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CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Michael McGinnis, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

have effective oral, written, and graphical communicationskills). The wording gave the impression that it was describing skills and knowledge thatstudents should have at the time of graduation rather than future career and professionalaccomplishments. The

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Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

and visualization, and engineering system dynamics. His work has been recognized with multiple best-paper awards. He conducts workshops in student team-building, team-formation and peer evaluation, in laboratory assessment, and in effective teaching. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. He is a guitarist and songwriter and a member of the rock band “Whisper Down”.Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Thomas M. Adams is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman

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A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee Stepler, Pennsylvania State University; Steve Garguilo, Johnson & Johnson Inc.; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

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Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

corporations that were hiring poorlyprepared employees. The report raised the issue of whether employer-delivered workforcereadiness training was the most effective way to address the gap in skills of poorly preparedentrants in the workforce. The survey results analyzed were directed at three levels, highschool, two-year college, and four-year college. The survey results were obtained from 217participants (employer respondents), who commented on three types of training: workforcereadiness (remedial), job-specific, and career development training. The survey was intended toexplore the need for workforce readiness training among the three groups, any gaps in training inresponding employers, and whether such employer-delivered training was effective

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Sleiti, University of Central Florida; Eileen Cashman, Humboldt State University; Peter Lehman, Humboldt State University; Richard Engel, Schatz Energy Research Center; Michael Mann, University of North Dakota; Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

research and supervisory capacities within the Energy & Environmental Research Center between 1981 and 1999 when he joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Mann was recognized as a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2009, the highest honor bestowed by UND. He is a NSF Career Award winner. Dr. Mann's principal areas of interest and expertise include performance issues in advanced energy systems firing coal and biomass; renewable and sustainable energy systems with a focus on integration of fuel cells with renewable resources through electrolysis; production of fuel and specialty chemicals from crop oils; and development of energy strategies coupling

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Teaching Dynamics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University; Marisa Orr, Clemson University

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Mechanics

Statics and Dynamics for Mechanical Engineers. Her research involves analysis of the effects of student-centered active learning in sophomore engineering courses, and investigation of the career motivations of women and men as they relate to engineering.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Page 15.757.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrated Dynamics and Statics for First Semester Sophomores in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractA modified SCALE-UP approach that emphasizes active learning, guided inquiry, and studentresponsibility has been described as applied to an

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Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

allthe team peer ratings is certainly more time-consuming for the instructor. Even the students whodislike working in teams understand the necessity of learning how to do so effectively for theirfuture careers. Some students, as predicted from their learning styles, also dislike active,cooperative work even if it does improve outcomes. Any instructor will certainly understand thechallenge of finding the appropriate mix of activities for all the students who take their courses ifthey consider the data from the ILS carefully. It is certainly challenging to find the bestcombination of activities for a large number of individual learners, each having their own uniqueneeds. The research literature tells us to use an approach that is most effective

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International

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Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

understanding of subject matter. They found that service-learning is moreeffective over four years and that the messiness inherent in helping solve real community-basedproblems enhances the positive effects  (Eyler & Giles, 1999).  Astin et al. found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that service-learning had significantpositive effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, criticalthinking skills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy, leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills),choice of a service career, and plans to participate in service after college. In all measures exceptself-efficacy, leadership, and

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Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; Leary7 found that girls liked learning science in a social context where they couldinteract with others and take part in learning experiences that did not isolate them. They alsofound that girls selected science careers because they had a strong desire to help. The AmericanAssociation of University Women Educational Foundation-AAUW8 noted that “Girls and othernontraditional users of computer science – who are not enamored of technology for technology’ssake – may be far more interested in using the technology if they encounter it in the context of adiscipline that interests them” (p. v). In a 20049 report that surveyed Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs which focused on gender equity in thesciences, the AAUW found

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Marilyn A. Dyrud

Jewish students from their classrooms, leaving thousands of children to fendfor themselves; and engineers would not have designed the mechanisms and infrastructure thatallowed the Holocaust to occur.Having students discuss the nature of professionalism is a useful exercise. Looking at the ―why‖aspect is especially important, and an instructor can start by asking students to examine why theychose engineering as a career and how they might react as a professional in a country that, overthe course of a decade, experiences incremental shifts in political ideology. What my studentsdiscovered is unsettling: that the Holocaust simply could not have happened without thecomplicity of the engineering community. This exercise requires that student reflect

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

to exercise considerable restraint in order to secure measures that actually represent the criterion – often very difficult to collect – instead of more easily accessed but potentially invalid proxy measures. For Page 15.1008.5 example, salary data of alumni would be a more easily secured proxy measure for alumni success than more direct measures of the latter. Clearly salary data, unless carefully conditioned, would reflect the large inequities and differential pay scales of varying careers. Data collection refers to the process and source of the actual numbers and descriptors being used in any assessment. Here it is

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Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

careers in STEM related subject Page 15.562.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Title: Exploring a Valid and Reliable Assessment of Engineering and Technology Education Learning in the Classroom.AbstractIt is common knowledge that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) created a system of accountability thatestablished a baseline for determining school success. To assess student performance, NCBL uses theresults of standardized assessments in traditional disciplines.Since engineering and technology education is not one of the traditional disciplines, only 12 states haveengineering and technology education