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Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayan Bhattarai, North Carolina A&T State University

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Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State UniversityDr. Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina A&T State UniversityDr. Narayan Bhattarai, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Narayan Bhattarai is an assistant professor of Bioengineering at North Carolina A&T State University. His research areas are Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Nanotechnology. He teaches Biomaterials and Nanotechnology to undergraduate and graduate students. Page 23.690.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 IMPACTING UNDERGRADUATE NANOSCIENCE AND NANOENGINEERING

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Russell Pimmel, University of Alabama (Emeritus); Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder; Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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models, and on the rapidly developing web-based social networking and contentmanagement tools. It utilizes virtual communities of practice (VCP) to help faculty membersunderstand and implement research-based instructional approaches.The two goals of the project are: (1) to develop a sustainable VCP model for facultydevelopment that will enable relatively inexperienced faculty members to gain an understandingof research-based instructional approaches and to implement these approaches in theirclassrooms and (2) to identify VCP best practices by developing approaches for characterizingthe operation of VCP implementations and relating these to VCP effectiveness. This paper firstsummarizes the literature that underlies the VCP approach; then it

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Maria Teresa Napoli, UC Santa Barbara; Arica Lubin, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California, Santa Barbara; Liu-Yen Kramer, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, University of California Santa Barbara; Jens-Uwe Kuhn, Santa Barbara City College; Nicholas Arnold, Santa Barbara City College; Ofelia Aguirre, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships; Megan T. Valentine, University of California, Santa Barbara

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exclusively on CC students, INSET effectively promotesearly engagement in STEM research, providing opportunities for active learning activities thatmay increase retention and degree completion, while at the same time drawing a diverse studentpopulation.INSET was designed to expose this traditionally under-engaged pool of students to theexcitement of scientific discovery, innovative engineering, and the societal impact of science andtechnology. This is achieved in part by immersing students in a university research environment,giving them first-hand experience on cutting-edge original research in a discipline of theirinterest and with the mentorship of a UCSB student just a step or two ahead of them. The CCinterns make original contributions to this

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; rebecca lyons; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyle Heyne; Tripp Driskell, Institute of Simulation and Training; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Hal R Pomeranz; Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida; Andrew Caleb Loignon, UNC - Charlotte; Shirley C Sonesh, UCF

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. Richard Layton is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His professional work includes student teaming, persistence, migration, and retention of engineering undergraduates, and consulting in data vi- sualization and graph design. He is also a singer and songwriter.rebecca lyonsMr. Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Daniel M. Ferguson is a graduate student in the Engineering Education Program at Purdue University and the recipient of three NSF awards for research in engineering education. Prior to coming to Purdue, he was assistant professor of Entrepreneurship at Ohio Northern University. Before

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Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Brian P DeJong, Central Michigan University; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University; Shaopeng Cheng, Central Michigan University ; Steve Kettler, Alma High School; Daniel Chen, Central Michigan University

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Paper ID #6888Learned Lessons from the First Year Research Experiences for Teachers Pro-gramDr. Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University Dr. Tolga Kaya currently holds a joint assistant professor position in the School of Engineering and Technology and the Science of Advanced Materials program at Central Michigan University. Prior to joining CMU, Dr. Kaya was a post-doctorate associate at Yale University from 2007 to 2010, a research and teaching assistant at Istanbul Technical University from 1999 to 2007. In 2007, he was a consultant at Brightwell Corp. Dr. Kaya was also a senior VLSI analog design engineer and project

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Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; David F. Bahr, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University; Kimberly R Schneider, University of Central Florida; John C Lusth, University of Alabama

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thatincorporate coursework and/or peer mentorship should increase transfer student engagement andretention.Programs to introduce students to the research process and community do exist at public researchuniversities [13], but there currently is not a best-practices method established, or verifiedtransferable models, for getting large numbers of students (hundreds per year) into researchactivities, beyond one-on-one mentoring (of the sort referred to as “A Mentor for Every Student”in the Boyer report). This is not a viable solution to significantly increase our pipeline ofstudents entering STEM research careers. We do not mean to discount one-on-one mentoring andfeel that indeed, this is probably one of the most high-impact transformative learning

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James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University

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, thebenefits of inquiry-based learning were highlighted. The students generally took this assignmentseriously and developed test programs that would serve as a strong basis for Masters Thesis. Theprojects were not as formal or extensive as graduate level research, however the students gainedan appreciation for design of experiments. Several of the groups conducted extensive fieldexperiments including field demonstration of wave erosion protection using geotextiles (pullouttests conducted at a local beach) and investigation of water infiltration rates to different surficialsoil types around San Luis Obispo County. More often than not, the scope of the experimentaltest program had to be edited (based on recommendations from the instructor) from

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Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Wei Chen, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

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Education and co-director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and B.A. in English from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include interdis- ciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a National Science Foun- dation CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios for graduate students to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the

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Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; John J Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Ella R. Sargent, University of the Pacific

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current focus of Dr. Wood’s research includes the development of robotic ground and air vehicle systems using innovative design techniques using cur- rent technology implementations, as well as futuristic projections. Dr Wood also publishes research on advances in the methodology for creative electromechanical systems design.Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin Brock Dunlap is currently a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin studying active learning and prototyping methodology. He plans to graduate in May 2014 with a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in design and manufacturing. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University.Ella

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Leyla F Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary S. May, Georgia Institute of Technology; JillL L Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology

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graduated nineteen Ph.D. students. In 1993, Dr. May was named Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Young Alumnus, and in 1999, he received Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Service Award. Dr. May won international Best Paper Awards from IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing twice, in 1998 and 2000. In 2004, Dr. May received Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, as well as the Outstanding Minority Engineer Award from the American Society of Engineering Education. In 2006, he received the Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2010, he was named the Outstanding Electrical Engineering Alumnus of the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. May is a

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Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Don R Gilman PE, PMP, Texas A&M University; Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK; Timothy Allen Robinson, Penn State University; Anthony R Kovscek, Stanford University; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sukesh K Aghara, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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(Software). Gilman has been active in various local, state, and national organi- zations including Rotary, Computer Cleanup Day, Leadership Brazos, B/CS Library Board, multiple IT groups, and the Software Engineering Task Force for the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.Dr. Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK Dr. Mehmet Ayar is a scientific programs expert in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). He received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in STEM education at Texas A&M University in 2012. His research is in ethnographic studies of science and engineering practice, curriculum development, design of learning environments, and robotics activities. Dr. Ayar worked for the

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Tamara J Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Aran W Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Kristina Maruyama Tank, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jennifer Anna Kersten, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Micah S Stohlmann, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Forster D. Ntow, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota & Purdue University, West Lafayette

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the K-12 framework for engineering This framework was created to meet the growing need for a clear definition of quality K-12 engineering education. It is the result of a research project focused on understanding and identifying the ways in which teachers and schools implement engineering and engineering design in their classrooms. The framework is designed to be used as a tool for evaluating the degree to which academic standards, curricula, and teaching practices address the important components of a quality K-12 engineering education. Additionally, this framework can be used to inform the development and structure of future K-12 engineering education standards and initiatives

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Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Engineering Technology); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Jack G. Zhou, Drexel University (Eng.)

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Belu is an assistant professor within the Engineering Technology program at Drexel Uni- versity in Philadelphia. He holds the second position as research assistant professor at Desert Research Institute–Renewable Energy Center at Reno, Nev. Before Drexel University, Dr. Belu held faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and the United States. He also worked for several years as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, elec- tric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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University (Tech.) Dr. Radian Belu is an assistant professor within the Engineering Technology program at Drexel Uni- versity in Philadelphia. He holds the second position as research assistant professor at Desert Research Institute–Renewable Energy Center at Reno, Nev. Before Drexel University, Dr. Belu held faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and the United States. He also worked for several years as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, elec- tric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis

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Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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, instructional goals, personal preferences, and educationalresources.The POGIL approach relies on inquiry-based, student-centered classrooms and laboratories thatenhance learning skills while insuring content mastery.7 POGIL is designed to replace traditionallecture-only methods by encouraging students to discuss course materials, rather than listening tothe instructor. Literature in the field of student learning indicates that the POGIL approach hasbeen effectively used in disciplines such as mathematics, biology, and chemistry for post-secondary education.3,4,7The innovative POGIL approach is a nationally tested and proven pedagogical strategy thatincorporates recent educational research on how students learn from kindergarten through post-secondary

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Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University; Nadia L. Frye, Washington State University

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and graduation and the other between graduation and theirsecond year as a practicing engineer, The two specific aims of this project are: (1) model thedevelopment of student and early-career engineer epistemology and conceptual understanding ofcivil design concepts, and (2) identify key conceptual and epistemological changes that challengeearly-career engineers. The specific research questions of this project are: 1. How do engineering students change conceptually and epistemologically during the course of their undergraduate education? a. Which previous student beliefs and ways of thinking are the most resistant to change and interfere the most with learning? 2. How do early-career engineers change

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Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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. Thepurpose of this research initiative is to harness ideas US wide, develop effective, innovative toolsthat will provide students with an interactive, visual learning experience in class, implementthese tools while identifying the challenges, and conduct an extensive evaluation of the impact ofthis effort so that a formalized model can be developed and presented to the engineeringcommunity for use in their programs.Course Design As part of the curriculum enhancement effort of this project, the existing GeotechnicalEngineering course is organized into four main content modules: 1) Soil Structure, 2) Seepageand Effective Stress 3) Consolidation, and 4) Shear Strength. These modules and theirsupporting lectures were designed so that they could be

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Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Matthew G. Green, LeTourneau University; Melanie Roudkovski, LeTourneau University

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. Page 23.551.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Evaluation of a First-Year Retention Project: Findings at HalftimeAbstractA decline in the annual retention and graduation rates of the engineering and engineeringtechnology program at a small, private university motivated an internal study (summer 2009) ofits underlying causes. Analyses of performance and predictor data, as well as surveys of theliterature and of non-retained students, produced several recommended actions based ondocumented best practices. The resulting 5-year retention project, funded by NSF-STEP, beganin August of 2010 and focuses on first-year retention initiatives, namely: a faculty mentoring program for first-year

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Kirsten A Davis, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University; R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University

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Engineering and Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her educational research interests are focused on improving construction management education.Dr. Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University Dr. Perkins is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State Uni- versity, where he also serves as the coordinator of the department’s Ed.D. program. His research inter- ests include the diffusion and adoption of technologies and innovations for education, mobile learning, instructional design for distance education in STEM and other disciplines, and ICT integration in devel- oping nations. He is the Co-PI on two grants funded by the National Science Foundation

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Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; Marc Edwards, Virginia Tech

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Paper ID #8224Learning to Listen: An Ethnographic Approach to Engineering Ethics Edu-cationDr. Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech Dr. Yanna Lambrinidou is a medical ethnographer and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at Virginia Tech. For the past 6 years, she has conducted research on the historic 2001-2004 Washington, DC lead-in-drinking-water contamination. This work exposed wrongdoing and unethical behavior on the part of local and federal government agencies. In 2010, Dr. Lambrinidou co-conceived and co-taught the new graduate level engineering ethics class ”Engineering

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Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

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research project. We aim forparticipation in E125 to become a “low-cost” doorway into ethics research opportunities forstudents who might not otherwise consider making space for ethics in their busy schedules.Graduate students are also participating in curriculum evaluation and design. During the spring2013 semester a graduate student instructor is working alongside the E125 instructor to evaluatehow activities could best be scaled up for delivery to a larger number of students. Page 23.881.8ConclusionsEmotions are beginning to establish a presence in the engineering ethics literature, but the role ofemotion in ethical reasoning and decision-making

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Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Page 23.767.3survey for the 2011-2012 academic year.MethodologyThe basic research questions of the project are focused on the attitudes of the students towardsservice-learning and on the impact of S-L on student performance. Over the last eight years, S-Lhas been integrated to various degrees (ranging from 5% to 100% of the grade awarded) in anaverage of 30 engineering courses, and 42 faculty have attempted to implement it (approximatelyhalf of the faculty in the College of Engineering). In 2011-2012, a total of 1059 (unduplicated)students were engaged in S-L projects in the College of Engineering (out of a total enrollment of1828 full time undergraduate and graduate students). Those students contributed for a total of48,368 hours of work for

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Kathleen L Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University

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Paper ID #6133The iCollaborate MSE Project: Progress Update 2013Prof. Kathleen L Kitto, Western Washington University Kathleen L. Kitto is currently the acting vice provost for research and the dean of the Graduate School. Additionally, she serves as special assistant to the provost for strategic initiatives. She is a faculty member within the Department of Engineering Technology and specializes in Materials Science and Engineering.Dr. Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University Dr. Jusak is vice provost for academic resources. She is also a professor, having taught computer science for twenty-two years

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Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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maximize the impact both regionally andnationally.United States – Australia Renewable Energy and Green SkillsLearning Exchange Project - Phase 1 - Building and Implementing theUS-Australia Green Learning Exchange and NetworkProject SummaryIntellectual MeritThe goal of this U.S.-Australia Renewable Energy and Green Skills Learning Exchangeproject is to develop a community of technical educators to improve curricula andpedagogy by sharing best practices in the content, teaching, certifications, articulationand career pathways for the green skills in renewable energy disciplines in both theUnited States and Australia. Specific renewable energy technician-level disciplines to betargeted will include but not be limited to: solar photovoltaic and solar