Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Philip Mayhorn, Univerisity of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

educationalobjectives and student learning outcomes, which ultimately helps improve related courses over Page 23.957.2time. In this paper, we look at continuous improvement from a related but slightly differentperspective: specifically program office processes.UNCC’s Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) Program is a relativelysmall but fast growing program (Figure 1). The program offers two degrees: BS in SystemsEngineering which was introduced in 2008 and MS in Engineering Management which wasintroduced in 2000. The program’s enrollment is 119 students as of fall of 2012 with 85 of thembeing undergraduate students. There are four full-time

Conference Session

Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Mariana Archibold, CONEAUPA

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International

available online for member institutions through the LACCEI website. It is alsopresented as a one-day workshop at LACCEI annual conferences, other engineering educationconferences and LACCEI sponsored events. It was recently presented at the 2012 WorldEngineering Education Forum (WEEF, annual international conference of IFEES, theInternational Federation of Engineering Education Societies).25 Each section is self-containedand includes updated information from accrediting agencies. Interactive exercises in eachsection include writing a program mission statement, student evaluations, teaching/learningevaluations and alumni and employer surveys. Module A sections and a description of theircontent are listed below.Section 1. Accreditation Fundamentals

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Lyn Gassman, University of South Carolina; Michelle A Maher, University of South Carolina; Briana Timmerman, UVA Curry School of Education, Charlottesville VA; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

objectives were set forth:Students will demonstrate effective knowledge of 1. Common characteristics of primary literature and rationale for use; 2. How to read and synthesize primary literature like an engineer or scientist; 3. Information in and purpose of each research article section and how to evaluate the quality of each section; 4. Correct use of citations and references to others’ scholarly work; and 5. How to give, receive, and use constructive peer feedback on written materials.Twenty-two graduate students (1 master’s degree, 21 doctoral) enrolled in the course,representing the research efforts of nine separate civil engineering professors across four diverseareas of civil engineering (environmental

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

teaching method lacks theflexibility needed to challenge and encourage learning in today’s programs. “Differentiatedinstruction, often referred to as universal design, is a teaching and learning style that is the resultof neuroscience research on how the human brain processes and retains new information”. 1 Inaddition to providing five active learning strategies, four active teaching strategies that utilizedifferentiated instruction are presented. Each of these teaching strategies are expanded toinclude an application of the strategy that has been successfully implemented and assessed by theauthor.Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technolog Programs

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, The American university of Beirut

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Computing & Information Technology

analysis wasemployed and generated five factors: community influence, satisfaction, service quality,learnability and technical quality. Repeated measures ANOVA showed communityinfluence as the highest rated by participants, followed by satisfaction, service quality,learnability and technical quality. The findings are discussed providing evidence for theusefulness of implementing Moodle as a free open source course management system forboth teaching and learning.IntroductionMoodle, the most popular free open source course management system (CMS), wasdeveloped from a social constructivist perspective by Martin Dougmias in Australia 1.This free application provides instructors with useful features such as the ability to embedresources, activities

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clara Pérez-Molina, DIEEC - National Distance Education University; Maria José Albert Gomez, UNED; Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); GABRIEL DIAZ ORUETA, UNED; Elio Sancristobal, uned; Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education; Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Alberto Pesquera, UNED; Félix García Loro

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Graduate Studies

growing shortages of highly skilled workers in multiple areas ofengineering and information technology who have the knowledge to take full advantage ofwhat continually evolving technology has to offer and thus to ensure that their companies willstay competitive on the market. For this reason, Plovdiv University (Bulgaria) and theSpanish University for Distance Education UNED, along with several enterprises are workingin the PAC project, which has been funded with support from the European Commission.1. Introduction Universities, business and the employment world in general face continuous changesand needs of the today’s knowledge-based society, a society based on learning to learn to beable to address emerging developments in an ever

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia L. Frye, Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

students’ changing epistemologies. Furthermore,these broad surveys focus on generalized knowledge while leaving issues of domain specificityin epistemology largely unaddressed.Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore a group of sophomore-level civil engineeringstudents’ personal epistemologies as part of the results from the first year of a larger longitudinal,qualitative study. In this way, we can explicitly track changes in personal epistemology andidentify at what stages in students’ academic careers they take place. In this paper, we willexplicitly examine changes in students’ personal epistemologies over the course of theirsophomore year in the civil engineering program. The primary research questions for this paperare: 1

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Ann Holden, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kristina M Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

- tion, and computer applications of civil and environmental engineering. She is active in pre-college engi- neering outreach and improving non-motorized transportation infrastructure. Page 23.965.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Physics on the Ropes Course University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleIntroductionThere is still a large gender gap in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.In 2009, 17.7% of full-time, first-year engineering undergraduates were women.1 For example,in 2007 women earned

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University; Cindy Jong, University of Kentucky; Donna Joy Dockery; Mary Hermann, Virginia Commonwealth University; Teresa Jones Carter, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Women in Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pilot Study: An Exploration of the Experiences that Influence Women’s Interest, Pursuit, and Continued Involvement in STEM CareersAbstractWhile longitudinal studies that examine the effects of personal and environmental factors onwomen’s career motivation have been reported in the literature [1] [2], none have provideddepth or breadth of biographical interviewing over the time span of the last two decades. Manyintersecting variables have been identified by empirical research to account for women’scontinued underrepresentation in STEM careers, yet persistence, especially in computer scienceand engineering, remains an issue. Recent studies [3] [4

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Chuck Gardner, New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Anthony Joseph Taffaro Jr., New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

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Computing & Information Technology

discuss artificial intelligence through computer science usingheuristics. Additionally, the students debate the ethics associated with artificial intelligence andwhen legal rights should apply to artificial beings.Teachers attend a week-long, immersive professional development workshop for Cyber Sciencethe summer prior to teaching the course6. Following the professional development workshopteachers gain access to all curriculum materials including lesson plans, master notes, andsupplemental documents which are found on NICERC’s website. Communication is maintainedthroughout the school year via the website allowing for any questions, concerns, or issues ateacher may experience when teaching the material.Narrative #1 – High School Teachers

Conference Session

Training and Workforce Needs in the Energy Sector

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sungwon S. Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

instructional videos.III. Real World Training Site (Butler Square)Following the basic introduction to energy benchmarking it was desired to give the studentssome real world exposure. Through industry relations, contact was first made with EnergyPrint.This company does benchmarking and dashboard energy analysis for companies and buildings.They agreed to help provide the students with data on an existing building as a training tool. Figure 1: Butler Square building (http://www.butlersquare.com/photos.htm#).Through them contact was made with the Butler Square building (Figure 1), a warehouse that has Page 23.968.4been converted to an office building

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caye M Drapcho, Clemson University; Lib Crockett, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Foundation awarded a three-year grant to the participatinginstitutions of Clemson University, Greenville Technical College and the SC AgricultureEducation Program to design and implement a three-tiered plan to prepare secondary, technicalschool and college students for the growing biomanufacturing/bioprocessing industry. Page 23.969.2Industrial production of biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and biofuel compounds has grownsubstantially worldwide in last 10 years. In the US alone, biofuel production in 2011 had reached15 billion gallons (57 billion liters) per year.1 As this trend continues, the need for skilledtechnicians, engineers and scientists to

Conference Session

Computers and Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mishael A. Clark, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Computers in Education

treatment phases were compared using McNemar's chi-square test. Results of thistest indicated no overall significant difference in reading patterns between control (no podcast)and treatment (podcast) phases. Students who read during the control phase and listened to thepodcast supplement during the treatment phase had similar reading habits during the treatment(podcast) phase.IntroductionFaculty in higher education institutions frequently complain that college students are not doingthe assigned reading in a course. In a study of student use of textbooks at two universities,Sikorski et al.1 report that the majority of students spent less than 3 hours reading the textbookeven though only a small minority who reported that reading their texts was not

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

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Instrumentation

conservation as well asdevelopment of renewable energy resources must be vigorously pursued in order to find asolution to this dilemma. The entire public must be vested towards making a transition from afossil fuel based society to one that utilizes a far greater amount of renewable energy resources.According to Elder (2009) “Higher education has a critical role to play in this transition, much asit did during the space race of the 1960s. Our colleges can - and must - help students understandthe complex connections and interdependencies among our environment, energy sources, andeconomy - all of which underpin the green movement.”[1]The present situation is very similar to the 1960’s when the entire country was unified towardsplacing a man on the moon

Conference Session

Pre-Service Development Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

some of the ambiguity forstudents producing deliverables for a design challenge and provides the instructor with apractical approach to assessing student work. In addition to offering a new pedagogical approachto engineering design thinking, the following research offers empirical evidence of studentcognition as they go through an engineering design process. Finally, we provide definitions andstudent generated examples of the four modeling artifacts to include; conceptual models,graphical models, mathematical models and working models.The Need The case for infusing engineering ‒ specifically engineering design ‒ into K-12 settings hasbeen made by educators and policy makers 1-3 . Yet determining how engineering design will beoperationalized

Conference Session

Pre-Service Development Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Bethke Wendell, University of Massachusetts Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

: Page 23.973.3 1. What are the engineering design practices that pre-service teachers use when they participate in a collaborative engineering design task based on children’s literature? 2. Over the course of the design task, to what extent are the design practices distributed among pre-service teachers collaborating in the same group? 3. Over the course of the design task, what patterns occur in how the pre-service teachers move from one design practice to another?Study DesignThe study participants were 26 graduate students enrolled in an elementary science teachingmethods course. On three different occasions, these pre-service teachers worked in small groupson engineering design experiences that were based on problems

Conference Session

Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

graphics class at a major university. The questionnaireindicates whether a person prefers one or multi-modal learning methods that include (V)visual,(A)aural, (R)read/write, and (K)kinesthetic. A demographic instrument was employed to gatherdata that assisted in classifying students as being at-risk of leaving college or not at-risk. Theresearchers used the Fisher exact test to analyze the collected data. The Fisher exact test is mostcommonly applied to evaluation of a hypothesis with data framed in a 2x2 contingency tablewhere chi-square assumptions are not individually met.1 The null hypotheses are evaluatedbased on the probability of determining a collection of “observed frequencies even moreextreme” than the set summarized in the contingency

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ann Marie Blasick, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

et al.2 shows students of both genders tend to drop out ofengineering primarily for two reasons: 1) the curriculum is too challenging and the quality ofteaching too poor, and 2) students don’t believe they belong.Ohland et al.3 present an extensive analysis of retention measures and student educationalexperiences at the undergraduate level. This paper uses the large, multi-institution datasetMIDFIELD (Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering LongitudinalDevelopment) which contains records of over 75,000 students in engineering during the years of1988 through 1998. Ohland and his colleagues3,4 determined that eight-semester persistence ishighly predictive of six-year graduation rates. But, using eight-semester persistence

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Technologist and the Civil Engineer – What’s the Difference?

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry G Cooke P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Todd Dunn, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Scott B. Wolcott P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

engineering technology baccalaureate program to pursue design careers and professionalengineering licensure compared to their civil engineering counterparts. An assessment of thisissue is made by using a survey to obtain the impressions of employers/supervisors at local civilengineering design firms who have experience with both groups of graduates. The survey isdesigned to ascertain the employers/supervisors impressions of the differences between the civilengineering technology and civil engineering graduates in terms of their (1) positions andresponsibilities within the company, (2) technical skills and knowledge when they are first hired,(3) overall engineering design abilities, (4) ability to develop the skill sets needed to become aprofessional

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polin Yadak, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, the percentage of students who reported anxietyabout studying physics dropped from 61% to 42%. However, an accurate assessment will bedone by comparing the rate of success among physics jam participants to nonparticipants at theend of their first semester physics course.1. Introduction:Several studies show correlations between good high school grades in mathematics, academicpreparation, and success in introductory physics courses in college.1,2 Although our societysupports the model of preparing students for some kind of education after high school, studentsare often not ready to take college level classes once they graduate from high school.3 Manystudies have found that college preparatory courses in high school are associated with

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Gerardo Chang, Universidad de Piura; Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia Tech; Edward J. Jaselskis, North Carolina State University; Cliff Schexnayder, Arizona State University; Lisa G Hogle, Arizona State University; Jennifer S Shane, Iowa State University

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International

Inka Road research and is NMAI’s primary investigator in the field. Dr. Matoshelped the team leaders identify archeologists, anthropologists, and historians who could join theteam. He was instrumental in identifying local experts and he personally joined the team for afew days. Dr. Jose Barreiro, NMAI’s Assistant Director for Research was also instrumental inhelping the team leaders assemble qualified researchers.Table 1 details the overall diversity of the final team that participated in the workshop and fieldresearch. The team members were from three different continents representing six differentcountries and was a mix of eight university faculty one high school teacher, and two industryprofessionals plus five graduate students, four

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University

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Minorities in Engineering

amongprogram participants, and in improving persistence and retention among those who have decidedto pursue an engineering degree.1. IntroductionDespite increasingly urgent calls for investment in science and technology education to meetcurrent and future demands for more engineers needed to retain economic competitiveness andinnovation capacity of the United States, trends in engineering enrollment show that, over thelast decade, undergraduate degrees awarded in the fields of engineering have declined from 6.3to 5.4 percent of the total degrees conferred.1 An important strategy for increasing the number offuture engineers is to engage students from traditionally underrepresented groups in engineering,including Latinos and African Americans. Almost

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert C. Creese, West Virginia University

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Engineering Economy

that has been paid to time "t". The symbols used for theseitems are expressed in Table 1. The traditional approach for calculating the various expressions starts with the calculationof the unpaid balance of the loan. However, there are two different approaches, one utilizing apresent worth approach and the other using a future worth approach. Both methods will beconsidered, starting with the present worth approach. Page 23.981.2Table 1. Nomenclature Used in Formulas PresentedSymbol Description of SymbolLV Total initial amount of the loanA Annual end-of-period loan paymentn Number of periods for loan

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., The University of Texas at El Paso; Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Joseph A Ramos, The University of Texas at El Paso

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Systems Engineering

engineering science courses for all engineering degrees.ABET also allows degree programs to add additional outcomes to further describe the particular Page 23.982.8attributes students will obtain by graduation. We have added two additional outcomes – “l” and“m” – which are:(l) A knowledge of leadership issues and ability to apply leadership principles(m) An understanding that engineers who are leaders build Character, Competence, and Capacityin themselves and others.The degree program course listing is seen in Table 1. The Leadership Course Series (I, II, III)covers foundational leadership skills and progresses through an in-depth understanding

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Jayson Durham, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific)

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Ocean and Marine

vehicles, the use of modeling and simulation capabilities becomes moreimportant for university programs. Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle (AUV) Workbench wasdeveloped at the Naval Postgraduate School as a modeling and simulation environment to enablephysics based real time simulation of autonomous vehicles, such as unmanned surface vehicles(USV), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Vehiclemissions can also be replayed for further study. 1-5At Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a lab exercisefor multiple vehicles has been created for the students to illustrate waypoint navigation andcontrol for unmanned surface and air vehicles. Two versions were developed, an

Conference Session

Thermal Sciences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Jackman, Iowa State University; Stephen B. Gilbert, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University; Mathew Hagge, Iowa State University; LeAnn E Faidley, Wartburg College

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Mechanical Engineering

student performance.MethodsProblem ComplexityAs problem complexity increases, students’ ability to frame a problem decreases. Therefore, weneed a method for assessing problem complexity so that we can create problems in a controlledfashion that achieve the appropriate level of difficulty. Students and instructors were surveyed onproblem complexity for problem sets based on the following simple survey instrument based ona Likert scale. This provided a means of calibrating our results in terms of the level of difficultythat students will experience during problem framing. Please rate how complex (i.e., difficult) you think this problem is. □ □ □ □ □ 1 2 3 4 5Least complex

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

the topics that can be potentially covered using PBL in IE, focusingon the two specific IE courses named above. In that section, we also present some examples ofdiscussions that the instructor can have in the classroom in order to extract the greatest advantageof the PBL style. Finally, we conclude with a summary of our discussion and enumerate sometopics that are perhaps best taught via a deductive mechanism.Advantages of PBLA few studies that show PBL to be beneficial are: Pierrakos et al.11, Mergendoller et al.8, Dochyet al.1, Patel et al.10, and Vernon and Blake12. Some studies, however, point in the oppositedirection, e.g., Kirschner et al.6, but these have been far outnumbered by those that show positiveoutcomes with PBL. Some of the

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammara Ramírez, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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International

problems by practicing solving problems5.PSLEs were developed by following the design activities proposed by Jonassen3: 1) First weinteracted with the professor of the studied course to identify and articulate problems relevant tothe discipline; 2) We analyzed problems, first by creating a causal model of the problem space;3) Then we conducted an activity theory analysis to identify the historical, cultural, experientialfactors that affect problem solving on the context chosen6; 4) Determined what kind of problemswere each one of them; 5) Constructed case supports and cognitive scaffolds for each problemtype; 6) To then construct each PSLE that included some combination of case components andcognitive strategies; 7) Finally implemented and

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Jennifer Van Dyken, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Beshoy Morkos

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Educational Research and Methods

to the inability to evaluate them withoutanalyzing a complete digital recording of a student’s solution. While this modified processanalysis lacks the ability to assess some skills that were found to be highly correlated to problemsolving success (namely those associated with erasures), it provides a more time efficient methodthat is more feasible to implement with current classroom resources.The resulting abbreviated process analysis assessment tool classifies problem solutions based on Page 23.987.3the following categories: 1) identify problem and system constraints, 2) represent the problem, 3)organize knowledge about the problem, 4

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University; Vincent William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

collaboration software to increase engineering-design orientedinstructional skills of teachers. T2I2 has completed the initial development phase of thefull scale research and development project resulting in a professional development cyberinfrastructure for technology, engineering and design educators – a dynamic, interactiveand collaborative online system for improving the quality of teaching in engineering anddesign education classrooms. Through the use of techniques and protocols, such as Ajax,DHTM, CSS, XML and PHP, the T2I2 project team has constructed a system thatprovides: 1) the content knowledge needed to implement inquiry-based instruction, 2)data analysis tools to evaluate learning needs and monitor inquiry-based learning, and 3)running