Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Kane, University of New Hampshire and Cypress Semiconductor; Thadeus Paul Kochanski, Vital Electronics Institute; Andrzej Rucinski, University of New Hampshire

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Electrical and Computer

developing specifications, ensuring interoperability among devices and services, and educating the market about NFC technology. http://www.nfc-forum.org/aboutus/2. Brig (Dr.) RS Grewal, VSM (Retd.), Vice Chancellor of Chitkara University, “Imperatives for an Operative Engineering Pipeline“ presented at the "9th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education“ in Singapore, article in Tribune of India, [edition pub in Chandigarh, India] http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110208/edu.htm#2 ] and private communication.3. Objects and Plan of an Institute of Technology, William Barton Rogers Papers, MIT Libraries. T171.M44 1860 (MC 1), box 12, folder 183, See also MIT Corporation Records (AC 278), box 1, vol. 1, pp. 43-44.4. http

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Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Christian D. Schunn, University of Pittsburgh; Monica Christine Rothermel, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Shrake, University of Pittsburgh; Briana Niblick, University of Pittsburgh

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

effectiveness of this program.AcknowledgementsFunding from the National Science Foundation (award #0808675) supports the University ofPittsburgh’s RET Site.Bibliography1. NSB. A National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science,Technology, Education, and Mathematics Education System. In. Washington, D.C.: NationalScience Board; 2007.2. Katehi L, Pearson G, Feder M. Engineering in K–12 education: Understanding the statusand improving the prospects / Committee on K–12 Engineering. Washington, DC: NationalAcademies Press; 2009.3. Doppelt Y, Mehalik MM, Schunn CD, Silke E, Krysinski D. Engagement andachievements in design-based learning. Journal of Technology Education 2008;19(2):21-38.4. Mehalik MM, Doppelt Y

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

, and information literacy is crucial todeveloping those skills. For example, Shuman, et al, when describing requirements for lifelonglearning, explicitly includes informational components, expecting students will Demonstrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills Demonstrate an awareness of what needs to be learned Follow a learning plan Identify, retrieve, and organize information Demonstrate critical thinking skills Reflect on one‟s own understanding1.There is substantial overlap between Shuman‟s lifelong learning competencies and thoseidentified by the Association of College and Research Libraries in their Information LiteracyCompetency Standards, which include Determining the extent

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen F. Gygi, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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College Industry Partnerships

, how useful, what learned • Cheat sheet • Practice and demonstrate communication skills • ID area to improve, or goals • What about academic portfolio? Co-op Group 2 • Give a clear idea of what you have done and how to tell people about it (rehearsal) • Recap what done and organize it • Learn more from the experience (not just a boring meeting); goal is to take experience forward • Extra reflection…what really got out of it…..Insight 2: Articulating What it Means to be an EngineerOne of the first activities in the workshop is to have students introduce themselves and brieflydescribe their career plans. Many did not have a clear idea of what profession they were headedfor. Writing

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

— a performance-enhancing first year for highly motivated but under-prepared students — are encouraged or, insome cases, required to use the SSC.18In the 2010-2011 academic year we are encouraging the formation of more collaborative studygroups in the SSC, by designating times for calculus sessions that are facilitated by specifictutors. In this manner, we can support, with the presence of a known tutor, the numerous studentswho want to meet others who are working on the same problems as they are.We also plan to offer facilitated, collaborative, workgroups for Calculus 3 and DifferentialEquations, while also adding to the number of facilitated workgroups for Calculus 1 and 2 thatdo exist. These types of workgroups can also play a significant

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

scripts for theassembly of the setups were discovered, but they have been fixed since. However, once theassembly of the experimental setups was completed, the remainder of the experimentalprocedure was carried out very smoothly. Nevertheless, the students felt an average of 70%satisfaction regarding the reliability of the setups.A more detailed assessment study of the learning effectiveness of the game-based virtualenvironment is planned for the Spring 2011 semester. If this more in-depth assessment generatessimilarly encouraging results, then further extensions of this pilot implementation of the virtuallaboratory environment to the design of other gear train types will be considered in the future.4. ConclusionsThis paper examined the potential

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Kelly, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

asimportantly, the two instructors left the course energized as a result of the collaboration and thefeedback from the students.There were several areas of improvement that were identified either from the post-class studentsurveys or from observations by the instructors. All of the students, especially the businessstudents were interested in getting more exposure to biotechnology science and engineeringtopics. For the next course offering, the following changes are planned for the course: - Adding a few emerging technical topics such as genetic engineering, personalized medicine and cell-based therapies as at least one additional technical lecture - Posting pre-class notes/reading material earlier (i.e. several days before

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Mechanics

degree programs or leaving theuniversity (and perhaps higher education altogether). The prerequisite skills exam implementedin solid mechanics appears to offer such an indicator. The author plans to continueimplementing the exam in future semesters and monitor student outcomes during the final Page 22.88.11exams.Prerequisite skills exam learning materialsThe author is happy to provide any educator with the learning materials described earlier in thispaper. The four documents include the (1) list of skills, (2) practice exam, (3) final solutions,and (4) worked solutions to the practice exam, and are the same documents provided to all

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Eden B. King, George Mason University; Mikki Hebl, Rice University

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Women in Engineering

(1.95 inNatural Sciences; 2.08 in Engineering, 1.8 in Humanities, and 1.68 in Social Sciences). Womenalso reported higher quality mentoring than men across all the schools.Expansion of MentoringThe Provost has placed faculty mentoring as a high priority at Rice University. As such, thedepartment chairs and deans are developing a plan concordant with their faculty and perceivedneeds to meet this clear mandate for mentoring — and this priority is being reinforced both fromthe highest levels of the institution and from the faculty. In response to the Provost’s request formentoring, the ADVANCE Program developed a Department Grants Program in summer 2009.ADVANCE and the University leveraged resources to fund six grants totaling $23,400.Although the

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduatelevel. We propose to capitalize upon this diversity by building team-oriented Capstoneassignments that require students to seek opinions and guidance from these graduate studentsregarding completing projects in their home countries. Teams will then report their learnedexperiences to the class in a communication method already well established in our Capstonecourses. Of course, development of the assignments and the logistics of involving internationalgraduate students must be well planned to succeed.As mentioned previously, our alumni survey was intended to help guide our efforts in itspreliminary stages; however, as we undertake the development of assignments, we will alsoconduct a more detailed alumni survey. The design of this survey is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

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

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

production comes down, LH2 becomes an evermore attractive option. As planned there, the concept exploration results from last year havebecome the starting point for this year’s course assignments. The gaps in learning seen last yearare being addressed this year.The new paper for 2011 extends prior work through a second cycle of iteration, bringing in theexperiences of developing a paper for professional peer review, presenting to visiting technicalexperts from industry, and hopefully, presenting to the airline industry in 2011. It also discussesthe experience from a current experiment to close the iterative cycle of improvement: refiningthe undergraduate high speed aerodynamics course, incorporating the lessons and capabilitieslearned from the

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

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Environmental Engineering

be conflicts in thevalues systems used in the design process when two or more of these groups are involved in thedecision making process, as they always are. These conflicts should be acknowledged andaccounted for using proper decision making techniques.IntroductionThe choice between alternative facility plans in wastewater treatment plant design can be a verycomplex decision. In this situation a choice must be made between several acceptablealternatives based on many different criteria. In addition, typically several different groups areinvolved in the decision making process including consulting engineers, facility owners, andgovernmental regulators

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

interconnections between engineering, technology and other areas ofsociety and culture. These four categories are proposed as templates or models that other facultycan use in developing and planning a course. These four models were found to be consistentwith the recommendations made by the National Academy of Engineering and the InternationalTechnology Education Association regarding standards for technological literacy. It is intendedto develop an online database of course materials organized around the proposed framework. Anadditional feature to be included is classification of material based on cognitive level of Bloom’staxonomy. The current status of the development of the online system is described.BackgroundThe goal of the work reported here is the

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere & Company

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, mechanical integration and modifications, electricalintegration and wiring, design, measurements and instrumentation, welding and aluminumcasting etc. There is currently a hiring process to improve and extend the project due tograduation of senior students. Due to budget considerations students involved in this projectworked either voluntary or enrolling an independent study course. Student feedbacks are verypositive. Especially graduating students commented that why they were not given such extensiveprojects for especially student cannot get internship opportunity. It is planned to offer extensiveprojects on the campus for students who are willing to do internship on campus in near future.Students involved in the project experienced structured

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Heath A. Schluterman; Kellie Schneider; C. Richard Cassady

students were able to calculate the loan repayment amount, but couldnot reconstruct a loan table to show how much of each payment was interest. There is also somespeculation that since the students knew the grades for the Post-Test would not be dependent ontheir scores they chose to not attempt the table portion.Somewhat Known, Somewhat LearnedWhen planning the curriculum, this category needs to be reconsidered. These are problemswhich the students did somewhat well on the Pre-Test and only moderately better on the Post-Test. This indicates less time could be devoted to these concepts, or more time needs to bedevoted to these to get to a mastery level. This category includes problems 3, 6, 8, and 9.Problem 3 involved order of operations and

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Douglas R. Carroll

benefits to using the distancetechnology are (1) use of high quality graphic images in the lectures, (2) recorded lectures forstudents who miss class and students who wish to review what was covered in class, and (3)ability to conduct review sessions and homework help sessions without requiring students andfaculty to be on campus.In preparing the lecture files for the class, the author gets digital access to the textbook, usuallyby getting the textbook company to give him access to the on-line version of the textbook. Filesare built in PowerPoint cutting and pasting the images and example homework problems that theauthor plans to do in class into the PowerPoint file. The author leaves lots of blank space on theProceedings of the 2011 Midwest

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Clive L. Dym

tern investment return being tied forlong term with LEED certification now fourth/fifth place.being a prominent part of facility planning One widespread area of concern aboutand design. design for sustainability is a dearth ofWhat is truly interesting about these information about many of the issuesdevelopments is that they seem to be very involved, with their seeming to be a clearmuch student driven, as opposed to being need for more

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

; also “Manufacturing Education Plan: 1999 - Critical Competency Gaps, Industry Updates Competency Gaps among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates, “ Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI., 1999. [Also relevant ‘The Engineer of 2020’ (NAE 2004) and ASEE Prism, Jan. 2005.] 12. Gardiner, K. M., “The Pedagogic and Technological Evolution of a Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) Graduate Program,” Paper 1561, Proceedings, 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct. 23-25, 2008, Saratoga Springs, NY (CD). 13. Integrated Product Development Program, Lehigh University, web site at http://www.lehigh.edu/ipd/ 14. Gardiner, K. M.,“The Future City Competition – A Successful

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad N. Amin; Pradip Peter Dey; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Gordon W. Romney

  24    Figure-7: MSWC Program Learning Outcomes and Project Learning Outcome13In this program, students are encouraged and recommended to work as a team to gain valuableexperience that is needed by most industries in the 21st Century. In the first month, students formteams (2 to 3 students in a team), select research topics, conduct literature search, analyze criticalaspects, and plan to reach a viable solution. In the second and third months, students perform thenecessary tests/experiments, data collections, build prototypes, prepare project reports, makeformal presentations, and prototype demonstration. All MSWC projects are subject

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio Celis, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

had planned was now actively participating in solving the country's important engineering problems.15The work in this laboratory was based on theories developed by Russian scholars specialized in Page 22.1255.5bridges. Timoshenko has not seen anything like this in the U.S. or in Europe. As he mentions, hestarted his studies of engineering in Russia at a time when the presence of science in engineeringbecame increasingly important. Since that time, he truly believed that the future of engineeringdepended on a marriage with science. Timoshenko will hold this belief during his whole life.The nineteenth century was witness to remarkable

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

., et. al., Self-Definition of Women Experiencing a Nontraditional Graduate Fellowship Program. Journal of Research in Science Teaching v. 43 no. 8 (October 2006) p. 852-73.22. Mumba, F., et. al., Mathematics and Science Teaching Fellows' Instructional Planning for K-12 Classrooms. Science Educator v. 16 no. 2 (Fall 2007) p. 38-43.23. Lyons, J., and Thompson, S. (2007). Comparison of outcomes for engineering and science GK-12 fellows. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2007.24. Spence, A., and Medoff, J. (2007). Impact of a GK-12 program on the development of university students academic and professional skills. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science topic at the same rate as their peers.Ideally, I would use as many of these challenges into my lesson plans. When walking into aclassroom that is using the engineering design process, students are arrange in groups of four,assigned job titles, testing materials, making discoveries,( what works or doesn’t work), sharingideas, keeping an engineering journal like real engineers or scientist, designing a prototype andcompeting in a challenge within other teams.”We coined the term, adaptive instruction, to describe teachers adapting their teaching approachesto meet the various ability levels (cognitive and skills) and different modalities of the learners intheir class. Responses from eight teachers were included in this category. Adaptive

Conference Session

Assessment in Engineering Graphics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi M. Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Engineering Design Graphics

educators and administrators in placingstudents in the appropriate course per their skill level by accurately identifying the lower, themiddle, and the higher performing students. The inventory may also be used as a pre and post-assessment for the middle and lower performing students to demonstrate their learning gains.The results of the inventory may also be used to develop new and refine existing lesson plans toaddress the identified student misconceptions.Theoretical FrameworkStudent misconceptions are common throughout the engineering curriculum. Engineering Page 22.759.3faculty members repeatedly encounter students while able to correctly solve

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

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NSF Grantees

.  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

Conference Session

FPD XI: Assessing First-Year Programs, Experiences, and Communities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Ph.D., University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Cory Carr

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First-Year Programs

year students duringthe 2005-2006 academic year.During the next six years, the number of LLCs at the university has grown to ten. Includingengineering, eight of the communities are major specific. Last year, the university expandedLLCs to include ones based on common interest; thus, a community was established for theHonors Program and another for all first year majors (Freshmen Connections). Although theuniversity is committed to providing a learning community experience for all first year students,participation in the program is optional for residential students. Plans include establishing a LLCfor Pre-education first year students next year.Living Learning Communities at the University of New Haven provide first-year students inspecific

Conference Session

First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Project DescriptionsCVEN 345 – Theory of StructuresStructural analysis, or Theory of Structures, is part of a strict course sequence within the civilengineering degree plan. The sequence starts with basic Statics, which can only be taken after thecompletion of the freshman year. The sequence then progresses into Mechanics of Materials, intoStructural Analysis, and finally to at least one senior structural design course, which may be steelor concrete design. All civil engineering students are required to take the above course sequence,independent of their area of specialization. Only 15-20% of all students choose to specialize instructural engineering, the most directly relevant specialty area to the sequence.A “typical” syllabus for a structural

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of the systems thinking module were positive. Most students wrotethat before the module, they did not know much about systems thinking. After the module, theyknew much more and appreciated the number and diversity of issues that must be considered in asuccessful engineering project. Most also indicated that the module changed the way they viewengineering. Just over half said that systems thinking will help them to plan a project, and a thirdappreciated having tools to represent the system and its behavior graphically. Two students notedthat considering multidisciplinary aspects of a problem will help them collaborate with others.Also, several students stated that they enjoyed the activities, as noted with other groups ofstudents5.The results

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Q. Lewis, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mechanics

over plans and thought processes. I realizenobody will be holding our hand in the „real world‟, but for now we are still in training; nomember or my tam felt extremely confident about what we were turning in at the end.” Theseand other honest comments by the students will be extremely helpful for future students workingon the project.Students were concerned about the amount of time spent on all the assignments for the course,with 78% of the students admitting they worked more than 3 hours per week, while 22% saidthey spent 2-3 hours per week.Aware of the world comments:When asked if the students felt that participating in this project increased their awareness ofworld issues and global needs, the outcome was 83% yes and 17% no. “This

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyn Marie Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Shirley Dyke, Purdue University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

goal, because it relates to a large literature oninequality in the engineering field among males and females at all stages of the academic ladder.4In particular we document the extent to which females report learning less as a result of theshake table experiment than their male peers. The plan of the paper is as follows. First, we briefly describe recent developments inbench scale shake tables and teleoperation and teleobservation technologies designed to allowstudents at institutions without shake tables to be able to perform real-time exercises in structural Page 22.883.3dynamics and earthquake engineering. Second, we introduce