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Lessons for New Engineering Educators

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hoda Baytiyeh, American University, Beirut; Mohamad K. Naja, The Lebanese University

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New Engineering Educators

on theoretical aspects rather than practical applicationsand therefore participants may prefer to acquire some experience before getting committed topost graduate studies.Interestingly, engineers (62%) find that completing a MBA degree is more beneficial than adoctoral degree. Indeed, these engineers have been working in the field and have had the chanceto explore the best for their career prospects. Hence, preferring MBA reflects that engineers arein need of some management-related skills. At the same time, both students (53%) and engineers(44%) believe that they cannot endure 5 years of studies. Such observation is seen asdiscouraging and may impede the process of enrolling in PhD programs. Table1

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Andy S. Zhang; Farrukh Zia; Iem Heng

fall of 2007, he was a faculty member and chair ofthe CET department at DeVry Institute of Technology (Long Island City, NY). He worked as aresearcher for NASA Langley Base in Hampton, VA, for 2 years. His research activities includeembedded systems, software development for embedded systems with real time simulation, realtime gamming simulation programming, and web application programming. 693 Bringing Concurrent Engineering into Classroom through Multidisciplinary Product Design Project - Design and Construction of Chemical Detection RobotsAbstractThis paper presents a study on how to utilize hands-on design project to simulate the actual concurrentengineering practice adopted by the

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Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J. Kowalski, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

improvement in teamwork skills9.One limitation of these studies is that these professional skills can be very difficult to quantify.Unlike measures of post-graduation salary, which have been shown by several researchers to behigher in co-op students1,3 it is only relatively recently that the professional skills have beenstudied in a systematic way5. The capstone design experience provides a unique opportunity tofocus on these professional skills in a somewhat controlled environment. Although the projectsvary widely in topic, scope, and difficulty, one would expect that a team composed of individualswith good teamwork and project management skills should be able to produce a final design thatshows good technical skills, a logical thought process, and

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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Minorities in Engineering

Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UTPA. His research interests include; Kinematic and dynamic modeling, analysis, design and control of multi-rigid-body linkage systems; Robotics; Biomechanics; and Engineering education. Page 22.1281.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 H. Vasquez*, A. Fuentes, J. Macossay, M. Knecht, R. Freeman * Corresponding Author. Assistant Professor Phone: 956-292-7419, Fax: 956-381-3527; e-mail: vasqu002@panam.edu Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas

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Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas; Sarah H. Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota; Brian Phillip Jensen, University of St. Thomas

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1334: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF AN ENGINEER-ING COURSE FOR IN-SERVICE AND PRE-SERVICE K-12 TEACHERSAnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas AnnMarie Thomas is an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, and co- director of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education. Her teaching and research focus on Engineering Design and K-12 Engineering Education. Prior to her appointment at UST, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design.Jan B. Hansen, Ph.D., University of Saint Thomas Jan B. Hansen is co-director of the Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education at the University of St. Thomas. Her current interests as an educational psychologist focus on

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CANCELLED: This session has been replaced by session W269 in room 223: Panel: Building Effective Pathways and Programs for Women and Minoritities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-666: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME (AND STAY): RE-CRUITING AND RETAINING WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MI-NORITY STUDENTSHyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University Hyun Has been working as a graduate assistant on the Engineer of 2020 research grants that the Center for the Study of Higher Education received from the National Science Foundation at Penn State.Rose M Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia Rose M. Marra, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. She is Director of Research of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women in Student Environments (AWISE) projects, and a co

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Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, University of California, Berkeley; Benjamin Mitchell, Michigan Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

and high school girls to mechanicalengineering, the number of women mechanical engineering graduates has been persistently low;in 2009 women received just 11.4% of mechanical engineering degrees in the United States.1Viewing the skilled trades as cousins of the engineering professions may help to explain the lownumbers of women in mechanical engineering. The percentages of women2 auto mechanics(1.6%), carpenters (1.5%), and machinists (6.9%) are so low that most of us have never met awoman in one of these professions. One approach to attracting more women may be to marketmechanical engineering as being much different than a skilled trade. However, if some of thosetrade skills are valuable in engineering work, alternative approaches for

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Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector A. Ochoa, University of Texas, Tyler; Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

Shirvaikar is the Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler, where he develops curriculum and laboratories in computer engineering. Prior to this he worked at Texas Instruments specializing in real time imaging systems. Dr. Shirvaikar graduated with his doc- torate from the University of Tennessee. He also has a M.S. degree from the University of Maine, and a B.Tech. from Banaras Hindu University, India. His current research interests include real time imaging and engineering education. Page 22.1455.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Experiential Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert W. Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Richadr Lee Clark, Virginia Western Community College

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Electrical and Computer

classes indicated that LiaB wasuseful to demonstrate AC and DC circuits in practical applications and for their development andconfidence as a future electrical or computer engineer. Table 3 shows agreement with relatedstatements by course (post-course survey). A total of 86% of ECE 2074 students and 74% of theECE 3074 students agreed or strongly agreed that LiaB projects were very important to theirprofessional preparation. Results show strong support for inclusion of this hands-on approach.Time on task. On average, students in ECE 2074 reported spending 5.7 hours (n=80, sd=2.8) onthe LiaB projects, including validation time. The numbers were similar in ECE 3074, with amean of 5.3 hours (n=38, sd=2.2)DiscussionThe assessment was designed to

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haluk M. Aktan, Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University; Kevin James Phillips

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Civil Engineering

, CMMI Program 20052008 Review Committee of Visitors in 2009, member of TRB Committee on Basic Research and Emerging Technologies on Concrete and ASCE committee on Performance Based Design.John Stephen Polasek, P.E., Western Michigan University John S. Polasek P.E. retired from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) after over 38 years of service in 2009. John received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from MSU in 1972 and was hired at MDOT. Over the years, he has worked in the Design Division, as a Staff Engineer for the Local Government Division, as the Kalamazoo District Design Engineer and Project Development Engineer, as well as Region System Manager. In June 2003, John was appointed Director of the

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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

Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. His research interests include fiber reinforced polymer materials, accelerated bridge construction, and engineering education.Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Fred Meyer is the Civil Engineering Division Director in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from USMA in 1984, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993 and 2002, respectively. Fred has been a member of the USMA faculty for over eight years and teaches courses in basic mechanics, structural steel design, reinforced concrete design, and structural system design. He has served as a senior

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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

of the BYU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. His research efforts are in Finite Element Modeling and Professional Engineering Ethics.E James Nelson, Brigham Young UniversityDr. A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University A. WOODRUFF MILLER earned a bachelors degree in civil engineering from Brigham Young University in 1969, and masters and Ph.D. degrees in 1970 and 1975, both from Stanford University. He has been a professor in the civil & environmental engineering department at Brigham Young University since 1974 where currently he holds the Husein Professorship and directs the civil engineering design (capstone) course for all graduating seniors, and where he was department chair from 2000 to 2006

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Innovative Program and Curricular Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Frances Ibes, Saint Catherine University; Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 22.592.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Engineering in a Montessori EnvironmentThe first female doctor in Italy, Dr. Maria Montessori, first developed Montessorieducation over 100 years ago. Practiced in over 200 public schools in the UnitedStates and Canada, and in thousands of schools worldwide, Montessori educationis known for fostering self-discipline and creativity hand-in-hand withindependence and social responsibility. Successful graduates of the systeminclude Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founder of Amazon,Jeff Bezos, Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Anne Frank.St. Catherine University’s Montessori STEM (MSTEM) Graduate Certificate, a 3

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Engineering Design in Pedagogy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew D. Lammi, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, realistic constraints,collaborative, and includes an artifact or artifact design. The high school program was chosenthrough chain sampling41. Chain sampling for this research involved asking those “in the know”(teacher educators, graduate students as practitioners, the state office of education) torecommend high school programs. The school was chosen from the Mountain West Region. The High School had predominantly White students. The school has a certified pre-engineering program using Project Lead the Way curriculum. There are six courses offered thatbecome available to the students starting their sophomore year: Introduction to Engineering,Digital Electronics, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Computer Integration andManufacturing

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Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali M. Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University; Reda M Abdulaal P.E., King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department; Abdelfattah Y. Soliman, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering; Faisal I. Iskanderani, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-374: INTRODUCTORY PROJECT-BASED DESIGN COURSE TOMEET SOCIOECONOMIC CHALLENGESAli M. Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University Dr. Ali M. Al-Bahi is Professor of aerodynamics and flight mechanics in the Aeronautical Engineering Department of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has a 25 years teaching experience in Aeronautical Engineering and was graduated from Cairo University, Egypt and ENSAE, France. Prior to joining the department he built a practical engineering experience by working for the aircraft industry in Egypt. He published numerous papers in CFD, applied aerodynamics, and flight mechanic. Since 2002 he became interested in Engineering Education, assessment, and accreditation. He is

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Design Communications & Cognition I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; William F. McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Stephanie Baker Peacock, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

involvescreating situations in which reflecting on how the designs have changed over time servesa purpose for the student—so they experience it as useful.This proposal aligns with research that suggests that students’ perception of their task iskey to the ways in which they perform those tasks. For example, Berland and Reiser3found that students engaged in the communicative practice of scientific argumentationdiffered depending on whether they believed they were attempting to demonstrate theirown knowledge or to win a debate. In addition, researchers in communicationdemonstrate that student’s written products change depending on the perceivedaudience20,21,23. Similarly, Forte and Bruckman (2009)13 demonstrated that students usedmore technical vocabulary

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IE Technical Session I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2011-93: DESIGN PROJECTS WITH OUT-OF TOWN COMPANIESLizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth Schlemer has been teaching at Cal Poly, SLO for 18 years. She is a graduate of Cal Poly herself, and she holds a Masters in Industrial and Systems Engineering and an MBA from University of Southern California, and a PhD in Educational Research from University of California, Santa Barbara. She has 10 years of work experience at Unocal Corporation where she held positions of increasing responsibility. Most of her current research activities center around engineering education and enhancing engagement through valid contexts like project based learning and community service. She

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FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Judith A. Garzolini, Boise State University; Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State University; Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Susan Shadle, Boise State University; Cheryl B. Schrader, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

University Doug Bullock is Chair of Mathematics at Boise State University. His research interests include math education, quantum topology, quantum algebra and representation theory, with particular emphasis on applications to knot theory and the topology of 3-manifolds.Susan Shadle, Boise State University Susan Shadle is the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Boise State University. Dr. Shadle received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Stanford University and her B.A. in Chemistry from Colgate University. Her educational research interests focus on the impact of faculty development on teaching practice and student success, as well as on inquiry- based

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FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

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First-Year Programs

)Recommendations for strategies to improve persistence rates at the undergraduate level generallyare based on best practices that serve to answer the deficiencies cited above. A partial list ofthese improvements would include the following: smaller class size or discussion groups,creating hands-on design classes, improving advising, and interviewing practicing engineers.Implementing these best practices in a specific classroom is a challenge, not only to theindividual instructor, but also to colleges and departments as well. A particular challenge forSTEM teachers is to reduce what Seymour and Hewitt call “the chilly climate hypothesis,”namely a classroom atmosphere that causes attrition in STEM areas.One solution to this perception of a “chilly climate

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Accreditation and Assessment in SE Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nan Niu, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Kui Xie, Mississippi State University; Chris Smith, Mississippi State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Page 22.1254.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Reuse a “Software Reuse” CourseAbstractSoftware reuse is the use of existing software artifacts and knowledge to construct new software.Systematic reuse has always been a major goal in software engineering since it promises largegains in productivity, quality, and time-to-market reduction. One of the main reasons softwarereuse has not been systematically practiced is due to the lack of education: In a survey collectedfrom 113 respondents from 29 organizations, primarily in the US, only 13% said they hadlearned about reuse in school1.This paper presents the creation of a graduate-level seminar course on software reuse in a

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Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Prudich, Ohio University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Robert Y. Ofoli, Michigan State University; Robert B. Barat, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Norman W. Loney, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ali Pilehvari, P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton; Robert J. Wilkens, University of Dayton; Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington; Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington; William B. Baratuci, University of Washington; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Bridget R. Rogers, Vanderbilt University; John F. Sandell, Michigan Technological University; Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Jason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University; Horacio Adrian Duarte, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David W. Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Charles Nuttelman, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pablo LaValle, University of Michigan; Naoko Ellis, University of British Columbia; Sergio Mendez, California State University, Long Beach; Arne Biermans, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering

Engineering Ed- ucation for research contributions. He was awarded the Excellence in Teaching by the Newark College of Engineering. Prior to joining NJIT, Dr. Loney, a licensed professional engineer, practiced engineering at Foster Wheeler, M.W. Kellogg Company, Oxirane Chemical Company, and Exxon Chemical Company.Dr. Ali Pilehvari P.E., Texas A&M University, KingsvilleMichael J. Elsass, University of Dayton Michael Elsass is a Lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. He received his B.Ch.E in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from The Ohio State University. He then served two years as a psot-doctoral researcher at both

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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland; Lawrence J. Carter, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

and Learning) within the Faculty of Engineering. He is a member of the Department’s Radio Systems Group and his (disciplinary) research interests lie in the areas of radio systems, electromagnetics and bioelectromagnetics. Over the last 27 years he has taught at all levels and has developed a particular interest in identifying and correcting student conceptual misunderstandings and in curriculum and course design. He has received numerous teaching awards from his institution. In 2004 he was awarded a (National) Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award in the Sustained Excellence in Teaching category and in 2005 he received the Australasian Association for Engineering Education award for excellence in Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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NSF Grantees

U.S. One common theme of the responses was that there wasconsiderable interest in including failure case studies in courses, and that there was a lack ofavailable materials suitable for classroom use. 16,19 As a result, considerable effort has been putby TCFE into developing case study materials suitable for classroom use.The use of case studies is also supported by the latest pedagogical research. From Analysis toAction 19refers on page 2 that textbooks lacking in practical examples is an emerging weakness.This source refers specifically to breadth of understanding, which may be achieved through casestudies. Another issue addressed 19 (p. 19) is the need to “incorporate historical, social, andethical issues into courses for engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University; Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University; Robert Quinlan Thames

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NSF Grantees

system engineering for several defense C3I programs, and applied artificial intelligence research for military and medical applications.Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science VESLL (Virtual Engineering Sciences Learning Lab) is an online virtual learning environment and inter- active museum that uses games and activities to explain basic math and science concepts. I’m Allison Neyer, a senior English major with a computer science minor. As a research assistant on the VESSL project, I created and programmed the crossword and jumble puzzle activities as one part of this overall project.Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University Don Murphy is a graduate of Loyola Marymount

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Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Grau, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2011-2621: LESSONS LEARNED ON THE REDESIGN OF CONTENTAND LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE TOCONSTRUCTION IN CIVIL ENGINEERINGDavid Grau, The University of Alabama David Grau is an Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama. Recently, his work in the field of engineering education has focused on investigating the barriers and opportunities for the integration of best construction engineering practices into the curricula of higher education colleges and universities in North America. In addition, Dr. Grau has investigated the impact of a continuous training program in the discipline of construction engineering on the learning and work behavior of practicing engineers in the construction

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Myths About Gender and Race

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carroll Suzanne Seron, University of California, Irvine; Erin A. Cech, University of California, San Diego; Susan S. Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Rubineau, Cornell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

persistence in the major or their intentions to stay in the profession post-graduation.9,10Much of this research has focused, moreover, on how the culture, climate, and professionalsocialization itself push women out of the field.7,11,12 In this article, we turn this question on itshead and ask: how do women conceptualize their token, or deviant, status as engineeringstudents? In asking this question we contribute a new perspective for understanding how womenconstruct rationales for persistence and exit.Women‟s tokenism in engineering education is structurally and culturally organized.Structurally, women remain a numerically small proportion of their classmates at most majorinstitutions of engineering education. Culturally, engineering education

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Information Systems and Computing Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Computing & Information Technology

(NASA) has documented these activities with a growing list of the use of GPSapplications in 32 academic and industry fields at their GPS Application Exchange web site.1Additional case studies2 in multiple career fields have been published by Environmental SystemsResearch Institute, Inc. (ESRI), a major commercial provider of GIS systems.Recognizing the opportunity to enhance the capability of students to carry out research projects,the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology has developedsix graduate and undergraduate courses in Geospatial Technologies. These courses are availableto all students across the Institute. The related courses titled Introduction to GIS, Geospatial DataAnalysis, and Geodatabase

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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College; David L Harris, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Joseph Keeter, Harvey Mudd College; Madeleine S Ong, Harvey Mudd College; Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Page 22.271.2 • Be just plain fun!In the context of the larger HMC curriculum, E11 also fills a number of gaps. Neither of the firsttwo required engineering courses (E4, Introduction to Design, and E59, Introduction toEngineering Systems) involve substantial amounts of detailed design informed by technology, somost students don’t get a sense of “what engineers really do” until far into their studies. Facultyhave observed that sophomores struggle in the Engineering Systems course partly due to a lackof context and practical applications for the theory of systems analysis. Moreover, the requiredCore computer science course focuses on Python; engineering majors are presently not requiredto learn C programming, limiting their ability to work

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Laboratories and Projects in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

, splines, numericalmethods), with programming as a means to an end (14, 18-20, 29)? Or should the coursebe designed to learn a specific computer language, such as MATLAB, as an example ofan engineering tool (5, 6, 10, 22, 26, 28)? Alternatively, the course could be structured toteach algorithmic thought processes (10, 14, 20, 31-34). No one way is best and anycomputing course should address all three to some extent. The implementation of acomputing course, however, does need to be tailored to the objectives and backgroundsof the students. For example, the lecture-homework-test progression may be excellent ataddressing an applied math objective, while short programming assignments may addressthe learning of syntax. Here we present a semester-long

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Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Richard Pozzi, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Jeno Balogh, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Peter Ivanyi, University of Pecs; Richard Matthew Gutkowski, Colorado State University

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International

Faculty of Engineering, University of PecsProf. Richard Matthew Gutkowski, Colorado State University Dr. Richard M. Gutkowski, Ph.D., P.E., is Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). He earned B.S. C.E. and M.S. C.E. degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has memberships in Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon, and is a Life Member in the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was CSU’s Program Director in the Mountain Plains Consortium for Transportation Research and Continuing Education for 18+ years, managing research, graduate education, technology transfer and student internship programs. He helped develop the