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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Keisha B. Walters, Mississippi State University; Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University

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NSF Grantees

Connections: Facilitating Student Integration of Chemical Engineering Concepts into a Coherent Framework," 2008 ASEE Conference Proceedings.10. CCR/NSF Discipline Wide Curriculum Workshops, “Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Education: Overview Presentation of Frontiers Initiative”, http://web.mit.edu/che- curriculum/statements/RCA_NSF_ChE_Frontiers_Overview.pdf, 19 May 2008.11. Akay, G.; Mackley, M.R.; Ramshaw, C.; “Process Intensification: Opportunities for Process and Product Innovation” IChemE, 597-606, (1997).12. Ramshaw, C and T. Winnington, “An intensified absorption heat pump.” Proc. Inst. Refrig, 85, 26-33, (1988).13. Oxley, P.; Brechtelsbauer, C.; Ricard, F.; Lewis, N.; Ramshaw, C.; “Evaluation of Spinning

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Igel, Polytechnic Insititute of New York University; Ronald Leonel Poveda, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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(AMPS). In addition, itis supported in part by the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), which is funded by theBlack Male Donor Collaborative, Brooklyn Community Foundation, J.P. Morgan ChaseFoundation, Motorola Innovation Generation Grant, NY Space Grant Consortium, XeroxFoundation, and White Cedar Fund. The authors thank the following K-12 teachers for carefulreview of lessons and assessment instruments and participation: Michael Smith, elementaryschool teacher from PS 256; Kesha Townsel, elementary school teacher from PS 5; MenakaJeypalah, middle school teacher from Urban Assembly Institute of Math & Science for YoungWomen; Noam Pillischer, high school teacher from Urban Assembly Institute of Math & Sciencefor Young Women; and

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Assessment in Engineering Graphics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

school Curriculum: Values Aims and Purposes23. Argyris, C. (1991) Teaching Smart People how to Learn. Harvard Business Review, 4, 2.24. Barlex, D. (2004). Creativity in school technology education: A chorus of voices. In H. Middleton, M. Pavlova, & D. Roebuck (Eds.), Learning for innovation in technology education (pp. 24–37) Brisbane, Australia: Centre for Learning Research, Griffith University25. Barlex, D. (2007) „Assessing capability in design and technology: the case for a minimally invasive approach‟ in Design and Technology: An international Journal, Vol 12.2, The Design and Technology Association: Wellesbourne26. Kimbell, R., Stables, K. and Green, R. (1996) Understanding Practice in Design and Technology

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ETD Design IV: Construction and Civil Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eric Nesbitt

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Engineering Technology

totalavailable credits. Fifty percent is required to achieve a silver certification, sixty percent toachieve a gold certification, and eighty percent to achieve a platinum certification. The creditsare divided into five different categories. The categories include sustainable sites, energy andatmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design.Each category has both required guidelines and flexible guidelines. For example, a project canearn credits under the sustainable sites category for providing workers with changing rooms andbicycle storage. In the indoor environmental quality category, a project can earn credits byincreasing outdoor air ventilation thirty percent above the minimum standard (Clark, 2008

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Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Gregory J. Kowalski, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

the course, itprovides an external, objective measure of whether or not a design achieved its goals.The final capstone oral presentations are evaluated by a jury consisting of alumni and industrialsponsors. The alumni are asked to evaluate experimental ability, design ability, engineeringproblem solving, communication skills, and engineering practice skills. In addition, they wereasked to name groups that were particularly successful or particularly unsuccessful, or that hadproduced innovative design features. The assessment surveys were used to determine the numberof groups considered particularly successful or unsuccessful. It was thought that a term that had alarge number of groups considered successful by the jury would indicate a cohort

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Recruitment & Retention of Women II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Women in Engineering

Page 22.263.11from American Society of Engineering Education: http://www.asee.org/member-resources/groups/divisionsAstin, A. W., Vogelgesang, L. J., Misa, K., Anderson, J., Denson, N., Jayakumar, U., et al. (2006). Understandingthe effects of service-learning: A study of students and faculty. Los Angeles, CA: Higher Education ResearchInstitute at UCLA.Astin, A., Vogelgesang, L., Ikeda, E., & Yee, J. (2000). How service learning affects students. UCLA. LA: HigherEducation Research Institute.Beering, S. C. (2010). Preparing the next generation of STEM innovators. Arlington, VA: National Science Board.Belenky, M. F., Clinchy, B. M., Goldberger, N. R., & Tarule, J. M. (1997). Women's ways of knowing: Thedevelopment of self, voice and mind

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A Global Engineer: International and Domestic Engineer

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G. Brown, The Boeing Company; Alan Jacobs, Quanser; Patricia Fox, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel R. Sayre, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hans J. Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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International

contributor to ASEE’s ”Advancing the Scholarship of Engineering Education: A Year of Dialogue.” Alan was previously a member of the ASEE International Strategic Planning Task Force, the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) Executive Committee and General Motors’ Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education Core Team. Alan has spent his professional career committed to helping colleges and universities gain enhanced access to teaching tools and to advancing the learning opportunities available to their students. By managing and growing innovative education initiatives for technology companies, Alan has provided programs and resources to assist institutions of higher

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marie A. Boyette, FLATE

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NSF Grantees

pinnate often digress into standalone activities inscience or mathematics with peripheral lip service to engineering and a blind use of a technology(usually a software package) as the T&E elements. Such digressions may certainly strengthenscience and math skills, but such a silo based approach does not represent much of an innovation Page 22.282.2in education and does very little to help students grasp that connection to engineering andtechnology.FLATE’s robotics camp provides an environment for participants which blends science andmathematics seamlessly into the camp's theme: “technology is more fun when you actually knowwhat is going on

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John P. O'Connell, University of Virginia; Jeffrey John Chalmers, Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering

article also listed biotechnology as one of the sectors Page 22.289.2driving innovation in the chemical industry, along with micro- and nanotechnology andalternative energy. It is known that the traditional chemical industries house research anddevelopment groups that focus on the life sciences as potential process strategies. Most notably,these industries include several major chemical producers[2]. DuPont has developed andcommercialized a process together with Tate & Lyle for the production of 1,3 propanediol formaking SoronaTM polymer. DuPont has also entered a new joint venture with Genencor for theproduction of cellulose-based ethanol

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High School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly B Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Jane A. Petrus, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

individual teachers and administrators in schoolsystems throughout our region is the most critical component to all of our TechSTEP K12efforts. Our initial TechSTEP program laid the groundwork for building trust among the K12partners. This close collaboration gives school systems a greater confidence for allowinguniversity faculty to implement new, rigorous, and innovative programs with the teachers andstudents. Page 22.304.4The Launching Into Engineering project is one of several projects under the TechSTEP umbrella.This project, along with others under the same program generated enough interest amongregional teachers and students that a summer camp

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan F. Arratia, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico; Martina Y. Trucco, Hewlett-Packard Labs; Luis F. Font, Ana G. Mendez University System

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-557: CARIBBEAN COMPUTING CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE:BUILDING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SKILLS, CHANGING PER-CEPTIONS OF POST-GRADUATE STUDYDr. Juan F. ArratiaMartina Y. Trucco, HP Labs Martina Y. Trucco is responsible for research strategy and portfolio management at HP Labs, HP’s global corporate research lab. Previously, she worked in HP Labs’ Open Innovation Office and University Re- lations office, leading development of strategic university, commercial and government collaboration ac- tivities in the Latin America region, as well as creative and marketing activities for the team. She is passionate about education and technology, and a believer in the power of partnerships between industry, academia and

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Core Concepts, Standards, and Policy in K-12 Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian D. Gane, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

library. These units,created by engineering graduate students and reviewed by engineering faculty, are user-friendlymaterials for K-12 teachers, designed to impact K-12 student’ science and mathematicsknowledge and their awareness of engineering as a possible career 20. The designers have shownsignificantly higher learning gains in experimental groups using the ITL Program materialscompared with control classrooms. The vision statement of the ITL Program, adapted from theNational Academy of Engineering and National Research Council, is ―To create a K-12 learningcommunity in which students, K-12 teachers and the College of Engineering and Applied Scienceexplore, through hands-on doing, the role of engineering and innovation in everyday life. And

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Assessing Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn Purchase, U.S. Military Academy; Christopher Thomas Duling, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1146: DAILY REVIEW QUIZZES A HINDRANCE OR A HELP?James E Bluman, U.S. Military Academy Major James Bluman is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical En- gineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has served the United States Army for the last 12 years as an officer and Army Aviator. He is a graduate of West Point (BS in Mechanical Engineering) and The Pennsylvania State University (MS in Aerospace Engineering). Major Bluman’s re- search interests are in swashplateless and conventional helicopter rotor dynamics and innovative teaching methods.Kathryn Purchase, United States Military Academy Major Kathryn Purchase is currently an Instructor in the

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

protocol tobenefit students for the following year, and occasionally a unique project borne of studentinnovation.Spring QuarterSenior project teams formed mid-winter persist through the spring. Teams consist of 2 to 4students. These projects feature a tremendous diversity of experimental situations. Projects areconducted in faculty research laboratories, in designated senior laboratory space, and in externallaboratories (e.g. local companies, etc.). Projects usually require innovation, device design andconstruction. There is no scheduled laboratory component; Students manage their own time.Senior project topics from 2010 are listed in Table 2. Seven of these were in partnership withlocal industry and several of them were sponsored financially. It

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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NSF Grantees

Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Page 22.458.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Developing Inquiry-based Nanobiotechnology Laboratory Experience for Sophomores Abstract: Nanobiotechnology is a new field that probes the intersection of nanomaterials withbiological molecules and cells. Innovations in nanobiotechnology are driving new medical andindustrial applications, including targeted drug delivery, clinical diagnostics, imaging, sensing,tissue engineering, and self-assembly of functional materials. While undergraduate studentshave no

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Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Changho Nam, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Aerospace

successfullytest a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with real-time video surveillance capabilities. Theproject was a capstone project within the Mechanical Engineering Technology at Arizona StateUniversity. The student team was composed of seven students. So, the work presented belowwas accomplished by a relatively small group of students and stretched their skill set in a numberof ways.Within the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, the senior Page 22.481.2capstone project is a two semester, six credits total, experience for the engineering andengineering technology students. In these capstone projects, the students are

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Students' Abilities and Attitudes

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi J Shryock, Texas A&M University; arun r srinivasa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Mathematics

Neal Report and the willingness of the Federal Government to support Page 22.238.3National Science Foundation (NSF) grants for innovation in undergraduate STEM education,NSF initiated several major initiatives to promote new STEM curricula. One initiative was theCalculus Reform Movement8. According to studies funded during the movement, students feltmore positive about calculus and perceived they were better prepared9,10,11,12. However, littledata has been generated to support assertions that reform efforts have had a significant impact ondownstream engineering courses13,14. Manseur, Ieta, and Manseur15 reported that little progresshas been

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1999 Annual Conference

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J. Elaine Seat; Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

@utk.eduJ. ROGER PARSONSRoger is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tennessee (UT). He received his degrees fromthe University of Illinois, Carnegie -Mellon University and North Carolina State University, all in MechanicalEngineering. At UT since 1979, he teaches and conducts research in energy systems and innovation in the designprocess. Email: jparsons@utk.eduELAINE SEATElaine is a NSF Visiting Professor working to establish the team facilitation courses to teach teaming andperformance skills to engineering students. She received BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and thePh.D. in Education specializing in Human Motor Behavior/Performance Psychology from the University ofTennessee. Email: seat@utk.eduFRED WEBERFred

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1999 Annual Conference

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Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

activities and visualization in courses traditionally containing none of these. The approach used to implement these innovations into a sophomore level dynamics course is described. A discussion of the most significant issues and hurdles encountered during this implementation is included so as to assist other educators in designing learning environments like the one pre- sented here.1 IntroductionEngineering graduates are increasingly required to become immediately productive in the work-place without the on-the-job training that was typical of recent decades. Among other things, thisrequires the development of team skills along with a high level of computer literacy. These skillshave not only been considered more and more important

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1999 Annual Conference

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Zenaida O. Keil; Robert P. Hesketh; James A. Newell; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

prepared a one page "advertisement" describing the advantages of their vehicle,listing the vehicle’s (and the young scholar’s) name, etc. These advertisements were displayedalongside each car. The judges for the design competition were the TA’s. Each TA received ascore sheet with a set of criteria on which to evaluate the cars. These criteria included overallappearance, safety (of the doll passengers), innovation, and technical features (such as multi-speed drivetrains, etc.). The judges also voted for a special category, sort of an "against all odds"category for some of the young scholars who, despite the best of intentions, did not fare too wellin the other phases of the competition.The "tradeoff" aspect of engineering design, introduced in the

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1999 Annual Conference

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Anthony J. Muscat

with each student several times over the span of a semester,and to guide students interactively. The average scores on exam problems that required higherlevel thinking skills was 70-80% which is in the same range as the average scores onknowledge-based problems. The exam results provide some measure that higher level thinkingskills were improved.I. IntroductionThere are several innovative techniques at various stages of development to improve the level ofinstruction and the involvement of students in engineering education. Many of these techniquesare summarized in the excellent text entitled “Teaching Engineering” by Wankat and Oreovicz 1.Many of the latest experiments and results with these techniques in engineering can be found inthe

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1999 Annual Conference

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Anthony Brizendine; Laora E. Dauberman-Brizendine

, namely: a. requires a high level of disciplinary expertise, b. is innovative, c. can be replicated, d. can be documented, e. can be peer evaluated, and f. has significance.For comparison, Boyer (1990) had previously identified six criteria by which to judge goodscholarship, namely: a. knowledge it reflects, b. clearly-defined objectives, c. appropriate methods, d. creative use of resources, e. effective communication, and f. significant results.It occurs to the authors of this paper that scholarly activity that merely meets a majority ofBoyer’s or Diamond’s criteria represents a valuable contribution to higher education and society.Scholarship in

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1999 Annual Conference

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Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

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1999 Annual Conference

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Anant Kukreti

described in thispaper were presented at the Thirty-first Midwest Section ASEE Conference, held at Tulsa,Oklahoma on April 10-12, 1996. Page 4.570.12ANANT R. KUKRETIAnant R. Kukreti is a professor of Civil Engineering and Acting Director of the School of Civil Engineering andEnvironmental Science at University of Oklahoma. He has won numerous teaching awards, which include theBurlington Northern Foundation Teaching Award, Regents Award for Superior Teaching, ASEE Midwest SectionOutstanding Teaching Award, and the ASEE Fluke Corporation Award for Innovation in Laboratory Instruction

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1999 Annual Conference

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Russell D. Meier

group. Yes, retention increases because the normal down times during apassive lecture are eliminated; students are more actively thinking about the material throughoutthe lecture rather than just taking notes. And yes, average student grades increased in CprE 301when compared against the grades of students from previous semesters when I had not usedactive learning exercises. Plus, I feel really good when my students finish the course with muchhigher critical thinking skills that when they had entered. With all of these yes answers, howdoes the no figure in? Well, after almost 400 students now, I have only had three studentsapproach me in my office. One said, “I really think what you are doing is innovative and great,but I just can’t learn this

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2000 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper

will have no reasonnot to want to donate to you. The big moment has now arrived. Tell them that in addition to yourconsulting work, you teach at XYX college and are starting a new and innovative laboratory inthe area of “name your lab’s area”. This laboratory will use state-of-the-art equipment such asthe type that this company manufactures. Explain that you are currently partnering with industryto build this laboratory and have been considerably successful with other similar companies thusfar.You must now demonstrate great excitement about the prospect of using equipment from thisvendor’s company. You must then explain how a donation will benefit their company. This isthe most important part of your dialog, since now that this company

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1998 Annual Conference

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Lia F. Arthur; Irem Y. Tumer

colored marbles in several clear glass tubesshowed qualitatively the process of fixed bed adsorption with or without mass transferlimitations.I also wanted to explore some other innovative teaching techniques. For one of my topics,Instructional Objectives were handed out outlining exactly what information and details thestudents were expected to master during that module. The students responded positively bytelling me that it was nice to know what key points they should be concentrating on8,10. I alsomade an attempt to increase cooperative learning within the classroom, by having the students dosmall group work5. This was somewhat unsuccessful for several reasons. As I was new atimplementing this technique, I had a difficult time finding

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Integrating Engineering Ethics into the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar Puri, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

. A spiral curriculum approach is adopted to reformulate engineering curriculum in bioprocess engineering in this project. He co-authored an award winning paper with his student Dr. Jennifer Mullin, first PhD graduate in EngE, and others at the 2007 annual conference of ASEE. He received the College of Engineering (CoE) Faculty Fellow award in 2008 and is selected to receive the W.S. ‘Pete’ White Innovation in Engineering Education Award in 2010 from the CoE.Ishwar Puri, Virginia Tech Ishwar K. Puri is Professor and Department Head of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) at Virginia Tech. He obtained his Ph.D. (1987), and M.S. (1984) degrees in Engineering Science (Applied

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Retaining Women Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

University of Washington. She is an Affiliate Professor in Human-Centered Design & Engineering in the College of Engineering and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Women Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington. Suzanne’s research has focused on issues of recruitment, retention and advancement of women of all ethnicities in engineering, science and the workforce.Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology Susan Staffin Metz is the senior advisor for the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology. As a founder and president (1997 – 2002) of WEPAN, Women in Engineering Proactive Network, Susan has worked

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Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Pembridge, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

, Teaching Expertise, and the Scholarship of Teaching." Innovative Higher Education, 2002. 27(1): p. 5-23.6. Palmer, D.J., et al., "Identifying Teacher Expertise: An Examination of Researchers' Decision Making." Educational Psychologist, 2005. 40(1): p. 13-25.7. Schempp, P.G. and S.W. Johnson, "Learning to See: Developing the Perception of an Expert Teacher." Journal of Physical, 2006. 77 (6): p. 29-33.8. Smith, T.W. and D. Strahan, "Toward a Prototype of Expertise in Teaching: A Descriptive Case Study." Journal of Teacher Education, 2004. 55(4): p. 357-371.9. Traianou, A., "Understanding Teacher Expertise in Primary Science: A Sociocultural Approach." Research Papers in Education, 2006. 21(1): p. 63-78.10