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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, UTEP; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Carolyn Awalt, The University of Texas at El Paso

AC 2010-2101: ENHANCEMENT OF INTERNET BASED LAYERMANUFACTURING FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATIONTzu-Liang Tseng, University of Texas, El PasoRyan Wicker, UTEP Dr. Wicker is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, appointed 1994, Ph.D. from Stanford University. Dr. Wicker holds the endowed Mr. and Mrs. MacIntosh Murchison Chair I in Engineering and is the Director of the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation (a premier layered manufacturing Center with 21 layered manufacturing technologies and facilities for advanced manufacturing, reverse engineering, materials analysis and testing, experimental fluid mechanics, and tissue engineering--including scaffold fabrication, polymer synthesis and cell culture

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Peter S. Rourke

technology course during the past 2 years at Arlington High School inthe Boston area, with the cooperation of a local undergraduate technical institution (WentworthInstitute of Technology). Enrollment in the course doubled in the second year, resulting in having toturn away interested students. The present digital generation of students quickly learns computerapplication skills. As these students begin to appreciate how these skills can be used to controladvanced manufacturing systems, it is hoped that they will become interested in investigating amanufacturing engineering or related degree.Section One: The Need for Manufacturing EducationAs some high volume production jobs leave for foreign factories the perception is that manufacturingcareers that

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Laboratory Development in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-2327: WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL LABORATORIES FORELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONYakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC YAKOV E. CHERNER, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of ATEL, LLC. He combines over 25 years of teaching experience with extensive experience in writing curricula and developing educational software and efficient instructional strategies. Dr. Cherner develops new concepts and simulation-based e-learning tools for STEM education that use real-world objects, processes and learning situations as the context for science, engineering and technology investigations. He also proposed and implemented the pioneering concept of integrated adjustable virtual

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Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University

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Electrical and Computer

complemented by media based instruction to facilitate thelearning of engineering fundamentals with minimal time. The authors intend to repeat thisexperiment over another several years. Experimental results will be shared with the academiccommunity in the future through appropriate publications.References1. P. Cohen, B. Ebeling and H. Kulik, “A meta-analysis of outcomes studies of visual-based instruction,” Educational Communications and Technology Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, pp.26-36, March, 1981.2. J.V. Powell, V.G. Aeby Jr. and T. Carpenter-Aeby, “A comparison of student outcomes with and without teacher facilitated computer-based instruction,” Computers & Education, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 183-191, February, 2003.3. H. L. Chen, L. R

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New Learning Paradigms II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

instructors understand the role of exploring technology/society interactions in engineering education? ≠ How do faculty describe the process they use in exploring technology/society interactions in their own teaching? ≠ Are there challenges or barriers to teaching about technology/society interactions in engineering education?Where “society” includes both social issues (such as poverty, or environmentalconservation) and social structures (such as political and economic systems).As a lecturer of education and technology & society studies, and an education specialistwithin an engineering faculty, I have become intrigued with the beliefs behind curriculumselection, and also how professors choose to contextualize their

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New Learning Paradigms II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morgan Hynes, Tufts University; David Crismond, The City College of New York; Barbara Brizuela, Tufts University

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Educational Research and Methods

the United States (US) K-12 setting is an idea that has been gainingattention as professional and educational groups push for its inclusion into the pre-college STEMclassrooms 1-4. Other countries such as the United Kingdom (UK), Australia, New Zealand, andCanada include design and technology in their pre-college curriculum 5-8.The International Technology Education Association (ITEA) places engineering design withintechnology education classrooms and describes engineering design as demanding “criticalthinking, the application of technical knowledge, creativity, and an appreciation of the effects ofa design on society and the environment” 1. The National Research Council (NRC)3 recognizesthe importance of the relationship between the

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Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, Montegancedo; Nelson Piedra, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo

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International

for its subjects, which constitutes the OCW site for each University.In the current situation, with a growing number of courses publiched, quality ofmaterials becomes as the critical priority. This paper proposes a quality model. Thismodel has been elaborated from an initial survey among Offices of the OCWUNIVERSA Consortium. Later, this model has been applied to determine whichcourses of Engineering have been better evaluated. Page 15.80.2Open Educational ResourcesThe Open Educational Practices and Resources (OER) initiatives seek to useinformation and computing technology to help equalize access to knowledge andeducational opportunities across the

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Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

global reach. Capacity building has also been aided by thecreation of PhD-granting departments of Engineering Education at several US and internationalinstitutions.NSF recently funded a new project to continue and expand the work done by RREE and ISEE.Expanding and sustaining research capacity in engineering and technology education: Building onsuccessful programs for faculty and graduate students (which we will call the RREE2) (DUE-0817461) broadens the Community of Practice (COP) model successfully used to develop the RREEand ISEE programs. Page 15.280.2The RREE2 project has three goals: 1. Design and deliver a new generation of programs to

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Graduate Student Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barrett Caldwell, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

aspects of information flow, task coordination, and team performance as affected by information technology. His research explores human factors engineering principles of how people get, share, and use information well, including the following: • Defining quantitative characteristics of information flow and task coordination in team performance; • Describing effects of tasks, situations, and technologies on effective information exchange in organizations; • Improving user access to information and knowledge to manage events in complex systems. Prof. Caldwell’s research efforts have resulted in over 100 scientific publications. His projects since

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cherrice Traver, Union College; J. Douglas Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education

incentives.The three types of integration implemented were guest lectures, course modules, and pairedcourses. These interactions varied in duration and intensity, but all involved both faculty andstudents working together across disciplines to learn about the relationship between some aspectof engineering and technology and a related humanities, science, or social science topic. Thepaper will describe the process for launching the initiative, the incentives used, some specificexamples, and a qualitative assessment of the resulting integration.BackgroundThe world outside academia increasingly values people who can see and communicate beyondtheir own specialty. For example in discussing sources of innovation, Hargadon and Suttonobserve that “the

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2010 Public Policy Colloquium

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Patrick Clemins

Technology Demonstration – $652 million Heavy Lift and Propulsion – $559 million Robotic Precursor Missions – $125 million International Space Station – 20.0% increase to $2.8 billionENGINEERING R&D IN THE FY 2011 U.S. FEDERAL BUDGETR&D Investment Priorities New Industries and Jobs Advanced materials and manufacturing methods $6.1 billion over 5 years for commercial earth orbit Cleaner Energy $155 million (6.8%) increase for DOE Energy R&D Healthier America $956 million (3.1%) increase for National Institutes of Health Enhanced SecurityENGINEERING R&D IN THE FY 2011 U.S. FEDERAL BUDGETNSF Engineering Directorate 11.0% increase to $826 million Chem, Bioeng, Env & Trans

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2010-2029: ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOME AND RETENTIONOF MINORITY STUDENTS IN ENGINEERINGShowkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University Dr. Showkat Chowdhury is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Chowdhury has extensive background in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering, and performing research in the fields of Nano-composites, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer and Combustion. Previously, he worked as a Professor at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and at University of Brighton, U.K. He also worked in the Research Division of Corning

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Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Benton, University of Texas, Austin; Taylor Martin, Univ of Texas at Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2053: SYSTEM SCAFFOLDING OF CONTENT INTEGRATION IN HIGHSCHOOL ENGINEERING AND DESIGNTom Benton, University of Texas, Austin Tom Benton received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas in 1999 and is currently a Masters student in the University's Educational Technology program. He is primarily interested in the development and study of systems that support collaboration between designers while scaffolding elements of the design process.Taylor Martin, Univ of Texas at Austin Taylor Martin received a B. A. in Linguistics and an initial teaching certification from Dartmouth College in 1992, an M.S. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2000, and a Ph.D. in

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Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton; Wayne Jones, State University of New York, Binghamton; Susannah Gal, State University of New York, Binghamton; Andy Cavagnetto, State University of New York, Binghamton; Dan Brennan, Broome Community College - SUNY; Thomas O'Brien, State University of New York, Binghamton

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 15.625.2Introduction Today’s knowledge-based economy calls for constant technological innovation1 toaddress the challenges of energy, physical infrastructure, information and communicationinfrastructure, environment, health, and other as yet unidentified problems.2 Promising solutionswill likely evolve from cutting edge science and engineering in areas such as nano-materials,photovoltaics, low-weight/high-capacity batteries, materials recycling, and flexible electronics.However, such next generation technologies will emerge only if society inspires a broader,diverse group of students to become scientists and engineers to research and develop improvedproducts and processes. In addition, we need to prepare a technologically

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Chiara Silvestri; Adriana Hera; Malcolm H. Ray; Siamak Najafi

advantage ofthis revolution and include technology into their courses as a tool to improve the learning processand enhance the curiosity of the students. Technology could be used for self-directed learning,especially in learn-distance classes, and would require the student to interactively becomeacquainted with the engineering concepts and to go beyond the information presented duringclass. Moreover, especially in classes that are predominantly theoretical, technology can be usedfor visualization of abstract notions, raising the interest of the students and facilitating theirunderstanding for a more complete and competitive preparation for their stepping into the work-world. This paper illustrates an approach of integrating software in teaching

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Kirk Love, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Information Systems

as physics and chemistry, and are closely tied to particular careers.Both disciplines are evolving rapidly and require students to stay on top of new technologies. Inthe schools studied, biology enrollments by females were equal to or higher than maleenrollments while enrollments of females in computer science in these schools continued todrop7, 9 .Reports from the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicates that there is a “troubling declinein the number of US citizens who are training to become scientists and engineers, whereas thenumber of jobs requiring science and engineering training continues to grow”1. It is crucial thatmore students are attracted to science and engineering fields in order to prevent creating asignificant shortage of

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1296: "BRIEF ENCOUNTER:" A REFLECTION ON WILLIAMSPROPOSALS FOR THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMJohn Heywood, Trinity College Dublin Professorial Fellow Emeritius of Trinity COllege Dublin (Ireland. Formerly Professor of Education and Chair Department of Teacher Education.Has published over 50 papers on topics related to engineering and technological education and several books. His book "Engineering Education; Research and Development in Curriculum and Instruction" received the best reseach publication award of division i (professional) of the American Educational Research Association in 2005. previously he has been awarded a premium of the Education, Science and Technology division of the

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Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Wei Li, University of Texas; Tamara Wogen, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-114: TEACHING OF BIOMEDICAL MANUFACTURING IN THEUNDERGRADUATE MANUFACTURING/MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGPROGRAMSDave Kim, Washington State University, VancouverWei Li, University of TexasTamara Wogen, Washington State University, Vancouver Page 15.1182.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Biomedical Manufacturing in the Undergraduate Manufacturing/MechanicalEngineering Programs AbstractBiomedical manufacturing defined as “the applications of manufacturing technology toadvance the safety, quality, cost, efficiency, and speed of healthcare service and research”is a rapidly growing field. This field is unlike many other businesses

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aman Yadav, Purdue University; Mary Lundeberg, Michigan State University; Dipendra Subedi, Michigan State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1552: PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN AN UNDERGRADUATEELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSEAman Yadav, Purdue University Aman Yadav is an assistant professor of Educational Psychology Program at Purdue University. His research focuses on the use of case-based instruction and problem-based learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In addition to PhD in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, Dr. Yadav also has Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Yadav has undertaken both quantitative and qualitative research projects and has a strong familiarity with both types of analyses. Address: Department of

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

included a number of Tennessee curriculum standards for Physical Scienceincluding the Embedded Inquiry, Embedded Technology, and Embedded Engineering strands. Adetail of learning expectations, performance indicators, and checks for understanding can befound at the end of the Legacy Cycle in Appendix B.Summary/Impact: Teacher 2Although the terms and information associated with the Legacy Cycle appeared to provechallenging for the ninth grade, the challenge seemed to inspire most students to delve deeperinto the research. The Legacy Cycle was implemented during the chemistry section of PhysicalScience, specifically during the properties of matter section of the course. The Legacy Cycleprovided the students with real-world problems and applications

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

educating engineers to tackle global issuesis related to their urgency. Engineers are being asked to find technological solutions to problemsthat not only have global proportions, but present “tipping-point” deadlines. That is, beyond apoint where solutions need to be found, is a region where perhaps no satisfactory solution ispossible. Examples of such problems are global warming, feeding the world’s population, orstorage of nuclear waste. Problems such as these present engineering challenges that beginnovations, imagination, and technical know-how. In addition, such problems tend to havesocial, political, economic, and even psychological aspects.Beyond the necessity of instilling a global awareness in our engineering undergraduates, is thealready

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

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William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

educating engineers to tackle global issuesis related to their urgency. Engineers are being asked to find technological solutions to problemsthat not only have global proportions, but present “tipping-point” deadlines. That is, beyond apoint where solutions need to be found, is a region where perhaps no satisfactory solution ispossible. Examples of such problems are global warming, feeding the world’s population, orstorage of nuclear waste. Problems such as these present engineering challenges that beginnovations, imagination, and technical know-how. In addition, such problems tend to havesocial, political, economic, and even psychological aspects.Beyond the necessity of instilling a global awareness in our engineering undergraduates, is thealready

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Heersink, Colorado School of Mines; Wanda Dann, Carnegie Mellon University; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka Herriger, Purdue; Steven Cooper, Purdue

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

across interventions withrespect to gender. The current investigation lays the foundation for such work and providesresearch based instruments to pursue these efforts.Bibliography[1] Arango, F., Aziz, E., Esche, S., and Chassapis, C., “A Review of Applications of Computer Games in Educationand Training,” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2008, SaratogaSprings, NY.[2] Beheler, A., “Girls are IT - A Workshop for Recruiting Girls into Information Technology,” Proceedings of the2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2006, Chicago, IL.[3] Beyer, S., DeKeuster, M., Walter, K., Colar, M., and Holcomb, C. 2005. Changes in CS students' attitudestowards CS over

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Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Fitzpatrick, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

suggest that students gained a better understanding of thephysical concepts taught in lessons as they experimented with their own mousetrap-poweredvehicle models, and might be more willing to approach other scientific concepts if taught byexample.IntroductionOver the course of the 2008-2009 academic year, an elective course was developed andimplemented at Middle Years Alternative (MYA), an urban middle school in Philadelphia, PA,as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate K-12 Fellowship Program (GK-12).In accordance with the GK-12 outreach goals – enriching the content of courses related toscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) – the “module” of lessons andactivities was also created in part to increase students

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud

deemed undesirable and therefore unworthy of life.This paper begins with background information on teaching the Holocaust and examinesengineering professionalism during the Third Reich. It then offers snapshots of the roles ofGerman and American firms and ends with pedagogical suggestions for incorporating the contentinto engineering and technology classrooms. A note on pedagogy: this material comprises asection of ―Engineering, Business, and the Holocaust,‖ an upper-division elective at OregonInstitute of Technology. Professors who have limited time could present the firm snapshots andthe information on professionalism as individual cases. Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

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College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Sly, Iowa State University; Daniel Bumblauskas, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

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College-Industry Partnerships

≠ Industrial Tooling, Machines, Automation, Manufacturing≠ Industrial/Agricultural Equipment (graders, tractors, etc) ≠ Transportation≠ Systems Integrators ≠ IT Services (Technology)≠ Industrial Chemicals and Supplies ≠ Energy/Utilities≠ Contractors and HVAC SuppliersThe Industrial Engineering committee reviewed the companies that were hiring COE graduates for sales and marketing positions.Prior ISU graduates at these companies, or companies in similar industries, were asked to participate on an engineering salesadvisory board which would assist in developing the curriculum for the course. The industry advisory board, selected by

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Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

board process engineering, printed electronics, applications of RFID technologies and manufacturing engineering pedagogy. Through his research, Dr. Wells has supervised the completion of twelve graduate degrees in the past six years. His publication history includes nearly seventy print publications and over forty invited presentations. He has addressed professional audiences in Ukraine, Japan, India, Brazil, Peru, Mexico and Canada, as well as in many United States venues. For many years, he has been active in the national leadership of Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, and ABET. Over the past twenty-six years, he has been a

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Matt Lammi, Utah State University; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Elizabeth Dansie, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

, Page 15.869.2Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies, Full Option Science System, The Infinity Project,Materials World Modules, and Project Lead the Way. The sample for this study was drawnproximal to Utah State University which resulted in the inclusion of students from Project Leadthe Way (PLTW) programs. The National Academy of Engineering highlighted three significantbenefits of improving the public understanding of engineering: 1. Sustaining the U.S. capacity for technological innovation. A better understanding of engineering would educate policy makers and the public as to how engineering contributes to economic development, quality of life, national security, and health. 2. Attracting young people to careers in engineering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University

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New Engineering Educators

left in the capable hands of educational researchers—the focus of this paper is onpedagogic applications of the ARS in engineering education. An emphasis is placed onleveraging the inherent advantages of the ARS to overcome obstacles faced in particular by newengineering educators. Four applications of the ARS are discussed. These applications are usingthe ARS to: survey students to determine their preferences on course administration; solicitingstudents for formative feedback on teaching; assessing students’ mastery of subject matter; andincreasing interaction in teaching new subject matter.This paper is arranged as follows. In Section 2 an overview of state-of-the-art ARS technology isprovided. In Section 3 through Section 6, four

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Liberal Education

faculty member at the University Georgia, Bio & Ag Engineering Department, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Tifton Campus. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds B.S. and M.E. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from LSU and a Ph.D. from Purdue University. Page 15.718.1Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Paige Davis is an Instructor in the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. She has 20 years experience teaching Engineering Graphics and Computer Graphics courses. She received her baccalaureate degree in Engineering Technology