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Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda A Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William F. Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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College Industry Partnerships

UNC Charlotte as Director of the Industrial Solutions Lab. Page 22.858.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs AbstractIt is common knowledge among college of engineering educators that while engineering andengineering technology students obtain solid academic knowledge during their college years, themissing component typically seems to be the knowledge of the engineering work-world that onlyindustry can provide. While common

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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College Industry Partnerships

AC 2011-2872: AN INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP CASE STUDYPeter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University Peter Schuster is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. His areas of interest include design, stress analysis, and biomechanics. Page 22.176.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Industry-University Partnership Case StudyAbstractAt many universities, senior undergraduate mechanical engineers work in teams on industry-sponsored capstone design projects. These projects provide an excellent

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech

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College Industry Partnerships

LDDI began in early 2006 with the development of an advisory board andcontinued with statewide outreach meetings in four major regions of the state. The purpose ofthese meetings was to share the LDDI vision and recruit industry professionals to participate indevelopment of the land development design program at the University. These early efforts haveresulted in over 200 practitioners who now participate in this initiative, donating time, energy,and their firms’ resources to achieve LDDI priorities. Participation is kept active by the advisoryboard’s biweekly teleconferences and quarterly meetings, semiannual general membershipmeetings, email, a quarterly newsletter, and a collaboration website that enables sharing files,discussions, and a

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Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Joseph L. Gutenson, Western Kentucky University, Center for Water Resource Studies

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College Industry Partnerships

. Page 22.485.6However, none of these changes would be possible without explicit cooperation with the utilitiesand professionals currently working in the industry. Their contributions range from assisting inthe development of the curriculum to providing facilities and internships for students, andgranting CEUs to current water and wastewater operators. In summation, their participation is asimportant to the success of the WTI program as a reliable internet connection. Without the latter,students are unable to participate in coursework. Without the former, the educational system willstruggle to remain relevant to industry needs. Therefore, continued partnerships with industrywill work to ensure that the Water Training Institute meets the water

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; David W. Gatchell, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Page 22.251.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessment of a Summer Undergraduate Research Program Focused on Biomedical Engineering and DiabetesAbstract Undergraduate research experiences have the potential to influence the careerplans and motivation of young engineers and scientists. However, the impact of theseexperiences on the students may depend on the nature of the interactions with their researchmentors and laboratory staff. From 2006-2010, 10-15 students participated annually in this 10-week NSF

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Innovations in Power Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University, (first, corresponding author)

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Electrical and Computer

update and upgrade programs in powerand energy in light of new technologies and requirements for the electric power grid includingissues associated with policy and regulations. The workshop described in this paper is the first ina series conceived to develop, implement and evaluate responses to this need. These workshopsbring together diverse sets of academic and industry participants from Canada and the UnitedStates to address a range of issues including curriculum changes, faculty development andstudent recruitment.The goal of the workshop is to identify actions that will create a strong academic foundation foreducating the next generation of power engineering professionals and supporting the industrythrough fundamental research in relevant

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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Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Robert W. Warke, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs

Missouri-Colombia thatrevealed a freshman retention rate of 90% for FIG students compared to 78% for non-FIGstudents.18 The study further revealed a graduation rate of 56% for FIG students, compared to41% for non-FIG. At the University of Texas-Austin, participants in engineering FIGs had aone-year retention rate of 97%.19 After two years, the retention rate was 89%. While thisprogram specifically targeted retention improvements in minority and female populations, itcould be adaptable to other at-risk students. At the University of Hartford, initial results ofimplementing FIG's in an engineering technology program have also been positive. 20 Clusteringstudents within math and science courses at the freshman level has had a positive effect

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FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiang Gong, Beihang University, Beijing, Institute of Higher Education; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qing Lei, Beihang University, Beijing

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First-Year Programs

engineeringgraduates, on the other side of the world, top engineering-centered universities and institutions inChina launch programs to cultivate talented undergraduate engineering students to help promoteits pace to industrialization. Previous research studies both in the United States and China havegeneralized and summarized their experiences and characteristics to design and implement theirunique engineering programs; however, there are few comparative studies between the twocountries on this topic.Therefore, this paper presents a comparison between a First-year Engineering Honors Program ata university in the United States and a first-year of Undergraduate Honors Program implementedby a university in China. The paper will mainly compare the following

Conference Session

EM Program Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary A. Viola, School of Engineering, Tufts University

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Engineering Management

AC 2011-552: A LEADERSHIP-FOCUSED ENGINEERING MANAGEMENTMASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMMary Adams Viola, Ph.D. and Robert J. Hannemann,Ph.D., School of Engineering, Tufts University Robert J. Hannemann Director, Tufts Gordon Institute Professor of Practice Rob Hannemann is the Director of the Tufts Gordon Institute. In this role, he is responsible for the En- gineering Management and Entrepreneurial Leadership programs, which serve more than 100 graduate students and 500 undergraduates annually. He is also Professor of the Practice in the Mechanical En- gineering department. Dr. Hannemann earned advanced degrees in Mechanical Engineering from New York University (MS ’72) and MIT (Sc.D.’75) after receiving his BS degree

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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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Diane L. Peters, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

graduatestudents were in the age range of 22-291. Naturally, statistics will vary across fields, sincepathways vary by academic field, and in some fields, such as education, it is expected thatgraduate work will follow significant work experience. Furthermore, these statistics will varyover time, since a person’s educational decisions are affected by many external factors, includinggeneral economic conditions and the job market in a given field. In the mechanical engineeringdepartment of the University of Michigan, there are currently 57 students with a gap of threeyears or more between the completion of their undergraduate program and enrollment ingraduate school. Given that the University of Michigan graduates over 150 mechanicalengineering graduate

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Engineering (ENGAGE)

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tricia S. Berry, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Ana Maria Dison, University of Texas, Austin; Yosef S. Allam, The Ohio State University; John A. Merrill, Ohio State University; Wally Peters, University of South Carolina, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Erica Pfister-Altschul, University of South Carolina; Sarah C. Baxter, University of South Carolina; Guangming Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Mechanical Engineering; James A. Leach, University of Louisville

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Women in Engineering

visualization skills into a pre-existing Page 22.819.5freshman seminar course, Undergraduate Studies (UGS) 001, also known as a First-YearInterest Group (FIG).ApproachTo identify high-risk groups and to streamline the implementation of the spatial visualizationworkshops in the first semester, the team targeted first year women, participating in FIGsorganized by the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at UT Austin. All first year womenenrolled in FIGs were invited to take the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Visualization ofRotations (PSVT:R) prior to the start of the fall semester of 2010. Invitations were distributedin the form of email messages and

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The Best of Design in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Betsy Palmer, Montana State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Betty J. Harper, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering disciplines (biomedical/bioengineering, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical). All faculty members,program chairs, and sophomore, junior and senior students at participating institutions were Page 22.430.3invited to participate in web-based surveys. The student surveys solicited respondents‟background and demographic characteristics, self-assessments of selected learning outcomes,and future career plans. The survey also queried students‟ perceptions of classroom practices,out-of-class interactions with faculty, and extracurricular experiences. Chairs were askedquestions about their curriculum, educational support

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Penn State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

course, and students satisfy thisrequirement in a variety of ways. A large proportion of students participate in real-world,industry-sponsored projects. Nearly all programs have a strong connection with industry at thecapstone level, leveraging their geographical location both to identify design projects and toinvolve people from industry as adjunct faculty in the classroom. In addition, there is interestamong some faculty and administrators in allowing student credit for activities such asundergraduate research or competitive design projects sponsored by student organizations.At the ASU Polytechnic campus, the Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) degreeprogram enrolled its first students in fall of 2005 and graduated the first cohort of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees

engineering education, and c) createfaculty resources needed to lower barriers for participation while developing faculty expertise inLTS. The outcomes from these efforts will include: (1) faculty resources for development,management, and assessment of LTS programs; (2) faculty/staff resources for training otherfaculty in LTS; (3) summary reports/presentations for administrators, industry, and communitypartners; (4) publication of successful programs; and (5) a nationwide picture of faculty andinstitutional transformations.To achieve these goals, our methodology aims to develop a tipping point in engineeringeducation with the 4D Process (Discover, Distill, Design, and Disseminate). The Discoverystage involves reviewing previous LTS efforts through

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Multidisciplinary Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

within thetraditional lecture approach. Fifth, some members have stressed the point that the success of anyactive learning strategy requires students’ active participation, raising the question whetherstudents are ready and willing to become active participants in the process? Sixth, most facultymembers were mindful of the time and effort required to become a more effective instructor;and, at the same time, apprehensive and concerned that teaching is often undervalued incomparison to research.The interviewed faculty members have been teaching undergraduate classes at their presentinstitutions for a minimum of five years. Most of the classes taught by the aforementionedfaculty are small size, seldom exceeding 35 students per class. The lecture

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine McComas, Cornell University; Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

activities, we also sponsorapproximately 80 participants per year in the Research Experience for Undergraduates programwhich includes SEI in two ways. First, all sites are required to have their interns readNanotechnology & Society: Ideas for Education and Public Engagement1 and discuss thematerial. This activity also takes place in preparation for the NNIN REU Convocation, a three-day meeting where REUs present their research. At this meeting, we have a panel session on SEIissues and interns present results on SEI-related research. This talk will provide an overview ofthe results from this aspect of our program. Finally, based on the REU project, we havedeveloped a series of posters - Responsible Research in Action – that are available to all

Conference Session

Professional Identity

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine M. Morley; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-850: GENDER AND ENGINEERING: USING PHOTO ELICITA-TION AS A METHOD OF INQUIRYKatherine M. Morley Katherine is an undergraduate student in Aeronautical Engineering at Purdue University. As a member of the Society of Women in Engineering, and a participant in the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue University, she took interest in feminist engineering research. She is particularly interested to learn how engineering is conceptualized and gendered.Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Alice L. Pawley is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program at Purdue University. She has a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering

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Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean D. MacRae, University of Maine

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Environmental Engineering

ofsustainability was chosen to provide relevance to students who were less intrinsically interestedin the environmental field to try to stimulate the caring aspect of Fink’s taxonomy of significantlearning7. The format should also stimulate the interest of visual learners as described by Felder8.A broader description of the environmental economic and socio-cultural elements ofsustainability, evidence of climate change, extinction rates and dead zones, which underscore theneed for change, and the need to approach design in different ways followed. This materialemphasized the need to think broadly about the implications of engineering decisions, considerthe context of a given solution and the need for creativity. Again, the intention of this approachto

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Liang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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NSF Grantees

doubt heard of the importance of nanotechnology and nanoscience, relatively few canappreciate how the scale of matter affects the fundamental science or behavior of a system.Most learning on this topic tends to occur in upper-level electives or in senior thesisprojects or REU programs. Further, our undergraduate curricula do not include enoughexploration-based laboratory courses, in which students work towards solving a problem incollaborative teams, rather than following "step-by-step" lab procedures. This paper discusses the creation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) of an inquiry-based series of laboratory modules that are designed to expose students to nanobiotechnology,increase specific skills in nanomaterial synthesis and

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Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

learning community, and using design studiotechniques and real-world problem solving. New curricula projects involve industry asparticipants in projects and courses, to provide program proficiencies, and to provide stories ofsuccessful practitioners. Learning communities interface with non-profit organizations in theiractivities.e. Faculty Development Projects – Faculty development has been cited as the most criticalneed for engineering education reform, especially in the area of design education.120 We believethat the inclusion of faculty from other disciplines and external partners to combine engineeringeducation research results with the broader academic, industrial and non-profit best practiceshelps to develop new attitudes, approaches, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Devasia, University of Washington; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Jae-Hyun Chung, University of Washington; Jiangyu Li, University of Washington; Amy Shen, University of Washington; Nathan Sniadecki, University of Washington; Junlan Wang, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees

leverages existing strengths of the Mechanical Engineering(ME) curriculum in analysis, fabrication, and design of (larger-scale) devices by integratingnovel developments and unique challenges in nanodevices into the ME curriculum. It is noted that educational efforts in nanodevices have become important as nanotechnolo-gies move from research laboratories into industries. For example, nanodevices are critical torenewable energy and next-generation electronics. Additionally, nanodevices have applicationsin biotechnologies, e.g., in the development of sensors for early detection and prevention ofdisease. The proposed NUE program will integrate issues in the engineering of nanodevicesinto the undergraduate curriculum to prepare the engineering