Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rod Paton, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

don’tconcentrate that much. I go to the lectures and they go through things once and they gothrough it pretty fast. Not like high-school. Where they take one week to explain stuff youcan get it already. And you can get good results. So like I wasn’t that good last semester and Iam going to catch up. I don’t have a plan yet. But I just have to do all the work that they giveus. The work they give us today I will have to do it tonight.” The above comments reflect theimportance of students viewing themselves as their own teachers, building on and extendingtheir pre-existing knowledge, skills and approaches.Peer AssessmentAnother ‘way into’ the subject was through effective feedback from formative assessment. In

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Educational Research and Methods

4 4 8 2 9 5 3 3 4 2 Antagonistic (A) 1 4 4 4 0 5 1 3 2 3 4 2 Overall Trend S S/A A A S/N A N/A N/A S S A S Positive to Positive to Neutral to Positive to Negative to Summary Over Time Negative Negative Positive 1 Anna experiences extreme positive and negative experiences associated with her plans to change departments making her interview difficult to rate overall. Therefore, her second year interview is

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Information Systems

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tiffany Simon, Columbia University

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Korte, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana

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First-Year Programs

afrequency and time determined by their members.iCheckpoint and iExpoThe iCheckpoint meeting was held at midterm (14 October 2009). After a box-dinner meal, thewhole community assembled briefly and then was broken into two breakout presentationsessions where the teams presented their organization, plans, and progress regarding (1) identityand social networking, academics and advising and (2) the world of work and service. TheiTeams conducted various social and academic events. For example there were skating parties,movie nights, including a gathering to watch TED.com presentations, trips to corporate sponsors,travel to Silicon Valley conferences, international service projects, helping with Habitat forHumanity projects, and more.The iExpo meeting

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Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

GPA greater than 3.0 and two students with a cumulative GPA lessthan 3.0. The interview protocol asked students about their short- and long-term career andeducational plans, confidence in solving ill-structured and well-structured problems, problem-solving experience, learning experience, and their development of problem-solving skills. Aspart of the protocol, students were asked to describe how they would solve two think-aloudproblems (a well-structured and ill-structured problem) as well as their approaches to problemssolving. All student names in this paper have been changed to pseudonyms.Findings A comparison of the responses of students with co-op or internship experiences andstudents without these experiences revealed

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Kelley Walczak, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Estefania Alvarez, Clemson University; Steven Saville, Clemson University; O. Thompson Mefford, Clemson University; John DesJardins, Clemson University

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Biomedical

, a new „abstract‟ format was implemented in orderto incorporate a writing style and inquiry-based approach that will help the student in theirengineering careers.8 The design and planning of this course was based to meet the ABETEC2000 criteria. The foundation for the use of this criteria was to correlate and promote theundergraduate experience to be similar to other courses that have a similar set-up of a laboratoryclass that is mainly used to strengthen the concepts and principles learned in the lecture. Amongthe criteria met, this course included: the application of knowledge of math, science andengineering; the design and execution of experiments and measurements, analysis, andinterpretation of data from living systems; the ability to

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Alaine Allen, University of Pittsburgh; Jeremy Tartt, University of Pittsburgh

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First-Year Programs

], thus, the freshman program has developedprocedures within our courses that establish an environment that reinforces the existing studentsupport system.ACADEMIC TRANSITIONSThe final transition that many engineering students encounter is within the academic milieu,which is often compounded by the additional challenges these changes elicit. As a studentmoves from high school to college he/she is channeled through the high school highly structureddaily schedule of planned activities. Upon entering college, the same student is now in charge ofcreating and implementing their own schedule that is typically different each day, may includenight classes, and also has free time throughout the day. In addition to time management, otherchanges that

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

theexternal conditions that can influence the system, determining the necessary conditions for asystem to exist or function normally, and establishing the extreme cases of how the systemfunction.Items 14 - 16 relate to student’s comprehension of what is to be measured quantitatively usingthe model (referred to as the performance criteria), such as determining how to make theperformance criteria better. Items 17 - 22 pose questions related to the tasks of developingcalculational or computational models to estimate the performance criteria, such as writing a Page 15.1050.10computer program, planning out hand calculations, identifying the constraints

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas; Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Valerie H. Hunt, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; Steven Kreh, United States Military Academy; Rhett Blackmon, United States Military Academy; Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College; Donna Riley, Smith College

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Women in Engineering

Research Group, Inc.7. Foor, C.E., Walden, S.E. & Trytten, D.A. (2007). “I wish that I belonged more in this whole engineering group:” Achieving individual diversity. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(2) pp. 103-115.8. Eglash, R. (2002). Race, Sex, and Nerds: From Black geeks to Asian American hipsters. Social Text, 20(2), pp. 49-64.9. Lichtenstein, G., Loshbaugh, H.G., Claar, B., Chen, H.L., Jackson, K. & Sheppard, S.D. (2009). An engineering major does not (necessarily) an engineer make: Career decision making among undergraduate engineering majors. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(3), pp. 227-234.10. Mitchell, K.E., Levin, A.S. & Krumboltz, J.D. (1999). Planned happenstance: Constructing

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

possibilities. However, the spectral density of the samples might not deliver all of theinitially planned combinations (and histograms). Although Tables (2) and (3) show a promisingset of such unique features (and their corresponding Histograms), at the time, there was noguarantee to physically compile such distinct sets from the 200 available springs.Fortunately, (as will be shown in section V-1,) the recommended springs provide normaldistribution. Additionally, the fact that only 150 out of the 200 springs would be utilized (forcreation of the six (6) sets of 25 springs,) makes the choices available for the desired ranges andfrequencies significantly broader. It should be clear that while another group may be able toreplicate the sets chosen by this

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

expected. During the fall, students convincedthe professor to alter the plan for their use by including the responses in the students’ journals.This resulted in a few responses being recorded in the journals but not reviewed by the professoruntil well after the class discussion, as well as in some students’ failure to complete theresponses at all. This experience emphasized the necessity of immediately collecting theseresponses after one minute of writing.During Spring Semester, one-minute papers were assigned in class about three times. As noted,these were the less mature students, and their responses were less helpful than anticipatedbecause they tended to give polite, vague responses. Also, the professor was unable to use thisstrategy as often

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

understanding of subject matter. They found that service-learning is moreeffective over four years and that the messiness inherent in helping solve real community-basedproblems enhances the positive effects  (Eyler & Giles, 1999).  Astin et al. found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that service-learning had significantpositive effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, criticalthinking skills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy, leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills),choice of a service career, and plans to participate in service after college. In all measures exceptself-efficacy, leadership, and

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Ibeh

, actuation, thermal conductivity, sensing, healthmonitoring, self healing, energy generation, energy storage, etc. This effort emphasizes thefundamental understanding of the underlying science33-34 of how the bulk properties areinfluenced by such nano-attributes as dispersion, aspect ratio, interfacial phenomena, structure(primary, secondary and tertiary), purity, defects, etc. Transition of nanotechnology toaerospace and aircraft applications will be facilitated via such factors as technology readiness,verifiable distribution and orientation of nanoparticles, quality assurance and quality controltools and methodologies, certification plan, and the need for industry-academia-governmentcollaboration. This NASA effort has resulted in the development

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Salim, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Woods, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

and detailed design; team structure and teamwork; project planning; written, oral, graphical, and interpersonal communications; use of software tools; discussion of societal and business issues. It also offers three required general engineering courses on applied mathematics and engineering analysis (31). - University of Western Ontario has an 8 credit Introductory Engineering Design and Innovation Studio and a 4 credit Programming Fundamentals for Engineers (48).Option 3This category features a common first-year curriculum, common engineering courses without ChEcontent, and a ChE course. The ChE courses include surveys of the profession, design courses, anda course in material and energy balances. - Southern