Approach to Teaching Assistant Training and Orientation. in 2007

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Josh Coffman; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis

in industry and is now a standard engineering tool for both analysis and design.When FEM first appeared in the 1960’s it was introduced into the engineering curriculum at thegraduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM was introduced at theundergraduate level in engineering and engineering technology programs, even in some two-yearengineering technology programs. Today, FEM is primarily offered as an elective undergraduatecourse in mechanical, civil, and aeronautical engineering programs. Fatigue analysis that in the past was carried out by hand and/or in-house computer programsis now done using commercial FEM software. Fatigue design modules have recently beenintegrated into commercial FEM codes that include ABAQUS

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rick Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

learning.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Marion C. Usselman is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Marion received her B.A. in biophysics from the University of California, San Diego, and her Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University. She focuses on K-12 educational reform, university-K-12 partnerships, and equity issues in education.Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Morley, is a CEISMC Professor of Mathematics at Georgia Tech

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, component-based software architectures, software and systems engineering process models, intelligent control, the semantic web, and real-time artificial intelligence. In 1999, Dr. Hawker joined the Computer Science Department at the University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor focusing on software engineering, and in 2004 he moved to the Software Engineering Department at RIT. Dr. Hawker is also co-director of the Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making, which focuses on modeling and understanding the impact of freight transportation and automotive industry activities and public policies. Dr. Hawker is a member of the ASEE, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Timothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

for small and large scale changes in its content, the curriculum,and the participation of different faculty and invited scholars from different disciplines and institutions.This particular feature of the program will lead to a change in the university academic culture, i.e., it willencourage the faculty to take calculated risks, be more innovative and to experiment with differentteaching methods, allowing for amplification of knowledge and techniques into other, more traditionalprograms, thereby having a long-term effect on students and society.Related work This proposed program assumes a general understanding of the term innovation, like the definitionby the 3M Company “new ideas plus action or implementation which results in an

Conference Session

Programs That Serve Industry and Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Wittenborn, Boeing Company; Michael Richey, Boeing Company; John Paredes, Boeing Company; Daniel Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dale Atkins, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Continuing Professional Development

Systems Design. He also has been responsible for the establishment of most of the Aerospace System Design laboratories in the School of Aerospace Engineering, such as the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) in 1992, Space Systems Design Laboratory (SSDL) in 1996, and the Integrated Product Lifecycle Engineering (IPLE) Laboratory in 2007. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech in 1984, Dr. Schrage served as an engineer, manager and senior executive with the Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM) from 1974 to 1984. In these capacities he was involved in the design, development and production of all of the current Army Aviation systems, including the UH-60 Black Hawk, the AH-64

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Mukai, University of Wyoming; Trent McDonald, West Inc.

heavily on computer resampling (computer-intensive). By teaching thebasic concepts of sampling, replication, and variation in a hands-on environment instead ofcalculus-based probability theory, students gain an immediate intuitive understanding ofstatistics, rather than memorize a series of poorly understood statistical “recipes”. The practicalresults are: 1) statistical concepts are more transparent, 2) students better retain understanding ofstatistical concepts, 3) students are capable of more sophisticated statistics than what they can doin a traditional engineering statistics course, and 4) the course can be taken earlier in anengineering curriculum than a traditional parametric, calculus-based course. The followingmodules have been used in a

Conference Session

Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Becker, Utah State University; Jim Barta, Utah State University; Rebecca Monhardt, Utah State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Iowa, an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas A& M University and a B.S in Elementary Education from the University of Houston. She is a former elementary science teacher. Over the past twelve years in Utah, Dr. Monhardt has worked with Navajo teachers and students and her research interests deal broadly with the topic of relevance in elementary science education. She is particularly interested in place a context for making science meaningful for all students, especially those who have been traditionally underrepresented in science. Page 14.1314.1© American Society for Engineering

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon G. Davis; Bryan W. Hill; Carol S. Gattis; Bradley M. Dearing; Christa N. Hestekin; Edgar C. Clausen

11Mr. Dearing is a faculty associate at Illinois State University and teaches Engineering and Technology at theUniversity’s laboratory high school. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Illinois State. He has served as Presidentfor the Technology Education Association of Illinois and served on the Board of Directors for the past 12 years. Heis active in professional research and publications, as well as continuing work towards professional development,state and national standards and curriculum projects.CHRISTA N. HESTEKINDr. Hestekin is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her researchinterests are in the separation of biomolecules, specifically DNA, using microchannel electrophoresis forapplications in

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Simonson, University of Cincinnati; Latiera Evans, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Technical High School, discussed the importance of math readiness and howparents could assist their students with understanding Mathematics. She discussed how math andscience are integrated in the real world, and the importance in learning both. Dr. Moyo engagedthe parents in a hands-on math activity to illustrate how parents could use math with their studentsto enhance their interest in it.The presentation for the fourth parent workshop session was given Dr. Joy Moore, AssistantProfessor of mathematics, who has been rated as one of the best teachers in math and is anAfrican American with an engineering undergraduate degree. Dr. Moore graduated with a BS inengineering degree and then pursued graduate degrees in mathematics education. Dr

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University, Vancouver; Linda Chen, Washington State University Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Amir Jokar, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Mechanical Engineering

at theperformance criteria for each of the program outcomes (Appendix). To be measurable, eachperformance criteria had to start with an action verb, such as “apply”, “choose”, “analyze”,“validate”, corresponding to the levels of learning. The performance criteria were then presentedto the Industry Advisory Board for their input and approval.We developed 38 performance criteria for the 11 program outcomes. In the next step the PCswere mapped to the curriculum (Figure 1). Page 14.258.3 A A A A A A A B B B B C C C C D D D E E E F Course