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Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

be of great value tothe ERM community as well as our partners at the secondary school levels.Keywords: engineering practice, engineering education, secondary level, explicit transferBackground As engineering practice constantly evolves through innovation and changingcontexts, educational practice arguably needs to keep pace. According to The Engineerof 2020, the U.S. will not sustain its leadership and share of jobs in high-tech professionsunless engineering education content and methods adjust to meet the demands of theworkplace (NAE, 2004). Statistics from the American Society for Engineering Educationindicate that U.S. engineering programs already fall short of supplying the country’sdemand for engineering talent (Grose, 2006

Conference Session

Knowing Ourselves: Research on Engineering Education Researchers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin S. Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Alison A. Dingwall, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

frame a research question by defining and operationalizing therelated factors. The process may lead a researcher from an interest in classroom innovation to aninterest in a more focused and generalized issue of education research. Borrego13 similarlyidentified difficulties that engineering faculty may face as they participate in a workshop todevelop their skills of rigorous research in engineering education. These may include a tensionbetween an interest in solving a problem and the operationalization for a scientific inquiry,recognizing the need to identify a theoretical framework for grounding the education research,and conceptual development for the application and design of qualitative research. Thechallenges may be associated with the

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Pintong, Binghamton University; Douglas H. Summerville, Binghamton University

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Electrical and Computer

. Abstract Lab-based courses are generally not available in an online format because of the need forexpensive lab equipment, time consuming technical assistance and troubleshooting. The recentincrease in demand for online instruction extends past current pedagogical methods and is mademore problematic with the addition of a lab component. As part of our initial research, insummer 2010 we implemented an online course by slightly modifying an existing on-campuscourse. Through this exploration, we collect student and staff feedback that will allow us tofurther develop an innovative pedagogical framework specifically tailored for engineeringstudents in an online environment. Our final implementation of an online lab-based course inelectrical

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

licensure in civil engineering6 and supporting policy statements indicate thecommitment of the profession to this goal.7,8,9 For example, ASCE states: “[ASCE] recognizesthe leadership role of engineers in sustainable development, and their responsibility to providequality and innovation in addressing the challenges of sustainability.”8 Regardless, it can beargued that ethical engineering requires an understanding of sustainability and its application.However, it is unclear the extent to which our students understand sustainability or perceive thatit is an ethical requirement. Sustainability has rapidly become a buzz-word in society, butappears to be widely used without a real understanding of its full meaning. Some individualsappear to use

Conference Session

Frontiers in EM Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

initiative at the University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte.IntroductionMotivation:Distance education seems to be an innovative and educationally progressive idea with manybenefits. So no wonder that more and more universities try to be part of this trend. With theadvances in technology, the possibilities to create great online classes have multiplied.According to the Sloan Consortium (A Consortium of Institutions and Organizations Committedto Quality Online Education) website[11]: “For the past several years, online enrollments havebeen growing substantially faster than overall higher education enrollments” They also givesome numbers to prove this statement: • During Fall 2006, e.g. there were almost 3.5 million students taking at least

Conference Session

Engineering as the STEM Glue

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Kathleen Atwood, University of Wisconsin - Madison; L. Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Research (J-Peer). Page 22.1322.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 STEM Integration in a Pre-College Course in Digital Electronics: Analysis of the Enacted CurriculumAbstractThere is agreement amongst educators, policy makers and professionals that teaching andlearning in STEM areas at the K-12 level must be improved. Concerns about thepreparedness of high school students to improve the innovation capacity of the UnitedStates are leveled following data showing US students performing below students inother industrialized nations on international math and science tests1

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Student Learning and Assessment II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura R. Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christina Matta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Technical Communication Program

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Natasa Vidic, University of Pittsburgh

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NSF Grantees

Foundation, Engineering Information Foundation, and the NCIIA. Mary’s current research focuses on three distinct but highly correlated areas innovative product design, entrepreneurship, and modeling. She has served as an associate editor for the JEE and is currently associate editor for the AEE Journal.Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh Tuba Pinar Yildirim holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and is a doctoral candidate in Marketing at the Katz Graduate School of Business. She received an MS degree in Industrial Engineering at the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, and BS degrees in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering fields from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Her interests are modeling, and cognitive

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Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Rosa Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

Operations Research and the BSEE from the University of Cincinnati. He is an ASEE Fellow.Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh Mary Besterfield-Sacre is an Associate Professor and Fulton C. Noss Faculty Fellow in Department of Industrial Engineering, a Center Associate for the Learning Research and Development Center, and the Director for the Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Her principal research is in engineering education assessment, which has been funded by the NSF, Department of Edu- cation, Sloan Foundation, Engineering Information Foundation, and the NCIIA. Mary’s current research focuses on three distinct but highly correlated areas innovative product design

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Emma Torbert; Eleanor Abrams; David Bourgeois; Carmela Amato-Wierda; Anneliese Mueller; Christopher F. Bauer

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald J. Gatehouse; John R. McWhirter; George J., Jr. Selembo

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Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Beck, Carnegie Mellon University; G. Berard, Carnegie Mellon University; Bo Baker, University of Tennessee Chattanooga; Nancy George, University of Pittsburgh

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Engineering Libraries

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida

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First-Year Programs

and the Naval Research Laboratory investigating atmospheric propagation in the marine environment. Page 15.734.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Influencing Sense of Community in a STEM Living-Learning CommunityIntroductionThe STEM pipeline continues to shrink. Called a “quiet crisis”, 1 the effects of the shrinking poolwill only be felt “in fifteen to twenty years, when we discover we have a critical shortage ofscientists and engineers capable of doing innovation…” (Jackson in Friedman, p. 253). Importantto this crisis, K-12 students are much less interested in science and engineering than in the pastand are

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres Goza, Rice University; David Garland, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

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Civil Engineering

business and public administration concepts and processes may currently be addressed in various degrees and in different courses, consideration is being given to replace a current CIVE elective with a business course. BSAT 455, Management in Technological Organizations, provides an introduction to management approaches necessary in organizations specializing in engineering and technological innovations. Project management, research and development, industrial marketing and purchasing, and the organizational roles of engineers, technicians, and managers are explored. Outcome 19 – Globalization: The need for engineering solutions that have been organized, formulated, and solved within a global context are initially introduced in

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

toinclude sustainability within their design and meet set sustainability criteria (e.g., LEEDSilver, target innovation points, etc.). Additionally, students who elect to take one or moreelectives which emphasize sustainability actually gain a deeper understanding ofsustainability principles.Outcome 11 – Contemporary Issues & History: The BOK2 expects students, “drawing upona broad education, explain the impact of historical and contemporary issues on theidentification, formulation, and solution of engineering problems and explain the impact ofengineering solutions on the economy, environment, political landscape, and society.” Forthe program outcome, “explain the impact … on the identification, formulation, and solutionof engineering problems

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent A Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering

Project ResultsThe overall quality of the students‟ design projects was more than satisfactory. Students showedsignificant innovation and built a wide variety of designs, ranging from parabolic dishes, aconverted projection television utilizing the television‟s large Fresnel lens, a parabolic troughcomplete with rotisserie, and several simpler ovens built from various materials, includingcardboard boxes, mini-refrigerators, streetlights, toolboxes, and various other scavenged items.A wide variety of insulation materials were utilized, including shredded newspaper, carpeting,plastic bottles, Styrofoam, commercial spray foams, commercial fiberglass insulation, andscavenged clothes and blankets. In addition to the basic egg, many students made more

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josue Orellana, Washington State University; Fabiola Quiroa, Washington State University; Ala' Ibrahim Abu-Lail; Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University

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Biological & Agricultural

innovation andassessment at WSU who helped in designing and reviewing the in-class survey. We would like tothank Dr. James Petersen, the chair of the Gene and Linda Voiland School of ChemicalEngineering and Bioengineering at WSU for providing the money needed to purchase suppliesfor the hands-on modules. We would like to thank Mr. Bong-Jae Park for helping in setting upthe experiments and in the design of the modules. We would like to Thank Dr. Nurdan Beyenalfor her help in developing the kinetics of glucose oxidation module. Finally, we would like tothank the National Science Foundation grant EEC-0823901 for partial support of Ala ’ Abu-Lailand Josue Orellana

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christianna Irene White, Iowa State University, Institute for Transportation; David J. White, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

ScienceFoundation’s (NSF) Division for Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings for aprogram known as the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers. Myproposal, Learning through Engineering Design and Practicei, intended to provide middleschool students with in-depth experiences with engineering-related and project-basedchallenges.i This material is based upon work supported by the Learning through Engineering Design and Practice,National Science Foundation Award# 0737616, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and InformalSettings, under Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Youth-based Project.Opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the

Conference Session

Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

to reflect on the experience to promote new learning. 25 Instructional game designersaccomplish these goals by asking students to make choices in the game based on their existingunderstanding of the particular context, allowing them to see the consequences of those actions,motivating them to find the additional information needed to improve these choices (informationliteracy), and encouraging them to collaborate and learn from each other.26,27The Shortfall GameWe use the game Shortfall, developed by researchers at Northeastern University. The goal for Page 15.208.4Northeastern’s project is to create an innovative tool to educate future

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Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Baker, The University of Vermont; John Merrill, The Ohio State University; David Munoz, Colorado School of Mines

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International

community. For example, it is argued that successfultechnical innovations introduced by engineers require social development including improvedgovernance systems, training in entrepreneurship, access to credit and a supporting policyenvironment to facilitate adoption, diffusion and sustainability10. In a recent study by Richter andParetti, the authors analyzed papers presented at the 2007 American Society for EngineeringEducation conference and found 86 papers considered interdisciplinary issues12. The authorsconclude that the complexity of contemporary engineering projects require skills that go beyondthose of a single discipline and require that engineers develop expertise in interdisciplinary work.Furthermore, in a study conducted by the authors

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Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

innovations. Similarly the 1970’s and 80’s produced abody of research focused on teacher’s concerns and viewpoints, which has had a similarly lowimmediate impact on educational practice. The article suggests that the educational research lacks thesocio-political ‘authority’ to bring about systematic reform. Regardless of the reason it is clear thatresearch in the field of education has not produced a history of usefulness for educators.Our particular situation is complicated further in that we have a long time scale, one semester per year,and low numbers, 12-30 students per year. This has made it difficult to conduct true rigorous controlledexperiments. Additionally our assessments have been performed on extra-credit assignments where

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

ispossible through the proper use of instructional technology. Sound innovative? Sounds new? Notreally, these types of techniques have been used for many years at the United States MilitaryAcademy and probably at most schools at the turn of the century. Hands-on models were oncethe corner stone of every class in mechanics, but many classrooms today are only equipped witha textbook, a chalkboard (if lucky), and a computer projection system. Is this enough? No! Howcan faculty return to a style in today’s classrooms that is more conducive to student-centeredlearning? This paper will present the daily classroom activities in a basic Mechanics course (andother courses as well) that greatly improve the quality of the instruction and student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

all aspects oftechnology, the issue of the quality of undergraduate education delivered to futureengineers/educators has hardly ever been as pronounced.In this highly information technology (IT) driven era, the challenge for engineering schools and theireducators is to provide the needed brain power and innovation not only to information-basedcompanies, but also to those that operate in what we might call the “old economy”- the companiesthat make “things” rather than just move information. [1] Page 7.768.2Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Ledlow

education.He was the founding Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) in Page 7.145.15ASU's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and became director of CRESMET when itwas created out of CIEE. His interests, and those of CRESMET, center on assessment(particularly, outcomes-based assessment) of education in the sciences, mathematics, andengineering, and the appropriate use of technology in support of student learning. Page 7.145.16

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Mills

with Codes of Practice· The properties of particular materials· Factors of safety· Intuitive knowledge of structural behaviour· Experience· Engineering judgement [2]Hence successful structural design requires an engineer to possess theoretical, practical andexperiential knowledge as well as skills such as innovation, translating concepts into details, andthe ability to create designs which can be built easily and cheaply.Although design is the primary role of structural engineers, there is continued concern that it isnot properly taught or given sufficient emphasis in current university programs [e.g. 3,4]. Thetypical structural engineering specialisation within the majority of civil engineering degreeprograms involves two “streams