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

International Research/education Collaboration on GaN LED/LDs between Cal Poly (USA) and PKU (China) Xiaomin Jin a, Xiao-hua Yu a, Xiang-Ning Kangb, and Guo-Yi Zhangb a Electrical Engineering Department, 1 Grand Avenue, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, 93407-9000; b School of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China, 100871.AbstractWe initiated and established an international collaboration with institution in China. This is oneof the international programs at California Polytechnic state University (Cal Poly

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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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R. Radharamanan

is operating since August 2010. The MCIE focuseson cross-disciplinary educational programs (teaching, collaboration, and learning) as well asresearch and scholarly activities among Mercer faculty and students. This unique center initiallyinvolves the School of Engineering, School of Medicine, School of Law, School of Business andEconomics, and College of Liberal Arts. Possible future participation is envisioned from othercolleges and schools such as College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences,School of Theology, and School of Music. The MCIE provides an interdisciplinary collaborationthat is necessary for submitting competitive extramural funding proposals. It serves as a platformfor diverse scholarly activities, curricular

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Nasser Alromaih; Mark Rajai; S. Jimmy Gandhi

for students and professionals in science andengineering fields 2. In addition, efforts to offer entrepreneurial training as part ofengineering education are evident in formal institutional collaborations such as betweenthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University, and joint academicresearch such as the Nottingham Conference held by the University of NottinghamInstitute for Enterprise and Innovation and the US National Academy of Sciences 4.Entrepreneurship and Engineering - How Entrepreneurship is Increasingly Taughtto Engineers: The trend towards the introduction of entrepreneurship courses in engineering andscience began in the 1990s 4. Many engineering colleges in the US have initiatedenterprise programs to

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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

gateway to higher education for large numbers of students, especially minorityand low-income students. Preparing community college students for their future engineeringcareer and engaging them in professional development is one of the major objectives of theNASA CIPAIR (Curriculum Improvements and Partnership Award for the Integration ofResearch) program. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a collaborative NASA CIPAIR programbetween Cañada College, a federally designated Hispanic-serving community college, and SanFrancisco State University, a large urban university, has developed a summer internship programthat provides freshmen and sophomore community college students an opportunity to participatein a ten-week study of earthquake engineering. For the

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Liang Li Wu; Anis Hammoudeh; Gregory Washington

The Middle East Initiative – Expanding Education in a Global Context Liang Li Wu, Anis Hammoudeh and Gregory Washington The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, IrvineAbstractStrengthening education in a global context is the future in an increasingly interconnected world.Programs that can teach students valuable skills in an environment where they can also expandtheir language skills and worldview will be instrumental in creating the leaders of tomorrow.Research collaborations and international education programs were orchestrated as part of theMiddle East Initiative at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California

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Jin-Lee Kim

constraint retarding use of the technology in the AEC/FM industry.20Berwald compared a class of students using BIM programs with a class of students who wereusing traditional 2-D CAD programs. The study showed the different experiences of eachmethod and contrasted the efficiency of both 2D and BIM.4 Barnes and Castro proposed a BIM-enabled integrated optimization tool for LEED decisions.2 The construction educator shouldencourage construction engineering management students to acquire the skills and knowledge ofthe BIM technology as more AEC companies integrate BIM into their fields and require the newlabor force to be able to collaborate and communicate with 3D/4D/5D BIM technologies.Research Project ObjectivesThis paper aims to develop a unique

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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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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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Paul M. Jones; J. Richard Phillips

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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Antonella Sciortino; Lisa Star; Tesfai Goitom

which theirdesigns are implemented. Engineering courses need to provide students with the globalengineering perspective that will prove beneficial for their careers and this should be done at theearly stages of the engineering curriculum. This study proposes a novel approach to expose civilengineering and construction engineering management students to current global issues inengineering and construction practices. An additional goal is the improvement of retention ratesby increasing students' interest in the engineering field. The proposed approach consists ofencouraging mentoring and collaboration between graduate students enrolled in a researchcourse and freshmen/sophomore students enrolled in an introductory engineering course. Thetwo

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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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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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Muge Mukaddes Darwish; Ali Nejat

. Therefore,the role of the academia educating engineers to fill this need is great. We cannot bring a realsolution to the problem unless the issue of gender equality is addressed and achieved in apositive manner. The universities role is that of attracting and retaining the female students andmore importantly than attracting the female faculty is to provide positive role models for femalestudent. The issue of female faculty is another issue that needs to be addressed. Removing thestructural barriers to gender equality in engineering government academic institutions, industryand private corporations as well as global collaborations might be necessary.Recommendations at Glance:Education starting early age in the SMET in and out of the classrooms

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Binod Tiwari

Engaging Engineering Students in Research from Early Stage of Their Student Career Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor and Acting Chair Civil and Environmental Engineering Department California State University, FullertonAbstractEngineering education in the USA has significantly been controlled by the accreditation agency.As a result, classroom education is paid much more attention compared to the hands-on orresearch activities. In this study, a select group of engineering students were involved in faculty-student collaborative research activities in different stages of their

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Thomas M. Korman; Hal A. Johnston; Lloyd Crask

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

Retention Strategies for Engineering and Computer Science High Impact Practices (HIP) during first year in college Raman Unnikrishnan and Victor H. Delgado College of Engineering and Computer Science Hye Sun Moon and Edward Sullivan Office of Institutional Research & Analytical Studies California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831 AbstractThe High Tech Education working group of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness(Jobs Council) concluded that an increase in the number of U.S. engineering and computerscience graduates

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Lucia Riderer; Harmonie A. Hawley

) atCitrus College is a program intended to guide and keep women on track to transfer from a 2-yearcollege to a 4-year college with a major in an engineering discipline. The program hassuccessfully operated for one complete year (2012). Over the past year the women who joinedEEWIE have worked with peers at 2-year and 4-year colleges, women faculty from 4-yearcolleges, and women engineers in the industry who provided honest opinions to the group aboutthe fields of engineering.Vital to the success of this program was linking the group with students and faculty at 4-yearcolleges. This collaboration allowed EEWIE members to interact with women engineers whowere in college or graduated and were able to help them with the transition from generaleducation

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Pamalee Brady; James Guthrie

to attract an abundant, diverseand proficient workforce. This will involve both improving our educational content andconveying the importance, value and satisfaction that can be achieved in such careers. As thePCAST report emphasizes improving STEM education requires we “focus on preparation andinspiration.” This is a task best accomplished collaboratively by educators, industry andgovernment each bringing resources and skills to change the decline of interest and ability instudents in science, technology, engineering and math.As Ellis, Jackson and Wynn3 have proposed introducing young students to engineers andconnecting subject matter to relevant applications in engineering can support “imprinting”engineering as a career pathway. Increasing

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Jesus Acosta-Iriqui; Eniko T. Enikov

Development of International Mobility Program in Micro and Nanotechnology: Lessons Learned Jesús Acosta-Iriqui, Eniko T. Enikov The University of ArizonaAbstractThe Advanced International Studies in Mechanics of Micro- and Nano-systems program is afour-year student exchange program under the Atlantis Excellence in Mobility programsupported by the United States Department of Education and the European Commission ofHigher Education. The main goals of this project was to increase students’ academic aspirationsin science and engineering careers, increase students’ professional aspirations in science andengineering, and increase students’ awareness

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

administrative and lab staff who are dedicatedto the educational success of nearly 440 matriculated and non-matriculated students in itsprograms. Over 600 students have completed Institute programs and have been awardedUniversity of Washington undergraduate and graduate degrees.The vision of the Institute derives from its unique public-private partnership in higher education,one charged with serving as a catalyst for generating energy and interest in computing &engineering disciplines. Its goals include developing and enhancing faculty teaching and researchwhile increasing students’ communication and collaboration skills; expanding and diversifyingstudent enrollment; continuously developing, assessing and improving its program offerings

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

improve course outcomes and student learningsuccess. Two implementations will be discussed: (a) a full IBLA where teams of 4-5 studentsmanipulate the different objects, and (b) a demonstration mode in front of a class of 60 students.IntroductionStudents in higher education strive towards improving their factual knowledge, conceptualunderstanding, problem solving skills, and attitudes. Some argue that conceptual understandingis the most meaningful component among student effort. Educators have worked towardspromoting conceptual understanding in the realm of college physics1 and mathematics, althoughmore work can be implemented in the engineering to realize learning gains. Student success caninclude conceptual understanding and pragmatic outcomes

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Kiran George

                                                                                     +++    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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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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Gene Fisher

, which have chronicled ourprogress6,7,8,9. Over its years of being offered, we have focused to varying degrees on a numberof educational objectives. From the perspective of the students in the course, the objectivesinclude: 1. apply the skills learned in introductory software engineering courses to a real-world software project 2. work with an external customer, on a project of specific interest to that customer 3. work in project teams of varying sizes, including in teams comprised of upper-class and lower-class students of software engineering 4. learn skills of project management 5. enhance technical skills of software development 6. deploy a working product of some formThe first objective is very common to