Conference Session

A Global Engineer: International and Domestic Engineer

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G. Brown, The Boeing Company; Alan Jacobs, Quanser; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hans J. Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

Conference in 2010, SIG stakeholders attempted to translate the attributesinto specific competencies that could be identified by levels of importance and proficiency atcertain intervals of an individual’s education and professional development. The initial listtotaled 48; however, through in-person meetings at the Conference, and through bi-weeklytelephone conference calls and other electronic communication, the list was ultimatelysynthesized and consolidated. After further review and validation from CMC members, a totalof 20 competencies associated with the attributes of a global engineer emerged. These are:1. Demonstrates an understanding of engineering, science, and mathematics fundamentals2. Demonstrates an understanding of political, social

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Shree Frazier; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

findings is also presented.IntroductionABET approved Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC, 2000) in 1996 1. Shifting from an emphasis oninputs of engineering programs (i.e., curricula) to the outputs of these programs (i.e., theknowledge, skills, and attributes that students should take away from their educationalexperiences), EC 2000 has been far-reaching in both academia and industry2., Although efforts toexplore the attributes and skills expected of engineering graduates have begun, it is unfortunatethat they have been focused primarily at the undergraduate level. These types of studies are notusual in doctoral education but are needed for Ph.D. programs to respond to the changingenvironments of industry and academia. Additionally most engineering

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

grant to improve diversity at Rose-Hulman. Page 22.268.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Audio-Visual Lab Tutorials to Develop Independent LearnersAbstractThis paper describes the development and use of audio-visual lab tutorials in undergraduate levelcircuits courses. The tutorials supplement the lab experience by providing 1) basic informationon how to set-up the equipment used in the lab and 2) demonstrations of best practices by anexpert user. The tutorials demonstrate specific tasks germane to the less experienced student.Students are asked to review certain videos before

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Instrumentation

presented these commands to the charger forautomatic implementation. As required, a human operator verified the loop, comparingcommands to resulting voltage and current readings. Initial testing of the prototype showedcommunications were established with Charger #1. Subsequent designs, accomplished as afollow-on project for a graduate student, completed the interface for the remaining chargers.This paper describes the design process, including both hardware and software design, as wellimplementation and testing, performance results, and recommendations for further improvement.Introduction The US Navy operates an experimental quarter-scale submarine to test new concepts innaval architecture. This submarine is an all-electric ship, run by a

Conference Session

ETD Design I: Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonio Soares, Florida A&M Univeristy; Chao Li, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Engineering Technology

drinkholding unit. The drink is then dispensed to the strategically parked robot which will thenatomically return to the original location where the user can retrieve the drink. The user canchoose from three beverage choices by pressing 1, 2, or 3 on the remote.IntroductionThe Electronic Engineering Technology Program at our university implemented several yearsago a capstone course intended to capture graduating seniors’ ability to design and implement acomplete project using design methods and tools used in today’s industry. It is a two semestercourse designed to capture many aspects of engineering and to allow the students to integrate theknowledge received over the years in the program. The Senior Design Proposal (EET 4950) isoffered during the

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College; David L Harris, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Joseph Keeter, Harvey Mudd College; Madeleine S Ong, Harvey Mudd College; Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 22.271.3Course OrganizationThe E11 syllabus is shown in Table 1. E11, like most other HMC courses, is offered for 3 unitsof credit. Students attend two 50-minute weekly lectures in a large group and a 3-hour labsession in a group of 10. Most work takes place during the lab sessions, but students completeseven relatively short problem sets on their own time and work outside of class to optimize theirrobot for the final competition. First-semester freshmen receive pass/fail grading. Table 1: E11 SyllabusWeek Mon Wed Lab Problem Set0: 8/30 Big Picture, Energy Shop safety briefing1: 9/6 Arduino

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Edward Morris Barbanell, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

. Recognizing this disconnect,some in the discipline have begun reaching out beyond the ivory tower, to talk about thepractical applications of their discussions for concrete environmental policies6,7.The clear motivation to increase exposure of civil engineering students to content beyondtraditional technical civil engineering skills has created a number of approaches to accomplishthis objective. Three common approaches are (1) requiring humanities courses to be taken asgeneral education requirements as part of the Bachelor of Science degree, (2) exposing civilengineering students to the humanities in civil engineering courses taught by broadly read civilengineering professors8, and (3) introducing modules or blocks of learning in the civilengineering

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Lee Downey, Virginia Tech; Masanori Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. He is also founder and co-developer of the Engineering Cultures course (ranked #2 of 190 multimedia contributions to www.globalhub.org)Masanori Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology Page 22.273.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011   1   Avoiding Inferiority

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Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace, Competency, and a Successful Career

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council

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International

University and StateTechnology University of So Paulo. Abroad he has taught courses and lectures in five continents over 30different Countries. Page 22.274.4 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Awareness of Social Impact of Engineering: The task for Engineering Schools? Melany M. Ciampi1, Claudio da Rocha Brito2 1 President of Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization 2 President of Science and Education Research CouncilAbstractSocial groups have ambiguous understanding

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Mechanical Engineering Laboratories II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony William Duva, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ali Moazed, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology ; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Balancing Theory, Simulation and Physical Experiments in Heat Transfer EducationAbstract: Some big problems for students studying heat transfer are (1) difficulty in visualizingboth basic and complex theoretical concepts, (2) unsure how to design changes effect heat flowor temperature distributions, (3) unclear how to apply theoretical concepts in the development ofcomponents / systems and (4) confusion with how to extend single point experiments to genericapplications. It is impossible for students to solve complex heat transfer problems throughtheoretical hand calculations or execute real experiments when the boundary conditions arecomplicated because of time and laboratory equipment cost constraints. During the

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergey N. Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Reinhold Ludwig, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kaung Myat Win, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, ECE Department

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Electrical and Computer

class materials on DC motors are prepared based on the first principles. Theyare reasonably different from some common popular guidelines5. At the same time, thesematerials have the following (simplifying) features: 1. Only an introductory analysis of DC motors and DC generators operating in steady state is given, starting with the Lorentz force concept and linear motors. 2. DC motor resistance, the torque constant, and the voltage constant are then introduced and studied together. 3. Next, it is suggested that the class learn how to find and interpret motor constants from the datasheet is suggested next. 4. Afterwards, the torque-speed curves are studied using four measurable motor quantities:  no load

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University; Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

closely with secondary school students through the NSF-funded FREE project at ISU (Female Recruits Explore Engineering), and she has a broad background in designing and using technology for outreach and learning in secondary schools. In addition, Rema has also worked on projects funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the US Department of Education.Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University Shauna Hallmark is an Associate Professor in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at ISU. She is currently serving as the director of the Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC), a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, student assessment wasdone solely with personal interviews.1. Introduction Student design competitions can provide an excellent opportunity for both undergraduatestudents and instructors. While time is usually the most constricting factor in the lives of bothstudents and faculty, teaching independent study courses that involve the completion of projectsto compete in student design competitions is a great way to maximize the results of time spent.Instructors can introduce material necessary to a design project to a small group of studentswithout preparing involved lecture notes and homework sets. The instructor can then getimmediate feedback in the small independent study meetings when the material is presented, andthey can provide more

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

, analog and digital filter design, electronic circuit design, printedcircuit board layout, and feedback control design. The students also helped a faculty member toconduct research work and curricular development. The seamless combination of learning,research, curriculum development, and outreach based on the research projects illustrates theimportance of research with the involvement of undergraduate students.1. IntroductionThe importance of undergraduate research has been studied by many educators over the past twodecades1,12,14,15,19,20,26,27,32. Because of the importance of undergraduate research, NationalScience Foundation has a special program, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), tosupport efforts in this area18,21,25. It

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roy Pruett, Bluefield State College; Bruce V. Mutter, Bluefield State College

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College Industry Partnerships

Electrical Engineer- ing from West Virginia University Institute of Technology and his Masters in Information Systems from West Virginia College of Graduate Studies Page 22.280.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Benefits of Small College-Industry Partnerships for Training Program DevelopmentAbstractThe paper describes the numerous benefits that a small college has experienced by working moreclosely with its industry partners to improve training of our students. Benefits have included thefollowing: (1) keeping instructors up-to-date on the

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory K Watkins, California State University, Chico

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Design in Engineering Education

addition, project supervision clearly varies widely from projectto project and from group to group. But the work here has identified ten fundamental practicesthat have consistently lead to improved project supervision and improved student satisfaction ofcapstone design. They are: 1. Regularly scheduled group meetings. At the beginning of each semester, faculty mentors and student groups decide on a time for a weekly meeting. The time slot is recorded on the faculty member’s door card and the meeting is considered mandatory for all group members. Occasional conflicts are inevitable, but the students need to understand that a portion of their individual grade for participation is based on attendance at the weekly meetings

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marie A. Boyette, FLATE

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NSF Grantees

Page 22.282.3by different camps during the summer, then the cumulative initial and maintenance cost shouldbe prorated as a recurring expense.For FLATE, as an example, each of our 1 week duration camps cost about $120/camper onaverage to run. This is an estimate of our recurring expenses such as snacks but not lunch,disposable supplies and materials, take-away items such as “T” shirts and does not include theinvestment in new and replacement robots. FLATE’s home institutions, HillsboroughCommunity College, St. Petersburg College, and the College of Engineering at the University ofSouth Florida do not charge for use of facilities and FLATE’s general policy when operating off-site camps is to require that the host institution cover any facility

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Kathy Ann Zook, Adams 50 School District; Megan Yoder, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Hacker, Hofstra University; David Burghardt, Hofstra University; David Crismond, City College of the City University of New York; Christopher Malanga; Timothy James Johnson, S. F. Austin High School, Houston ISD; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

instructional units. Together, Ms. Zookand Megan planned the unit described here, which addresses man-made disasters and how theseevents impact people and the environment. This lesson introduces environmental engineering tothe students. Given the demographics of the student population, these students are unlikely tohave family members who are engineers and therefore are unlikely to have had previousexposure to the practical applications of engineering to the environment. The complete lessonplan is provided in Appendix A. The students’ learning targets in science and mathematicsfollow. Science is reflected in numbers 1 through 6, and mathematics in 7 through 11.By the conclusion of this unit, students will be able to: 1) Differentiate between the basic

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering: Assessments of Participant Outcomes

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Eugene F. Brown, Virginia Tech; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Best Practices Panel – Assessment in K-12 Engineering Education and OutreachIn September 2009, the National Academy of Engineering released the report from thecommittee tasked with determining the state of engineering in K-12 education.1 A simplifiedsummary of that report is that many well-meaning people are active in a variety of wayspromoting and teaching engineering in K-12, but little is known about what programs oractivities are most successful or how or why they are successful. Formal and informal programs,programs that work with students, programs that work with teachers, programs meant to inform,inspire, and educate about engineering, programs that use

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James J. Sluss Jr., University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis, University of Oklahoma; Mark B. Yeary, University of Oklahoma

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Electrical and Computer

”, a National Center for Education Statistics publication. It showedthat between the 2003/04 to 2007/08 academic cycles the total number of bachelor’sdegrees granted had risen by nearly 12%, while the number of Engineering and ComputerScience bachelor’s degrees dropped by nearly the same percentage. Figure 1 shows thedata over the last 25 years 1. The declines over the last few years look very similar to theearly to middle stages of the immense declines in engineering during the mid 1980s. 1600 Bachelor's Degrees Granted in U.S. 11.7% rise from 2003/04 to 2007/08 1200

Conference Session

Focus on Entry Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta; Inci Ayranci, University of Alberta

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Chemical Engineering

students, we took a hard look at the root causes of this distribution. Thegoal was to consciously uncover and remove barriers to student learning which result in the “bi-modal distribution”. To determine whether this had a quantitative effect on student learning, theclass marks on the final exam for three successive years were combined from the beginning ofthe work (1995-1998), the middle years (2003-2006) and the last three years (2008-2010) withthe distributions shown in Figure 1. The instructor was the same for all classes and the averagingover three successive classes removes any significant differences between student groups. Whilethe course content was changed after the first set of data (1995-1998), it was constant from thesecond set of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas E. Allen, Bucknell University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, there had not been an university-wide discussion. Amajor impetus behind the initiative described in this paper was to intentionally unite theserelated elements through creating an innovation ecosystem. An innovation ecosystem isthe result of interactions between diverse stakeholders in a community with a vision ofachieving goals through innovation or targeted creativity. Toward this end, facultyleaders in innovation from diverse disciplines gathered in a workshop to explore tactics tonurture, support and promote these activities and new initiatives. Specifically, this groupof faculty from engineering, management, arts, humanities and social sciences met to: 1. Build an awareness of all of the diverse activities and identify how they tie into

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Balaji Narasimhan, Iowa State University; Monica H. Lamm, Iowa State University; Carlos Lopez, Iowa State University ; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University

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Biological & Agricultural

Experience for Undergraduates(REU). This program is a three-year renewal REU site program funded by the NSF. Thepurpose of the REU program is to provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to conducthands-on research. The program has 2 areas of interest which include 1) Biological Materials,and 2) Biological Processes.Literature ReviewSeveral studies cover various components of the undergraduate research experience in scienceand engineering, focusing particularly on the benefits of these experiences. For example,Zydney, Bennett, Shahid, and Bauer stated that students who participate in research experiencesare thought to develop expertise in an area of specialization, gain a better understanding andappreciation of the research process, and

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John P. O'Connell, University of Virginia; Jeffrey John Chalmers, Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering

problems in their course. Additionally, theperformance on the non-bio questions did not show statistical differences in performance acrossthe intervention and comparison sites. It can thus be inferred that inclusion of the additionalBioEMB problems did not distract the students from learning the fundamental chemicalengineering principles.IntroductionThere is expected to be a growing need for chemical engineers trained in the life sciences. Assummarized in a special section article of Chemical Engineering Progress, a 2005 AIChE surveyreported 12.8% of chemical engineers who responded were employed in a combination ofpharmaceutical, biological and medical industries, and this total nearly equaled the numberemployed in the oil/gas industries[1]. The

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Manoogian, Loyola Marymount University

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Biological & Agricultural

aplethora of other areas that link science and engineering. The course content at this levelserved to broaden engineering students’ understanding of the science of biology as itrelates to engineering, stimulate interest in technical careers, address an ABET sciencerequirement and to address at least one common engineering program outcome related tolife-long learning. ABET related assessment was conducted with respect to the researchassignment from the class.Introduction The interrelationship between the fields of Biology and Engineering presents agrowing opportunity for engineers and that biology should be a core science course forengineers according to the NSF, NIH and others (1, 2). Knowledge of biology specific tothe complex communities

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anna Dollar, Miami University; Ronald R. Ulseth, Itasca Community College; Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University

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Mechanics

interactive materials for on-line instruction. Page 22.291.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 BLENDING INTERACTIVE COURSEWARE INTO STATICS COURSES AND ASSESSING THE OUTCOME AT DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS1. INTRODUCTIONIt is increasingly appreciated that instruction should be learner-centered [1]. Various approacheshave been pursued that include leveraging computer technology in effective ways andestablishing more interactive classrooms. In particular, new approaches can draw upon the well-established principle that assessment should be integrated into the learning process [2]. Forexample

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

the designers actively play the role of the systems that they are working to develop. Wecall the technique “body-storming” as it, in some ways, mimics the brain-storming technique, butin a much more physical manner. The second new ideation technique involves imagining howsuperheroes and cartoon characters might hypothetically address the specific designrequirements. The third technique uses the Sci-Tech publications Popular Mechanics (PM) andPopular Science (PS) to seed the ideation process.1. IntroductionInnovation and creativity are central to the engineering design process. Numerous versions ofthe “design process” have been proposed1,3-5. Two examples are captured below in Figures 1 and2. Figure 1 shows the process as depicted by Ullman3

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Prashant N. Kumta, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey S. Borovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Sarah K. Pixley, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine; Partha Roy, University of Pittsburgh; Jangannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

you work in the field of biology. The three principal coursegoals 1) to learn different macromolecules in cells, 2) to develop an understanding of theprinciples of cell structure and functions mainly focusing on fundamental genetic mechanisms,and 3) to learn the experimental tools used to understand cellular function such as moleculargenetic techniques, biochemical analysis, and microscopy.” Students were encouraged to furtherexplore the use of the ERC research-focus material (magnesium) in biological applicationsthrough an extra-credit assignment. The engineering students from NCAT (Figure 1) also had theopportunity to attend a biomedical engineering research conference (BMES 2009) for the firsttime during their introductory course to cell

Conference Session

Sustainability, Diversity, and STEM in Contemporary Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey R. Seay, University of Kentucky; Wesley Allen Whipple, University of Kentucky

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

such as acrolein, acrylic acid, hydroxyacetone and propylene glycol can all be easilyproduced via the catalytic dehydration of glycerol1,2,3,4. A reaction tree based on glycerol Page 22.294.3dehydration chemistry is illustrated in Figure 1, below. The P3 design team project also requireslaboratory experimentation to determine the optimized reaction parameters for the glyceroldehydration reaction. Ethylene Glycol Glycerol Hydroxyacetone + H2 - H2O C2H6O2 C3H8O3 C3H6O2

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees

Bridging the Valley of Death: A 360° Approach to Understanding Adoption of Innovations in Engineering EducationAbstractThere is a nationwide need to better translate engineering education research into the classroomsetting. Moving engineering education research into practice is a more complicated task than itmight initially seem. There are many significant barriers to hinder the transition from research toimplementation. These barriers can be categorized into two groups: (1) individual barriers, suchas personality characteristics that contribute to a lack of willingness to implement innovations, aswell as a lack of knowledge about engineering education research; and (2) environmentalperceptions, such as perceptions of the tenure and