Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University; Rema Nilakanta, Iowa State University; Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

transportation workforce to meet the needs andchallenges of the future 1,2,3. For this, it is imperative to attract students at the middle and highschool grade levels to STEM disciplines. This is a challenge based on a number of factorsincluding competing opportunities, perceptions about the industry, and career opportunities 4.Addressing this challenge also requires overcoming the communication gap betweentransportation practitioners and individuals in this age group (i.e., teenagers). This paper presentsefforts to develop Go!, a free online magazine, to address this need, and a preliminary evaluationof its effectiveness. Also included are plans to build on these efforts to enhance the reach andimpacts of the magazine.Background: Declining

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Nanotechnology Fundamentals Lab for Engineering StudentsAbstractNanotechnology findings and products have exponentially increased in the last decade withoutany parallel development in workforce to support this increase. The gap between supply ofskilled workforce and demand in nanotechnology is expected to continue in growth for a while.This paper describes efforts to help in bridging this void of workforce through the developmentand implementation of a comprehensive lab component for educating an interdisciplinary classof engineering and science students at the junior level. The course is introduced as part of alarger plan to bring nanotechnology into undergraduate education. The approach followed in thislab development is unique since it aims at

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Remzi Seker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Electrical and Computer

activities were supported by the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) grant,provided by TAMUK, to improve student success and learning through civic, professional, orresearch engagement at the course level. The questions for the course survey in Table I wereprepared by the QEP planning committee and the office of institutional planning and assessmentat TAMUK.Table I. The Final Course Survey Part ICompared to other courses you have taken or are currently taking, indicate how this course hasaffected you with regard to the following attributes Question Questions Level No. Q1 Mastery of the general education curriculum 1 2 3 4 5 Q2 Mastery of

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Patricia S. Buford

Instruction) in addition to theAlumni Office. This project was an attempt to create an atmosphere which fostered theexperience of engineering in a global, economic, environmental and societal context; wherestudents worked with other students and faculty from different disciplines. Additionally the goalwas to create a spirit of service where engineering and other students would learn by experiencethe culture of sharing their abilities and talents with others beyond the boundaries of theirindividual comfort zone. Major project deliverables were the following: design of a solar batterycharging unit; a marketing plan including press releases, website, project brochures, andspeaking engagements; testing and repair of donated laptops; educational software

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jin-Lee Kim; Tang-Hung Nguyen

, American Society for Engineering Education  128  Table 1. Performance Criteria and Evaluation Methods. Outcome 1: Understand the language of construction drawings. The student will be able to identify lines, symbols, and standards commonly used in construction drawings. The student will be able to accurately interpret information.(e.g. dimensions, symbols, graphs, texts, etc.) in construction drawings for both residential and commercial construction. The student will be able to interpret and relate written specifications of a construction project to drawing plans of that project.ation methods: examinations, assignments and in

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Finnie; Neil Fennessey

current minimum needs. It wants to upgrade its existingsystem to handle fire flows. It has hired you to advise it on alternatives and to design alterationsto the pipe system, pump, and storage tank.Description of the system. Treated water enters the pipe network at node 1 (see Figure 1) and ispumped to an elevated storage tank. The storage tank has a volume of 20,000 gallons, with adiameter of 16 feet and a depth of 13 feet. The ground elevation at the storage tank is 112 feet,and the bottom of the tank is at elevation 170 feet. The pumps at the water treatment plan candeliver 500 gallons per minute to the storage tank, when its water surface is 190 feet elevation.Design Specifications. The goal of the city is to provide water at 40 to 65 psi to

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

AC 2011-1158: HANDS-ON MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING EDUCA-TION, AN ANALYTICAL STUDYSabah Razouk Abro, Laurence Tecnological University, Department of Engineering Tecnology Dr. Sabah Abro is an internationally educated math professor and program Director at Lawrence Tech- nological University. He graduated with a Bachelor degree from the University of Baghdad, pursued a post graduate diploma in planning from the United Nations institute in the middle east, Went to Wales in the United kingdom to get his Masters degree and then to Belgium for his Ph.D. He has also international work experience; he served as Faculty at Al Mustansiria University in Baghdad, a regional consultant at the Arab Institute for Statistics, a

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathy Garza Sears, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

institutional type (community colleges, liberal artscolleges, research universities, etc.). Faculty roles and responsibilities, the academic job searchand hiring process, promotion and tenure, diversity in academia, disciplinary paradigms andassessment, are the topics discussed within the five contexts of teaching, research, service,faculty development, and balancing academic and personal life. GRAD 59000 is posted to theacademic transcript and cannot be used to fulfill Plan of Study requirements.(2) Professional development workshops. Based on a building block framework, each buildingblock is composed of a student learning outcome, content supporting the learning outcome, agroup activity to engrain the content, a self-reflection activity to facilitate

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

AC 2011-355: IMPLEMENTING THE MASTERS FOR ENGINEERINGPROFESSIONALS DEGREE AT NJITStephen J. Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology Page 22.825.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing the Master’s for Engineering Professionals Degree at NJITAbstract This paper reports on a plan for implementing a Master’s for Engineering Professionals atNew Jersey Institute of Technology. The Master’s for Engineering Professionals is intended forthe early career development of engineers in industry. It teaches the skill sets and abilitiesrequired of these

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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Mechanical Engineering

defines as,“Active learning is anything course-related that all students in a class session are calledupon to do other than simply watching, listening and taking notes.” He does not proposeto entirely eliminate the act of lecturing, however highly encourages that active learningbe incorporated into the classroom experience. He proposes that teachers engagestudents in relevant activities involving problem solving that last 30 seconds to a minute.One of the things he suggests that the instructor do is have the students explain a complexconcept in terms a high school student could understand. [2] This lends itself well tosupport the objective of the Lesson Plan project whose underlying goal is to teach theconcept by forcing the student to teach the

Conference Session

Structural Education Applications in Architectural Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

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Architectural

Page 22.1145.4 FIGURE 2IMAGES FROM PRECEDENT ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT FIGURE 3IMAGES FROM PRECEDENT ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT Page 22.1145.5The second assignment was site analysis. In engineering courses all too often the contextof a problem right down to the boundary conditions is given to students. In thisassignment the students had to pick a site and figure out the constraints and conditions itpresented by themselves. At this point the students formed into six groups of three. Mostgroups chose a site they had some familiarity with, either from their hometowns, a citythey had visited, or a site they had used in a previous design studio project. The reportcreated included: a plan

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Davis, University of Hartford

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Architectural

American Institute of Architects (AIA). Invite professionals to campus to discuss the CM industry.ObjectiveWe hope to develop three track options for our AET students within a program accredited byboth the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the NationalArchitectural Accreditation Board (NAAB). The three tracks would include a General Studies(GS) Track, a Construction Management (CM) Track and an Architectural Design (AD) Track.Our approach has always been to prepare our students for all aspects of the construction industry.We plan to continue this, but add an emphasis on specific aspects of the construction industry tobetter prepare our graduates for a very competitive industry.The CM track is an intensive track

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Marcia R. Laugerman, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

. Another goal of the NSF Student Enrollment andEngagement through Connections (SEEC) grant is to increase the diversity ofengineering graduates at ISU. The specific goals of SEEC are to increase thenumber of engineering graduates by 100 per year to obtain a total of about 900per year with approximately 10% from minorities and 20% females12. The key tomeeting these goals is the creation of meaningful connections between ISU andthe state community colleges to support transfer students. This project has focusedon five such connections: 1) a new admission partnership program, 2) coordinatedadvising and activities planning, 3) expansion of learning communities at ISU andstate community colleges, 4) creation of an engineering orientation class at

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Barbara Fleck

technology course. Current Study Abroad Student Participation RatesCollege study abroad programs are available to many college students in the UnitedStates. Many high school students believe they will participate in these programs whenthey are in college, but actually only a small percentage do. In 2000, according to DavidWheeler:“48 percent of high school students said they planned on studying abroad. But in recentyears, only about 1 percent of college students did so annually. And while enrollments in Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Annual Conference University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Educationstudy-abroad programs are at a

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R Hammond, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

engineers.Staging the eventThe venueIn planning the Freshman Career Exploration Evening, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Page 22.768.4Career Center had to consider a venue that would serve up to 1,100 freshman students, as manyas 100 industry representatives, the engineering administrators who were key to drawingindustry, and the various faculty who would drop in on the event. In researching appropriatevenues, the Career Center found a venue just off-campus and within easy walking distance fromthe Engineering Residential Community. The venue was a converted theater complex thatprovided numerous rooms, lobby spaces, and auditoriums. Despite the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England College; Michael J. Rust, Western New England College; Robert Gettens, Western New England College; Richard D. Beach, Western New England College; Jason A Criscuolo, Western New England College

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Biomedical

with the biomedical engineering program at WesternNew England College before and after the program. It is clear that the objective to introduce thehigh school students to the educational opportunities available within the biomedical engineeringprogram at Western New England College was met (p = 1 x 10-10). It is assumed that theparticipants’ impressions of the biomedical engineering program at Western New EnglandCollege were favorable as 9 listed the institution as a college to which they plan to apply on thepre-program survey while 12 listed it on the post-program survey. * Figure 4: Participant familiarity (Likert scale 0-4) with biomedical engineering program at

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

have been developed that reliably project the growth, diffusion,and performance of technology in time, including projecting technology substitutions, saturationlevels, and performance improvements. These forecasts can be applied at any stage of atechnology lifecycle to better predict future technology performance, assess the impact oftechnological change, and improve technology planning and investment. Knowledge of suchmeans to understand and project paths of technology and innovation and related social changeswould constitute important content in a technology literacy program.Often what is published as a technology forecast is simply scenario planning, usually made byextrapolating current trends into the future, with perhaps some subjective

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seunghyun Chun, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Bruce McCann, University of Texas, Austin; Ariane L. Beck, University of Texas, Austin; Eric Dean, National Instruments; Alexis Kwasinski, University of Texas at Austin

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and 2007, respectively. From 1993 to 1997, he worked for Telefnica of Argentina for four years designing and planning telephony outside plant net- works. Then he worked for five years for Lucent Technologies Power Systems (later Tyco Electronics Power Systems) as a Technical Support Engineer and Sales Technical Consultant in Latin America. For three years, he was also a part-time instructor in charge of ITBA’s telecommunications laboratory. He is currently and Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and his research interests include power electronics, distributed generation, renewable and alternative energy, and analysis of the impact of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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NSF Grantees

laboratory activity list, a four-week Temperature Alarm project was planned, Page 22.1630.5 where students were required to linearize an amplification circuit for a thermistor-based temperature sensor, a comparison circuit that compares the signal with reference voltagescorresponding to prescribed upper and lower temperature limits, and an alarming circuitthat issues an alert when the temperature is beyond the range. This project required manycalculations/derivations to select the appropriate resistance values before students couldstart building circuits. Circuit-building assignments consequently could not beaccomplished

Conference Session

To Boldly Go... Engineering Librarians Explore New Connections with Users

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

UPP to engage students in more interesting and interactiveways, such as planning a campus-wide library campaign. After the IEEE UPP launch, theconnection between the library and the Peking IEEE Student Branch was officially initiated. Thelibrarians, the SB and the author had several kick-off meetings and decided the SB would play amajor role throughout the campaign.The library campaign, under the theme of “Robots, Us”, aimed to make advanced technologiesand developments understandable for everyone, not just science and engineering students. Thegoal was to attract more users into the library, thus promoting library resources and serviceseffectively. The event was planned in three phases: exhibition, interaction and presentation.About 20

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Christina Kay White, Columbia University; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities. In a recent study of a summer program using LEGO Page 22.1024.3MINDSTORMS robotics, 10- to 13-year old students built submersible boats over 3.5hours at a summer camp5. Many students let the materials drive their progress andengaged in trial and error designs, becoming frustrated during the process. Some studentsstayed within the problem but spent time planning and were able to generate designs.Some students spent time planning and worked towards extravagant designs, and weredriven by creating designs that somehow outperformed others’ designs. One student spenttoo much time in planning and was not able to engage in the evaluation aspects of

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Melvin Andrew McElrath, Marquette University; Wendy Murray, Northwestern University; Laura M. Haugh-Scheidt, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

AC 2011-1305: STUDENT REACTIONS TO ELECTRONIC LEARNINGMODULES IN BMERobert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology & Physiology. Director, Northwestern Center for Engineering Education ResearchMelvin Andrew McElrath, Marquette University I am a fourth year biomedical engineering student with an emphasis in biomechanics at Marquette Uni- versity. I spent this summer working under Professor Robert Linsenmeier data mining and investigating student reactions to CAPE modules. I have future plans to go on to graduate school and pursue my doctoral degree.Wendy Murray, Northwestern UniversityLaura M. Haugh-Scheidt, Northwestern University

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ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shari Klotzkin; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Reginald Percy Tomkins, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

connected to the subject matter that students are expected to acquire and retain. Thechallenges for university faculty to undertake changes in their syllabi (i.e. curriculum) andinstructional methodologies are very similar to those faced by K-12 teachers working toward thealignment of their curriculum and instruction with state content standards and indicators ofacademic progress 2. University faculty will need to realize that, as K-12 teachers have modifiedtheir teaching practice and lesson planning, faculty will also need to change their practice to meetaccreditation expectations. Page 22.1332.2An informative parallel exists between the attitudes

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek M. Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

students to engineering andscience. A rarer application of LEGOs in engineering education is the use of virtual LEGO®environments. In addition to robotics, Lai-Yuen1 also describes the use of a virtual assembly ofLEGO® blocks to teach students concepts in micro-manufacturing. Kelley7 describes a similarapproach in which virtual LEGO® blocks are used to teach and implement Product DataManagement (PDM) techniques. Pasek et al.8 have developed automation to assemble LEGO®blocks as part of a CIM driven LEGO® Factory. This utilizes a virtual assembly of LEGO®blocks as input to process planning that sequences assembly of the LEGO® model in the factory.While these cases involve students creating virtual LEGO® assemblies, none of them include

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

research projects with Chrysler, Ford, DTE Energy, Delphi Automotive System, GE Medical Systems, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Interna- tional Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC), National/Panasonic Electronics, and Rockwell Automation. His research interests include manufacturing systems modeling, simulation and optimization, reliability, intelligent scheduling and planning, artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance, e-manufacturing, and lean manufacturing. He is member of IIE, INFORMS, SME and IEEE.Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Sabah Abro is an internationally educated math professor and program Director at Lawrence Tech- nological University. He graduated with a Bachelor degree from

Conference Session

Information Literacy Programs for First-Year Engineering Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Bowles-Terry, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming

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Engineering Libraries

before they come to the library for an instruction session. With a simple web formwe find out which library databases students have used before, how confident they are withacademic research, their working definition of scholarly resources, and what search conceptsthey have heard of before. With this information in hand, we have a better idea of what weshould focus on in the library session. Having the results of the background knowledge checkalso provides us with a jumping-off point for questions to actively engage students in theclassroom.Active learning in the classroom Page 22.554.3In Fall 2009 we began jointly revising the lesson plan for the

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Lauren Chapman, Boston College; Mac Cannady, Boston College; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

discussions were two curriculum models proposed as alternatives to“traditional” engineering and engineering technology education degree plans. These aredescribed below as option 1 and option 2. Option 1: Two-Year Pre-Degree Requirement When properly designed and executed, the first two years of accredited, 4-year B.S. degrees in ET disciplines can serve as the pre-degree requirement for engineering-bound students. We submit then that the template for a 2-year, University-level, pre-engineering program is already in place in at least 100 US Universities. If executed, it is envisioned that a new first professional engineering degree can be defined whereby: 1. All engineering-profession-bound students would first complete 2 years completing E and ET

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Phillip A. Sanger, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

timeno technique has been demonstrated to be superior. The most unpopular approach with thestudents, but the one that has the highest fidelity with the real world, has been the assignment ofteams by the instructor. The “best” results in our program have been a balance of instructorassignment and self selection through common interest in a specific project. Students select andprioritize the project topics that they prefer and the instructor then matches and forms teamsbased on that selection. In the coming classes, the authors are planning to use the “Teammaker”interview survey provided in the Comprehensive Assessment of Team Member Effectivenesstool (CATME) to assist in forming team based on project preference. This survey gathersinformation on

Conference Session

IE Technical Session I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Industrial Engineering

teaches a wide range of subjects from Engineering Economy to Facilities Planning and Design. She has developed good relation- ships with local industry and provides her students with opportunities to participate in real projects for real clients. Page 22.438.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Design projects with out-of town companiesAbstractThe capstone design class in the industrial engineering department at California PolytechnicState University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) includes projects with companies. The projects arelarge ambiguous facilities

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Jacques, Air Force Institute of Technology; John M. Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology; Richard G. Cobb, Air Force Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

Page 22.7.2the US workforce in general. Within the DoD, jobs associated with capability planning andrequirements definition, as well as much of the studies and analysis efforts that support pre-acquisition decision making, are typically not counted as part of the acquisition workforce, butthey often require individuals with STEM proficiencies. Within the STEM career fields, theDoD has singled out Systems Engineering (SE) as a critical need in order to improve the abilityto conceive , develop, sustain, modify and eventually retire its’ warfighting systems. Thosepersonnel identified as occupying critical positions (typically those in the acquisition workforce)receive training and certification on SE through a series of Defense Acquisition