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2001 Annual Conference

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller

. The MediaDesign and Assessment Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla provided the programmingresources. Supplementary support from the Instructional Software Development Center at theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla and the Missouri Department of Economic Development are alsoacknowledged.Bibliography1. D. W. Brooks, Web-teaching: A guide to designing interactive teaching for the world wide web, (PlenumPress, New York, NY, 1997).2. S. G. Smith and L. L. Jones, “Images, Imagination, and Chemical Reality,” Journal of ChemicalEducation, 66, pp. 8 - 11, (1989). Page 6.1168.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Beth Todd

learning module was developed to focuson both of these issues. After completing this module, students should be able to: a. Explain the importance of lifelong learning in an engineering or computer science career b. Describe a process for learning new material c. Given a situation, identify what learning is needed d. Find appropriate resources in the library and on the web e. List sources for continuing education opportunities f. Assess their academic and professional development g. Demonstrate that they can learn material on their own for a given assignmentThe class periods are organized such that objectives a, b, and d are covered the first day,objectives c, e, and f are covered during the second and third days

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Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

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S. Scott Moor

with chemical processes. One tool I have used over the past two years is aassignment requiring students to research how some product is made, writing up a brief (two-page plus figures) summary of their research. Groups of three students work on a topic togetherand are given approximately one week to complete their research. They are required to lookinto the basic process for making their assigned product, the safety and environmental issues forthat process, the uses of the product and some background on the economics of the product. Inthis paper, I present the details of the set-up of this assignment so it can be easily reproduced.Included are the over 50 topics currently used and references that cover these topics. I alsopresent an assessment

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

. Assessment practices established for the coalition will be expanded toinclude a national visiting committee for program and project assessment 11. The process ofgrowing the talent pool for the manufacturing sector in the region is an ongoing one. As theproject matures, the number of students drawn into programs and careers in manufacturing willincrease significantly. This will further strengthen the existing manufacturing base in the region,and the increased technical workforce will attract new businesses to the regionBibliography1. PA Department of Labor and Industry, 19942. Joseph Zagame, Manufacturing Workforce Clearinghouse, Institute for Economic Transformation, Duquesne University, 19993. Pattak, Evan, Filling the Shop Floor, Mfg. A

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer

involved building a weighing system using strain gages andbeams. After a series of guided, hands-on experiments with electrical resistors, strain gages andbeams and lectures on the mechanical behavior of materials, teams were asked to build aweighing system that can accurately weigh objects within a specific weight range to a specifiedresolution. Team performance for this design project was measured using team quizzes, a designdemonstration, and a blind evaluation of each team’s design report. The grading weight of theteam quiz is 15%, the weight of the design demonstration is 60% and that of the blind evaluationis 25%. 10% of the demonstration grade was awarded for early completion.A team quiz is an assessment during which a set of questions is

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gerard Foster

Indianawould be a large task. In the spring of 2000, Dr. Michael O’Hair of Purdue Universitysolicited the help of the Indiana Department of Education. The essence of thiscollaboration is set forth in the following points from an agreement titled Project LeadThe Way Indiana Collaboration dated February 8, 2001.In Indiana, Purdue University would be responsible for the following:“ · Provide the Summer Institute teacher assessment on-line through the PLTW web site. · Provide advice for teachers needing readiness training prior to Summer Institute training. · Provide teacher training through an Indiana PLTW Summer Institute. … · Coordinate with PLTW for the ongoing teacher training. · Develop a plan to certify school programs

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

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H. Oner Yurtseven

. Page 7.461.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2002 American Society for Engineering EducationSection IV: Engagement and ServiceI would like to be active in the local and regional IEEE chapters. In the school and thedepartment, I would like to work on assessment methodologies and help the departmentto achieve its assessment goals. I plan to continue my technical consulting at the localRaytheon and Thomson plants, one d ay a week during the academic year and full-timeduring the summer months, except one month each during the summer of 2002 and thesummer of 2003 as I have a research commitment to the school during these samesummer months

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2001 Annual Conference

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Stephen Zahorian; Sacharia Albin; William Swart

degree. That is, studentswill complete the first two years of the program at Rajagiri College using syllabi and curricularmaterial from Old Dominion University. Students will complete the final two years of theprogram at Old Dominion University. The basis for the agreement includes the accreditation ofRajagiri College under Mahatma Gandhi University and University Grants Commission ofIndia. Qualification and experience of the faculty, the college facility, established relations withother US universities, familiarity with US education system, efficient management, andfinancial commitments were assessed to make the cooperative agreement viable. Currently, 15students are enrolled in the program, which began in September 2000. Five Old

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2001 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

is to provide a quality product and limit professional liability associated withprofessional engineering practice. In addition to checking design calculations, the study ofengineering failures often involves the search for what caused the failure.3 In many cases thesefailures can be traced to calculation errors, incorrect design assumptions, or inappropriateapplication of theory.3 Unfortunately, traditional problem solving in technical courses usually doesnot directly emphasize the skills necessary to solve these types of problems. Most problemsolving in technical courses is focused on taking a problem statement and developing a solution toprovide the required answer. Assessing whether the answer provided with an existing solution iscorrect

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2001 Annual Conference

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Thomas Barnwell III; Monson Hayes III; Joel Jackson; David Anderson

are currently witnessing an explosion in the deliveryof on-line courses5, and some universities are putting complete degree programs on the Web. TheInternet offers the ability to deliver courses throughout the world, any time and any place.Internet-based courses also offer the student fast and efficient navigation through a lecture, fastretrieval of multimedia content, and course and lecture indexing. Internet courses may also offerkeyword searches through multimedia content, self-assessment tools, interactive content, andhyperlinks to related course material.In spite of these advantages, there are some problems and pitfalls in offering courses over theInternet. Some of these will disappear in the future, while others will continue to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Patricia C. Tempel; Hisham Alnajjar; Beth Richards; Andrea Brick Ader; Ronald Adrezin

Society for Engineering EducationThis also held true for shared writing assignments. Students tend to see writing in a fairlycompartmentalized way 1. We noticed that our students were particularly adept at separatingwriting tasks into two mutually exclusive categories: real and not real. Real writing is anythingclearly connected with “becoming an engineer.” Anything else (as in all “English” courses) fallsinto the “not real” category.Because of this, students are somewhat resistant to connecting the writing skills required for anRLC 110 thinking/critical analysis paper—for example about the trial of Galileo—with thewriting skills required for an engineering report. Both types of writing require assessment ofdata, problem-solving and analysis, and

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeanne Garland; Christine Helfers; Ronald Roedel; Sarah Duerden

safety.AssessmentOf course, this assignment does present teachers with a dilemma when we assess the work. Howdo we assess a student who clearly does not share the same values we hold? Do we grade downa response because the student does not conclude that Company X failed to uphold the NSPE Page 6.628.6code of ethics as we would have concluded? Are we in danger of trying to legislate valuesProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2001 American Society for Engineering Educationthrough our grading system? Clearly, as teachers, we must be cognizant that these dilemmasmight arise.As

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2001 Annual Conference

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Elsa Napoles

the student’s professional skills is obtained. This modelhas a new approach in the introduction of new subjects (knowledge), in the solution ofprofessionals problems, and in the link between the University and the society. The theoreticalbasis of this model can be found in the Higher education Didactics laws , the sociologicalrelationship : society – curriculum – university, and the Vigotski’s historically – culturalapproach. The author shows the implementation of the new methodology in one discipline of thespecialty and its curriculum assessment . The ending results have been positive as much in thecareer as in other disciplines where the curricular methodology has been applied.I. IntroductionThe integration of knowledge is needed for the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Gregory Kremer; Bhavin Mehta

environment for learning Dynamics on the world-wide-web in which the student controls various details of the problems that will be solved,creates free body diagrams by pointing and clicking to select systems and to place forces, enterssymbolic equations representing the mathematical model, solves the mathematical model usingavailable computational software, and evaluates the physical realism of the solution. Studentsare given immediate feedback in direct response to their inputs at every step in the problemsolution, but rather than being given the solution they are given hints for discovering what theydid wrong and how to correct it. Additionally, tools for assessing student learning and forassessing the impact of the IPS on student learning are

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Chester J. Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryne Van Tyne, University of Chicago

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Women in Engineering

to each exercise, there was a discussion of professional evaluations and the need to focuson behaviors, not on personal characteristics. The students were required to list two positivetraits and one aspect of team performance that could be improved for each member of the team.At the end of each semester in a final peer evaluation exercise, each team member conducted thisevaluation process for a third time, assessing their own performance on the team, as well as thatof other team members. For this third evaluation, each person on the team assigned everyone,including themselves, a score from 0.0 to 10.0. This score comprised 5% of their final grade inthe course.For the present study, data were analyzed from students in 22 sections, spanning

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Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Denise Miller, Northern Arizona University; Elizabeth J. Brauer, Northern Arizona University; John Sharber, Northern Arizona University

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Electrical and Computer

differed from traditionalhomework assignments in the following ways: First, rather than recapping material presented inclass, each module focused exclusively on a single core concept (Ohm’s law, op-amps, orcomplex numbers). Second, the modules were repeatable, such that students were encouraged tosubmit multiple attempts, with slightly different problems on each attempt. Third, the moduleswere timed, such that students received bonus points tied to how quickly they completed theirbest attempt. Effectiveness of the online homework modules was assessed by comparing examscores across the enhanced and traditionally taught versions of the course, and by conducting anend-of-semester opinion survey. Results showed a statistically significant increase in

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Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregg M. Warnick, Brigham Young University

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ASEE Global Programs

future in engineering? I can answer that in one word: Everything. No matter what area of engineering you enter, your ability to remain on the leading edge, and to progress in our organization, will depend largely on your capacity to connect and communicate globally” (p. 5).To understand where adjustments or improvements are needed in curriculum, it is vital that areasof deficiency, as assessed by global companies, are addressed in order to provide feedback tocolleges and universities to help their administrators and faculty to determine what, if any,curriculum modifications are necessary to better prepare their graduates. Higher educationalinstitutions will need to adapt and respond to global changes to ensure that their

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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

industries to engage and participate with our MAPS program and itsvarious events. Events such as spring golf tournament, a speed mentoring night and year-longmentoring program allow for employers to network with the upperclassmen while also allowingstudents to hone their professional development skills and learn more about a particular companyor industry.3. Measuring SuccessThe College of Engineering is actively engaged in a continuous improvement process ofplanning, measurement, evaluation, and feedback. This work is aided by the College's StrategicPlanning and Assessment Resource Team (SPART), which is comprised of a faculty memberfrom each department. Additional support is provided by faculty associates, who assist withcollecting data and

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Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Paul Merritt Lane, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

recognizing the value of meaningfulinternational and intercultural experiences. Students in prerequisite driven curriculums like engineering find it hardto fit time to go abroad into their schedules without delaying graduation. The program provides participatingstudents with an in-depth cultural immersion experience in Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the WesternHemisphere. The administration has guaranteed the program will run for three years in order to build participation. Page 22.947.6Therefore the next step is to create an assessment plan that measures how well the program meets the objectives. APPENDIX 1 SYLLABI FOR

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Qualitative Research Programs & International Research Experience from Around the World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xia Wang, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Michael A. Latcha, Oakland University; Li Jia, Beijing Jiaotong University; Zhuqian Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University

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International

Beijing JiaotongUniversity (BJTU) in Beijing, China. In the past summer, a total of 6 students have taken part inthe IRES program. These students stayed in Beijing Jiaotong University for 8 weeks and workedon three different projects related to fuel cells. This paper will focus on the organization of thisprogram including pre-departure preparation, on-site orientation, on-site activities and post-program assessment. Also, the lessons learned from running this type of program will besummarized. Some suggestions to keep the sustainability of the program will be also provided.IntroductionThe globalization of science, engineering and manufacturing is very important in re-shaping thecurrent US economy. Much has been made in the literature about the

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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

encourage involvement among potential participants for the LSSL Program’sWinter Intersession.As a result, LSSL Program participants areable to use humanistic, real-worldindustry-driven problem scenarios linkedto course content, problem solvingstrategies, as well as assessment andevaluation strategies, online resourcessuch as Moodle, video conferencing andgroup-ware such as Web-Ex. Figure 2: LSSL Program Student Objectives Spring/Summer Intersession ProjectsAt the beginning of the spring semester, the student teams start working on their PBL industryprojects. A major outcome of this proposal is the ability to engage a diverse population ofstudents including women, minority populations and veterans

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Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State Univeristy; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Instrumentation

students to become involved in a project, which integrate allthe above topics.4.1. Assessment ResultsThe Roomba experiment was integrated in both sections of first year introduction toengineering (ES110). In the second half of the semester, we included the related lectures,as shown in Table 1. At the end of the semester, the students were asked to complete amandatory short survey for the course and give their feedback on the Roombaexperiment. The survey was primarily based on quantitative questions, with the lastquestion asking for student comments and suggestions. The combined demographics ofthe two sections were 25 percent females and 75 percent freshmen. The responses tosome of the quantitative questions concerning the sensor laboratory

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Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Keller, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa

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Instrumentation

assess the both general and specificoutcomes of the laboratory experience.IntroductionMeasurement and instrumentation courses are typically the ‘catch-all’ course for topics inexperimental design and execution in mechanical engineering curriculum. Course objectivesinclude the introduction of modern data acquisition systems and techniques, the development andpresentation of statistical techniques for data analysis, and the introduction of formal uncertaintyanalysis. These three course topics are employed in nearly every rigorous engineering experimentthat a student would perform in either an industrial setting or during advanced graduate research.However, most laboratory experiments are ‘canned’ and handed to the student with a detailedprocedure

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Experiential Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth V Noren, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Electrical and Computer

2N3904 Qo GND V- Z1 R1 1N5231B Figure 13: A power supply monitor. The heart the circuit is a window detector.AssessmentNon-formal methods were used to assess the effectiveness of the laboratory exercises. Thisincludes observations and a student survey.Using the board did not seem to negatively impact student performance. On the whole, most ofthe students seemed to enjoy the course much more than in the past. It is hoped that in the futurethis will motivate students to perform better in the conceptual side of the class.Even as

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Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C. Ordonez, Florida State University; Jose Vargas, Universidade Federal do Parana; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Necesio Gomes Costa, Universidade Federal de Itajubá

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Design in Engineering Education

long term, we intend to:  Expand the research collaboration with our Brazilian colleagues in the area of sustainable energy using an existing collaboration on a microalgae photobioreactor project (described later).  We intend to carry out a sequence of international senior design projects associated with this endeavor. Following this model, we can learn from previous years’ experience and establish a longitudinal assessment of the collaboration for the improvement of international program.  We will leverage on well-established design competition events for the aeronautical Page 22.919.5

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Design Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Mainul Kader Faruque, North Carolina A&T State University; Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, North Carolina A&T State University

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Manufacturing

-This course was offered in Spring 2009. The salient topics of this course were:Top-down and bottom-up approaches for nanoparticle synthesis, characterization of nano-materials, nanofabrication by self-assembly and self-organization, bio-inspired self-assembly ofnanostructure, molecular electronics, geometry, synthesis and properties of nanoscale carbon,dendrimer molecular architecture of nanoscale polymers, nanoscale polymer additives such asnanoclay and nanosilica. The formative assessment in the form of an anonymous Blackboardbased survey was administered to the entire class. (ii) MEEN 785: Nanomaterials: This was aspecial topic course on nanomaterials, offered for the first time at 700 level. The mainobjectives of the course were to (i

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering to K-12 teachers & counselors so that they can inform and advocate this important career to their students. Her research interests include gender equity in the K-12 Classroom, assessment of K-12 engineering education, curriculum development, and teacher professional development. Page 22.1171.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparing Counselors to Advocate STEM Careers: A Professional Development model for K-12 Counselors U.S. Department of Labor workforce projections for 2018 highlight that nine of the 10fastest-growing

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

Logic Controller,” Journal of Engineering Education, 93(2), April, 2004.9. Hsieh, S. and Hsieh, P.Y. “Animations and Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Programmable Logic Controller Education,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 19(2), 2003.10. Wenger, E. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity. Cambridge University Press, 1999.11. Doppelt, Y., “Implementation and assessment of project-based learning in a flexible environment,” International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 13, 255–272, 2003.12. Yasemin Gülbahar and Hasan Tinmaz, “Implementing Project-Based Learning and E-Portfolio Assessment in an Undergraduate Course,” Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 38(3), 309-327, 2006

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Active and Project-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University

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Mechanical Engineering

whatsoever. Thus, a significant amount of lab time was devoted to basic mechanicaldesign issues such as screw size, pinned connections, material selection and the like. Whengiven to third-year students, the compressor project lasts between three and four weeks. Thefirst-year students took five weeks (of lab periods) to complete the compressor project. Figure 2: Student team with winning compressorThe Walker ProjectThe second project was actually much simpler than the first: the students were asked to designand fabricate a walking “toy”, using a small, battery-powered motor. The links for each walkerwere made on an Epilog Legend 36EXT laser cutter using ¼” thick basswood or Plexiglas. Thewalkers were assessed for speed and

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Teaching Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Andrew D. Rosenthal, Rowan University; Patrick C. Leung, Rowan University, Undergraduate Student; Alexander Vincent Redfield, Rowan University

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Mechanics

tothis paper regarding mechanics in an orthopaedic project and for assessment of the project work.Design and Research ProblemComminuted fractures are bone fractures where entire portions of broken bone are detached fromthe rest of the bone body. These fractures are typically represented by the Winquistclassification, where Grade 0 (Control Group) represents no comminution, Grade 1 representsminimal less than 25%, Grade 2 represents less than 50%, Grade 3 represents approximately75%, and Grade 4 is a full comminution with no cortical contact.[2] These types of fracture areoften difficult to catagorize, due to limited x-ray views and variable nature and severity oftrauma.The current level of care for a comminuted fracture in a long bone is the