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Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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concepts from multiple courses in their senior design projects) as a difficulty anda challenge in the program. Students were also currently enrolled in various types of designcourses that required them to integrate and to apply knowledge and concepts they had learned inprevious courses. They pointed to this as challenging and interesting. At this upper-level stageof their engineering program (or having graduated), they were most interested in the concepts forwhich they could see a purpose. The mathematics-heavy concepts were singled out as difficultto understand and too difficult to apply in their design work and in their careers.Related to real-world applications, four students pointed to the design of physical objects eitheras their reason for

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Gwen Lee-Thomas, Ph.D., Old Dominion University; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida

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and universities; panel reviewer for US DOE GAANN Fellowships (2009, 2010), NSF EEP (2005-08), and S-STEM (2008). Her assessment findings and evaluative works are reported in IEEE, presented in ASEE and FIE conference proceedings, and acknowledged in Mixed-Nuts on several different projects. Dr. Lee- Thomas also presented her evaluative work as a key component in an award-winning NPR radio broadcast ”Sounds of Progress” on The Women In Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ON THE AIR! as part of a NSF funded project with Norfolk State University’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology.Autar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome

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Steve Warren, Kansas State University; Xiongjie Dong, Kansas State University; Tim J. Sobering, Kansas State University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education and a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Page 22.91.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Rapid Analysis and Signal Conditioning Laboratory (RASCL) Design Compatible with the National Instruments myDAQ® PlatformAbstractVirtual instruments and mobile data acquisition hardware for engineering education offerflexibility in learning venues and can help to

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Garret Nicodemus, University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Will Medlin, University of Colorado, Boulder

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), providing clearerdescriptions of the screencasts, and simply making more of them. Screencasts are currentlybeing prepared with the goal of at least 75 screencasts for each of the six core chemicalengineering courses that are the focus of this project: thermodynamics, material and energybalances, separations, heat transfer, fluids, and kinetics. Screencasts will be organized accordingto dominant textbooks used in those courses, and more detailed descriptions will be added tohelp direct viewers.Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge support by NSF-CCLI grant DUE-0920640, by Shell Oil, and bythe College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Engineering Excellence Fund at the Universityof Colorado.References1. Lewin, T. (2010, January 20). If

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Morgan M Hynes, Tufts University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Megan Kiely Mueller, Tufts University; Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University

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usefully provide engineering educators, policy makers, andbusiness and industry leaders heretofore unavailable scientific information about how to assessand to integrate key features of the development of behavioral characteristics in promotingengineering achievement across the college years. Our goal was that this information wouldprovide a model for future engineering education research and a baseline against which futureeducational innovations may be measured. It will also help faculty better balance hard and lifeskill sets in the undergraduate curriculum.To implement our research, the project team designed and conducted a web survey. The surveywas adapted from Freund and Baltes9 and included information about students' majors, GPA,activities

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Ashley Baxter-Baines, Rowan University; Caitlin Nicole Dillard, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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semesterFreshman Engineering course at Rowan University.AcknowledgementsThis project was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, ECC 0540855 andDUE-0126902. Page 22.513.8References                                                                                                                       1 Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, Mariano J. Savelski, and C. Stewart Slater. “Drug DeliveryExperiments in the ChE Curriculum.” 2005, American Society for Engineering Education. 2 Mathiowitz, Edith

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are needed to better prepare new engineers for these challenging tasks.Relatively few instructional technology development efforts have focused on the area ofautomated system design and education. However, there are two related projects related to Page 22.435.2control of automated systems using PLC programming. For example, LogixPro 500(http://www.thelearningpit.com/) employs animated educational simulations of processes, suchas traffic control and batch mixing, to show how a ladder diagram relates to an automatedprocess. Students can start and stop the animations, and study the corresponding ladder diagramfor certain conditions or cases.The

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Katie Grantham, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ryan Arlitt, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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areas with poor usability. Initial improvements to theinterface were made based upon feedback from the questionnaire. Page 22.652.2 1. INTRODUCTION The goal of this research project is to test usability of the Risk in Early Design(RED) application when used as an expert knowledge source for tasks previously thoughtto require engineering experience. As technology progresses, it is critical that educationalefforts focus on preparing students to build on the new developments, rather thancontinuously teaching them to “reinvent the wheel.” The teaching of new technology isnot limited to the integration of novel

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David Jackson, VCU Haptics Lab; Dianne T.V. Pawluk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Curtis R. Taylor, University of Florida

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. (2002) and Ph.D. (2005) in electrical engineering and physics from the University of Arkansas. Before coming to Arkansas in 2000, he worked for one year as a software development project manager at Capital One Financial Corporation in Richmond, Vir- ginia. Dr. Taylor has also held internship and research appointments with the U.S. Air Force, Central Intelligence Agency, United Technologies Corporation, and the National Center for Electron Microscopy at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Research interests include nanomanufacturing for the production of novel nanoelectronic and quantum devices, nanomechanical characterization of materials for development and improved reliability of nanodevices

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Darrin S. Muggli, Benedictine College; Brian Tande, University of North Dakota

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been arranged directly between UND and BC, so the cost istransparent to the student. The DEDP cost structure is such that its per-credit course charges arecomparable to those at BC. Thus the proposed model is financially attractive even for small,private colleges.Examinations and evaluationBecause a major concern in administering examinations to distance-education students isacademic honesty, usually some form of proctoring is instituted2. DEDP assigns proctors todistance-education students and the proposed project utilizes BC faculty in this role.Senior designFor almost two decades, UND has taught senior design via distance learning. Typically,distance-education students are assigned a faculty advisor, form design groups, conceive a designof

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Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

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classes. He is currently conducting research with NSF sponsored projects in the areas of: Modules to Promote Conceptual Change in an Introductory Materials Course, Tracking Student Learning Trajectories of Atomic Structure and Macroscopic Property Relationships, and Assessing the Effect of Learning Modes on Conceptual Change.Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University Jacquelyn Kelly is doctoral student in Science Education at Arizona State University. Her Master’s de- gree is in Materials Science and Engineering and her undergraduate degree is in Physics and Chemistry. Her principle research interests are situated in engineering education and include conceptual develop- ment, engineering academic language acquisition

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Javier A. Kypuros, The University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Constantine Tarawneh, The University of Texas, Pan American; Robert D. Wrinkle, University of Texas, Pan American; Martin William Knecht, South Texas College

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orientation of axes changes Page 22.762.8the sign of vector components, and (3) cords apply force in tension (not compression). Studentsfail to distinguish between the length of the vector and its projections along the primary axes.Moreover, they can be readily confused if the axes are not oriented with directionality similar toproblems they are accustomed to in the textbook (i.e. a right-handed Cartesian coordinatesystem). When mistakenly arriving at a solution that implies that the vector force along a cord isin compression, students sometimes fail to stop and assess whether that makes sense. Figure 6: (a) Experimental

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; William J Calvo, Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program, Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)

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consumerproduct concepts. The problems have been reviewed by multiple students and faculty. They arecurrently being evaluated in the sophomore Principles of Chemical Processes classes at XXUniversity to get feedback from students for further improvement and assess their impact. Theproblem sets have been incorporated into a user –friendly document and posted on PharmaHUBfor use by other universities.AcknowledgementsThis project has been supported by a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centergrant, NSF grant #ECC0540855References1. Savelski, M.J., Slater, C.S., Del Vecchio, C.A., Kosteleski, A.J., Wilson, S.A., “Development of Problem Sets for K-12 and Engineering on Pharmaceutical Particulate Systems,” Chemical Engineering Education, 44

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this project looks at failure of learning pointsrather than success. This analysis will be used to identify where learning breaks down or wheregaps exist in student prerequisite knowledge. In this way an institutional profile of studentcompetency in selected background skills across the curriculum can be developed. Studentresponses on pre-assessments can also be compared both within a class and as students progressthrough the curriculum over the two years of the study. Aggregate data from this longitudinal Page 22.1071.10study will permit assessment of student growth in these areas and it is anticipated that insightswill be gained in the

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Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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, the design advisors wereundergraduate teaching assistants; the internship coordinator was the professor for the course,although her area of professional expertise was not biomedical engineering. Students work in small groups and are guided by their design advisor, with whom theyinteract using an e-mail and Internet chat system built into the simulation. Teams proceedthrough design-build-test cycles, first with just one material and subsequently with all materials,including all possible values of all input parameters (see Figure 2). They receive feedback ondesigns from virtual nonplayer characters with an interest in the project—a clinical engineer, amanufacturing engineer, a focus group liaison, and representatives from marketing and

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Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Terri Tarr, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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workshops that are based on something that faculty bring to work Page 22.1498.6on and leave with a tangible project; and mentor work with several people. Examples of formalcollaborations include: interventions designed and implemented at the program level using datafrom student evaluations and learning outcomes to inform professional development activities;CTL working with faculty to engage in systemic educational research on promising pedagogicpractices; CTL generalizing professional development to a variety of disciplines, includingengineering; and when CTLs partner with engineering faculty on grant proposal development forteaching-learning

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Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Platteville

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reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References1. Smith, Karl A and Imbrie, P K. Teamwork and Project Management. Boston : McGraw Hill, 2004.2. Ohland, Matthew W., et al. Developing a Peer Evaluation Instrument that is Simple, Reliable, and Valid.Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference. 2005. CD ROM.3. American Society of Civil Engineers. Home. Report Card for America's Infrastructure. [Online] 2009.http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/.4. National Research Council. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington DC :National Academy Press, 2000. Page 22.488.8

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Yi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Shubo Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur B. Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

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capabilityand its biocompatibility are attractive. Unfortunately, these actuators are slow, relativelybulky, incapable of high output force, and consume large amounts of power.The next actuator considered was shape memory alloy (SMA). This type of actuator had allthe qualities necessary for this device with two exceptions. SMA is heat-activated and thushas very low efficiency and slow response time. In addition, this means that the devicedissipates a lot of power. Despite this drawback, it was decided that SMA would be sufficientfor the purposes of a capsule prototype. The issue of power consumption will be addressed asthe project progresses further.Our conceptual design of the capsule robot is inspired from the earthworm-like locomotivemechanisms

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Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Scott Molitor, University of Toledo; Brian W. Randolph, University of Toledo; Shane A. Brown, Washington State University; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University; C. Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas

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and community college levels) representing strategicpockets of interest in some of our nation’s most STEM critical regions. In addition to Ohio,these include Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Washington and Virginia. Thedissemination component of the project has resulted in the addition of several unfundedcollaborating instructions. All told, a total of 22 institutions spanning 8 different states havepiloted aspects of the Wright State model for adoption at their own institutions, including 16universities, 3 community colleges and 3 high schools. This section includes highlights from asmall subset of these institutions, including two funded institutions (University of Toledo andWashington State University) as well as one unfunded