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Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University; Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University; Robert Quinlan Thames

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present future plans.† This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underInnovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) Grant No.093510. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material Page 22.573.2are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF).VESLL: Virtual Engineering ExperienceVESLL is establishing an online interactive learning environment designed to introduce studentsto engineering concepts through visualization and collaborative problem solving. Our long-termvision is to create a

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knowledge of engineering andtheir ability to incorporate it into their teaching, programs which strive to give P-12 teachers adepth and breadth of engineering knowledge become more important. The CCLI projectpresented in this paper focuses on the creation of a minor in Engineering Education forundergraduate students majoring in Education. Preliminary results from the first six months ofthis project will be presented. Details on the courses encompassed by the minor, as well as therecruitment and retention plan for the minor are presented.IntroductionIn their review of the current state of P-12 Engineering Education1, Brophy et al. list “teacherreadiness and professional development” as the first major challenge to furthering P-12engineering

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%) reported that they intended to pursue future positions in the robotics/electronics field asa result of the skills and knowledge they gained in their courses. A majority (64.3%) planned onenrolling in a four-year institution to pursue further studies in robotics/electronics before enteringthe workforce. The results of a survey conducted with high school and middle school students weregiven in Section 5 of this paper. The results of this study indicate that the robotics seminarsconducted at the high schools and middle schools left the students with a positive impression ofrobotics and a desire to pursue post-secondary education and careers in robotics.9. Conclusion

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easier to work in a single focused effort.20. I like to plan my solution approach at the start of a complex problem.21. I enjoy hard problems that have a specific solution that can be verified.22. Sometimes I feel frustrated about not knowing the next step in a solution. Page 22.234.323. I prefer a problem with fewer given constraints.The survey questions were administered on the third week of class (September 2010) and againon the last week of class (December 2010). The survey data was collected anonymously fromthe students but each student was asked to provide a self-assigned tracking number that

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Kathryn Dimiduk, Cornell University; Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University; Haolin Zhu, Cornell University; Yingxin Gao, Cornell University

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engineering problems. By integratingsimulations across several sequential required courses in the mechanical engineering curriculum,we plan to increase students’ ability to use FEA-based simulations effectively and improve theirunderstanding of the concepts developed in these courses. Cognitive research has shown that people’s understanding lies in a spectrum from“novice” to “expert” 3. Conventional learning materials tend to relegate beginners to “novicethinking” by presenting simulation exercises as recipes handed down by authorities. Wieman’sgroup has shown that interactive simulations, when designed using a rigorous scientificapproach, are much more effective in helping physics students develop an expert cognitivestructure than lectures

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Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech; JillL L. Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jennifer E. Michaels, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas B. Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology

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reveals thatsupplemental materials and efficiency have an impact on student response to the experiments,which confirms the need to develop a set of “best practices” to achieve widespread integration ofportable labs in lecture-based courses.Integration Across the CurriculumThe major revisions to our curriculum that are now in progress offer several opportunities for amore thorough integration of the hands-on modules being developed in this program. Almost allrequired courses are undergoing at least minor changes, and new courses are being created.These changes provide a chance to design modules that build on related materials used in earlier,prerequisite classes. As an example, we are planning to use the National Instruments myDAQ in

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Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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administered at different types of institutions and differentdepartments across the United States. Since we have shown that the DLCI is a reliable and valid estimator of students’ conceptualunderstanding in digital logic, there are many new directions for research and development.There are two main categories of future research: pedagogy studies and assessment tooldevelopment. We plan to conduct a large scale pedagogical study where we will use the results from theDLCI to compare the effectiveness of different teaching methods. We will look for statisticallysignificant differences in performance between institutions on the DLCI as a whole, onconceptual subtests, and individual items. We will then collect artifacts of instruction (syllabi

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Maryfaith Rodgers, Rowan University; Pavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University; Keith McIver; Haddy Diallo; Kaitlyn Jean Zienowicz; Jason J. Giacomelli, Rowan University; Vladimir de Delva

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Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) is striving tobecome a focal point in pharmaceutical processing. The overall goals of the EngineeringResearch Center are coordinated through carefully planned thrust areas. The thrust areas includethe major research initiatives of the Center: manufacturing science; composites structuring andcharacterization; and particle formation and functionalization. Three test beds based onprograms developed from the thrust areas have been created at the Center. DevelopmentProgram I concentrates on the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical tablets. Continuoustablet manufacturing processes offer significant advantages over batch processes. Theseadvantages include an increase in tablet uniformity and stability, reduced production

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Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Jun Zheng, University of Texas, El Paso; Carolyn Joy Awalt, University of Texas, El Paso, College of Education; Maria Veronica Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Francisco Medina

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., Brynjolfsson, E. & Hitt, L., 1999, “Information Technology andRecent Changes in Work Organization Increase the Demand for Skilled Labor,” in M.Blair and T. Kochan, Eds., The New Relationship: Human Capital in the AmericanCorporation, Washington, DC: Brookings[18] Bresnahan, T., Brynjolfsson, E. & Hitt, L., 2000, “Information Technology,Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-level Evidence,Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University ofPennsylvania, Working Paper[19] “Society of Manufacturing Engineers Refines Competency Gaps in Major Effort toIncrease Effectiveness of Manufacturing Engineers,” The Society of ManufacturingEngineers' Manufacturing Education Plan: 1999 Critical Competency Gaps

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environment of engineers. The development of an assessment system tied through backwards design to the educational objectives that frame the content and processes of the courses is viewed to be one of the products of this project. In addition, the evaluation plan measures the transportability of the Virtual CVD laboratory to support its use in a variety of engineering and science courses.Four research questions have been addressed: 1. What is the nature of the experimental design process that students apply in the virtual laboratories? 2. How does students’ tolerance for ambiguity change while completing the virtual laboratories? 3. In what ways do students perceive the virtual laboratories as an

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. Page 22.652.19 Table 6.2. Student Perception of Failure Analysis and RED StandardQuestion Mode Mean DeviationI correctly identified the conditions leading to the item's failure. 4 3.850 0.872I correctly identified the item's failure mode. 4 3.850 1.240I created an effective plan to prevent the failure from happening in thefuture. 4 3.738 1.160I enjoyed the lab. 4 3.675

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Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

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.  Become a leader in the education of women and underrepresented minority engineers.As the result of the task force’s work, the faculty of the College of Engineering voted in 2006 to Page 22.798.3adopt curriculum reform efforts that had as a primary objective to link first year core courses inmathematics and physical sciences with engineering applications. In Spring 2007 theDepartment of Mathematics curriculum committee, in cooperation with faculty andadministrators from Engineering, approved a plan to infuse first semester engineeringmathematics with collaborative, problem-solving workshops. The first set of materials waswritten by teams of

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easily integrated into both the development phase and production phase of manufacturing34 for both in situ and in line testing. The techniques can also include interferometry, spectroscopy, surface mapping, and ellipsometry.  Six Sigma methods that can be readily adapted for this work include analysis of variance (ANOVA), attribute sampling plans, autocorrelation, cross-tabulation methods, fractional and full factorial designs, main effects plots, mixture designs, Pareto analysis, and Measurement Systems Evaluation. These methods can use the raw data (in spread sheet form) provided by the image processing software. Six Sigma statistical analyses can be

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Instructional Psychology. 32(2), 148-152.47. Zhang, D. (2005). Interactive multimedia-based e-learning: A study of effectiveness. American Journal of Distance Education 19(3):149-62.48. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning (2010). Evaluation and Policy Development. Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, Washington, D.C. Retrieved November 5, 2010 from http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based- practices/finalreport.pdf.49. Branoff, & T., Weibe, E. (2009). Face-to-Face, Hybrid, or Online?: Issues Faculty Face Redesigning an Introductory Engineering Graphics Course, Engineering Design Graphics Journal 73(1):25-31.50. Blicblau, A.S. (2006

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Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Omar M. Ashour, Pennsylvania State University ; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Wei Chen, Northwestern University

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learning modes in Kolb’s model. Archaeological Kolb’s 4-Stage Approach to a Site Learning Model 1. Preparation 1. Reflective Observation • Survey the site • Conduct product research • Gather tools, etc. • Plan dissection process • Historical research • Investigate product lifecycle 2. Excavation 2. Concrete Experience • Dig and extract • Dissect the product • Collect specimens

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Holli Burgon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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students become frontline innovators, and how moreauthentic creative capacity measures might be developed. Flatline in Other Fields?For the sake of the engineering curriculum, we recommend researching changes in studentcreativity in other disciplines. Is the flatline phenomenon unique to engineering? Are theredisciplines that are effectively enhancing creativity? Looking into disciplines, such as science,technology, and mathematics, will be essential. We also plan to look into fields that areseemingly unrelated, with a focus on those fields traditionally labeled ‘creative’, such asadvertising, visual and performing arts, and creative writing. Through this research, we hope tolearn effective approaches, techniques

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Jack L. Beuth, Carnegie Mellon University; Rohit Kumar, Carnegie Mellon University; Carolyn Penstein Rose, Carnegie Mellon University

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introductory course offered to engineering students potentiallyinterested in mechanical engineering as a major. Carnegie Mellon engineering students arerequired to take two discipline-specific introductory engineering courses during their freshmanyear. The mechanical engineering course combines an introduction to fundamentals in the areasof statics, stress analysis, dynamics, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics with activitiesdesigned to give students a broad sense of the profession. An important project within thatcourse is an introductory computer-aided engineering (CAE) project.In the CAE project, students use Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/MECHANICA andPro/MANUFACTURING software from PTC to design, analyze and plan the manufacture of asimple two-headed wrench

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Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University

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; • Identify characteristics of: o successful engineering education innovation adopters; o work environments that promote and those that impede successful implementation of engineering education innovations by individual faculty members; and • Develop an implementation model that promotes successful faculty characteristics and work environments.Specific tasks, discussed in further detail in the Plan of Work, must be performed in order toachieve these research objectives, including: • Assess, document, benchmark, and validate: a) characteristics of individuals who adopt (or choose not to adopt) engineering education innovations and b) their respective work environment; • Analyze faculty

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Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Andrea Marta Eller, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University

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displayed in the graph from Fall and Spring 2009 show that the CLIC project approachwas more effective than earlier 2002 lecture-based instruction. However, the graph also showsthat there are significant issues in achieving more effective learning with the topics of bonding,crystal structures, and electrical properties. Improved approaches are being tested to addressissues in these areas. The results demonstrate the potential to use feedback from instruction forareas that are in need of the most attention.Measuring Student Attitude with Support of Student Learning SurveyAn additional outcome not originally planned in CLIC was a summative survey administered atthe end of class to determine students' attitudes toward course instructional strategies