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2008 GSW

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Matthias W. Pleil

needed to pursue a STEM degree,and retain more of those students with an expressed interest in such careers as theyprogress through baccalaureate programs and beyond. Given that one-third of studentsdeclaring the pursuit of an engineering degree quit before completion, there is significantopportunity for improvement.Experiential education is one frequently suggested method of retaining a greaterproportion of those entering an engineering path through to completion of the degree. Inaddition to the commonsense logic of immersing the student into an environment moreclosely resembling the workaday world to put theory into context, there are distinctbenefits to addressing the variability in students’ learning styles. The Myer-Briggs TypeIndicator

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2008 GSW

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Caleb Hanson; Marwan Al-Haik; Claudia Luhrs; Jonathan Phillips

(TEM, JOEL 2010) was carried out to further investigate theproduced alumina nanoparticles (Fig.4). An imaging package (Image J®), was utilized to measurethe size of 400 particles. The analysis of several TEM images, showed a particle size distributionwith a particles size beyond 100nm. The distribution chart (Fig. 5) shows that the majority of theparticles have sizes ranging from 5-70 nm, which is consistent with the results obtained from SEMimaging. 120 100 80

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2008 GSW

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Ronald E. Barr; J.P. Mohsen; Jane M. Fraser; Amir Karimi; Nelson A. Macken; John A. Stratton; John J. Uhran, Jr.; Sandra A. Yost

called for broad reform in K-12 STEM education, and ASEE clearlyhas an opportunity to be a national leader in K-12 reform, since it impacts engineering educationat the college level. K-12 is the pipeline and lifeblood for what we do and how it affects thetechnology base of this country. Indeed, ASEE has already begun to try and impact K-12 througha number of initiatives including the all day seminar initiated at the past three nationalconferences. The YOD on the other hand was an attempt to get a handle on the various aspects ofengineering education through research and to build on the momentum started by such schools asPurdue and Virginia Tech, which have started engineering education programs. The RAGSreport and the YOD events, as envisioned

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2008 GSW

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George D. Gray

first year of this program, freshman retention rates in engineeringimproved by 50%6.Michigan Technological University implemented their First Year Engineering Program in2000. This program utilizes a common first year approach, and includes an engineeringcourse where “students work on teams to apply the engineering problem-solving methodto real-world problems.” The students in this course work in teams and participate inactivities that include a semester design project. The program has produced consistentlyhigher retention rates among engineering students beginning with the second year afterimplementation. “Swail states that over 70% of the students studied in eight differentcolleges indicated they learn better through hands-on projects and real

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2008 GSW

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Guanlin Tang; Yu-Lin Shen

from Figure 7 that, when the indentation is relatively shallow, the response of themultilayer model is sensitive to the first-layer material in contact with the indenter. If Al is thetopmost layer, the elastic modulus is relatively low and vice versa. The three curves tend toconverge when the indentation depth is large (beyond about 400-500 nm, or 8-10 initial layerthicknesses). The merging of the curve of the multilayer model (with Al on top) to that of thehomogenized model appears at an even smaller indentation depth. We can conclude that, whenperforming nanoindentation tests on metal-ceramic multilayers consisting of a large number oflayers, a depth of indentation beyond several initial layer thicknesses may be sufficient forgenerating the

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2008 GSW

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Benjamin S. Kelley; Adam P. Ecklund; Aaron Dabney

. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education4. Miu, K, Cecchi, V., Tong, M., Kleinbert, B., Kleinberg, M., 2007, “Adapting Existing Distribution Power Flow Experiments for Outreach Education,” Proceedings of the Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Tampa, FL, June 24-28, 2007.5. Arciero, A., Flores, B., Renner, J., 2005, “Providing Support and Leadership Experiences for Women at the University of Texas at El Paso through a Women in Science and Engineering Program,” Proceedings of the 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference