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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Janice Meyer Thompson, Arizona State University; Christopher Mehrens, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

division college undergraduates. Music is ofalmost universal interest to students, as demonstrated, for example, by the ubiquitous presence ofpersonal digital audio players, such as the iPod. Many university students, regardless of major,are themselves music makers as amateur (or sometimes professional) musicians. Exploitingstudents’ interest in music provides a vehicle to teach fundamentals of math and science inSTEM education.This project has taken this idea much further by combining math, science, and engineeringdesign in a block course that satisfies basic mathematics and science requirements of all studentsat Arizona State University. The project built both on students’ interest in music and their needto take math and laboratory science

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Sleiti, University of Central Florida; Eileen Cashman, Humboldt State University; Peter Lehman, Humboldt State University; Richard Engel, Schatz Energy Research Center; Michael Mann, University of North Dakota; Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

our message to theuniversity-wide student body. A total of eleven sections of the course were offered in fourquarters from fall to fall with an average of 30 students per section. Six technology faculty, whoare traditionally assigned to teaching the course, were trained in HFCT using a lecture andmodule training materials.In addition, one week of HFCT topics was integrated in the following courses: ME 454-Renewable Energy and Sustainability (enrollment 26); TECH 470-Electric, Hybrid andAlternatively Fueled Vehicles (enrollment 20), and TECH 370-Power, Energy andTransportation Technologies (enrollment 45).Concurrently, significant effort was dedicated to establishing the “Zero Emissions Fuel Cell andHydrogen Laboratory.” The laboratory is

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University

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Information Systems

technologies through a series of laboratory experiments using small-scaletest beds. The protocols and standards include IEEE 802.11 (a, b, g or simply WiFi)5,14,Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15)12, WiMAX (802.16)13, etc. The CIT program6 in the Department ofComputer Science7 at Northern Kentucky University17 offers several courses in networking andsystem administration. In general, students learn about many networking systems, but had rareopportunity to learn wireless networking technologies. A newly designed special topic course ofMobile and Wireless Network with hands-on laboratory experiments has demonstratedeffectiveness in teaching the concepts of different wireless network technologies. This course hasbeen offered to provide a practical view of mobile and

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

and evaluate the finalprojects. The projects also have been very instrumental in placing students in localcompanies.ConclusionInternal support such as adequate laboratory space, tools and modern equipmentconducive to innovation and creativity; graduate assistants support to monitor and assistthe students on their projects, extended lab hours, incentive for students to do outstandingwork and faculty with keen interest in continuously updating the teaching materials arepart of the successful operation of a senior project course. Leveraging the serviceorganizations of the institution to take part in the student training is highly desirable. Afaculty who has been in the industry and is current with state of the art practices cancontribute

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Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baba Abdul, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Paul Golter, WSU

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Chemical Engineering

annually to the most innovative teacher at WSU. (509) 335-4103 (Off); (509) 335-4806 (Fax); bvanwie@che.wsu.edu.Gary Brown, Washington State University Dr. Gary R. Brown obtained a PhD in Education from Washington State University in 1994 and is currently the Director for the Center of Teaching, Learning and Technology at Washington State University. 208-818-1413; browng@wsu.edu.Paul Golter, WSU Paul B. Golter obtained an MS from Washington State University and is currently pursuing his PhD while working as the Laboratory Supervisor in the School of Chemical Engineering and Bio-engineering at WSU. He is married with two children.509-338-5724

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

academic workload, researchprojects, and GK-12 responsibilities, it is essential for Fellows to develop good planning andtime management strategies. Moreover, Fellows’ activities entail interactions with universitypersonnel, teachers, students, etc., which allow them to develop people skills and social aptitude. Page 15.764.94.3 Teaching Skills Through activities such as curriculum review, laboratory development, lesson planning,standards correlation, classroom presentation, teacher feedback, and student mentoring, Fellowsare developing teaching skills that will serve them in their professional careers. For example, in anon-academic

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Kenneth W. Santarelli

newgraduates from other areas difficult. The model that is evolving provides only upper divisioninstruction from the degree granting institution. Upper division instruction is provided through theuse of interactive live-broadcast lectures and classes that combine students from the distant and maincampus locations. A regional university center hosts the laboratories required for upper divisionstudents and is centrally located with respect to the population distribution. This approach requiresthe development of partnerships with the region’s community colleges to provide the explicit lowerdivision curriculum that students require to meet their degree objectives.This paper will describe the model in its current state of evolution and report on its

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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Mechanical Engineering

problems4.3. Lab work structure One of the components that integrates the Mechanics I course that needed deep reformwas the laboratory, mainly concerning lab classes. Former written protocols were abandoned. These were produced by the instructor whogave a rigid orientation, leaving no room for students’ creativity. Quite often students did notprepare their work properly and were passively following protocols. Although being 1st yearstudents with little lab experience, the new learning-teaching paradigm clearly pointed inanother direction. A new challenge was being proposed to the students. They would have to Page 15.237.7create and implement

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Van Arsdale, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer

. Oscilloscope measurements are also used in themajority of labs for voltage measurements of AC signals. Most of the labs require thestudents to demonstrate a particular skill for the Teaching Assistant, such as performing aparticular measurement reading.Procedure:During the spring, summer, and fall of 2009 approximately 109 students participated inthis study that used a series of surveys to determine what kind of background mightimprove their performance in the ECE sophomore introductory laboratory. Thesesurveys were given the second and third weeks of class (after the second lab period).Two surveys and an aptitude test were given electronically to each student. The firstsurvey was a Prior Experience Questionnaire (PEQ) consisting of 148 questions

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Suxia Cui; John Fuller; Pamela Holland-Obiomon; Warsame H. Ali

(NNSA) withinthe Department of Energy specifies its national security missions including increasing publicawareness of nuclear security and reducing the threaten of global nuclear proliferation. Alignedwith the above mentioned NNSA missions, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) launched acollaboration project to conduct research on the sensor and detector applications to nuclearmaterials sponsored by the Department of Energy. PVAMU is the second oldest institution ofhigher education in the state of Texas and an HBCU (historically black colleges and universities).With the support from national research laboratories, this collaborative project brings togetherseveral departments within the College of Engineering at PVAMU, which include

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1837: INTEGRATION AND REINFORCEMENT OF MECHANICALENGINEERING SKILLS BEGINNING IN THE FIRST-YEAR DESIGNEXPERIENCEDebra Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She teaches freshman design and senior-/graduate-level classes in microscale engineering and organic electronics.Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah Stacy J. Morris Bamberg is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electronics majors/minors can take thiscourse as an elective in the technology department. In addition, any majors and minors at thecollege should be eligible to take this class as an elective.3. The Need and CapabilityNot all engineering and engineering/industrial technology departments will be able to offer avariety of renewable energy courses due to faculty, budget, laboratory, and knowledgelimitations. Unless a school decides to establish a renewable energy related program or degree, itbecomes difficult for faculty to teach renewable energy related classes in addition to the classesin core curriculum. Since tenure-track and tenured faculty are usually allowed to teach threeclasses a semester, it may become an issue to offer more classes if there

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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anglesof destructive load tests. The lesson will of attack at which stall occurs.show how basic principals from physics arereadily transferable to problems in structuralengineering. We will determine the maximumweight selected structures can sustain prior tocollapse. Then, in the Structures Laboratory,we will verify the predictions by loading thetest actual structures with weights until failureoccurs. 4COMSOL Use of Moodle in TeachingThe motto of this workshop is “learn-by-doing.” Participants will learn how programs likeThe goal of this workshop is to teach participant’s Moodle and WordPress can not

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central; Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

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Engineering Technology

0 GA filter detector logic Threshould b. DTMF tone detection for digit “7”. Page 15.693.14 Figure 12. DTMF tone generation and detection.D. Laboratory Teaching PedagogiesIdeally, a three-hour lab section each week is required to complete both MATLAB simulationsand real-time DSP labs. However, to emphasize the use of laboratory time for real DSP, weencourage each student to complete the MATLAB portion at

Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Roberts, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-532: WORKING WITH AND MENTORING GRADUATE STUDENTINSTRUCTORS IN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING COURSESMelissa Roberts, Michigan Technological UniversityAmber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological UniversityGretchen Hein, Michigan Technological University Page 15.1384.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Working with and Mentoring Graduate Student Instructors in First-year Engineering CoursesAbstractMichigan Tech University has a history of teaching first-year engineering courses. Annually,approximately 900 first-year engineering students learn basic engineering skills and concepts inthe first-year engineering program. The program offers a

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

anglesof destructive load tests. The lesson will of attack at which stall occurs.show how basic principals from physics arereadily transferable to problems in structuralengineering. We will determine the maximumweight selected structures can sustain prior tocollapse. Then, in the Structures Laboratory,we will verify the predictions by loading thetest actual structures with weights until failureoccurs. 4COMSOL Use of Moodle in TeachingThe motto of this workshop is “learn-by-doing.” Participants will learn how programs likeThe goal of this workshop is to teach participant’s Moodle and WordPress can not

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1022: FACULTY'S USE OF TABLET-PC TO ENHANCE LEARNING FORTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSRungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dr. Rungun Nathan is an assistant professor in the division of engineering at Penn State Berks from the fall of 2007. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as scientific assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science. He has also worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HongLi Luo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

utilize the available network resources at home and gain some hands-on practice.Most of the laboratories designed for the computer networking courses are set up on campusnetworks11, 14, 15. The labs run on real devices which needs a budget. Those networks aremaintained by technical staff and shared by all the users, so students only have limited access tothe networks. Besides the traditional networking laboratories performed on real devices, there aresome other approaches to teach networking labs, such as virtual lab software13 and simulationtools. Simulation software1,5,8 can be used to simulate the network environment, so realequipment and networks are not necessary. For example, VMWare1,12 is used widely in theteaching of computer networks

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. O'Connell

Student-Centered Learning for the Confirmed Lecturer Robert M. O’Connell Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211AbstractResearch shows that the traditional classroom teaching method known as lecturing, in which theinstructor (lecturer) primarily speaks and the students primarily listen and take notes, is veryineffective 1,2. Many alternative methods of teaching and learning, that are basically student-centered rather than teacher-centered, and which require the students to be active rather thanpassive in the learning process, have been

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Chris Groscurth, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

(Entrepreneur, etc.) 5 (50%) 44 (33%) Government (Politician, Science Policy Advocate, etc.) 3 (30%) 16 (12%) Industry (Engineer/Research Scientist) 10 (100%) 114 (84%) Research Laboratory (Engineer/Research Scientist) 7 (70%) 67 (50%) Other (please specify) 0 (0%) 3 (2%) *Responses obtained from a survey sent to the 272 GSIs in the College of Engineering in Fall 2009 (~50% response rate)Since EGSMs are advanced doctoral students (many of whom have reached candidacy), whoalso have in-depth training and experience related to effective college teaching, consulting

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Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Doughty, University of Portland; Steven O'Halloran, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

recentstudies have shown this effectiveness2,3,4,5. Even though computational methods are valuable,hands-on learning through conducting experiments is also an important teaching tool6.Therefore, there is an effort to develop laboratory work that supplements numericalinvestigations in the field 7. Page 15.23.2In both the numerical analysis and the experimental testing, students work in groups of two tofour students. This was done to promote teamwork and it has also been found that groups closeto four in size are preferential from a learning point of view8.This work is an improvement upon previous work by the authors1. Several changes were made.First, the

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robert Labonté, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

out of MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He retired from MITRE in 1993 and is currently a Professor of Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at WPI where he teaches both introductory and advanced circuit design courses. Page 15.1256.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Technical, Process, and Business Considerations for Engineering Design – A 10 Year RetrospectiveAbstract Ten years ago, after undergoing both internal and external review processes, theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Worcester

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Krchnavek Robert, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Vladimir DeDelva, Rowan University; Michael Glasspool, Rowan University; Muhammad Iftikhar, Rowan University; Keith McIver, Rowan University; Katherine Ross, Rowan University; Kathryn Whitaker, Rowan University; Tatsiana Sokal, Rowan University

Pharmaceutical Industry Applications in the Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum and K-12 EducationAbstractRowan University, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) fundedEngineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS), isdeveloping teaching modules and problem sets to introduce students to engineering concepts inthe particle and powder technology of pharmaceutical processing and drug delivery systems. TheCenter is hosted by Rutgers University and also includes Purdue University, the New JerseyInstitute of Technology, and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. The goal of the Center isto become a national focal point for developing structured organic particulate systems used

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

described by a three-pillar model. Figure 1: Three-pillar modelPraxis-oriented learning includes project and problem based learning, as well as a focus on theapplication of theories and methods learned in core engineering subjects (i.e. mathematics,mechanics, electrics). The main challenges are the coordination of the lectures with regard tocontent and timing, and lecturers’ motivation. Furthermore, project and problem basedlearning demands much more time in terms of supervision than standard lectures. Involvingstudents in industrial projects is not without risks and we have to ensure that such projects arecompleted to the satisfaction of our partners in industry.All departmental staff who teaches engineering

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2010-646: DESIGNING ROBOTIC SYSTEMS: PREPARATION FOR ANINTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE EXPERIENCEWilliam Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. William R. Michalson is a Professor in the ECE Department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he performs research and teaches in the areas of navigation, communications and computer system design. He supervises the WPI Center for Advanced Integrated Radio Navigation (CAIRN) where he is developing a Public Safety Integration Center focused on the integration of communications, navigation and information technologies for public safety applications. His research focuses on the development, test, and evaluation of systems for both

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, UTEP; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Carolyn Awalt, The University of Texas at El Paso

capabilities). Dr. Wicker’s current research interests are in the areas of advanced manufacturing (focused on layered manufacturing), tissue engineering (including scaffold fabrication, polymer synthesis, and in vitro and in vivo testing), and experimental fluid mechanics (with recent emphasis on cardiovascular flows). Dr. Wicker has published in excess of 100 refereed articles, provided more than 50 technical presentations at conferences and meetings, and managed more than $8 million in funded projects from agencies such as NSF, DoD, DoE, NASA, Sandia National Laboratories, and others, including a variety of corporations. Courses taught include topics in the thermal sciences.Rong Pan, Arizona State

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Janet Braun, Western Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

/ supervisors as to program or projectexpectations. The requirements for tenure, while daunting, seem to be less definitive in natureand could use the structure of an SOP. Specific items such as a minimum acceptable level ortrend in teaching evaluation ratings, specification of quantity and level of publication andpresentation requirements, as well as quantification of service at the various university /community levels expected, could be included in a university or department-specific SOP.The areas where academic best practices could be developed include successful teachingpractices and laboratory activities in the various courses, effective approaches for researchactivities and projects, as well as successful independent study course methodologies

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odesma Dalrymple, ASU Polytechnic; David Sears, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-2027: EVALUATING THE MOTIVATIONAL AND LEARNINGPOTENTIAL OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE FOR USE WITH FIRSTYEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSOdesma Dalrymple, ASU PolytechnicDavid Sears, Purdue UniversityDemetra Evangelou, Purdue University Page 15.533.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Evaluating the Motivational and Learning Potential of an Instructional Practice for use with First Year Engineering StudentsAbstractAn experiment was conducted within a first-year engineering laboratory to provide empiricalevidence to support the pedagogical viability of Disassemble/Analyze/Assemble (DAA)activities, such as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Musa Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island; William Palm, University of Rhode Island

. Special thanksto Jim Byrnes for his help with the detail design of the hardware interface board.References Page 15.1157.131. Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, M. Fox and N. Hackerman, Editors, National Research Council, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2003.2. T. Scott, ‘Two “take home” experiments in fluid mechanics,” In Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, MO, 2000, pp. 6451-6458.3. W. Berg, and M. Boughton, “Enhanced suitcases for upper division electronics laboratories,” In Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

understanding of their major and breadthunderstanding of another major. It is hypothesized that this type of classroom experience is amore realistic simulation of their future workplace.Robotics is typically used as an artifact to engage K-12 students in science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM), recruit students to STEM, teach concepts such asprogramming, controls or embedded systems and also to teach freshman or senior design. Basedupon mainstream media, movies, film and K-12 competitions; students gain interest in roboticsbut also at times an unrealistic perception of the state of the art. Typically, undergraduaterobotics courses suffer from lack of a good textbook and either too basic or too complicatedactivities because of student pre