Conference Session

Mechanics Concepts II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert E. Efimba P.E., Howard University; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

applications and engineering mechanics education.Dr. Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University Tori Rhoulac Smith began as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Howard University in 2003. In this position, she served as an academic and research Advisor, instructor for a variety of undergraduate and graduate engineering courses, and researcher on traffic engineering and engineering education projects. Feeling an overwhelming desire to work more directly on identifying and meeting the needs of increased recruitment, retention, and achievement of traditionally-underrepresented minority students in engineering disciplines, she shifted her career focus and now serves as an instructor and undergraduate

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thad B. Welch, Boise State University; Cameron H.G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

IEEE Signal Processing Education Workshop, Aug. 2004. [6] T. B. Welch, M. G. Morrow, C. H. G. Wright, and R. W. Ives, “commDSK: a tool for teaching modem design and analysis,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., pp. 82–89, April–June 2004. [7] G. W. P. York, T. B. Welch, and C. H. G. Wright, “Teaching real-time ultrasonic imaging with a 4-channel sonar array, TI C6711 DSK and MATLAB,” in Proceedings of the 42nd Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, Apr. 2005. Also available in ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, vol. 41, pp. 370–375. [8] T. B. Welch, C. H. G. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “Caller ID: A project to reinforce an understanding of DSP-based demodulation,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., pp. 2–7, October–December 2006. [9] C. H. G

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

the College of Engineering and the former Department Chair of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech. Her research interests include graphics and visualization. She has been the Principal Investigator or Co-principal investigator on more than $7 million in external funding, most from the National Science Foundation for educational projects and is the author of numerous publications and several textbooks.Ms. Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University Page 25.1172.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Spatial Skills Among Minority and International

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) generate knowledge and transform practice in middle andhigh school STEM education, (c) cultivate a world-class STEM workforce, (d) expand students’scientific literacy, and (e) promote research that advances the frontiers of knowledge in STEMmiddle and high school classrooms.We have engaged in this project for approximately 32 months. To date, we have trained fifty-three middle and high school STEM teachers who are now delivering the innovative STEMcurriculum that they created during a professional development summer teacher academy in theirmiddle and high school classrooms.The importance of teacher involvementThis STEM K-12 research is focused on teacher training as a precursor to curricular change forstudents in STEM because the integration of

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Regina Sullivan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNYProf. Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. Page 25.1267.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Technological literacy in required science courses for non-STEM students in acommunity college with extension to junior high school environmentAbstractTechnological literacy is an important outcome for a non-STEM student taking a requiredscience course to function effectively in our

Conference Session

Physics Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Rose Annoni, University of St. Thomas; Adam S. Green, University of St. Thomas; Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

undergraduate physics and engi- neering students on research projects in physical optics, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary applications of polarimetry.Dr. Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas Marie Lopez del Puerto completed her B.S. in physics at Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, in Puebla, Mexico, and her Ph.D. in physics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in Minneapolis, Minn. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. Her research interests include the structural, optical and electronic properties of nanoscale systems, computational physics, and physics and engineering education

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner

proficiency compared to a traditionalteam approach, additional data must be obtained to validate the results from this pilot study.Based on the data from the current current pilot study, it was projected that additional data fromProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 10approximately 60 students would be required to yield an α = 0.05 and power = 0.75 for statisticalsignificance.The results from this study also imply that a full scale deployment of an individualizedlaboratory system potentially enhances the students' acquired laboratory proficiency. However,due to the independent

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi Patton Luks

assignments are also frequently copied. On routineprogramming assignments, I check the file properties page to see who created their file, who lastsaved their file, when it was created, and when it was last saved. I frequently find that the filewas created a year earlier by a student in a previous course or that the same person created thefile for multiple submissions. Of course I look at their work also. This year a group of studentssubmitted very similar programs for the semester project. The programming was much moresophisticated than what I had taught them in that freshman-level course. By investigating theproperties page (see Figure 1), I learned that the students had hired Wipro, Ltd., an outsourcingcompany in India that will write software for

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

balancing act for the professor.Freshmen students are especially vulnerable as they may not be used to the 3 hour or more class,and they may lack the concentration necessary to carry them through. They may sit in traditionallecture rooms with sociofugal rows where they wait for information to be disseminated formemorization and later regurgitation in exams, papers or projects. Faculty endeavor to explainand connect large amounts of course material while maintaining student interest and attention.Students who are actively engaged show increased learning. Per Umbach, P, and Wawrzynski“students report higher levels of engagement and learning at institutions where faculty membersuse active and collaborative learning techniques, engage students in

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Olga Lepsky; Michael Werner

members make the proposals over thepreferences of the group whose members choose whether to accept or refuse. The students are asked how we cantweak the algorithm to reverse the bias, and, better yet, to eliminate it. (We got some good suggestions from thestudents.) The next question arises: if it is proven that the original algorithm always results in a stable matching,does the modified algorithm also achieve it? The last question may be answered by doing analysis or by extensivetesting.The stable marriage algorithm was applied to college admissions, matching two roommates, and matching medicalschool graduates to residency training programs [6, 8]. An interesting project is to apply (possibly tweaking) thestable marriage algorithm to other

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sadia Nawaz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Luo, Purdue University; Jea Hong Choi, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

provide access to and support learning of complexity.Prof. David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West LafayetteJi Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Ji Hyun Yu is a Ph.D candidate in learning design and technology at Purdue University. She has been involved in several projects, including Web 2.0-supported collaborative learning, engineering-related be- liefs (i.e. personal epistemology ontology), scientific collaboration in EER using bibliometric methods, and K-6 teacher competency modeling using a Delphi method.Sadia Nawaz, Purdue University, West Lafayette Sadia Nawaz graduated from Purdue University with master’s of science in electrical and computer en- gineering (MSECE). Her research interests include

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa K. Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and team collaboration, and use ofresources will all be recognized, while maintaining a reasonable burden of time when assessing ateam of students rather than individuals. This technique is similar to team-based design reportpresentations, with the differences in the level of open-endedness and size of the audience.Unlike project presentations, the oral examinations were presented to a closed audiencecomprised of the professor and the students’ team. Although this is less reflective of theprofessional world, as this is an introductory course, the objective for these exams was to assesstheir knowledge, not yet their ability to handle the stress associated with performing in front of afull audience of their peers. Assessment of student

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bailey Renee Leppek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kara E. Gray, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

photography students, plus students from art history, film, and journalism. In contrast tomany other art/science courses, the artists do not contribute only art to their joint projects, nor do the engineerscontribute only technical assistance. Instead, the engineers are expected to be artists, with aesthetic control overtheir work, while both the art students and the engineers are expected to preserve the scientific utility of theirimages of fluid flow by providing accurate documentation of the flow and imaging process. There are severalother unusual aspects of this course. All assignments are open-ended: students are not given explicitrequirements or instructions to use specific flows or visualization techniques. Instead they are provided with

Conference Session

Before and After: Matriculants and Alumni

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingyu Chen, Purdue University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, commu- nication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foun- dation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design, writing across the curriculum in statics courses, and a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is

Conference Session

Potpouri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Women in Engineering

Compatibility and Radio Science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Dr. Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET Rochelle Williams recently joined the ABET headquarters staff as Educational Research and Assessment Manager in the Professional Services Department. In this role, Williams manages ABET’s educational of- ferings on a global scale and leads technical education research projects. Prior to joining ABET, Williams held two positions at Baton Rouge Community College: Science Laboratory Manager and Adjunct Fac- ulty in the Mathematics Department. In addition, Williams has worked closely with the National Sci- ence Foundation’s Next Generation Composites Crest Center at Southern University

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

, including: highlights of AIChE Concept Warehouse news, added questions, new tutorials and comments about submitted questions. Search View, filter, and search for questions. Then, select question(s) for use in class. Organize, group, download (MS Power Point, MS Word), or assign (via projection in-class or Manage Tests sent to student laptops or smartphones) ConcepTests. Confidence and short answer explanation prompts can be added to questions during assignment. ConcepTests View information after questions have been answered, including all or a

Conference Session

Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Charles H. Reilly, University of Central Florida; Diane Johnson, University of Central Florida; Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interest and preparedness. Along with teaching seventh grade science, she is now giving workshops to middle school teachers demonstrat- ing how to incorporate more STEM-based learning into the curriculum. She is also one of the coordinators for Expanding Your Horizons, sponsored by the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Uni- versity of Central Florida, an annual conference that encourages middle school age girls to realize their potential in science, technology, engineering, and math.Leslie Castner, University of Central Florida Leslie Castner graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in computer science. She worked for IBM as a software developer on projects for the FAA and the petroleum industry. She is

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federica Robinson-Bryant, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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First-Year Programs

this study. The course is designed to introduce students to engineering and its manydisciplines. It leans heavily on communication, teamwork and technical skill through designtasks, computational analyses and research-based projects while also attesting to the importanceof crucial soft skills often unrecognized by young engineering students. Each section averaged27 students, with one student assistant assigned to each. All courses were taught by a singleinstructor using the group blog format within the Blackboard interface for the first half of thecourse only (approximately 8 weeks).3.2 ParticipantsStudents were generally first-year students enrolled in one of several engineering programsoffered at the University. Although specific majors vary

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

added benefit of recording student responses and using it toquickly learn student names can become a handy assistive technology. With several new featuresbeing incorporated, Pikme with added functionalities has the potential to become an essentialtool in classrooms.AcknowledgementsMajority of the Pikme app development efforts were headed by Ryan Sikorski as part of hissenior year student project at Rowan University Mechanical Engineering Department. MichaelGoldberg assisted in the initial stages of the app development, while Robert Sheridan, AlexanderRedfield and Justin Litowitz were involved in the latest update. Pikme was developed usingfunding from the Rowan University’s Mechanical Engineering Department

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Tracy R. Rone, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

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Minorities in Engineering

ofOccupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2002, Vol.125, No. 5.[4] May, G. S., Chubin, D. E., “A Retrospective on Undergraduate Engineering Success forUnderrepresented Minority Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2003.[5] Treisman, U., “Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the lives of minoritymathematics students in college”, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 23, o. 5, pp. 362-372. Page 25.730.12[6] Bonsangue, M., “An efficacy study of the calculus workshop model,” CBMS Issues inCollegiate Mathematics Education, Vol. 4, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI,1994. pp. 117

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson P.E., Bucknell University; David Kelley, Bucknell University

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.11. Nauhaus and S. Lord, “Know Your Lab Stuff: Laboratory Proficiency Exam for an Introductory Circuits Class,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.12. K. Saunders, J. Shanks, S. Mallapragada, M. Griffin, C. Glatz, and M.. Huba, “Using Rubrics to Facilitate Students’ Development of Problem Solving Skills,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.13. M. Parten, “Semester Long Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.14. J. Kang-Meiler

Conference Session

ETD Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to accomplish labs within a reasonable amount of time. However,experience has shown that since the simulations are executed on Windows XP computers withina laboratory shared with a wide variety of actively used software applications, unexpectedinterruptions due to computer freezes (etc.) can occur and spoil an unsuspecting student's work.Future work will concentrate on moving the lab work in two directions. One direction is to takea few portions within this material and move them into the program's sophomore year electronicsdigital logic course. An example would be to use encoding schemes such as AMI or NRZI as thebasis for digital logic projects. This will help students better understand the interrelationbetween areas of electronic

Conference Session

Ethical Cases and Curricula

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu, St.Joseph’s College; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Site) Hypothetical Case 8. Human Subjects (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 9. Hazardous Substances (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 10. Conflict of Interest (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 11. Whistleblowing - Professional Relationships (RCR Role Plays) (Web Page on this Site) Open-Ended Scenario 12. The Extended Project (Web Page on this Site) Hypothetical Case Page 25.836.14

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Onursal Onen, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

future directions and a section to which students writetheir comments on. The content of the lecture will be listed in the next section, followed by themethod and results of survey including student comments. In the last section, the effectivenessand outcomes of the lecture will be discussed based on the results followed by planned futurework. Page 25.850.4Lecture ContentThe microfluidics lecture was based on a presentation with 60 PowerPoint slides includingintroduction to microfluidics and scaling laws, basic theory, design methods, state-of-the-artapplications, current and projected market and career opportunities. The content covered

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

in the traditional Page 25.883.2classroom are largely left to figure this out on their own.The inverted classroomThe STEM disciplines include notable exceptions to the traditional classroom model. Laboratorycomponents to courses typically expect students to complete preparatory readings and exercisesbefore lab, and then the lab time is spent assimilating what they have read through hands-onactivities in the presence of a guide. Courses designed using project- or problem-based learning1extend this methodology sometimes to an entire course. STEM courses designed along theselines show evidence of being highly effective in preparing learners

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Director, Tim’s vision was realized as the laboratory came online and assumed the responsibility for supporting the instrumentation needs of research programs across all of K-State.Dr. Jason Yao, East Carolina University Jianchu (Jason) Yao received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. He is currently an associate professor of engineering at East Carolina University. His research inter- ests include wearable medical devices, elehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of re- search into undergraduate education. Yao is a member of the American Society of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olufunmilola Atilola, Texas A&M University; Cheryl Osterman; Francisco Vides, Texas A&M University; Erin M. McTigue, Texas A&M University; Julie S. Linsey, Texas A&M University; Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. The focus group discussion showed that thestudents really liked the program; they mostly appreciated the instant feedback and they said thatMechanix motivated them to move on to more problems when they saw that they hadsuccessfully solved the previous ones.IntroductionThe Mechanix software is an innovative and efficient computer-based educational tool developedto teach engineering students the fundamentals of truss mechanics and design. It provides avisual aid for students to solve problems and it is able to guide (tutor) them through the processof solving a truss design by providing immediate and intelligent feedback and guidance.The objective of this project is to evaluate and improve on the Mechanix program whilemeasuring its effectiveness

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Patrick Hogan, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2012-4852: MILLENNIALS PERCEPTION OF USING CLICKER TOSUPPORT AN ACTIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT: AN EARLY ADOP-TION PERSPECTIVEDr. John Patrick Hogan, Missouri University of Science & Technology John P. Hogan is an Associate Professor of geology in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engi- neering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in geology in 1990 and 1984 from Virginia Tech. He also holds a B.S. in geology from the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include igneous petrology, structural geology, and tectonics. He has active projects in Maine, Oklahoma, Missouri, Egypt, and southern Africa. He is also interested in enhancing

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qu Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

Pur- due University. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests include educational research, solid mechanics, experimental mechanics, microstructural evaluation of materials, and experiment and instrument design. He has been involved with various research projects sponsored by NSF, NASA, and AFOSR, ranging from education-related issues to traditional research topics in the areas of elevated temperature constitutive modeling of monolithic super alloys and environmental effects on titanium based metal matrix composites. His current research inter- ests include epistemologies, assessment, and modeling of student learning, student success