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To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mark Chrimes, Institution of Civil Engineers

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Engineering Libraries

discarded their heritage.IntroductionHistorical backgroundThe Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) Library, established in 1819, was the firstengineering Library in Britain. ICE, established in 1818, was the first professionalengineering body in the world 1. These dates of foundation are more or less contemporarywith the establishment of early technical universities and associated libraries in continentalEurope, reflecting a British response to a western world development – satisfying the societalneed for trained professional engineers. It was also approximately 30 years prior to anynational technical library collection.When the ICE Library was established there was only a limited published engineeringliterature, and the initial focus was on the

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Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Joshua M. Rogers, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Dion K. Coward, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

useful tostudents and engineering practitioners in understanding the diverse array of domestic master’sprograms currently available.Background – Some Historical StatisticsAn overview of the historical statistics related to engineering degrees over the last severaldecades is an appropriate background to this study. Appendix 1 details the number ofbaccalaureate and master’s degrees awarded since the mid-1960’s in the following threecategories: 1. Civil Engineering only. 2. The “Big Four” Engineering Disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and Chemical, and treated collectively). 3. All Engineering Disciplines.In each of these three categories, Appendix 1 lists the number of baccalaureate degrees (B),number of master’s degrees (M

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University

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NSF Grantees

prepare forassessment activities and supplement learning in lecture environments. The learning activities(known as a module) are typically composed of an in-class guide for instructors, in-class and pre-class activities for students, and the post-class assessment activity. The complete sets ofassessment activities and modules are available online. Instructors using a subset of the modulesindicated that the modules are generally beneficial for students and instructors assessingprofessional skills and teamwork in the capstone course.1. IntroductionThe Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium has developed aset of formative and summative assessment instruments that focus on aspects of team andindividual performance in

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Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mathematics) fields that have historically been a part of the elementary schoolday (i.e., science and mathematics),1-3 and most have had no exposure to more recent STEMareas, technology and engineering. 4 Cunningham, the national director of the EiE project,offered: “If most elementary teachers are afraid of teaching science, then the notion of teachingengineering is often accompanied by terror”. 5 Quality professional development experienceshave been shown to bolster practicing elementary teachers’ knowledge, confidence and attitudestowards engineering and other STEM subjects. 5, 6, 7 This paper explores another potential meansof supporting classroom teachers as they learn to teach engineering: co-teaching. Co-teaching is a nearly 50-year-old

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Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

implementing a new technology,very positive student feedback, less tedious work for laboratory assistants, and better examoutcome prove the success of Clicker implementation.I. IntroductionMany pedagogical techniques such as "one-minute paper quiz" or "scavenger hunt" whenstudents have to work out a problem and find others with same answers 1 would work well in asmall class with homogeneous student population, but are not practical to implement in a largeclass with diverse student background. An instructor would need a paperless, automatic,inexpensive, and easy-to-implement technology to know if students understand key concepts, tohave more student participation, to keep attendance records, and to receive regular feedbackfrom students during a

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Design Tools & Methodology II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University; Spencer Smith, McMaster University; Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Design in Engineering Education

 that is from either the standards or used in commongear design (e.g. 20° pressure angle for spur gears).In addition, the focus of gear type is limited to thediscussion of spur, worm, and bevel. z mFigure 2 is an example of the type of simplified gear Figure  1:  Memory  aid  triangle  for  pairs that are used to introduce concepts such as gear simplified  gear  design  parameters.ratio and angular velocity. Students then extend thisby creating the gearing in a solid modelling CAD application. The Autodesk Inventor’sDesign Accelerator is used to generate the gear geometries based upon the studentcalculations

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Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel Simões de Carvalho P.E., ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal; Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Page 22.332.4The research assignment chosen from a list of Energy related subjects (e.g., Cogeneration,Wind, Solar, Biomass, Nuclear, Hydrogen, Fossil Fuels, etc.) is presented to the studentsand detailed information is provided in-class: • It is a group assignment (three students) • It is structured in a stepwise weekly approach (topics) • It includes mandatory weekly tasks (minimum of two per week) • It builds on positive interdependence • It is collaborative in nature • The final deliverables are an in-class presentation and a written reportAfter the groups are formed and the subject chosen the “Week One Topic” is releasedand students need to immediately engage in research to successfully fulfill Task 1

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Industrial Collaboration and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Joanne E. DeGroat, Ohio State University

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Engineering Technology

at least the short- to medium-term future [1]. Torespond to the industry needs for FPGA design skills, universities are updating their curriculumwith courses in hardware description languages and programmable logic design. Although mosttraditional electrical and computer engineering programs have updated their curriculum toinclude topics in hardware description language and programmable logic design (FPGA/CPLD),only 19.5 % of 4-year and 16.5 % of 2-year electrical and computer engineering technologyprograms at US academic institutions currently have a curriculum component in hardwaredescription language and programmable logic design [3]. To effectively meet the nextgeneration’s workforce needs, the electrical and computer engineering

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Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Saleh, Queen's University

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Engineering Libraries

method is a multi-method approach that includes a questionnaire and set of interviewsto collect data on complex phenomena as each individual method would deliver only partialevidence on the phenomena, the multiple methods is expected to cover multiple aspects ofstudents’ experience. Page 22.334.3The research was designed to examine collaborative information behaviour in a naturalisticeducational setting to gain more understanding of how students collaboratively seek informationin an academic course and how students’ information behaviours are affected by the learningtask and its perceived complexity guided by the main research questions: 1

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota EPSCoR

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Minorities in Engineering

students who aspire toseek higher education degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)by 1) creating a strong alliance between the universities and the state’s tribal colleges; 2)implementing an initiative of research capacity building in tribal colleges that will engage tribalcollege faculty and baccalaureate anticipatory STEM majors in basic scientific research; and 3)engaging tribal college students in research using a tribal college-university collaborative modelfor research mentoring. Recent educational research has shown that students who engage inresearch projects are more likely to enroll in and complete STEM degree programs whencompared to other students. Increased understanding of the research process, a shift

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder

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NSF Grantees

Concept Warehouse,which ultimately could be used throughout the core ChE curriculum (Material and EnergyBalances, Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena, Kinetics and Reactor Design, and MaterialsScience). Conceptual questions, both as Concept Inventories and ConcepTests, will be availablethrough an interactive website maintained through the Education Division of the AmericanInstitute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the discipline’s major professional society. The overallobjective is to lower the activation barrier for using conceptual instruction and assessment so thatmany more chemical engineering faculty will incorporate concept-based learning into theirclasses.The specific objectives of this project are to:1. Develop the AIChE Concept Warehouse

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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

has required that in order to be accredited, engineering programsmust demonstrate evidence of continuous assessment and continuous improvement.Components of a good assessment strategy include:1) Establish goals and desired educational outcomes for the degree program, which mustinclude 11 outcomes2 (designated “A-K”) identified by ABET as essential for allengineering programs.2) Measure whether graduates of the program are attaining the goals and outcomes. Thisprocess is required by ABET Criterion 3.3) Use the data collected in step 2 to identify opportunities for improvement, and modify Page 22.337.2the program accordingly.4) “Close the loop” by

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International Experience, Effective Instruction, and Student Exchange Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth M. Tront, Virginia Tech; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech

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International

characteristics or traits distinguish leaders from non-leaders: intelligence,dominance, adaptability, persistence, integrity, socioeconomic status, to name just a few. Bass isone of many who espouse the trait theory of leadership.Others disagree, saying leadership is more complex and situational. Criticism of the trait theoryof leadership by Zaccaro2 among others, noted that trait theory still: 1. Focuses on a small set of individual attributes such as the Big Five personality traits, to the neglect of cognitive abilities, motives, values, social skills, expertise, and problem-solving skills 2. Fails to consider patterns or integrations of multiple attributes

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

initiatives: 1. A high school recruitment program aimed at increasing the number of qualified applicants to the College of Engineering, 2. A five-day Summer Engineering Fellowship Camp providing interactive learning activities and field trips to highly qualified juniors and senior high school students, 3. The expansion and enhancement of an undergraduate student mentor program that provides formally trained student coaches to freshman and sophomore engineers, 4. Further development of the first-semester Engineering seminar experience to provide additional exposure to engineering applications and additional targeting of engineering freshman learning communities, and 5. Course curriculum enhancements in each

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Budny P.E., University of Pittsburgh

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Council of Sections

, we hope to provide other educators in both science andengineering with useful tools to assist them in developing and/or enhancing the use of writingwithin their own classrooms.IntroductionABET accreditation requirements emphasize the importance of “soft” skills in planning andachieving excellence in engineering education. In addition to “hard” knowledge, engineersneed to experience and understand “communication, teamwork, and the ability to recognizeand resolve ethical dilemmas.”[1] These skills are powerful when combined with awarenessskills involving “understanding the impact of global and social factors, knowledge ofcontemporary issues, and the ability to do lifelong learning.”[1] What is the most effectiveway of incorporating this into

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ECCD Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaime Ramos, University of Texas, Pan American; Leonel Aguilera, University of Texas, Pan American; Elizardo Garcia, Universidad TecMilenio; Sanjeev Kumar, University of Texas, Pan American, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Roman Garcia, IEEE; Jose Sanchez, University of Texas, Pan American

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

electrical engineers in power systems. This paper describes thecommissioning of a 5kW DC photovoltaic generation system (PVS), which is being used at TheUniversity of Texas Pan-American (UTPA) as an educational tool, to let students learn thefundamental principles and to get hands-on experience with power and renewable energysystems. The system topology is shown in Figure 1.The PVS is called a hybrid system because it has been designed to supply energy in threedifferent configurations: (a) for stand-alone and battery applications, (b) for grid-tiedapplications, and (c) as a back-up (emergency) system that supplies power to smart-gridlaboratory at UTPA.During the first stage of the commissioning process, our efforts have been focused onunderstanding

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Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M. Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Engineering Technology

. The format hasan additional advantage of presenting the same compact message to the reader, especially if it isbeing read on a screen or tablet device. Student responses indicate that the project goals arebeing met.Problem statementComplaints about poor student writing skills have been rampant for generations. Effectivecommunication (in all its forms) has been identified by Wagner as one of the seven survivalskills for careers, college and citizenship in the 21st century 1. There is also ample evidencefrom field studies that higher-level communication skills such as the ability to elucidate conceptsthat span many business functions is an essential attribute for promotion to business decision-making roles 2. Of all the forms of communication

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Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University

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Biological & Agricultural

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad N. Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Raj Sinha, National University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

apart is thefact that the very low cost of the system and its ease of implementation make it feasible for short-term deployment by local governments, despite very severe budget constraints. The Working System DiagramThe system consists of fire sensing units, a command and control unit, and mobile units. The firesensing units communicate with the control unit using Radio Frequency (RF), and the controlunit communicates with the mobile units using GSM. Figure-1 shows a high level diagram ofthis wildfire detection system5. Figure-1: Wildfire Detecting System3The overall operational method of the wildfire detection and monitoring system is as follows: Temperature sensor detects temperature fluctuations

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Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas F. Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank G. Jacobitz, University of San Diego

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International

its on-site curriculum and through study-abroad opportunities. This commitment is so strong that USDis currently ranked second in the nation for undergraduate study-abroad participation7. In thepast, the USD Department of Engineering has been only a very minor participant in intersessionand study-abroad courses. The CIE courses are a new venture joining the advantages of each:short-term (three-week) engineering courses taught by USD faculty abroad. The coursesdescribed here are the first two intersession CIE courses at USD: one summer CIE course hastaken place and another is on the schedule for summer 2011.The technical content and the international experience are assessed using a four-prongedapproach. (1) Student evaluations as required by

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FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiang Gong, Beihang University, Beijing, Institute of Higher Education; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qing Lei, Beihang University, Beijing

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First-Year Programs

another part of the world, China is promoting its rapid and sustained economic growthpresently. Stimulated by the growing economy and developing industrial market, China’sengineering education has become the world’s largest in scale. Engineering undergraduateenrollment has reached 6.72 million in 2009, contributing 35.6% to the whole enrollmentnumber6. Within this context, engineering honors programs have been launched in succession byChinese top engineering-oriented universities and institutions with the support from China’sMinistry of Education and China Academy of Engineering, in order to educate undergraduateengineering honors students. Examples of the ongoing programs are listed in Table 1:Table 1: Examples of Engineering Honors Programs in

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Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Robert J. Cloutier, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Education, 2011 Comparing Perceptions of Competency Knowledge Development in Systems Engineering Curriculum: A Case StudyAbstractAccording to the Systems Engineering (SE) Division of the National Defense IndustrialAssociation, one of the top five systems engineering issues for the Department of the Defense(DoD) is: “The quantity and quality of systems engineering expertise is insufficient to meet thedemands of the government and defense industry.”1 The growing gap between the numbers ofexisting versus needed systems engineering experts has caused numerous institutions to developsystems engineering competency models to guide workforce development. Academia hasresponded by incorporating existing systems engineering competency

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Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kathy J. Prem, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Engineering Career Services; Sara Wirsbinski, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

experiences of 170 construction engineering students. Theyfound that quality internships help students learn how to learn in professional settings, a skill notteachable in the classroom. Laxman, Bright, and Renshaw (2005) reflect on their ownexperiences as students in internship programs. They note that the internship taught them “to useproject development models, learn new technology, and communicate…ideas effectively withmanagement” (p. 1). At the University of Wisconsin - Madison, we have observed that female engineering Page 22.348.2students participate in internship and cooperative experiences as frequently as or more frequently

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Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar K. Puri, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

Act of 2007stipulates that mentoring of postdoctoral fellows and ethics training of graduate andundergraduate students in science and engineering should be included in proposals to theNational Science Foundation [1]. Professional schools, such as engineering and business,have been particularly concerned with future practitioners’ ethical development [2].Accrediting bodies, such as ABET and AACSB, have been especially keen to incorporateethical knowledge of students as a part of the accreditation process for institutions. As perABET criterion 3f, for example, an engineering graduate should demonstrate anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility (though no specific guidelines toachieve this objective are provided). A workshop

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Design Spine

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pemberton Cyrus, Dalhousie University

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Design in Engineering Education

fromstudent’s perspective, but to provide efficient use of page space.Each question contained an array of 6-10 statements. Students were asked to select their level ofconfidence with each of the statements. A Likert-type scale was used for student confidenceratings, from Highly Confident (5), Confident (4), Neutral (3), Less Confident (2), Not Confident(1). Three students were asked before the study was made “live” to pilot the survey. Theyreported it took 10-15 minutes to complete the survey and gave valuable feedback on the format.As students completed the survey, data was downloaded to a spreadsheet program by theresearchers for analysis.The statements had been designed to test the student’s attitudes of their capabilities in 5 differentcategories

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Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Rosa Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

thiscompare to what students actually report that they have learned or gained from the MEA?This paper reports on the use of MEAs and accompanying reflection survey designed to helpstudent understanding of targeted concepts. It addresses the question, “to what extant areinstructors aware of what their students have learned from a problem solving experience?” Inparticular, it focuses on the use of MEAs within four courses - Biotransport Phenomena,Probability and Statistics for Engineers 1, Transport Phenomena and Engineering EconomicAnalysis. For each course, the instructors were interviewed upon completion of the particularMEAs employed in their course using an interview protocol adapted from the students’ RT. Thestudents’ reflection responses and

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Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, University of California, Berkeley; Benjamin Mitchell, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

2the centering of a cylindrical part on a roundness tester. Students were videotaped while doingthe tasks, and two raters coded each video. The rates assigned an expertise rating on a scale of 1-4 using the definitions shown in Table 1. To initiate the test, a lab assistant gave the studentdocumentation that stated the task goal and basic instructions to complete the task. Typically, thelab assistant would only become involved if the student asked a question. However, if the studentdetoured significantly from the lab procedures, the lab assistant intervened. The students werenot given any preparation before they arrived. At the start of the task the only information givento the student outside the documentation was location of equipment and

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A Global Engineer: International and Domestic Engineer

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University; Andrew P. Nichols, Marshall University; Wael A. Zatar, Marshall University

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International

learning modes and adapt their preferred learning styles to  suit the conditions of a particular course, other students are dependent on a single style oflearning and are thus sometimes less able to change how they learn when circumstances dictate.Among the different methods used for classifying student characteristics with respect to learningpreferences (e.g., Kolb Learning Style Index, Felder and Soloman Index of Learning Styles,Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) is an approach that characterizes the “ways in which people likeinformation to come to them and the ways in which they like to deliver their communication”1.Since much of learning and teaching revolves around the communication of information to andfrom the student, it is important to

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Core Concepts, Standards, and Policy in K-12 Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian D. Gane, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

environmentalchallenges of the high tech workplace 1,2. The next generation labor force will need to be able toexamine problems from a variety of contexts, create ideas from these contexts, analyze andsynthesize information, and work collaboratively with a diverse set of colleagues – traits that areemphasized in the ABET engineering accreditation criteria 3, but unfortunately are not effectivelyhoned by our K-12 educational system. To be effective, learning experiences should, at once:1) be designed to target content and skill learning standards, and 2) incorporate 21 st centurycontexts that include ample technology so that the experiences are relevant and valued by currentand future students.The National Research Council, in collaboration with the American

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhigang Shen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Yimin Zhu, Florida International University

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NSF Grantees

current research focuses on 1) innova- tive construction engineering education using computer simulations and animations; 2) energy efficient buildings using renewable energyYimin Zhu, Florida International University Dr. Yimin Zhu received his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Con- struction at the University of Florida. He is an associate professor in the Department of Construction Management at Florida International University (FIU), where he taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses and performed research in the area of information science and applications to construc- tion. His research was funded by various agencies including National Science Foundation, Department of