Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gay Lemons, Tufts University; Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering of musical instrumentsLinda Jarvin, Tufts University Linda Jarvin, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Education at Tufts University, and director of its Center for Enhancing Learning and Teaching (CELT). She received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Paris V (France) and her postdoctoral training at Yale University. She has extensive experience with curriculum planning and development, designing and implementing professional development opportunities for k-12 and college teachers focusing on teaching and assessment, and facilitating programmatic evaluation plans

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Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University; Thomas Knotts, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; William Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

, December 2008.2. Wilding, W.V., Harb, J.N., Terry, R.E., and Hecker, W.C., “Maximizing the Benefits of Developing an Educational Plan to Meet the ABET 2000 Criteria”, Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 20-23, 1999.3. Harb, J.N., Wilding, W.V., and Terry, R.E., "Implementing an Education Plan to Meet the ABET 2000 Criteria", Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18-21, 2000.4. Terry, R.E., Harb, J.N., Hecker, W.C, and Wilding, W.V., “Definition of Student Competencies and Development of an Educational Plan to Assess Student Mastery Level,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 18(2), 225-235, 2002

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Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Reeves, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum.This provided a unique type of feedback that most teachers had not received before. In July2009, this PD program was piloted with 12 pre-engineering/technology high school teachersusing the Engineering in Health Care module. This module was chosen because of its provensuccess and available student learning data compiled from previous years. All of the teachers who attended the PD program last summer plan to implement theHealth Care module in their respective class rooms during the 2009-2010 school year. Studentlearning data will be collected and compared to past years data to quantify the success of the PDprogram.BackgroundINSPIRES Curriculum The INSPIRES curriculum, funded by the National Science Foundation, has beendeveloped and

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wolter Fabrycky, Virginia Tech

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

, encompassing the human activitydomains of communication, construction, defense, education, healthcare, manufacturing,transportation, and many others.Systems Engineering is not a traditional engineering discipline in the same sense as civilengineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, producibilityengineering, reliability engineering, or any of the other engineering disciplines and specialties. Itshould not be organized in a similar manner, nor does the implementation of SystemsEngineering or its methods require extensive organizational resources. But, for best results, a Page 15.1162.3well-planned and

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Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junko Munakata-Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Jennifer Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Environmental Engineering

.“Nontechnical constraints, though oftentimes disregarded or left out of engineering analysis, playa significant role in implementing a project that is both sustainable and effective. In anyengineering project involving individual communities, the goal is to develop and applyengineering solutions while being cognizant of local aspirations and cultures…. Overall, toproperly assess the nontechnical constraints of the project, more information is needed on thecommunity’s response to the … plan and how their knowledge is being integrated into the …design and implementation.”In addition, one other team reported contact with a stakeholder in the community (countygovernment official). During the sanitation engineering case-study module, students read andheard

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

ABET as well as essential forstudents’ future success in the workplace.BackgroundThe University of Hartford has significant history of collaboration between the first-yearrequired engineering curriculum and the first-year required writing curriculum. Since 2000, thesecourses have been paired in First Year Interest Groups (FIGS) in which instructors plan andimplement shared objectives and course activities, to emphasize the essential relationshipbetween engineers and written and spoken literacy.1 Although writing instructors andengineering instructors must give first priority to departmental objectives, critical thinking andanalytical skills cut across both disciplines, and shared or linked assignments (called “integratedlearning blocks”) are

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

ABET as well as essential forstudents’ future success in the workplace.BackgroundThe University of Hartford has significant history of collaboration between the first-yearrequired engineering curriculum and the first-year required writing curriculum. Since 2000, thesecourses have been paired in First Year Interest Groups (FIGS) in which instructors plan andimplement shared objectives and course activities, to emphasize the essential relationshipbetween engineers and written and spoken literacy.1 Although writing instructors andengineering instructors must give first priority to departmental objectives, critical thinking andanalytical skills cut across both disciplines, and shared or linked assignments (called “integratedlearning blocks”) are

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

., P.E. and Jim Kish Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo / Kish FabricationAbstractThe common safety bicycle design first appeared in Brittan in the 1870s. In the 130 years since,engineers and craftsmen have created hundreds of new bicycle designs, fabrication methods,materials and components. However, the simplistic diamond frame design has survived, is stillcommercially available and fully functional. The bicycle itself provides a rich learning platform inwhich to illustrate topics such as design, manufacturing process planning, tooling, materials, and thedesign/build process. This paper gives a status report on the development of a course that teachesengineering undergraduates the process of building a bicycle frame. Learning

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Kuczenski, University of Notre Dame; Joshua Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

thestudents, their advisors, and ultimately the department. A major goal for this section of thesurvey was to communicate which courses a student plans to take in the upcoming semester. Foreach course, they are asked to prepare short term goals and relate these goals to their longer termcareer ambitions. For the younger students, (sophomores at present) a drop down list of example Page 15.1116.4short term goals for the core courses is available to help them create their own short term goals.We hope that as the students gain experience in making course goals, they will not need to beprompted in this manner. The survey also asks them if they are

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

solve examples in class. Depending on the problem, the handout was carefully planned. The problem statement and reference was typed in along with the figure from the textbook. In the lecture the problem was first introduced and the solution briefly discussed before the handouts were distributed. This provided an opportunity for the author and

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert DeHaan, Emory University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Institute of Technology, a STEM intensive public university, received an NSFInnovation through Institutional Integration (I3) grant to fund its Tech to Teaching proposal thathad two goals: 1. To create an infrastructure on the campus that encourages and enables students to effectively pursue careers in K-12 or college teaching; and 2. To develop and implement programming that ensures these students succeed in their initial years in these career paths.One component of the assessment plan for this project was to track the “culture” on campus as itpertains to teaching careers – that is to gain an understanding of the perceptions of the faculty,advisors, and administrators of career paths that are centered around education; and to

Conference Session

e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

frequency is reduced,eventually to zero. Of course, given the expertise that went into the planning andstructure of each course, absent incompetent delivery, the reception should be good.This was mostly the case but it didn’t always turn out quite that way. The participantsliked the courses but they had many constructive suggestions. There followed a longlist of suggestions for improvements. The changes were duly made but next time therewas another (different) list of suggestions. Although there has been some spiraldevelopment, most changes have been new. As a result, the evolution of some courseshas followed a Darwinian process where the participants’ needs to enhance their jobperformance became the dominant factor in course change. It completely

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Hay, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program was offered for college credit the participants were required todevelop and submit a series of four lesson plans implementing inquiry-based approaches usingthe manipulatives to teach a concept related to each of the four STEM content areas. Theselessons could have been adapted or adopted from extant lesson plans or developed as originalwork. The BrickLab® manipulatives are part of an educational product that also includes grade-level curriculum books from PCS Edventures!Data CollectionThe goal of our data collection was to gather evidence of how well we prepared our summerinstitute participants to teach using inquiry, evidence of lasting impact, and indicators of anypotential gaps in our professional development program and support. To

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Sadowski, Purdue University; Patrick Connolly, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

compiled. A Delphi survey is currently planned to help us achieveconsensus on this issue. We are asking the participants to help determine if any of these namesshould replace the Engineering Design Graphics as the Division name, or if there are names thathave not yet been suggested. The Delphi technique is conducted through a series of rounds whichgive participants feedback from the previous round and allow them to reevaluate their responses.This Delphi will be conducted electronically with all survey instruments and responses made viathe web. The objective of this Delphi is to gather consensus about the possible names, not todetermine the best name. A vote of the EDGD membership would be required for a namechange. Everyone who is on the EDGD

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri

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Design in Engineering Education

capstone design projects related to energy conversion have been planned for thefuture. These topics include biologically-based methane generation and storage, small steeltower design optimization for wind power generators, conversion and storage of energy fromsolar water heater, adaptor design for using biomass generated energy on internal combustionengines, and many others.IntroductionEngineering faculty and students desire to raise people’s standard of living and improve theirquality of life. However, this undertaking demands a high consumption of energy. Traditionally,most energy comes from fossil fuels which is not only non-renewable, but also producesgreenhouse gases which cause environmental degradation. To tackle this problem

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

areas of further improving thegraduate EM program at Stevens were noted based on the gathered data. The paper concludeswith the advantages of implementing a change in the graduate EM program at Stevens.A Brief History of Engineering ManagementEngineering Management, as defined by the American Society of Engineering Management, is“the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing and controllingactivities that have a technological component”. Therefore, as seen from the definition itself, EMhas its roots in both traditional engineering, as well as, the management disciplines, thereforemaking it important to both academicians, as well as, practitioners. EM as a formal degree hasbeen present since the mid 1940s

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John Mativo, The University of Georgia

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Manufacturing

kneemodel. They were informed about the other uses of Mimics software including medicaleducation and training, pre-surgical planning, and biomedical engineering analysis through FiniteElement Analysis (FEA). Mimics software allows engineers to transform 2-D ComputerizedTomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data to 3-D with good accuracy andflexibility. Users can take advantage of its segmentation tools to convert scanner data to a varietyof output formats including STL, or perform a variety of design and engineering operationsdirectly on the 3-D model15.Virtual reconstruction for forensics has been one of the growing application fields of reverseengineering, replacing the hard work of skull re-constructionists16. Students were given a

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University; Barbara Clark, Purdue University; Susan Geier, Purdue University; Christie Sahley, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

beneficial aspectsof the workshop. Many also mentioned the workshop experience confirmed and clarified theirperspectives about the challenges of hiring a diverse and excellent faculty. A web-based surveywill be sent to all attendees seven months after the workshop to determine how information fromthe workshop informed their search and hire practices; additionally, participants will be asked toprovide suggestions to improve the recruitment and hiring of a diverse and excellent faculty.Future plans are to train a larger number of facilitators. Invitations will be sent to the individualswho participated in either the January or September workshops. A training program will bepresented in spring 2010 in order to have facilitators available for subsequent

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

that he was a valuable member of theteam. The comment made by the student working toward the minor was: “I am really happy theengineering school offers this. I had a great experience.”Currently (2009-10), there are three students in the capstone design courses who have beenadmitted to the minor in engineering. While the number of students seeking the minor is notlarge, the program is considered an asset to the engineering school. There remains the beliefamong non-engineering students that the rewards of earning a bachelor’s degree in engineeringare not worth the effort involved.2 It is hoped that this alternative will attract those student whodo not plan to spend the effort needed for an engineering degree but who nonetheless areinterested in

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Wahlstrom, Argonne National Laboratory; Frank Falcone, Argonne National Laboratory; Doug Nelson, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

model architecture, and model interactions 4. Model Limitations – demonstrated model limitations and discussed the tradeoffs of using simplified models 5. HIL Test Plan 6. Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis 7. High Voltage Stability Analysis 8. Test Coverage 9. DocumentationAfter the second evaluation and demonstration event, 14 of the 17 teams were able to show fullfunctionality of their HIL systems and the others demonstrated slightly less functionality. Allteams evaluated showed CAN based communication between their supervisory controller andHIL simulator as well as met minimum system hardware requirements. Of the teams thatshowed full functionality, several teams had made advancements including updating to moredynamic

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Howe, University of Evansville

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New Engineering Educators

a junior facultymember. Over the years I will be able to refine my teaching style and learn to be firm andeffective when dealing with difficult students. Time will also allow me to have connected withmore people and to have a larger network of support. Women supporting other women is oneroute to success that I will continue to pursue. The challenges that female faculty face in a maledominated field of study are difficult, but if faced head on and with a plan can be effectivelydealt with.References1. J. Burrelli, Info Brief: Science Resource Statistics,NSF 08-308, July 2008. [Online] Available: .http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08308/2. Digest of Educational Statistics, National Center for Educational Statistics, 2008

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilka Balk, University of Kentucky; John Balk, University of Kentucky

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International

business and engineering environment. The College leveragedexisting collaborations with faculty members in order to create an exchange program.After about a year of planning and drafting an exchange agreement, which involved not only therespective schools of engineering and a few of its faculty members, but also the schools’ Officesof International Affairs, the University of Kentucky sent its first cohort of three students to theUniversity of Karlsruhe/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in January of 2007.As part of the program, US students begin their exchange with KIT in January or February andcontinue until the end of the Karlsruhe summer semester (in late July), thereby using only onesemester of their time at the University of Kentucky

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Justin Osterstrom, Combs Elementary Scho

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school science specialist had some ofhis classes, ranging from grades 3-5, record a discussion of how they have used smart boards andflip videos in their science classes. This video was used as the basis of a class discussion andwriting assignment. Finally, a portion of the final exam for the course consisted of answeringquestions about videos of the instructor implementing various activities in actual K-5classrooms.One of the semester-long assignments was for the students to choose children’s book and designan activity related to engineering to do with the K-2 classroom to which they were assigned forthe semester. They wrote a proposal for the activity, then after instructor feedback, wrote a fulllesson plan to show to their partner teachers

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Louis Martin-Vega, Saigal

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Minorities in Engineering

fundamental engineering skill areas, we are able toimprove interest, excitement and pursuit of engineering as a plan of study and career in newways. This effect is particularly needed among historically under-represented populations inengineering.IntroductionIn the current engineering environment we are faced with several distinct problems with respectto the future development of our workforce. One is that students graduating from our K-12school system, although excellent in recall of fact, are not technologically literate in the broadestsense of the term1. (Note, that this does not mean that US students are not technically capable.Technological literacy equips an individual to confront life situations and enables them toidentify the technological

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1540: A LABORATORY/DESIGN BASED, PROBLEM SOLVINGCAPSTONE HELPS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS HIT THE JOB MARKET!John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Applied Automation Engineering, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 15.44.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Laboratory/Design Based, Problem Solving Capstone

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; David Olowokere, Texas Southern University

research plans as well as their latestprogress in the NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Type 1 project.IntroductionThe following definition of Engineering Technology was established by the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET), and was approved by the Engineering TechnologyCouncil of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)1. Engineering technology is the profession in which a knowledge of mathematics and natural sciences gained by higher education, experience, and practice is devoted primarily to the implementation and extension of existing technology for the benefit of humanity. Engineering technology education focuses primarily on the applied aspects of science

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

. As part of the evaluation plan for the Go Green Institute, pre-experience and post-experience assessments were administered to the participating students to determine whether ornot measurable change in knowledge and skills could be detected as a result of the institute.Items were selected from the state-wide assessments by using an item map which correlated eachtest question with a specific science standard and key idea (or ideas). A total of 38 post-assessments were returned and analyzed. The surveys also suggest that the institute influenced student perceptions of possiblecareers. Greater than 50% of participants indicated that they were likely or very likely to pursuean academic major in a science related field (53%) or a math

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Nikki Adams, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Matthew Burd, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Trevor Cardinal, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

opportunity to refinetheir laboratory, critical thinking, and problem solving skills through their immersion in arigorous, research-intensive environment. Additionally, the research internship providesvaluable professional contacts for future careers in stem cell research. After completing theirresearch internship, trainees complete a Master’s project that is aimed towards building fromtheir coursework and internship activities. Completion of these components provides traineeswith an excellent foundation to begin pursuing careers in stem cell research by continuing theireducation in doctoral programs or beginning employment as research specialists in stem celllaboratories at both for-profit and non-profit institutions. The careful planning of this

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Western Australia; Donna Riley, Smith College; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Chris Byrne, Cascadia Community College; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Katy Haralampides, University of New Brunswick

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Liberal Education

respondfavorably. We plan on gathering additional longitudinal data detailing the progress of thedifferent cohorts of students as they progress through their undergraduate programs.AcknowledgementThe detailed course modules have been produced through the generous support of thePennsylvania/New York Campus Compact Consortium through the Learn & Serve America,Building on Our Strengths grant. We would especially like to thank Dr. Charlene Grey, Director,PACC, Dr. James Heffernan, retiring Director NYCC and Kate Dantsin, formerly of PACC.References 1. Adams, W.M. (2006). "The Future of Sustainability: Re-thinking Environment and Development in the Twentyfirst Century." Report of the IUCN Renowned Thinkers Meeting, 29–31 January, 2006 2. Ed

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Peterson, United States Air Force Academy; Anne Clark, USAF Academy, CO

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Electrical and Computer

programs. However, making changes to programs requiredcare to avoid misdirecting the formulas and links. Additionally, the students would haveto manually enter the machine code into the .vhd file which governed the HDL that“loaded” the RAM. A student took the initiative to write a macro to format the machinecode so that it would be pasted into the .vhd file, but this was still an unnecessary hasslefor students. The plan to make an assembler grew into a visual simulation to help displaywhat happened within the PRISM system. The final result of the main screen is shown inFigure 4. Page 15.980.4 Figure 4. PRISM SimulatorOnce a