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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Wahyu Lestari, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Shirley Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

students to advancedlaboratory equipment and a range of engineering concepts. Select details of the course content,new learning materials, and a summary of the assessment tools and mid-project evaluations areprovided in this paper.IntroductionRecent and emergent developments in technology, together with changes in the social andprofessional context of engineering, generate continuing challenges for engineering practitionersand consequently for engineering education as well. Engineering education must be realigned toprovide adequate knowledge for the students and prepare them to enter the engineeringprofession1. Considering the often weak linkage between engineering education and practice,effort needs to be placed in creating courses that better

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Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Wendell, Tufts University; Kathleen Connolly, Tufts University; Christopher Wright, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Tufts University; Mike Barnett, Boston College; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Ismail Marulcu, Boston College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

pursuingengineering as a career, and (e) increased technological literacy.7 However, the NationalAcademy of Sciences also reports the lack of reliable data to support those potential benefits ofteaching engineering education to K-12 students. The academy recommends that long-termresearch that explores the impact of engineering education on students’ learning of STEMsubjects and technological literacy, student engagement and retention, and career aspirationsshould be supported.Literature ReviewExisting Approaches To Design-Based Science for ChildrenCurrently, there is limited research literature that attempts to explain how the design-basedscience approach impacts young students’ learning of content and practices specific to a singledomain in science. While

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Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betty Harper, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Alexander Yin, Penn State University; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

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Liberal Education

Engineer of 2020: Adapting EngineeringEducation to the New Century2, provide guidance to the engineering education community as itseeks to meet these challenges. The Engineer of 2020, in particular, identifies the attributes andskills that engineers will need if the U.S. is to maintain its economic and engineering leadershipin a rapidly changing technological and globalized environment. The report portrays engineeringeducation of the future as a liberal education, stressing interdisciplinarity, communication,leadership, and understanding the multiple, interconnected contexts in which engineering exists.This paper presents data from one component of a larger, national study that examines the extentto which undergraduate engineering programs are on

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1277: WHAT IS GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR?: THEMAKING OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORSGary Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Affiliated Professor of Engineering Education, Women and Gender Studies, and Sociology at Virginia Tech. He teaches the undergraduate course Engineering Cultures, an approach to international education for engineers at home. It is designed to help engineering students learn to work more effectively with people who define problems differently than they do, including non-engineers, by critically examining their own identities and predispositions. Current Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education

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Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; Nathan McNeill, Purdue University; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

in the mid-1800s. In this paper, wefocus especially on three higher education institutions founded during the late Qing dynasty inthe latter half of the 19th century that played important roles in the formation of modern Chineseengineering education.The account that follows is a historical narrative describing the conditions that led to theadoption of modern, Western style engineering education in China. This paper is based uponboth primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include reprints of archival documentsfrom the institutions discussed in this paper. Secondary sources include books written in Englishand published by university affiliated publishing houses.Pre-modern “engineering education”China has had a strong technological

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Baker, The University of Vermont; John Merrill, The Ohio State University; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

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International

University John A. Merrill is the Director for the First-Year Engineering Program at The Ohio State University College of Engineering. His responsibilities include operations, faculty and graduate student recruiting, curriculum management, student retention, and program assessment. Dr. Merrill received his Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from The Ohio State University in 1985, and is a two-time recipient of the College of Engineering’s Boyer Award for Excellence in Teaching.David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, and Director of Humanitarian Engineering at Colorado School of Mines (CSM). He also holds the Ph.D. and MSME degrees from

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BIM and Other New Construction Practices

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

construction engineering specialty field • understanding of legal and professional practice issues related to the construction industry • understanding of construction processes, communications, methods, materials, systems, equipment, planning, scheduling, safety, cost analysis, and cost control • understanding of management topics such as economics, business, accounting, law, statistics, ethics, leadership, decision and optimization methods, process analysis and design, engineering economics, engineering management, safety, and cost engineering.10Baccalaureate degree programs in construction engineering technology accredited by ABETTAC must demonstrate that graduates are capable of

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Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terry Brumback, University of Alabama; Randal Schumacker, The University of Alabama; Daniel Fonseca, The University of Alabama

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Educational Research and Methods

Technology (ABET) (2006) adapted two cognitivemodels for incorporation into engineering classrooms. Incorporation of Bloom’s taxonomy and amodification of the Kolb Learning Cycle were necessary to show alignment with ABET criteria.The 2006 ABET Criteria marked a decisive change in the direction of engineering education.While earlier calls for change were in the form of recommendations, the ABET criteriarepresented a requirement for continued accreditation. This joined with the specific talents andrecognition engineer educators bring to the incorporation of cognitive science in the classroomand the relative newness of the subject matter, make this a productive area of study.The purpose of this study is to synthesize, through a meta-analysis study

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Capstone Design Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1409: INTEGRATING HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP INTO UNIVERSITYAUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING PROGRAMSMichael Wahlstrom, Argonne National LaboratoryFrank Falcone, Argonne National LaboratoryDoug Nelson, Virginia Tech Page 15.767.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Hardware-in-the-Loop into University Automotive Engineering Programs Using Advanced Vehicle Technology CompetitionsAbstractWith the recent increase in complexity of today’s automotive powertrains and control systems,Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation has become a staple of the vehicle development processin the automotive industry. For

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Computational Tools and Simulation I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-138: STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING CAD AUTOMATION TOENGINEERS AND TECHNOLOGISTSDerek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University Derek Yip-Hoi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Western Washington University and coordinator of the department’s CAD/CAM program. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he worked for several years as a Research Scientist in the area of Reconfigurable Manufacturing before moving out to the Pacific Northwest where he spent 3 years at the University of British Columbia before moving to WWU. His teaching interests are in CAD/CAM, CNC, design methodology, mechanical

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Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugo Pirela, InterAmerican Development Bank; Gisela Coto Quintana, SINAES; Juan Luis Crespo Marino, Universidade da Coruna; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Miguel J. Escala, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo; Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University

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International

building a model of engineering accreditation for the area.IntroductionEngineering for the Americas (EftA)2 started as a grass roots initiative uniting engineeringeducation organizations, government agencies, professional organization, accreditation agencies,universities and industries, endorsed by the Organization of American States (OAS) in the LimaDeclaration of 20043. EftA is headquartered at the Organization of American States inWashington DC, USA. In 2004, in its Science, Technology, engineering and Innovation forDevelopment: A vision for the Americas in the Twenty First Century5, the OAS cited severaltimes the usefulness of regional accreditation for the mobility of students. The OAS held thefirst Engineering for the Americas Symposium in

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Kenneth W. Santarelli

personnel is expensive.Replacement costs reportedly run one to one and a half times the annual salary of the individualbeing replaced5. Faced with pending retirements and the difficulty in retaining personnel recruitedfrom outside the region, industry, government organizations, local communities, and the educationcommunity have banded together to focus on math, science, engineering, and technology education,and formed (in 2002) the Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology (MSET) Consortium toincrease the college going student population and to educate and graduate engineers locally. Theinitiative is known locally as Homegrown6.The Need for Engineering Education in the Antelope ValleyThe need for engineering education in the Antelope Valley is

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ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Grant, North Carolina State University; Jessica Decuir-Gunby, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-927: ADVANCE PEER MENTORING SUMMITS FORUNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY WOMEN ENGINEERING FACULTYChristine Grant, North Carolina State University Dr. Christine Grant is a Full Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular (CBE) engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU). She obtained a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Brown University in 1984; her graduate degrees (M.S. and Ph.D.) were both obtained from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986 and 1989. She joined the NCSU faculty in 1989 after completing her doctorate and has moved through the ranks of Assistant and Associate to Full Professor – one of only 4 African-American women in the U.S. at that rank. Her

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Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Jianhong Ren, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University; Sheryl Custer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Joyce Coleman, Academy High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

courses in science and/ormathematics thus further preparing them for careers in the science, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) related college degree programs3. As a result, there was a 25% drop inundergraduate enrollment reported during 1982-2000 period4. In the same study, it was notedthat over 800,000 students graduated from high schools in 2000; however, only 7,200 of thesestudents graduated with an engineering degree from a four-year institution 4. To furtheraccentuate the problem, the numbers of students in STEM related disciplines in underrepresentedgroups such as women, Hispanics, and African-Americans were at an even greater deficit asthey appear to select careers in programs such as the social sciences or complete their

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Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

create a new project. Next, produce schematics. The component selector isused to match schematic symbols with the corresponding device artwork or footprint. Artworkproduced by the layout tool can be viewed in two or three dimensions. The layout tool alsoproduces industry standard Gerber files and drill files so that you are free to choose your own PCboard manufacturer.Our University recently purchased a PC board milling machine that I intend to make use of withKiCad. Faculty in our Electronic Engineering Technology program also expressed an interest inpossibly using KiCad and the milling machine in technology courses.Figure 1 is of the schematic capture tool showing the detail of a schematic. With buttons alongthree sides of a window, the tools

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Sara E. Wilson

positively in the training.In engineering, we have long had Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)requirements for undergraduate engineering ethics training. These requirements focus onengineers as practicing professionals working primarily in design and development rather thanresearch. Undergraduate engineering curricula rarely cover topics typical of responsible conductof research (RCR) such as paper authorship, peer review, and research funding management andrather focus on issues such as employer-client-employee relations, human health, safety andwelfare in design, and intellectual property. Conversely, most responsible conduct of researchcourses and materials have been developed around the biomedical and clinical health

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Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Trainor, United States Military Academy; Daniel McCarthy, United States Military Academy; Michael Kwinn, United States Military Academy

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

(US Army) is an Academy Professor in the Department of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has a B.S. degree from USMA in Organizational Leadership and an M.E. degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. He also holds a PhD in Management Science (System Dynamics) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include systems design, new product development, system dynamics, decision support systems, project management and curriculum development. He has taught and served as the course director for numerous engineering courses in Systems Design, System Dynamics and Production Operations Management. He

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Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-936: TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND THE ALLURE OF "NANO":UNDERSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL ENTHUSIASMSAmy Slaton, Drexel University Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and director of Drexel's Master's Program in Science, Technology and Society. She holds a PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and has written on social aspects of standards and instrumentation in American engineering, construction and manufacturing occupations. Her most recent book is _Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line_ (Harvard University Press, 2010).Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

previous problems, allows the engineer-leader toconsider new and possibly better ways to meet project goals in safe and economical manner.Creative Thinking The effective engineer-leader always will be willing to “think outside the box.” Newprojects require new, alternative solutions to the technological challenges posed. Experience, of course,plays an important role in creative problem solving. But the engineer-leader must develop the ability toproperly assess not only what has been done but also what can be done within the constraints of theproject. Page 15.1106.3Reflective Thinking As the engineer-leader grows in experience, his or

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-136: AN AUTOMATED BOTTLE FILLING AND CAPPING PROJECTFOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSKala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania Kala Meah received his B.Sc. from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1998, M.Sc. from South Dakota State University in 2003, and Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming in 2007, all in Electrical Engineering. Between 1998 and 2000 he worked for several power industries in Bangladesh. Dr. Meah is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physical Science at York College of Pennsylvania. His research interest includes electrical power, HVDC transmission, renewable energy, power engineering education, and energy

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

technological developments in particular; ≠ a commitment to lifelong learning, a capacity for critical judgment, and a sense of interdisciplinary approach in tackling engineering problems.Region’s colleges have graduated, during the last three decades, over forty thousand engineers;some with reasonably good technical skills, but most have not been sufficiently prepared toassume leading roles and/or able to manage innovative technology. To the contrary, a relativelyhigh percentage of these graduates have found themselves “ill-equipped” to carry on asengineers. Many were reduced to the role of a “technician”, and some have abandoned Page

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Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morgan Hynes, Tufts University; David Crismond, The City College of New York; Ethan Danahy, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for the lesson’s design challenge. Movies, pictures, and a relevant story help create a context for the students where they will act as engineers and solve real problems with sophisticated technologies. Page 15.1336.5B. One of the RoboBook’s main navigationalpages uses an interactive “Engineering DesignProcess” map, which students can click on to getsupport doing different design processes. Forinstance, selecting the Research link will providethem with tutorial pages on the needs of users

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Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Ricco, Purdue University; Ida Ngambeki, Purdue University; Russell Long, Purdue University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering4 and a significant number ofthose who remain in engineering move from one engineering discipline to another. A closerexamination reveals that the pathways chosen by engineering students differ greatly. Xie andShauman8 have published the most comprehensive research on Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math (STEM) student pathways to date. They studied STEM pathways (andparticularly gender differences in those pathways) from early qualification and expression ofinterest in college study through pursuit of college study, persistence to graduation, pursuit of acareer, and career persistence. An early MIDFIELD model (figure 1) hypothesized some criticaltransitions in the engineering pathway, but this model was too simplistic to represent

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Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Jones, University of Texas, Pan American; Rajiv Nambiar, University of Texas, Pan American; Deborah Crown, San Jose State University

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Computers in Education

Page 15.181.2communication may provide another mechanism to interest students in engineering and possiblyserve as a significant platform for instruction. Many chat web sites exist that allow students tointeract with other individuals or even with simulated intelligent being called chat-bots. Most ofthese chat-bots are simply built for the entertainment of users. The authors have developed achat-bot whose purpose focuses on engineering education. In the past, among other courserelated technologies, the authors have had some success effectively introducing asynchronouscomputer based instruction into the learning environment1-7.The purpose of the engineering chat-bot site is to build an online artificial intelligence named"Anne G. Neering" that

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Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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International

Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Eun-Young Kang, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Mauricio Castillo, California State University, Los Angeles; Alexander Abramyan, California State University, Los Angeles; Keith Moo-Young, California State University, LA

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Minorities in Engineering

LA Program, Improving Minority Partnerships and Access through CISE(Computer & Information Science & Engineering)-related Teaching, is an NSF Graduate STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Fellows in K-12 Education Program designed toaddress these concerns. The program partners graduate fellows who are conducting master’slevel research in a CISE-related field with a middle or high school teacher from the East LosAngeles area. Fellows work closely with teachers to develop hands-on activities designed toenhance the educational experience of students and increase their interest in STEM-relatedfields. The NAE study found that female students in particular relate well to role models, andthus, the program actively and

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Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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First-Year Programs

content, building a bridgebetween theory and practice, and sharpening their abilities to solve problems creativelyand working collaboratively.The above objectives are well aligned with the Engineering Criteria 2000 promoted byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) that emphasizes on thebroad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in anenvironmental and societal context. In fact, ABET expects that engineering programsdemonstrate that their students attain the following outcomes: an ability to communicateeffectively (outcome 3g), ability to function in multidisciplinary teams (outcome 3d) andunderstanding the impact of engineering solutions in an environmental and societalcontext (outcome h) 9.In

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Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Fred Allen, Drexel University; Elisabeth Papazoglou, Drexel University; Mustafa Sualp, Untra Corporation; David Delaine, Drexel University; David Hansberry, Drexel University

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Educational Research and Methods

and/or situations. In contrast, this proposal concentrates heavily on the development of processes that integrate instructional (student, instructor, course, curriculum) measurements and analysis with ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)-mandated assessment and improvement. Thus, a major deliverable of the project is a transferable system with which other engineering programs could monitor their own instructional environment and develop and test their own educational innovations. 3. Ease of use - A key trade-off in the utility of any innovation is the time and resources needed to implement it versus the benefits that result from the implementation (in this case, improved student learning

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Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-1360: LEVERAGING THE INTERNET AND LIMITED ON-CAMPUSRESOURCES TO TEACH INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS TO FUTUREENGINEERING PRACTITIONERSCharlotte Erdmann, Purdue UniversityBruce Harding, Purdue University Page 15.841.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 LEVERAGING THE INTERNET AND LIMITED ON-CAMPUS RESOURCES TO TEACH INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS TO FUTURE ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERSAbstractIn the internet age, practitioners of engineering and technology may find themselves lackinginformation literacy skills so necessary in a modern global work environment. The needs may bemanifested as researching technical and non-technical

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

TaskForce Engineer-Leaders Project. The Project concerns the deliberate advancement of professionalgraduate engineering education relevant to the needs of creative engineering practice in industry toenhance U.S. technological innovation and competitiveness. The strength of the innovation and leadershipcapacity of America’s professional engineering base in our civilian, aerospace, and defense industries is acritical asset in our global economic recovery. As with other learned professions, there are progressiveskill sets and actions that must be learned or developed at the advanced levels of the practice ofengineering. This series of papers addresses the skills continuum in three main parts: a) Part I addressesthe Direct Leadership Skills and Actions