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Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Cathy Hall, East Carolina University; Michael Bosse, East Carolina University; David Batts, East Carolina University; Laurie Moses, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

careers in science and engineering unless majorchanges are seen. These individuals present a strong, albeit largely untapped, resource forbuilding the nation’s scientific workforce.5African Americans and Hispanics-Latinos compromised only six percent of the science andengineering labor force in 1993. From 1995 to 2005, non-Hispanic minorities showed noincreases in proportion to undergraduate engineering enrollment and Hispanics made minimalgains from seven percent to nine percent.4 With these demographic trends in mind, the National Page 14.624.2Science Foundation (NSF) stated that more efforts are needed to attract minorities

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Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-82: WEST AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, ANDRECIPROCITY IMPLEMENTATION IN BENINBradley Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley A. Striebig is an associate professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, where he was the head of the Environmental Technology Group at the Applied research Laboratory. Prior to accepting a position to develop the engineering program at James Madison University, Brad was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering department at Gonzaga University. He has worked on various water projects throughout the US and in Benin and Rwanda.Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University Susan

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Best Practices in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Sukwon Kim, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Bob Wilkins, Texas A&M University, Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

the mind. All five dimensions were addressedin unison. Classes were held in a wireless mobile classroom and students were providednotebook computers with the Discourse software to create an interactive learning environment.Though it is not the focus of this paper, it should be noted that approaches not focusing solely onmathematics to retain freshman engineering students appear in the research literature. Forexample, the previously mentioned integrated curricula, computer programming, and learningcommunities are strategies in and of themselves. Examples of other approaches involve designefforts, projects, and teams17; time management and study skills18; hands-on laboratoryactivities19; robotics20; collaboration with senior-level engineering

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Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Yi-Lung Mo, University of Houston

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-1195: THE INTEGRATION OF COGNITIVE INSTRUCTIONS ANDPROBLEM/PROJECT-BASED LEARNING INTO THE CIVIL ENGINEERINGCURRICULUM TO CULTIVATE CREATIVITY AND SELF-DIRECTEDLEARNING SKILLSWei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over10-year industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into civil engineering curriculum. He currently is the Principle Investigator for Nanotechnology Undergraduate

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Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Czekanski, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-896: MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDENT TEAM PARTNERS WITHWATER FOR PEOPLE TO ASSESS WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS INGUATEMALAAdam Czekanski, United States Military Academy ADAM J. CZEKANSKI is an instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He teaches introductory courses in environmental science, environmental engineering, and hydrogeology. Mr. Czekanski’s academic and research interests include engineering education and drinking water treatment in developing nations. Mr. Czekanski is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tony Jones, United States Army; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-907: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE TEAMPROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES IN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS: ANANALYSIS OF STUDENT PERCEPTIONSTony Jones, United States ArmyDaisie Boettner, United States Military AcademyJoel Dillon, United States Military AcademyStephanie Ivey,Anna Lambert, University of MemphisBrian Novoselich, United States Military AcademyStephen Suhr, United States Military Academy Page 14.937.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Organizational Leadership and Effective Team Problem Solving Strategies in Engineering Design Projects: Analysis of Student PerceptionsAbstractAs

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Best Practices in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alister McLeod, Purdue University; April Savoy, Purdue University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2009-1177: PROBLEM-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ANINTRODUCTORY-LEVEL LEAN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS COURSEAlister McLeod, Purdue UniversityApril Savoy, Purdue University Page 14.981.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Problem-Based Teaching and Learning in an Introductory Level Lean Manufacturing Systems CourseAbstractProblem based learning (PBL) is a widely used technique in the development of technicalcurriculum delivery (Putnam, 2001)18. In the design and development of an introductory levellean manufacturing course taught at Purdue University, a PBL approach was utilized. Theapproach allowed the instructor to expose students to a

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-740: EWB^2 - ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: EDUCATIONALLY,A WORLD OF BENEFITSBeverly Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly K. Jaeger, PhD is a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a select group of full-time faculty devoted to the First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University (NU). While she concentrates on first-year engineering courses and instructs across all engineering disciplines, Dr. Jaeger also teaches specialty courses in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU in Digital Simulation, Facilities Planning, and Human-Machine Systems.Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University Ethan LaRochelle is a senior electrical engineering

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Physiology for Physiology for Engineering Courses Engineering Courses Engineers I Engineers II Junior Design Biomedical Systems Engineering Senior Design I Senior Design II Co-op Page 14.691.10The BMES Student Club:In the mind of the authors, it was considered that the establishment of a biomedical engineeringstudent club would be a helpful supplement to the formal curriculum

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-1874: HELPING THEM HELPS US, A CASE STUDY: HOW ASSISTINGACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD MAKES US BETTERTEACHERS BACK HOMEAaron Hill, United States Military AcademyScott Hamilton, United States Military AcademyEric Crispino, United States Military AcademyAndrew Bellocchio, United States Military AcademyStephen Ressler, United States Military Academy Page 14.667.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Helping Them Helps Us! A Case Study: How Developing Academic Programs in the Developing World Makes us Better Teachers Back HomeAbstractFor the past five years, the United States Military Academy (USMA) at

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Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; George Wright, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-2146: SUPPORTING AN EMPHASIS IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT:INTEGRATING ELECTRONICS CAD TOOLS ACROSS THE CURRICULUMJay Porter, Texas A&M University Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Director for the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering (1987), the MS degree in physics (1989), and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1993) from Texas A&M University. His areas of interest in research and education include product development, analog/RF electronics, instrumentation, and entrepreneurship.Joseph Morgan, Texas A

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Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarel Lavy, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

provider.Operations and Energy ManagementThe Director of Plant Operations Maintenance and Engineering Department acknowledged thatenergy management systems are lagging, compared to other best practice organizations.However, the department uses Energy Star® appliances throughout the laboratory installations,the office spaces, and the lavatories. There are plans, in the form of capital projects, whichinclude the acquisition of an automated Energy Management system. Costs are currently beingcalculated for the present Administration Wing building, since allocation plans intend to capturethis facility as a stand-alone profit center rather than a standard expense center.Workplace Design and Interior Space PlanningThe workplace is designed, keeping in mind the

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farshad Rajabipour, University of Hawaii, Manoa; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

sciences,architecture, economics, and public policy. A variety of topics are closely associated withsustainability, including climate change, energy, water resources, and robust infrastructure, toname a few. As such, the first question was: “Should a sustainability class for civil engineers bebroad or focused on a particular subject?” The goal was to help students develop a broadunderstanding of sustainability; meanwhile, it was crucial to offer students some tangible andtransferable skills and an opportunity to practice sustainable design in real-world problems.Additionally, it was important to keep in mind that engineering students often feel morecomfortable with solving numerical problems and finding the ‘correct’ answer, rather thandealing

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Christensen, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

capability. Essentially, the students had suffered fromscope creep throughout their project experience. In the efforts to create an open-ended, real-lifeproject where students could effectively set their own scope, we actually created a challenge thatstudents could not wrap their minds around. This resulted in long project reports with disjointedinformation and designs. It was evident through the reports that the students had spent much timeon their projects, as individual parts of the designs were well planned, executed, and designedwith proper engineering principles and concepts. However, the students had a difficult timedeciding what to focus on and what not to, which lead to a lack in the overall cohesiveness of the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics, Academic Integrity

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isaac Wait, Marshall University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2009-540: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AT AN AMERICAN-STYLE UNIVERSITYABROAD: STUDENT ATTITUDES, AWARENESS, AND CHEATING FREQUENCYIsaac Wait, Marshall University Isaac Wait is an assistant professor of engineering at Marshall University. He earned BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering at Brigham Young University, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. He works in the areas of water resources and environmental engineering. Page 14.153.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Academic Integrity at an American-style University Abroad: Student Attitudes, Awareness, and

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Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

designed course, with an appliedexperience in a lab setting, should instill in the students’ minds, the need to study subsequentareas in the upper-division courses such as heat transfer needed for faster operations ofmachines, controls to apply a time varying load in the tensile testing machine, operation of CNCmachines, and CAD for manufacturing.Engineering Graphics CourseAnother element sought by entering freshmen is the usage of high-end technology. This isunderstandable in today’s world of 24 hour connectivity, with IM and podcasting. A topic suchas Engineering Graphics lends itself very well to addressing the thirst for leading edge computerapplications. Today’s MCAD (Mechanical Computer Aided Design) solid modeler can be usednot only to

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New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Rafael Hernandez; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Hossein Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Todd French, Mississippi State University

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Chemical Engineering

, and batch reactors. The students are alsoevaluated on team work, and written and oral explanation of technical concepts.Discussions revealed the potential for coordinated problems between Reactor Design, HeatTransfer, and Mass Transfer in order to reinforce concepts in student’s minds. The faculty teammade plans to meet separately to formulate a problem or two on reactant conversion in a packetcatalyst bed and / or conversion dependence on heat transfer into a reactor’s jacketed reservoir.ChE 4134 Process and Plant DesignThis two semester capstone design sequence is designed to further integrate student knowledgefrom the sophomore and junior level chemical engineering courses into a knowledge base thatcan be used effectively in analysis

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Frontiers in Engineering Management Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lenisha Gandhi, IBM

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Engineering Management

course titled ‘Global engineering management 101’.Geographic and Time Zone DifferencesWhen discussing global team barriers, the first thing that comes to mind are the geographic &time zone differences. Hosting a meeting at 11 am PST may be a desirable timeslot for a teammember in the US west coast team member but can be frustrating for a China team member,considering it would be 3am in China.Time zone differences can be more than just inconvenient. Sometimes, they can cause stress inpersonal life and problems in maintaining the work/life balance. For instance, working in theoffice during the normal working hours and then getting back online from home and workinglate thru the night to connect with global team members is common practice for

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Douglas Howe, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Calvin Hsieh, Portland State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-704: THE ENGINEERING OF EVERYDAY THINGS: SIMPLEEXPERIMENTS IN THE THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCESGerald Recktenwald, Portland State University Gerald Recktenwald is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Portland State University. He has a BSME degree from Cornell University, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. His research interests are in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, numerical analysis, and improving undergraduate engineering education.Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Robert Edwards is a Lecturer in Engineering at the Pennsylvania State

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Engineering Ethics - Courses and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University

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Engineering Ethics

. Specifically, an engineer creates products and processes that can have considerableimpact on human health and life.Engineers that pursue professional licensure are bound by law to practice in a professional andethical manner that protects human health and life. However, professional licensure is pursuedby a minority of individuals in each of the sub-disciplines of engineering. Accordingly, only afraction of engineering graduates seek and obtain licensure. With that in mind, one might ask, ifpracticing, unlicensed engineers are not bound by law to practice professionally and ethically,what is it that compels them to do so? Perhaps the naive answer might be a reliance on thegeneral “goodness” of human beings. Alternatively, one might anticipate that

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kurt Colvin

and instruction (See Figure 1.). By focusing on the Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 174end results first, we can help students to see the importance of what they are learning and makeour activities more meaningful and based less on what we have seen others do or how we weretaught.Figure 1. Backward Design (McTighe and Wiggins, 2005)Backward design begins with the end in mind and asks the questions: What enduringunderstandings do I want my students to develop? How will my students demonstrate theirunderstanding when the unit is completed? How will I

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Knudtson, Saint Louis University; Nicholas Freed, Saint Louis University; David Zidar, Saint Louis University; Michael Dunning, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

AC 2009-1818: PERSEUS LAUNCH VEHICLE: STUDENT-DESIGNEDAEROSPACE ENGINEERING SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTPeter Knudtson, Saint Louis UniversityNicholas Freed, Saint Louis UniversityDavid Zidar, Saint Louis UniversityMichael Dunning, Saint Louis UniversitySanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University Page 14.953.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Perseus Launch Vehicle: An Aerospace Engineering Senior Capstone Project Nick Freed1 Peter Knudtson2 David Zidar3 Michael Dunning4 Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63103Abstract At the beginning of the Fall 2008/2009 school year, a group of four

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane Brown, Washington State University; Cara Poor, Washington State University

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Council of Sections

education programs to be sustainable, several factors must be in place. Theprogram must beneficial to students, be easily implementable by faculty, and be affordable. Theemerging finding that students do not require financial reimbursement highlights thesustainability of the ICPT program. Results show that the program is valuable for students andtutors, and is easily implemented by faculty. The WSU ICPT program can act as a model forother engineering programs, and thus impact the culture of engineering education.Bibliography1. Bruner, J.S., The Process of Education. 1960, Boston: Vintage Books.2. Vygotsky, L., Mind in Society: The development of higher psychological processes, ed. M. Cole, et al. 1978, Cambridge.3. How People

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New Learning Paradigms II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Educational Research and Methods

. 4Interconnectedness and To treat everyone fairly, we need to ignore the color of people’s skin.Global KinshipSkilled Disposition and I try to consider different points of view on an issue in my engineering work beforeOpen-mindedness making up my own mind, even when I have a strong first impression.Peaceful Resolution If people in engineering industries were treated more fairly, there would be fewer problems and less conflict and disagreement in this country.A minimum of two items per subscale is a reverse scored item in the index in suport of bestpractice in survey development. A five point Likert type scale was employed for theEngineering Global Preparedness Index (EGPI). Once I designed my initial set of

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The Ever-Changing Course

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

initial team building activity. Many of the designs were entered in a competition to raisemoney for Pennies for Peace (an organization that builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan).The students completed a basic statistical analysis on the funds collected and summarized theresults. In ENG1101, students were introduced to the engineering design process as theyprogressed through an eight-week, design/construct, team-based project that focused on greenengineering. Design constraints for the project imposed a 50% lower limit on post-consumermaterials used in construction, and the student teams were instructed to keep the environmentalimpact of their design very much in mind from the beginning of the design process and as theymoved through to

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

that improve the quality of life 4.70 5.36 for people. I intend to develop new products/processes during my career as an 5.14 5.23 engineer. I prefer improving products/processes that already exist instead of 4.74 4.18 developing something new. Explain the roles of the ten “Faces of Innovation” as discussed in 2.50 4.47 “The Ten Faces of Innovation” by Tom Kelley. Create a Mind Map to organize

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Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Becky Hammack, Stillwater Middle School; Beth Watt, Stillwater Middle School; Julie Thomas, Oklahoma State University; Adrienne Redmond, Oklahoma State University; Pat Jordan; Jean Dockers, Oklahoma State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to a successful career 4.19 3.50 -0.68 4.41 0.9057 Engineers are creative. 4.06 3.49 -0.57 4.30 0.815=Strongly Agree, 1=Strongly DisagreeData presented is mean for the group Page 14.57.13 The largest differences are bolded in the table. In analyzing the results it is important to realize that the GAG students were taking these assessments in May, after state testing and during that time where filling out bubble tests can be the last thing on a middle schoolers’ mind. For the pre/post for the GAG unit, the only large

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Loren Limberis; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University

instructional modules for three bioprocess engineering courses (three modules per course). 2. Develop common themes to integrate subsets of these modules between two or more courses, while ensuring portability to other programs. 3. Assess the effectiveness of the instructional modules. 4. Disseminate the results so other programs can incorporate the modules into their curriculum.Project Background In 1999, the National Research Council published How People Learn: Mind, Brain,Experience, and School 2 as the summary of what we know from research about the first threewords of this title. This document proposed four “centerednesses” that, taken together, optimizelearning: knowledge-centeredness

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Exploring Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Beverly Jaeger, and Richard Whalen are members of Northeastern University’s; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

personal influences can be varied, depending on the level ofinvolvement the educators have with their students.The question remains, how effective are each of these methods in inspiring our youth to theSTEM disciplines? A primary consideration involves looking at the cost of programs vs.efficacy? What is really inviting, informing, changing minds, and providing opportunities to ourprospective engineers?Population and LogisticsIn order to capture students’ perspectives on what they perceive as the strongest influences ontheir choice to begin in engineering, we surveyed our first-year engineering students atNortheastern University on the first day of class in the fall semester. These students come fromall majors, or more accurately, are undeclared

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Thinking, Reasoning, and Engineering in Elementary School

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irene Mena, Purdue University; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the experimental classrooms werepurposefully selected9. The data analysis process began by analyzing each individual case. Eachstudent’s DAET and interview transcripts were first reviewed. Open coding was done on thetranscripts to see what themes emerged from the data. Throughout this process, “like-minded”pieces were put together in “data clumps” and assigned a code, as suggested by Glesne11. Afterrefining and verifying these codes, final codes were obtained and analyzed for frequency andstrength of the statements. This strength testing led to the development of assertions.Each student’s pre and post interview and DAET were compared to see how the students’perceptions of engineering, the engineering design process, and the work of engineers