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Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington, Tacoma

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College Industry Partnerships

updated set of course materials for thecourse: syllabus, course schedule (i.e. the weekly sequence of topics, assignments, andcorresponding course readings), and assignments. In each case, we centered student work arounddeveloping a term-length, team-based project that would be developed incrementally throughoutthe term.The Co-Teaching Phase: adaptive to the industry fellow’s constraintsAlthough the planning phase was the same in each instantiation, differences between theinstantiations arose in the pattern of interaction with the industry fellow during the academicterm. In the heavy-weight versions (which I did twice), the industry fellow attended one of thetwo weekly class sessions. During this time, we structured interaction so as to maximize

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Dhruv Sakalley, Drexel University; Holly Burnside, Drexel University

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NSF Grantees

Education, 2011 Lean Six Sigma Nanomanufacturing Course for Undergraduate Engineering Technology and Engineering Programs  Abstract. We have developed a laboratory- and project-based course to instruct Engineering andEngineering Technology students in Lean Six Sigma methodologies for nanomanufacturing. Theexperiments include synthesis and characterization of quantum dots and magnetic nickelnanowires, and fabrication and testing of organic LEDs and nanocrystalline solar cells.Additional experiments related to ferrofluids, soft lithography, nanocrystalline phosphors, andnanofilters are under development. The broad objective is to impart the knowledge and skillsneeded to translate laboratory discoveries in nanoscience to the

Conference Session

Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Joseph J. Rencis, University of Arkansas; Ashland O. Brown P.E., University of the Pacific; Christina Kay White, Columbia University

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education’s Midwest Section Meet- ing by Josh Coffman, Sachin Terdalkar, Joseph Rencis and Ashland O. Brown. Finite Element Learn- ing Modules for Undergraduate Engineering Topics using Commercial Software, presented at the June 2008 American Society for Engineering Education’s Annual Conference in Pittsburg, PA, Co-authored with Drs. Chuan-Chiang Chen, Daniel Jensen, Essam Ibrahim, Vladimir Labay, Joseph Rencis and Paul Schimpf Enhancing Machine Design and Analysis Course through Introducing Design and FE Analy- sis Projects, presented at the March 2008 American Society for Engineering Education’s Pacific South- west Regional Conference at the Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. Co-authored with Dr

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik N. Dunmire, College of Marin; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College, Santa Clara

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Two Year College Division

Page 22.1443.6*Data obtained from ASSIST (Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer)website assist.org.5As the table illustrates, the required programming language and the course content vary widely.As a result, a community college that can only offer one course of computer programming willhave difficulty developing a class that can support a group of students with different majors andtransfer institutions.A similar situation exists with regard to the Freshman Introduction to Engineering course, someform of which is recommended or required for a majority of engineering majors. This courseranges from a 1-unit survey of career options to a 3-unit project-based introduction to design,which is in many cases discipline

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John B. Napp, University of Toledo

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Engineering Libraries

applied to their project Page 22.1676.4home. A report listing the devices found along with any standards, patents, etc. was turned in fora project grade.Survey Results Once the students turned in a report for their team, a survey was given to assess theirfeeling about the assignment and their sources (see Appendix for the survey instrument). Ninetystudents filled out and returned a survey. Eighty percent of those responding indicated that theassignment simulated a real-world situation. The first question in the survey asked “Whichinformation types did you use in this assignment? (check all that apply). ” The item “articles”was selected by

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

years. She currently works on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects such as Path2STEM degree and the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project as well as additional projects that focus on the experiences of community college students and community college transfer student success. Dr. Jackson’s dissertation is entitled ”Transfer students in STEM majors: Gender differences in the socialization factors that influence academic and social adjustment.” She is passionate about students, more specifically community college transfer students and women pursuing advanced degrees in STEM areas.Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University Diane T. Rover received the B.S. degree in computer science in 1984, and the M.S

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-year Programs and Students, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diana Quinn, University of South Australia; Elizabeth J. Smith, University of South Australia; Syed Mahfuzul Aziz, University of South Australia

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First-Year Programs

Australia (UniSA) and, since 2007, the inaugural academic director of UniSA’s common first year engineering program. In this capacity he leads the first year teaching and learning team, which involves staff from five schools across the Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment, staff from the Learning and Teaching Unit and the Library. He oversees initiatives to provide active forms of orienta- tion, to identify and support students at risk, and to continuously evaluate and improve student experience. In the last ten years Mahfuz has developed and refined innovative project-based learning strategies and assessment schemes to assist diverse students with their learning. Engaging students in lectures, tutorials and

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas; Sarah H. Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota; Brian Phillip Jensen, University of St. Thomas

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

outreach through the nonprofit ”Educate Tanzania” of which she is president and CEO.Sarah H Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota Sarah Cohn is The Science Museum of Minnesota’s Evaluation and Research in Learning Department’s coordinator and evaluation associate. Sarah’s thesis was focused on the impacts of museum theatre out- reach. Through various evaluation projects, Sarah has focused on the educational impacts of programs, classes, and other products. She has presented at numerous conferences including AAM, ACM and VSA. Sarah is currently the lead evaluator on SMM evaluations of the Collectors’ Corner Nature Trading Posts, the Science Live Theater productions, the Warner Nature Center, and the programs created through

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

substantive works mirroring and foreshadowingtechnical developments and ethical issues. This paper describes a course examining theconnections between fiction and technology in the field of AI, which meets undergraduatewriting, literature and ethics requirements while giving students a solid base in the AI state-of-the-art. The course can also be taught as a project-based graduate class.IntroductionEngaging students and helping them develop creativity in engineering and science is a challengeand a goal for many faculty. Our students often come to college with extra-curricular passionsthat may be used to build connections with technical material. Video gaming is a commonpassion, but for many, the connection is to the story of the game more than to the

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ravi Shankar; Francis X McAfee; Michael Harris; Norman Silva; Georgiana Carvalho

for better understanding of each others’ domains, setting up future research andteaching collaborations. Also, students involved in such projects, while taking courses in their colleges,will work in teams across domains, thus gaining important real-world experience. These collaborationsmay also lead to small business formations and a cottage industry that could impact the local economypositively.Methods 590Over the past two years, we have taught Android related courses to graduate and undergraduateengineering students, and high school students, in a synergistic manner. Based on this experience, webelieve that our development cycle will follow this one-year cycle:In the spring semester, a

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kauser Jahan

Environmental Engineering Meritorious Service Award, 2007. Shereceived the 2010 ASEE Sharon A. Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education. 386 EW: ENGINEERS ON WHEELSAbstract:Engineers on Wheels (EW) is a mobile K-12 outreach program to promote engineeringcareers. Two vehicles with attractive wraps depicting various types of engineeringdisciplines are used for this program. One vehicle is also equipped with is equipped insidewith a handful of stations with computers and display panels where the students can viewdemonstrations on engineering fundamentals and work on projects that demonstratevarious engineering disciplines. The EW project is unique in that the program is

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

. Page 22.1169.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preliminary Analysis of Student and Workplace Writing in Civil EngineeringIn this paper we describe some preliminary results of a project that addresses a continuingproblem in engineering education: the mismatch between the writing skills of engineeringprogram graduates and the demands of writing in the workplace. This problem is commonlyidentified in surveys of employers, who express dissatisfaction with the writing skills of theirnew hires, and in survey of alumni from even strong engineering programs, who expressdissatisfaction with the writing preparation they received1,2. In engineering education

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

leadership skills, is creative, and hasthe skills and knowledge to bring about innovation.[10,11] Traditional engineering programs andcourses frequently struggle to address outcomes related to these skills, often working with theassumption that students either enter their programs with the abilities, or will acquire the skillswith little explicit instruction or assessment. Others, such as that described in this paper, haverecognized a need to include process oriented, project-based engineering courses in theirprograms as a means to address the calls of accreditation boards and industry for engineers withboth technical and professional skills. For example, in design courses students work together inteams to solve open ended problems through the

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathy Garza Sears, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

and responsibilities asthey relate to the missions of an institution of higher education, along with the type of institutionincluding community colleges, liberal arts colleges, research universities, and minority-servinginstitutions.The institutional data along with program evaluations reflect the efforts of these programs.Application, enrollment, and degree numbers are steadily increasing. The number of studentsparticipating in the program is also on the rise. Continued growth in the number of URMstudents receiving doctoral degrees will provide a more culturally diverse faculty, thus achievingthe AGEP program goals.Significance of Project and RationaleIt is projected that by 2050 the population that is now considered a minority will surpass

Conference Session

Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne Marie Coolen, Dalhousie University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-1204: IMPLEMENTING A CEAB GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES BASEDCO-OP WORK TERM CURRICULUMAnne Marie Coolen, Dalhousie University Ms. Coolen has been the director of the Engineering and Computer Science Co-operative Education Program for 22 years. She is a former president of the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE) and secretary the CAFCE Accreditation Council. She has been spearheading a project in the Faculty of Engineering to enhance the educational value of co-operative education for three years in an effort to shift the program’s focus from placement outcomes to learning outcomes. Page

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Sarah L. Codd, Montana State University; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carla M. Cortes, Northwestern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Education Program at Pennsylvania State University and is a graduate research assistant on two NSF-funded engineering education projects. His research interests include STEM education, interdisciplinary teaching and research, organizational issues in higher education, and leadership and administration in higher education. Email: dbk144@psu.eduCarla M. Cortes, Northwestern University Carla Cortes serves as an instructor and research associate in the Higher Education Administration & Policy program at Northwestern University. She also conducts analysis and manages projects for DePaul University’s Division of Enrollment Management and Marketing

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Engineering and Public Policy

-profit organizations, universities, and industry partners are working as partners tobuild solar training capacity. Each group brings its own viewpoint and perspective that Page 22.1311.4enhances the overall capabilities of the team.Midwestern Solar Workforce Training The Midwest Solar Workforce Training Network (MSTN) has accomplished quite a bit inits first year of existence. The first key deliverable was the creation of a website that is used as aplatform for sharing information about the project. http://www.midwestsolartraining.org/ is ahub for information about educational opportunities and all things solar in the Midwest. A homeon

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia; Annette Berndt, University of British Columbia; Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Carla S Paterson, University of British Columbia

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Engineering Libraries

projects but also for their professionallives.While the majority of science and engineering students favour GS, students are also initiated intoinformation-seeking behaviour specific to their discipline through textbooks and lecture notes6,which in turn reflect epistemological values. Because the study of engineering is directlyinfluenced by industry standards, we look to Anderson et al’s 3 work on the information sourcesused by engineering professionals, specifically those in the aerospace industry, as an example ofthe professional behaviour that both undergirds the information seeking of engineering studentsand may serve as a model for students when they are on coop work-terms or complete theireducation and enter the work force.Information

Conference Session

EM Program Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Engineering Management

is a course-based graduate program that can be completed on a fullor part-time basis and draws on the expertise of both the Faculty of Engineering and AppliedScience and the Faculty of Business Administration. The completion of twelve courses results ina Master of Engineering Management, or MEM, degree. The program consists of five coursesoffered by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, five courses offered by the Facultyof Business Administration, and a two-course project. These courses are shown in Table 1.To be eligible for the program, applicants must have a Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor ofScience degree in an engineering discipline from a university of recognized standing, with acumulative B-average. The three

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon N. Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

projects intended to improve student learning that we began as aresult of our work.Survey of Engineering Co-op StudentsWe conducted a survey of College of Science and Engineering students participating in thecooperative education program during the spring semester of 2010.2 We initially assumed that atleast 100 students participated in the program, but we learned that there were only 42 studentsenrolled in co-op. Of the 42 who received the survey, we were pleased that 86% responded.Nearly all of the students were junior or senior mechanical engineering majors; we suspect thatthe assistance of the Mechanical Engineering Department’s Co-op Program office with adedicated staff member contributes to the disproportionate representation.All respondents

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar K. Puri, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-1385: COMPARISON OF ENGAGEMENT WITH ETHICS BE-TWEEN AN ENGINEERING AND A BUSINESS PROGRAMSSteven Culver, Virginia TechVinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is a professor in the Engineering Education Department and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the areas of knowledge modeling, water and energy sustainability, engineering learning modules for freshmen, and international collaboration. He led a 5-year DLR/NSF project at Virginia Tech. A spiral curriculum approach is adopted to reformulate engineering curriculum in bioprocess engineering in this project. He co-authored an award winning paper with his PhD student (Dr. Jennifer

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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

: Energy at break (J) for hybrid materials Page 22.474.7Undergraduate Research for Green MaterialsThe establishment of an undergraduate scholarship activity in materials for engineeringtechnology education is difficult, although large engineering institutes may have noproblem to provide opportunities for undergraduate students to be involved in variousresearch projects. The project titled in “Hybrid Biodegradable Thermoplastic Cornstarch(TPS) Materials” was developed for undergraduate students to promote scholarshipactivity and to stimulate students’ interests in green materials technology for themanufacturing and mechanical

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brian Bowe, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

AC 2011-1347: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF GAINSFROM UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS:THE TALE OF ATLANTISDonal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology Donal McHale is an academic staff member in the College of Engineering and Build Environment at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin Ireland. Donal’s background includes sixteen years in transna- tional Engineering and Engineering management roles in the mass-media products sector. Holder of an MBA and BE from the National University of Ireland, he is co-principal investigator of a Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree project (STiMasters) and a Excellence in Mobility project (DETECT), both four- year projects funded by the Atlantis

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Renata Dukes; Kofi Nyarko; Jumoke Ladeji-Osias

. Opening is a sequence of erosion and dilation while closing is the sequence of dilationthen erosion.Methods Figures 1 and 2 shows the runways for the two airports (and their IATA airport code)used for testing and verification of each phase within the project. Phase 1 of this project exploresfour edge detection techniques; the Canny, Sobel, Prewitt and LaPlacian of Gaussian operators.Phase 2 then selects the best operator and performs a series of image transformations that willisolate the runway lines of the airport. A connected component labeling algorithm is used toidentify various blobs in the transformed image and then remove smaller blobs that do not satisfythe threshold for an airport runway. Phase 3 compares Laws’ Energy Texture

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Donald D. Joye

engineer, should never be lost as part of the educational process,and cannot be reproduced by “virtual” laboratory experiences, useful though some of them maybe. Another compelling reason for hands-on experience in laboratory is preparation for research.This is often overlooked in these arguments, but lab can be a place where the student makes uphis or her mind that research may be interesting or not interesting to pursue. In my own personalexperience I can remember one lab in particular that was not particularly exciting, but stirred myinterest in research, because it was set up like a research project. Similar anecdotal stories havebubbled up from our students in my teaching experience at Villanova and elsewhere. In our laboratory

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bryan Dallas; Parsaoran Hutapea

et al (Journal of Power Sources,84,45-51,1999)discusses that this nanoscale deformation causes changes to the porosity of the gas diffusion layer (GDL)which, in turn, alters the permeability and diffusion of the reactant gas and the transport of the liquidwater in the MEA. However, the deformation also decreases electrical contact resistance, which suggeststhere is an optimization of how much the MEA should deform. The focus of the project is to assess theeffects of compression and GDL nano-deformation on fuel cell performance. A testing system wasconstructed such that the stack compression can be altered without disassembling it. This is facilitated bya cell equipped with a compression plate with a compression adjuster and a dial gauge to

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder; Jana B. Milford, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-2141: GOLDSHIRT TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM: FIRST-YEARRESULTS AND LESSONS LEARNED ON CREATING ENGINEERINGCAPACITY AND EXPANDING DIVERSITYTanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder TANYA D. ENNIS is the current Engineering GoldShirt Program Director at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She received her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her career in the telecommunications industry included positions in software and systems engineering and technical project management. Tanya most recently taught mathematics at the Denver

Conference Session

Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

United States and Canada. The reportconsists of two parts: the statistical and demographic characterization of 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 historical comparison is made betweenthe current survey results and surveys on the same course conducted in 1974, 1984, and 1991.IntroductionIn 1957 the AIChE Education Projects committee began a series of surveys of the undergraduatecurriculum as offered by chemical engineering departments in North America. These surveyscontinued under the auspices of the AIChE Special Projects committee until the late 1990’s. In2008, AIChE formed an Education Division which recognized

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

classroom integrating technology and engineering into Mathematics instruction, now working at the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, leading programs that research and train K-12 teachers on the use of engineering design and robotics to teach core academic standards. As the Operational Partner for FIRST LEGO League in Georgia over the last three year has increase overall participation from 1200 to over 2200 students. With this experience has co-authored three ASEE papers on FIRST LEGO League and engineering in the middle school classroom. My current projects include an NSF research project called Science Learning Integrating Design, Engineering, and

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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Minorities in Engineering

to STEM was offered.Affect survey results are presented and compared to the results of the previous year ofthis project. Based on the positive results that were obtained in this project, it is arguedthat CBI is an effective and well received pedagogy for high-school student and that theCBI materials and tools developed for this course could be modified and adapted in otherengineering and science courses at UTPA, STC, and other institutions to attract studentsto STEM fields.1. BackgroundResearch indicates that the lack of relevance to relate educational activities to the realworld is one of the important factors that influences the decision of minority students todrop-out or transfer out of STEM undergraduate fields1. For minority students