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Mentoring Minorities: Effective Programs, Practices, and Perspectives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew B. A. McCullough, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Clay Gloster Jr., North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia F. Williams, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie S. Bailey, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

with Dr. Brian Adams, a well-known hand surgeon. In the summer of 2006, he began a post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic, working on orthopaedic biomechanics and physiology cellular imaging laboratories. This provided the opportunity to work with outstanding clinical and research mentors like Drs. Kai-Nan An, Kenton Kauf- man, Gary Sieck, Ann Reed, Harold Kitaoka, as well as others. His research at that time focused on non-invasive imaging of muscle tissue as well as cadaveric studies of the foot and ankle. Dr. McCullough is a faculty member of the first bioengineering program independently housed at a Historically Black College or University and is a part of the NSF ERC-RMB which includes research on the

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire Yu Yan P.Eng., University of British Columbia; Vladan Prodanovic P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Okanagan; Ray Taheri

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Design in Engineering Education

me an opportunity to further develop my interpersonal andcommunication skills essential in a team environmentAll of these design projects involve group exercises, discussion and presentations. For example,the capstone course requires students to make four oral presentations (including a posterpresentation and a final presentation) and to submit three reports and a professional logbook.APSC 170 and APSC 258 projects include interactive tutorials, laboratory work and designcompetitions. All of these factors contribute to the development of students’ interpersonal andcommunication skills. The majority of students generally agreed to this, as can be seen in Table 8and Figure 9. From students’ comments, we realize that some groups faced

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Mechanics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Robert C Calfee, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University; Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University

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Mechanics

mechanics course that incorporates traditionallectures with interactive hands-on learning, as well as web-based instruction and homework. Theweb-based activities vary in level of interaction with the student. High interaction activitiesfeature active learning with instant feedback; low interaction activities feature readings andlectures with demonstrations. Exercises focused on creating and using free body diagrams havebeen developed, and initial data on self-efficacy has been obtained. Additional studies will beconducted throughout the academic year.The introductory mechanics course for which these web-based exercises are being created istaught to 80-90 students per term and involves hands-on laboratory exercises weekly within theclass meeting

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Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Joshua Pelkey, AirWatch; Michael Owen Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

including serving as director of the Georgia Tech Air Quality laboratory from 1988 to 2008. He currently serves as deputy director for Research and Technology Transfer for National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management at Georgia Tech.Dr. Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology Caroline Noyes is trained as an educational psychologist, and her education and work have focused on assessing student learning both in and outside of the classroom. Experiences in both academic affairs and student affairs provide her with a holistic understanding of the modern university and a broad collection of assessment methodologies suitable to a variety of situations. As her intellectual pursuits turned in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khaled Sobhan, Florida Atlantic University; Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University; Ryne A. Sherman; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic university ; Nicolas A. Brown, Florida Atlantic University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Learning Returns to College: What Evidence is There That it Works?”, Change, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp.25-35, July, 1998.18. P.T. Terenzini, et. al., “Collaborative Learning vs. Lecture/Discussion: Students’ Reported Learning Gains”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp.123-130, January 2001.19. P. Ram, “Problem Based Learning in Undergraduate Education: A Sophomore Chemistry Laboratory”, Journal of Chemistry Education, Vol. 76, No. 8, pp.1122-1126, 1999.20. R. Ryan et. al., “A motivational analysis of self-determination and self-regulation in education” In C. Ames & R. Ames (Eds.), Research on motivation in education: Vol. 2. The classroom milieu (pp. 13-51). Orlando , FL : Academic Press, 1985.21. R. M. Ryan, and E. L

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Tricks of the Trade

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Chene Chetcuti, United States Military Academy; Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brent J. Pafford, U.S. Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

students are expected to prepare for class by simply reading or skimming assignedportions of the text book. The instructor provides an engaging lecture using physical models,laboratory exercises, demonstrations, and multi-media assets whenever possible. Timepermitting, instructors or student groups work example problems in class. Instructors evaluatestudent performance using conventional instruments, most notably timed examinations. [2] Over the past year, the authors developed and implemented an instructional method thatemploys blended classroom methods to improve student learning. Dubbed “Thayer 2.0,” [Figure4], the method leverages technology and blends what the authors considered to be some of thebest characteristics of the CME method, the

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ECE Program Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert A. Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen M. Williams P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward W. Chandler P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

theory.Dr. Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Petersen is Assistant VP of Institutional Research and Assessment, Professor Emeritus and former Department Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. de- gree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work ranges over topics such as Optical Data Links, Integrated Circuit Technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor compo- nent reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Arash Kialashaki P.E., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ethan V. Dupe-Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #8492Architecture, Fault-Tolerance, Distributed and Parallel Computing. He is the founder and Co-Director ofthe Computer Networks Laboratory at UWM. Dr. Hosseini has published over 120 research papers in ref-ereed journals and conference proceedings. One of his co-authored papers has won the Best Paper Award.He has published two book chapters. He is the co-recipient of a patent in the field of Computer Networks.He has received funding from NSF and industry in support of his research and education. He has super-vised nine PhD and over 60 MS students. Dr. Hosseini is an internationally known figure. He has servedon the

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Preparing Future Educators

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies

experience and motive using student comments and survey data on perceptions of the Page 24.189.2course. Those who work in graduate teacher training and graduate student development may beinterested in this paper.IntroductionMany universities and colleges provide teacher training for graduate teaching assistants (GTAs).The GTAs play an important role as instructors, lecturers, laboratory and recitation teachers,graders, tutors, proctoring exams and grading homeworks. An Internet search on trainingmanuals or programs will bring up dozens of these teaching tools for GTAs, suggesting thatthere are a variety of methods and strategies to prepare graduate

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Pestaina, Florida International University; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Peter J. Clarke, Florida International Univeristy

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #10108Assessing BS–CS Student Outcomes Using Senior ProjectMr. Norman Pestaina, Florida International University Mr. Norman Pestaina is a Senior Instructor in the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) at Florida International University (FIU). Mr. Pestaina completed the B.Sc. in Mathematics (Special) at the University of the West Indies in 1972, and the MS in Computer Science at the Pennsylvania State University in 1979. He has been an Assistant Staff member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy’s Lincoln Laboratory, and Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at the Cave Hill campus of the

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Innovative Pedagogy and Assessment in Civil Engineering Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

topics.Dr. Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC Carol Haden is s Senior Evaluator with Magnolia Consulting, LLC. She holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on program evaluation from Northern Arizona University. Dr. Haden has extensive experience in the evaluation of formal STEM education projects across the K-20 spectrum and the evaluation of informal STEM Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) programs. She has designed and implemented evaluations of programs funded by the National Science Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Arizona Board of Regents, Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Arizona Department of Education, among others. She has

Conference Session

Classroom Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet

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New Engineering Educators

withindividual students or student teams when discussing case studies on Page 24.223.17engineering/technology concerns. For example, when discussing case studies on thefuture roles engineering and technology students will undertake in their careers,instructors can use the Leadership Approach to help students develop ideas for dealingwith specific problems they will likely encounter in the workplace.Laboratory Work: For courses involving laboratory work, instructors can use some orall of the eight leadership behaviors when discussing and evaluating appropriatelaboratory behavior. The instructor can integrate the leadership behaviors for improvingstudent conduct

Conference Session

WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sruti Modekurty; Judy Fong, UC Davis; Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

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Women in Engineering

Graduate Group in Education at the University of California, Davis, where he is also the Director of the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu) and Director of the Integration Engineering Laboratory. His current research includes developing computing and robotics technologies and integrate them into STEM education in both formal and informal settings for integrated learning. From 1989 to 1992, he was a Senior Engineer for robotic automation systems with the Research and Development Division, United Parcel Service. He has authored and coauthored more than 170 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He holds two U.S. patents. He is the author of the book ”C

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. culminating in a major design students who graduate meet all experience. graduation requirements. Resources and Infrastructure Criterion 6 Criterion 7 Criterion 8 Faculty must be of sufficient Facilities including classrooms, Institutional support and leadership number and must have the offices, laboratories, and associated must be adequate to ensure the competencies to cover all of the equipment must be adequate to quality and continuity of the curricular areas of the program. support attainment of the student

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neil Opfer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; David R. Shields P.E., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Construction

experience in construction, engineering, and research and eight years of academic experience. He was Co-Chair of the ASCE Civil Engineering in the Oceans V conference. He was the only manager in the 55-year history of the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory ever to win the Employee-of-the-Year Award. He has won numerous awards for project management. He has conducted research for the Construction Industry Institute, Center for Construction Industry Studies, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, OSHA and other organizations. He has published 45 journal and conference pa- pers. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and the M.S. and B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10792Correlating Experience and Performance of On-Campus and On-Line Stu-dents Assisted by Computer Courseware: a Case StudyDr. Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) Dr. Hong Man joined the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens in January 2000. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in December 1999. Dr. Man is currently an associate professor in the department of ECE. He is serving as the director of the undergraduate Computer Engineering program, and the director of the Visual Information Envi- ronment Laboratory at Stevens

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BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John V. Tocco JD, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

students will eventually practice in, they will allutilize project management skills.The main constraint on the CE Management course content derives from the fact that it is theconstruction engineering component of a civil engineering program. All civil engineeringprograms are required to provide a broad education, which includes several design subdisciplinecourses with attendant laboratory experience. Consequently, the credits available for projectmanagement courses are severely limited. While a construction management curriculum mayinclude two project management courses and possibly a separate scheduling course, there areinsufficient credits available in a civil engineering curriculum to provide such coverage.Consequently, CE Management is

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

project. This CubeSat project is being performed in partnership with the JetPropulsion Laboratory (JPL), a local employer of CSUN graduates.Section II of this paper describes the CubeSat project. Section III describes the project team andthe challenges in running a large multidisciplinary project. Section IV describes the projectmanagement approach of the software team and the relationship between the project and thecomputer science curriculum. Section V includes some assessment of this approach. Section VIpresents the conclusions.II. Description of the CubeSat ProjectA CubeSat is a miniature satellite (20 x 10 x 10 cm) capable of carrying an onboard experimentinto space. CubeSats are launched free of charge as part of government and commercial

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Promoting Technological Literacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

experiences in the mini projects in a provided) more substantial creative activity in which all the skills acquired could be utilised.Exhibit 2. The projects in order of their completion. 9 & 10 as planned are not included because they werenot completed. Reproduced from Owen, S and J. Heywood (1990) Transition technology in Ireland.International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 1 (1), 21 – 32. The evaluation includes a dailyaccount of what happened on the course. 12 males and 12 females in the age range 16 – 18 completed thethree week program which was completed in a custom built laboratory financed by the Irish

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Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yutaka Sho, Syracuse University

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Architectural

assistant professor of architecture at Syracuse University in New York. Page 24.670.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Home Experiments: EarthBag Construction as Teaching Tool in RwandaThis paper investigates the meanings of home and field in architectural and engineering designsin international development. Academic research in the humanities and science disciplines tendsto situate the home and the field opposite of research activities. The home is a stable andcontrolled laboratory for analyses and theorization while the field is where raw

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul D. Mathis, Engineering Education

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Design in Engineering Education

Leader Senior Design, High School Engineering Design ProjectsRusty Male Civil Engineering Technical Problem- Global Engineering, Senior Solver DesignStan Male Chemical Engineering Lab Specialist/Solo Laboratory Research, Senior Worker DesignZachery Male Aeronautical Engineering “Operations Guy” Internship, High School Competition

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K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University; Sarah Marie Riordan, Robert Morris University; Stephanie Abbott; Sarah Mukui Mutunga, Robert Morris University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

project helped me to learn what research is like. We run into many problems along the way, but we were able to cope with them and complete our project, and still have fun along the way What, to you, were the most important features of PGSS? Please explain.  Being in a setting with other driven, intelligent students who also wanted to be here allowed me to preform my best.  The laboratory experience and team project. It showed me what scientific research is really like. It allowed me to use equipment and technology not available at my high school.  The most important part was getting to work with equally brilliant people. I never

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Integration of Engineering and Other Disciplines (Including Liberal Arts)

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg II, Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

and engineering classes would be held. Next, it wasdecided that the Museum project would also furnish new office space for the General StudiesDepartment. As a result, the Museum was to become a dynamic space; a laboratory for learningand a venue for the synthesis of art and engineering.Following two years of intensive planning and effort, the Grohmann Museum opened in Octoberof 2007 as the newest and arguably the finest Museum in Milwaukee, in addition to being to only Page 24.784.3Museum of its type in the world. Nowhere else will one find as comprehensive a collectionsurrounding the themes of art, engineering, and occupation. Subjects

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Manufacturing Materials and Processes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME; Mel Cossette, Edmonds Community College; Thomas G. Stoebe, University of Washington; Frank Zeh Cox, National Resource Center for Materials Tecnology Education

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Manufacturing

science, communications, and the many aspects ofpersonal effectiveness.The four pillars are capped with the titles shown above for the four major proficiencies expectedof graduates of manufacturing programs. Within the four pillars, the ten major subject areasmentioned earlier are arrayed to give more detail to the content included in academic degreeprograms. The lintel spanning the pillars emphasizes that laboratory experiences, quality,continuous improvement, and problem analysis pervade the manufacturing engineering field andintegrate its various facets.Below the titles of the major subject areas are lists for the detailed topics that make up thecontent of the programs. This list forms the basis for SME certification exams for

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Cohen, Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

permeability of traditional disciplinary boundaries. All fourengineering departments at our institution offer a large number of laboratory-style courses inwhich students gain hands-on problem solving and design experience; retaining this focus was apriority.As mentioned above, the Engineering Studies program administers the Bachelor of Arts inEngineering degree. The faculty of Lafayette College established the degree in 1970 with thegoal of producing graduates who could bridge the gap between engineering and the liberal arts.The mission of the program is: To provide a rigorous liberal arts curriculum built on an engineering foundation that prepares graduates to effectively address society’s increasingly complex challenges. Graduates

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica W. Clark, University of Maine; John R. Thompson, University of Maine; Donald B. Mountcastle, University of Maine

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Mechanical Engineering

, University of Maine John Thompson is an Associate Professor of Physics and Cooperating Associate Professor of STEM Education, and a member of the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education at the University of Maine. He is co-director of the UMaine Physics Education Research Laboratory, a research group of over a dozen faculty, postdoctoral research associates, graduate students, and undergraduates. His research focuses on the learning and teaching of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics at the upper division, and student understanding at the physics-mathematics interface. He is very interested in cross-disciplinary studies of specific topics.Donald B. Mountcastle, University of Maine Donald Mountcastle is an

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shraddha Sangelkar, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Omar M. Ashour, Pennsylvania State University; Russell L. Warley, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Oladipo Onipede Jr., Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Mechanics

. The passing rate of each concept could be a valuable indicator for assessment of ABETstudent outcomes. For instance, the fact that 80% of students can solve 2D rigid bodyequilibrium problems helps the instructor to evaluate a specific course outcome, which is on-going work leading to a future publication. Also, based on the passing rate from previoussemesters we can predict the concepts that are difficult for most of the students and better planfor instruction in future offerings of the course.References1. Bloom, Benjamin Samuel, J. Thomas Hastings, and George F. Madaus. Learning for mastery. National Laboratory for Higher Education, 1973.2. Bloom, Benjamin Samuel, and John Bissell Carroll. Mastery learning: Theory and practice. Ed

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Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey B.A., University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM, Graz, Austria; Emilia Andreeva-Moschen, Bombardier Transportation Austria GmbH

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Mathematics

– 2012 Head of accredited test laboratory (accredited to EN ISO/IEC 17025). 2008 – 2012 Head of Budget Committee 2008 – 2012 Member of the working group responsible for quality at the UAS. 2006 – 2012 Head of Board of Trustees of Department of Automotive and Railway Engineering. 2006 – 2012 Founder and Coordinator of the Field of Competence ”Measurement Technology” 2006 – 2012 Founder and Coordinator of the Field of Competence Engineering Education” 1998 – 2005 University’s represen- tative in the national project ”Women in Technic” 1997 – 2006 Professor of ”Measurement Technology, Signal Analysis and Informatics in the Department of Automotive and Railway Engineering 1994 – 1997 EVK, Graz (Automation, Measurement

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Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron J. Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines

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Construction

Paper ID #10565Multidisciplinary Construction Engineering Design ProjectsDr. Cameron J Turner P.E., Colorado School of Mines Dr. Cameron Turner is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering with a research interest in the foundations of design across multiple disciplines. Dr. Turner earned his Ph.D. at the University at Texas in 2005, focusing on Surrogate Model Optimization for Engineering Design. He also holds an MSE from the University of Texas at Austin, with a focus on robotics, and a BSME from the University of Wyoming. He has more than 13 years of experience at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and in 2009

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

and experimentation: Unfortunately, the advent of the computer and itsimpact on teaching engineering has made it easy to produce computer-based models at theexpense of physical models. This fact is behind a general trend of teaching applied engineeringsubjects with minimal students’ involvement with physical set-ups including laboratoryexperiments. Carrying out laboratory experiments and generating experimental data, visiting aproject site, and using pencil and paper to produce a schematic, are gradually fading away. Thesetraditional tools were instrumental in developing an engineering common sense. It is argued herethat generating data from physical models is potentially a great learning tool, particularly whenthe model is built by the