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Armineh Noravian; Patricia Irvine

help students acquire technical capital. Tounderstand how students might acquire technical capital, this study investigated the perspectivesof students enrolled in technician level pre-engineering programs that incorporated well-structured and ill-structured problems at North-West Community College (NWCC). Thefindings suggest that scaffolding experiences – moving from very well structured problems toill-structured problems – allow students to acquire technical capital, which can help themsucceed in pre-baccalaureate engineering education.Introduction“Engineering has a diversity problem” (p.74) 1, causing national concern about the consequencesand solutions to this problem. On the one hand, creative engineering solutions are a product ofthe

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Fariborz Tehrani; Nell Papavasiliou; Frederick Nelson; Carol Bohlin; Mara Brady

authorization in mathematics and/or science teaching, generally at themiddle school level. Engineering Literacy couples lectures on engineering topics with hands-onlaboratory experiences. The class meets once a week in the evening to accommodate workingstudents, particularly those teaching in after-hour school programs. Table 1 lists course topics forboth lecture and laboratory sessions.Table 1. Course topics. Lecture sessions Laboratory sessions: sample activities History of engineering Survey of ancient construction: small-scale laboratory Engineering philosophy and Public perception of engineering: public interaction and field survey Engineering trends, implications, Engineering report card: state of

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12dimensionally (2D) ordered porous arrays using monolayer colloidal crystal templates has the advantageof generating hierarchical structures at micro and nanometer length scales. Polystyrene (PS) beads withthe size of 1 micron were used to form 2D ordered arrays14. The arrays were served as the casting moldsto make Co3O4 hierarchical structures.The external force-assisted nanocasting or spinning concept has been proposed for years15,16,17,18. Thistechnique has been studied for making polymer fibers15,17,19. The principles have also been explored formanufacturing ceramic fibers15,18. By extending the external force-assisted nanocasting process conceptto various material systems, it is possible to synthesize fibers as suitable organic-inorganic

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Andriani Parastiwi; Taufik Taufik

engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and civil engineeringprograms. This project was a multidisciplinary project where coordination of the team was donetwice a month. In each phase of the project, students and faculty were working together tocomplete several particular tasks as seen in Table 1.Table 1. MHPP project team member and tasks.Engineering Number of Team TasksProgram Electrical 6 - Designing and implementing generator, load controller, and power transmission for the MHPP - Designing the MHPP field survey methods - Conducting field survey for

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Nebojsa Jaksic

161discarded, and some presented to the administration as feasible action items. In this study, therewere five student groups and one faculty group. The generated ideas, an analysis, and someimplementation results are presented next.IdeasThree brainwriting sessions were administered. Each of the two student sessions was discussed(ranking of ideas) by the whole class. Five student groups and one faculty group with about sixmembers per group and three ideas per member generated a large number of ideas. At eachdiscussion session, duplicate ideas were erased and for each idea a decision was made on itsquality parameters: feasibility and importance ranking. The lower the number the more important(and/or easier to implement) the idea. Figure 1 shows a

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Selyna Perez Beverly

‘learn by doing’ philosophy. Students in the Cal Poly Pomonaengineering program receive both technical and practical skills to prepare them for the engineeringworkforce. Small class sizes and the integration of a multitude of labs in the engineering curriculumprovide for a robust experience for the student in preparation for a career as an engineer. The student-centered philosophy of the institution supports student involvement and programmatic efforts thatincrease student success and learning. The College of Engineering is the largest college at Cal PolyPomona serving approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The student populationconsists of a large number of first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented racial minorities

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Shervin Zoghi; Eric Liguori; Manoochehr Zoghi; Fariborz Tehrani; The Nguyen

entrepreneurship education; (2) early childhood entrepreneurship education; and (3)regional economic development. To that end the LCIE operates a plethora of programs creatingvalue in these spaces. The remainder of this section provides a brief overview of domains 2 and 3for context, and then dives in depth into domain 1 as it’s directly related to the topic of thismanuscript. The LCIE operates programs for students in the K-12 education system bothformally as part of their in-class education (via partnership with local schools) and throughextracurricular camps, events, and sessions. Annually, over 1,000 students spanning 20+ schoolsreceive formal entrepreneurship education through LCIE programs. In addition, multiplerevenue-generating summer camps, the

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Christopher McComb; Fariborz Tehrani

outcomes (see Table 1).Further, hands-on experience facilitates the achievement of foundational outcomes (mathematicsand science), as well other areas of technical outcomes (for example, material science andmechanics). Thus, experiential learning does not necessarily have to begin after graduation.Rather, it should be incorporated in engineering programs throughout both undergraduate andgraduate curricula. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 256 Table 1. The BOK outcomes with respect to

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Moe Tajvidi P.E.

where it replaces the traditionallecture based approach to anatomy, pharmacology, physiology etc. The model has been adoptedin an increasing number of other areas including Business Schools, Schools of Education,Architecture, and Law29.In a general sense, the comprehensive definition of Project based learning is known as a validdefinition. In this definition PBL should have five major elements1:1. [Projects] involve the solution of a problem; often, though not necessarily, set by the student himself [or herself].2. They involve initiative by the student or group of students, and necessitate a variety of educational activities.3. They commonly result in an end product (e.g., thesis, report, design plans, computer program and model).4

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Mohammad Amin; Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Bhaskar Sinha; Debra Bowen

class had both audio and video options. The instructor’s HP tablet had a built in speaker,microphone, webcam, and free-hand drawing/writing capability. The eCompanion is exactly the samecourse shell in eCollege that is used for the online class. See Figure 2 for a snapshot of the main page ofthe eCollege course shell for the database course.The eCompanion of the database class has course material developed by a subject matter expert (SME)for the online DAT604 database class. Tabs shown in the left pane include course outline, instructor’sbio, contact information, university general policies, weekly PowerPoint presentation slides, readingmaterials, assignments, quizzes, midterm exam, final exam, threaded discussions, chat sessions

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Carlye Lauff; Joanna Weilder-Lewis; Kevin O'Connor; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Mark Rentschler

or failure of a project will impact the engineer’s future joband projects. These trajectories can be seen in Figure 3. In undergraduate engineeringcoursework, many technical courses are linked together sequentially throughout consecutivesemesters. For example, it is common for a student to take a linear progression of mathematicalcourses starting with Calculus 1, followed by Calculus 2, then Calculus 3, next Linear Algebra,and lastly Differential Equations. This example is shown in Figure 3 as well. These sequentialcourses build upon one another conceptually, and students can smoothly transition from onecourse to the next throughout their degree. This sequence of courses is very common for thetechnical-based courses, but not for the design

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Mary Cardenas

96 Electronic Laboratory Notebooks versus Paper Laboratory Notebooks: A Comparison of Undergraduate Experimental Engineering Laboratory Submissions Mary Cardenas Harvey Mudd CollegeAbstractElectronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) are computer-based solutions for creating, storing,retrieving, and sharing electronic files. Such electronic records are now considered equivalent topaper-based records, when it comes to patent filing as well as other legal and technical issues.Advantages of ELNs include the ability to search electronically; electronic linkage

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Clint Staley; Michael Haungs

, often inviting promisingstudents in one term of the course to apply for TA roles in later terms. Our hiring processincludes discussion of teaching methods, role-playing walkthroughs of instructional scenarios,and trial sessions in our student tutoring center, under observation of experienced tutors. Lessthan half of candidates make the bar. We also run a small course specifically devoted to tutoringand teaching methods for our subject area. This year we'll be adjusting the course so that it maybe taken every term, for 1 unit of credit, by the inverted-instruction TAs. And importantly, weuse TAs only for student coaching, whatever hand-grading may be needed, and fielding routinestudent Emails, all under instructor supervision. The inverted model

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Ding Yuan; Nebojsa Jaksic; Jude DePalma

so that the robot can keep tracking one person’s movement on a straight path, and keep its distance to this person within 40 to 60cm.With the short timeline of the mini-lab, the team typically used one class session to build a robot,one to learn programming and test the robot, and the last one to accomplish the given tasks anddemonstrate to the instructors (as shown in Figure 1). Three robots built with the LEGOMindstorms EV3 robotics kits by the students in the Spring 2014 semester are shown in Figure 2. Figure 1. Students in robotics mini-lab. Figure 2. EV3 robots built in Spring 2014. Proceedings of the 2014

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Edward Smaglik; Terry Baxter; John Tingerthal P.E.; Chun-Hsing Ho; Mark Lamer

lab session. Although thereappears to be a slight tendency for scores to increase with lab attendance, as can be seen fromFigure 2, the overall influence of attending lab sessions on improving course scores was actuallyquite low, with r2 values of 0.126, 0.052 and 0.078 for the three sections, respectively. This mayindicate a need for making the assessments more challenging, as many students did not need thelab section to perform well in the course. Figure 1. Average scores and ESL student trends. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Mudasser Wyne; Alireza Farahani

) and Engineering Technology (ETAC). Each commissioncovers a specific sector of the technical disciplines and is responsible for policies, proceduresand criteria that apply to that discipline. Commission members make final decisions about allprogram accreditation actions. The CSAC has two types of criteria, the “general criteria” and“program criteria” that is specific to a particular degree program. The eight general criterionsaddress requirements related to a) Student, b) Program Educational Objectives, c) StudentOutcomes, d) Continuous Improvement, e) Curriculum, f) Faculty, g) Facilities and h)Institutional Support. The program specific criteria address a) student outcomes, b) the overallcurriculum and c) faculty profile. Among the CSAC

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Jared Tuberty; Thalia Anagnos; Emily Allen

College of Engineering student body reflectsthe overall diversity of the University. The ethnic breakdown of undergraduates in the collegeincludes 19% Hispanic, 3% African American, 40% Asian, 22% White, 6% Internationalstudents, and approximately 1% American Indian or Pacific Islander. Women areunderrepresented in the College, making up 14% of undergraduates. The majority of newstudents each fall in the College are first-time first-year students though a substantial number,approximately 40% of the new students, enroll as upper-division transfer students. These transferstudents come primarily from the extensive California Community College system. TheUniversity formed a formal retention and graduation initiative in 2009 and has

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David Dillon; Huseyin Sarper P.E.; Nebojsa Jaksic; Jude DePalma

Technical Paper Series 840936, San Diego, CA, July 16-19, 1984. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 1337. Sharma, P. K.; Rapp, D.; Rahotgi, N. K., “Methane Pyrolysis and Disposing of Resulting Carbon,” In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU 3) Technical Interchange Meeting, ISRU, Denver, CO, February 11-12, 1999.8. Hoekman, S. Kent; Broch, Amber; Robbins, Curtis; Purcell, Richard, “CO2 Recycling by Reaction with Renewably-Generated Hydrogen,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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Samuel Landsberger; Artin Davidian; Juan Garibay; Richard Valenzuela; Barbara Wheeler

projects completed by students. Some have potential forcommercial development. Shane’s Inspiration Accessible Playground near the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park.a) Fun with Exercise: The Merry Go Round: A new generation of HERE-“Wheeee” –Go! dynamic playground activities are being designed for 1. fun 2. healthful exercise 3. social engagement and collaboration between young folks of all ages with and without disabilities. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 206With the motto: “bringing play to