Conference Session

Using Computers, Software, and Writing to Improve Mathematical Understanding

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

N. Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

advancing technology,is increasing the necessity for astute critical thinking skills, yet many students arrive at the universitywith these skills underdeveloped. Such higher-level thinking involves analyzing, evaluating, andcreating (the topmost three levels of thinking in Bloom‟s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain revisedby Anderson in 2001). Several researchers in the late 1990s into the 2000s have shown thatprocessing new information using these thinking skills increases students‟ information retention. Inaddition, thinking critically helps prepare students to become successful global citizens because theycan make the decisions and solve the problems of modern life more astutely, having both theknowledge retained and the thinking skills developed

Conference Session

Innovations in Solid Mechanics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

hierarchical ornetwork form, with labeled nodes (in circles or boxes) denoting concepts, and linking words orphrases specifying the relationships among concepts. Two or more concepts that are connectedby linking words or phrases form a proposition (i.e., a meaningful statement). Figure 1 showsthe structure and characteristics of concept maps 8.Since its development in 1972 by Joseph Novak and his colleagues 7, 8, who sought to follow andunderstand changes in children‟s knowledge of science, concept mapping has been adopted innearly every discipline ranging from STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics),psychology, and medicine to business, economics, accounting, history, and literature by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian F Martensen, Minnesota State University; Deborah K. Nykanen P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Marilyn C. Hart, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

participant connected via a videoconferencing program such asSkype.Student FeedbackAnonymous feedback from students was solicited using an online survey. Questions includedone demographic question (year in school), 19 Likert-scale questions and 4 open endedquestions. The Likert questions and their responses are shown in Table 1. Reverse coding wasnot used in order to be consistent with past uses of the survey. The survey was voluntary so outof 31 possible students, 14 responded.The responses to Q1 – Q5 presented in Table 1 indicate the student’s feelings of being connectedto peers and faculty. Overall the student responses indicate a more secure feeling of connectionwith the S-STEM program faculty than within their individual academic programs (Q1

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NEW THIS YEAR! - ASEE Main Plenary II: Best Paper Recognition & Industry Day Session: Corporate Member Council Speaker

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Palmer, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

Leadership in Quality and the Association for Institutional Research.Dan Merson, The Pennsylvania State University Page 25.254.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Design in Context: Where do the Engineers of 2020 Learn this Skill?Increasingly, engineers must design engineering solutions that consider the contexts in whichthey are implemented. Examples like China‟s Three Gorges Dam, the development of next-generation fusion nuclear power, and the One Laptop per Child program illustrate thecomplexities and the stakes of current and future

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2012 EDI

Authors

Michael Bruno

The Stevens Veterans Office Michael S. Bruno Dean of Engineering & Science Stevens Institute of Technology April, 2012Four Major Constituencies Active Duty Military Dependents P/T Veteran Students F/T Veteran StudentsOverall Veterans Student Profile Active Duty • Montgomery Bill • MOS related Education Military Dependents • Transfer of Eligibility Benefits (TEB) • Established already at SIT All Qualified Veterans • Chapter 30, 33 • Post-9/11Yellow Ribbon Program Partner School Eligibility Benefits • 36 Months Finances

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Technological Literacy Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, Harris, Harold, Facial Recognition System Screening Evaluation Methodology for Complexion Biases: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education ASEE, Conference. Vancouver Canada, June 26-Jun30 2011 oChinchilla, Rigoberto, S. Guccione, J. Tillman, Wind Power Technologies in the United States: A Tech- nical Comparison between Vertical and Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines: Journal Of Industrial Technology Volume 27, Number 1 - January 2011 through March 2011 Dr. Chinchilla can be reached at rchinchilla@eiu.edu. Page 25.582.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kavitha D. Ramane, Purdue University

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International

todefense/reversal, minimization, acceptance, and adaptation.11 Other studies have employed theMiville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale—Short form (MGUDS-S), which uses affective,behavioral, and cognitive subscales to measure an individual’s openness to and appreciation ofcultural diversity.12 This paper, on the other hand, opens up a new line of research by exploringwhether Cultural Intelligence (CQ) may serve as yet another useful instrument for assessingvarious aspects of cross-cultural competence among engineering students and professionals.Cultural IntelligenceResearch based on the Cultural Intelligence (CQ) framework has proliferated in recent years.13However, it has attracted relatively little attention in the engineering education

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Crowell Sanders, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

International

elements are present in a sample. Page 25.1061.4 Figure 3. Schematic illustrating SEM operation.   An additional spectroscopic measurement in the bottom-up fabrication lab includes UV-VIS spectroscopy. In these measurements, a spectrophotometer (Figure 4) sends electromagneticradiation in the visible spectrum through a sample (I0)11. This radiation passes through thesample (IT) reaching a detector that generates a signal indicating the wavelength(s) of lightabsorbed by the sample or the percent of light transmitted through the sample11

Conference Session

FPD VII: Research on First-year Programs Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Pryor, University of Texas, Austin

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First-Year Programs

procrastination. Evidence is often subjective oranecdotal. In self- paced Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) courses, observationalopportunities can be further limited.Yet PSI can be an effective teaching strategy for course material such as that in a first-year, web-based, introductory programming course. Students (particularly first-year students) have diversebackgrounds and a varied technical literacy. In this particular course, students complete 18 unitsfollowing a traditional PSI s-curve (reviewed below) in terms of content difficulty over thecourse of one semester. The content introduces students to two syntaxes and three programmingparadigms (compiled, interpreted, and object-oriented languages). The PSI format allowsindividuals to invest

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Interdisciplinary Teams through Two Companion Courses on InfrastructureAbstractOne of the program outcome criteria for ABET accreditation is that students demonstrate “anability to function on multidisciplinary teams” (Criterion 3(d)). * An innovative way to meet thiscriterion was piloted at the University of Wisconsin—Platteville in the 2011 Fall Semester by theauthors. During that semester, we taught two infrastructure-related courses. The first course,called “Introduction to Infrastructure Engineering” (I2I), was taken by civil and environmentalengineering students. The second course, “Infrastructure and Society” (I&S), was

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Ethics Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

2011 include oChinchilla, Rigoberto, Harris, Harold, Facial Recognition System Screening Evaluation Methodology for Complexion Biases: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education ASEE, Conference. Vancouver Canada, June 26-Jun30 2011 oChinchilla, Rigoberto, S. Guccione, J. Tillman, Wind Power Technologies in the United States: A Tech- nical Comparison between Vertical and Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines: Journal Of Industrial Technology Volume 27, Number 1 - January 2011 through March 2011 Dr. Chinchilla can be reached at rchinchilla@eiu.edu. Page 25.583.1 c

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Harvest Collier; Diane Hagni

in theUniversity of Missouri system, close to 90 percent of the 7,000-plus students enrolled areseeking degrees in engineering or hard sciences. There are approximately 440 full- and part-timefaculty members, the majority of which are tenured or tenure-track. Eighty-three percent are inSTEM disciplines.Many of these professors were teaching several years ago when it was common for freshmen inpacked lecture halls to hear, “Look to your right; look to your left. One of you won’t be here thistime next year.” Although that is no longer the accepted slogan at Missouri S&T, and studentsgenerally hear more empathetic messages from faculty on campus dedicated to their success,teaching strategies have not evolved all that much over the years

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. Ladesic P.E., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Robert R. Wolz, Gulfstream Aerospace; Frank Simmons III P.E., Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation; Timothy D. Farley

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

, as a whole, the educational system has fallen short inSTEM education. Oddly universities and institutions7 appear to produce competent scientists andmathematicians but they deliver only mediocre engineering graduates when consideringpractitioner needs. Decades back some forecasted an erosion of the nation‟s ability to technicallycompete in the emerging world market. Others warned of serious losses in market share thatwould be accompanied by economic downturns in the U.S. and subsequent job shortages. Todaymuch of that prognostication appears to have materialized.Over the years opinions varied, sometimes disagreeing, as to the best remedies for turningengineering education more toward the costumers‟ needs (i.e. industry) but always there was

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2012 EDI

Authors

Michael Kassner

S Korea UK Degrees Awarded to US Citizens & Permanent Residents Current U.S. STEM degree PhD Natural Science & Engineering trends support increased Total: 12,636 NOTE: Natural sciences include physical, biological, investment in STEM to MS Natural Science & Engineering

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2012 ERC

Authors

Kam Ng

Prototypes) 1-2 years Acquisition Enablers (FNCs, etc) ≈45% Quick Reaction & Other S&T ≈12% ≈30% ≈8% Time Frame NARROW NEAR MID LONG Dr. Kam Ngkam.ng1@navy.mil 703.696.0812

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Globig, University of Dayton; Michael J. Kozak, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

student.First Class Meeting - Anxiety ReductionAt the very first class meeting, the instructor tries to remove the anxieties of first year Circuits(affectionately called “Snircuits” by the instructor) students. Many of these students, especiallythe non-majors, are quite intimidated by Electrical Circuits even at the most fundamental levelbecause they can‟t “see” what‟s happening before them. A significant portion of the non-majorsare taking the course for the second time and / or have avoided taking it until they are upperclassmen increasing their anxiety ever further. In the first session, the instructor does not review the syllabus, etc. To some of the students thesyllabus is the only subject at the university that is more boring than the subject of

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Anna Zilberberg; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sean Mcvay, James Madison Univeristy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

gap, this study aims to gain adeeper understanding of the faculty‟s experience with LTS. Herein, we present the thoroughdevelopment of the LTS Faculty Survey, designed with content and construct validationprocesses in mind and included quantitative and qualitative items, as well as key findings fromsurveyed LTS faculty experts (N=25). The survey enabled us to measure characteristics of LTScurricular and extracurricular efforts, perceived barriers faced by faculty, motivations forimplementing LTS efforts, attitudes about LTS, etc. all from a faculty perspective. Key findingssuggest that major barriers for LTS implementation are (1) faculty time/workload, (2) problemscoordinating with the community, and (3) the lack of policy on the role of LTS

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

of graduation  75% of Co-ops accept full-time career-related jobs with Co-op employersCooperative Education was created at The University of Cincinnati in 1906 as a new teachingmethodology in its College of Engineering. Today, hundreds of thousands of students across thecountry, studying everything from accounting to zoology, continue this growing educationalexperiment, combining traditional classroom learning with paid, major-related professionalexperiences, just like those first University of Cincinnati co-ops. Despite this long history and thegreat benefits to students, little was known about the faculty‟s reaction to cooperative education.In 2005, Contomanolis4 surveyed engineering faculty at the six largest engineering

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

that, as in allother knowledge areas curriculum change is the result of a continuous flow of small changes [1].The process is very similar to that which (happens in the year to year changes made to aparticular automobile). Every now and again some innovation necessitates radical change and re-thinking of how thingsneed to be done in the future. In the writers lifetime the big change for him was the advent of thesemi-conductor especially the transistor in electronics. Thermionic vacuum tubes becameredundant overnight, and in the author‟s own field of study the problem of noise in amplifierswas radically changed for the better. Teachers had to re-learn quickly to adapt to the newtechniques. From the broader perspective it created a whole new

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

David C. Macke; Adam Reab; Tyler Allen; Jeffery Keener; Steve E. Watkins

Solar-Powered Game Camera Support Systems David C. Macke Jr, Adam Reab, Tyler Allen, Jeffery Keener, and Dr. Steve E. Watkins Electrical and Computer Engineering Missouri S&T Game cameras provide an automated capability for monitoring wild animals, remoteproperty, etc. Ideally, the camera can operate in all outdoor weather conditions and can operatefor many seasons independent of user input. The current market for game cameras is based onsimple motion sensors that take photographs whenever triggered. This method leads to a largepercentage of images being completely unrelated to what the camera operator wants tophotograph. These cameras are powered by batteries that limit operational

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Corbet Johnson, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

448In all evaporations, the evaporants used were aluminum clips, approximately 0.5” in length andpre-bent into a v-shape.MethodologyFollowing a broad review of available processing schemes including many specifically tailoredfor vastly different configurations of evaporation equipment, two approaches to powersequencing were investigated [6] [7]. These approaches are explained in Table 2. Power levelswere specified as a percentage of the user-defined maximum input into the Sycon controller.Observations and Experimental FindingsMethod 1: Manual Linear IncreaseWith this method, the general trend was long deposition times of 30 minutes or more, lowdeposition rates (typically below 5 Å/s), and poor reproducibility. Evaporations from a singlefilament

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and comments on theinitial experiments, and the author‟s observations and recommendations for other instructorsattempting student-led laboratory design. The results can help shorten the laboratorydevelopment learning curve and alert faculty to common early project errors and omissions to beavoided. More significantly, the results show the value of employing student feedback duringthe laboratory development phase.Introduction and Lab ObjectivesA new course in energy conversion systems was designed to meet several developing needs: therenewed or expanding government and private interest in support of alternative energy sourceresearch and applications, and the technology and society studies requirement in the universityGeneral Education program

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in going to college, and taking college-level mathematicscourses(Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in ScienceEngineering and Technology Development, 2000). This contrast heralds that students do notunderstand the importance of, and requirements for, taking rigorous mathematics and sciencecourses in high school, pointing to the importance of encouraging exploration of a wide array ofcareer trajectories so that students do not inadvertently build roadblocks to certaincareers(Rudasill & Callahan, 2010; White Paper prepared for U. S. Secretary of EducationRichard W. Riley, 1997). Given this, it is imperative for counselors to be prepared to counselstudents about careers and how to prepare for these careers

Conference Session

TAC/ABET-related Outcome-based Assessment Methods and Models

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

stages.Fortunately, both ABET and ATMAE accreditation procedures are amenable tonew/innovative programs, although the former’s requirement for the existence ofprogram graduates defers its accreditation decision until this requirement can bedemonstrated. Given that the ATMAE’s process does not have this requirement, theadvantage to the department is that there will not be a period during which any newprogram(s) might not be accredited.Based on the experience of the past years, it seems appropriate to recommend thatcolleagues considering multiple accreditations do pursue that path despite the resourcedemands in terms of faculty time, technology and money for professional development.However, the advantages of increased purposeful and collective reflection

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2012 EDI

Authors

Keith Moo-Young

Faculty  Development  Engineering  Dean’s  Institute   2012    H.  Keith  Moo-­‐Young,  Ph.D.,  P.E.,  BCEE,  F.  ASCE Personal Leadership Training1. Leadership Training A. NSF sponsored workshop for early faculty development in late 90’s B. Anderson Consulting Faculty Fellowship i. Innovative Teaching Methods from Consulting ii. Developed Goal Based Learning for implementation into Engineering Curriculum C. AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows Program AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships1.  Categorized by program area, the executive branch agencies listed below anticipate hosting and

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Justin Roark; Scott C. Smith

. frequencies. Their main disadvantage is increased area, which The basic concept of the experiment is to compare the is approximately 1.5 – 2 times as much as an equivalentability of two microprocessors, one asynchronous and one synchronous design when using static CMOS gates, but lesssynchronous, to play a song while put under stresses. The song for semi-static CMOS gates. However, for large designs, suchallows observers to detect the speed of the program execution as SoCs, the processor core(s) normally require(s) less than ½and note when the microprocessor fails. This method provides of the chip’s total area, while the rest of the chip area consistsan easily observed, direct response from the

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2012 ERC

Authors

Theresa Maldonado

that promote the entry and retention of veterans and other non-traditional students in engineering programs 8OneNSF: Expeditions in Education (E- (E-2) willintegrate STEM education R&D to improvelearning for the 21st century. Research-intensive activity Three focus areas: ◦ Transforming UG STEM Learning through S&E ◦ Learning and Understanding Sustainability and Cyberlearning ◦ Data and Observations of STEM Education Timeline: 5-year initiative ◦ FY12: Draft guiding principles. Evaluation planning. ◦ FY13: Issue Dear Colleague Letter. Investment framework. Outcome: Transform the NSF education portfolio into a coordinated and strategic set of

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Franco Capaldi

Development of an Online Statics Homework System Franco Capaldi1Since the late 1990’s, there has been an explosion of web based platforms for the submission and grading ofhomework. There are many advantages to online homework submission including (1) students obtain immediatefeedback, (2) they can be used to randomize questions and eliminate blatant cheating, and (3) they can be used toprovide just in time tutorials and information when needed. Many online homework systems such as WebAssign,CAPA, and Blackboard offer a wide range of question types such as multiple choice question formats, fill in theblank, and numerical answer evaluation. However, in the field of engineering, obtaining the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 25.110.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Successful 4-Year Academic Scholarship Program for Upper Division Engineering and Computer Science Non-Transfer Students and Graduate StudentsAbstractThis paper describes a successful four-year academic scholarship program for upper divisionengineering and computer science students funded by a National Science Foundation’s S-STEMgrant that ran from Fall 2007 through Spring 2011. Scholarships of $2,000 per semester weregiven

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mallory Lancaster, Purdue University; Yi Luo; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

inEngER, (6) there is low level of connectivity between researchers in this area, (7) Krause, S. is the“most popular” author according to social network analysis, and (8) the field that has done the mostresearch in this area is “Education, Scientific Disciplines”, which indicates that most venues to publishK-12 EngER are educational rather than engineering venues.Keywords— K-12; engineering; education; research; social network analysis Introduction Engineering education (EngE) has strong associations with science, technology and mathematicseducation and it is concerned with the teaching and learning related to engineering practice. Currently,K-12 EngE is emerging as a new discipline, overcoming