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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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First-Year Programs

basic computer skills (e.g. Word, Excel and Access) and providing thestudents with first laboratory experience in engineering fields. Usually, about 20 to 30 percentsof the students in this course are from non-engineering fields with various majors (see Table 1).The other linked course Problem Solving for Engineers is a more specific MATLAB-basedprogramming course and requires an equivalent of 2 years of high school algebra as a pre-requisite. As a pilot learning community was initiated in fall 2009, the introductory course wasselected as the key course due to its no-prerequisite feature. Table 1: Students‟ information in the Introduction to Engineering course No. of No. ofSemester

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Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff McAdams, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Engineering Libraries

collectiondevelopment goals will be to grow our electronic collections.The New Science and Engineering Building Our university is a new campus, relative to many universities in the state. However, it isgrowing rapidly, especially in the sciences. In the last five years, our university opened twomulti-disciplinary science and engineering buildings. The newest building, the AppliedEngineering and Technology Building, opened for occupancy in Fall 2009 and officially inSpring 2010; our library opened few months later, in May. In the original plans for the building, a laboratory space was built where our library isnow. The architects and builders outfitted the room with various lab specifications, including aneye-wash station, a multitude of power

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Persistence and Retention I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qu Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Xingyu Chen, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

success models in engineering, global engineering education, teamwork and team effectiveness, and production systems control and optimization. He worked as a production control engineer in Taiwan, and has taught laboratory classes in manufacturing engineering and freshmen engi- neering in the U.S. He earned his Bachelor and Master degrees in Industrial Engineering from National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) and Purdue University (U.S.A). His ultimate career goal is to help cul- tivate world-class engineering graduates that can compete globally, as well as collaborate with the best engineers across different cultures.Xingyu Chen, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven G. Northrup, Western New England College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 22.74.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Multidisciplinary Senior Design Project – Redesigned to Increase Interdisciplinary InteractionAbstractAn interdisciplinary team design experience has been conducted successfully for severalyears as part of the senior engineering laboratory effort at Western New England College.Recent modifications have been made to the project to increase the amount ofinterdisciplinary interaction during the project. For the past several years, students havedesigned, fabricated, and tested a solar-powered vehicle. This vehicle designed totransport two one-liter bottles of water uphill using wireless hobby-servos for steeringcontrol. During the

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Sustainability, Diversity, and STEM in Contemporary Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Amber C. Spolarich, North Carolina State University; Clair Ellen-Ann Wilson, RAMP-UP; Laura Elizabeth Ganson, North Carolina State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Bottomley received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1984 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1985 from Virginia Tech. She received her Ph D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. Dr. Bottomley worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in Transmission Sys- tems from 1985 to 1987, during which time she worked in ISDN standards, including representing Bell Labs on an ANSI standards committee for physical layer ISDN standards. She received an Exceptional Contribution Award for her work during this time. After receiving her Ph D., Dr. Bottomley worked as a faculty member at Duke University and consulted with a number of companies, such as

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

experience an immersionin the native culture.NDSU Camp for TCC StudentsThis camp has two tracks, one for students and another for the TCC faculty and high schoolteachers. Besides academic sessions, laboratories, and industry visits, students at the camp areprovided opportunities to participate in the activities of the university multicultural studentservice center, student chapter of American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and otherlocal NA organizations. The TCC faculty and teachers work with university professors todevelop lesson plans for the Sunday Academy sessions and high school summer camps. One ofthe unique features of this camp is both tribal college faculty and the students come together onthe university campus. Though the faculty

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Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Ida O'Connor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Linda Young, MSOE School of Nursing; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

in action.This leads into what may be seen as one of the limitations of the university education inbiomedical engineering. Universities today have attained top of the line environments for “realworld” engineering application laboratory and design processes. However, students find thatdespite having a solid education of applying theory to engineering ingenuity, there is littleexposure to existing equipment. Sure, classes build a strong backbone of basic and complexprinciples on which we create designs from the ground up, but there is also value in seeing whatis already out on the market and how current products fair with the human interaction. Armedwith this knowledge and searching for a source of information on hospital assessments, the

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Information Systems and Computing Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

Interface, Second Edition, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 19984- J. W. Stewart and C.Y. Wang, Digital Electronics Laboratory Experiments using the Xilinix XC95108 CPLD,Prentice Hall, 20055- Foundation series software, XILINIX Student Edition 4.2i, 20066- B. Parhami, Computer Architecture From Microprocessors to Supercomputers, Oxford University Press, 20057- AppendixThis section includes solution to the homework.A- Control.vhd Page 22.144.9-- control module (simulates SPIM control module) library Synopsys, IEEE;use Synopsys.attributes.all;use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.all;entity control is port( signal Op : in std_logic_vector(5 downto 0

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Reed, Purdue University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

projects, with an emphasis on planning and design alternatives to meet cost,performance, and user-interface goals. One of the course requirements is the completion of theconceptualization and initial development phases of an electronic device that accomplishes astudent-defined task or solves a student-defined problem. Student projects are taken tocompletion in two subsequent self-directed laboratory courses, Project Design and Development,Phase I and II. The students who volunteered to participate in the study (n=40) ranged in agefrom 21 to 35, and most were white, non-Hispanic males from within the state, with nearly halfof them starting as freshman in the ECET program. The cohort included 1 female, 3 African-Americans, 3 Hispanics and 1

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Outreach Projects: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Education in General

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Banaszek, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Mehdi Ferdowsi, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

preference for visual learning over verbal learning [3, 4]. Charts,graphs, videos, and other graphics work much better for engineering students than text-based orlecture-based aids. Often students favor active learning techniques. This is especially true forsenior students, who are more likely to be interested in the hands-on applications of the material[4]. Active learning techniques may include activities like laboratory work, working in groups,and playing with ideas [1, 2]. Unfortunately, most classroom environments are passive settingswith students involved mostly in listening—slightly favoring reflective learners, but not stronglyhelping either style [2]. Global learning is also preferred in engineering students [4].Interdisciplinary thinking

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Student Learning and Teamwork

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University; Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

controlled to fit within a typically constrained laboratory budget, since thecost of development of a platform for a mobile robot can become fairly expensive as thecomplexity of the sensors and control system are increased, it can reach thousands of dollars. Inour case, early in the development process, this was a limitation that we had to work with. First,we try to establish which would be the best approach to follow in order to keep the cost of therobotic platform within the limits of the budget assigned to this class. Next, in order to reduce theimplementation costs we decided to use as many devices and systems that we already hadavailable in our labs, such as sensors, electronic devices, laptops, microcontroller cards andsimulators, programming

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tyler Grandahl; Gianfranco Biondi; Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

hold until the basic system is released. We invite collaboration with other studentsand institutions to move the project forward.For more information regarding the battery cycler project visit the project’s Google code website(http://code.google.com/p/battery-cycler/). This website contains project documentation as wellas contact information for current project members. If you would like to contribute, contact:Dr. Clark Hochgrafcghiee@rit.eduReferences 1. IEEE-USA. "National Energy Policy Recommendations." (February 2010): 10-11. Web. 2. Battery Test Manual For Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Idaho National Laboratory, INL/EXT-07-12536, March 2008. Web

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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsheen Mozammel, Purdue University, Calumet; Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University, Calumet; Susan Scachitti, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

from real-world laboratory experiences. The MS degree program in the School ofTechnology offers applied job-related skills and professional growth opportunities that makestudents very appealing to future employers1. This degree requires that all students conduct adirected project as a requirement for graduation. The directed project is an applied researchproject that is more extensive and sophisticated than a graduate-level independent study and lessformal than a master’s thesis. The overall objective of the requirement is to engage each graduatestudent in a study, typically industry or business focused, which is sufficiently involved as torequire more than one semester to conceive, conduct, and report. The focus is to be placed on atopic with

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Penn State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Wayne Helmer; Damon Mobbs

inthe class room.Introduction and BackgroundRP technology and systems have been around for a number of years. This technology hasfound application in industry, governmental engineering laboratories, manufacturing facilitiesand all types of schools. As the sophistication of this technology has increased the base priceof these units has decreased. RP are now cost effective in graduate schools, technical schoolsand secondary and primary educational facilities. New improvements in the technology havemade RP units available to almost any school in our country. The terminology used in the rapid prototyping industry is not completely consistent. Some differentiate “RP” from “3D Printing” Theoretically RP includes more expensive machines and

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Julius Marpaung; Louis Johnson; William Flanery

Collaborative Laboratory Simulations Using a Game Engine,” in Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Chicago, IL, June 2006.15. T. Baibak and R. Agrawal, “Programming Games to Learn Algorithms,” in Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI, June 2007.16. N. Nattam, et al., “The Design Process of a Chemistry Video Game,” in Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Chicago, IL, June 2006.17. J. Estell, “Teaching Graphical User Interfaces and Event Handling through Games,” in Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.18. J. McDonald, “Hand-Held Video Games Using a PIC Microcontroller and Graphic LCD Module: A

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Robert M. O'Connell

, etc.In our electrical engineering and computer engineering undergraduate programs, studentscomplete a two-course senior design sequence using project-based learning, where, in addition tosolving challenging design problems, they develop several of the generic skills. They also workin teams in the laboratory components of several earlier courses, but there is little formalinstruction therein on how to behave in a group or how to conduct good team work. If some ofthose ideas were learned early in the program, they could be used all throughout the program,and thus the students would enter the senior design sequence with strong team skills and be ableto focus on the technical aspects of the design projects. Also, they would graduate with theability

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gaffar Gailani; Sidi Berri; NIEVES ANGULO

revision and updating of 5 existing courses atCity Tech and HCC. The project will result in i. Developing curriculum for two new multidisciplinary courses “Introduction to Research Management”, and “Special Topics in Remote Sensing”. ii. Updating and revising six courses to incorporate NASA-relevant material (4 courses at City Tech and 2 at HCC); the courses will be detailed in the next section. iii. Acquiring a limited amount of engineering laboratory equipment to support the new course and the revised courses. iv. Overall, improving the quality and content of the offerings at City Tech and HCC.(3.c) To enhance students’ skills in research. The project helps students in developing their

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jessica L. Buck; Bertiel Harris; Elizabeth Y. McInnis

might be shown mathematics laboratories, the media production facilities, and computer-assisted instruction programs. But on the way to those installations, they will pass dozens of classrooms with instructors lecturing and conducting discussions just the way they and their predecessors have been doing for decades (p. 155).Service learning is an appropriate teaching and learning approach in which the workplaceprovides a practical setting for structured problem-based learning experiences.Blumenfeld, Soloway, Marx et al. (1991) concluded that technology can play a powerful role 151in project-based learning. Technology contributes to students’ learning by enhancinginterest

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

the following reasons: 1. To ascertain the relative benefit of using a peer-to-peer active learning technique with a first semester freshman class. 2. To encourage students to communicate, provide teamwork practice and encourage learning techniques for self-directed continuing professional development − all of which are criteria of the “Program Outcomes for Engineering Technology Programs” by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)15 and part of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Green Report – “Engineering Education in a Changing World.” 3. To add variety to a nearly 3 hour lecture class that does not have a laboratory component beyond soil sieve testing, thus

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Nicholas Monsu; Kevin Timko; William Caracciolo

relief wells, costing approximately $100 million each, BP was finallyable to cap the well by drilling down and intersecting the well many feet below thesurface, and then filling the well with cement. Until that point, the well had been leaking5,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil into the Gulf every day [2]. Following the successfulcapping, many tests were performed to determine the cement could withstand thepressures of the well.Oil Cleanup Solutions Being TestedSeveral alternative solutions are being tested in the laboratory to find resourceful, andenvironmentally friendly ways to clean, reuse and dispose of oil that is recovered from oilspills.Hair BoomBackgroundHair does not use absorption to remove oil from water, but rather uses adsorption

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Scott Bronikowski; Christopher Lowrance; Kenneth Viall

students to submit, retrieve, and resubmit homework to correcterrors until perfect. They found that adaptive grading did not improve test scores.Flory and Hearn3 compared frequent homework with frequent quizzes and compared studentattendance in lectures in electrical circuit analysis courses. They show little significantdifferences between the two methods and final exam performance. Our method differs fromtheirs since we have required attendance and have replaced homework with frequent quizzes.Fisher and Shoales conducted a similar experiment in the United States Air Force Academy4,where course directors experimented with different methods of homework, quiz, and practicalexercise or laboratory assessments. They found that student performance on

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Michael J. Rust; Abe Kamal

. BackgroundOutreach programs by colleges and universities that are intended to disseminate engineeringknowledge and applications into local K-12 schools are not, in themselves, new concepts. Theuniqueness and specificity of the interactive nature of such programs are indeed the requisitecatalysts for new visions. As a result, some programs have experienced varied degrees ofsuccess, inequity, and sustainability.Lehigh University, a relatively small, private academic institution, launched an outreach programin 2002 for local middle and high school students1. Through this program, undergraduate seniorsand graduate students in Materials Science and Engineering disciplines developed practicaldemonstrations and laboratories in their respective subject matter. The

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Buket D. Barkana; Nelson Ngoh; Allen Cook

. • Be able to prepare instructional course materials for the classroom. • Develop a range of skills relating to the presentation of course materials in a formal setting.Course Activities: • Lectures and Discussions • Lab activities: Hands-on computer experienceGrading:Midterm exam: 30%Homework: 20%Final Project/Exam: 50%Organization of the Course: Lectures and LabsStudents are organized into groups of 2 or 3. Laboratory sessions are usually 2-3 hours. Sets ofreadings for each lab have to be read before class. Some readings are in text. Others will behanded out. Lecture will cover background material pertinent to lab, in these areas: • The physiology of speech production • The respiratory system • The acoustics and

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Frank Caserta; Robert J. Lind; Loutfallah G. Chedid

-level analysis, modeling, and design”. This Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Annual Conference University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education relatively new program also maintains the Wentworth Institute of Technology’s focus on hands-on laboratories with faculty instructors, small class sizes, and work-coop experiences. Theprogram is highly successful placing graduates in industry and graduate programs. More than35% of all Wentworth Institute of Technology students typically accept permanent employmentwith their co-op employer[16].The literature on studies of how or why students chose particular majors suggested, as well as

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Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

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Engineering Design Graphics

. elements, for purposes of analysis tackling technical problems. a solution. quantify their significance to the and wide-ranging and conflicting or design. conclusions drawn. technical and non-technical factors. Ability to perform research and Proficiency in a range of laboratory Ability to make appropriate

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Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhsin Menekse, Arizona State University; Glenda Stump, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Michelene T.H. Chi, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

), 339.2. Heller, R. S., Beil, C., Dam, K., & Haerum, B. (2010). Student and Faculty Perceptions of Engagement in Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 99(3), 253-261.3. Lin, C., & Tsai, C. (2009). The relationship between students' conceptions of learning engineering and their preferences for classroom and laboratory learning environments. Journal of Engineering Education, 98, 193- 204.4. Prince, M

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Embedded System Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

standing prior to beginning the races. The Page 22.991.12times that each team records on their drag and road race heats are announced, but they are onlyrecorded by the race judge. At the end of the road race heats, the final tallies are made, winnersannounced, and prizes awarded.Delivery MethodsSeveral different venues have been used to facilitate workshops and other events using the Krisysplatform. The mechanical, hardware and software development support required for completingall aspects of the Krisys workshop lend themselves best to offering workshops on the TexasA&M campus using EET/TET laboratory resources. These include, but are not

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Foster, George Fox University; Justin R. Vander Werff P.E., Dordt College

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New Engineering Educators

Option 2 Homework 10% Homework 10% Laboratory 30% Laboratory 30% Exams (5) 60% Exams (4) 30% Final Exam 30%students to copy displayed figures or procedures. For difficult concepts or higher levels ofcognition—analysis, evaluation, or design—gaps are left on the handout (hence the name) toallow open investigation rather than “spoon-feeding” of information. 9From the workshop’s comparison of the diverse learning styles, the author implemented anadditional assessment option for global learners. Understanding that “global” learners absorbinformation more randomly 7 and need the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Karen L. Tonso, Wayne State University; Peggy Noel Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University

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NSF Grantees

in Table 1). Fincher7offers three guiding principles for dissemination and a hierarchy of types of dissemination.Based on the need to improve the evaluation and dissemination/diffusion plans in NSF proposalsto develop innovations in engineering education, a proposal to hold a workshop on these topicswas submitted to the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) under the Course, Curriculum,and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program. The ultimate goal of the project was to create adocument that would assist engineering educators in writing effective plans for their proposals toNSF. This paper documents events of that workshop and the resulting outcomes