Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

weekend, making such assignments challenging to complete. For thepurposes of this study, assignments due during the weekend (Friday or Saturday night) wereassigned early enough to permit students to complete them prior to leaving campus. Still, itwould be prudent to make weekend assignments due on Sunday evening so that commutingstudents or those who leave campus for the weekend are not penalized for lack of access to theinternet.The wiki, podcasts and blog again generated only a few, mixed comments, reflecting minimalstudent use.Based on this feedback, it appears that shifting the podcasts and assignment information toBlackboard, along with posting of grades on Blackboard, would be a smarter strategy forattempting to reach students with these

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Clemson University; Philip Sadler, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Gerhard Sonnert, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Educational Research and Methods

order to examine the relationship between outcomeexpectations and occupational preference in more depth, the detail provided by Vroom’sExpectancy Theory3, specifically the valence model, is useful.Social Cognitive Career Theory2 can be used as a lens through which to examine which types ofoutcome expectations women and men have about an engineering career. According toBandura’s social cognitive theory4, outcome expectations are the anticipated consequences of acourse of action and can be physical, social, or self-evaluative. For example, a student mightexpect that the outcome of earning an engineering degree will be making money (physical),becoming well-known (social), or developing new knowledge (self-reflective). Lent, Brown,and Hackett used

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Tront, Virginia Tech; Rebecca Gunter, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Peed, Virginia Tech; Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech

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International

, reflecting their thoughts andexperiences while traveling. Another class was devoted to web page development. Classdiscussion was strongly encouraged. The topics covered were diverse and thought provoking.There were a number of assignments given throughout the semester. Each student was asked, forexample, to look into their personal national and racial background and tell the group about it.The students seem to genuinely enjoy reporting on their background and hearing about others.Student buy in for the travel portion of this class is crucial so groups of two were assigned one ofthe stops abroad and were charged with researching that town. The assignment read: Be the virtual tour guide for the class. Each group will present to the

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming; April Heaney, University of Wyoming; James Kladianos, Wyoming Department of Transportation

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Design in Engineering Education

the report, focused mainly on the writing, account for 6% of the course grade.Seven percent of the course grade is based on the writing style, grammar, punctuation, andproper citation of references in the final report. This grade is determined from a final versionsubmitted at the end of the semester, reflecting the results of two separate reviews by the courseinstructor. A typical project report for a design group of three students is approximately 55pages long. Writing the report accounts for approximately 20 of the 100 hours put in by eachstudent during the fall portion of the course. Therefore, the amount of work done by the studentsin writing the final report is approximately proportional to the portion of the course grade

Conference Session

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bhushan Trivedi; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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International

results in both courses.We compared results of the first test in both the subjects. We could have compared either thesecond test results or final results but first test results reflect better for the experiment for thefollowing reasons.1. Traditionally the first test in both classes is a strict test that is graded harshly, with no curving, with the aim of awakening those who are complaisant. Thus, results tend to be poor then the second test is traditionally easier to see that students get fair internal marks. Page 14.271.7 Most of the time the second test requires being lenient while examining and curve the result to some extent

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Jul08, together with several visits Advocate changes to the licensing laws in each of the 56 to key state and industry leaders. CAP3,9. jurisdictions to reflect the NCEES model law and raise the 3, 5 2035 Conducted two “town hall” CGA bar for the licensure of engineers. meetings in NE in Oct08. Completed a four-day visit to LA

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

traditionally assessed in academe. However, this must beaccompanied by a meta-cognitive ability to reflect, assess and regulate one’s engagement inlearning. For a learner human agency constitutes a foundation upon which new knowledge isassembled and integrated into a framework for choosing and adequately performing vocationalpursuits. Our students bring these traits to bear upon their decisions when choosing a vocationand the requisite educational training/certification necessary to enter this vocation. Unquestionably, causal factors (e.g. prior knowledge, socio-economic factors, psychological―tenor‖) influence ―agency‖—thus our current study of these factors. The centrality of one’sbeliefs about individual capabilities to control events affecting his

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Lutz, Monmouth University; James McDonald, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

in the US is growing. In 2007, therewere almost 2,000 students enrolled in software engineering programs and approximately 625bachelor’s degrees were awarded.Concomitantly, bachelor degree programs in Information Technology (IT) and InformationSciences (IS) are expanding more rapidly. The graduates of these programs will be an increasingproportion of the technical, professional labor force. Their backgrounds will be different fromthose hired with degrees in either computer science or engineering. They will seek out differentcontinuing professional development opportunities and aspire to different target positions. Theincreasing popularity of accredited IT, IS and SE programs is reflected in the data of Figure 1.Many influences affect the

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marlin Thomas, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Industrial Engineering

. This also presents the greatest challenge for IE educators tomaintain a curricula core for the discipline and profession.End NotesThe views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official positionof the Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.References1. ALDRICH, J.G., 1912. “The Present State of the Art of Industrial Management,” Trans. of the ASME, Vol. 34, Paper 1378, pp. 1182-11872. BILLINGS, C., J.J. Junguzza, D.F. Poirier, and S. Saeed, 2001. “The Role and Career of the Industrial Engineer in the Modern Organization,” Ch. 1.2, Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook, Ed. K.B. Zandin, Ch. 1.2, pp. 1.21-1.373. EMERSON, H.P. and D.C.E. Naehring, 1988 , Orgins of

Conference Session

OMCED Topics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Simpson, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

the fact that it is a groupproject and that the grade may only reflect the efforts on one or two members of a three or fourmember team.ConclusionThe sheet metal barge project has added a dimension of realism and practical experience in theShip Structures course at the Coast Guard Academy. It gives the students a challenging butachievable design, analysis, and construction task that requires integration of hull design,structural design, and construction planning. It gives direct correlation between theory andpractice. The students learn from firsthand experience the need for care in metal shipconstruction. They experience the ease with which single curvature can be used in metalconstruction and how difficult it is to use double curvature. In

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

GammaFig. 14: Simulink/SPS model of the CIGRE HVDC Benchmark systemLecture 3Simulation: The HVDC system simulated in this study is modeled based on the CIGRE HVDCBenchmark system. For the simulation, a time-step of 50 µs is customarily chosen, which isslightly less than 1″ for a 50 Hz waveform. To implement the model with Simulink/SPS, a totalof 109 states; 37 inputs; 86 outputs; 31 switches were used. Matlab 7.6.0 (R2008a) was used toconduct the simulation. The normal operation of the HVDC system is affected by faults on theDC line, converters, or the AC system. The impact of a fault is reflected through the action ofconverter controls. In an AC system, relays and circuit breakers are used to detect and removefaults. On the other hand, the faults

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

because of (A) Strain Hardening A 52 100 (B) Preipitation Hardening B 0 0 (C) Grain Size Hardening C 0 0 (D) None of the choices shown D 0 0L3/Q8 For lattices with BODY-CENTERED point arrangement and a crystal basis of one N 52 100 atom per point, the permitted x-ray reflections are from planes that have Miller indices where (A) any h or k or l is permitted

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heiko Merle, Darmstadt University of Technology; Joerg Lange, Darmstadt University of Technology

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Civil Engineering

. Therefore the students had tochange their role. After the development of the cognitive structure they had to use thisknowledge to analyze and evaluate the written knowledge of other learners. In “Bloom’sTaxonomy – learning in action” [4] the educational objective describes in its hierarchy theanalysis and the evaluation as its upper levels. Due to this the students had to raise this level andchange from the learner into the role of a teacher respectively an expert. The amplifying of thestudents examples also asked the students to reflect their still existing example as well as thesolution. This reflexive and evaluative analysis of the work helped to tighten the cognitivestructure and the mental model. After amplifying the example the students got a

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace & Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aisling O'Sullivan, University of Canterbury; Thomas Cochrane, University of Canterbury

Tagged Divisions

International

selection ≠ Individual student GPA in project course compared to their overall GPA ≠ Gender differences ≠ Professional skill sets developed in course components ≠ Research and teaching partnerships developed with industryProject diversity and selection: Page 14.973.8The variety of the research projects over the years has been wide reflecting the nature of theNatural Resources Engineering programme. Many projects were concerned with finding moresustainable solutions to managing urban stormwater, municipal wastes, land erosion andsediment transport, energy efficiency in buildings and river engineering. Usually projects wereprescribed

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm; Thomas Merrill; William Riddell

Clinics, throughout the engineering curriculum. In this sequence ofcourses, engineering students progress from projects with carefully limited scopes in thefreshman year, to ill-posed and open-ended projects that reflect professional practice in theJunior and Senior years. Indeed, most projects in the Junior and Senior year are externallysponsored. The faculty in the College of Engineering feel that this progression is a logical wayto take full advantage of project-based learning and to allow students to develop towardprofessional practice throughout their studies.Like many engineering programs, Rowan University is also striving to develop a sense ofentrepreneurship in their students. The College of Engineering has established a venture

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lizabeth Schlemer; Jose Macedo

understand thatthe sophomore students are full team members. The younger students will be assigned specifictasks, but should be respected for their contribution and even encouraged to stretch themselvesby creative problem solving. The seniors are also asked to consider themselves teachers andmentors of the younger students. In one group, the younger students were not treated as equalsand the faculty members did not intervene in time to remedy the problem. The younger studentswere demoralized and hated being part of the team. In addition, the seniors on this particularteam had major conflicts and the poor quality of their final presentation reflected theirdysfunction. The younger students need to understand the time commitment and complexity ofthe

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gordon W. Romney

the user.Major companies that use Ruby on Rails are Amazon.com, BBC, Cisco, Google, NASA, NewYork Times, Oracle, Siemens, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo! (RoR Companies, 2009) SunMicrosystems has based much of its future upon RoR in the form of JRuby that is a compiledversion of RoR that interoperates with Java platform applications. Regarding Ruby and JRuby,Sun states, “it combines the best features of many compiled and interpreted languages, such aseasy development of large programs, rapid prototyping, almost-real-time development, andcompact code. Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, and interpreted object-oriented scripting language,and JRuby is a Java programming language implementation of the Ruby language syntax, corelibraries, and standard

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ricks, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Loen Graceson-Martin, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; James Mathias, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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First-Year Programs

establishaccountability guidelines for my mentees,” with mean of 3.50 (sd = 0.98), and item 55, “Iencouraged my mentees to reflect on their progress toward their goals,” with mean of 3.63 (sd =0.92). Page 14.185.13Table 9Miscellaneous Aspects of the Peer Mentoring Experience Percent of Responses (n = 24) # Item M sd SA A N D SD NR 41 I was able to answer mentee questions about university life 4.25 0.61 33.3 58.3 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 43 I was able to assist

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

clear that as a normal part of the business cycle, priorities change. As they change, we must makeinformed decisions and move on. That may result in a series of reductions that are much smaller thanwhat we are accustomed to seeing, but are much more reflective of how a typical business responds tochanging conditions. We have requested the authority to conduct additional such reductions as early asthis month. I anticipate no such "ebb and flow" reductions in December, but I would not rule out any suchactivity either before December or after the first of the year.I hope that all of the above information better clarifies the situation.[company] PresidentNovember 11, 2002bTransition Update: Employee Movement - November 11, 2002Since I announced our

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Judith Zawojewski, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reflect engineering practice. High quality andreliable feedback and assessment strategies must accompany these learning experiences to ensurethat student learning is achieved (e.g. misconceptions are addressed) and the quality of studentwork increasingly reflects what is valued in engineering practice.Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) are one instructional approach to developing these and othercompetencies3,4. These client-driven, open-ended, team-oriented problems have beenimplemented in a large (N = 1200-1600) required first-year engineering problem solving andcomputer tools course since Fall 20025,6. Over 20 different MEAs have been implemented and anumber of feedback and assessment strategies have been employed with varying degrees ofsuccess6

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Douglas Howe, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Calvin Hsieh, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Project. Page 14.1215.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Engineering of Everyday Things: Simple Experiments for the Thermal and Fluid SciencesAbstractA series of demonstrations and laboratory exercises have been developed to teach fundamentalconcepts in the thermal and fluid sciences of the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Thismaterial is part of an educational research project called the Engineering of Everyday Things.The title reflects the use of common technology like hair dryers, blenders, toasters and bicyclepumps, which are used to demonstrate principles of thermodynamics

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Belter, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Shirley Magnusson, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

abilities.Furthermore, they must be able to see themselves practicing engineering as a career.We decided to focus on the engineering profession6, rather than the engineering field, andthus the survey statements (Table I) reflect personal declarations that lead to careerselection. Some of the statements deal with the self visualization of being an engineer.Many females tend to lack the confidence or fail to identify with the field (due to lack ofrole models or inaccurate stereotypes).Table I. Statements on the Engineering Days survey and the corresponding codedvariable for study Survey statement Variable “I understand what an engineer does.” understood “I plan to study engineering in college

Conference Session

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

Engineering Education engineering societies to Organization: the challenges of the 21st century coverage periodically to programs to reflect the promote activities in University and the needs of the immediate harmonize needs of the societal African countries on society ideas/programs to growth engineering education - To improve teaching/learning bridge groups in Global - Research and - AEEA to collaborate with in engineering education through Engineering Education development activities Global Engineering1 the use of hands on

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alister McLeod, Purdue University; April Savoy, Purdue University

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Industrial Engineering

learners’existing knowledge while expanding their repository. In the next phase, demonstration of skillsinvolves the regurgitation of the newly acquired knowledge. If demonstration is inconsistent withthe desired learning outcomes, the learning becomes ineffective; therefore, pertinent topics mustbe overtly presented to learners. In the application phase, there is a reduction in the amount oftime and effort spent coaching learners as they attempt to develop their skills through practice.Learning is obtained when discussion and reflection of the new knowledge garnered commences.Integration is the final phase, where learners demonstrate skill improvement because they haveintegrated it into their lives,.The characteristics of Problem based learning (PBL

Conference Session

Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Macon Beck, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue Universtiy; Teri Reed-Rhoads, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

schedules, the time and location of an advertised workshop must be carefullyselected. When presented with typical options for the time and location of a professionaldevelopment workshop, the majority of the responses were split between agree and disagree,except for two options. The two options that appear to be most promising are to offer aworkshop during a session at the Indiana School Counselor Association (ISCA) conference(80.4% agree or strongly agree, Item 27). This preference may reflect the survey participants’level of participation in ISCA. The data reveal that workshops scheduled during the summer(Item 30), afterschool (Item 31), or on a Saturday (Item 32) are less likely to be attended. Thisinformation paired with the listed barriers

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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First-Year Programs

-ended laboratory experiences that introduced each discipline within thecollege as well as provide a historical introduction to modern engineering. Existingcontent was repackaged and condensed to increase efficiency and allow room for elevenhours covering engineering in the modern world. The laboratories were not only anintroduction to each discipline, but provided the exercises to learn knowledge and skillsused throughout their program of study. The modest adjustments to the course objectivesare reflected in bold print in Table 1.The underlying goal of the new course content (Appendix 2) is to develop a passion forengineering and hopefully a specific engineering discipline within the freshman andtransfer students that will carry them through

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Snyder, Taylor University; Elise Romines, Taylor University; Rachel Dodge, Taylor University; Jason Kruegar, Taylor University; Travis Booth, Taylor University; Josh Gates, Taylor University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

structure, knowledge is gained by support, participation and nurturingwith others17,18. These areas of motivation were assessed because of their strong connection toachievement, spending time on complex activities, learning and growth goals, the use of deeperand more reflective strategies for learning, more risk taking and the focus on the learningprocess21.Valuing Science It is a goal of the HARP program for students to learn to value science education,discovery and future careers in science. This goal will be assessed specifically by measuring theincrease in students valuing the problem solving process, the calibration process, the scientificmethod in application to real life problems, documenting for repeatability, data analysis

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; James Corkins, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

question. For example, on the Concept-Building Context Worksheet in Appendix 1, thestudent had originally chosen that a metal trash can have covalent and van der Walls forces asthe core of its atomic structure. Here, it is clear that the student did not previously draw aconnection between material and type of bonding. As shown, the student’s mind was changed asa result of team work. Afterwards, correctly choosing metallic bonding as the structureresponsible for the metal trash can. This reorganization was apparent throughout the remainderof the worksheet as well and clearly reflects the change from the initial multiple disconnectsbetween the macroscopic and the atomic level to the beginning of establishing consistent model.The class structure

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

market:The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Department of Labor) indicated in its 2005-2006 edition ofthe Occupational Outlook Handbook 2 that biomedical engineering is expected to be a fast-growing occupation in the near and intermediate future. In recent years, the U.S. Department ofLabor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has added standard occupational classification for"biomedical engineering" to be included in the forthcoming labor market reports and forecasts.This reflects the coming of age of biomedical engineering as a distinct discipline, and recognizesits increasing presence in the labor market. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureauof Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, 2005, industries with the highestlevels of