Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Chris Venters, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Creating and Sustaining Productive Research Groups in Engineering Departments: Results from a Faculty and Future Faculty WorkshopAbstractIn July 2011, 45 engineering graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty members andadministrators from 33 universities across the country met to discuss how to foster successfulengineering graduate research groups. This paper summarizes the recommendations andconclusions from this meeting. Analysis of workshop discussions yielded four major themes:clarity of expectations, attending to community, organization for group and peer learning, andstructuring student development towards independence. In

Conference Session

Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

questions. It is a detriment to their career if a person does not ask questions. Oralcommunication skills on technical subject matter are extremely important as project updates areoften informally presented to peers at team meetings. If a project is to be presented to upperlevel management, such as the Vice President of R&D, the presenter is typically coached so thepresentation is appropriate. Cassy also mentioned that the ability to write reports is important,but the writing standard is not as high as writing a journal article. It is also important to be ableto work within various cultures because her team is located in many different areas of the world.In graduate school, Cassy felt that she had a good team environment; therefore, the

Conference Session

Service as an Element of Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Travis O'Hair, Skyline High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

increase students’ attitudes towards communityservice and efficacy with engineering skills. The students in the PBSL section of the course out-gained their peers in non-service PBL sections for efficacy and awareness. The female and URMstudents in the PBSL section had the greatest gains in efficacy over the course of the semester.The non-service PBL females and majority students had the greatest gains for attitudes towardscommunity service, though it is important to note again that the PBSL students started with veryhigh attitude scores on this factor.Skyline High School’s four-year STEM curriculum focuses on higher-level thinking,communication, writing and many other 21st-century skills necessary for successful studentlearning. Students have

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Walck, Michigan Technological University; Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University; Jim R. Baker, Michigan Technological University; Jean S. DeClerck, Michigan Technological University; Nora Allred, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

learning and offers scheduling flexibility for busy STEM graduate students throughthe innovative use of educational and communication technologies. Grounded in Pask’s modelof conversation theory, the program engages student peers as well as patent and copyrightexperts in conversations using Web 2.0 technologies to encourage and capture group interactionand build critical thinking skills in the intellectual property domains of U.S. patent and copyrightlaw. Student learning and satisfaction were evaluated using pre- and post-tests, rubric-guidedexpert evaluation of conversation transcripts and problem solutions, focus groups, and feedbackforums, all designed to provide guidance for continuous improvement of course delivery andcontent. Investigators

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl D. Sorensen, Brigham Young University; Robert H. Todd, Brigham Young University; Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University

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Design in Engineering Education

, design, writing, or other performance assessments.7,8,9Bailey and Szabo declare “Rigorously assessing students' design process knowledge is essentialfor understanding how to best create learning environments to facilitate the development of suchknowledge. Such assessment is also quite difficult and hence there is a lack of assessment toolscapable of measuring the design process knowledge of every student in a large college”.28 Thisstatement concisely depicts the wide open field of opportunity for engineering educators todevise, validate, and publish assessment instruments targeting design skills and knowledge.35, 36Some efforts have been made to address this opportunity through the development ofstandardized tests of engineering design skills

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Lisa G. Bullard, North Carolina State University; Steven W. Peretti, North Carolina State University; David F. Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

numerous awards for both teaching and advising, including being named as an NCSU Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, the ASEE Raymond W. Fahien Award, the John Wiley Premier Award for Engineering Education Courseware, NCSU Fac- ulty Advising Award, National Effective Teaching Institute Fellow, NCSU Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, ASEE Southeastern Section New Teacher Award, and ASEE-ERM Apprentice Faculty Grant Award. Bullard’s research interests lie in the area of educational scholarship, including teaching and advising effectiveness, academic integrity, process design instruction, and the integration of writing, speaking, and computing within the

Conference Session

K-12 Experiences in Energy Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Mansour Tahernezhadi, Northern Illinois University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

alternative energy. Participants become community leaders promotingalternative energy technology. Each participant will write an inquiry-based lesson plan in solar Page 25.1066.5and wind power technology after attending the ETI institute. Inquiry-based learning incorporatesinterdisciplinary study, critical thinking skills, and structured research considering the students asindividual learning styles to produce a student-centered instructional method. The lesson plansfocus students’ inquiry on questions that are challenging, debatable and difficult to solve, andstructure lessons so that students have opportunities to work with peers and apply

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

-onexperience valued by employers, and serves to fill in any gaps in understanding from thestudents’ classroom education. Page 25.325.4The first major retention issue the solar boat project targets is the lack of a well-defined studentsupport system. Numerous studies have shown that students who are involved in small groupsretain more than students who work alone8. Isolation of a student from his or her peers can causestress beyond that imposed by an already formidable field of study. At the beginning of eachschool year, the solar boat project falls under the responsibility of a group of students who opt tobecome members of the University’s Solar Boat

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University; Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri State University; Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

character- ization for therapeutic applications. His current research areas are: externally tunable nanostructures for targeted delivery and axon-regeneration after nervous system injury, hydrogel encapsulated quan- tum dots for single molecule imaging, magnetically controlled micro- and nano-fluidics for lab-on-a-chip applications. So far, he has published 25 peer-reviewed articles in reputed journals and international conference proceedings. He serves as a reviewer for the National Institute of Health (NIH), American Chemical Society (ACS), and many internationally reputed journals. He is the recipient of the following awards: ”Cottrell College Science Award” for young faculties- Research Corporation for Science Ad

Conference Session

Projects in Instrumentation and Control

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University

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Instrumentation

-sponsoredprojects. Research shows that projects that were funded by industry and then turned completelyover to the students were invariably less successful than those that had an interested mentorengineer involved with the project. Having students feel responsible and accountable to anindustrial “customer” seems to be an important factor in their learning the practice ofengineering.E. Evaluation of student PerformanceIndividual students will be evaluated by their team members. Each member is required to write aconfidential percentage of the individual member’s contributions to the project. The grade willbe based on the average of the team member’s evaluation. For Example: Team 1 has gained 400points in their project. One member was evaluated by his peers

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Giada Biasetti, Iowa State University; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

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Minorities in Engineering

youngminds about the educational and career possibilities in transportation. With volunteer efforts andnominal start-up funding, Go! was created in 2007 as a static web site and used standard webtechnology. Static sites are typically used to display and disseminate information to a generalaudience. Go! disseminated information on transportation topics and careers. It published articleson various aspects of transportation in a fun and easy to read manner. The topics were selectedby the faculty and staff, and developed and written by graduate and undergraduate students withinterface design, communication, and writing skills. These students were typically enrolled innon-transportation programs, such as communications, creative writing, journalism, and

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

) and they also complete a peer feedback form that goes back to thepresenter. This form, adapted from the U.S. Military Academy’s T4E evaluation form8, is usedas a tool to objectively provide critical feedback to the presenter, and also to give the workshopdevelopment team information on potential problem areas that could be the focus of newworkshops. In addition, each presenter’s session is video-recorded. At the end of the day,participants receive copies of their feedback and a DVD of their microteaching session. Thefinal assignment is for each participant to review the feedback, watch the DVD, and write andsubmit a one-page reflection that discusses the strengths and weaknesses of his or her ownsession, as well as any other observations from

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

meaningful to communicative, i.e., independent comprehension. With respect to writing, current pedagogical trends take the emphasis off the final product, seen only by the instructor (a dependency), and places it on the student and their peers (independence). The emphasis in writing is on the process or development of the piece, whereby the student controls the various versions, not the instructor. Page 25.139.8 4. Use the tools – In languages the best way to learn is to continue to use it. Several tools are taught in aerospace engineering classes. The best way to learn and retain them is to use them. Again

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech; Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4295: HOW AWARD WINNING COURSEWARE IS IMPACTINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC Flora P. McMartin is the Founder of Broad-based Knowledge, LLC (BbK) , a consulting firm focused on assisting educators in their evaluation of the use and deployment of technology assisted teaching and learning. Throughout her career, she as served as an External Evaluator for a number of CCLI/TUES and NSDL-funded projects associated with community building, peer review of learning materials, faculty development, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Where have We Come From and Where are We Going? Learning Lessons and Practices from the Projects of the NDSL

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Kenneth J. Williamson, Oregon State University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Goran Jovanovic Ph.D., Oregon State University; Chih-hung Chang, Oregon State University; Adam Z. Higgins, Oregon State University; Craig M. Gates, Oregon State University; Richard Mark Roehner, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

interactively with their peers and the instructor. Performance on an identicalexamination showed the average of the experimental group was 2.5 standard deviations abovethe control group. In addition, student attendance and engagement were significantly higher inthe experimental group.Other, more comprehensive studies similarly find increased learning in classes that use activelearning pedagogies.2,3 Using pre/post-test data of over 6,000 physics students from a valid andreliable concept inventory, Hake4 found that courses that used active learning had normalizedlearning gains that were twice as large as the gains for classes that used only traditional lectures.Similarly, over a span of thirteen years, Poulis et al. 5 studied over 5,000 students in

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Biomedical

, and programming, (b) stark variations in the core interests of thestudents, and (c) cultural disparities between engineering departments regarding reasonablelevels of assignment difficulty and commensurate time investments. To help address some ofthese issues in a junior-level Introduction to Biomedical Engineering course, the author haschosen (for four recent Spring course offerings) to set aside two to three weeks of each 16-weekcourse for discretionary topics chosen by the students. Each student or student pair then takes onthe role of the instructor and teaches that topic to the rest of the students in the format of a 25-minute seminar. Students must assign homework to their peers and grade the results; thesegrades are then entered into

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

implementations of web logs in academia reportgroup blogging as well.One of the main drivers of the popularity associated with blogging in academia is its potential to Page 25.620.2create or enhance a highly engaging learning environment3 that promotes interactivity amongstudents and in some cases the instructors. Its general use varies based on course needs; someresearchers report using blogs to (1) gather/share resources, (2) share opinions, ideas andexperiences, (3) exchange hyperlinks, (4) enable peer review, (5) provide instructor feedback, (6)encourage reflective learning, (7) report course news and updates, (8) improve writing skills, and(9) serve

Conference Session

High School Students Thinking and Performance

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

basic interpretive research strategies, with a strong flavorof grounded theory. The purpose of the study was to understand how high school students makesense of engineering design as an educational activity. Hence, we employed a process informedby constant comparative techniques – the simultaneous collection and analysis of data. Wedeviated from grounded theory by not making the production of a substantive-level theory arequisite to the study. Rather, themes and findings in high school engineering design werederived and explained. Peer debriefing became an ongoing process following the analyses. Inaddition to peer debriefing, the credibility of this study was established through triangulation ofthe themes and findings from the design challenge

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Biomedical

literature. In many courses, students areexpected to critically read and discuss journal articles provided by the instructor, as well as tofind their own articles for presentation or use in projects. The ability to fully utilize the primaryliterature is a skill that is not typically taught until graduate school, if at all. By providing ourstudents with these tools, they are equipped with the tools to learn new technical material ontheir own.Finally, communication skills are extensively developed through seminar-style discussion,formal and informal presentations and writing assignments, and poster presentations. Technicalpapers, such as literature reviews or a project reports, are common deliverables in BioE courses.A key component of teaching

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alex Friess, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine; Dylan Connole

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International

Page 25.568.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Enhancing cross-cultural interaction in courses with a large component of visiting study-abroad studentsAbstractInternational student mobility programs enhance the global exposure of students, andrepresent a vital and increasing component in the offering of many universities worldwide.These programs often involve the travel of a group of students to an overseas location, wherethey, in addition to a variety of cultural activities, also register for a series of courses towardstheir degree completion. These courses are taken jointly with their local peers. Whilecollaborative exchange programs among different universities often

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen M. Doerr, Syracuse University; Jonas Bergman Arleback, Syracuse University; AnnMarie H. O'Neil, Syracuse University

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First-Year Programs

improve in their abilities to read and write about mathematicalproblems and their solutions, while collaborating with their peers. Finally, a fourth aim of thiscourse was for students to develop and enhance the algebra skills necessary to succeed in this Page 25.170.2course and in their next math course.To accomplish this ambitious set of goals, we designed the course around a sequence ofmodeling activities that would engage students in solving problems, working in small groups,and communicating their thinking throughout the modeling sequence. The central mathematicalidea around which this course was organized is a deep understanding of

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mauro J. Caputi; George DeMarco; Jacqueline Pierson; Brittney Schmidt; Evan Sick

of the Professor and Peer Teachers, but also the assistanceand cooperation from the other Teams within the Lab section as well. This expanded level of cooperation is an important factor for Teams working out theirgrowing teamwork and communication skills previously acquired through the DESIGN 15Lecture class content and Class Activities. A list of the GDC projects, adapted from The Fundamentals of Visualization, Modeling,and Graphics for Engineering Design by Dennis Lieu and Sheryl Sorry, follows with a briefdescription of each: GDC A – Escape Design and construct a mechanical system that will launch a hard-boiled egg into the air and have it land as far from the launch point as possible. The egg mustland totally intact (no

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Engineering Ethics

affective domain as it does to the cognitive.Recent research shows the importance of the peer group, together with interaction with faculty tobe the most important factors in student achievement and development. Faculty have a majorrole to play in helping engineering students overcome negative attitudes toward liberalism, asdoes mixing with students who have other interests. Enlargement of mind is helped by anacquaintance with the perennial problems of philosophy since the answers a person gives to theminfluence her/his thinking and behaviour. In the discussion that ends the paper, attention is drawnto recent research on the experience of students of their undergraduate education that supportssome of the contentions made in this paper.Recent

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Muhammad Faysal Islam; Mohammed Nazrul Islam

Incorporating Systems Engineering and Project Management Concepts in First Year Engineering Curriculum Muhammad Faysal Islam1 and Mohammed Nazrul Islam2 1 Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC 2 Department of Security Systems, State University of New York, Farmingdale, New York AbstractDuring the first and second years of undergraduate engineering programs, most students focustheir studies to build a solid foundation of mathematics, writing composition, engineeringgraphics, programming languages, economics, and other social

Conference Session

Orienting Students for Lifelong Learning Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Megan R. Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2012-3077: ONE OR MANY? ASSESSING DIFFERENT DELIVERYTIMING FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES RELEVANT TO ASSIGN-MENTS DURING THE SEMESTER. A WORK-IN-PROGRESSProf. Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette Amy Van Epps, M.S.L.S., M.Eng., is an Associate Professor of library science and Engineering Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction at the Siegesmund Engineering Library, Purdue University. Her research interests include information literacy, effective teaching, and integration methods for information literacy into the curriculum and ethical writing skills of engineering students.Ms. Megan R. Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Megan Sapp Nelson is Associate Professor of library sciences at Purdue

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell P.E., Ohio Northern University; David R. Sawyers Jr., Ohio Northern University; Jed E. Marquart, Ohio Northern University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

valuable experience on how studentinvolvement can enhance undergraduate engineering education, and provides insight into somecommon advantages and disadvantages of such involvement. Page 25.624.2Several authors write of the many-faceted benefit of competition projects. Sulzbach writes thatthat the Concrete Canoe competition1 enhances the educational experience by producing anatmosphere of school pride among team members, fostering creativity, and encouraging peer-to-peer learning as students pass along the cumulative team knowledge and experience.Competitions such as these put students in many real world situations which are “typically

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ehlig-Economides, University of Houston (CoE); Sukesh K. Aghara, Prairie View A&M University; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Anthony R. Kovscek, Stanford University; Mehmet Ayar, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Don R. Gilman P.E., Texas A&M University; Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University; Timothy Allen Robinson, Pennsylvania State University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

guide designs forfuture energy supply. Students complete a group project, write a report, present their finalprojects, and answer questions from their peers in the first course. In the second course, studentsexamine alternative energy processes, such as, renewables and nuclear energy, with the potentialfor low carbon intensity and environmental impact.At CSULB, 100 to 300 students enroll in the energy and environment course in every semester.Roughly 20% of students are from engineering, another 20% from environmental science policyprogram, and rest from all majors across the campus. Students participate in a variety ofactivities including online group discussion and debate, projects and site visits.The characteristics of the five faculty

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Feser, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science & Technology Policy ; Maura J. Borrego, National Science Foundation; Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama; Connie Kubo DUPE Della-Piana, National Science Foundation

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Educational Research and Methods

andLaboratory Improvement (CCLI), have been an influential and substantial source of funding forU.S. undergraduate STEM education change since 1990.A framework of institutionalization and transportability is used to understand evolution of theengineering education community’s perceptions of change processes as demonstrated in NSF’sCCLI-TUES program. We present the results of a peer review panelist survey organized by priorCCLI criteria and newer institutionalization and transportability TUES criteria.In July 2011, 133 TUES engineering panelists were surveyed about characteristics of the Type 1proposals they had just evaluated. Analysis of their responses indicates greater consensusregarding the weaknesses of proposals than of the strengths. Weaknesses

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bettina J. Casad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

founder of STEM Through Guided Discovery, a robotics program for K-12 students. The success of his program has received international attention and has been adopted abroad. Jawaharlal has more than 20 years of industrial, academic, and entrepreneurial experience. Before joining Cal Poly, Pomona, Jawaharlal founded and developed APlusStudent.com, Inc., an online supple- mental K-12 education company. He also served on the faculty at Rowan University, N.J., and Kettering University, Mich. Jawaharlal is passionate about education and focuses on K-12 STEM education. He writes education columns for the Huffington Post

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Carl Becker P.E., Iowa State University; Joel K. Sikkema, Iowa State University; Nicole Lynn Oneyear, Iowa State University; Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., Iowa State University

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Student

they were administered prior to, during, and after the event. An analysis of the 185 responsesthat were received reflects the event’s success: 94 percent indicated that the department shouldsupport the event in the future, and all respondents stated that the showcase was valuable for thepresenters. In addition, 75 percent of presenters reported that they had plans to present or hadalready presented their research at a professional conference. Although the inaugural competitionwas successful in catalyzing graduate student research dissemination, future efforts are needed totranslate participation in the departmental event to presentations at professional conferences andpublications through topical peer-reviewed outlets.IntroductionA catalyst is