Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Okhtay Azarmanesh, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

implementing algorithms that show their results on real signals in real life situations right away. Despite this being on a smaller scale most of the time, the impact on students having hand-on experience with such a project is significant. 2. Students who take the undergraduate SDR course have the opportunity to put that knowledge into practice immediately. • For graduate students: 1. Most of the graduate students will have two different career paths in their future: they will either follow an academic career supervising and advising future graduate students, or will find a career in a company or government lab, involved in

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Ferguson, Ohio Northern University; Michele Govekar, Ohio Northern University; Amanda Stype, Ohio Northern University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Entrepreneurial Idea Pitch and Research Proposal Competitions often determine theaward of cash prizes [ e.g. $100,000 at MIT] and scarce resources. The recipients of these awards aredetermined by judging processes. These judging processes are rarely audited or evaluated as to quality orconsistency. We contend that judging processes will be more fair and perceived as less subjective with a highlevel of consensus between judges [interrater agreement], especially for those ranked as best. Our researchcalculates aWG for idea pitch competitions, identifies interventions that improved interrater agreement over timeincluding external factors that may support higher quality judging processes. We seek participation in acollaborative application to continue the

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerri Phillips, West Virginia University; Giampiero Campa, The MathWorks, Inc.; Srikanth Gururajan, West Virginia University; Marcello Napolitano, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

last decade. Researchers belonging to this group haveacquired substantial and documented experience in the design, manufacturing and flight testingof small unmanned aircraft and successfully demonstrated autonomous GPS-based, closed-loopformation flight using 3 custom-built jet-powered UAVs in 2004. A typical flight control projectat West Virginia University embodies several aspects of engineering education, as well astheoretical and practical topics, which are not covered in a conventional classroom or researchsetting. Specifically, undergraduate and graduate students involved within different researchprojects learn basic hardware and maintenance of small unmanned aerial vehicles, systemsengineering, aircraft design, flight simulation and

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Simon, Columbia University

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Minorities in Engineering

considered a major influence, as they inspired their children to achievemore than they had accomplished educationally. Anthony’s parents continually encouraged himto “do the best you can and strive for the highest.” Cianni described her parents as “the biggestinfluence.” Macy’s parents constantly inspired her to “go farther than us.” Clewell3 found thatparents were extremely instrumental in encouraging black graduate students to pursue post-secondary education.Participation in a Research or Internship Program May and Chubin26 assert that participation in research is extremely important inencouraging undergraduate students to pursue graduate degrees in engineering and science. Thisproved to be true for many of the study participants, as it was

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Janice Meyer Thompson, Arizona State University; Christopher Mehrens, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

7 students gave a "concert" on instruments theyhad designed and built themselves.Project Research Questions.The research questions addressed in this work were the following. How good is the learningeffectiveness of a cross disciplinary math, science and engineering design course with real world Page 15.373.4context of music and musical instruments? How effective was change for student affectiveattributes of tinkering and technical self efficacy and future professional impact and of thecognitive attributes including conceptual change in precalculus and physics of sound, as well aschange in problem solving skills and understanding the

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Gisela Coto Quintana, SINAES; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Oscar Harasic, Organization of American States; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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International

standardization of global engineering education andis a means of quality assurance for engineering programs and their graduates. For developingcountries, this is especially important if they are to play a significant role in the development ofglobal engineers who can be strong contributors to the world economy. The Latin American andCaribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), in collaboration with theOrganization of American States (OAS) and Engineering for the Americas (EftA), has developedand presented accreditation workshops at its annual conference for the last five years. Theaccreditation workshops have included efforts from several institutions and sponsors. Theseworkshops provide a framework to help institutions of higher education

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Salman Adam, Montana State University; Darla Goeres, Montana State University; Steven Anderson, Montana State University; Diane Walker, Montana State University; Alfred Cunningham, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Laboratory (SBML) at the CBE. Ms. Walker holds B.S. degrees in both Biology and Bio-Resources Engineering and an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering, all from Montana State University. In addition, Diane oversees and conducts testing projects for industry and provides quality assurance for a federally-funded contract held by the SBML.Alfred Cunningham, Montana State University Dr. Cunningham is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Montana State University. He is a founding member of the Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) and coordinates CBE’s industrial research and education programs as part of the Center’s 23 member Industrial Associates Program. Integration of graduate and undergraduate

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Pawley, Purdue University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

women engineers are mannish looking,” Mrs. Loomis explained, “but a woman defeats her own purpose if she tries to make herself into a masculine type engineer.” The feminine qualities and talents a woman brings to engineering earn for her the acceptance in every type of engineering, according to Mrs. Loomis. These include “a woman’s special talent for detail and thoroughness in research, her loyalty and sense of obligation to her employer, and her creative ability, whether it is in designing or in a time study to do a job more efficiently.”Taken together, SWE archive data deliver a clear message: Women may do the prototypicallymasculine work of engineering, but only if they retain their normative femininity. Ultimately, solong as women

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Angie Andriot, Purdue University; Stephen Beaudoin, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. The interviews lasted an average of 45 minutes and ranged from about 20 minutes to1hr 15 minutes. Students were asked a series of questions about themselves and their reactions tothe program. Such information is useful in determining successful research program designs, andcan be applied to future summer research programs. Overall, the main factor in ensuring thestudent has a positive summer research experience is their relationship with their mentors. Thosewho had helpful, involved mentors or graduate student mentors had better experiences than thosewho did not. Although interactions with fellow students were important to them, the formalsocial events were not beneficial, and were frequently completely unattended. Students muchpreferred the

Conference Session

Design Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Bradley University; Ye Li, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

situationsthat exist which could be capitalized on by developing a new product or service.Creating a Business from OpportunitiesOnce the survey had been completed and the potential opportunities that exist had beenrecognized by each student, the class came together as a group. The areas of potentialopportunity that each student identified were shared with the class. Each of the ideas werecompared to one another to identify the top ideas with the best potential. One of the nextsteps performed by students is to design the company. Students started from developing thename of the company for the service or product that it provided. This is beneficial because itshowed the students that there are many possibilities for entrepreneurship and it also showedthem

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

Kuchnicki is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers University, specializing in computational modeling of dynamic deformations in solids. His areas of technical expertise include solid mechanics, crystal plasticity, vibration, and fluid-structure interaction. He received his PhD from Rutgers University in 2001. Page 15.555.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experiences of Using Formula SAE as a Capstone Design ProjectAbstractCapstone Design courses are, by their nature, intended

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

established in 2001 as a traditional program of study,with most of the freshman directly graduated from high school. The program underwent ABETaccreditation during the 2006-2007 academic year for the first time, and the first cohort ofstudents graduated from the program in May 2006.Senior Design was initially a one-semester course with multiple teachers. Each teacher taught adistinct section. Each student selected his own teacher/section. Generally there were 3 or 4sections, each section having only 1 to 3 students. One problem with this initial structure wasthat the sections were very non-uniform. Another problem was that the class focused almostexclusively on building a working prototype, and neglected the overall process of design(especially soft

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of faculty memberwho are experts in the topic being discussed. Miller and Olds2 described a multidisciplinarycapstone project to enhance the engineering skills of graduates at the Colorado School of Mines.A two-semester design course was used for that purpose. Multidisciplinary design teams ofstudents worked with a faculty advisor for an industrial client, and solved complex open-endedproblems. The authors indicated that the approach has been successful and the industrial clientwas pleased with the quality of the final product. Although this work represents quite an old Page 15.259.2example, it definitely shows the success of using a senior

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randal Abler, Georgia Tech; James Krogmeier, Purdue University; Aaron Ault, Purdue University; Julia Melkers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tamara Clegg, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

duration of their graduate career. The continuity,technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams are intended to:• Provide the time and context necessary for students to learn and practice many different professional skills, make substantial technical contributions to the project, and experience many different roles on a large design team.• Support long-term interaction between the graduate and undergraduate students on the team. The graduate students mentor the undergraduates as they work on the design projects embedded in the graduate students’ research• Enable the completion of large-scale design projects that are of significant benefit to faculty members’ research programs

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven; Ellen Worsdall, Northwestern University; Jessica Swenson, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

program: career goals; perception of engineers; attitudes toward theparticipation of women in engineering; research interests; gained valuable experience notavailable through the degree program. Undergraduate and graduate students were invited tocomment on their impact responses. We received responses from a total of 15 undergraduate orgraduate facilitators plus one high school volunteer from both years. This included 8 facilitatorsfrom 2008, and 11 from 2009 (some students served both years). For girls: Types of engineering they would enter:The participants were asked an open question about their career goal: “If you become anengineer, what would you do?” Their responses were analyzed for trends across years, comparedto national

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, 9Course Organization and StructureWhether the course is one semester or two will significantly impact how the course isorganized, the content that can be covered, and the scope of the design project.According to a recent survey conducted by John Wiley based on a response from 50departments, US chemical engineering departments are split down the middle – half teachone design course, and half teach a two-semester design sequence.10Instructors have several challenges related to the structure and organization of the course.Departments who teach one design course must be very selective and choose whichcontent is most important for its graduates. Design projects for a one-semester offeringmight be best structured as multiple smaller problems that

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Kara Santelli, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Dean for Academics and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering educational experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former senior editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, Dr. Shuman is the founding editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He has published widely in the engineering education literature, and is co-author of Engineering Ethics: Balancing Cost, Schedule and Risk - Lessons Learned from the Space Shuttle (Cambridge University Press). He received his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins

Conference Session

Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Bradley Layton, Drexel University (Eng.)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

projects are research-driven and thus require that students become Page 15.278.4familiar with fundamental concepts as well as the latest work being conducted in that particularfield. Also during the third term, library instruction that focuses on providing a foundation forunderstanding the types and formats of engineering literature and how to identify, access andselect appropriate engineering resources is provided for the 700-900 students per year in DrexelUniversity’s Introduction to Engineering Design program.GoalsWhile the outcomes of this study are aimed to primarily impact practices at Drexel University,we hope that the methods and findings

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sara E. Wilson

. Forexample, computational modeling of weather and climate impacts the prediction of weatherconditions such as hurricanes and the public policies on greenhouse gases. Computationalmodeling of a car structure may be used in the design of safety systems in the vehicle. Second,even when modeling does not directly impact human health and safety, models can impactscientific progress and irresponsible modeling efforts can lead to slowing of this progress to thedetriment of the profession and our body of knowledge.Like computational modeling, design in research also presents unique issues for responsibleconduct courses. These issues include: • Human health and welfare in the design of devices/ structures/constructs • Global/social impact of

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Fred Allen, Drexel University; Elisabeth Papazoglou, Drexel University; Mustafa Sualp, Untra Corporation; David Delaine, Drexel University; David Hansberry, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

been designed to bridge this gap by distilling significantamounts of medical and patient data into an accessible and useable format.Similarly, a close mentor-student relationship, developed over extended periods of time, isperhaps the best way to facilitate student learning. This is why such approaches are still prevalentin medical education after medical school and in graduate programs. However, the modernengineering faculty faced with large classrooms and brief educational experiences bracketed into15-week semesters or 10-week quarters cannot get to know each student well enough to facilitatea personalized mentoring approach. In addition, the various draws on faculty time for researchand scholarly activity makes it difficult to spend the

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

. Her current research interests include the effect of instructional technology on student learning and performance, effective teaching strategies for new graduate student instructors, and the impact of GSI mentoring programs on the mentors and mentees.Chris Groscurth , University of Michigan Christopher R. Groscurth is an instructional consultant in the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) at the University of Michigan. At CRLT Chris promotes excellence in teaching and learning through individual consultation, professional development programs, and applied research. He has a Ph.D. from the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Georgia, and his research

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

credit for teachers.A recent international review of research on professional learning for educators by LindaDarling-Hammond and colleagues22 report that strategically designed, intensive, and sustainedprofessional learning can have a powerful influence on teacher skills and knowledge andultimately lead to improvements in student learning. Prevost and colleagues23 examined thePLTW teacher professional development training documents, training activities, teacher projects,and teacher self-assessment and self-reflection items. They described it as localized to a two-week intensive program rich with engineering and math concepts that were often implicitlyembedded in the engineering activities. Little, however, was revealed about the impact

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University; Fadi Deek, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

team the advantages and disadvantages of using Java for this particularproject. These techniques reduce cognitive bias by moderating the cognitive impact of previousexperiences, which cognition tends to bring to mind first, even though the previous experiencemay be irrelevant or invalid in the current situation.Group cognition is a coordinated, distributed cognitive process, the objective of which is tocreate a shared, distributed understanding of a problem at a team level20. Though the importanceof this area of research is increasing, information technologies are frequently not designed withthe requirements of such teams in mind and they suffer accordingly. Nosek calls the cognitiveactions and interchanges that occur during collaborative

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas; Nicholas Evangelopoulos, University of North Texas; Uyi Lawani, University of North Texas

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Educational Research and Methods

content canbe tested in multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks exams and essay-type questions. These examstend to be less bulky than engineering exams as no additional attachments are needed. In bothfields, unstructured and semi-structured case testing can also be formulated. In the engineeringfield, a case-structure exam can be created to design an item under specific constraints, while inthe business field a case-structure can be created to determine the best strategy in pursuing profitincrease for a corporation.Research StatementThe aim of this research is to study the difference in performance between open-book andclosed-book testing in the business field and in the engineering field. These two environmentswere chosen for comparison as these two

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

). Experience and shared practice: Design engineers’ learning at work. Jyvaskyla Studies inEducation, Psychology and Social Research, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.15. Krupczak Jr., J. & Green, C. W. (1999). The perspective of non-engineers on technological literacy. AmericanAssociation for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings.16. Meyers, C. (1995). Restructuring Engineering Education: A Focus on Change. Report of an NSF Workshopon Engineering Education, Division of Undergraduate Education.17. Tilli, S. & Trevelyan, J. P. (2008). Longitudinal Study of Australian Engineering Graduates: PreliminaryResults. American Association for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Proceedings.18. Shaffer, D. W. (2007

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Parikh, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Kenneth Goodson, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

research interests focus on the application of ePortfolio pedagogy and practices to facilitate teaching, learning, and assessment for students, faculty, and institutions. She is also interested in the exploration of the affordances and scalability of these kinds of social software tools and their implications for the design and evaluation of innovative learning spaces to support formal and informal learning.Kenneth Goodson, Stanford University Kenneth E. Goodson is professor and vice chair of mechanical engineering at Stanford University. His research group studies thermal transport phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures, energy conversion devices, and microfluidic heat sinks, with a focus on

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

AC 2010-1615: UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACULTYAND ADMINISTRATOR GOALS AND STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES WITHETHICS EDUCATIONMatthew Holsapple, University of Michigan Matthew A. Holsapple is a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at U-M. His research interests include the impact of educational experiences on student moral development and personal and social responsibility, professional ethics education, college student outcomes assessment, and quasi-experimental research design in higher education. He is currently a member of the American Education Research Association, Association for the Study of Higher Education, and NASPA-Student Affairs

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University; Angkee Sripakagorn, Chulalongkorn University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

for programs with a large number of students with mixedability. Page 15.825.11 Figure 3 Correlation matrix between courses and GPAs for 2005 students in the ME program.These correlation data can provide some preliminary insights into the curricula and theinteraction between courses. For example, the correlations between the graduate GPAs and theindividual courses are shown in Figure 4. In the curriculum, the main content for each successiveyear of study are science, engineering, design and capstone/advance topics. It is clear that thecourses that strongly influence the final GPAs are those in the 2nd to 3rd year, mostlyrepresenting the

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-1219: USING AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUMMER CAMP FOR HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS AS A UNIVERSITY OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR THERECRUITMENT OF FUTURE ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A TWO YEAR STUDYRobert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert W. Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Technological University in the summer of 2003, after two decades of continuous industrial research, product development and manufacturing experience. Dr. Fletcher earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, a Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems from Lawrence Technological University

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Riddell, Baker College Of Flint; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

trends, challenges and opportunities. The key“big idea” was to empower the students to critically review non-traditional energy sources (i.e.non-fossil fuels) and develop a level of comfort in addressing not only the hard technicalimplications related to alternative energy but to also encompass the “soft” side of society’sopinions, global impact, legal aspects (codes, zoning and laws), environmental concerns andconstruction difficulties.The second “big idea” was that as each student became more knowledgeable in the area theywere researching they would present related technical, societal and legal issues for discussionwith the class promoting a dialog and better understanding of such for all. Aside from the moremainstream alternative energy