Conference Session

Technology-Enhanced Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Robert Jeanne, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael J. Litkow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amber R. Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lillian Tong, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Continuing Professional Development

: ≠ Orientation workshops for instructors which highlight the background educational research, student survey data from previous semesters, and provide activities to practice writing open-ended higher-order thinking questions. These workshops built a community of users and provided more information to faculty about best practices in scientific teaching. ≠ Meetings between the instructors and the programmer to learn how the instructors would tag responses. Our team began with the idea of being able to quickly sort responses and provide feedback. After talking to faculty we found that there are many methods of sorting responses and different perspectives on the types of feedback that should be sent to

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Guilford, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

features of theSMART Notebook software (Figure2) were used to show the correctanswers to each question, and discussquestions that proved problematic.Quizzes were given daily during thefirst 15 minutes of the 75 minuteclass session. Each quiz covered theprevious two lectures material,ideally forcing students to twicestudy each lecture. This amounted to24 individual quizzes that accountedfor 50% of their class grade. Thelowest two quiz scores were dropped.The only other graded elements ofthe course were centered on a largewriting assignment in which students Figure 2: Review of answers at the end of each quizwork in teams to write a review included a pie-chart of class answers to identifyarticle and engage in peer review. problem

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University; Barbara Clark, Purdue University; Susan Geier, Purdue University; Christie Sahley, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

designed around the three goals: 1) to increase the number of women of color in STEMfaculty positions, 2) to improve the success of all women STEM faculty, and 3) to engage allfaculty in transforming Purdue. Current programming includes: ≠ Search Chair Workshops on Faculty Hiring designed to increase awareness of the impact of unconscious bias; ≠ Cultural Center Events for faculty that celebrate the culture and heritage of African American, Latino, and Native American people, particularly those currently employed by or enrolled at Purdue; ≠ a Mentoring Institute for newly hired assistant professors to develop a peer-mentoring network across campus; ≠ Leadership Development opportunities for tenured faculty

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Schroeder, University of Houston

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Computers in Education

(2) individualized, adaptive, creativeexplanation.3 It makes sense that students taking a course in a non-traditional format might alsoneed a tutoring solution that allows them to remain off site, since the course format (at leastpartially) enables this benefit. An online tutor uses ICT to work with students on a one-on-onebasis (generally) in order to answer student questions and guide students to successfulcompletion of assignments and/or adequate test preparation. Tutoring for quantitative STEMcourses often requires the tutor or student to write complex sequences of equation statements thatcomprise a problem solution process. The online tutor and student are generally separated interms of location, with the temporal context being either

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs; Trent Ramsey, Cambridge Youth Programs; Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group; Emily Davidson, MIT; Elizabeth Jones, MIT; Michelle Slosberg, MIT; Rafael Bras, MIT

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Some teen interns participate in both components, and some in justone component. Over time, interns who remain in the program develop leadership and teachingskills of their own, as they help to bring more junior interns up to speed. The teens areresponsible for all aspects of production, from story development and script writing, throughinterviewing and sound gathering, to final audio editing. Their work has been featured regularlyon Northeast Public Radio, and an hour-long special that they produced (“Fresh Greens: Teensand the Environment”) has been licensed and broadcast by public-radio stations across thecountry. In addition, TYR teen interns produced an audio tour of green elements in BostonChildren’s Museum’s newly-renovated building

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 15.711.7 will do multiple runs to check for consistency and repeatability. Mass is added to a sample when it is electroplated. Students will record the mass of the samples before and after the process to determine mass gain. Students will write up lab reports to show their results.Go PublicIn this part of the legacy cycle, students will have the opportunity to present their findings withtheir peers, parents, and members of the community. I: All students will be responsible for turning in an accident report. This accident report will be summative of the entire legacy cycle. Using their journals, lecture notes, multiple perspectives, and research

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Leigh Weiss, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

III.The Freshman and Sophomore Engineering Clinics are intended to provide a foundation ofengineering skills needed for Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic. The goals of the SophomoreEngineering Clinic consist of teaching engineering design principles and technicalcommunication (technical writing in the fall, public speaking in the spring). The SophomoreEngineering Clinic is an integrated course, team-taught by Communication and Engineeringfaculty. There are two 75 minute lecture periods and one 160-minute lab period each week.Students work on design problems during lab periods, which are supervised by a team of 5-6engineering faculty representing all four Rowan engineering departments (Chemical, Civil &Environmental, Electrical & Computer

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

approaches undertaken since 2008, in Introductionto Engineering, to introduce freshmen engineering students to critical thinking. Also presentedare recent 2009 revisions to the components of the course, such as the reworking of the casestudies in an effort to encourage students to demonstrate critical thinking. Explicit discussionswith the students regarding the reasons for time and effort being spent on case studies and criticalthinking were also added to the course. The number of critical thinking assignments wasincreased, expanded, and further clarified from the previous year and some assignments werealso redesigned to allow for some peer reinforcement during intermediate stages. Statisticalanalysis of a pre and post assessment of critical

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

- Understand the importance of sustainability concepts.• PLO # 2- Acquire scientific knowledge and methods required to evaluate the sustainability of systems.• PLO # 3 - Learn to design, manufacture, and operate processes in an environmentally conducive manner.• PLO # 4- Demonstrate critical thinking skills required to analyze problems in their social and environmental context.• PLO # 5 - Develop economically, environmentally, and socially sound sustainable decisions• PLO # 6 - Evaluate the impact of products, processes, and activities through life cycle assessment• PLO # 7 - Communicate through graduate level oral and writing skills.• PLO # 8 - Demonstrate understanding of professional and ethical

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

contained in the CCSSO report8: active learning, coherence, contentfocus, duration, and collective participation and a capstone session which provided the teachersthe opportunity to use their acquired skills and knowledge in a new application. Teachersattended an initial two week summer workshop and a one week summer workshop the followingsummer. Academic year follow-up included one day workshops and in-class support byuniversity faculty, staff and graduate students to work with and mentor teachers during theimplementation process in the classroom and program assessment. In addition, an electronic,peer-learning community was established, for communications among teachers and universitypersonnel, and for online professional development

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Wyne, National University, San Diego, USA; Anil Kumar Domakonda, National University, San Diego, USA; Pradeep Goutam, National University, San Diego, USA; Jayanth Kadlur, National University, San Diego, USA

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Information Systems

Science Program and Information Systems Program. In addition, he is a guest editor for a journal, associate editor and serving on editorial boards for four international journals. He has also served as Chair and Co-Chair of numerous conferences, workshops, tracks and panels, in addition to serving on the program committee for around 30 international conferences. Dr. Wyne has given invited talks on numerous occasions and published number of articles in peer reviewed international journals and peer reviewed international conferences.Anil Kumar Domakonda, National University, San Diego, USA I have an undergraduate degree in Computer science and Information Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru

Conference Session

Survival Tips from the Trenches

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lantz, Trine University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

nation not down the hall. Don't look at what other people in your department (particularly ones that have been there for a while) had when they got tenure. Talk to peers at other similar institutions and see what their expectations for tenure and promotion are.4. Build collaborations within your department, your school and your discipline. It's easier to get people in your department and institution to support you when they know your work. You need others outside your institution to be familiar with your work to provide letters of support for tenure and promotion.5. Take on only meaningful service roles. Meaningful service roles for young faculty are things that will advance your career. Serve on the

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

“become” researchers in the sense that they conductliterature reviews, develop research question(s), design (collaboratively with mentors/peers) theirstudy, and report their results. Initiating teachers into the research process in the first week of theRET experience is key. In this paper, we describe how we use a Legacy Cycle approach to trainthe teachers in the research process. The inquiry approach inherent in a Legacy Cycle providesteachers the flexibility to research topics and develop their interests, yet the structure of theCycle keeps the teachers focused and progressing towards the final goal/product: their researchquestion. Using the Legacy Cycle early in the RET experience also showcases how a Cycleunfolds when implemented. This is

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University; Cheng-Zhong Xu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

analysis of networking protocols, secure wireless communications, and privacy-protected vehicle-to-vehicle communications and simulation techniques. He has supervised a number of projects with Ford Motors and other local companies. He is currently the Editor of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Transactions on Passenger Cars: Electrical and Electronic Systems. He is the author of over 100 published peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings. He has supervised four Ph.D. dissertations and eight M.S. theses. Dr. Mahmud is a member of SAE, the American Society for Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi. He received the President’s Teaching Excellence Award from

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

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New Engineering Educators

each,descriptions of four levels of performance were written. These rubrics were published inChemical Engineering Education6, and two of the original 16 rubrics are shown in Table2. Levels of performance were mapped to letter grades (A, B, C and D/F) and the rubricswere passed out to students on the first day of Junior/Senior Clinic in order to clarifyexpectations for the course. Note that the rubrics are intended for overall evaluation of ateam project; separate mechanisms are needed for evaluating individual contributions tothe project. Most Rowan engineering faculty use the peer evaluation form designed byFelder.7The project supervisor evaluates a deliverable (mid-semester report, final report, finalpresentation etc.) by going through the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sunni Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lydia Soleil, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and is Assistant Director for the Scholarship and Assessment of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Lewis-Clark State College. Dr. Utschig has regularly published and presented work on a variety of topics including assessment instruments and methodologies, using technology in the classroom, faculty development in instructional design, teaching diversity, and peer coaching. Dr. Utschig completed his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. His technical expertise involves analysis of thermal systems for fusion reactor designs.Donna

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University; Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

meeting the program educational objectives.Project also covers all steps of design process (from idea generation to design, fabrication, andcompetition), and provides practical application of engineering principles to real-world designchallenges, students gain a valuable experience in: 1. problem identification and solving, 2. conceptual and detailed design, 3. procurement and fabrication, 4. resource and project management, 5. product testing, 6. developing oral and writing skills: report writing; presenting findings and vehicle design to peers, professors, and judges 7. outreach activitiesProject Activities DescriptionThe fall 2009 Moonbuggy frame team examined the frame designed by the last year’s team.Upon inspection of

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

software system calledCalibrated Peer Review.23 This system was developed at UCLA, is currently in use at about 100institutions for writing instruction, and is now under development for use with presentations atLouisiana State University.24Bibliography1. Payne, D. and B. Blakely, eds. "Multimodal Communication: Rethinking the Curriculum". 2004-2008, ISUComm at Iowa State University: Iowa City, IA. Page 15.1021.102. Payne, D. and B. Blakely, eds. "ISUComm Foundation Courses: Student Guide for English 150 and 250". 2007, ISUComm at Iowa State University: Iowa City, IA.3. Carnegie Mellon Enhancing Education Program

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

-represented minority freshmen in science, engineering, and mathematicsdisciplines. The core component of the academic program was mathematics preparation,achieved by offering a pre-calculus course. In addition, courses in science (chemistry) and studyskills were offered. This paper will address the importance of offering mathematics preparationas a part of pre-college programs whose goals are to develop under-represented minoritystudents’ performance and reduce the gap between them and their peers from differentraces/ethnicities. In addition, it will spot light the best practices which have been identified.IntroductionCalculus is a core subject for most of science and engineering fields and it affects student’sretention in science, technology

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University; Adrie Koehler, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Damon Hathaway, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Kelly Keelen, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

-impacteducational practices; and meaningful relationships with peers, faculty and staff members, andour business/industry, government, and community partners. In order to ensure student successand to meet the needs of a changing marketplace, we must admit better-prepared and morediverse students to our programs. This requires all of us to be able to tell prospective studentsand other stakeholders about the value our programs offer them. Finally, to tell the storypersuasively, we need to answer this question: “What value are we creating for students whochoose to attend our school, and to what extent is this value differentiated from other institutionsor departments offering similar programs?”The GREAT Environments Task Force placed an emphasis on practices

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Beth Simon, University of California, San Diego; Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

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Biomedical

Education, 2010 Evaluation of PeerWise as an Educational Tool for BioengineersAbstractThere is a need to develop, validate, and widely implement tools that incorporate proveneducational strategies including collaborative learning, active learning, and peer tutoring.PeerWise is an innovative, web-based system in which students create multiple-choice questionsand answer those created by their classmates. Creating the question bank, rather than justaccessing an existing one transforms students from passive recipients to active learners. Theobjectives of this study were to characterize the use of PeerWise in a lower divisionbioengineering course and to measure its efficacy in improving student learning. Students whoused PeerWise performed

Conference Session

Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Harley, IUPUI; Daniel Baldwin, IUPUI; Wanda Worley, IUPUI; Tresler Thurston, IUPUI; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

• Dating networksStudent Engagement: Definitions and MeasurementsWhile most college instructors have heard the term “student engagement” and would likely agreethat engaged students are a positive reflection upon their teaching strategies, a consensus on itsdefinition is difficult to determine. A common definition of student engagement, however,evolves beyond the mere transmission of information from instructor to student and moves intothe realm of active learning. As Williams and Chen write, Common characteristics associated with active learning include the use of higher level thinking and engagement of students in activities that encourage exploration and subsequent evaluation of their involvement. The emphasis on skill

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Rebecca Payne, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

characteristic and map it to student success.4 However, first we will discussthe benchmark predictors which are in current use.Conventional Predictors of SuccessAs educators we have all too often seen intelligent students who lack desire and ambition, thesestudents sometimes will generate only average or even poorer quality work than peers ofseemingly less talent. Conversely, we relish the students who might be described as less giftedfor learning who triumph over their limitations to produce stellar work because they work hardand aspire to be the best. There has been a significant amount of research done attempting toqualify and quantify success in education, life, and career. This is a clear indicator of thecomplexity of the problem at hand and it is

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Liberal Education

-EPSCoR Center for Bio-Modular Multi-Scale Systems (CBM2) and is responsible for the development and implementation of several of the centers K-12 and public outreach programs.Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Sarah Liggett is a Professor of English at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. She is the Director of the campus-wide Communication across the Curriculum Program and is also the Director of the LSU Writing Center. She has published extensively on the histories, theories, programs, practices of technical and scientific writing. Dr. Liggett holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University.Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Sandi Hyde, Middle Tennessee State University

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International

impediments. AsAllan Goodman, president and CEO at the International Education Institute aptly stated in aspeech delivered at Chatham University, “Languages convey much more than facts. Since theyare the repositories of culture, knowing them enables us to gain perspective” (Allan, 2009, pg.368).5 Therefore, interaction among students with differing native tongues provides invaluableopportunities to improve their language skills and cultural awareness simultaneously. Studentsfrom varying backgrounds, enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University, are exposed to peer-led-team-learning environments through the Experimental Vehicles Program (EVP), aninterdisciplinary collaboration in engineering projects. Figures 1 – 4 show examples of thevehicles built

Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olshefsky, ASTM International

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Materials

important.Educators can show how a specific standard relates to a practical outcome through hands-onactivities in the laboratory. The steps may include calibration and set-up of a testing apparatus,preparation of test specimens, recording the results of the test, performing any necessarycalculations, writing a test report, and interpreting the results. A student who is being introducedto the language of standards for the first time may find interpreting the actual language ofstandards difficult to follow. Therefore, it may be necessary to prepare a simplified outline ofthe necessary steps to perform a complete test. Any simplification of a method should remainconsistent with the original technical standard. In addition, some testing standards may take too

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, andreliability. At the end of the course, student groups are required to demonstrate their designthrough a final formal presentation to the faculty, fellow students, peers and a jury of industryguests and faculty from other departments. Students also write a detailed design report as part ofthe course requirements.Students are assigned to select a project in the area of (a) Manufacturing Process System Designor (b) Product Design.The scope of the work in format (a) may be summarized as follows: 1. Design a simple product using available resources of our CIM facility. 2. Design and develop an automated manufacturing process using CIM facility. 3. Implement, debug, test the system, and run production with minimal human intervention. 4

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Streveler, Purdue Universtiy; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Tameka Clarke Douglas, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

to expertise and relationshipsRespondents showed their interest to have the ability to search and see other people’s researchinterest and be able to contact them, including a section in members of the community could befeatured on a regular basis. “So the ability to search profiles of people in engineering education to identify specific expertise I am looking for, or a way to send a broadcast email asking for responses to a specific inquiry.” “…users could easily locate their potential intellectual peers. Perhaps a section featuring members of the community on a regular basis.”Meetings, open ended conversations and projectsRespondents wanted to interact with other people in order to have discussions about

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Oranuj Janrathitikarn, Pennnsylvania State University; Lyle Long, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

aerospace major in the eighth semester. In addition students can also take the course asan aerospace engineering elective or to fulfill requirements for minors in computational scienceor information science and technology. During the first two years, the course provided thematerials based solely on lectures and talks from guest speakers. To provide a more real-worldexperience to students, a student team project was added to the course in the spring semester2009, where they had to use the software engineering concepts. The pedagogical approach was toincorporate peer learning through teamwork that would involve the students in a problem-basedlearning experience.The team project was designed with three objectives: to provide hands-on experience in

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Nina Truch, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

local not-for-profit organization.The intent of this paper is to present an initial assessment of the effectiveness of a service-learning experience on several outcomes including retention, student satisfaction, self-efficacy,motivation, identity, and moral reasoning. We utilized a number of psychological instruments tomeasure constructs which we believe underlie the course goals described above. Initial resultsindicate that the most significant gains experienced by the students were in their moralreasoning, school and peer attachment, and design and self-directed learning self-efficacy. Wealso observed that retention of students at the end of the year was strongly predicted bysatisfaction with the experience and learning self-efficacy