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Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

AC 2009-27: A TOP-DOWN APPROACH FOR TEACHING AN INTRODUCTORYENGINEERING MATERIALS COURSEPriya Manohar, Robert Morris University Dr. Priyadarshan Manohar is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA. He has a Ph. D. in Materials Engineering (1998) and Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (1999) from University of Wollongong, Australia and holds Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) degree from Pune University, India (1985). He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (2001 – 2003) and BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, Australia (1998 – 2001). Dr. Manohar held the position

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

females want to benefit society through their work, thecontinuing poor perception of engineering as a helping profession among females may reflectrecruiting problems.Table 2. Average and Standard Deviation of Student Responses to PFEAS Questions on 5-pointLikert Scale; T-test results comparing female vs. male students are also shown Q2: Q3: Engineers Q4: Q1: Engineers Engineering is have Technology Average contributeStudy and more contributed plays an of 4 more tostudent concerned

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerrie Kephart, University of Texas, El Paso; Elsa Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Louis Everett, University of Texas, El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas, El Paso

AC 2009-441: CULTIVATING AUTHENTIC ENGINEERING DISCOURSE:RESULTS OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTSKerrie Kephart, University of Texas, El Paso Kerrie L. Kephart is Assistant Professor of Bilingual/ESL Education at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research interests include academic literacy development, second language learning, and the connections between language and learning. She provides faculty development workshops on classroom practice, learning theories, and supporting students’ development of communication skills.Elsa Villa, University of Texas, El Paso Elsa Q. Villa is a lecturer in the Department of Teacher Education, Division of Mathematics, Science, and Technology

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Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University; Reniz Moosa, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

AC 2009-419: VIRTUAL WALK THROUGH OF A BUILDING FOUNDATIONSYSTEM USING GAME ENGINEMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is a professor in the Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He has over twenty years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a MSCE and a Ph.D. in Civil

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning, and Engineering in Elementary School

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene Mena, Purdue University; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Knowledge Test was 1.0. The post EIDS scores indicatedgains in academic and school identities, and knowledge of the work of engineers which alsoappeared in her interview responses: “An environmental engineer does things to help the outdoors, like the environment, and the thing it mainly works to keep clean or help is water, soil, and the air.” “[Mechanical engineers]…probably design a better way, like, they had…on the news this morning that was talking about engineers and how they were, they needed engineers to find better technology to get the bumpers and the parts of their car stronger so they can, so they don’t crash and it damages that much, and the damage is less

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

ofreflection and of extending the benefit of the S-L project.Courses and projects include, for example, a first-year introduction to engineering course inwhich 420 students, divided into teams, designed and built moving displays illustrating variousenergy transformation technologies and recycling for 60,000 middle school students thatannually visit a history center that is part of a national park. Another example is a sophomorekinematics course in which student teams visited local playgrounds to assess their safety usingdeceleration, force, and impact equations learned from the course. Junior heat transfer coursesfocused in analyzing heat loss and making suggestions for heating system savings for a localfood pantry, a city hall building, and a

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Cynthia Helman, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-1922: INTEGRATING A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAMWITH A LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITYTimothy Hinds, Michigan State University TIMOTHY J. HINDS is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University College of Engineering Undergraduate Studies and Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is the lead instructor for the Cornerstone Engineering / Spartan Engineering program teaching courses in engineering design and modeling. He has also taught courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics, computational tools and international product design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has over 25 years of combined academic

Conference Session

Preparing and Retaining Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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La Tondra Murray, Duke University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2009-1144: PREPARING STUDENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONFROM ACADEMIA: AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVELa Tondra Murray, Duke University La Tondra Murray is the Associate Director of Professional Masters Programs in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She received a B.S. in Computer Science from Spelman College and a B.EE. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She also holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University. Page 14.977.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Preparing

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-828: INTEGRATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGHOUT ANELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING CURRICULUMEric Johnson, Valparaiso UniversityMark Budnik, Valparaiso UniversityDoug Tougaw, Valparaiso University Page 14.757.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrating Entrepreneurship Throughout an Electrical and Computer Engineering CurriculumAbstractMany engineering programs are attempting to emphasize the importance of entrepreneurship andan entrepreneurial mindset for all engineering students. Since many start-up companies arefounded on the basis of a newly developed technology, it is a natural progression for at leastsome engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Andrew Morozov, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Christine Loucks-Jaret, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

for the Advancement of Engineering Education and focused on students’experiences as they move into, through, and beyond their undergraduate engineeringeducations.10 Data collection occurred during a four-year period at four U.S. institutions: a Page 14.360.3public institution specializing in teaching engineering and technology; a private, historicallyblack university in the mid-Atlantic; a large, public university in the Northwest; and a suburban,private university on the West Coast.Nominal, initial APS sample size was 160 students, approximately 40 at each institution, butexact sample size varied with year and data collection method. Although

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Programs and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

. The asynchronous model has been well-received by students thus farfor its flexibility. The use of short video and audio clips rather than long recorded lectureshas also proven to be very popular, and the emphasis on student-student and student-facultyinteraction as well as timely feedback from instructors has also received positive studentevaluations.References1. Allen, I.E and J. Seamen, Staying the Course – Online Education in the United States, 2008, Sloan Consortium, Needham, MA, 2008.2. Fabrycky, W.J., ‘Understanding and Influencing Systems Engineering in Academia’, INCOSE Insight, 2007, 7-14.3. Shuver, M., et al., ‘Enabling the U.S. Engineering Work Force for Technological Innovation: The Role of Interactive Learning Among Working

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ozdemir Gol; Jan Machotka; Zorica Nedic; Andrew Nafalski

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Electrical and Computer

. Princeton WordNet, wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn3. Academic Integrity for Students, http://www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/students/study/integrity.asp (viewed 1 February2009)4. Review of Plagiarism Detection Software Report, University of Luton,http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/documents/resources/Luton_TechnicalReviewofPDS.pdf (viewed 3 February 2009)5. J. J. G. Adeva, N. L. Carroll and R. A. Calvo, Applying Plagiarism Detection to Engineering Education, 7thInternational Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET '06, 10-13 July2006, Page(s):722 - 731 Page 14.435.76. Turnitin Home, http://turnitin.com/static

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Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Leland, Oral Roberts University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-2253: PAIR PROGRAMMING IN A CAD-BASED ENGINEERINGGRAPHICS COURSERobert Leland, Oral Roberts University ROBERT LELAND received a S.B. in Computer Science from MIT in 1978, a M.S. in System Science from UCLA in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 1988. From 1989-1990 he was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. From 1990-2005 he served on the faculty at the University of Alabama in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since 2005 he has served on the faculty at Oral Roberts University in Engineering and Physics. His research interests include controls, MEMS, and engineering education

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-309: START EARLIER, PREPARE BETTER: AN ENGINEERINGSENIOR SEMINAR COURSEDing Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo Ding Yuan received the B.S. degree in industrial automation from Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China, in 1998 and the Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, in 2006. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Colorado State University-PuebloNebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo NEBOJSA I. JAKSIC received the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University in 1984, the M.S. in electrical engineering, M.S. in industrial engineering, and Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College; Gary Welton, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-2132: LEARNING STYLE, STUDENT MOTIVATION, AND ACTIVELEARNINGWilliam Birmingham, Grove City College Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Chair of Computer Science Department, Grove City CollegeVincent DiStasi, Grove City College Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Professor of Chemistry,Grove City CollegeGary Welton, Grove City College Professor of Psychology, Assistant Dean of Institutional Assessment,Grove City College Page 14.841.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Learning Style, Student Motivation, and Active LearningAbstractFor the past two

Conference Session

Outcomes of Cooperative Education Assignments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Johrendt, University of Windsor; Schantal Hector, University of Windsor; Michelle Watters, AUTO21; Derek Northwood, University of Windsor; Geri Salinitri, University of Windsor; Arunita Jaekel, University of Windsor; Karen Benzinger, University of Windsor

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

portion of the student’s college or universitycareer and allowing the progression in complexity of both the academic studies and the workexperiences is fundamental to cooperative education6. Employer and student performanceevaluation data have traditionally been used to reflect on and improve student or employerperformance in an informal way. An emphasis has been placed on developing evaluation criteriathrough learning outcomes that meet the needs of the cooperative education programs and theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or the Canadian EngineeringAccreditation Board (CEAB).Research on cooperative education and engineering students has shown a positive impact onearnings and grade point averages at the cost of extended

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Loren Limberis; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University

background, broad knowledge in a range ofareas, and specific skills in problem solving to give them a sound but flexible base for managingand implementing technology change and operations.” In 2004, East Carolina Universityinitiated a bachelor’s degree program in general engineering (BSE) to fulfill this requirement.The BSE curriculum is implemented “through a concept and program identified as theIntegrated Collaborative Engineering Educational Environment (ICEE). The ICEE program…emphasizes a broad but highly integrated foundation of engineering fundamentals andengineering sciences necessary for a general engineer.”1 The ECU engineering program features a common core that develops the fundamentalengineering skills and four concentrations

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Raman Menon Unnikrishnan; Ricardo V. Lopez

20 Learning Communities Improve Retention in Engineering and Computer Science Raman Menon Unnikrishnan and Ricardo V. Lopez College of Engineering and Computer Science California State University, FullertonAbstract As a comprehensive university, California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) servesapproximately 37,000 students from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, with the recentincreases tied to the immigrant population from Mexico as well as Central and South

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Carolyn Clark, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

for Engineering and Technology Education. Research in Engineering and Technology Education. Retrieved Jan 2008 from http://ncete.org/flash/research/Report%20_Yong-Duncan_.pdf23. Goodman, I., Cunninghan, C. (2002). Final report of the women’s experiences in college and engineering (WECE) project. Retrieved September 16, 2005, from http://www. grginc.com/WECE_FINAL_REPORT.pdf24. Heyman, G., Martyna, B., & Bhatia, S. (2002). Gender and achievement-related beliefs among engineering students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. (8)1, 41-53.25. Astin, A., & Oseguera, L. (2005). Pre-college and institutional influences on degree attainment. In A. Seidman (Ed.), College student

Conference Session

Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

). DataBytes: Diverging Trends Where Women Are Headed. ASEE Prism, 17(2), 22-23.[2] Engineering Workforce Commission of the American Association of Engineering Societies, Inc., Engineering and Technology Degrees 2005.[3] National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators – 2006, Publication No. NSB-06-01.[4] Huang, P. & Brainard, S., “Identifying Determinants of Academic Self-Confidence Among Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Students,” Journal for Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 7, 2001, pp. 315-337.[5] Brainard, S.G. & Carlin, L., “A Six-Year Longitudinal Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering and Science,” Journal of Engineering Education, 87(4), 1998, pp. 369-375.[6

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Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-1736: EXPLICIT TEACHING OF CRITICAL THINKING IN“INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING”James Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include parallel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey L. Hieb, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. His research interests include cyber

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Susannah Howe, Smith College

AC 2009-663: ASSESSING DESIGN AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE INCAPSTONE ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSESDenny Davis, Washington State University Professor, Bioengineering, and Co-Director, Engineering Education Research Center, Washington State UniversitySteven Beyerlein, University of Idaho Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of IdahoPhillip Thompson, Seattle University Associate Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle UniversityJay McCormack, University of Idaho Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of IdahoOlakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Tuskegee UniversityMichael Trevisan, Washington State

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; GuangZhi Qu, Oakland University; Ishwar Sethi, Oakland University

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International

AC 2009-1282: INTERNATIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN CHINA FORENGINEERING STUDENTS AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITYXia Wang, Oakland University XIA WANG (wang@oakland.edu) is an assistant professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland University. Her research and teaching interests lie in the areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with an emphasis on fuel cell technology. She is the faculty coordinator of the 2008 OU SECS trip to China.Gary Barber, Oakland University GARY BARBER (barber@oakland.edu) is the chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Oakland University. His research and teaching interests lie in the area of tribology. He is the co-faculty coordinator of the

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Architectural

AC 2009-2: TEACHING ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS: UP AND DOWN THETAXONOMYEdmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State UniversityRobert Arens, California Polytechnic State UniversityJoseph Hanus, United States Military Academy Page 14.1126.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 TEACHING ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS – UP AND DOWN THE TAXONOMYAbstractEngineering faculty and Architecture faculty both address student learning through the prism ofBloom’s taxonomy of the cognitive domain, but do so in diametrically opposite manners.Engineering faculty tend to assess student learning starting at the lowest taxonomy level,Acquisition of

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

reshaped so that this course also serves asthe fundamental materials engineering component of a new three course sequence within a newminor in materials science. The minor is interdisciplinary so the student audience now includesengineering technology, chemistry, physics, geology, and manufacturing and supply chainmanagement majors.Biomedical devices and case studies, nanoengineering, and bioinspired materials have beenintroduced as focus areas with the intention of improving student learning in fundaments fromcrystal structure, to materials selection based on mechanical properties/design criteria, and tophase transformations. Also, the course content was changed to build student interest while alsofinding new and challenging ways to improve the

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

recently authored Fundamentals of Electromagnetics with Engineering Applications, by John Wiley & Sons, 2005, and Applied Electromagnetics: Early Transmission Line Approach, by John Wiley & Sons, 2007. and is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications. He has won several teaching-related awards and is a member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. Page 14.171.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 AM Radio Construction – A Junior

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

AC 2009-319: TEACHING FUTURE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS LAWS,ACTS, STANDARDS, AND LIABILITIESArif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University ARIF SIRINTERLIKCI is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering at Robert Morris University. He has been the Coordinator of the RMU Learning Factory and Director of Engineering Laboratories. He holds a B.S. and an M.S., both in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, and a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. He has conducted research and taught in mechanical, industrial, manufacturing engineering, and industrial technology fields. He has been active in ASEE (American

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

students lack a clear vision of themselves as engineers in thefuture. Because engineering, science, technology and management are blending into a whole,she believes that the formerly well-defined boundaries around what constituted engineering arebecoming less distinct. As engineering expands and career trajectories become increasinglycomplex it can be expected that students will find “engineering” increasingly difficult tovisualize and navigate 44. As students are faced with ever more complex career possibilitieswithin engineering, educators need to help raise students’ awareness for these opportunities andactively help them connect course content to the actual work of practicing engineers. This couldhelp students develop a more specific vision of

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Chirag Parikh, Grand Valley State University; Andrew Sterian, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-1000: INTRODUCING SOPHOMORE ENGINEERING STUDENTS TOCONTROL THEORY USING MOBILE ROBOTSBruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University Bruce E. Dunne received the B.S.E.E. (with honors) and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985 and 1988, respectively, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in 2003. In the Fall of 2003, he joined the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, where he is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering. Prior to this appointment, he held several research and

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George E. Meyer

Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals. Susan Fauer Company, Inc., pp.201-207.3. Carr, J.J., 1996. Elements of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.4. Dally, J.W., W.F. Riley, and K.G. McConnell, 1993. Instrumentation for Engineering Measurements, Second Edition. John Wiley and sons, inc., New York.5. DuBois, D. and E.F. DuBois, 1961. A formula to estimate the approximate surface area if weight and height are known. Archives of Internal Medicine, 17:863-871.6. Johnson, C.D., 2006. Process Control Instrumentation Technology (8th Edition). Pearson, Prentice Hall. Columbus, OH.7. Khalid, S.F., 2000. LabWindows/CVI Programming for Beginners. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.8. Khoo