Conference Session

Professional Issues in Ethics Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University; Richard A. Burgess, National Institute for Engineering Ethics

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-5438: ETHICAL ISSUES AWARENESS FOR ENGINEERS INPRACTICEDr. A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University A. Dean Fontenot directs a professional development center for K-12 teachers as part of the Texas STEM (T-STEM) initiative in order to bring about educational reform in secondary schools. The Texas Tech T-STEM Center focuses on project-based learning with the integration of the engineering design process. As Senior Director, she has brought together three Texas Tech professional development centers that have a history of training teachers, and built partnerships with five Educational Service centers as well as other organizational and industry partners who help implement the professional development training

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, University of Colorado; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

discussions with current graduate students and facultymembers. Undergraduate mentees are required to spend 3-5 hours per week in the lab doingwork in line with a project defined by the graduate student mentors. As part of the work for thecourse, undergraduates must complete weekly reflective questions regarding their ongoingresearch experiences and their opinions on the seminars. Additionally, the undergraduates arerequired to present the results of their research at the close of the semester to the rest of theprogram community as a celebratory culmination of their efforts.This mentoring program is partially modeled after the GLUE program at UT Austin in its focuson relationships between undergraduates and graduate students and in the emphasis

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University; Shaobo Huang, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4849: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ENGINEERING DESIGN THINK-ING AND PERFORMANCEProf. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker, Ph.D., is a professor and the Department Head of Engineering and Technology Education. He is the Co-principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE). His areas of research include adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development, and technical training. He has extensive international experience working on technical training projects funded by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and U.S. Department of Labor, USAID. Countries where he has worked include Bangladesh

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin P. Pintong, Binghamton University; Douglas H. Summerville, Binghamton University; Kyle Temkin, BInghamton University

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Electrical and Computer

Examples difficult example chooses/need. problems for Module4 Midterm & Final (Cleaver, IEEE) practice Projects Module5 Lab* Module6 Comprehension quiz or activity Final Module

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jessica Erin Sprowl; Rui Pan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Melissa Dyehouse, Purdue University; Carrie A. Wachter Morris, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Page 25.520.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Empathy and Caring as Conceptualized Inside and Outside of Engineering: Extensive Literature Review and Faculty Focus Group AnalysesAbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate how faculty both inside and outside of engineeringconceptualize empathy and care and how they perceive empathy, care, and engineering to be (ornot to be) interrelated. The project employed a comprehensive comparative literature reviewalongside a thematical analysis of focus group interviews, the interviews being conducted withfaculty inside and outside of engineering. The primary research objectives include (1) definingempathy

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech; Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4295: HOW AWARD WINNING COURSEWARE IS IMPACTINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC Flora P. McMartin is the Founder of Broad-based Knowledge, LLC (BbK) , a consulting firm focused on assisting educators in their evaluation of the use and deployment of technology assisted teaching and learning. Throughout her career, she as served as an External Evaluator for a number of CCLI/TUES and NSDL-funded projects associated with community building, peer review of learning materials, faculty development, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Where have We Come From and Where are We Going? Learning Lessons and Practices from the Projects of the NDSL

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

the course and itscontent; and the remainder seeks to bring out the most innovative and effective approaches toteaching the course in use by instructors. Additionally, a limited historical comparison is madebetween the selected survey results and surveys on the same course conducted in 1972, 1990,and 1999.IntroductionThis survey represents the continuation of a series of surveys of undergraduate curricular topicsbegun in 1957 by the AIChE Education Projects Committee and more recently resumed by theAIChE Education Division. This paper presents the results for the third in the series of surveysconducted by the Education Division.Survey BackgroundThe Material and Energy Balance course (MEB) is the topic of the 2010 survey. Theaforementioned

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Teaching Methods and Assessment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samuel Todd Hunter, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

curriculum teaches students that there is one correct answer, does not provide timefor students to discover and innovate, focuses on grades and competitiveness, and rewardsregurgitation of known solutions. The authors also argue that even capstone design courses limitstudents’ ability to be creative, as projects are “limited to ‘synthesis’ exercises using knownmethodologies. This article provides ten “maxims” that would foster creativity in students: 1)Keep an open mind, 2) Ambiguity is good, 3) Iterative process that includes idea incubation, 4)Reward for creativity, 5) Lead by example, 6) Learning to fail, 7) Encouraging risk, 8) Search formultiple answers, 9) Internal motivation, and 10) Ownership of learning. Another barrier to theintegration of

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

of the groups, the differencein perceived effort was smaller, but consistently the engineers felt that the non-engineers did lesswork on the project. Non-engineers' performance as assessed by engineering students Engineers' performance as assessed by themselves 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 CATME s core 1.5 1 0.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Group NumberFigure 2 - CATME survey results for

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mallory Lancaster, Purdue University; Yi Luo; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

of cyber-infrastructure to sensitively and resourcefully provide access to and support learning of complexity. Page 25.872.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Keyword, Field, & Social Network Analysis Trends for K-12 Engineering Education ResearchAbstract— This project serves the purpose of defining K-12 engineering education research (K-12EngER), building a database of publications, tracing analyzing trends, and tracing researchers in thisfield. This has been achieved in terms of the discipline’s methodical publications. A manually

Conference Session

Innovative Learning, Comparative Learning Analysis, and Lessons Learned

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bohn, Virginia Tech; Manfred J. Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

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International

thesecredits during a brief excursion abroad while guided by a US professor.Critics of such short-term projects suspect that they do not amount to much more than academictourism, in part because the students do not immerse into the local environment but remainsegregated with their fellow travelers from home. Advocates argue that these excursions remainimportant because they introduce the students to the concept of a world beyond our borders, andthat this initial experience will stimulate subsequent more substantial education abroad exposure.This latter argument is usually based on singular anecdotal evidence, but a casual examination ofeducation abroad data does not support such claims. For instance, students at Virginia Tech(enrollment 30,000

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Sergio Martin, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera Martín, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Tovar Edmundo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Martin Llamas-Nistal, University of Vigo; Gabriel Diaz Orueta, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Juan Peire; Manuel Castro, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED)

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Electrical and Computer

laboratories. He is collaborating in several researching projects, among them the NSF Catalyzing New International Collaborations proposal ”Building an Ecology of Online Laboratories.”Dr. Elio Sancristobal, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) Elio San Cristobal Ruiz has a doctoral engineering degree from the ETSII (Industrial Engineering School) of the Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), 2010. Also, he has a computer science engi- neering degree by the Salamanca Pontifical University (UPS), Madrid, 2002, and he has a technical en- gineering degree in computer networks (UPS), Madrid, 1998. He has worked for the University Distance Education Institute (IUED) from UNED. Nowadays, he is working for the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sumedh Inamdar, University of Texas, Austin; Krystian Zimowski, University of Texas, Austin; Kevin A. Gibbons Ret., U.S. Air Force Academy, NexOne, Inc., and CAStLE; Brittany Rucker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

NexOne, Inc., in the Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) located at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. He taught in the AF Academy Department of Engineering Mechanics for four years, where he earned his Assistant Professorship and served as the Director of the Applied Mechanics Laboratory. He currently works as an advisor for a senior capstone research team and mentor to multiple mechanical instrumentation project teams. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering with minor in engineering mechanics from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT. He spent 22 years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and is a Flight Test Engineer graduate of the USAF Test

Conference Session

Computers in the Laboratory

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswanath Samanta, Georgia Southern University; Jonathan G. Turner, Georgia Southern University

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Computers in Education

GeorgiaSouthern University was motivated by the need to provide an integrated learner-centeredenvironment and exciting opportunities for research at undergraduate and graduate levels.Rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section II, lab facilities that include the hardwareand software platforms are discussed. Various experiments that are currently offered for differentcourses are briefly presented in Section III. A few experiments are presented as examples. Thecurrently on-going research projects and topics are mentioned in Section IV. The survey resultsfor the courses offered in the lab so far are presented in Section V. The concluding remarks aregiven in Section VI.II. Lab FacilitiesThe lab equipment are grouped in six broad areas: (i

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University; Ramesh Hanumanthgari, Texas A&M International University; Sri Bala Vojjala

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

17 articles in numerical analysis and education in peer reviewed journals.Mr. Ramesh Hanumanthgari, Texas A&M International UniversityMiss Sri Bala Vojjala Page 25.457.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development of a Virtual Teaching Assistant System Applying Agile MethodologyAbstractThis research describes a case study of a project to develop a web-based Virtual TeachingAssistant System (ViTAS) for college students and instructors. ViTAS, a digital homeworkassignments submission and grading system, is an innovative idea to provide

Conference Session

Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Alexandra Archer, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

AC 2012-3903: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATE VER-SUS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OUTCOMES VIA INTERNATIONALCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMSKristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University Kristine Louise Guzak is a Ph.D. student of environmental engineering at Michigan Technological Univer- sity. She is the lead graduate student on a larger project assessing the impacts of learning through service on undergraduate students. Her research interests include engineering education with some focuses on international programs.Prof. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is also Director of Michigan Tech’s D80 Center. D80 has the

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

from a cognitive perspective19.Therefore, it is wise to include digital ink in instructional activities when a university has a TPCrequirement versus a laptop requirement. Digital ink use is widely reported in the literature. Themost common method of incorporating digital ink into the classroom is via instructor and studentannotation of instructor-create content (e.g., lecture slides)18,20. In the typical case, an instructorannotates slides and those annotations are passed on to the student. Then, the student can addfurther, personal annotations. Due to its availability in a limited number of software packages,one less reported use of digital ink is for the instructor to annotate their own projected slides,with these private annotations

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-3711: TEACHING NON-MAJOR STUDENTS ELECTRICAL SCI-ENCE AND TECHNOLOGYDr. Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College Harold Underwood received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at UIUC in 1989 and has been a faculty member of the Engineering Department at Messiah College since 1992. Besides teaching circuit analysis and electromagnetics, he supervises the Communications Group of the Messiah College Collaboratory, including a project involving flight tracking and messaging for small planes in remote locations, and an assistive communication technology involving wireless enabled remote co-presence for cognitively and behaviorally challenged individuals. He has been teaching Exploring Electrical Technology as a

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

processes and products, create conditions that fosterinnovation and innovative behaviors, and lead and manage teams. Further, it is projected thatfewer future graduates are likely to obtain full-time employment due to a shift in the labor forcein favor of contract work. This means that graduates, regardless of their field, will have to beinnovative and able to differentiate themselves in order to compete and thrive in the professionalworld “as companies want a workforce they can switch on and off as needed.” 12Innovation-related pedagogy is receiving increased attention within the academic fields ofengineering, science and technology given its role in product and process design anddevelopment. This movement has been driven by changing economic and

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3732: ENGAGING ALL STUDENTS IN ENGINEERINGDr. Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston Christine Cunningham is a Vice President at the Museum of Science, Boston, where she oversees curric- ular materials development, teacher professional development, and research and evaluation efforts related to K-16 engineering and science learning and teaching. Her projects focus on making engineering and science more relevant, understandable, and accessible to everyone, especially marginalized populations such as women, underrepresented minorities, people from low socio-economic backgrounds, and people with disabilities. She is the Founder and Director of the Engineering is Elementary project.Ms. Cathy P

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Enrique D. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Angela D. Lueking, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, happiness andsafety. The students were mentored by a faculty member whose background is inCommunication. The quality of student presentations was high, utilizing the assertion-evidencemethod of slide design.Data was collected to determine whether the following project objectives were met: 1) Studentsin the First Year Seminars will have a greater understanding of the possible careers inengineering as well as the engineering majors; and 2) Students will be more likely to defineengineering in terms associated with health, happiness, and safety. The data showed that thestudents had a very positive reaction to the Engineering Ambassador visits, although a largersample size would be necessary to more clearly understand the impact.Introduction and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian F Martensen, Minnesota State University; Deborah K. Nykanen P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marilyn C. Hart, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Our experiences indicate that early face-to-faceinteractions are essential to user satisfaction and patience with technological glitches, tocommunity building, and ultimately in establishing strong mentoring relationships. All of thesehave the potential to lead to a productive discussion-based seminar and to the long-term successof collaborative student project teams, although challenges need to be addressed as they arise.IntroductionFacilitating professional development and mentoring for STEM students can be a challenge forprograms but is important for students’ ultimate success and satisfaction with their careers. Inconjunction with a National Science Foundation-sponsored scholarship program, we havedeveloped an interdisciplinary peer

Conference Session

Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah F. Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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Two Year College Division

the $10,000 level, resulting in an award of $8,333 for theacademic year. Three of these students graduated in spring 2011, and the remaining two areexpected to graduate by the end of the 2011-12 academic year. One of the students whograduated is now working full-time at the company that he interned with in the previous summer.His internship project was developed into his senior design team project as well. One of the othergraduates completed a post-graduate internship and now has a full-time job as a firmwareengineer at another company. The third graduate is completing a post-graduate internship that isexpected to turn into a full-time position in three to six months.Awards and progress review for the 2009-10 Scholars: Nine new ECASE

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; William Stark, Macomb Community College

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Engineering Technology

energy storage, including advanced battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles. Yeh is also experienced in developing formal degree programs and professional development programs for incumbent engineers, community college instructors, and high school science and technology teachers. He is the PI and co-PI of several federal and state funded projects for course, curriculum, and laboratory development in advanced automotive technology.Dr. Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University Y. Gene Liao is currently Director of the Electric Transportation Technology program and Associate Pro- fessor of engineering technology at Wayne State University. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from National Central University

Conference Session

Future Directions of Continuing Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

advisory committees. Springer is internationally recognized, has authored nu- merous books and articles, and lectured on software development methodologies, management practices, and program management. Springer received his bachelor’s of science in computer science from Purdue University, his M.B.A. and doctorate in adult and community education with a cognate in executive de- velopment from Ball State University. He is certified as both a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).Mr. Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mark Schuver is the Associate Director for the Center for Professional Studies in Technology and Ap- plied Research (ProSTAR) in the

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University; María de Jesús Torres, Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana

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Construction

. in education and construction management. Prior to grad- uate school, Elliott worked in construction project management for an ENR Top 100 general contractor in Washington, D.C., USA. For the past four years, Elliott has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Construction Management, teaching estimating courses. For the 2009-2011 academic years, Elliott was promoted to Primary Instructor and given full responsibility for the Estimating 2 course. In addition, he has taught several lectures in scheduling for CSU’s construction certificate program at the Denver, Colo., campus and is an Estimating 1 instructor during the summer session at the main cam- pus in Fort Collins, Colo., USA. Elliott received

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara W. Knott, Virginia Tech; Thomas D. Walker P.E., Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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New Engineering Educators

- or better. Students are required to pass either ENGE1104 orENGE1114 with a C- or better depending upon their choice of major.The number of students enrolled in each course ranges from 100-1600 per semester. The typicalformat for each course consists of one weekly 50-minute lecture in a large classroom (150-300students) and one weekly 110-minute workshop in a small classroom (30-36 students). All threecourses have elements of active learning in the form of small group discussions, problem-solvingactivities, and network-enabled polling and real-time collection/display of student-generatedcontent in the large classroom settings. In the workshops, students are involved in hands-onengineering learning activities including design projects. In a

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

that problematizes its ownconstruction, highlights researchers’ vulnerabilities and positionality, makes claims aboutsocially constructed meanings, and reveals the indeterminacy of knowledge claims even as itmakes them (p. 4). It is a nontraditional approach to research that allows for the weaving ofdifferent genres of information into themes of life. Because the issue of sustainability and thedevelopment of new ways of thinking about design are issues that require many disciplines,crystallization offers an appropriate methodology for investigation.Participant RecruitmentLindlof and Taylor14 explain that a sponsor facilitates gaining access to individuals byintroducing the researcher to potential participants. In this project, the sponsor is

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

-time code is similarly difficult to test becausedebugging techniques are likely to interfere with the real-time response of the system. Acommon technique—debug code inserted into the source—suffers from this problem The author Page 25.266.5was involved in a project where “printf()” statements were inserted into the code to reportrunning system status –which led to the unfortunate discovery that printf() statements each take afew milliseconds to run, which was not tolerable in the environment being tested. Thus thedebugging possibilities for real-time segments are restricted.The last issue design issue mentioned in the list of characteristics

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development and Distance Learning Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Continuing Professional Development

Page 25.1124.3and diversify it quickly became evident a new structure was necessary to separateresponsibilities. Continuing and Professional Studies was developed to market, organize,manage, and deliver continuing education and professional development activities.From the onset the managerial framework and staffing for CPS was easily operationalized as aresult of the collaboration between the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) and EngineeringManagement. The division of labor allowed Engineering Management to coordinate faculty andinstructional issues, while the Office of Sponsored Programs dealt with administrative concerns.Additionally, a Project Coordinator and Project Advisor were added to the team. This four-person staff has served as the