Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

the approach taken and experiences in teaching a junior level surfacemodeling course at ET-WWU designed to expose CAD/CAM technologists to this importantCAD domain. It will start by motivating the value of surface modeling in developing key skills Page 22.1403.2that have been identified as essential to the education of a CAD/CAM specialist. This will befollowed by an overview of the CAD/CAM curriculum taught highlighting the role that thesurface modeling class plays in supporting other junior and senior level core requirements.Details of the course will then be given. Here some attention will be given to techniques thatstudents are introduced

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Dimiduk, Cornell University; Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University; Haolin Zhu, Cornell University; Yingxin Gao, Cornell University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

engineering problems. By integratingsimulations across several sequential required courses in the mechanical engineering curriculum,we plan to increase students’ ability to use FEA-based simulations effectively and improve theirunderstanding of the concepts developed in these courses. Cognitive research has shown that people’s understanding lies in a spectrum from“novice” to “expert” 3. Conventional learning materials tend to relegate beginners to “novicethinking” by presenting simulation exercises as recipes handed down by authorities. Wieman’sgroup has shown that interactive simulations, when designed using a rigorous scientificapproach, are much more effective in helping physics students develop an expert cognitivestructure than lectures

Conference Session

Professional Development and Scholarship

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Sawaya, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

, aerospace, defense, pharmaceuticals,healthcare and consulting with an emphasis on industrial distribution and business to businesschannels.There is greater demand for students to enter the major than the major can currentlyaccommodate. One of the reasons that this is the case is the extent to which the program hasbeen able to integrate ideas of engaged scholarship into the curriculum by considering multiplestakeholders of the program.The depicted diagram in Figure 1. shows the relationship between the various services performedin the program as a cycle of engagement. The whole point is emphasizing how the variouscomponents of teaching and research are mutually reinforcing and enhance both the educationalexperience offered to students, and the skill

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

. Page 22.1611.2Cloutier and Richards2 communicated that measuring customer satisfaction at an educationalestablishment might be regarded as one of the greatest challenges. Therefore, it is vital tomaintain a curriculum that is both rigorous and relevant. In the field of EngineeringManagement, as well as many other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics) disciplines, discussions about the need for Six Sigma training, projects, andcertification have reached a fevered pitch. While recognizing that educational institutions havean obligation to prepare our students for the workforce, we realize we cannot respond to everyrequest presented by our students or the organizations that hire them. In the case of Six Sigma, aresponse was

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Biswanath Samanta

model for integrating current topics in machine learning research into the undergraduate curriculum. IEEE Transactions on Education, 52(4):503-511.[27]. Lavesson, N. (2010). Learning machine learning: a case study. IEEE Transactions on Education. Doi:10.1109/TE.2009.2038992.[28]. Venayagamoorthy, GK. (2009). A successful interdisciplinary course on computational intelligence. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 4(1):14-23.[29]. Magdalena, L. (2009). Soft computing for students and for society. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 4(1):47-50.[30]. Samanta, B and Al-Balushi, KR. (2001). Use of time domain features in neural network based diagnosis of a machine tool coolant system. Proceedings

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Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; John Krupczak, Hope College; James F. Young, Rice University, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, technological literacy has not been a significant focus ofinstruction and assessment in K-12 curriculum or in higher education outside of engineering.Some technological topics are being integrated in other areas such humanities, social sciences,and mathematics instruction but primarily for supporting of instruction within these areas. As defined in the broadly recognized report of the National Academies2, technological Page 22.524.2literacy encompasses three interdependent dimensions – knowledge, ways of thinking and acting

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James L. Huff; Todd A. Patten; Richard L. Wells; Monte Cox

pertinent learning towards theawareness and professional skills critical to HCD. However, this required curriculum is notframed specifically within the engineering context. As an engineering department, our desire isthat the skills gained in the university‘s liberal arts curriculum can be readily applied to theengineering design process. Ansanm gives the students necessary training to integrate thoseskills into the engineering design process. Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 6Furthermore, the Ansanm partnership frames the engineering profession as a professionconcerned with

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

design operate as expected.7For these reasons, the UOL is considered to be a crucial and integral part of the chemicalengineering education. While its major goal is to provide students a suitable platform to integratetheory and practice, the course also allows an opportunity for designing experiments, developingprojects and promoting teamwork. Previous studies focusing on the importance of UOL inchemical engineering curriculum generally address skills attained 8, 9 or discuss the benefits ordrawbacks of virtual laboratory compared to hands-on laboratory experiments. 10-12 In this study, Page 22.960.3we describe the course design in which skills

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

, University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University. He works in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education and is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 1996).April A Kedrowicz, University of Utah April A. Kedrowicz is the Director of the CLEAR Program at the University of Utah, an interdisciplinary collaboration between Humanities and Engineering. This college-wide program integrates communi- cation and teamwork instruction into the core, undergraduate engineering curriculum. Dr. Kedrowicz received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Utah and is the founding director of this innovative program

Conference Session

A Systems-Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

the basic elements in a dynamic system. Stock can beconsidered as a container, and then flow is the flux of water coming into or leaving it. A pressingcurrent issue in US is the national debt (stock), which will keep increasing if the annual deficit(flow) is not properly addressed. The mathematical relationship between these two quantities isstraightforward: Stock is equal to the time integral of flow, and flow is equal to the derivative ofstock. On the other hand, this analysis can also help students to better understand these conceptsin calculus.Second, positive and negative feedback will happen in a system that is connected into a loop,which is ubiquitous in almost all the complicated systems. An example of negative feedback isthe

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren A. Rockenbaugh, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T. Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Partnership Program and an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engi- neering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineer- ing from The Ohio State University and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Kotys-Schwartz has focused her research in engineering epistemology, engineering student learning, retention and diversity. She is currently investigating the use of Oral Discourse Method for con- ceptual development in engineering, the impact of a four-year hands-on design curriculum in engineering, the effects of service learning in engineering education, and informal learning in engineering.Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Q. Hodge, Texas A&M University; Margaret Hobson, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Natela Ostrovskaya, Texas A&M University; Tatiana Erukhimova, Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Cesar O. Malave, Texas A&M University; William H Bassichis, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored or co-authored over 70 papers on engineering education in areas ranging from curricular change to faculty development. He is currently an ABET Program Evaluator and a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal on Engineering Education.Natela Ostrovskaya, Texas A&M University Dr. Ostrovskaya is a senior lecturer in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University.Tatiana Erukhimova, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University Tatiana

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney Rogers, Alignment Nashville; Sandra Harris, Alignment Nashville and PENCIL Foundation; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; David McNeel, Education Consultant

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Art2STEM project plan integrates several keyconcepts or components as foundational to its success. These include the following:3.1. An Emphasis on Creative Arts: Art2STEM endeavors to tap into girls’ talents and interestsin the creative arts and illuminate how their creativity can be applied in the context of STEMcareers. The project acknowledges that girls have considerably more exposure to and oftenarticulate future careers in the arts and entertainment. Yet the activities are designed to take themon a transformational journey to experience and visualize new career options.3.2. Intentional After-School and Summer Camp Activities: Art2STEM promotes learning ininformal environments and provides real-world inquiry- and problem-based learning

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Keller, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa

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Instrumentation

assess the both general and specificoutcomes of the laboratory experience.IntroductionMeasurement and instrumentation courses are typically the ‘catch-all’ course for topics inexperimental design and execution in mechanical engineering curriculum. Course objectivesinclude the introduction of modern data acquisition systems and techniques, the development andpresentation of statistical techniques for data analysis, and the introduction of formal uncertaintyanalysis. These three course topics are employed in nearly every rigorous engineering experimentthat a student would perform in either an industrial setting or during advanced graduate research.However, most laboratory experiments are ‘canned’ and handed to the student with a detailedprocedure

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura R. Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christina Matta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Technical Communication Program

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

courses. The modules, which include learningobjectives, instructional videos, interactive quizzes with feedback, and sample grading rubrics,can assist faculty in clarifying their communication expectations and, in turn, emphasize tostudents the importance of skills transfer between communication and engineering contentcourses by providing a consistent message across the curriculum. Our paper, therefore, willdemonstrate our modules and share assessment strategies with a broader audience of engineeringfaculty who may face similar challenges, both with integrating communication skills intoengineering courses and with developing consistent expectations for student work. We believeour online modules offer teaching materials and direct assessment tools

Conference Session

Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

difficult time to follow algorithms and programming sequences. Infact, some studies show that while students can often learn the syntax of individualcommands in any programming language quickly, the skill of combining commands intoa program and integrating them with a hardware device is harder to learn.2In order to better prepare freshmen students and introduce them to available lab resourcesand general engineering and computer science curriculum, the Department ofEngineering Science at Sonoma State University has been requiring students to take anintroductory course to engineering. Introduction to Engineering (ES110) is a two-credithour core engineering course with one hour lecture and 2 ½ hours of lab per week.Majority of students enrolled in

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Antonio J. Soares, Florida A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

January 2004 under the supervision of Dr. Reginald Perry. Upon completion of his PhD, Dr. Soares was immediately hired as an assistant professor (Tenure Track) in the Electronic Engineering Technology department at FAMU. Dr. Soares has made many contributions to the department, from curriculum improvements, to ABET accreditation, and more recently by securing a grant with the department of education for more than half a million dollars. Page 22.1054.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 DSP Based Jitter Measuring MethodIntroductionIn the past decade

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

AJ Almaguer

 and/or engage in an active exploration. Most of our activities are completed in teams, emphasizing communication and joint problem‐solving. Lesson plans fall into three categories: module‐based, project‐based, or challenge‐based. Table 10 gives a description of each category. The curriculum team ensures that the syllabus covers concepts from all the major engineering disciplines. The list of lesson plans for Fall 2010 is given in Table 11. When developing lesson plans, we take full advantage of the fairly comprehensive collections of engineering lesson plans that already exist including but not limited to: teachengineering.org,  Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; William J. Riffe, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

as an elective, reaching arelatively small audience. Recently, authors increasingly argue that teaching an entrepreneurialmindset requires an integrated approach.2,3,4Kettering University has adopted this approach by trying to incorporate entrepreneurial ideasdirectly into existing classes. This can be difficult to accomplish for several reasons. First,engineering professors find it difficult to make room in the course syllabus for an entrepreneurial Page 22.845.2education. Further, many faculty have not been exposed to the “entrepreneurial mindset” andthus do not feel prepared to broach the subject in class. Kettering University has

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Simões de Carvalho P.E., ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal; Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1145: COLLABORATING TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THEGLOBAL WORKPLACEIsabel Simes de Carvalho, ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal Isabel S. Carvalho received a Licenciatura in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Lis- bon. She received her M.S. and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1990 and 1996, respectively. Following a year in the aeronautics industry in France (aero engine manufacturer) she is, since 1999, an Associate Professor at the Military Institute and also lectures at the Mechanical Engineering Department at ISEL. Research interests include energy production and efficiency and active and collaborative and blended (online) teaching and learning in

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students in exploring and understanding engineering content in K- 12 education through professional development activities, and • Serve as a national model for other undergraduate institutions in integrating engineering content in K-12 education.This initiative to integrate engineering content in the middle school curriculum and train teachersregarding engineering concepts has been extremely successful as evidenced by participantfeedback [4-5].Clinic Modules: Four engineering clinics are included in the workshop. These clinicsrepresented the four engineering disciplines at Rowan University namely Chemical, Civil andEnvironmental, Mechanical and Electrical and Computer Engineering. The Bridge moduleallows participants construct

Conference Session

Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are knowledgeable about or comfortableteaching—into an already-packed elementary curriculum can present challenges. This paper willdraw upon the experiences of educators at the Museum of Science, Boston who have beensupporting the implementation of elementary engineering for over seven years. Specifically itwill address how the Museum of Science has engaged in three kinds of partnerships fostered byEiE that have enabled the development and dissemination of the program—partnershipsassociated with (1) development and testing of resources, (2) building teacher capacity, and (3)fostering national dissemination and advocacy. It briefly describes the goals of thesepartnerships, the roles that partners can play, sets forth some characteristics of

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-576: SPECIAL SESSION: EDUCATIONAL METHODS AND TOOLSTO ENCOURAGE CONCEPTUAL LEARNINGMilo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He cur- rently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel Faculty Fellow and has won awards for his work in engineering education at the university and national levels.Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Ronald L. Miller is

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

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Civil Engineering

frontiers of engineering” and “each is associated withincreasing complexity.”3By comparison, the discipline of architecture’s curriculum andpedagogy consciously and actively fosters and rewards creativity. Architecture students prioritizeinnovation and continuously engage in creative thinking while keeping an eye on the big picture:the cultural significance and ultimate aims of the “program” in relationship to the cultural andenvironmental context of the project. Students are exposed to the best examples of creativeendeavor and cutting-edge design practice and taught the history of their field. Throughout theireducation, students are exposed to a range of approaches and methodologies for problem-solvingdesign, helping to provide the understanding

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holli Burgon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

mindset for innovation, and having the wherewithal to articulate andexecute a vision41. Researchers have argued that creative competence can be enhanced42,43,44,45.How it can be enhanced is still a mystery. Given the richness and complexity of the contexts inwhich aspiring engineers are preparing to enter, now is the time to solve that mystery. Thisproject is part of a larger effort targeted at curriculum reform efforts that will improve students’capacity to make meaningful contributions in an ever-changing world.Engineering education needs to respond to the current era by turning out a larger numbers ofengineers capable of being creators, particularly category creators—creators of whole newcategories of products and services. This creativity

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to develop communications assignments for topics thatalso help prepare future engineers for a global environment, like cultural awareness and culturalsensitivity. We find ourselves in a position to focus on these topics, not by adding morecommunication assignments to an already-crowded curriculum, but by varying the focus of thecommunication assignments. Students will not treat global issues as mere topics ofcommunication assignments but will have to consider cultural differences in order to completethe communications. In future C-I capstone courses, cultural awareness will not only be aproduct of communication assignments; rather, issues confronting globalism, like culturalawareness, will be a step in the communication processes that is

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

democratic society charged with making long-term decisions on these emerging technologies. The course, Science, Technology and Public Policy (ASET 101) is a 3 credit, non-lab sciencecourse. It is a required course in the Applied Science and Engineering Technology curriculum,but also fulfills the science general education requirement at the institution, and so appeals to abroader audience than those specifically in the curriculum. In addition, the course is open tohigher level developmental students as well as high school students through a dual enrollmentprogram, thus providing an opportunity for students to explore science, technology and relatedsocietal issues early in their academic career. Students who are still deciding on academic and

Conference Session

FPD XI: Assessing First-Year Programs, Experiences, and Communities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Q. Hodge, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Angie M. Harris, Texas A&M University; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Margaret Hobson, Texas A&M University; Jasmine Alysse Pope

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First-Year Programs

their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored or co-authored over 70 papers on engineering education in areas ranging from curricular change to faculty development. He is currently an ABET Program Evaluator and a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal on Engineering Education.Margaret Hobson, Texas A&M University Margaret Hobson, Ph.D. serves as an Assistant Director of Strategic Research Development for the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, a state-wide research agency of the

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Alexandru Catalin Belu, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

integration rules one exotic cases over and over,to concentrate on meaning of a physics problem and/or on variants of it. We are also no longerlimited to trivial examples that work. Students are invited to play with physics they learn thatreal life examples normally do not lead to closed formulas. They can even visualize the resultsand different approximations and they also learn to judge the solutions. They are introduced tothe multitude of mathematical tools, each with their own advantages and disadvantages andprecise applicability. We attempt to devise an instructional approach to promote students’understanding of these problems and to support them in forming associations between problemfeatures and solution methods. The approach is to use

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

PAUL FAGETTE; SHIH-JIUN CHEN; GEORGE R. BARAN; SOLOMON P. SAMUEL; MOHAMMAD F. KIANI

3. The research project aids in an understanding of Temple’s urban setting Goal 4: The homework both quantitative and qualitative, the labs, and the research project develop students ability to analyze and interpret data. Goal 5: The entire curriculum, especially the lectures, develop students’ ability to identify and solve problems. The course design also follows the format suggested in the NaturalScience/Technology guidelines. Assessment follows multiple methods with significantwriting exercises; experiential learning through labs and demonstrations. Competenciesinclude: student understanding of engineering problem formulation, the role ofquantitative measurement, inter-convertibility of