Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Judith Zawojewski, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University

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Educational Research and Methods

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Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Stein, University of Wisconsin; Natalie Tran, California State University, Bakersfield; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

course material. Section 6.4’s “Mathematical Modeling” assessment has onevolume calculation, but the one other problem given has to do with the statistics of a class’ testscores. The “Graphical Modeling” assessment of 6.2 is farther afield, involving the graphing ofcensus data.Principles of Engineering (POE)POE is the second foundation course in the PLTW sequence that we analyzed. Within POEstudents learn about various concepts inherent to the field of engineering. Among these conceptsare thumbnail and orthographic sketching, perspective drawing, free-body diagramming, thedesign process, X and Y components of vectors, thermodynamics, fluid and electrical systems

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Simonson, University of Cincinnati; Latiera Evans, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

complete and turn in on weekly basis up to start of fall quarter.Closing Ceremony. The closing ceremony was held on the last day and was attended by the Deanof College of Engineering, Provost, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and Vice Provost forDiversity. A highlight of the closing was the presentation of the “Nia” and “Most ImprovedStudent” awards, which were voted by a consensus of the instructors. The Nia award is for thestudent who best represents the objectives of the program; one student is selected from eachsection of courses. The Most Improved Student Award is given to a student(s) who has made themost progress during the program; one student from each course is selected for the award.Other K-12 Outreach and College Retention ProgramsIn

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Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Caldwell, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Adam Chalmers, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

isthe seminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom. Thecommittee established a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning: cognitive, affective andpsychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted in many fields and has beenidentified as, “arguably one of the most influential education monographs of the past halfcentury.”6 The taxonomies are a language that describes the progressive development of anindividual in each domain and are defined as follows7: • Cognitive: of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity. • Affective: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions. • Psychomotor: of or relating to motor action directly proceeding from mental

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Juan Manuel Garibay, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esat Alpay, Imperial College London; Peter Cutler, Imperial College London; Susan Eisenbach, Imperial College London; Anthony Field, Imperial College London

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-1155: CHANGING THE MARKS BASED CULTURE OF LEARNINGTHROUGH PEER ASSISTED TUTORIALSEsat Alpay, Imperial College LondonPeter Cutler, Imperial College LondonSusan Eisenbach, Imperial College LondonAnthony Field, Imperial College London Page 14.316.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Changing the Marks Based Culture of Learning through Peer Assisted Tutorials E. Alpay1, P.S. Cutler2, S. Eisenbach2 and A.J. Field2 1 Faculty of Engineering (EnVision) 2 Department of Computing Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus

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Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

outcomes. There are threesections to these course assessments that mirror the course assessments for the CivilEngineering Division within the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at theUnited States Military Academy.5 The first section describes/defines the course as it wastaught through its catalog description (still appropriate?), course objectives, textbook(s)used, the course schedule, graded events, an assessment of facilities and technologyavailable, curriculum integration, and end-of-course feedback questions. The secondsection assesses the course through evaluating whether the course objectives wereachieved, evaluating the end-of-course feedback, evaluating course grade point average(GPA), time required to complete daily

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

writes a short paper about what s/he learned during the interview,followed by an informal presentation.Class Participation and Attendance (15%)Class participation requires each student to not only attend, but be engaged, committed, andattentive. Each class will require student participation in leadership projects and activities thatare designed to give him/her the opportunity to develop his/her leadership skills and makeconnections between his/her actions and reading assignments.Midterm Paper (20%)The purpose of the midterm essay is for the student to think about his/her “placement” as a Page 14.836.7leader by examining his/her leadership

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Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

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Manufacturing

press operators tends to be severe. Press operators areamong the most likely workers to suffer an amputation injury.Third, the requirements to safely guard and operate a mechanical power press are thoroughlydocumented. An entire section of the OSHA code (29CFR1910.217) is specifically devoted torequirements of safeguarding mechanical power presses. Mechanical press safety is alsoaddressed explicitly in ANSI B11.1. In the mid-1990’s the identification of presses as a serioussafety risk, particularly for amputations, led to the initiation of a focused OSHA emphasisprogram on press safety entitled, “CPL 2-1.24, National Emphasis Program on MechanicalPower Presses, 29CFR1910.217.”To provide better insight into the problem of press injuries

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

satisfy human need(s)”. If one subscribes to the abovedefinition, then every engineer has to be somewhat knowledgeable of manufacturing methods, ofdrafting (drawing) standards and programming techniques. We are proposing that these topics becovered in freshmen/sophomore level courses. Page 14.308.12Manufacturing Methods CourseManufacturing in the US has been continuously shrinking in the past decades, reaching historicallows (www.infowars.com/us-manufacturing-at-lowest-level-since-1948/). One reason for thedecline can be attributed to the lack of awareness of graduating engineers of the challengespresented in manufacturing a particular product

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Hutchinson, Purdue University; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

High School Study on 1/28/2009.2. American Time Use Survey 20033. Korean Time Use Survey 20044. Juster, T.F. and Stafford, F.P., “The Allocation of Time: Empirical Findings, Behavioral Models, and Problems of Measurement,” Journal of Economic Literature, 29 (1991), 471-522.5. Nist, S., “College Study Tips”, College Rules! How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College, Ten Speed Press, 2002.6. Reilly, Ed, “Freshman Study Tips,” accessed at http://www.villanova.edu/studentlifr/counselingcenter/infosheets/studyskills/for_freshmen 1/28/20097. Sax, L., et. The American Freshman: National Norms, Fall 20038. National Survey of Student Engagement 20039. Sax, L., The American Freshman: National Norms, Fall 2004.10. Zeek

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Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

shared practice: Design engineers’ learning at work. Jyvaskyla Studies inEducation, Psychology and Social Research, Jyvaskyla.22. ibid., p. 12.23. ibid., p. 27.24. ibid., p. 28.25. Schrage, Michael. (2000). Serious Play: How the World’s Best Companies Simulate to Innovate. HarvardBusiness School Press, Boston MA.26. Trevelyan, J. (2007). Technical coordination in engineering practice. Journal of Engineering Education, 96 (3),p. 191.27. ibid., p. 191.28. Jonassen, D., Strobel, J., Lee, C., B. (2006). Everyday problem solving in engineering: lessons for engineeringeducators. Journal of Engineering Education, 95 (2), pp. 139-151.29. Korte, R., Sheppard, S., & Jordan, W. (2008). A qualitative study of the early work experiences of

Conference Session

Thinking, Reasoning, and Engineering in Elementary School

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Molly Bolger, Vanderbilt University; Marta Kobiela, Vanderbilt University; Paul Weinberg, Vanderbilt University; Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

links, when a previous mechanism had only two. Unconnected movementdesignated mention of the movement of an individual part of the mechanism without relation toother components. For example, one student explained an error in prediction as: “Becauseinstead of going this way (gestures to the right), [the link] went this way (gestures to the left).” Structure. This category referred to explanations that focused on the organization ofparts without mention of the functional relation(s) among these parts. For example, “I see two ofthem [links] joined together.” And, “I notice that [Mechanism A2] has a peg on this sideinstead of being on this side.” In some cases children noticed difference in the distance from thefixed pivot to the input link

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, University of Virginia; Randy Bell, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). Constructivism and social constructivism. In G.M. Bondner & M. Orgill (Eds.),Theoretical frameworks for research in chemistry/science education (pp. 28-49). Upper Saddle River, NJ: PearsonEducation, Inc.2. Driver, R., Guesne, E., & Tiberghien, A., (Eds.) (1985). Children’s ideas in science. Philadelphia: OpenUniversity Press.3. Driver, R., Squires, A., Rushworth, P., & Wood-Robinson, V. (1994). Making sense of secondary science:Research into children’s ideas. London: Routledge. Page 14.531.204. Puntambekar, S., & Kolodner, J.L. (2005). Toward implementing distributed scaffolding: Helping students learnscience from design

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

Falade (AEEA) and Duncan Fraser (AEEA) ̇ Strengthening AEEA ̇ Connecting its local industry and government ̇ Identify and connect with funding agencies within and outside region ̇ Results of governments in provisioning of infrastructure and the enabling environment for industry-academia to work ̇ Making the curriculum relevant to industry needGroup 3. Americas– led by Maria Larrondo Petrie (LACCEI, UPE), Ramiro Jordan (ISTEC) and Jose CarlosQuadrado (ASIBEI) ̇ Conduct an IFEES Americas Regional Summit ̇ Collaborators: Signers of the Rio 2005 Engineering Education Collaboration for the Americas (IFEES, ASIBEI, OAS, LACCEI, ISTEC, ASEE, EftA) ̇ Goal – influence decision makers in S&T ̇ Themes

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jan Collins-Eaglin, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

supportive administration at the college anddepartment levels, faculty who understand that students are not the only ones who benefit fromengagement, and effective project leadership and coordination will be vital to the sustainabilityof this project. We expect to report on the status of these efforts at a later date.“Student success is the product of thousands of small gestures extended on a daily basis bycaring, supportive educators sprinkled throughout the institution” George Kuh5This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award0757020 (DUE). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Chad Newswander, Virginia Tech; Eloise Coupey, Virginia Tech; Ed Dorsa, Virginia Tech; Tom Martin, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

Researchable Questions," The Review of Higher Education, 28[1] 23-48 (2004).6 V.B. Mansilla, "Assessing Student Work at Disciplinary Crossroads," Change 37[1] 19 (2005).7 V.B. Mansilla and E.D. Duraising, "Targeted Assessment of Students' Interdisciplinary Work: An Empirically Grounded Framework Proposed," Journal of Higher Education, 78[2] 215-23 (2007).8 M. Borrego and L. Newswander, "Characteristics of Successful Cross-Disciplinary Engineering Education Collaborations," Journal of Engineering Education, 97[2] 123-34 (2007).9 S.G. Cohen and D.E. Bailey, "What Makes Teams Works: Group Effectiveness Research from the Shop Floor to the Executive Suite," Journal of Management, 23[3] 239-290 (1997).10 D. Makin, S

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Timothy VanEpps, Florida Atlantic University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, International Journal for EngineeringEducation, 21 (2), 200-204. Denzin, N.K. and Lincoln, Y.S. (eds) (1994). Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousand Oaks,California: SAGE. Eberle, B.F. (1977). SCAMPER, Buffalo, NY: D.O.K. Publishers. Edwards, B. (1999). Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Tarcher Putnam, New York. Goldenberg, J. and Mazurski, D. (2002). Creativity in Product Innovation, Cambridge, UK:Cambridge University Press. Goldenberg, J., Mazurski, D. and Solomon, S. (1999). Creative sparks, Science 285(5433), 1495-1496. Gundling, E. (2000). The 3M Way to Innovation, Kodansha International, Tokyo. Horowitz R. & Maimon, O. (1997). Creative design methodology and the SIT method, Proceedings ofDETC’97, ASME Design

Conference Session

Improving the Teaching Skills of Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

first and second semester during the second year of your GTF program? 3. How do you balance your teaching and research interests?Faculty Mentors: 1. What impact has the GTF program had on __[fellows]_ ’s success? 2. What benefits do you see in this program? How might the GTF program be improved?C. Data Analysis Constant Comparative method 18 was used to systematically analyze the data and arrive atconclusions. Based on the results from the first year assessment, and highlighted in othersources 11, 13, 14 we developed an initial visual representation of the coding scheme. This visualrepresentation was created to begin grouping the interview comments into general categories,and to determine the

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

” decisions. Because licensure would nottherefore be required to accomplish many of this P.E.’s work tasks, much of the work could becompleted by a highly skilled Civil Engineering Technologist. The question is then, how muchof a P.E.’s workday time is actually spent doing civil engineering analysis and design tasks thatcould just as well be done by a civil engineering technologist?Will the civil engineering industry be willing to undertake the creation of a category of positionsthat have different prerequisites and career paths from those of the Professional Engineer? Tocreate such a position would at a minimum require there be established formalizing of credentialsfor the Technologist, complete with educational requirements, examination

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Engineering Technology Education”, Final Report ASEE 1962, www.engtech.org/AdditonalLinksFiles/TheCharacteristicsofExcellence.pdf[12] E.F. Crawley, J. Malmqvist, S. Ostlund, and D. Brodeur, “Rethinking Engineering Education: The CDIO Approach”, Springer, Berlin 2007.[13] CDIO Site http://www.cdio.org/[14] P. Dorato, “The First Professional Degree: Master of Engineering?”, in “Advances in Statistical Control, Algebraic System Theory and Dynamic Systems Characteristics”, edited by C-H. Won, C. B. Schrader, and A. N. Michel, Published by Birkhauser 2008, pp.313-318.[15] Department of Education: Characteristics of First Professional Studies. Online at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sanders, Virginia Tech; Thomas Sherman, Virginia Tech; Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; James Pembridge, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy Ward, Ohio State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Robert J. Gustafson; Jessica D'Ambrosio; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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International

University9 NeKole Varnado, President, IT Enginuity, Inc., Virginia8 Andy Ward, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University Africa5 Abdulkarim S. Ahmed, Head of Department of Chemical Engineering Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria4 David Alcock, Consultant, Khanyisa Projects, South Africa4 Richard Dladla, Zahke Agricultural College, South Africa3 Harriet Eliufoo, School of Construction Economics & Management, ARDHI University, Tanzania6 Trevor Gaunt, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa1 Lammeck Kajubi, Makerere University, Uganda8 Simon Lorentz, School of Bioresources, Engineering and Environmental

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Renee Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

ofMinnesota). These MEAs are: Supplier Development, CD Compilation, Quality Improvement,Compressor Reliability, Gown Manufacturing Outsourcing, and Disaster Modeling. The firstfour were originally developed at Purdue University; the last two at the University of Pittsburgh(see Table 1).4. Developing an E-MEAAn MEA or E-MEA should be created for a specific purpose, typically as a learning exercise tointroduce or reinforce one or more concepts. First steps include: ≠ Determining the conceptual issue(s) that will be presented to the students, Page 14.502.8 ≠ What other fundamental concepts will be involved or required? ≠ How will the E-MEA be

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Objective(s) Method of Timeline Instrument Number of Evaluation Used ParticipantsTeacher Introduce Participant Before On-line Survey; 22Educator Engineering is Survey June 30 questions fromInstitute & Elementary to Donahue Institute4Planning Lead TeachersDay atMuseum ofScienceTeacher Introduce Pre-test Before On-line Objective 18Educator Engineering is June 30 multiple-Institute & Elementary to choice test; questionsPlanning Lead Teachers drawn

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

modern era as well as new ideas which have justrecently been applied to the professions. In the spirit of the Diggers from the 1960’s, thepresent work offers new ‘frames of reference’ from which you can consider your decisions.The Diggers focused on promoting a new vision of society free from many of the trappingsof private property, materialism and consumerism. Our hope is to offer a new vision ofengineering which takes into account many of the elements of our society and our planetwhich have been historically ignored.As described by NSPE, “engineering ethics is (1) the study of moral issues and decisionsconfronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering and (2) the study ofrelated questions about moral conduct, character, ideals

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

): p. 5-13.12. McDonald, M.L., Advising high-ability business students. NACADA J., 2003. 23(1&2): p. 58-65.13. DesJardins, S.L., Jie, W., An analytic model to assist academic advisors. NACADA J., 2002. 22(1): p. 32- 44.14. Simmons, A.N., A reliable sounding board: Parent involvement in students' academic and career decision making. NACADA J., 2008. 28(2): p. 33-42.15. Sams, W.P., Brown, L. S., Hussey, R. B., Leonard, M. J., The development, implementation, and assessment of a systematic academic advising program for exploratory first-year students. NACADA J., 2003. 23(1&2): p. 75-85.16. Gordon, V.N., The Evolution of Academic Advising: One Institution's Historical Path. NACADA J., 2004

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

of the practical. Surveying commercial applications would help, too. (The professor)'s experience and stories of how things are really done was of great value. I wish more courses would tell students what it is really like out there. I use this aspect of the course when writing cover letters or talking to recruiters. • The course required a lot of research and creativity because the subject material is not frequently touched upon by many classes. • I thought that this course challenged me to think a lot more than most other courses at this level. I loved the concept of actively coming up with a new solution to problems in our assigned fields. I loved this creative aspect of the class and feel it was

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshad Rajabipour, University of Hawaii, Manoa; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, were available on the course website.5.0 Interactive Classroom EnvironmentTo promote active classroom discussions, classes often began with an open-ended question toallow in-depth consideration of a problem and to give students time to develop their own ideasand solutions. For example, the class on green materials started with the question “What criteriado you think we should consider in selection of green construction materials?” or the class onenvironmental life cycle assessment (LCA) started with “Paper or plastic? Which one do youask for in a supermarket?” Students were arranged in groups and were asked to discuss thequestion(s) among themselves and contribute to discussions in groups. This would allow theinstructor to better moderate