Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Wesley Francillon, Ph.D., Connectiuct Community College; John Birch, The Birch Group, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2664: INDUSTRY-BASED PROJECTS AND PREPARING ENGI-NEERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCEKaren Wosczyna-Birch and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, CT College of Technologyand the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing Karen Wosczyna-Birch, a national award winning Professor of Chemistry, is the statewide director for Connecticut’s College of Technology, which includes all 12 Connecticut community colleges, six uni- versities and partner high schools including the technical high school system. She is also the executive director of the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, a National Science Funded Advanced Technology Center, where she provides leadership for the

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Tim MeGhee, Chattanooga State Community College

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Two Year College Division

AC 2011-2869: PROVIDING AND ENSURING AN EFFECTIVE COMMU-NITY COLLEGE TRANSFER PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAMCecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Cecelia M. Wigal received her Ph.D. in 1998 from Northwestern University and is presently a professor of engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Her primary areas of interest and expertise include complex process and system analysis, quality process analysis with respect to nontra- ditional applications such as patient safety, and information system analysis with respect to usability and effectiveness. Dr. Wigal is also interested in engineering education reform to address present and future student and national and international

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Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail Baura, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences; Tiffany Berry, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

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Biomedical

AC 2011-1920: COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING OF MEDICAL DEVICESGail Baura, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences ProfessorTiffany Berry, PhD, Claremont Graduate University Page 22.359.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING OF MEDICAL DEVICESIntroductionMany undergraduate bioengineering programs state on their websites that they are training theirgraduates to enter the medical device industry. However, most curricula contain little directmedical device content. When medical devices are discussed, the devices are electrical devices,which are taught within the context of a

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Global Education in Construction Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

GraduatesAbstractAccreditation of an educational program may result in benefits to the program, students, subjectprofession, and employers of program graduates. A principal benefit to employers is an abilityfor graduates of accredited engineering programs to pursue professional licensure. In theconstruction industry, professional licensure is not required and the benefit to constructionemployers is not as clear. Construction industry personnel were surveyed regarding theirperceptions of graduates from accredited construction education programs, specifically whethergraduates of an accredited program are preferred for employment and receive greater salaries, areassigned greater responsibility and are promoted at a greater rate, and possess greater technicaland/or

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael T. Gibbons, American Society for Engineering Education; Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering (Washington)

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Two Year College Division

mining tool. Mr. Gibbons also contributes to ASEE’s Prism magazine and serves as one of ASEE’s main media con- tacts. Michael Gibbons acts as the main contact between ASEE’s Engineering Deans Council, ASEE’s Engineering Research Council and U.S. News and World Report. He serves on data committees for the first two bodies.Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering Elizabeth T. Cady is a Program Officer at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering.Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering Catherine Didion is a Senior Program Officer at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Her portfo- lio is the Diversity of the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna K. S., St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, Department of English; Amithraj Amavasai

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2011-135: DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR NEW ENGI-NEERING AND MATH EDUCATORSRobert M. Brooks, Temple University Dr. Robert M. Brooks is an associate professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University. He is a registered professional engineer in PA and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His research interests are Civil Engineering Materials, Transportation Engineering, and Engineering Education.Jyothsna K S, Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore Secured a gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature Course at St.Joseph’s College (Autonomous). Working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University; Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong Hwa University; Lee king-lien, Department of Electro-Optic Engineering,National Taipei University of Technology; CHAO-CHIA CHENG, NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIV

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2011-1533: HOW DO THEY THINK? ENGINEERING COLLEGE STU-DENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF ELECTRICITYChih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University Associate prof. and director of Graduate Institute of Science Education and Center for Science Education.Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong Hwa University doctoral student of science education Page 22.782.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011How do they think? Engineering College Students’ Conceptions of ElectricityAbstractThe present study was a follow-up research1 in which we had found that Electro-Magnetics wasconsidered as the most difficult

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Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom C. Roberts P.E., Kansas State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2011-2826: AN EVALUATION OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CIT-IZEN ENGINEERTom C. Roberts, P.E., FASEE, FNSPE, Kansas State University Assistant Dean, Recruitment and Leadership Development, College of Engineering, Kansas State Uni- versity Tom has more than 35 years experience in planning, organizational development, and leadership training programs. He worked for Black & Veatch for 16 years, formed Upward Consulting in 1989 and has served as a learning organization and process improvement consultant for a number of manufacturing and service companies, and educational institutions. Tom is past KSPE president, has assisted in sev- eral political campaigns, helped facilitate several citizen engineer workshops, and

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IE Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dean Walton Pichette, Wayne State University; Darin Ellis, Wayne State University; Walter Bryzik, Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University; Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Ming-Chia D. Lai, Wayne State University; Yun Seon Kim, Wayne State University

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Industrial Engineering

Working Group, and Increase ISE Undergraduate Program Committee. 2005 2007 Wayne State University Detroit, MI Part-Time Faculty Taught Project Management in the EMMP and as an elective in the Engineering Master’s Program 1973 -2006 Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI Project Engineering Manager Delivered Electrical Edge/MKX and Fusion/Milan/Zephyr launches with no significant issues. Served as acting Chief l Engineer for Elec- trical Engineering Large Vehicle Center. Launched Lincoln-Mercury Product Development Electrical Engineering Organization Structure and Interface.R. Darin Ellis, Wayne State University Darin Ellis is a faculty member in the Wayne State University Department of Industrial & Systems En

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Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers; Ping Wei, American Society of Civil Engineers; Dion K. Coward, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

” representations of reality. As engineers, we want the most factual informationavailable to make informed decisions. This paper presents the civil and other engineeringeducation enrollment and degree data from 1969 to 2009.Formal Academic EducationAccreditationFormal accreditation of engineering programs within the US is conducted by ABET, Inc. ABETis a federation of 30 professional societies with an interest in accreditation of university degree-granting programs. As such, ABET is the recognized accreditor of college and universityprograms in engineering, technology, applied science, and computing. Further, most licensingjurisdictions within the US consider ABET accreditation as the “gold standard” for formalacademic education.For programs in civil

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Multimedia and Distance Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie M. Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Linda L. Naimi, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

22.171.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Examination of Faculty Perceptions and Use of Blackboard Learning Management SystemAbstractWhat are the attitudes, perceptions and usages of university faculty feel regarding learningmanagement systems in use at their institutions? Do faculty believe they are making effective useof LMSs in course instruction? What elements do they consider to be crucial or importantfeatures in a learning management system? Do they believe LMSs benefit students and aidinstruction?This study examined faculty uses, perceptions and attitudes toward an online learningmanagement system (Blackboard). Respondents were full time professors in the

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

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Environmental Engineering

significantly different than consulting engineers and owners of treatment plants.Statistical comparison also showed that a group’s ideas of their own values were significantlydifferent than the four other groups’ ideas of that group’s values in over 40 percent of the cases.Results of the surveys also showed that groups perceive more differences in each others’ valuesystems than is apparent by comparing the mean weights of the values assigned by each group forthemselves with each other. Comparing individuals’ weights of the values with how those individualsbelieved the other groups would weight the values shows that there were differences inapproximately one half of the cases.Information obtained from the survey showed that it is likely that there will

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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emiko Hirose Horton, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Kumiko Miki, Nihon University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2011-610: INCREASING THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN ENGINEER-ING AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN JAPANEmiko Hirose Horton, Shibaura Institute of Technology Emiko Hirose Horton has been teaching English over 20 years in universities in America and Japan. She is currently teaching at a university of engineering. She is a member of the Dean’s office and is working on various administrative issues as well as teaching general and technical English courses.Kumiko Miki, Nihon University Kumiko Miki has been teaching chemistry over 20 years at university of engineering in Japan. She is a member of JSEE and core member of group for women’s engineer of that

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Collaborations, Accreditation and Articulation Issues for International Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuemin Zhao, China University of Mining & Technology; You-jun Tao, China University of Mining & Technology

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International

processing engineering program was analyzed. According togeneral standard and professional supplement standard for the professional accreditation ofthe Chinese engineering education, the accreditation practice at CUMT was described. It isconcluded that a specific the talent-training objective, rational curriculum, stable faculty, richcontents of professional courses, solid engineering practice experience, andinternationalization strategy of personnel training are powerful elements for accreditation ofthe engineering program.Keywords: mineral processing; engineering education accreditation; training objective;Curriculum; engineering practice; internationalization.Background and Significance about Accreditation of Minerals