Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah L. Helman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ryan J. Kershner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Diana Wheeler, MA-LIS, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy L. Kindschi, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steven M. Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Continuing Professional Development

currently consults with faculty and teaching assistants. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration at UW-Madison. She is PI for the ”Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering (AWAKEN): How People Learn” project. As a member of the man- agement team for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), she is collaboratively responsible for a course about teaching science and engineering.Ms. Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 22.817.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing an Effective

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Eric J. Alley, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2160: A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATING HARD-WARE/SOFTWARE TRADEOFFS IN AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGNJeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Jeanne Christman is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Technology Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her expertise is in the area of Embedded Systems Desgin and System on a Chip. She is also actively involved in recruitment and retention of females in engineering technology.Eric J Alley, Rochester Institute of Technology Eric Alley is a 2011 graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Computer Engi- neering Technology. His RIT career includes working as a teaching assistant for many core curriculum

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

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Mechanical Engineering

physical model, with the latter understanding being referred to herewith the label used in the literature of a mental model [26]. It is important to note in these data that lacking prior knowledge R and T for Problem 1results in failure to solve the problem (S8 and S15), consistent with the emphasis placed on priorknowledge in the Integrated Problem Solving Model.19 Failure to make the required assumptionsabout the reactions at C and D in Problem 2 in the context of a mental model will result in failureto solve the problem, as shown in Table 2 for S8, S11, S13, S14, S15, S16, S21, S22, and S26. Asserting prior knowledge late in the solution process, results in an extensive and inefficientsearch of equations as shown for S10 in Table 1. This

Conference Session

Assessment Instruments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Syed Helmi Syed Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mohd Salleh Abu, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Shahrin Mohammad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-2720: AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS STUDENTS’ ENGINEER-ING PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY IN COOPERATIVE PROBLEM-BASEDLEARNING (CPBL)Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Syed Helmi is an academic staff in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and is currently a Ph.D. in Engineering Education candidate in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Khairiyah is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is presently the Deputy Director at the Centre for Teaching and Learning in UTM. Her main research areas are Process Modeling, Simulation and Control, and Engineering Education. She has been implementing

Conference Session

FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Renée S. DeGraaf, Lansing Community College; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Sarah J. Stoner, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Claudia E. Vergara, Michigan State University; Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

Michigan State. McDonough’s areas of interest include educational theory, student development and engineering education.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University DAINA BRIEDIS is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research includ- ing student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-2655: ANALYZING SUBJECT-PRODUCED DRAWINGS: THEUSE OF THE DRAW AN ENGINEER ASSESSMENT IN CONTEXTTirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He has bachelors and masters degrees in Computer Science and Engineering and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction. His research interests include educational research methods, communication of research, and k-16+ engineering education. Ganesh’s research is largely focused on studying k-12 curricula, and teaching-learning processes in both the formal and informal settings. He is principal investigator of the Information Technology

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University

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International

AC 2011-989: A DESIGN COURSE IN CHINA FOR US AND CHINESESTUDENTS INVOLVING AN AMERICAN CORPORATIONCarl F. Zorowski, North Carolina State University Carnegie Inst.of Technology, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, 1956-1962; North Carolina State University, Associate professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Associate Professor, 1962- 1965, Professor, 1964-66, Reynolds Professor, 1966-1997, College of Engineering, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1978-1983, Institute for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Director, 1985-1993, NSF SUCCEED Coalition, Director, 1993-1997, Reynolds Professor Emeritus, 1997- B.S. M.E., 1952, Carnegie Institute of technology M.S. M.E., 1953, Carnegie Institute of

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larissa V. Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

) developing interlinkedcurriculum components (web-based teaching and learning modules) to organize and reinforcecore ideas in chemical engineering curricular; (3) creating an integrated assessment plan that isbeing used to analyze the learning and development of chemical engineering students withrespect to forward-looking set of learning outcomes, and (4) using service learning in requiredchemical engineering courses.Course StringsThe first key strategy for curriculum reform and development involves organizing undergraduatechemical engineering courses into four course strings: thermodynamics and kinetics; emergingfundamentals and applications; transport phenomena; and systems design. Course string facultycommittees were developed to address the

Conference Session

Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology; Michael Swartwout, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

AC 2011-1151: SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDENT-BUILT SPACECRAFT DE-SIGN PROGRAMS IT’S IMPACT ON SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING ED-UCATION OVER LAST TEN YEARSMichael Swartwout, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology Dr. Michael Swartwout joined the Saint Louis University faculty as of 2009 as an Assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering at Parks. He worked at Washington University in Saint Louis previously from 2000 to 2009. Beginning his education in Aerospace Engineering earning both his Bachelor and Master of Science with the University of Illinois, he went on to achieve his Doc- torate with Stanford University in Aeronautics & Astronautics in 2000. He

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

single rubric can be used forboth. The instructor grades a student report using the rubric, and aspects of the rubric areused as embedded indicators for assessing program outcomes. Thus, essentially all of theeffort required to collect program assessment data is integrated into the routine task ofgrading.Overall Approach to Assessing Measurable OutcomesBecause program outcomes speak to the capabilities of graduates, the Rowan UniversityChemical Engineering department has settled on an assessment strategy that focuses onthe two courses in the curriculum that best reflect real engineering practice:  Chemical Plant Design- This is the program’s capstone design experience.  Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic- This is a multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

process. The students are given a specific design task; currently the design task has beento build a walker robot.Course DescriptionThe current format of the course contains three components: (1) The use of a commercialParametric Modeling package. Currently the SolidWork software is used. (2) An understandingof the available new technology, such as using a Rapid Prototyping (RP) machine and using a 3Dscanner. (3) The designing and building of an actual product to further reinforces the conceptsand principles learned. By integrating the project into the 2nd half of the course, the insights andstrengths of using the available new technologies can be better observed.The course is structured in a 2-3-3 format (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab, 3 credit

Conference Session

Design Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabah Razouk Abro, Laurence Tecnological University, Department of Engineering Tecnology; Jerry Cuper, Lawrence Technological University

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Manufacturing

position that enabled him to lecture in a number Arab countries. In Jordan he served as the Chairman of the Math and Computer Science department at Al-Isra University. In The United States he worked as an adjunct faculty at Wayne State University, University of Detroit Mercy and Oakland Community College. He held a position of the Math program leader at Focus: HOPE for several years. Sabah has been involved in engineering education paradigms since 1996, he coordinated work with university partners to develop new curriculum in engineering education with a support of NSF grant. Dr. Abro has work as a consultant in six sigma training and certification where he was exposed to manufacturing facilities and their practices. He

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Jason Allen Toth; Morgan Reese, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

inthis paper) and geomatics. At that time, the infrastructure course was envisioned as includingwater and wastewater, solid waste and basic transportation, topics not covered elsewhere in thecurriculum due to our large and humanities-heavy core requirements. As part of this initial refit,it was thought that dynamics and electrical engineering would be covered in a consolidatedcourse, and we would work with the electrical engineering department to ensure that some powerand power distribution content, considered essential, would be included in the consolidatedcourse. By 2010, West Point’s Civil Engineering Program had undergone an ABET visit andconsiderable further work had been done on the curriculum reform, and the results of that workwere

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

feel that advantages of the MS management option described above include: (1) an effectivetreatment of issues faced in the management of a civil engineering company, (2) a valuablestructured leadership/mentoring/management experience for graduate students enrolled, (3) aforum that allows practicing engineers to share professional expertise directly with students, and(4) a strengthening of our department’s undergraduate culminating design experienceThe breadth and depth of the subjects covered in this two class sequence provides an adequatecoverage of the issues faced by graduates whose careers result in leading team efforts andmanaging an engineering office. Our current ABET accredited curriculum coupled with thebroad general education and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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NSF Grantees

infrastructure of the United States is exceeding its design capacity and is aging, requiringmaintenance and renovation. In order to meet this challenge, a need exists to produce civil andenvironmental engineers who have a broad understanding of the pressing needs of the infrastruc-ture of the United States. With this in mind, the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engi-neering (CEE) Department at [institution] reviewed the program curricula (for the first time in atleast 20 years) and decided to redesign the curricula with an infrastructure theme. A DepartmentLevel Reform planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was used to plan anoverhaul of the curriculum that infuses an infrastructure theme throughout.Once the curriculum planning

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere & Company

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, mechanical integration and modifications, electricalintegration and wiring, design, measurements and instrumentation, welding and aluminumcasting etc. There is currently a hiring process to improve and extend the project due tograduation of senior students. Due to budget considerations students involved in this projectworked either voluntary or enrolling an independent study course. Student feedbacks are verypositive. Especially graduating students commented that why they were not given such extensiveprojects for especially student cannot get internship opportunity. It is planned to offer extensiveprojects on the campus for students who are willing to do internship on campus in near future.Students involved in the project experienced structured

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

program in an alternate non-traditional format, or, alternatively, cannotholistically change an existing curriculum without full ICHE Committee approval.Preparing for Future Growth –Subsequent to February 9, 2009, on approval of the College of Technology Academic Center forProfessional Studies in Technology and Applied Research (ProSTAR), an effort was afoot tocreate an underlying infrastructure which would promote the current and future growth ofprofessional studies. The intent was to organize facilities, human capital, processes, practicesand methodologies in support of this anticipated growth. Additionally, a new and moreadvanced budgeting capability was required

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Radian Belu

into the EE or EET curriculum. It is argued in this paper that it is best toteach EMC as an integrated element within almost all undergraduate courses because of itsgenerality. Any reluctance on the part of students to tackle additional electromagnetics is therebycountered while at the same time a wealth of practical examples exists to reinforce fundamentaltheory. While this paper advocates the needs to introduce EMC/EMI topics all over thecurriculum, through course assignments and projects, and in the same time argued on thenecessity of a future course on EMC at undergraduate level in any EE or EET programs. Inaddition, it discusses and outlines the essential contents of such a course, which can be taken byEE and EET students with very basic

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-283: HERDING CATS: WEAVING COHERENT APPLICATIONTHREADS THROUGH A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMTO FACILITATE COURSE-TO-COURSE CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVEMATERIAL RETENTIONDonald Wroblewski, Boston University Don Wroblewski is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Boston Univer- sity, and has been the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Aerospace Studies since 1998. He is a two-time winner of the department award for Excellence in Teaching and one of two inaugural winners of the College of Engineering’s Innovative Engineering Education Fellow award. He has been active in both curriculum and course innovations. He has developed 7 new courses including an on-line Mechanics course and

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School ; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Nicole A.C. Hutchison; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School

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Systems Engineering

AC 2011-958: DEVELOPING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GRADUATE PRO-GRAMS ALIGNED TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICU-LUM TO ADVANCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (BKCASE(TM)) GUIDE-LINESAlice F Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires has nearly 30 years of professional experience and is an industry and research professor in Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in the School of Systems and Enterprises. She is a Primary Researcher for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) and Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator projects. She has served as a Senior Sys- tems Engineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Support- ability

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; J.Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering

23campuses of the California State University System. Cal Poly is primarily an undergraduateinstitution with approximately 18,500 enrolled undergraduates and 1180 faculty. 5000 studentsare enrolled in the College of Engineering which is comprised of nine departments. The largestdepartment, Mechanical Engineering, has approximately 1000 undergraduates, 60 MastersStudents and 28 full time tenure and tenure track faculty. The department awards about 200undergraduate degrees each year.Curriculum OverviewCal Poly’s Mechanical Engineering program is anchored by a comprehensive curriculum thatemphasizes fundamentals of engineering, laboratory “hands on” experiences and engineeringdesign throughout the four year program. Students are admitted into the

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

knowledge to “changing times and needs,” and how this body ofpractice evolved from the early voluntary traditions of this society to the more centralized,administrative direction of policy as represented by ABET‟s EC 2000 and other relatedinitiatives. While some of the closing, policy-relevant remarks of this paper may tread uponterrain that will be more familiar to those who experienced the latest efforts firsthand, Inevertheless use the historical perspective gleaned from this paper to revisit the question of therelevance of engineering and liberal arts integration in the context of an outcomes orientedapproach to engineering education.IntroductionThis paper offers a historical and analytical introduction to the long history of attempts

Conference Session

Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-2717: ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGH SAE BAJA COMPETI-TIONArif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris UniversityTony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University Tony Kerzmann received both a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004. After graduating, Tony Kerzmann enrolled in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh where he graduated with a Master in Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Robert Morris University, where his research goals include, hybrid concentrating photovoltaic systems, energy system life cycle

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard E Fairley, Software and Systems Engineering Associates

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Systems Engineering

, role in differentiating competing systems in the marketplace. Software engineering (SwE) is not just an allied discipline to systems engineering (SE). SwE and SE are intimately entangled. Software is usually prominent in modern systems architectures and is often the glue for integrating complex system components.”Many systems engineering students are never exposed to software engineering otherthan, perhaps, through an introductory programming class. The role of a systemsengineer is to orchestrate and coordinate the diverse disciplines that may be requiredto develop a complex system. Thus, systems engineers do not need to know how towrite computer programs (i.e., the details of software construction) any more thanthey

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob D. Joseph, The College of William and Mary; Jessica Taylor, College of William and Mary, STEM Education Alliance; Gail B. Hardinge, College of William and Mary, STEM Education Alliance; Eugene F. Brown, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, the intention of theVDP is to inspire students to become the next generation of scientists and engineers.The VDP consists of Academic Year, Summer Academy, and National Outreach programs.Academic Year Program—The VDP’s Academic Year Program is an inclusive, in-classinitiative involving approximately thirty contact hours. Teachers and S&Es collaborate on thedelivery of a high-energy curriculum, R2: Relevant Robotics, designed to leverage the efficacy ofresearch-based educational techniques, developed around a Five Strands of STEM Instructionmodel. The R2: Relevant Robotics curriculum consists of two units, “Crisis at a Coral Reef” and“Landmines,” both of which are correlated to national math and science standards. Informationabout the

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Elizabeth Spencer, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

range from integrating engineering concepts into the K-12 curriculum to providing outreach and design challenge opportunities outside of school. Suchinitiatives are present in very isolated cases within Canada, however, their reach and impact islimited.In order to better understand the perspective of pre-high school students in Canada, samplegroups will be provided with a survey incorporating a variety of questions pertaining to whatthey understand about engineering as a profession. All questions have been structured as openended in order to promote individualized answers from the students. Survey questions will beanalyzed with NVIVO software to determine if there are common themes in the understandingand perception of engineering from the

Conference Session

Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-1492: CLICKER CLICKS ITWayne P Hung, Texas A&M University Dr. Hung is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University and has a joint appointment with Depart- ment of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution and Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is an active member of ASEE, SME, HTEC and enjoys teaching and researching in the field of ad- vanced materials, micro manufacturing, and medical manufacturing. Page 22.330.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Clicker Clicks It!AbstractManufacturing requires

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Wallace T. Fowler, University of Texas, Austin; Martin James Brennan, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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Systems Engineering

AC 2011-1009: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND SPACECRAFT SUBSYS-TEMS MODELING AS PREREQUISITES FOR CAPSTONE DESIGNLisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters Ms. Lisa A. Guerra Research Fellow NASA / Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Lisa Guerra has 25 years experience in the NASA aerospace community. Ms. Guerra is currently working with the UTeach Engineering Program. She recently completed a 4-year assignment from NASA Head- quarters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at The University of Texas at Austin, as a pilot for national dissemination. Ms. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C Smith, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Systems Engineering

challenge, the faculty of theDepartment of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia launched aninnovative approach to systems engineering education for working professionals. The program,first labeled “Executive Master’s Program” and, in 2003, renamed “Accelerated Master’sProgram” or AMP, was designed with following concepts in mind:1) A solid, well-conceived, well-integrated, and rigorous academic curriculum centered on systems analysis, problem solving, information technology, and decision analytics.2) Well-qualified full-time systems engineering faculty who know how to teach working professionals and can bring the same intellectual capacity to the program as is found in the research-oriented graduate program.3) A

Conference Session

High School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum calledNASA-Threads which integrates engineering, mathematics, and physics concepts through hands-on projects. NASA-Threads combines NASA applications, fundamentals, technology, andcommunication with projects that are facilitated by an inexpensive robotic platform.Fundamentals are taught in this active classroom environment as projects unfold. The hands-onprojects build excitement and foster the development of student confidence and creativity; theyalso develop student ability to solve realistic multiple-step problems.Each student participating in the NASA-Threads curriculum is provided with their own robot(Boe-Bot) which provides a tool for measurement and control of physical systems. We haveadopted the Boe-Bot robotics platform from