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Alex Dekhtyar; Anya L. Goodman; Aldrin Montana

of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 147interdisciplinary nature of the field mostly off the required experience. Senior projects, capstoneexperiences and occasional project-driven software engineering courses provide the onlyopportunities to experience cross-disciplinary collaboration within CS curricula.Among the variety of possible reasons why systematic treatment of the interdisciplinary nature ofcomputer science is hard to find in college, while its very importance is well-recognized by theacademic community

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Binod Tiwari

Summer Research Opportunity for University-Community College-High school Partnership: A Great Motivation for Engineering Education Pathways Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor and Acting Chair Civil and Environmental Engineering Department California State University, FullertonAbstractAlthough it has been identified as one of the high impact practices, involving undergraduatestudents in the faculty-student collaborative research has not been practiced with expectedsuccess. The situation is worse for community college and high school students. This paperincludes an

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Xiaomin Jin; Xiao-hua Yu; Xiang-Ning Kang; Guo-Yi Zhang

Beijing, China,2006-2007 through California State University (CSU) International Programs, and thenexpanded to include several teams of Cal Poly students international visit from 2007 to 2012, Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 1which was also supported by Department of the Navy, under Award # ONR 6-N00014-07-1-1152 (2008) and Award # ONR 7-N000140811209 (2009); “ChunHui” exchange research fellowthrough Chinese Educational Department (2008), and NSF Grant OISE Award #1029135 fromyear 2010 to 2013

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Liang Li Wu; Anis Hammoudeh; Gregory Washington

collaborations based on technological similarities in a global context, healingcan begin. Despite the ethnic and religious differences, our commonality is the challenge weconfront on diminishing recourses due to rapid population growth globally. Therefore, under theMiddle East Initiative, we have engaged with both Israeli and Saudi Arabia universities in Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 207research collaborations and undergraduate educational programs respectively in partnerships oftraining future

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Pamalee Brady; James Guthrie

) teach them to think about space and imagine how they can affect the built Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 309environment in which they live and 3) reinforce the importance of teamwork and collaborationby describing how they are used in the building design and construction process.The approach of the Sandcastle Project is to work jointly with teacher candidates and facultyfrom the School of Education and students and faculty from the CAED. This collaboration willemploy the knowledge and

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University of Detroit Mercy) participated andpresented their projects and research work on invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship anddiscussed possible collaboration among KEEN schools and future direction for the KEENregional conferences. More than a hundred faculty, students, administrators, and industrypersonnel participated in the regional conference. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 540The KEEN Second Regional Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education washosted and held at

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Jeffrey Georgette; Brian Self; James Widmann; Kathryn Bohn; Eric Wang

dynamics concepts.Learning Dynamics requires mastering concepts, not simply memorizing facts or equations.Specifically, the concepts focused on in this study are moment-of-inertia and work-energy,which are essential to the course. Engineering concepts in Dynamics are not always intuitive to Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference  Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education    350the student; since they cannot touch “energy” or feel “work” physically. Mass moment-of-inertiaabout a rotating axis not very intuitive, compared to mass

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Tammy Yut-Ling Chan; Gustavo Borel Menezes

did not take this course, these students performed better in their senior designcapstone oral presentations, according to surveys in which viewers rated how well students metABET learning objectives. This work in progress (WIP) is currently collecting and analyzingmore survey results to further demonstrate that active learning techniques improve studentlearning and retention of knowledge/skills.IntroductionCalifornia State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) is a federally designated Title III andHispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and was the first four-year public institution in the state to be Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American

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BIM: The engineering student perspective.” Proceeding of Architectural Engineering Conference, Sept. 25-27, Denver, CO.30. Wenfa, H., and Xinhua, H. (2008). “A case study of collaborative education based on building information model.” Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, CSSE, 5, pp. 198-201.31. McDonough, W., and Braungart, M. (2002). Cradle to Cradle: Remarking the Way We Make Things. New York: North Point Press. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education

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Antonella Sciortino; Lisa Star; Tesfai Goitom

engineering students from acquiring a broad international experience. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 124Freshman engineering introductory courses represent an opportunity to fill the gap in this area. Insuch courses students should learn to see engineering as a profession that, by providing solutionsto every-day problems, has implications for individuals as well as society as a whole. Acquiringskills at an early stage will not only increase student interest in pursuing engineering careers, butit

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Muge Mukaddes Darwish; Ali Nejat

increasingly becoming interdependent as companies expand their operations and marketingthroughout the world. In this global corporate environment, technical professionals are requiredto work as part of international teams and devise solutions, which will be implemented acrossnational and cultural boundaries. This new environment requires that engineers understand theimportance of both cultural and gender diversity to be more efficient in solving problems in ourconnected, and technological world. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education

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Kurt McMullin; Thalia Anagnos; Jan Hustler; Nancy Thomas

, and collaborative spirit. A minimum of 50% of content-specific instructors at a school are envisioned for a Collaborative Team for each participating grade level. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 620 5. Enlist District/Administrative support. Leadership, administrative, and financial support from participating school districts is essential to motivate teacher participation, recognize local achievement, assist in project guidance, and provide

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Binod Tiwari

engineering and computer sciencestudents is only 40%. These statistics shows that the number of students enrollment inengineering majors is significantly low compared to the other majors. In addition, the graduation Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 412rate of the engineering students is much lower than the students in other majors. This could beattributed to the high dropout rate in the freshman and sophomore year, where the students aretaking math and science courses. Involving students in hands

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Cheng Chen; John DeAndreis; Peter Moala; Agustin Robles; Jose Valdovinos; Qiming Zeng; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi

destructive earthquakes in 1838, 1868, 1906, and 1989. In a recent study,scientists and engineers released a new earthquake forecast for the earthquake forecast made forthe greater San Francisco Bay Area as shown in Figure 1. The research predicts that the Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 37probability of earthquakes of magnitude 6.7 or greater in the next 30 years is 63%3. Futureearthquake disaster prevention and preparation require that young professional civil engineers betrained and recruited

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Fabricio Braga Soares de Carvalho; Orlando Rocha Baiocchi; Robert Friedman

)  Professional Master of Cyber Security and Leadership Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 190The Institute of Technology at the University of Washington Tacoma was created to provide thehighest quality computing, engineering, science, and technology education for a diversepopulation and to engage in research and innovation that benefits the community by fosteringsocial mobility and economic development. There are 11 tenure track faculty, 5 full-timelecturers, 11 part time instructional faculty, and 9

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Nicholas M. Rhodes; Matthew A. Ung; Jim Herold; Thomas F. Stahovich

for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 492This analysis is enabled by our unique dataset of students’ handwritten coursework. Weconducted a study in which students in an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Statics courseprovided handwritten self-explanations of the major steps they followed when solving each oftheir homework problems. The students completed the homework and self-explanations usingLivescribeTM Smartpens. These devices produce a digital record of students’ handwritten work inthe form of time-stamped pen strokes, enabling us to

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Jesus Acosta-Iriqui; Eniko T. Enikov

. The main goals of theprogram were to increase students’ academic aspirations in science and engineering careers, toincrease students’ professional aspirations in science and engineering, and to increase students’awareness of science and engineering globally. The third goal somehow addresses what has beenrecently reported, that the U.S. must commit to embracing global economy and awareness, andtrain its workforce to be more competitive globally.[2] This paper documents the extent to which Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference  Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education

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, Thomas M. and Johnston, Hal "Enhancing Construction Management Education though the use of a Virtual Construction Company Simulation System, " The 2nd International Symposium on Engineering Education and Educational Technologies: EEET 2010 in the context of The 3rd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation: IMETI 2010, Orlando, FL, July 20109. Lacey Duckworth, Dr. Tulio Sulbaran, Dr. Andrew Strelzoff, Professor Hal Johnston, "Application of a Communication Protocol Methodology to Embed a Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment in Building Industry Game" The 2011 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for

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                                                                                     +++    Evaluating the Impact of ECS Academic Catalyst for Excellence (ACE) Scholarship Program Kiran George Computer Engineering Program California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA 92831, USAAbstractRecent research strongly suggests that engineering education loses about 53% of undergraduatestudents of which roughly 40% switch to non-science

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Lucia Riderer; Harmonie A. Hawley

research is how to get more women interestedin Engineering majors. Women in junior, or 2-year colleges, are often overlooked as potentialmembers of the engineering community; however there are many women interested inengineering at junior colleges.Community colleges can be institutions of high significance in bridging students to baccalaureateinstitutions to pursue a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)disciplines. The results of a study conducted by Tsapogas3 showed that about 44 percent of Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference  Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education

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have brought in sponsored projects through their consulting. Andconsulting has improved faculty skills in managing projects, and interacting withstudents, as well as bringing real-world experience to campus.The Strategic Corporate Alliance Initiative at CSULAThe Strategic Corporate Alliance is a partnership between CSULA and strategiccorporate partners. CSULA was awarded the prestigious Excellence in EngineeringEducation Collaboration Award by the Corporate Member Council of the AmericanSociety of Engineering Educators at the February 2012 ASEE/CIEC Annual Conference.The Aerospace Corporation, The Boeing Company and Northrop Grumman Corporationwere recognized as members of the ASEE Corporate Members Council as foundingsponsors/partners of the

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Raman Unnikrishnan; Victor H. Delgado; Hye Sun Moon; Edward Sullivan

Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 276receive these high-impact learning experiences in the first year of college. Many of Kuh’s highimpact learning experiences have been adapted at CSUF.11 These high-impact practices arepositively associated with persistence and GPA, higher rates of student-faculty interaction,increases in critical thinking and writing skills; and higher student engagement overall2,10,11.The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) at California State UniversityFullerton (CSUF), a comprehensive Hispanic-Serving Institution in

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Amelito G. Enriquez; Denise Hum; Christine Woo; Brandon Price; Danni Redding Lapuz; Anna Camacho

students—representing nearly 25 percent of the nation’s community college student population—is in a Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 314prime position to help address the need to strengthen the future STEM workforce.2 Communitycolleges serve as the gateway to higher education for large numbers of students in the U.S.,especially minority and low-income students. For instance, almost three-fourths of all Latino andtwo-thirds of all African-American students who go on to higher education begin

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Gene Fisher

engineering capstone classes across the disciplines. Thatis, students take what they have learned in lower-level courses and apply it in a setting beyondthe classroom. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 555Our second objective is also a common feature of capstone courses, where students work withexternal customers. "External" means that the customers are beyond course instructors acting inthe role of customers. For us, customers are often chosen from outside industrial partners7. Insome cases, we have chosen partners from on our own campus8, but still beyond the our

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Nasser Alromaih; Mark Rajai; S. Jimmy Gandhi

entrepreneurship,marketing, product design and development. To examine the inclusion ofentrepreneurship training in engineering education, a survey was performed at CaliforniaState University. The sample consisted of 20 respondents. They were engineeringmanagement students at the masters’ level. Through a survey questionnaire, the authorsfound that entrepreneurship training is relevant and available to undergraduate andgraduate engineering students. The entrepreneurship course was beneficial to students,particularly due to the ease of starting a business in the internet age. However, somerespondents cited the need to improve entrepreneurship training at their respectiveschools. Taking this as an initiative, the authors decided to undertake this research