Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interdisciplinarity based on gender and disciplinary affiliation. Themotivation for this study is due to the gap in the literature regarding the evaluation ofinterdisciplinary work and the increase in the number of interdisciplinary undergraduateengineering programs and courses. In addition, research indicates female students give greaterattention to context in a design problem than their male counterparts, and therefore, could havedifferent experiences in interdisciplinary programs, which are context-focused. Literature hasalso indicated potential barriers to a student’s interdisciplinary understanding exist due to thestudent’s affiliation with a particular engineering discipline.An open-ended questionnaire was used to gain an understanding of the

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Chia-Lin Tsai, University of Missouri; Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

Engineering award due to her efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of under-represented students in engineering.Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University BARBARA BOGUE is Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Women in Engineering. She is Co-Director of AWE and AWISE. Her research interests include recruitment and retention of women in engineering, assessment and career development.Chia-Lin Tsai, University of MissouriFleur Gooden, Virginia Tech FLEUR N. GOODEN is a graduate assistant in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her B.S. in Computer Science and

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

% - - C 12.5% - 20%A:  90%; A-: 88, 89; B+: 85 – 87%; B: 80 – 84; C+: 75 – 79; C: 70 – 74%; D: 60 –69%; F  60Reflection:  Students have performed very well in this course.5. ABET Outcomes AssessmentCriterion 3 ABET outcomes applicable for this course are as listed below.RMU graduates have:(1): an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering(3): an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs(5): an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems(7): an ability to communicate effectively(8): the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in aglobal societal contextManufacturing Engineering track

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

RCR. One of the significant hurdlesfaced by those wishing to develop such an instrument is that STEM researchers, even thoseresiding and working in the U.S., represent a distinctly diverse group. Possible confoundingvariables include native language, education, or literacy. For example, one important issue inthis regard is that STEM researchers’ fluency in English can vary widely. This is crucial intesting for ethical sensitivity given that these tests typically rely on an individual's ability to read,interpret and respond to a vignette. We have designed an ethical sensitivity instrument thatattempts to mitigate some of these factors, thus giving us a more accurate assessment of anindividual's ethical sensitivity to RCR

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qaiser Malik, Michigan State University; Punya Mishra, MSU; Michael Shanblatt, MSU

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Educational Research and Methods

: Note: Students were given the understanding of current divider rules in series, parallel networks. This problem is the application of these concepts and their inter-relationship. Students had not seen a similar problem before.Data Collection: The class survey was tested for reliability and validity before it was used fordata collection. The items were reviewed several times by the researchers and the departmentfaculty for their structure, simplicity and intended meaning. It was then pilot tested on five upperlevel graduate students. Items were revised many times and some were rewritten based on thefeedback from the faculty and the students. After obtaining approval from the

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

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International

. Page 15.33.1 Dr. Olusina was awarded the best graduating student of Department of Surveying, University of Lagos in 1990 and Federal Government of Nigeria’s Scholarship for his M.Sc. in 1995. He is a member of many professional organizations in Nigeria and has many publications to his credit.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 He is married with children.Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman Dr. Francis Derby obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he specialized in cadastral systems and Geographic Information Systems. He is currently Associate Professor of Surveying and Geographic Information Systems at The

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Darryl G. Thelen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Klingenberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and facultyperspectives from the 2007-08 course projects. These surveys were designed to establish abaseline for the project and used selected questions from the UW-Madison campus’ NationalSurvey of Student Engagement, Academic Pathways of People Learning Engineering Survey(APPLES), and Educational Benchmarking, Inc (EBI). While these assessment data have notbeen significant in determining impact on the desired outcomes, it has identified those courses, inand outside of the initiative that are contributing to the goals of the EB2. For example, surveyresults indicate that students found a number of courses outside of specific EB2 funded projectsalso contributed to their development of the EB2 specific project course goals.At regular intervals

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Anthony, Tennessee Technological University; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Tech University; Sally Pardue, Tennessee Tech University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Evangelynn Thurber, Cookeville High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

immerses high school mathematics and science teachers into the design andprocesses of engineering research. Teachers conduct their research alongside engineeringstudents (undergraduate and graduate) with supervision from engineering faculty in variousdisciplines (mechanical, chemical, etc.). Of central importance to the project team is how tofoster the translation of that research into practice, specifically into the high school mathematicsand science curriculum. This paper explores the viability and flexibility of the Legacy Cycle as avehicle to (1) train teachers to be researchers, and (2) as a planning and implementation modelteachers can use to take engineering concepts and research into their classrooms.RETainUS is designed so that teachers

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety

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International

mobility has imposed as a fact of life for researchers and teachers atgraduation level. Not to mention the necessary new competencies of educators such as:evaluation management; development competencies; communication skills; teamwork; ethicsand intercultural competencies. So this program has been designed to fulfill this lack ofengineering educators.The Port Engineering Program – The most recent one developed and implemented byCOPEC’s team, which is a program designed and implemented at Master of Science and theDoctor of Philosophy level very proper for the time and geographical region once there is thelargest seaport of Latin America [09].10. Study AbroadIn Brazil: It is a project that brings to Brazil students from abroad in a program of 15

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

point toward other possible, heretofore unknown,elements of the role concept of STEM researchers.In this paper, we describe the design of our instrument and examine the results of our pilot study Page 15.204.4among a multi-national body of STEM graduate students. We also discuss possible applicationsof our instrument to the study of research integrity and for the assessment of pedagogicalapproaches to responsible conduct of research.II. MethodInventory DevelopmentOur multidisciplinary team of researchers utilized a modified Delphi approach to identifystatements that could be used to measure the constructs of authority, responsibility, autonomy

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Jane Leung, University of Calgary

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

impacts of their work as professional engineers. The design challenges arestructured to take advantage of the large class size through project management trainingand multi-faceted project outcomes.The Capstone project for the 2009/2010 academic year is a collaboration with TheMustardSeed (hereafter MS), a non-profit outreach group that runs shelters, food andclothing banks and education and retraining programs for the homeless. The partnershipis aimed at assisting the MS’s educational division with GED studies and life skills. Asmany of the clients of the MS have difficulties with focus and with understanding andrelating to material, the students’ challenge will be to use their engineering knowledge todevelop physical or computer-based aids

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Misty Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Hal R. Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates, Inc.; David Woehr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida

possible toextend their success to have a significant impact on the development of team skills in highereducation. The web-based systems are used by over 700 faculty at over 200 institutionsinternationally.This paper and its accompanying poster will describe strategies for broadening the scope of thosetools into a complete system for the management of teamwork in undergraduate education. TheSystem for the Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, and Remediation ofTeamwork (SMARTER Teamwork) has three specific goals: 1) to equip students to work inteams by providing them with training and feedback, 2) to equip faculty to manage student teamsby providing them with information and tools to facilitate best practices, and 3) to

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

stand improved the project experiencein several ways: 1. Water turbines could compete side-by-side for head-to-head competition. 2. It doubled throughput by allowing two teams to setup and test simultaneously. 3. It could be used in the center of the room to allow maximum viewing by the entire class. Students directly observe the outcomes for their design decisions. 4. It provided a positive role model for a device that had been created by students to meet a specific need. 5. It recycled water, conserving resources.Although the credit hour change and the sequencing of the course would likely have some effecton overall outcome of the course, they were not individually investigated. This research

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

design projects. Specifically,since learning occurs in the context of a design project the question asked is "do the specificcontext and details of the design project impact the course outcomes?" To determine if certaintypes or classifications of design projects lead to more or less successful capstone designexperiences for students, six years of evaluation data on electrical engineering capstone designprojects at a large, public research university were reviewed. Additionally transcripts from fouryears of an end-of-semester “after action review” of a capstone design course by faculty,students, and teaching assistants were reviewed as well as artifacts from design projects ifavailable.Previous Work on Design Project Characterization and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Anne D'Agostino, Compass Consulting, LLC; Ed Maxa, North Carolina Cooperative Extension; Kate Guerdat, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

North Carolina State University. She provides statewide training and curriculum assistance for counties in 4-H delivery modes and conducts research on best practices of 4-H delivery strategies for youth development programming in order to develop and deliver training to County providers. Page 15.671.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Impacts of Engineering in 4-H After-School ProgramsAbstractTechXcite is an informal, project-based engineering program for middle school students beingimplemented initially in after-school settings. The program is a partnership between the PrattSchool of

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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YoonJung Cho; Sohum Sohoni; Donald P. French

want graduate students for their research program and which graduate students„need‟ funding, irrespective of whether they are qualified or prepared to be GTAs, teachingquality among beginning GTAs can be extremely uneven. GTAs often receive no or littlesystematic training[10-13], and are unprepared to take on their teaching responsibilities due to lack Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3of exposure to the best practices in teaching and classroom management[14-15]. At the institutionunder study, international GTAs must pass an exam and receive some training on culture

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manjusha Saraswathiamma, North Dakota State University; Kathy Enger, North Dakota State University; Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Achinthya Bazebaruah, North Dakota State University; Bruce Schumacher, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

questionnaire. Except for profiles of old or deceased engineers, all participants wereasked similar questions. These questions sought information on various topics, including: whatfemale engineers do; why these women had selected the engineering profession; what thesewomen considered the best parts of the profession; what challenges female engineers face; andhow being an engineer impacts a female’s family, dreams, goals, inspiration, hobbies and Page 15.367.6schooldays. The website also offers advice to girls wanting to be an engineer.Questions posed to the 123 participants became sub-questions related to the research questions ofthis study. Each major

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javarro Russell, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Megan France, James Madison University; Ronald Kander, James Madison University; Robin Anderson, James Madison University; Heather Watson, James Madison University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-866: INCORPORATING PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) IN AFRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSE: METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING ANDASSESSING PBL PROJECTSJavarro Russell, James Madison University JAVARRO RUSSELL is a doctoral student in the Assessment and Measurement program at James Madison University. As a Graduate Assistant for the Center for Assessment and Research Studies, he serves as an assessment consultant to academic programs. In this role, he provides guidance in assessment design and guidance in analyzing assessment results. He also serves as a coordinator of large scale assessments at the university. His research interests are Assessment and Public Policy, Use of Assessment Results, and

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 15.977.3Research Design and Metric Development 3 After exploring appropriate metrics in engineering and business education that measurestudents’ preparedness for global workforces and discovering that there are no such metrics, theresearcher sought to design a measure to measure these important constructs. The engineeringand business fields were chosen to be measured and compared as they are two career areas wherepreparedness for global marketplaces is critically important. Prior to designing the domain specific instruments for business and engineering, theresearcher was closely involved with an international research group that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Clayson, Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education; P K Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

,Inc. Page 15.906.142. Abraham, N.S. & Abulencia, J.P. (2010). Use of the LITEE Lorn Manufacturing Case Studyin a Senior Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory, Journal of STEM Education:Innovations and Research. Accepted for publication.3. Brumm, T.J., Ellerston, A., Fisher, D., & Mickelson, S.K. (2004). Practicing Omega:Addressing Learning Outcomes in an On-line Case Simulation. Proceedings of the 2004American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.4. Connolly, P. (2010). The Application of an Engineering Design and Information SystemsCase Study in a Senior Level Product Data Management Course

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Stepler, Pennsylvania State University; Steve Garguilo, Johnson & Johnson Inc.; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

and compliance mechanisms for the various stakeholders. Evaluating legal and liability issues related to technology-transfer and ensuring privacy for the patients.Biomedical Device Design Teams: A junior-level bioengineering class (BIOE 401: Introductionto Biomedical Research and Design) with 48 students worked on the design of the inexpensivebiomedical devices based on virtual instrumentation. The biomedical devices included astethoscope, adult weighing scale, thermometer, infant weighing scale, pulse monitor,spirometer, and blood pressure measuring device. Student teams with six members used finiteelement analysis and rigorous design methodologies to design the devices. They constructed andtested the prototypes and the students

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky

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Design in Engineering Education

Internet as well as experienced in FIEworkshops. The author has adapted/developed evaluation rubrics to grade the reports andpresentations. Finally a rubric to evaluate the students’ performance and their projects on thefinal showcase has been developed. Graduate students, faculty, and industrial advisors have usedthis rubric now for several semesters to find the best-presented project of the showcase.The author hopes that the full set of outlines along with evaluation rubrics stimulate ideas in thecommunity to develop new and better means of teaching and evaluating the technical as well asprofessional skills needed by our graduating seniors.IntroductionSenior Design or Capstone courses are common for most engineering degrees. These coursesprovide

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Tech; Yong Han Ahn, East Carolina University; Hyun IK Shin, Kumoh National Instute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

≠ Lowering ecosystem impact caused by construction activities.To achieve the above benefits, it is very important that every stake holder on a constructionproject including designers, engineers, project managers, superintendents, project engineers, andskilled and unskilled laborers have knowledge and skills of sustainable design strategies andtechnologies. Therefore, it is necessary to educate and change construction stakeholders’attitudes toward sustainability.Higher education for construction and architecture students is an ideal mechanism for changingthe paradigm and practices because the students become the leaders in the construction industry[4, 9, 10 & 11]. Thus, it is necessary to emphasize sustainable education in higher

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken

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Electrical and Computer

acquire “practical”, hands-on research experience, for example, withexperiment design, data reduction, and instrumentation, and a variety of skills ranging from themundane, for example, machining of parts and soldering, to advanced, for example, computerdata reduction and simulation. These also can lead to a better appreciation, passion, andambition for the engineering/scientific profession and associated graduate education and/or career.The students tend to acquire a better understanding of how technology fits into and sometimesconflicts with the societal infrastructure, for example, with environmental, health/safety, andeconomic issues.Students also acquire skills in problem solving. The research is truly “original”, and frequentlypresents new

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy

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Educational Research and Methods

perspective on classroom experiencesand being on campus for four years students have had more time to develop relationships withfaculty.DiscussionBy examining the student perspective, this research provides further insight into the role facultyplay in student engagement in learning during undergraduate careers. Framed in self-determination theory (SDT), results show students initially describe faculty behaviors aspositively contributing to student‟s autonomy, competence, and relatedness beliefs although theybecome neutral or negative at various points in time. A primary implication for practice is theneed for faculty, across all four years, to consider the potential impact of their behaviors asnegatively contributing to student motivation.The key

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-796: THE ENGINEER: A TREE OR A PRODUCT?Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island Dr. Trivett is a graduated with a Doctor of Science Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint program in Oceanographic Engineering and a bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Dalhousie University. His research has ranged from development of new ocean sensors for monitoring flow and turbulence in the ocean, to the design of numerous environmental technologies for small technology business in Atlantic Canada. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Prince Edward Island where his primary focus is teaching

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Post, Bradley University; Shankar Seetharaman, Bradley University; Sree Abimannan, Bradley University

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Aerospace

assigned based on the efficiency of each team in using the resourcesavailable to them, as measured in the amount of “Bradley Bucks” they spent to complete theproject. Note that it is easy to create money for these projects by downloading the template forMonopoly Money from Hasbro2 and Photoshopping in the faces of professors in yourdepartment. Printing on brightly colored paper works well to discourage counterfeiting.While the rocket project was quite successful and well-liked by the students, it has the limitationof that the best rockets end up all looking the same, as the primary design variables available tothe student are the size of the fins and the amount of weight in the nose cone.To improve upon this, a new project has been designed. The

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Eisner, George Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

functions and sub-functions, and b. The columns show the alternative architectures under consideration. Typically, the procedure recognizes three basic types of alternatives. These are a low cost approach, a high-effectiveness approach, and a best value (or knee-of-the-curve) approach c. The cell entries show the design choices that are made by the architecting team for each sub-function and each alternative architectureThis table is the short form method of synthesizing three alternative architectures, each of whichrepresents an attempt to find the appropriate cost-effective solutionAnalysis. A different table is developed for this step: a. The rows list the criteria that will be used to evaluate the three alternative

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janus Liang, Yung-Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce

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Manufacturing

instructor) that can take place in a blended web-based learning environment. None of three modes of interaction function independently in practice. Meanwhile, the web-based theories are to focus on the learning process, instructional design, and the technology to understand the relative effectiveness of the delivery method.(3) The result of this research that requests for web-based learning courses need to become more of a reality, particularly in the courses of manufacturing field. Furthermore, the studies are required in the future where various types of interaction can occur in order to develop learners’ achievements, attitudes and collaborative necessary for different professional course learning through adaptive designed

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

deals with, for example, deeper contextuallearning and open-ended design/problem-solving. With deep experiences in all four areas ofSTEM, our K-5 MST graduates have high content knowledge and high skill levels in STEM,resulting in overall higher teacher effectiveness. Perhaps more importantly, MST programgraduates have comfort (low anxiety) in a broad set of subjects and experiences.In this paper we give a detailed description of (i) the K-5 MST program, (ii) a brief overviewof a quantitative characterization of the program and (iii) unique research topics madepossible with our K-5 STEM graduates and their students.Summary:The K-5 MST program at our institution offers a unique opportunity both for increasingteacher effectiveness and K-5 student