Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

they are trying to do. When a Page 15.1391.8 person first comes to you and says what they want, [it] may not actually be the solution that they need. It is really up to us to try to understand what you are trying to achieve and then have an open mind to consider the possible options. That’s one that I think is a big oneFor most engineers in our study, meeting with clients or colleagues and trying to determine theirneeds was a challenging and satisfying part of their work lives, as this engineer’s experienceillustrates: I like meeting with the clients and hearing what they have to say and either agreeing with

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

experience.Teachers were given 10 min to draw an engineer (previously they were asked to close their eyesand imagine an engineer at work) on a sheet of paper (directions were read to the teachers andalso provided in writing in the sheet of paper). Once they had completed their drawings, teacherswere given 15 min to answer three question prompts (read by a facilitator and projected on thescreen for the whole audience to see them during the entire 15 min) related to what they haddrawn: 1) Describe what the engineer is doing in your drawing. Write at least two sentences. 2)List at least three words/phrases that come to mind when you think of an engineer. 3) What kindsof things do you think an engineer does on a typical day? List at least three things

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University; G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University; Bo Baker, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Nancy George, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2010-623: SUMMER ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE FOR GIRLS (SEE): ANEVOLVING HANDS-ON ROLE FOR THE ENGINEERING LIBRARIANDonna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University Donna Beck is the Engineering librarian at the Engineering and Science Library of Carnegie Mellon University. She received her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2009, she served as President of the SLA Pittsburgh Chapter. She was the winner of the 2007 IEEE Continuing Education Stipend, administered by the SLA Engineering Division.G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University G. Lynn Berard is Principal Librarian at the Engineering & Science Library at Carnegie Mellon University, where she managed the science libraries for 20+ years. She

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education

perspectives ondevelopment, helping, community, and the need to listen. Those interactions catalyzed severalquestions: What kind of curricular journey can help students to change their beliefs and attitudestowards development? How could engineering students learn to position and assess their ownknowledge and question their desires to help, while finding value in building relationships andlearning from local knowledges? With these questions in mind we set out to develop and Page 15.475.11implement a course entitled Engineering and Sustainable Community Development. After oneyear of research and preparation, a team of faculty from the liberal arts

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

provided in Table 1. Given the apparent success of this method of introducing freshmen engineers toadvanced topics in engineering theory, I believe it would be beneficial to expect designgroups to carry out more advanced engineering calculations in the future. Although itmay demand extra time and effort to introduce students to topics of greater complexity,the freshmen engineering design project seems to be the perfect method of instillingabstract mathematical and physical concepts in the minds of young engineers by havingthem incorporate more advanced concepts into their mathematical models. I have nodoubt that the chemical engineers from this past fall’s ENES 101 class will have a mucheasier time grasping convective heat transfer

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsey Jenkins-Stark, Iridescent; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2220: ENGINEERS AS TEACHERS: HELPING ENGINEERS BRINGCUTTING EDGE SCIENCE TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIESLindsey Jenkins-Stark, IridescentTara Chklovski, Iridescent Page 15.501.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 K-12 Pre-Engineering Education Engineers as Teachers: Helping Engineers Bring Cutting Edge Science to Underserved CommunitiesAbstractThere is growing concern among the scientific community that the United States is not preparinga diverse enough group of students, in the areas of science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM). The percentage of bachelor’s degrees in STEM awarded

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dwayne Henclewood, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mshadoni Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Angshuman Guin, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Council of Sections

AC 2010-2292: BUILDING ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGHTRANSPORTATION (BEAT): A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PROGRAM FORHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMichael Hunter, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Michael Hunter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on transportation design, operations, and signal control. Dr. Hunter conducts research in the areas of transportation simulation, operations, and performance evaluations. Dr. Hunter as has several years experience as a traffic engineer with an engineering consulting firm.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Marion C

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taylor Martin, University of Texas, Austin; Tom Benton, University of Texas, Austin; William McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Pat Ko, University of Texas at Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

InstructionExperts agree that high school engineering should be centered around design (Katehi etal., 2009). Therefore, we adapted the SL Cycle of CBI to support Design BasedInstruction (DBI) by creating a cycle that was suited for addressing design challenges Page Page15.1277.11rather than problem solving challenges (See Figure 2). 15.1277.8Teachers will generally enter the DBI cycle with some idea in mind of a classroomactivity they would like to further develop, or with

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters; Lauren Miller, NASA Headquarters

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Aerospace

technicallycomplex, highly significant scientific programs. Even though these professionals are highlyproficient in traditional analytical competencies, there is a unique opportunity to offer continuingeducation that further enhances their overall scientific minds. With a goal of maintaining theAgency’s passionate, “best in class” engineering workforce, the NASA Academy ofProgram/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL) provides educational resourcesencouraging foundational learning, professional development, and knowledge sharing. NASAAPPEL is currently partnering with the scientific community’s most respected subject matterexperts to expand its engineering curriculum beyond the analytics and specialized subsystems inthe areas of: understanding NASA’s

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Barbara E. Mizdail

continuedinterest in serving as productive contributors in our continuously changing world. These firstyear engineers demonstrated that they are up to the challenge.Appendix A: Four phases of Technical Project Management2Phase I - Conception PhaseActivity 1: Select the Project a. Choose a Project – Brainstorm with others to choose a project b. Select one of the proposed projects or suggest another project. Come up with a concept first formulated in the mind of one or more persons. It may be a concept that can be designed or developed immediately, or it may require further study.Activity 2: Organize a Team a. Choose 2 – 4 class members/TeamActivity 3: Initiate conception Phase Documents a

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

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Barbara E. Mizdail

continuedinterest in serving as productive contributors in our continuously changing world. These firstyear engineers demonstrated that they are up to the challenge.Appendix A: Four phases of Technical Project Management2Phase I - Conception PhaseActivity 1: Select the Project a. Choose a Project – Brainstorm with others to choose a project b. Select one of the proposed projects or suggest another project. Come up with a concept first formulated in the mind of one or more persons. It may be a concept that can be designed or developed immediately, or it may require further study.Activity 2: Organize a Team a. Choose 2 – 4 class members/TeamActivity 3: Initiate conception Phase Documents a

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luciano Boglione, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Engineering Technology

Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Designing Printed Circuit Boards for Microwave Engineering Applications: a Teaching Tool for Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractThis paper will present the results stemming from an undergraduate course in MicrowaveEngineering Technology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. An opportunity toexperience the complete process of designing a microwave circuit with printed circuit board(PCB) technology was made possible by a grant provided by the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology Department Heads Association (ECETDHA). The financial support hasallowed the students to apply the theory that is part of the class syllabus to a practical

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Gary Riggins, Virginia Tech

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International

AC 2010-2064: A WORKSHOP FOR INDIAN ENGINEERING FACULTY UNDERTHE INDO-US COLLABORATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONVinod Lohani, Virginia Tech Vinod K Lohani is an associate professor in the Engineering Education Department (EngE) and an adjunct faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He received a PhD in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1995. 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 major curriculum reform project (2004-09), funded under the department-level reform program of the NSF, at Virginia Tech. A spiral curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Monica Elser, Arizona State University; Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Jay Golden, Ph.D., is a faculty member in ASU’s School of Sustainability and codirector of the; James Middleton, Arizona State University; Sharon Robinson Kurpius

AC 2010-2280: LEARNING THROUGH ENGINEERING DESIGN ANDPRACTICE: IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLENGINEERING-EDUCATION PROGRAMTirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Arizona State University. He has degrees and experience in engineering, computer science, and education. He has brought this experience to bear in previous research that examined the use of technologies in K-12 settings with diverse students. He has worked with the Children’s Museum of Houston on the development and implementation of Robotics-based STEM programming for urban youth. He is the Principal Investigator of the National

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-2149: MAXIMIZING BENEFITS OF SERVICE-LEARNING INENGINEERINGLinda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, LowellJohn Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Page 15.858.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Maximizing Benefits of Service-Learning in Engineering  AbstractAre engineering educators maximizing the benefits of service-learning to students, community,faculty, and institutions? Are we collectively converging on desired goals of service-learning asa pedagogy/philosophy that take full advantage of the benefits elucidated by research?A commonly utilized definition of service-learning is “a credit-bearing, educational experiencein which

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Elliott Butay, Oral Roberts University; Ben Hase, Oral Roberts University; Sean McDonough, Oral Roberts University; Taylor Tryon, Oral Roberts University; Joshua Weed, Oral Roberts University

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Engineering Ethics

worldview.Making the large claim that “the most coherent view of the cosmos appears to be that ofan engineered system of interdependent subsystems that efficiently interact to prepare for,develop, and support advanced life, subject to various constraints,” the article identifiescharacteristics that are found in human-engineered systems as well as the cosmos. Thesecharacteristics include: “stability, predictability, reliability, transparency, controllability,efficiency, and optimality.”Identifying the complex mysteries of nature, and the ability (not to mention desire) tounravel these mysteries, the article asks the question, “Could it be that the realm of natureand the human mind were, in some sense, made for each other; possibly for the purposeof

Conference Session

Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education / Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Jennifer DeBoer, SPEED

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International

ideal engineering professor, an email was sent during the Fall of 2009 to distribution lists of the two authors, composed of mostly faculty, engineering education associations, members of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES: www.ifees.net), industry members and engineering students members of the Board of European Students of Technology (BEST: http://www.best.eu.org) and the Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED: http://worldspeed.org/). BEST is a non-profit student network organization located in 30 countries that strives to help European students of technology to become more internationally minded, by reaching a better understanding of European cultures and developing

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jade Mitchell-Blackwood, Drexel University; Manuel Figueroa, Drexel University; Chatchai Kokar, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University; Eli Fromm, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students, the general public and even manyteachers share this position.19 The field of engineering has rapidly changed in recent years andhas become so diverse in scope that consensus on a definition would be hard to come by evenamongst professionals. Since a conception in the minds of the middle school students is what weultimately hope to accomplish through this educational intervention, it is necessary to identifythis end result in order to evaluate the effectiveness of our parallel interventions as it should bethe basis of the educational activities implemented.20 Schunn presents a general definition thatdescribes engineering as using analytical and empirical processes to design complex systems thatmeet stated objectives and take into account

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Thomas Gavigan, Penn State Berks; Brittany Farrell, Penn State Berks

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-1293: ENERGY HARVESTING INVESTIGATIONS BYUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Associate Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer.Thomas Gavigan, Penn State Berks Thomas H. Gavigan is an Assistant Professor at Penn State, Berks Campus in Reading, PA. He

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

which is unauthorized or not approved. New engineering educators should tread lightly in this area so as not to hurt their relationships and reputation with their professional peers. Another venue is to incorporate one’s specific committee experiences into their teaching, obtain student opinions and feedback on its role and effectiveness, and write a paper documenting the exercise. 3. For university, college and departmental committee work, consider how the committee task relates to teaching within the discipline, ABET criteria, and program outcomes. If there is a connection, consider how best to pursue it, keeping in mind the interests of appropriate publication venues. Find something unique or a new

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1747: INTEGRATING THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM THROUGHCROSSDISCIPLINARY STUDIOSNadia Kellam, University of Georgia Nadia Kellam is an Assistant Professor and engineering educational researcher in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Georgia. She is co-director of the Collaborative Lounge for Understanding Society and Technology through Educational Research (CLUSTER) research group. Her research interests include interdisciplinarity, creativity, identity formation, and the role of emotion in cognition.Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Joachim Walther is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Georgia

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Anthony Richardson, University of Evansville; David Mitchell, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

problem as opposed to those where they followed a script for asolution.Assessment becomes problematic for project labs. Course objectives must be written in terms orproject specifications instead of in terms of methods and tools that are used to solve a problem.Toward this end, we are proposing a method of classifying computer engineering projects tofacilitate assessment and to clarify what course and curricular objectives are being met forparticular projects.The Computer Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK)Classification of projects needs to be done with some standards in mind. The ABETrequirements for accreditation in computer engineering contain standards but these tend to applyto a curriculum and have insufficient detail to be used at the

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-252: JUST DESSERTS: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEETSCOMPUTING OUTREACHKaren Davis, University of Cincinnati Page 15.822.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Just Desserts: Mechanical Engineering Meets Computing Outreach Karen C. Davis, Ph.D. Stephanie Heil Allison Mayborg Adam Pulskamp University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0030Abstract – This paper

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Keith L. Hohn

they applied a problem solving methodology developed by Treffinger et al.5 to stimulateand develop creativity in engineering students6. With this methodology, the instructor showedthe students how to apply three hierarchical levels: learning and using basic thinking tools,learning and practicing a systematic process for problem solving, and working with realproblems. The thinking tools described in level one include analogical thinking7, brainstorming8,mind mapping9, and others. Chan et al. describe the InnovTech facility within the CityUniversity of Hong Kong that seeks to train creative professional engineers10. This facilityteaches creative problem solving processes, creative idea generation techniques, and bringindustrial problems to the

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Technology

industry. This view ofassessment helps faculty members with an engineering background and industrial experience tobetter understand costs, goals, and operative requirements of assessment. Faculty of engineeringtechnology departments working on assessment should keep in mind the relationship with qualitycontrol in order to evaluate resources, costs, goals and other hidden details of assessment.Assessment of outcomes became a critical activity for engineering departments in 2000 whenABET changed their traditional requirements for accreditation to outcomes-based which requiresassessment of learning outcomes (or quality control). The Technology AccreditationCommission (TAC) of ABET also started requiring outcomes assessment of programs soon

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Shawn Racz, Lockheed Martin, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-119: CAPSTONE COURSE SEQUENCE FOR ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSVladimir Genis, Drexel University Dr. Vladimir Genis—Associate Professor and Applied Engineering Technology Program Director in the School of Technology and Professional Studies, Drexel University, has developed and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in physics, electronics, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, nondestructive testing, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, nondestructive testing, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. Results of his research work were published in scientific

Conference Session

Communication in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Fouad El Khoury, University of Hartford

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1723: USING WIKIS IN A SOPHOMORE ENGINEERING DESIGNCOURSEPatricia Mellodge, University of HartfordFouad El Khoury, University of Hartford Page 15.1347.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Wikis in a Sophomore Engineering Design CourseIntroductionWith the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, the nature of creating content and gathering informationon the internet began to change dramatically. Initially introduced as a free online encyclopedia1,it has become a single source of information on nearly any subject and one of most visited siteson the internet, consistently ranking in the top ten. It can be used as a starting point for researchon almost

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware; Thomas Brumm, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-756: COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OUTCOMESCarmine Balascio, University of Delaware Carmine C. Balascio, Ph.D., P.E. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioresources Engineering at the University of Delaware. He earned bachelor’s degrees in Agricultural Engineering Technology and Mathematics from U.D. He earned an M.S. in Agricultural Engineering and a Ph.D. double major in Agricultural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University. He teaches courses in surveying, soil mechanics, and storm-water management and has research interests in urban hydrology, water resources engineering, and assessment of student learning. He is

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Design in Engineering Education

many engineering programs, just as in many plant process systems,the path from input (high school) to the output (qualified graduate) is quite separate for thedifferent streams (i.e. mechanical engineering stream, versus the electrical engineering, versusbiological engineering).In this conceptual model of the education of young engineers, the decision of which processstream the students enter would, in their minds, have a huge impact on their careers. Studentsspend a great deal of time and suffer sleepless nights deciding which stream to enter, notknowing at the start what they will end up looking like at the end, nor what sort of careeropportunities they will have when they graduate. Unfortunately, a student has very little

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Shane Brown, Washington State University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

AC 2010-1014: REFLECTIVE PRACTICES OF ENGINEERING CAPSTONEDESIGN TEAMSRobert Gerlick, Washington State UniversityDenny Davis, Washington State UniversityShane Brown, Washington State UniversityMichael Trevisan, Washington State University Page 15.1025.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Reflective Practices of Engineering Capstone Design TeamsABSTRACTReflection is widely understood as a critical component of learning, especially learning fromexperience. Effective professionals learn from experiences and use this knowledge whenencountering similar or more complex problems. The engineering capstone design courseprovides an excellent opportunity for