Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Ameen Basim Al-Khafaji, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan; Martha Jane Neubauer, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

evidence-based best practices in teaching and learning.Dr. Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Research and Learning in Engineering and re- search associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. In addition, she actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty in their scholarly projects. She is past Chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE.Mr. Ameen Basim Al-Khafaji, College of Engineering at the University of Michigan Ameen Al-Khafaji is a junior in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He majors in electrical engineering. He contributed to this project

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Chet Boncek Jr., Raytheon

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

imperative. As a result of the U.S. Census Bureau projections showing a steady decline in the White population (from 81% in 2000 to 72.1% in 2050) and a correspondingly slight increase in the African American population (from 12.7% in 2000 to 14.6% in 2050), and a large increase in the Hispanic population (from 12.6% in 2000 to 24.4% in 2050)1, relative to the near term projections in the Labor Force Growth, 2000-2010 graph below, it is clear that the science and engineering workforce of the future must come from the ranks of currently under-represented minority groups. Labor Force Growth, 2000-2010 36 37 40

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

these programs overlap somewhat with the Industrial and SystemsEngineering model, sometimes including, for example, coursework on deterministic andstochastic models from operations research, engineering economy, simulation, and reliability.Overlap is also sometimes present with information technology in coursework in softwaresystems engineering.Among these INCOSE like programs, GWU uses Dr. Eisner’s books Essentials of Project andSystems Engineering Management6 and Managing Complex Systems,7 as well as Managing forthe Future1 by Ancona, Engineering Economy24 by Sullivan, and Making Hard Decisions5 byClemen. Textbooks used in core courses at MST include Systems Engineering and Analysis2 byBenjamin S. Blanchard and Wolter J. Fabrycky, Spreadsheet

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. To run theexperiments, virtualization technique is used in building a network in a single physical hostmachine. Multiple virtual machines are created for attacks generation and collection. In eachvirtual machine, a variety of network tools and services are implemented. The virtual machinesexecute the applications just as a normal physical machine would. All of the experimental attacksare confined inside the virtual network. For each attack category, one attack is demonstrated indetailed steps in the project. Furthermore, each student is asked to simulate one attack for eachcategory. The attack traffic traces are analyzed and their attack signatures are extracted. All ofthe analysis results are then used in the design of Snort rule of Snort

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Muktha Jost, North Carolina A&T State University; Tyrette Sherlone Carter, North Carolina A&T State University; Shawn Raquel Watlington, North Carolina A&T State University; Terrie Ruth McManus, Ragsdale High School, Guilford County Schools; Solomon Bililign, North Carolina A&T State University; Terry White Worrell, Guilford County Schools; Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

that is aligned withresearch-based educational practices was used to evaluate the instructional quality of the module.Project DesignThe project provided targeted professional development and a research experience for twocohorts of secondary math and science teachers from the GCS Central Region. Project activities Page 25.936.3included innovative strategies to strengthen educator skills in teaching hands-on NASA-relatedSTEM content. Teachers engaged in Earth System Science research under the mentorship ofexperienced STEM and education graduate students and designed innovative inquiry-based EarthScience teaching modules that are aligned with

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Viktoria Zelenak, University of New Haven; Michael J. Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, course drops, persistence, and graduation rates. Programs tohelp with stress and time management including support services geared toward adult studentssuch as their own orientations, academic and financial aid advisors, peer advisors, and supportstaff and faculty who understand their needs without loss of academic rigor,10 campus day care,families invited to campus events, etc.Additional research supports the hypothesis that the balance adult students face between work,school, family, and other commitments is an additional cause of stress for adult students, but thedifficulty of the coursework was also a factor. A research project in 2009 that surveyed 72 adultgraduate students at Texas State asked students an open-ended question: “_______ are

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2012-3783: STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FROM AN ENVI-RONMENTAL ENGINEERING SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAMDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). She was attracted into environ- mental engineering as a high school student participating in a summer research program at Iowa State University. While at CU, she has mentored more than 30 undergraduate student research projects. Page 25.1186.1 c American

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O. Grondin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

background established, let’s quickly outline how engineering might be described interms of Kagan’s nine dimensions. We have already dealt with the first dimension, that ofprimary interest.The second dimension has to do with sources of evidence. Here we realize that engineers oftenperform projects that run for months or years, and that different questions are asked at differentstages of a project. Generally, the first step of a project requires engineers to understand theintentions of the humans who will be affected by the project. Evidence of the sort normallysought by social scientists and humanists plays important roles in this early stage. The evidencehere may be heavily contextualized as well. Then, as engineers move into the middle phases

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC; John K. Layer, University of Evansville; Sandra L. Dietrich, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial mindset.Entrepreneurially minded engineers (EMEs) are characterized as this emergent class of engineersand act as the drivers of U.S. innovation and competitiveness. EMEs have not necessarily starteda new business (although they may have), they are, most often, working in established small- andmedium-sized firms, many work in Fortune 1000 firms [1].The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN), a collection of twenty-one privateengineering schools across the US, in partnership with Target Training International (TTI), aworldwide leader in personal and professional assessments, is undertaking the KEEN – TTIPerformance DNA Assessment Project. Three well-known and vetted assessments are beingused to identify current students’ skills

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael H.G. Hoffmann, Georgia Institute as Technology; Jason Borenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

engineering ethics education. Thus, we presentone possibility of how this challenge can be met. It is an educational approach that includesfour main components:1) Learning materials that describe a case from a multitude of perspectives2) A different set of learning materials that refer to technologies which are not yet available and that pose unique challenges, especially with regard to identifying and imagining, first of all, possibly involved stakeholders and affected populations3) An educational environment in which small groups of students collaborate on projects and present and discuss the results in class. This component is motivated by research that supports the effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and collaborative learning

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

the importance of sitevisits.IntroductionHigher education institutions (HEI) can no longer operate in isolation. The need for engineeringeducation change has led industry and constituents to question the relevancy of engineeringprograms. According to the analyses conducted by The American Society of MechanicalEngineers1, it is common for engineers to participate in or lead project management teams, whichrequire working knowledge of procurement, financial analysis, sales and marketing, and othernon-technical areas. As a result, updating the program educational objectives and the courseoutcomes is essential for every engineering program.Engineering programs utilize assessment methods that include both direct and indirect measures.Many articles

Conference Session

Computers and Simulation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

reasonable network bandwidth.The project can be separated into three main parts. The first being the web-based tool that allowsstudents the ability to change basic parameters for common engineering problems. The tool alsoplots the results returned from the. The tool must communicate with the server through astandard network protocol, such as HTTP or RTMP (Adobe format) [3] and send basicinformation about the design to the server. The second component in the system is the cluster jobcontrol program. This program is called from the web tool and allocates the cluster resources,sets run conditions, and sends the problem parameters to one of the cluster compute nodes(attached servers). The actual problem calculations are in the third component of the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael C. Reeves P.E., Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.; Andrew B Twarek P.E., Ruby+Associates, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

engineering community and as stewards of society, are primary program constituents.Many engineering programs make use of industry professionals to affirm program educationalobjectives and to provide input about general preparation of engineering graduates. For example,program industry advisory boards need to cyclically affirm overall program educational Page 25.230.3objectives and participate in program strategic planning, and sometimes teams of industryprofessionals participate in evaluation of student learning through capstone projects (Scales etal., 1998; Napper and Hales, 1999). These efforts are more “top level” reviews or evaluations ofthe

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristina M. Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Tammy J. Salmon-Stephens, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Elizabeth Ann Holden, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kim M. Lobdell P.E., KL Engineering, Inc.

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

meet the needs of the 21st century3.ProductThis paper details the work of the recently completed 11th-12th grade outreach program, the firstin the three weekend programs. The context-focused curriculum development framework ispresented, along with an explanation as to how the background support of the existing Women inEngineering, Math and Science Program freed up the time/resources of the curriculumdevelopment team to focus on creating the context-focused engineering curriculum. Thetransportation curriculum leaders from industry and the university are introduced along with abrief summary of their transportation projects and comments about their experiences.Additionally, a sampling of leader and attendee comments from the 11th-12th grade

Collection

2012 ERC

Authors

Van Stephen Blackwood

and engineers - 64 workshops conducted; 195 conferences co-sponsored - Int’l liaison offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America - 227 short-term foreign visitors; 22 personnel exchanges• Foster Revolutionary Basic Research for Air Force Needs - 1327 extramural research grants at 228 U.S. universities - 590 fellowships; 2224 grad students, 344 post-docs on grants - 268 intramural research projects at AFRL, USAFA, AFIT - 96 summer faculty; 50 postdocs/senior scientists at AFRL• Transition Technologies to DOD and Industry - 153 STTR small business - university contracts - 700 funded transitions (follow-on-uses) from FY10 PI data call 6 Shaping the Research

Conference Session

International Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Implementations, and Pedagogical Challenges in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muge Mukaddes Darwish, Texas Tech University; Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University; Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

International

, domesticcompanies shoulder an equal share of foreign competition [24]. LLC, a subsidiary of aTurner/DallasTexas based construction company was recently selected to manage a $160 millionUSD renovation and upgrade project of 6 luxury hotels in the nation of Turkey throughcompetitive bidding [33]. Many foreign companies underbid for domestic construction work andpurchase others through coalitions, as such in the case of CINTRA, one of the largest privatedevelopers of transportation infrastructures in the world. Based in Madrid, Spain, the coalitionformed with ZACHARY, a San Antonio-based Construction Company, work throughcompetition and subcontracting work to that of companies like Technoserve Construction Co.Inc.[5,31,34]Globalization allows companies a

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

engineering; rather, it is based on student interest alone.The chemical engineering computer methods course at Notre Dame is a three-credit, lecture-based course that is taken in the spring of the sophomore year. The course includes majorsemester projects that motivate the selection and timing of computational topics covered in thecourse, which include statistics, differential equations, and optimization. Regular homeworkassignments and exams are used to give students more practice and exposure to computationaltechniques. Applications from junior- and senior-level courses are distilled to their mathematicalcomponent for examples.The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is a medium-sized, Northeastern, publicinstitution whose student body is

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, reactivecontrol, deliberative control, robotic teams, and robot swarms. This topic is covered at a fairlyhigh level and reply video to demonstrate the concepts. The build project focuses upon thedevelopment of the NXT Explorer, which uses reactive controls following a finite state machine.Camp instructors walk each team of students through the program explaining how the systemtransitions between its states.Day 4: The fourth morning focuses on students learning to write their own programs. Up to thispoint, the students have merely downloaded their own programs from NXTPrograms.com3. Forthis final morning, the instructors demonstrate the development of some simple programs usingwhile loops, if/switch blocks, etc. to accomplish some simple goals. The

Conference Session

Epistemic Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jamon W. Opgenorth; Carrie Beth Reardan, Epistemic Games; Nathan Patrick Haggerty, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clayton Guy Lepak

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3103: NEPHROTEX: MEASURING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’WAYS OF PROFESSIONAL THINKING IN A VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPMs. Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison Before becoming interested in education, Golnaz Arastoopour studied mechanical engineering and Span- ish at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. While earning her bachelor’s degree, she worked as a computer science instructor at Campus Middle School for Girls. Along with a team of undergraduates, she headlined a project to develop a unique computer science curriculum for middle school students. She then earned her secondary mathematics teaching certification in New York City at Columbia University. Arastoopour then accepted a position teaching

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, University of Texas; Aceela Muqri, VCU School of Medicine

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

project, we must choose a platform SDK. The platform SDK contains everything that isrequired for developing software for a given platform and operating-system release. The SDK foriOS (like MAC OS X SDK) consists of frameworks, libraries, header files and system tools butincludes a platform-specific compiler and other tools. There is also a separate SDK for iOSSimulator. All SDKs include build settings and project templates appropriate to their platform.Xcode is the engine that powers Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE) for Mac OSX and iOS. It allows us to create and manage projects; and specify platforms, targetrequirements, dependencies, and build configurations. Xcode 5 allows us to write source code ineditors with features such as

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Imelda Olague, New Mexico State University; Ian H Leslie, New Mexico State University; Thomas D. Burton, New Mexico State University; Ricardo R. Torres Knight, University of Chihuahua

Tagged Divisions

International

at NMSU. The proposal was to takeadvantage of the long history of collaboration between these universities and to explore thepossibility to create an innovative cross-border engineering dual degree program challenging thecurrent policies in student mobility, credit transfer, cost of education, cultural adaptation, andlanguage barriers at both institutions. The difficulties posed by this initiative were abundant butthe desire to develop this partnership fueled the initiative and immediately an agenda was set toevaluate the feasibility of this project. Once both parties agreed that a project of this magnitudewould benefit their respective institutions, they moved forward to define the operationalguidelines and administrative requirements to

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lars K. Hansen, University of Texas, San Antonio; Keith Gerard Delahoussaye Jr., University of Texas, San Antonio ; Ruyan Guo, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Platform (ELVIS II Board), the Digilent Electronic Explorer Board (EE Board)also has virtual instrumentation suites for various types of measurements. The two protoboard platforms also comewith an array of web accessible tutorials for protoboard familiarization and learning aid labs for electrical/electronicconcept demonstrations.To evaluate the EE Board, all of the support documents on the homepage were viewed. In addition the three sampleprojects from the homepage were performed. The introductory projects were analyzed for ease of comprehensionand expectation of predicted results. The analysis revealed the project instructions were easy to understand and theresults produced as predicted. Any misinterpretations were addressed as promptly as same

Conference Session

Design Cognition II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don L. Dekker, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

emphasizes creativity and creative problem-solving techniques asked thestudents to develop a list of things that encourage and discourage creativity. These lists arereproduced below.Classroom Things That Encourage Creativity * Projects - grading details unclear, more subjective * Final exam was partially graded on creativity-subjective * Seating variety - more flexible things, less done by habit * Projects - ping pong ball mover, mouse trap powered vehicle, etc * New ideas discussed in class * Interact with different classmates * Meet in different places * Have people lecture who appreciate creativity * Thermo II - creativity graded as part of the design project * "Gallagher" type devices

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gilbert, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, energy management programs, and a survey ofenergy saving opportunities in commercial and industrial facilities. Energy Control Strategiesincorporates spreadsheets, computer programs, and performance simulation software to estimateenergy savings, implementation costs, CO2 reduction, and utility cost savings with theimplementation of energy saving opportunities. Commercial and Industrial Assessmentincorporates utility analysis, on location assessment format, operation of data collectionequipment, and compiling final reports. The Capstone Project provides the real-worldexperience of the entire assessment experience.IntroductionThe sequence of seven courses teaching energy assessment of residential, commercial, and

Conference Session

Information Literacy in Context: Enabling Real World Problem Solving

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Popescu, Princeton University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

proficient working in or directing a team of ethnic and cultural diversity.3. Are able to communicate across cultures.4. Have had a chance to practice engineering in a global context, whether through an international internship, a service-learning opportunity, a virtual global engineering project or some other form of experience.5. Can effectively deal with ethical issues arising from cultural or national differences.Grandin & Hedderich summarize all the nuances of describing global competence in theirchapter “Global Competence for Engineers” as follows: “In sum, an interculturally competentperson understands that all individuals’ views of the world have been unknowingly shaped by

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

improve graduateengineering education through multi-campus approach. A summary of the diversity portion ofthe ERC’s strategic plan and progress in the past three years in relation to the milestones for“High Quality Diversity Effort” is highlighted. The key performance indicators show that ERCthrough its partnering institutions is making measurable impact in capacity building for a STEMworkforce as seen in the broad involvement of underrepresented minority students and faculty incenter activities. Project CARE was used as case example of college transition program that wasimplemented based on the proposed model activities. The results show that Project CAREcontributed to 86% educational growth and performance improvement among URM studentswho

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kahina Lasfer, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3342: A REVIEW OF NON-TENURE-TRACK, FULL-TIME FAC-ULTY AT SYSTEMS CENTRIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (SCSE) PRO-GRAMSKahina Lasfer, Stevens Institute of Technology Kahina Lasfer is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Tech- nology. Her research area is based on analyzing and creating a systems-based approach for the graduate systems engineering education for the 21st century. She participated in many projects at the school of sys- tems and enterprises including a project to create a model curriculum in graduate software engineering. She has a master’s degree in computer engineering. She worked with Lucent Technologies as a Software Developer and Software Designer/Architect

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

graduate school and that if they can do it, then certainly others like them can. This messagehas been very reassuring to students such as the 3.8 GPA student who feels that s/he just isn’treally “smart” enough for graduate school. We also talk about the “imposter syndrome” andstudents are amazed to learn that many students with good GPAs have feelings of inadequacywithout any real cause.V. ProgrammingThe programming and assignments are changed each semester. The “Guaranteed 4.0 Plan” is astaple for the students and the first meeting each semester is devoted to this topic. A new topicthis semester was “mentoring” presented by the project co-PI. The students were encouraged toinvite mentors to help them with different aspects of their lives.In the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mickey R. Wilhelm P.E., University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

engaged in the development of its project, the author, in 2005, wasthe dean of the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville (UofL).He was completely unaware of the NAE project, but was concerned about this problem.His concern was prompted by members of the public regularly commenting to him thathis engineering school was “great,” to which he would reply, “Thanks! Why do you thinkthat our school is great?” From their responses, it became apparent that the reasons forthese opinions were usually grounded in the difficulty of gaining admission to the school,the rigor of the engineering curricula offered, and to the success, or non-success, of therespondent, a relative, or acquaintances in graduating from the school. No