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Software Engineering Topics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Eric Wong, University of Texas, Dallas

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Page 25.754.11approach will be evaluated after our student cohorts finish their college education and enter theworkforce. This will be done through a longitudinal study by monitoring and tracking our then-alumni cohorts who attended classes covering software testing as undergraduates. We areconfident that even a partial success will cascade into software development and manifest itselfin the form of lower software defect rates and software maintenance costs.AcknowledgmentThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation's Transforming UndergraduateEducation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES) program (formerlyCourse, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program) under Award No. DUE-1023071.Any opinions

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STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley Marshall P.E., University of Colorado, Denver; Michael Tang, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

59 92 Regular 53 60 ENGR 3600 Online 110 92 120 Regular 97 95 Total Enrollment 320 306 212Research Related to the Courses A third and largely unexpected development of these courses, due in part to the largenumber of students in each, is that the courses provide an ideal laboratory for quantitativeresearch as to their effectiveness. This includes the study of online course delivery incomparison to more traditional teaching methods with respect to the impact of such technologieson higher

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander A. Kist, University of Southern Queensland

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Computing & Information Technology

] Access downlink bandwidth [bit/s]Figure 1: Download time (course web page) Figure 2: Download time (lecture recording) versusversus access bandwidth. access bandwidth.The second set of results introduce objective performance measures and subjective userperceived performance for a Remote Access Laboratory activity that involves writing and testinga short script that controls a hardware relay. Details of the experiments are outside the scope ofthis paper and are discuss in another article.6 Figure 3 depicts the Mean Opinion Score of testsubjects (excellent = 5; good = 4; fair = 3; poor = 2; bad = 1) versus RTT. Figure 4 depictsrelative task duration versus RTT, for the same

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Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Ruby Clewlow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joseph M. Sussman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

, “Developing a Systems Approach to Engineering Problem Solvingand Design of Experiments in a Racecar-Based Laboratory Course,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, January 2011, pp. 109-112.7 Dym, C.L., “Design, Systems, and Engineering Education,” International Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 305-312, 2004.8 “The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century”, The National AcademiesPress, USA, 2004. Available: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10999&page=389 Prince, M.J. and R.M. Felder, “Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions,Comparisons, and Research Bases,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2006, pp. 123-138.10 Mills, J.E., and Treagust, D.F., “Engineering Education—Is Problem

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise Community College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; John M. Saber, Mohave Community College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Ralf Yorque Memorial Best Paper Prize. Rodriguez has also served on various national technical committees and panels. He is currently serving on the fol- lowing National Academies panels: Survivability and Lethality Analysis, and Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Autonomous Systems. Personal website: http://aar.faculty.asu.edu/.Dr. Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise Community College Richard (Bubba) Hall is the Dean of Math, Science, and Health Science at Cochise College and PI of the NSF Cochise Community College METSTEP program. He is working closely with Arizona State University’s METS program and Office of Academic Partnerships to build transfer pathways for Cochise College engineering students to Arizona State. Under

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ehlig-Economides, University of Houston (CoE); Sukesh K. Aghara, Prairie View A&M University; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Anthony R. Kovscek, Stanford University; Mehmet Ayar, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Don R. Gilman P.E., Texas A&M University; Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University; Timothy Allen Robinson, Pennsylvania State University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

University of Technology in Iran and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, all in mechanical engineering. He continued his postdoctoral research studies at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and joined the CSULB faculty in 1981. Toossi has worked both as a research scientist and consultant on various projects related to aqueous aerosols and droplets in the atmosphere, nuclear safety, sensor design, air pollution dispersion modeling, flame propagation, fluid mechanics, and fiber optics. His current interests include conducting research and teaching courses in heat transfer, combustion, hybrid-electric vehicles, hydrogen storage, environmental engineering, and renewable energy sources

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-Hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario H. Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

. The POGIL approach relies on inquirybased, student-centered classrooms and laboratories that enhance learning skills whileinsuring content mastery.8,9,10 With POGIL, students can acquire key processing skills as theylearn the discipline content. Our new instructional strategies are to improve or develop thematerials and manufacturing curriculum utilizing by “Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry-Learning” (POGIL). With POGIL, students can acquire key processing skills as they learnthe discipline content.Literature in the field of student learning indicates that the POGIL approach has beeneffectively used in disciplines such as mathematics, biology, and chemistry for post-secondary education.9 However, we have found no reports proving the efficacy

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage; Aram Agajanian, DeVry University, Chicago

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Engineering Ethics

under certain illumination conditions produces different-colored solutions. 1936 Erwin Muller, at Siemens research Laboratory, invents the field emission microscope, making it possible to achieve near-atomic-resolution of imaged materials. 1947 John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain, at Bell labs, create the first semiconductor transistor, ending the era of vacuum tubes and laying the foundation for solid state electronics devices and the information era. 1950 Victor La Mer and Robert Dinegar develop the theory and a process for growing monodisperse colloidal materials. This controlled ability to fabricate colloids

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Innovations in Computing Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; James R. Lewis, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

, buttranslating that idea into actions requires planning. So before you can write any code, you haveto take the time to explore the possible techniques and technologies. The core infrastructure of aniOS app is built from objects in the UIKit framework. There are some resources that must bepresent in all iOS apps. Most apps include images, sounds, and other types of resources forpresenting the app’s content, but the App store may also require some specific resources. Youmay like to refer to iOS App Programming Guide 11 for further details.ResultsSo far we have used this series of modular smart phone laboratory exercises only on two sets ofstudents. The first experimental set of students have given us some limited feedback. Overall thestudent critique was

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, Utah State University; Raymond Edward Boyles, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University

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Minorities in Engineering

. Work Experience: Utah State University, Jan. 2010 to present, instructor for ETE 1020 energy, power, transportation systems control technology exploration of the concepts and processes relating to the control and automation (both hard and programmable) of technical systems in the areas of energy and power, transportation, and agricultural and related biotech- nologies. California University of PA, Jan. 2008 to May 2009, Teaching Assistant. Assisted the professor in class preparation, lesson plans, and distribution of materials Also gain teaching experience by lecturing the class section which deals with programming robots. Managed a laboratory, which allowed students to complete experiments. AT&T Broadband

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education: Program Models

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey B. Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University; Marta C. Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University; Min Young Pack, Pennsylvania State University; Johanna Gretchen Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Samir Narendra Patel, Pennsylvania State University; Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University

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Community Engagement Division

below.Innovation spaceThis group worked on the development of the physical building that could service as a facilityfor learning design, building, and exploring entrepreneurial principles. In year one, a groupcomprised of all engineering students, focused on developing a space that was cheap,manageable, and inspirational. The initial motivation for the innovation space was an idea of anextremely low-cost fabrication laboratory 16. In developing the space, a series of questions weredeveloped to be answered in the field: 1. How are buildings built in Tanzania? 2. What are the options for power supply? 3. What tools and materials are readily available to build with?This group spent a significant amount of time in the field trying to fill these gaps

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Benson, Kettering University; Ada Cheng, Kettering University; Odesma Dalrymple, ASU Polytechnic

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Mechanical Engineering

Failure AnalysisThe research being conducted under the NSF’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory ImprovementProgram (CCLI) consists of pre-instruction and post-instruction assessment of student capabilitywith support topics and skills (integration, differentiation, dot product, equilibrium conditions,etc.) across the curriculum. Student responses to these assessment questions are analyzed todetermine the approach which each student took in addressing the problem and to identifyaspects of their thinking process: this is especially important in those problems where thestudents answered the assessment questions incorrectly. The different methods by whichstudents approach these problems are then be categorized and a catalog of the most common“modes of

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; James Young, Rice University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2010-1055: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING-RELATED MINORS FORNON-ENGINEERING STUDENTSJohn Krupczak, Hope College Professor of Engineering, Hope College. CASEE Senior Fellow, National Academy of EngineeringMani Mina, Iowa State University High Speed Systems Engineering Laboratory, Director of Minor in Engineering Studies (MES) Program at Iowa State UniversityRobert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University Honda Professor for Engineering Education and Professor, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Director, Engineering Education Innovation CenterJames Young, Rice University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; Nathan McNeill, Purdue University; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

Japan and Western powers. PeiyangUniversity acted as a model for the founding of many of other early Western style universities inChina.At its founding, Peiyang University hired many foreign professors who drew up the overalleducation plan of the university, designed the courses that were to be taught, and selected thetextbooks to be used. Furthermore, the university purchased scientific equipment directly fromthe United States to stock its laboratories. The university also subscribed to more than 100Western scientific and engineering journals in an effort to keep faculty and students up-to-datewith the latest knowledge in their academic fields15.Peiyang University had two programs of study: a college-preparatory program and anundergraduate

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, “Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems,” CRC Press, 2007.5. P. G. Kosky, M. E. Hagerman and S. Maleki, “Frontiers of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.6. Wendy C. Crone, Arthur B. Ellis, Amy C. Payne, Kenneth W. Lux, Anne K. Bentley, Robert W. Carpick, Donald Stone, George C. Lisensky, S. Michael Condren, “Incorporating Concepts of Nanotechnology into the Materials Science and Engineering Classroom and Laboratory,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2003, Nashville, TN.7. Aura Gimm, “Introducing Bionanotechnology into Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angkee Sripakagorn, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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Mechanical Engineering

the pressure from the framework andpeers. This trend is good for students in the view of their career placement or graduate schoolapplications.After the initial period, features of best projects start to emerge and can be divided into threeareas. The first is the industry related projects, especially with co-funding or sponsorship. With awell-defined and well-scheduled proposal from industry as well as strong financial and othersupports, this kind of project usually excels. Similarly, the research-oriented projects initiatedfrom an established research laboratories also usually succeed. Lastly, many projects areinvolved in major, and in many cases, international competitions. Faced with major challenges,many of these projects are successful

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria

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International

be expected to spend 160hours on a one-semester, 16-credit course, including lectures, laboratories, tests and studying on their own. Page 15.465.8Engineering students typically take between 72 and 80 credits per semester, comprising 14 teaching weeks plus a 3-week examination period.developmental modules help students adjust to a higher workload (time students spend working),without having to cope with the large volume of work required of mainstream students.In Year 2 students take level 100 engineering modules, together with accompanying additionalmodules. They also take half of the required modules of level 200 mathematics

Conference Session

Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alongkorn Pimpin, Chulalongkorn University; Kuntinee Maneeratana, Chulalongkorn University

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International

further customized for specific disciplines [13].As a result of the described standard and accreditation requirement, the minimum requirementson the course contents and credits for the present program are clearly specified and based on 3-credit courses as followings.1. General education (30 credits) – English, social science, humanity, science & technology, multidisciplinary, etc.2. Basic science (18 credits) – mathematics, physics and chemistry with additional laboratory.3. Basic engineering (18 credits) – 4 compulsory courses in drawing, mechanics, materials and computer programming and at least 2 courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, mechanics of materials or manufacturing processes.4. Core engineering (12 credits) – at

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Miquel Barcelo, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Didac Balas, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Maria Ribera Sancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Jordi Garcia, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

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Graduate Studies

courses from a wide range of modules4. Undergo language assessment in either English or Spanish to determine appropriate placement in the institutions sequence of language courses5. Participate in intensive language training and language support system activity, e.g., the Page 15.308.13 Purdue University on-line writing laboratory (available to all students in the project regardless of which institution they are currently studying)6. Participate in a series of pre-departure orientation activities to properly prepare trans Atlantic student for effective success overseas7. Participate in a series of welcome and entry orientation activities

Conference Session

Teaching Software Engineering Process

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Young; John Fernandez

who have a user-centered sensitivity. Seffah’s survey found the most critical generic skills that emerged from thesurvey were primarily related to writing, presenting, communicating, and working with clientsand end-users16.Seffah’s work and research at Concordia University in Canada has led to the creation of aHuman Centered Software Engineering Group7. This group seems to be in the forefront ofbridging the gap between human centered approaches and software engineering practices. Anexpansion of these efforts is needed throughout the research community so that more rapidprogress may be made to enhance methodologies to truly satisfy the end-users. From theclassroom laboratory experiences mentioned earlier, this human-centered focus appears to

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanorious Chalkiadakis; Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen

power systems, Page 10.399.11modeling, circuit theory, microcontrollers, analog electronics, control systems, and laboratory development. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Skylar Stewart; Linda Ramsey; Julie DuBois; Jorge Roldan; David Mills

next time we held thecourse we should do only one session per week. On the other hand, the students felt that thesession length of 1 ½ to 2 hours was appropriate.Impact on Teaching FellowsIn reflecting upon the impact of this course, it is clear that we learned as much from thisexperience as did the students who participated. Foremost, educational research of this typevastly differs from the typical laboratory research we as graduate engineering students havebecome accustomed to. For example, when conducting educational research investigators mustunderstand that working in a K-12 environment requires a higher degree of flexibility, patience,and tolerance of unexpected chaos. An important outcome derived through the implementationof this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

-206. Osberg, K. M. (1997). Spatial Cognition in the Virtual Environment. Human Interface Technology Laboratory,University of Washington, Retrieved June 10, 2002, from http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-97-18/. Pleck, M. H., Mcgrath, M. B., Bertoline, G. R., Browers, D. H. & Sadowski, M. A. (1990). Factors affecting theengineering design graphics curriculum: Past, present, future. Proceedings of the NSF Symposium on Modernizationof the Engineering Design Graphics Curriculum, Austin, Texas, 43-52. Sulbaran, T. & Baker, N. C. (2000). Enhancing Engineering Education Through Distributed Virtual Reality, 30thASEE/IEEE frontiers in Education Conference, October 18-21, Kansas City, MO, S1D-13 – S1D-18. Vandenberg, S

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

problems of businessand life. Page 10.376.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Why, of all the human arts, does college teaching not improve? From Plato’s academy ofthe fifth century B.C. to the research university of today, professors have taught much thesame way, with indifferent results. A few students learn very well, many learn a little,and a few nothing at all.What is a better idea? Try learning. Learning is something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Schildgen; Jon Duff

senior project topics.Finally, administrative considerations for making the senior project successful includeinstitutional funding for faculty mentoring, laboratory access, and archival capabilities todocument the results. Dutson 8 suggests that a modular approach might be implemented tocounteract administrative difficulties. Other authors, most notably Adams 4, entertain virtualteams as an alternative. As this study shows, support from the three constituent groups is criticalfor the success of a senior project initiative. Page 10.584.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico; Pedro Covassi, National University of Cordoba (Argentina)

, structural stability, granular flow, computational mechanics, and plates and shells, and results of his research have been published in more than 150 peer-reviewed journal papers. At present, he has been awarded an NSF-CCLI research grant.Pedro Covassi, National University of Cordoba (Argentina) Pedro A. Covassi graduated as a Civil Engineer at the National University of Cordoba (Argentina) and is currently a doctoral student at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina working in the Geotechnical Laboratory. He has been awarded a scholarship from the National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (FONCYT) in Argentina

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janus Liang, Yung-Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce

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Manufacturing

Gartner, Inc., Global e-Learning market trend, Available online http://www4.gartner.com, Visited Dec. 5, 2008.[3] S. Jose, eLearning: A Global Strategic Business Report, Global Industry Analysts, Inc., USA, May, 2008.[4] J. S. Liang, Development for a web-based EDM laboratory in manufacturing engineering, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 83-99, 2009.[5] R. Phipps and J. Merisotis, What’s the difference? a review of contemporary research on the effectiveness of distance learning in higher education, Washington, DC: The Institute for Higher Education Policy, Available online http://www.ihep.com/difference.pdf, Visited Dec. 5, 2008.[6] M. Dirscoll, Blended learning: let’s get beyond

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

individual factorsamong female students in order to improve retention should consider diversifying theirapproach so that environmental factors such as the practices and policies that applydirectly to the classroom experience are attended to as well. Laboratory and groupassignments may be a particularly critical nexus in shaping interest in engineering, bothin communicating the social and economic significance of the subject matter andacceptable ways for individuals to work together that communicate respect and care ofindividual’s commitment and ability to be successful as an engineer. These are examplesof practices raised in the context of accelerating the presence of women in engineering,but whose effects contribute positively to men’s interest in

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Computers in Education

remainder of this paper will describe this course. The next two sections will highlight theteaching strategies adopted. These will be followed by sections that provide examples ofassignments and projects used to develop a student’s skill at developing automation applications.Finally summaries of challenges and potential future improvements to this course will beprovided.Course OverviewSince WWU operates on the quarter system, courses are scheduled over a 10 week period. As afour credit offering the CAD Automation class meets for two 3 hour periods in the department’sCAD laboratory. The size of the lab caps enrollment at 25 students. This adequately meets thedemand for the CAD/CAM program while providing space for students in other programswishing

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Camille George, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

couldhave been accounted for in a more thorough Bill of Materials.ConclusionAn open ended desalination design project was created for use in an introductorythermodynamics laboratory on psychrometrics. The project was built from an innovativeconcept that lent itself to thermodynamic analysis and exposed students to the connectionbetween classroom material and real-world applications. Results from the project showthat the process of producing freshwater by evaporating saltwater and condensing thevapor requires greater care than one might initially expect as only 85% of the salt wasremoved. A student survey and subject specific questions on the final showed the projectto be successful in many of its aims with the group aspect and design freedom having