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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R Goldberg, University of Pittsburgh; Jon Pearlman; Christian D Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Birdy Reynolds, University of Pittsburgh; Shelly Renee Brown MEd, The Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center; University of Pittsburgh

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research involves cognitive/social psychology studies of science and engineering problem solving and creativity. His educational research and design work focuses on K-12 urban education in writing, science, technol- ogy, engineering, and mathematics—both in isolation and in various combinations.Birdy Reynolds, University of PittsburghMs. Shelly Renee Brown MEd, The Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center; University ofPittsburgh Shelly Brown, M.Ed. is an education and outreach coordinator for the QoLT Center at the Human En- gineering Research Laboratories and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. Ms. Brown is responsible for all K-12 outreach projects and

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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lisa G. Huettel, Duke University; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen E. Wage, George Mason University; John R. Buck, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

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Electrical and Computer

and earned her MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory development, and applications of statistical signal processing.Dr. Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyProf. Kathleen E. Wage, George Mason UniversityProf. John R. Buck, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Page 23.402.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Developing Interactive Teaching Strategies for Electrical Engineering FacultyOverviewThe goal of this project is to develop a model

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Topics in Energy Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

system, one of the key components is the renewable energy tax credit. InUnited States, the tax credit may be offered by federal government as well as an individual state.The main source for this tax credit can be found in a database called DSIRE7 maintained by theUS Department of Energy (DOE). DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state,federal, local, and utility incentives and policies that support renewable energy and energyefficiency. Established in 1995 and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, DSIRE is anongoing project of the North Carolina Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable EnergyCouncil, Inc7. For example, 30% tax credit is allowed for solar and fuel cell installations for

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Robotics and Automation II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Floyd, Oregon Institute of Technology; Hoejin Kim, OIT; David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

Implement a Course on Vision Systems with Applications in Robotics at the Oregon Institute of TechnologyAbstractRobotics, material handling systems, surveillance, object recognition, and component inspectionin manufacturing are just a few of the areas where cameras and vision technology are beingcombined to design new processes and update existing ones. A problem arises from the widerange of skills and knowledge related to the mechanical set-up, electrical controls and softwarerequired to develop and successfully implement these systems. A class that introduces students tothis subject matter so they can do projects and work in an industry setting is needed.This paper proposes a course program of study that will be used to introduce

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Systems Engineering Education Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne A Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pratik Mital, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

and taught biology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Mr. Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology Douglas Edwards is a Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) educational researcher with the Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational experience in the Atlanta area for the past twenty years includes high school mathematics teaching, Math/Science Magnet Program Director, Title I edu- cational data specialist, and Associate Professor of Information Technology. As a former US Air Force electronics engineer, Doug was also an engineering project manager.Roxanne A Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology Roxanne is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Mechanical Engineering working at

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hubert Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

information in balance sheets and income 16. I have improved my understanding ofstatements and use this to analyze important financial ratios. contemporary issues related to engineering4. I am able to perform compound interest calculations using nominal and economics.effective interest rates including continuous compounding. 17. I have improved my ability to design a5. I am able to analyze project and investment alternatives using the system, component, or process to meet desiredconcepts of equivalent cash flows: present, annual and future worth. needs.6. I am able to apply the principles and methods of

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Visualization tools, modeling abilities and grading models

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hosein Atharifar, Millersville University of Pennsylvania; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; James Richard Knapp Sr., Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

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Engineering Design Graphics

Page 23.1121.4population, 93% (or 80 participants) have taught Engineering Graphics. 3When asking the order in which our academic participants learned Engineering Graphics, 81%responded that they learned 2D before 3D. The authors’ previous research2 on this topic showsthat the students who learn Engineering Graphics (focused on multiview projections and missingviews/lines) in a 2D environment develop higher spatial visualization skills than the studentswho learn Engineering Graphics in a 3D modeling space. (a) academic programs of the faculty members (b) percentage of the academic participants who

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; F. Carroll Dougherty, University of South Alabama

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Two Year College Division

this was a good introduction to the requirements for atechnical report and on the group dynamics of working together.Engineering CareersAs a final project, each student was asked to prepare a 5 minute oral presentation on an aspectof engineering in his or her new field. This can be what attracted them to the field or aparticular project that caught their imagination. Students were expected to describe the careerpath or project, discuss the steps necessary to get there (beyond getting an engineeringdegree), give examples of people on that path or who were once on that path, and explain whythis path is of interest to them. Some of the questions given to them as guidelines include: Isan advanced degree required/desired? Is professional

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Best Methods for NEEs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine C. Balascio P.E., University of Delaware

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New Engineering Educators

through email (e.g.Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis4) to online dedicated systems completewith secure access features (e.g. Memorial University5). At UD, the Sakai LMS6 has been usedfor support of courses for several years. In addition to course sites, Sakai includes the capabilityof creating projects such as ePortfolios. In most respects, an eDossier is an ePortfolio configuredas a promotion dossier. A key respect in which an eDossier differs from an ePortfolio is that theowner of the eDossier must give up some measures of access and control to accommodateuniversity promotion and tenure conventions and to provide confidentiality of peer reviews, bothinternal and external to the university.For the eDossier pilot project at UD

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Harmonie A. Hawley; Brian O'Dell

added a field-based project to a Geotechnical Engineering course and found the projectenhanced student learning. In the same study, a student survey was conducted separate of theclass and asked students to choose the top five reasons they picked Civil Engineering as a major.One of the most common answers was “to be in the field”7.In addition, science majors, such as environmental sciences, ecology, and geology, include fieldexperiences in undergraduate curriculums throughout the United States8,9,10 and Europe11. Theimportance of field work was recognized in many Environmental science programs from theconception of the program (based on programs started in the 1970s and 1980s)8. Field workimmerses the students into the complexity of the real

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stephen A. Dyer; Frederick Burrack; Craig Weston; Kenneth Medema; Linda Head; Philip Mease

exposed to concepts fundamental toboth music and engineering, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the disciplines, with alearning goal of (re)awakening the students’ creativity. The final semester project consisted ofcreating and presenting a musical composition. Students worked in teams of two or three, underthe requirement that each team include at least one music major and one engineering major.Figure 1 presents the specific student learning outcomes for both versions of K-State’s Signals,Systems and Music course, and Fig. 2 provides a brief look at the course content. Johnston’sMeasured Tones,1 a delightful book understandable by both the STEM student and the musicmajor, provided readings from which in-class discussions and elaboration of

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Schnittka, Auburn University; Michael A Evans, Virginia Tech ; Tiffany Drape, Virginia Tech; Samantha Gwai Lan Won, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Florida and a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Tech- nology from Indiana University. His work focuses on the effects of multimedia methods and technologies on instruction and learning. Current research focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of in- structional multimedia for interactive surfaces (personal media devices, smart phones, tablets, tables, and whiteboards) to support collaborative learning as well as the adoption of video game elements for in- structional design, particularly for informal settings. Currently, he is Principal Investigator on two current NSF-sponsored projects. The GAMES Project (DRL 1118571) proposes to develop serious mathematical games for tablets and other mobile devices, focusing

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Student Development

structured differently in both content and pedagogy, and each contains a setof course-specific learning objectives. However, both also share our University's set of GlobalCompetency Outcomes (GCOs).The Argentina program is an interdisciplinary project-based class. Students work in teams onprojects at wineries in Mendoza, Argentina. Students from all disciplines are invited to apply,with engineering and undergraduate business students being the two largest groups. Most “classtime” is spent either at the client sites or working within their project team. Faculty take the roleof mentors and coaches, advising students as they progress through their projects. The projectsare diverse, including manufacturing operations, sales, logistics, and tourism. Most

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francis J. Hopcroft, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Community Engagement Division

ina win for the defendant institution, there is a perception of damaged reputation resulting fromcourt exposure.This fear of potential litigation has begun to adversely affect the way that colleges anduniversities conduct Service Learning and Semester Abroad programs. The approach taken isoften to eliminate liability exposure by not doing the projects at all. This approach is furtherenhanced by parents who insist that students must be “protected” by the university or collegeagainst the negative consequences of actions taken by the students. Moreover, parents expectcolleges and universities to enact rules and regulations that prohibit potentially harmful activitiesand to then supervise legally adult students to ensure that those students do

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Wei Chen, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education and co-director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdis- ciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isolde Adriana Parker, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Seetha Veeraghanta, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

framework of a socio-economic-political matrix withan emphasis on insightful understanding of the social and ethical consequences of engineering andtechnology that they will, one day, design and create.In this paper, we present the argument that integrating information literacy content into anundergraduate research project provides a successful model for first-year students to develop andacquire transferable skills for lifelong learning . This integrated approach, we argue, not only enablesthe students to engage with concepts of sustainability as an ethical prerogative, but facilitates a betterunderstanding of information literacy principles within a research context.We draw our inferences from our qualitative and preliminary quantitative

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Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kyle Pace; Jeremy R Anderson, EASENET

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, syngas produced by the gasifieryielded a hotter flame than did direct wood chip combustion because the gasifier’s fuelconsumption rate was higher and neither system adiabatically contained the flames.IntroductionAccording to DeWaters and Powers [1] and to Condoor [2] lack of energy-related knowledgeamong American students and the general public is endemic. As the world transitions toward arenewable energy future, familiarity with energy and sustainability concepts will becomeincreasingly important. For example the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 505,000engineering positions across all disciplines opening by 2016, a 10.6% increase over 2006 levels

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sang Eun Woo, Purdue University

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Student and Curriculum Development

Global Engineering Competencies and CasesWhether working on multi-national project teams, navigating geographically dispersed supplychains, or engaging customers and clients abroad, engineering graduates encounter worlds ofprofessional practice that are increasingly global in character. This new reality poses challengesfor engineering educators and employers, who are faced with the formidable task of preparingengineers to be more effective in diverse global contexts. In response, more global learningopportunities are being made available to engineering students, as reflected in gradual yet steadyincreases in the number of global engineering programs and participating students.1 Manycompanies are also offering professional development

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna L Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, University at Albany, SUNY

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Electrical and Computer

involved in research programs at such places as Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Universities of Texas and Wisconsin in the U.S., Kyoto and Nagoya Universities in Japan, the Ioffe Institute in Russia, and Kharkov Institute of Physics and Tech- nology in Ukraine. He was ECSE Department Head from 2001-2008 and served on the board of the ECE Department Heads Association from 2003-2008. He is presently the Education Director for the SMART LIGHTING NSF ERC.Dr. Dianna L Newman, University at Albany/SUNY Dr. Newman is Professor in the Dept. of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Director of the Evaluation Consortium. She has serve as Principal Evaluator for numerous national and international projects related to

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Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Elizabeth Paderi Cheung, Los Angeles Pierce College; Tiffany Reardon

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Two Year College Division

community collegeengineering programs to support all the courses needed by students to transfer. Meanwhile,transfer admissions have become increasingly more competitive because of budget cuts in four-year universities. As a result, prospective engineering students who attend community collegeswith limited or no engineering course offerings are at a disadvantage for both transfer admissionas well as time to completion upon transfer. This paper is a description of a collaborative projectamong community college engineering programs in California to address this problem byaligning engineering curriculum, enhancing teaching effectiveness using Tablet PCs, andincreasing access to engineering courses through online education. The project includes aSummer

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Manufacturing

: continuous improvement of astandalone manufacturing course for mechanical engineers, and a new application of the fourpillars model of the manufacturing engineering body of knowledge. Having seen an example ofthe four pillars applied to evaluation of a manufacturing engineering program also presented atthe 2012 ASEE conference (paper)3, this method showed promise for also critiquing themanufacturing content within a mechanical engineering concentration.Project GoalThe goal of this project was to evaluate the content of a manufacturing processes course formechanical engineering students using the content areas of the four pillars, in the context of therest of the program course requirements, to help identify opportunities for improvements. Theresults

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin M Fitzgerald, Museum of Science; Christine M Cunningham, Museum of Science

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

natural inclination todesign and build things, and to take things apart to see how they work3. Beginning in elementarygrades is also important since it is before students develop many of the stereotypes that so oftendiscourage girls and minorities from pursuing courses and careers in technical fields4. It is duringprimary school that students establish first impressions of possible career options5. Finally, at alleducational levels, technology projects can help make mathematics and science content relevantto students by illustrating these subjects’ application in real-world projects6.To build the foundation for the next generation of technicians and engineers, we need elementaryteachers who are introducing their students to technology and

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Latricia Walker Townsend; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

- building in instructional technology.Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University Alana Unfried is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University. She works on the Data Analytics team for the MISO Project (Maximizing the Impact of STEM Outreach through Data-Driven Decision Making), funded by the National Science Foundation. Alana’s responsibilities include the development of statistically sound evaluation instruments for teachers and students involved in these campus outreach programs. She also analyzes survey results and related data to understand the collective impact of these pre-college outreach programs. Alana is also a full-time Ph.D. student

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

thinking. One wayof doing this is to facilitate interactive classroom experiences and learning. As part of a four semester long course curriculum improvement research grant funded bythe National Science Foundation Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (TUES) Program, the use of interactive classroomtools referred to as Geotechnical Concept Tools (GCT) have been developed and are in theprocess of being evaluated. This project involves a required undergraduate GeotechnicalEngineering course at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The intent is to createstudent-centered learning activities and interactive classroom models and/or visuals to evaluatetheir effect on comprehension and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dianna Newman; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

networks, among other areas. He also focuses on enhancing recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in the STEM areas in general, engineering in particular.Dr. Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for eight years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on nine patents. She has been active in

Conference Session

Development of Computational Tools

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oyebisi Samuel Oyediran; Olawale Babatunde Akinwale, Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.; Kayode Peter Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State

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Computers in Education

runs in a browser, though it can also be a standaloneapplication, which the user interacts with to configure experiment, send experimentspecification and retrieve result from the Lab Server via the Service broker. The client is thefront end of the system. The client program interacts directly with the Service broker throughweb services. The design and development of a functional Mobile Client for iLab is the aimof this project and it is an improvement over the originally used clients for desktopcomputers.Lab ServerThe Lab Server is the backend, a server connected to the remotely located lab equipment (orlaboratory model in the case of a virtual lab). It executes the experiment based on theexperiment specification and notifies the Service

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Teresa Napoli, UC Santa Barbara; Arica Lubin, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California, Santa Barbara; Liu-Yen Kramer, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California Santa Barbara; Jens-Uwe Kuhn, Santa Barbara City College; Nicholas Arnold, Santa Barbara City College; Ofelia Aguirre, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships; Megan T. Valentine, University of California, Santa Barbara

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #8011Engaging Community College Students in University ResearchDr. Maria Teresa Napoli, UC Santa Barbara Dr. Maria Teresa Napoli received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara, in 2004. In 1999, she also earned a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Padova in Italy. Currently, she holds positions as project scientist in the Mechanical Engineering Department, and as Community College education coordinator at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Prior to this appointment, she worked for several years as a microsensors system

Conference Session

Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Ramirez Apud Lopez Zaira, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Chemical Engineering

). Page 23.213.6An example (that was assessed for this study during the course) of a decision-making problem isdescribed in Figure 3. In this case students had to decide (and justify their decision) the order forplacing both reactors, based on their reactor and kinetic knowledge, as well as 10 MAI items(they had to answer items numbered 2, 6, 8, 11, 21, 22, 23, 34, 41, and 42 on Appendix A)related to regulation of cognition, most of them particularly associated with planning andmonitoring, were used as a form of coaching.Additionally, a design problem (Appendix B) was implemented as final project, which wasassigned for teamwork (groups of two students) on the last week of the semester and studentshad a period of one week to develop their proposal

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Keith W Buffinton, Bucknell University; Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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ASEE International Forum

. Another example that gave students an opportunity to examine opposite sides ofone particular engineering project occurred on our way to visit the Three Gorge Dam. Studentshad heard mostly negative stories about the impact of the dam project on the lives of theresidents in the area, although the students were aware of the benefit the dam is having on powergeneration and green energy. However when actually visiting the dam, the tour guide told acompletely different story. The tour guide said people of his age in the area were very happywith the project because the dam project stimulated the local economy by bringing in many jobsthat were unthinkable before the project. While both sides are correct from their ownperspectives, the sharply contrasting

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Courtney S Smith-Orr, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

way. I can never see you doing that, and I took that as an insult. Like, it hurt my feelings because … he's, like, I picture you going into fashion design or something like that. [92208_430]In other cases, biases manifest themselves in subtle ways as women find themselves workingwith men who don’t seem to quite trust them or have confidence in their abilities, but don’t makeovert comments: I just got a lot of felling a lot of times, like, I did a good bit of that project, and I feel like a lot of times the stuff I did was, like, second guessed, like a lot of them went back and checked it. There was one guy in the group particularly that never took any of my ideas…..[In another group] we had to come up with a list of solutions