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Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

. Page 15.502.2 1Educational EnvironmentCivil Engineering students at Florida Gulf Coast University take a two course sequence inGeotechnical Engineering. The first course is a junior level course offered in the spring semesterand focused on an introduction to basic principles of soil mechanics. Emphasis in the firstcourse is on the development of a firm foundation of key concepts. Learning is reinforcedthrough homework, projects, and exams, heavily augmented with in class and laboratoryactivities. The second is a senior level course offered in the fall semester and focused onretaining walls, slope stability, and shallow and deep foundations. Emphasis is on theapplication of key concepts to the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

and/oradopted by ADVANCE institutions. The committee met monthly to discuss goals and strategiesfor achieving institutional transformation through recruiting, retaining, and advancing women,particularly in the traditional science and engineering disciplines at North Dakota StateUniversity. The group applied for the grant but was unsuccessful in 2005; however, afteradditional research and honing of project plans, the group re-applied and received the grant in2008. In the meantime, during the 2002-2008 time period, the FORWARD group also advocatedfor and succeeded in obtaining additional childcare facilities, lactation rooms, and changingtables on campus.In this same time frame, North Dakota State University had been poised for change, making

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Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Chris VanArsdale, Michigan Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

, lowimportance, to 5, high importance. A definition was provided to clarify the meaning of each traitname. Table 1 lists the nine traits and their definitions.Table 1: Trait definitions given in first version of surveyStudent Trait DefinitionAcademic ability The student has a high college grade point averageCommunication The student writes well, is comfortable making oral presentations, and isskill able to communicate effectively with people that have different job functionsLeadership ability The student has held leadership positions in student organizations or on project teamsHands-on ability The student has tinkered with machinery or

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Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Riddell, Baker College Of Flint; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

inquiry.1. IntroductionAlternative energy (AE) has continued to be a hot-button topic for a number of years. Manycolleges and universities have consequently introduced courses on this topic, having a variety offormats: with1,2 or without3 experimental laboratories, project based4, or based on amultidisciplinary approach5. One issue when covering such a broad field is that many studentsnever get a complete picture on all that is involved or related to a given technology. To that end,with the support of our institution’s curriculum committee, it was decided to develop and offeran overview or introductory class for Mechanical Engineering students. The course must be insupport of the Program Outcomes adopted by our program (included in the Appendix

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janice Margle, Penn State Abington; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State New Kensington; Yu-Chang Hsu, Pennsylvania State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata Engel

Executive Director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. She earned her B.S. in Engineering Science from The Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of South Florida. Dr. Engel is PI of the NSF-Sponsored Toys’n MORE grant at Penn State. Through various projects and initiatives, she has incorporated elements of design in fundamental engineering courses and has provided leadership to Penn State’s efforts to assess student learning outcomes. For her individual and collaborative contributions to engineering education, she has received several awards including the University’s George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in

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Capstone Design Pedagogy II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Davila, University of Texas, El Paso

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Design in Engineering Education

by exposing the students to open ended projects that can develop theirdesign skills. From this we can conclude that the three main pedagogical components of asuccessful educational design experience are: the design skills, the design methods andthe design projects. On one hand, the individual design skills must be properly developedin the student prior to the project experience, making it an overwhelming challenge. Onthe other hand the design methodologies can be difficult to implement pedagogically,therefore the student struggles to learn, and even more important, to embrace suchmethodologies.We present an approach to design engineering teaching through four main steps: First,define the desired knowledge and skills to be acquired by the

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Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

course is a prime example of taking an idea andproperly supporting its growth with grants, faculty and administrative support, andencouragement from society.The genesis of this course was a 2003 partnership between an NSF grantee, several technicalschools, and several community colleges. The objective of the grant was to create leaders in thecommunity colleges and high schools who would be able to develop technology/engineeringeducation projects in energy and power technologies. During 2004 and 2005, workshops weredeveloped and implemented to increase engineering awareness for the participating high schoolteachers. Several alternative energy lesson modules on wind and solar power were designed,tested and modified

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Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept.; Robert Terrell, Cornell University; Lisa Schneider, Cornell University

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Mathematics

unlikely to have encountered similar items Apply mathematical procedures in unfamiliar or complex contexts.**Note: “solve routine problems” is in the TIMMS applying domain. We have included solvingfamiliar/routine problems in the knowing domain for the MAI. Solving problems that arestraightforward, but not routine, are included in the applying domain. Solving very complexproblems or problems in a very unfamiliar setting are in the reasoning domain.Six instructors in Mathematics and Engineering (four at Cornell including one of the project PIs,one at New York University, and one high school teacher with experience teaching AP calculus)were asked to characterize the items and to apply the codes. The project PI’s description andcodes

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Computer Gaming and Virtual Reality for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Brown, University of South Alabama; Michael Doran, University of South Alabama; David Langan, University of South Alabama; Tom Thomas, University of South Alabama

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Computers in Education

autonomous real-time systems compete inthe game. This research will provide a framework for future researchers who may follow in ourfootsteps.Another contribution of this research would be increased human performance. Previous researchhas demonstrated that real-time robotic systems can be used as a tool to improve humanperformance [5]. From observation, humans are not typically capable of modifying their scriptson the fly in order to achieve an optimal score once a fault has occurred. By demonstrating thedynamic modification of scripts to humans, the system may aid in improving their adaptivecapabilities.The motivation for this research was to determine the capacity of real-time systems to competewith humans. Over the years, research projects have

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Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Adithan, Vellore Institue of Technology; Robert Creese, West Virginia University

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International

our engineeringand technology programmes by international agencies.Objectives of Globalization Objectives of globalization at VIT University in India may be stated as follows: (1) To create a cosmopolitan culture and an international ambience in the university, thus providing an experiential learning to students in a cross-cultural environment; (2) To facilitate the visit of foreign professors and international experts, enabling them to share their expertise and experience; (3) To facilitate exchange of students and faculty to work on projects and to carryout R& D on areas of mutual interest; (4) To augment the facilities of laboratories and research centres already established in universities in India so

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Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington; Tracie L. Brockhoff, Penn State University - New Kensington

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

about career possibilities. In fact, XXXX University supports the“Women in the Sciences & Engineering (WISE) Institute” which offers a variety ofmultidisciplinary programs for girls in grades 10-12. These events include a one week programat XXXX XXX, hands-on workshops and projects, and interactions with mentors from industryand academia.3 Hence, the FIRSTE Program was developed at the local level to attract femaleswithin the XXXX XXXX service area. The FIRSTE program provides a vehicle for XXXX University and the XXXX Campusto capture the interest of this growing community of college-bound young women and tointroduce them to nontraditional careers in engineering, engineering technology and science.Problem Statement The

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Silvia Carreño, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, 16derived from the DAS test.MethodsFor over 10 years, professors from our university, Universidad de las Américas Puebla(UDLAP), have been working with the company Calizas Industriales del Carmen (CALICA) ona community service project whose main objective is to provide teacher development programsat an annual regional conference (sponsored by CALICA) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.These programs involve offering for 3 days, distinguished lectures, seminars, and workshops atno cost to teachers in attendance. The program designed for each conference is always differentand includes recent educational developments. Workshops offer practical tools to the teachers inorder to help them enhance their daily teaching activities, and different areas

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Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; David Barbe, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

NCIIA-sponsored project titled “Ideation toInnovation.” The goal is to design, develop and test an innovation-focused interactive programaimed at future national dissemination at different colleges and for multidisciplinary audiences. For engineers of the future, technical capability alone will no longer be a distinguishingfeature. Clearly, a broader-based educational experience must teach leadership, innovation, andentrepreneurship. There is a need to focus on thinking outside-the-box, taking risks, and beingcritical thinkers who are creative and imaginative. For the past several years, The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance(NCIIA) has supported the development and implementation of workshops on “Invention

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Materials Selection & Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Olshefsky, ASTM International

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Materials

in the laboratory or in the field.Additionally, students must know enough about the details of technical standards to specifytesting for a project and potentially supervise testing in a laboratory management situation.Key Examples from Accredited UniversitiesFollowing are summaries of how professors have successfully used technical standards in theclassroom. The overviews and syllabi of selected courses are available in their entirety on the“Peer-to-Peer Resources” page of the ASTM International Students and Professors website.10Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s “Properties of Engineering Materials II”11 is offered as a thirdyear second semester course within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Thiscourse teaches the

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Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Joseph, Pace University; Mabel Payne, Consultant

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

of cooperative education and experiential learningrelated experiences, there seems to be a greater tendency to use perception based assessmentinstruments in the form of surveys from students and employers13, 17, 38. However, there areinstances where other forms of assessment instruments including competency based ones20 wereused in cooperative education internships and related experiential learning experiences. Forexample, Rainsbury et al35 described a collaborative assessment approach that involved students,employers, and academe in the evaluation process for projects in a work based cooperativebusiness course. Their most important finding was in the assessment of the final project grade,by the three different parties, involved for the 19

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Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Emily Medders, Southern Wesleyan University; Cheryl Cass, Clemson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-1964: TEACHERS AS SCIENTISTS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OFOUTCOMES FOR AN RET PROGRAMLisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa C. Benson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering. Dr. Benson teaches first year engineering, undergraduate research methods, and graduate engineering education courses. Her research interests include student-centered active learning in undergraduate engineering, assessment of motivation, and how motivation affects student learning. She is also involved in projects that utilize Tablet PCs to enhance student learning. Her education includes

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Levine, University of North Carolina; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ivan Howitt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Electrical and Computer

professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has served as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and as an instructor at North Carolina State University. He has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of ASEE, Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the

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Computers and Software in Teaching Mathematics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zohra Manseur, SUNY Oswego; Adrian Ieta, SUNY Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego

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Mathematics

AC 2010-2356: MODERN MATHEMATICS REQUIREMENTS IN A DEVELOPINGENGINEERING PROGRAMZohra Manseur, SUNY OswegoAdrian Ieta, SUNY OswegoRachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego Page 15.883.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Modern Mathematics Requirements in a Developing Engineering ProgramAbstractThis project is a collaboration of math and engineering educators ___, meant to closely analyzethe educational relationship between math and engineering as part of the development of a newinnovative electrical and computer engineering program. The main objective is to optimize thecurriculum for efficiency in educating engineers with skill sets that allow them to competeeffectively in

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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David W. Dinehart; Timothy Harrington; Matthew Bandelt; Adam Beckmann

you are learning in school 5. Learn to work in teams 6. Make some new friends while having fun Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityCurriculumAt the first meeting of NovaCANE the group brainstormed ideas for topics to include in thecurriculum. After a list of about ten projects were established, each student picked one or twoprojects to lead. Each project had two student leaders who were responsible for preparing thelecture and procuring the supplies for the activity. This section provides a brief description ofthe lecture topics and group activity. The learning outcomes of the club were highlighted at thebeginning of each meeting; then lessons learned from the previous meeting

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gary P. Halada

a group project, and may beclearly classified as an example of “problem-based learning”. Problem based learning isdescribed by Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver6 in the following way: “Problem-based learning (PBL) isan instructional method in which students learn through facilitated problem solving. In PBL,student learning centers on a complex problem that does not have a single correct answer.Students work in collaborative groups to identify what they need to learn in order to solve aproblem. They engage in self-directed learning (SDL) and then apply their new knowledge to theproblem and reflect on what they learned and the effectiveness of the strategies employed. Theteacher acts to facilitate the learning process rather than to provide knowledge

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Siben Dasgupta

board. This paper describes how Wentworth Institute of Technology provides “hands on”experience with real signals by using a “laboratory” based on MATLAB and SIMULINK running on PC’s.In addition, an innovative approach is provided in this paper for integrating DSP course in to the graduateprogram at Heritage Engineering College in Calcutta, India.Digital Signal Processing at Wentworth Institute of Technology – Course OutlineThe DSP course at Wentworth Institute of Technology is developed with an objective to help the studentsto learn DSP’s and carry out a project in stages, through gradual steps, in subjects related with signalprocessing which can be found in industry, such as digital filters, echo cancellation, audio equalizers,modems, voice

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Chitra N. Javdekar

with Northeastern University, Massachusetts and funded by NSF. The engineering designcourse is a first-semester freshman engineering 4-credit course (Engineering Design with CAD -I) thatis based on instruction in Computer Aided Design (CAD), and is transferred to a four-year institution asa 2-credit course in CAD. The course essentially involved teaching students to create 3D models ofparts, and assemblies and 2-D drawings using SolidWorks. While Engineering Graphics is a traditionalcourse, it also posed a constraint in that the students did not have time to explore “engineering design”in a meaningful way and tended to spend more time learning the software (more than 80 percent) thanin working on projects that simulated the experience of

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Andrea Baruzzi; Theresa M Calcagno

project. For thepurpose of this discussion, we will focus on how Infoguides can be used to incorporateinformation literacy skills into undergraduate courses.Infoguide Integration in IT103For some courses, library instruction is not feasible due to time or other constraints. At GMU,IT103 – Introduction to Computing is one such course. IT103 is a general educationrequirement for all students. Students can test out of it, but the vast majority (approximately1100 each Fall and Spring semester) take the class. Due to the large number of sections of IT103offered (15-17 sections during fall and spring semesters), it is not possible to conduct libraryinstruction for each.To address the information needs of IT103 students, the library developed a course

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Tyler J. Martin; Matthew S. Jolda; Christopher M. Linden; Douglas E. Dow

learning environment, but lacks instruction and advice on strategy orskillful play. These types of systems simply teach a player how to play one step at a time, asopposed to thinking several moves ahead, which is how masters develop strategy for the game.Need and Proposed SolutionNo available chess systems on the market optimally benefit both visual and kinetic learners. Asystem for chess that would provide a simple and easy way to understand using the visual andkinetic environment would help those types of learners understand and develop skill at the gameof chess. This project designed, built, and tested a prototype of such a system. The design allowsfor kinetic learners to manipulate the pieces and for visual learners to see all the places where

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Dan Brosnan; Dana Hawes; Max Nielsen; Salah Badjou

Autonomous Garbage Removal System Dan Brosnan Dana Hawes Max Nielsen Salah Badjou, Ph.D. Department of Electronics and Mechanical Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115 Session Topic: Teaching project based courses and design courses, including senior design course AbstractThis paper reports on the design, construction and testing of an automated garbage removalsystem. This project was undertaken in the course of junior-level

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Oenardi Lawanto

) goalorientations. Self-efficacy for learning and performance (SELP) is a strong belief about thestudent’s ability and confidence to perform the task.A total of 113 students participated in the study. These students participated in five schools thatimplement Project Lead the Way curriculum in three states. After having completed their designproject, each student was asked to complete a modified version of the Motivated Strategies forLearning Questionnaire (MSLQ) survey instrument which evaluated their IGO, EGO, and SELP.Several correlation tests were conducted to evaluate how students’ IGO, EGO, and SELPimpacted their work on an engineering design. The results show that there was a significantcorrelation between students’ IGO and EGO, IGO and SELP, and EGO

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jose Gutierrez, Oregon Institute of Technology; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology; David Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

Automated and Semi-Automated Manufacturing ProcessesAbstractDuring the period of 1950-1990 productivity in United States industries increased 50 percent dueto technological innovation. High-value-added products were a consequence of more efficientmanufacturing processes and data processing equipment. It is predicted that in the next decadesproductivity increases will be largely due to the ability to add flexibility and improveinfrastructure through the collection and management of product data. By achieving the goalsset forth in this project, a valuable tool for educating future students will be added to ourprogram and we will also continue to improve our laboratory facilities for applied research,education and industrial partnerships.Microsoft

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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

class to discuss the solution strategy and any assumptions that were made in solving the problem. Once the handouts were distributed, the class filled-in the preliminary information of given, to find etcetera, while the author also did that in some problems using ink-technology OR had it typed out in the projected version only (see figure 2

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert DeHaan, Emory University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University. DeHaan has published extensively on cellular science and developmental biology of the embryonic heart, as well as on how to improve undergraduate science instruction. He was Director of CUSE for the National Research Council in Washington, D.C. from 2001 to 2003; in 2009 DeHaan was named a lifetime Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. He currently serves Georgia Institute of Technology as External Evaluator for the Tech-to-Teaching project, an NSF-supported Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) program. Page 15.947.1© American Society for Engineering Education

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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International

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Forming Collaborative Links between Turkey and US: International Workshop on Rapid TechnologiesAbstractAs part of a current NSF-CCLI (Course-Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement) grant project,an extra supplementary grant was given in late 2008 to organize an international workshop onRapid Technologies. This workshop was held in late September 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Overseventy academicians and researchers got together and presented the current trends in rapidmanufacturing research, education and industry. In this two-day event, educational and technicalpapers were presented from American, European and Turkish scholars. Reflections of the firstand second day have been