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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

technology the six levels can be collapsed into athree stage process that somewhat mimics the progression students go through in highereducation: First we teach them how to Calculate; Second we teach them how to use theircalculations to Analyze; and Third we teach them how to Design. Having only three levels iseasier to remember and use in creating course materials.Engineering Technology program classes in the freshman and sophomore years often emphasizethe Calculate aspect as the students are still building their foundation of knowledge and tools.Senior level courses should be emphasizing the aspect of Design and decision making to preparethem for this final level before they graduate. In the middle is an often overlooked aspect thatbridges the gap

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Design Spine

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-5247: A NEW VISION FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN INSTRUC-TION: ON THE INNOVATIVE SIX COURSE DESIGN SEQUENCE OFJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYDr. Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University Olga Pierrakos is an Associate Professor and founding faculty member in the School of Engineering, which is graduating its inaugural class May 2012, at James Madison University. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in engineering science and mechanics, an M.S. in engineering mechanics, and a Ph.D. in biomedical en- gineering from Virginia Tech. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineering design instruction and methodology, learning through service (NSF EFELTS project), understanding engineering

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Standards and K-12 Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara J. Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Micah S. Stohlmann, University of Minnesota; Jennifer A. Kersten, University of Minnesota; Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota; Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. One of the coreconcepts of engineering literacy proposed by Chae, Purzer, & Cardella13 is for students todiscuss, critique, and make decisions about national, local, and personal issues that involveengineering solutions. Similarly, a few of the messages that were rated the most favorable duringfocus group interviews by students and parents in the National Academies Press report onimproving the perception of engineering were that engineers make a world of difference andengineering is essential to our health, happiness, and safety3.(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary forengineering practice.Engineers use applications of mathematics and science to develop technological tools that can beused to

Conference Session

Identity and Culture

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida; David J. Therriault, University of Florida; Christine S. Lee, University of Florida; Nathan McNeill, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

epistemological stances are enacted in engineering education research. He has been involved in faculty development activities since 1998, through the ExCEEd Teaching Workshops of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Essential Teaching Seminars of the American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers, and the U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. He has also been active in promoting qualitative research methods in engineering education through workshops presented as part of an NSF project. He has received several awards for his work, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Ralph Teetor Education Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, being named a

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mark H. Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

thempursue their personal goals. Rather than learning only about how a computer works, this teamused the opportunity to develop many of the “soft skills” or nuances of engineering. Theydeveloped teamwork skills, explored the tradeoffs of different design methods, found ways touse their engineering skills to help their fellow students, and learned how to conduct backgroundresearch on a topic that they had never seen before. Learning Team 2 experienced mixed success. The team struggled to find an identity thatcaptured the imagination and motivations of the members, but many of the members discoveredthat success in education is achieved more by effort rather than by ability. The team pursuedharder challenges as the semester progressed, despite an

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judith A. Sunderman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Raymond L. Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

collaboratively bouncing ideas off one another in ways that support dialogue aboutteaching and learning. Incubated courses and programs are piloted and student outcomesdocumented on a small scale outside the official curriculum. The purpose of curriculum incubation is to create an environment free from situationalinfluences and organizational realities known to impede innovation and change. Within theincubator, faculty test and refine ideas over time in a cyclic research and development processstructured to minimize early resistance to change and demonstrate practices that work. Theincubator relies on voluntary participation at all levels. Faculty who wish to participate opt in tothe incubator by proposing to explore a novel approach to

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Ethics and Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Joseph Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Fatima Zevallos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Denisse Echevarria, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Engineering Ethics

and political as well as technical problems.In particular, the framework of Downey and Lucena can be applied to make students aware thatengineers can find meaningful work that focuses on community development projects, and that aknowledge base exists that can provide them with appropriate training. Of course, we don’texpect that all students will take careers that explicitly operate in developing countries, but somelessons of development engineering practice can still inform student decisions in evenconventional situations. We can explore this in three contexts.1. Engineers could work within multinational corporations (MNC) in both preventive andproactive capacities. From the prevention standpoint, they can serve as a kind of

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

for prototyping and debugging.Educational platforms currently available are in the form of microcontroller populated boards(hard core processors) or programmable logic device boards. In the later, students can instantiatea configurable, soft core processor comparable to the one provided in the former. This leaveseducators with two distinct options for teaching embedded systems and low level programmingcourses (Note: there can be hard core processors within a programmable logic device, howeverthis paper is referring to a hard core processor as a stand-alone component).This paper is a dialogue between two faculty members, one defending design using hardcomponents, assembly and laboratory testing, and the other using soft components

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Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Carrie S. Dossick, University of Washington

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Construction

can be better prepared for professional practice. Page 25.898.12The most practical way to offer BIM to students would be to incorporate it into a series ofrequired courses. Using BIM technology as an integrated format for construction education canbe able to provide students better quality of education. A rich and rigorous learning environmentcould be achieved through purposeful attempt of integrating BIM into various course contents.The BIM incorporation may require that more faculty members be able to use BIM technology.For this reason, faculty members who teach BIM-incorporated courses will need proper trainingand appropriate version of BIM

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International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Christina Kay White, University of Texas, Austin; Joules Webb, Transformation 2013 Texas STEM Center

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ASEE International Forum

week was visiting the Marathon Oil refinery. The participantslearned first-hand about the oil refining process and related career opportunities available to theirstudents. They also toured the oil refinery and participated in an interactive lunch discussion withrecent hires and current interns. The panel was comprised of traditionally underrepresentedgroups in engineering. The panel of recent hires and interns discussed the importance ofmathematics and science in high school and the potential impact teachers have on their students‘lives. The panel discussion was a turning point for some teachers because they were hearing theneeds of their diverse students directly from recent high school graduates.RationaleEducation policy reports, consumer

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Examining Problem-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Franzosa Donnelly, Three Rivers Community-Technical College; Fenna D. Hanes, New Engalnd Board of Higher Education; James A. DeLaura, Central Connecticut State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

motivated toengage in PBL activities for external rewards (i.e., grade or promotion).Self-efficacy refers to a student’s confidence in his or her ability to be successful in a particularlearning endeavor. Research shows that self-efficacy is an important factor related to positivelearning outcomes and can moderate the amount of effort learners put forth in achieving specificlearning objectives25. In this study, we defined self-efficacy as pre-service teachers’ confidencein their ability to apply PBL methods in the classroom.Critical thinking refers to the degree to which students apply previous knowledge to newsituations in order to solve problems, reach decisions, or make critical evaluations with respect toperformance standards26. In order for

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University; Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University

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Environmental Engineering

engineering education and teacher training. He has served as a physics content consultant for the Texas Center for Inquiry at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, President of the Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, and on the Texas High School Physics TEKS Committee.Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University Jennifer T. Edwards serves as an Assistant Professor of communication studies at Tarleton State Univer- sity, and has functioned as a faculty member and student affairs practitioner for more than eight years. Her doctorate is from Sam Houston State University, and her research focus is on organizational commu- nication, environmental communication, and communication

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Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

supervisors, school counselors, communitycollege advisors, and faculty members in community colleges will yield the best results. It is alsoimportant to ask previous participants to advertise for the proposed program and recommend it tocolleagues and peers.Challenges for the Faculty Mentors and Graduate StudentsThe mentors and graduate students are an essential part of any research experience program.Their roles vary according to the model used from actively leading the program and controllingall aspects of it to acting as facilitators in the SPI model.Communication Gap: As one of the project directors interviewed noted, some mentors treat highschool student participants in a summer camp as if they are graduate students. Proper training ofand

Conference Session

Potpouri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University; Fatin Aliah Phang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Azizan Zainal Abidin, Universiti Teknologi Petronas

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Women in Engineering

level to increase the number of technical professionals are common in botheconomically developed and developing countries, particularly in engineering and computerscience.1According to a 2009 study of engineering faculty and students at the Universiti TeknologiPetronas (UTP), 90% of Malaysian women students (74% of the respondents to this survey wereMuslim Malays) believed that engineering is an appropriate career for women.7 Yet, only 20% ofthe male engineering students at UTP agreed that professional engineering is an appropriatecareer for women. The 587 study participants were primarily final year students; out of the 217female participants, the number of female participants who would give up engineering professionwas almost as many as those

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stanley M. Forman, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2012-3524: THE UNWRITTEN SYLLABUSMr. Stanley M. Forman, Northeastern University Stanley Forman and Susan Freeman are members of Northeastern University’s Gateway Faculty, a group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the First-year Engineering program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational ex- perience that endorses the student-centered, professional and practice-oriented mission of Northeastern University.Dr. Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University Page 25.1350.1 c American Society for

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Off the Beaten Path

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

competitions and report results backto faculty and staff. For 2011, a second research project was reincorporated into the class based onsurvey feedback. However, instead of individual research projects, students weregrouped by math placement and career interests and asked to compare and contrast twoengineering disciplines. Each team was given a math formula/principle at their level andasked to interview engineers in the field or the college to find out how it might be used inengineering practice. At the conclusion of each task, students participated in a postersession to convey to others in the class what they had discovered.Personal & Professional Development Personal and professional development for the camp and the course

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Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Stephan J. Nix, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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College Industry Partnerships

requirements [1]. The engineering graduationrate is even lower for Texas Higher Education institutions. It has also been noted that manystudents made their decision to leave an engineering major within the first two years, the periodduring which they are taking engineering prerequisites and before taking any (or many)engineering courses [2]. One of the potential reasons for this situation is that students in theirfirst two years are given little exposure to the many possibilities that an engineering career canoffer, while they are taking math and science courses taught outside of engineering departments.It suggests that few students-even those who have had some prior exposure to engineering-knowwhat engineers do, and this affects their commitment to

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STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 25.1322.2translated into a local decision to expand the “humanistic-social” program at MIT to eightsubjects, or one course taken during each semester of a student’s career.7From the standpoint of MIT’s history, the most significant consequence of Compton efforts wasthat it placed MIT squarely within the path of the U.S. science mobilization effort during WorldWar II. As recounted on many occasions, MIT garnered a lion’s share of the total OSRD wartimeexpenditures, a significant portion of which was dispersed across the institute.Origins of the SurveyVarious accounts make it clear that sponsored research was on the minds of many faculty atMIT. Still, as an indication of MIT’s vestigial orientation towards being an undergraduateinstitution

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; John Y. Hung, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

successful educationalprogram. As defined by ABET, “student outcomes describe what students are expected to knowand be able to do by the time of graduation.” [1] An effective assessment process must produceuseful data that are both summative and formative, the former to determine levels to whichstudent outcomes are being attained, and the latter to identify specific areas for programimprovement [2,3]. In addition, the assessment process must be efficient, to ensure sustainability.The program must identify or create opportunities to assess each of its student outcomes at oneor more points in the program, where students are expected to have attained, and should be ableto demonstrate that outcome at an acceptable level.The junior-level embedded systems

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

presentations. The research activities took place at the TAMUK roboticslaboratory and one Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty member and his studentassistant, an EECS senior level undergraduate student with extensive hardware as well assoftware expertise, provided close daily supervision, extensive research discussions andmentorship during the research project period. The participating faculty member conceptualized,assembled and tested a quadrotor, shown in Fig. 1, with low cost, light weight, easy to assemble,and suitable for mass production by using commodity products and traditionally availablemachining tools. The majority of hardware configuration and controller code scheduling wereimplemented in the C programming code. An

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; James William Altschuld, Ohio State University; Blaine W. Lilly, Ohio State University; Daniel A. Mendelsohn, Ohio State University

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Mechanical Engineering

decision was made to convert from quarters to semesters which required an reorganizationof the undergraduate and graduate curricula. The Department of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering looked at the conversion as an opportunity to make significant changes that wouldstrengthen and better position the graduates in an increasingly competitive and globalengineering workforce. With this objective in mind, the Department corresponded with 300alumni from the last 20 years, sought feedback from them on the curricula, and invited them tojoin a selected faculty group on campus in July of 2009 for a full-day discussion of curricularchanges. 130 alumni responded to the invitation and electronic survey and 45 alumni joined over15 faculty members for a

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The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Oswald Beiler P.E., Bucknell University; Arthur D. Kney, Lafayette College; David A. Veshosky, Lafayette College

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Civil Engineering

through a number of awards, most recently the PA Water Environmental Association (PWEA) 2010 Professional Research Award and the 2010 Delta Upsilon Distinguished Mentoring and Teaching Award; 2010 Aaron O. Hoff Award. Kney’s areas of interests include water/wastewater treat- ment (including industrial wastewater treatment) and sustainable engineering focusing on urban sprawl and its environmental effects on watersheds. Most recently, he has begun to explore methods to integrate undergraduate and K-12 education in innovative ways. In order to support his research and teaching inter- ests, he has been awarded a number of local, state, and national grants. Together with research students, faculty, and community partners

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

applied in many fields of engineering. Motivated by the PBL teaching and learningapproaches, for the last three years our focus shifted towards incorporating renewable energyconcepts in our senior design project and power electronics courses in order to make them moreattractive to the students. To enhance the hands-on experience this course was restructured as a Page 25.518.9project based course. Students are required to analyze, design, simulate or built a completelyfunctional system, as an end-of-term project, selected from a list proposed by the instructor. Thegoal of the design project is to explore and enhance students understanding of the

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4530: USING WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TO IMPROVE CON-CEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN STATICS: RESULTS FROM A PILOTSTUDYMr. Chris Venters, Virginia Tech Chris Venters is a Ph.D. candidate in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His primary research in- terests involve studying conceptual understanding among students in early undergraduate engineering courses. He received his B.S. in aerospace engineering from North Carolina State University and his M.S. in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Education and co-directs the

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles S. Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

world, making decisions, or communicating views. • Plug & Chug Paradigm - Represents a traditional engineering teaching model in which students Plug a value into an equation and Chug out an answer for solving classical boundary condition problems. • Design-Build-Test-Fix Paradigm – An ad hoc, iterative process traceable to scientific inquiry that lacks an insightful methodology in which engineers: 1) design an entity, 2) build it in the lab, 3) test it, and 4) fix, rework, or patch the design or its physical implementation in a seemingly endless loop until convergence at a final solution is achieved or schedule and cost resources are depleted

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Brian F. French, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

World Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development, and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University Shane Brown conducts research in conceptual and epistemological change, social capital, and diffusion of innovations. In 2011, he received the NSF CAREER Award to investigate how engineers think about and use concepts that academics consider to be important.Dr. Brian F. French, Washington State University Brian F. French is an Associate Professor of educational leadership and counseling psychology and Co- Director

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Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Dunia Tania Periverzov, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Environmental Engineering

spring quarters bring the students,faculty, and industrial partners together to see the student’s results and to give them theadditional experience of public presentation of their work.The importance of project work in the curriculum of our undergraduate engineering programs iswell understood. Students and faculty need to understand the objectives of doing project work, tohave mechanisms for selection of attractive topics, focus and scope of work, estimation of effortsrequired and facilities needed, etc. Students want and need to know the best practices also. What Page 25.120.4is the focus of engineering educations is an important question that