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2012 ERC

Authors

John P Holdren

Highlights in the 2013 Budget Promoting Clean American Energy Energy •$2.3 billion for DOE EERE to: move towardAdvance Critical Energy 1 million advanced technology vehicles on theResearch Efficiency and road; increase the energy productivity of Renewable American industries; and develop new Energy materials for energy efficiency. •$350 million to DOE for support of ARPA-E transformational clean energy and natural gas research. Hydraulic

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2012 ERC

Authors

Kam Ng

Office of Naval Research Basic Research ProgramONR Discovery & Invention 5 Mar 12 Dr. Kam NgDeputy Director of Research (ONR 03R) kam.ng1@navy.mil 703-696-0812 Discovery & Invention Portfolio Undiscovered & Emerging Technologies BROAD 1-25 Years Disruptive

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2012 ERC

Authors

Harriet Kung

: Materials Long-term: realization in reusable and broadly- Testfabrication disseminated software Collection of validated experimental and modeling http://materialsproject.org/ data for broader community use End Use: Software on-line for general community use 23 BES Research FAQs• All research funded at laboratories and universities, including facilities construction and operations, is awarded through a peer-reviewed, merit-based process.• About 1/3 of DOE Office of Science research

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2012 ERC

Authors

Matt Hourihan

gainer (+11%, to $639 million). 30 Agency will seek an 8% increase in new grants Reduced grant duration 15 1% cut to continuing grants 0 No more inflation 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 adjustments

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2012 ERC

Authors

Van Stephen Blackwood

Air Force Research Laboratory AFOSR Overview 5 March 2012 Dr. Van Blackwood Air Force Office of Scientific Research Air Force Research LaboratoryIntegrity  Service  Excellence 1 Happy 6 0 th Birthday AFOSR 1951 - 2011AFOSR Spring Review March 5-9, 2012Arlington VAViewing:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/spring-review-2012http://onlinemediaevent.com/afosrspringreview/Archive:https

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2012 ERC

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Reginald Brothers

2012 ASEE Engineering Research Council (ERC) Annual Conference 21 February 2012 Dr. Reginald Brothers Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ResearchEmerging Technologies Symposium02/21/2012 Page-1 Key Elements of Defense Strategic Guidance • The military will be smaller and leaner, but it will be agile, flexible, ready and technologically

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2012 ERC

Authors

Thomas W Peterson

and Development (NITRD) strategic plan11Education and Workforce $1 M for E2• The directorate emphasizes support for – Expeditions in Education (E2) – CAREER awards – Activities that promote the entry and retention of veterans and other non-traditional students in engineering programs $53 M for CAREER12NSF Investments in WorkforcePrimary focus: Enhancements to Flow (all levels)• K12 Pre-college programs – EHR, EEC, RET• Recruitment of undergraduate Engineers – GI Bill, PEEC• Encouragement to pursue Graduate degrees – REU• Support during graduate studies – GRF, IGERT

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2012 ERC

Authors

Thomas L Doligalski

) thermite B 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 0 20 40 60 80 100 SiO2 content (weight %) Former Army PECASE recipient

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxwell Reid, Auckland University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

codes, data bases and literature, design andconduct experiments to provide valid. The Education Act of 1989 requires teaching inbachelor degree programmes by staff mainly engaged in research, with an emphasis on thegeneral principles and basic knowledge as the basis for self-directed work and learning2.Accreditation is confirmation that an institution or registered provider has shown it is capableof delivering an approved course. . Courses leading to degrees approved by NZQA may onlybe delivered by providers accredited to do so by the New Zealand Qualifications authority(NZQA). The AUT degree programmes conform to the NZQA definitions of a degree in sofar as that our graduates of a Bachelors degree programme are able to: 1. Demonstrate

Conference Session

NEW THIS YEAR! - ASEE Main Plenary II: Best Paper Recognition & Industry Day Session: Corporate Member Council Speaker

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen R. Turns, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

’ acquisition of, and their ability to use, each type ofknowledge. Although this paper discusses how these methods can be applied to a specificthermodynamics course, the principles of instruction can be applied to a variety of engineeringcourses. A graphic overview of the organization of this paper and key points from each sectionare shown in Table 1.A Framework of Student Cognition: Three Categories of Knowledge The knowledge used during problem solving can be broken into different categories.1,2Pol et al.3, for example, identify declarative, procedural, and strategic knowledge as the types ofknowledge required for problem solving. Mayer and Wittrock4 listed six separate categories intheir description of the knowledge needed for problem solving

Conference Session

NEW THIS YEAR! - ASEE Main Plenary II: Best Paper Recognition & Industry Day Session: Corporate Member Council Speaker

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Palmer, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

engineering projects. The National Academyof Engineering [1, 2] argues that the “Engineer of 2020” must not only be technically capable, butalso be able to understand the contextual requirements and consequences of their work.ABET program accreditation criteria[3] promote contextual engineering practice in several of itsoutcomes criteria [italics added]: (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

and project management – Page 25.522.2Program and project management as a process has multiple activities. A simple perspective asksa number of questions, around which are processes to further define the specific instantiation ofthe application of the program management methodology. In this scenario, program and projectmanagement has been used as a tool to define a research-based tier 1 university’s organizationfor professional studies.In defining the roles and responsibilities, the basic work definition questions to be addressedfollowing a program management process are1:  What is the target organization being asked to do?  What

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lynn Ogletree, San Jacinto College; Anthony Zippay, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

results demonstrate that a compelling communications campaign canincrease awareness of a program among the targeted audience as well as transmit the excitementof participation from key stakeholders to a larger community. Page 25.523.2   1  IntroductionThe development of a comprehensive user-friendly database and reporting system that facilitatesthe collection of up-to-the-minute marketing research is fundamental to creating a successfulrecruiting campaign. Marketing research enhances the effectiveness of making critical decisionsabout the direction and implementation of a recruiting plan through providing a

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A. Meadows, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Elizabeth S. Hildinger, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

at justover 30 percent in 2002, but has recently declined despite increasing national trends, settling atabout 23 percent. Under-represented minority (URM) student enrollment has also declined sincereaching a high in 2001of approximately 15 percent. These trends are presented in Figure 1, andshow a slight recovery in URM enrollment in the past two years, although this increase in URMenrollment is not as high as the national trend (greater than 15%). "#-./# "#01234# (!"# !"#$"%&'()'*%$(+,%-'./011' '!"# &

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

XXVI XXVII XXVIII Other ways of counting Number operations [(5!)/12]+2 IX . III (same as 9 x 3; “.” Stands for multiplication operator) 44/2 (or 66/3, etc.: infinite # of solutions) 20+2 (or 19+3, etc.: infinite number of solutions) (Or other possibilities such as 18+4, 19+3, 20+1+1, 20+4-2, 4+8+3+7) 2.2 x 10 XXIX – II + 1 (using Roman letters for 29 and 2, and adding the number 1; the is total 28) XXX – III + 1 (again, using Roman

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W. Goodman, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

that provides realistic images of physical equipment and their operation. Thecontrol labs are considerably different, in addition to providing both simulation and physical(hands-on) wiring and connecting opportunities, they are much less structured and provide open-ended guidelines rather than step-by-step procedures because the safety concerns associated withthe power labs are much lower for controls. Due to equipment availability there is only onephysical lab devoted to the PLC content, as opposed to four simulations discussed later. Thehands-on lab requires students to physically connect a PLC to several output lights on a four-waytraffic light, see Figure 1. The students are give a pin-out table and timing specifications andmust wire

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

-worldenvironment, as well as additional design problems based on design methods and actual solutionsat real facilities. Accompanying supplementary and background information promotes increasedinquiry-based or student-centered learning, better addresses students’ real world expectations,and leads to an increase in overall student engagement. A Phase 1 grant allowed for thedevelopment and repeated formative assessment of a single scenario, leading to the current Phase2 grant.To test the Scenario concept, material was originally generated around the engineering facilitiesof Minnesota State University Mankato (MSU), located in southern Minnesota. Thissupplemental material was designed for dissemination in an electronic format and for use withstandard

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

levels inwhich certain groups have been traditionally marginalized or underrepresented in colleges,universities, and the workforce [1]. As we introduce engineering into K-12 education, we mustwork vigilantly to ensure from its inception that such patterns are not prevalent at this level.Though little research has been done looking at young children’s interest in engineering at anearly age—exposure to engineering in elementary schools in the United States has been minimalat best—research on children’s interest in and attitudes towards science is informative becauseengineering and science tend to be associated. Research has concluded that it is necessary toaddress disparities in access and exposure to science at an early age because students

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

section fivewith conclusions about the effectiveness of the exercise and its future use presented in section six.1. Critical thinking instruction in Introduction to EngineeringThe university has adopted the Paul-Elder1 framework for its critical thinking model. By adopting thisframework, faculty throughout the university will use the same language (Paul-Elder is disciplineneutral) and it is hoped students will better recognize the critical thinking aspects that are implicitly apart of most courses. The Paul-Elder framework is shown in figure 1. The framework includesstandards, elements, and traits. The elements are the elements of thought; they can be used todecompose any critical thinking into its constituent components: “what are the

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lacey Jane Bodnar, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jacqueline Q. Hodge, Texas A&M University; Travis Austin Smith, Engineering Student Services and Academic Programs; Jesus A. Orozco; Joshua Grant Corso; Cristian R. Sanchez; Jillian Kathleen Freise, Texas A&M ELLC Children's Museum; Hannah Ringler, Texas A&M University; Ivan Cortes, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engaging Freshman in Team Based Engineering ProjectsIntroductionResearch demonstrates that early involvement in engineering projects during a student’sfreshman year increases his / her interest, excitement, and retention in engineering.1-5 To meetthe need for retaining engineering students, the Engineering Student Services and AcademicPrograms (ESSAP) Office at Texas A&M University initiated a team based FreshmanEngineering Project (FEP) Program, in collaboration with community sponsors. This program isa continuation of a previous program at Texas A&M, known as the Space Engineering Institute(SEI).1 The current FEP program utilizes a similar educational paradigm as SEI

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Huff, Smith College; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Lucy McAuliffe, Smith College; Sonia K. Ellis, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

literacy.II. IntroductionThere is a global need for technologically literate citizens. Although some groups haverecognized the value of technological literacy, it has not yet become a priority in our society.The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) holds, “The idea that all Americans should bebetter prepared to navigate our highly technological world has been advocated by manyindividuals and groups for years…Nevertheless, the issue of technological literacy is virtuallyinvisible on the national agenda. This is especially disturbing in a time when technology is adominant force in society”1. The International Technology and Engineering EducatorsAssociation (ITEEA) shares this view on an emphasized need for technological literacy. “We area nation

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

improve the success of underrepresentedstudents in the engineering profession.1. IntroductionCommunity colleges serve as the gateway to higher education for large numbers of students in theU.S., especially minority and low-income students. Yet for many students, the community college Page 25.532.2gateway does not lead to success. Only one in four students wanting to transfer or earn adegree/certificate did so within six years, according to a recent study of California communitycolleges1 (Shulock & Moore, 2010). African American and Hispanic students have even lowerrates of completion. According to the study, only 14% of African American

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Farmer, UTeachEngineering; David T. Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa Guerra, NASA

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

solving suchchallenges, they rarely have the same representation of that process in mind. Recognizing theneed for a standardized representation of this process to structure students’ experiences, the teamundertook to clearly articulate such a representation. This effort, which is described by theauthors in a related paper10, resulted in the development of a unique, multi-level representation(Figure 1) that is accessible to high school students, applicable in engineering teacher preparationcourses, and authentic to the experience of professional engineers. Page 25.533.4Figure 1 – The UTeachEngineering representation of the engineering design

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Ordel Brown Ph.D., West Virginia University; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

andtechnical papers which not only inform their research11,12 but provide high quality examples ofvarious types of technical communication13.The first engineering problem solving course that first-year students take at West VirginiaUniversity, a large land-grant university in the mid-Atlantic region, requires students to write atleast two technical reports. Students, typically, have difficulty with the following: (1)understanding the parts of a technical report; (2) defining and avoiding plagiarism; (3) evaluatingtheir online sources; and (4) finding appropriate sources from which to perform a literaturesearch for background information on their assigned topic.To address these issues, engineering faculty collaborated with campus librarians14,15 to: (1

Conference Session

Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

Tagged Divisions

International

offers 26 undergraduate degree programs including electrical and telecommunicationengineering and electrical and electronic engineering. It is one of the top ten private universitiesin Bangladesh5. All of them follow very similar admission policies. As an example, theadmission eligibility of East-West University (EWU) is reported here.1. Minimum GPA of 2.50 in both SSC (Secondary School Certificate, after 10 years) and HSCExaminations. Or, At least one first division either in SSC or in HSC. No third division isallowed. (Students must have Mathematics and Physics in HSC or A level) or2. GCE “O” Level in 5 subjects and “A” Level in 2 subjects with at least 4 B‟s and 3 C‟s; or3. American High School Diploma, and4. Acceptable EWU Admission Test

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Boynton P.E., Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

commonly foundlocally – including careers such as engineering that offer entrepreneurial frameworks that couldgenerate local economic development. Page 25.536.2 Figure 1: Map of the Appalachian region of the United StatesDespite the economic and educational struggles facing the Appalachian region, little research hasbeen done regarding the vocational developments of rural Appalachian students2, and no studiesidentifying barriers that limit engineering in particular as a career choice for this population havebeen identified. As described in detail later in this paper, the work that has been done regardingvocational choice in rural

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O. Grondin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

; • importance to national economy; • criteria by which work is judged to be beautiful.He then used these dimensions to compare and contrast natural science, social science and thehumanities by constructing a table in which the nine dimensions are the rows and the threecultures are the columns. We reproduce it here as Table 1. All the wording is direct fromKagan.Table 1. Kagan’s comparison of the three cultures (natural science, social science and thehumanities).Dimension Natural science Social science HumanitiesPrimary Prediction & Prediction & An understanding of humaninterests explanation of explanation of reactions to events and the all natural human behaviors meaning humans

Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Y. Santiago, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

lack interest in the subject. Additional explanations are considered and presented,as well as the implications for potential intervention programs to address increasing studentinterest as well as academic success in engineering.The percentage of students who leave engineering and who also leave the university is a sourceof concern for both engineering and university administrators. Influencing factors for leavingboth engineering and the university are explored and presented. Page 25.538.2IntroductionThe United States is in need for well-qualified engineers. Obtaining high education degrees hasbeen linked to economic growth and prosperity.1

Conference Session

Standards and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rodney L. Custer, Black Hills State University; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Daniel A. Spake, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

25.539.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engineering Concept Assessment: Design & DevelopmentIntroductionWhile much of the focus on K-12 STEM education has concentrated on science andmathematics, engineering is increasingly seen as a viable educational approach. Some of thereasons include that engineering (a) provides authentic educational problem solving contexts formathematics and science; (b) may increase the number of students interested in STEM areas,particularly from underrepresented populations 1; and (c) might facilitate the technologicalliteracy of all students2. In 2009, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) convened aCommittee on K-12 Engineering Education resulting

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonya Bond Overstreet, EMH&T

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Civil 3Dtechnical support system. Figure 1 shows a general timeline of the overall implementation plan. Page 25.540.3Figure 1 AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Implementation Timeline 2007 2008 2010 2011 2009 Initial Developed Complete Conduct Complete Investigation Corporate AutoCAD® AutoCAD® AutoCAD® of