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Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Nur Ozge Ozaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

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AC 2011-1729: UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNICAL ENTREPRENEUR-SHIP LANDSCAPE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONMary 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

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Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University

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interests are focused on improving construction management education.Sondra M Miller, Boise State UniversityRoss A. Perkins, Boise State University Dr. Perkins teaches course in instructional design, evaluation, and international perspectives in BSU’s Department of Educational Technology, where he has been an assistant professor since 2008. His research interests include STEM education, diffusion of innovation studies, and distance learning. Perkins received his doctorate in instructional systems design at Virginia Tech. Page 22.295.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

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Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Andrea Marta Eller, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University; Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University

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AC 2011-1926: DEVELOPING A MATERIALS COURSE TEACHING TOOLKIT TO PROMOTE EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE CLASS-ROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSStephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is cur- rently conducting

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James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David J. Elton, Auburn University; Kirk Vandersall, Arroyo Research Services

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AC 2011-2384: INCORPORATING VARIOUS LEARNING STYLES IN AGEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORYJames L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering DepartmentDavid J. Elton, Ph.D., P.E., S.M., Auburn University Dr. Elton is a professor of Civil Engineering at Auburn University. He has taught geotechnical courses for over 25 years.Kirk Vandersall, Arroyo Research Services Managing Director of Arroyo Research Services. Vandersall has over 20 years of experience in leading evaluations and policy studies at the federal, state and local levels, and providing a range of profes- sional services for education organizations. STEM-related work includes current projects funded by

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Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Terri Tarr, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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Page 22.1498.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning in Improvement of Undergraduate Engineering EducationAbstractMany higher education institutions have a Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) whosemission is to advance teaching excellence, foster innovation, and translate educational researchinto practice. However, those Centers may be underutilized by the faculty and schools theyserve. This poster will report recommendations coming from an NSF-funded workshop “TheRole of Centers for Teaching and Learning in Improvement of Undergraduate EngineeringEducation.” The two-day CTL/Engineering Education workshop brought together

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Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Drew Borresen, Boise State University

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AC 2011-1091: ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH TO PRACTICE(E2R2P)Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University Steven W. Villachica, PhD, CPT, is an Associate Professor of Instructional and Performance Technology (IPT) at Boise State. His research interests focus on leveraging expertise in the workplace. A frequent conference presenter and author, Steve co-authored a chapters on cognitive task analysis and performance support systems that appears in the Handbook of Human Performance Technology and the Handbook of Training and Improving Workplace Performance: Volume 1. Instructional Design and Training Deliv- ery. A certified performance technologist, he completed his doctorate in educational technology at the

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Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; John C. Lusth, University of Alabama; Sushma Kotru, University of Alabama

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., degrees in Physics from the University of Kashmir, India. She received her M. Phil and Ph.D. degrees (Solid State Physics) from Jammu University, India. Dr. Kotru worked as a Post Doctoral Research Associate at NSF-Center for Electronic Materials, Devices and Sys- tems, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (1996-1998). Currently Dr. Kotru is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Dr. Kotru has authored or co-authored 45 referred papers and presented 87 conference papers. Dr. Kotru’s research has been funded from DOD, NSF, ARO, NASA and FAA. Her research interests include thin film oxide materials, emphasis being on ferroelectric &

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Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; David S. Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Candace E. Mazze, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Paper ID #2108Research in Progress: Transforming and Integrating: Evolving ConstructionMaterials & Methods to the Next LevelChung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Chung-Suk Cho is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. His teaching and research focus on project scope definition, pre-project planning, sustainable construction, project administration, construction safety, construction simulation, and project management. He has prior teaching experience at North Carolina A&T State University in construction management and

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder

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- ucation at the Colorado School of Mines where he has taught chemical engineering and interdisciplinary courses and conducted engineering education research for the past 25 years. Dr. Miller has received three university-wide teaching awards and has held a Jenni teaching fellowship at CSM. He has received grant awards for education research from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education FIPSE program, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and has published widely in the engineering education literature. His research interests include measuring and repairing engineering student misconceptions in thermal and transport science.Dr. John L. Falconer P.E

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas

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AC 2011-507: CERTIFICATE/CONCENTRATION IN ENGINEERING FORP-12 EDUCATORSAnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas AnnMarie Thomas is an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, and co- director of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education. Her teaching and research focus on Engineering Design and K-12 Engineering Education. Prior to her appointment at UST, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design.Jan B. Hansen, Ph.D., University of Saint Thomas Jan B. Hansen is co-director of the Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education at the University of St. Thomas. Her current interests as an educational psychologist focus on outreach through the nonprofit

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Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah A. Moore-Russo, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Omar M. Ashour, Pennsylvania State University ; Timothy W. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Wei Chen, Northwestern University

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Arizona State University (ASU). Prior to joining ASU she served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education and was on the faculty of the Segal Design Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. Dr. McKenna’s research focuses on understanding the cognitive and social processes of design, design teaching and learning, the role of adaptive expertise in design and innovation, the impact and diffusion of education innovations, and teaching approaches of engineering faculty. Dr. McKenna received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.Wei Chen

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Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park; Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso

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AC 2011-1356: AN INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPACT OF THE DESIGNPROBLEM IN IDEATION EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCHGul E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Gul Kremer is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Industrial Engineering at the Pennsylva- nia State University. She received her Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Rolla in Engineering Manage- ment and Systems Engineering. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems and enhancing creativity in engineering design settings. Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University

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specializes in physical and chemical remediation processes for water and soils. Her educational research focuses on improving Engineering Education for minority and female students. Prior to joining North Carolina A&T State University, she was a private consultant at two consulting firms specializing in chemical oxidation remediation for soil and water remediation. Page 22.848.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Incorporating Problem Based Learning and Case Studies in Lab Courses: Student Perceptions and Educational Benefits for this Teaching Pedagogy During the fall and

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; William J Calvo, Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program, Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)

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and sustainable engineering.C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a professor of chemical engineering and founding chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at Rowan University. He has an extensive research and teaching background in separation process technology with a particular focus on membrane separation process research, development and design for green engineering, pharmaceuticals and consumer products. He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. in chemical and biochemical engineering from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rowan University he was a professor at Manhattan College.Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan UniversityWilliam J. Calvo, Ph.D., Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program, Stony

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Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Mo Zhang, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patrick D. Pedrow, Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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AC 2011-775: A DIRECT METHOD FOR TEACHING AND MEASURINGENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: A VALIDITY STUDYAshley Ater Kranov, Washington State University Dr. Ater Kranov is Director of Educational Innovation and Assessment for the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University, USA. She is affiliated assistant professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science where she co-teaches the 2-semester senior design capstone sequence. Dr. Ater Kranov is a leader in university and community internationalization efforts, including developing and assessing global competencies in faculty, staff, and students. The paper describing her collaborative work with faculty in the WSU

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Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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AC 2011-2481: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERS ENGAGING AND RE-FLECTING IN A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SIMULATIONCynthia M. D’Angelo, University of Wisconsin - Madison Cynthia D’Angelo, Ph.D. has a background in physics and science education. She has always been inter- ested in improving science instruction and most recently, using simulations and games to help facilitate learning. Among other things, she is interested in how students make use of multimedia representations of scientific concepts in games. She is currently the research director for the Epistemic Games Group at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi C. Chesler is an Associate Professor of Biomedical

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Sushil K. Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University; Kaustubh A. Dharwadkar

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AC 2011-742: SIMULATION AND VISUALIZATION ENHANCED ENGI-NEERING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OFVIRTUAL EXPERIMENTS IN A LABORATORY COURSESushil K. Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University Dr Sushil Chaturvedi is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Old Dominion University. His teaching and research interests are in the area of engineering eduaction and renewable energy conversion and conservation.Kaustubh A. Dharwadkar Page 22.1296.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Simulation and Visualization Enhanced Engineering Education – Development and

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informal) whendescribing their solutions to signals and systems problems and how language use is related tostudents’ understanding of the material. This study extends that work by examining students’interests and perceptions of electrical engineering in relationship to their understanding of thecourse content.In this study, we consider the following two research questions. First, what are students’ long-term interests in engineering? In particular, what are their plans following graduation with a BSin electrical engineering? Second, how do students’ interests in engineering relate to theirunderstanding and learning of the content? We focus on the signals and systems area withinelectrical engineering. The signals and systems class we study is an

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Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

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, 1999; Hutchison-Green, Follman and Bodner, 2008; Hutchison et al., 2006). Our goal isto develop two instruments to assess the student learning and attitudinal outcomes resulting frominnovations in content and teaching methodology in our first year calculus courses for engineers.The instruments will be designed to gather data on 1) students’ abilities to apply mathematics torepresent physical quantities and relationships, both before and after their participation in theproblem-solving workshops; and 2) students’ confidence in their abilities to use mathematics tosolve problems and to succeed in the engineering curriculum, both before and after theirparticipation in the problem-solving workshops.The need for research on, and development of

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Morgan M Hynes, Tufts University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Chris Rogers, Tufts University; Megan Kiely Mueller, Tufts University; Xaver Neumeyer, Northwestern University; Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University

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AC 2011-1689: THE ROLE OF INTENTIONAL SELF-REGULATION INACHIEVEMENT IN ENGINEERINGMorgan M Hynes, Tufts UniversityAnn F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Ann McKenna is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering in the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU). Prior to joining ASU she served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education and was on the faculty of the Segal Design Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. Dr. McKenna’s research focuses on understanding the cognitive and social processes of design, design teaching and learning, the role of adaptive

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J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Naima Kaabouch, Electrical Engineering Department, University of North Dakota

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in calculus has lead to a diversity of work on how to improve engineering studentpersistence and learning in calculus.A commonly researched method is the creation of a calculus course with significant engineeringcontent used to underscore the applicability of topics covered to solving engineering problems.This can be accomplished through the creation of a separate, specialized calculus course taughtby engineers16, a engineering course that must be taken in conjunction with calculus6, or a courseshared by engineering and mathmatics17. Teaching such courses is difficult because manyinstitutions subscribe to the philosophy that only the mathematics department should teachcalculus and a lack of policies regarding course sharing. Also

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Janet H. Murray, Georgia Tech; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell

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. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech.Her research focuses on understanding learning in interdisci- plines towards designing educational environments that develop integrative problem solving.Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of EngineeringJohn D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology John Leonard is Associate Dean for Finance and Administration with the College of Engineering and Associate Professor with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.Dr. Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell Page 22.934.1 c

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, R.L. II, He, X., Franklin, T. and Wang, Shuyan. (2007). Haptics-Augmented EngineeringMechanics Educational Tools. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 6 (1), 1-4.9. Sitti and Hashimoto (2003). Teleoperated Touch Feedback from the Surfaces at the Nanoscale:Modelling and Experiments. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 8 (1), 1-10. Jones, M.G., et al. (2003). Learning at the Nanoscale : The Impact of Students’ Use of RemoteMicroscopy on Concepts of Viruses, Scale, and Microscopy. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40(2), 303-322.11. Jones, M.G., et al., (2005). Haptic Augmentation of Science Instruction : Does Touch Matter? In G.J.Kelley and R.E. Mayer (eds.) Learning. pp. 111-123.12. Squire, K. (2002

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Yi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Shubo Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur B. Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

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AC 2011-644: A CASE STUDY ON PILL-SIZED ROBOT IN GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT TO TEACH ROBOT PROGRAMMING AND NAV-IGATIONYi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology Yi Guo received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an University of Tech- nology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. She obtained the Ph.D. degree from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1999. From 2000 to 2002, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida from 2002 to 2005. Since 2005, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Her main research

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Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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education, approached from the perspective of Human Constructivism. She has been involved in collabo- rative research projects focused on conceptual learning in chemistry, seismology, and chemical engineer- ing.Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Ronald L. Miller is professor of chemical engineering and Director of the Center for Engineering Ed- ucation at the Colorado School of Mines where he has taught chemical engineering and interdisciplinary courses and conducted engineering education research for the past 25 years. Dr. Miller has received three university-wide teaching awards and has held a Jenni teaching fellowship at CSM. He has received grant awards for education research from the National Science

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areas with poor usability. Initial improvements to theinterface were made based upon feedback from the questionnaire. Page 22.652.2 1. INTRODUCTION The goal of this research project is to test usability of the Risk in Early Design(RED) application when used as an expert knowledge source for tasks previously thoughtto require engineering experience. As technology progresses, it is critical that educationalefforts focus on preparing students to build on the new developments, rather thancontinuously teaching them to “reinvent the wheel.” The teaching of new technology isnot limited to the integration of novel

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AC 2011-2282: A SPIRAL LEARNING CURRICULUM FOR SECOND YEARSTUDENTS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDr. R. Roemer, University of UtahDebra J. Mascaro, University of Utah Debra J. Mascaro is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She holds a B.A. in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She teaches freshman design and senior-/graduate-level classes in microscale engineering and organic electronics.Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah Eric Pardyjak is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. He received his B.S

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Stella A Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas, El Paso; B. Lush, University of Texas, El Paso; Gabriel Della-Piana, Evaluation Consultant ; Denise Carrejo, Ph.D., University of Texas, El Paso Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research, and Planning

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AC 2011-1904: NSF CCLI: AN APPLIED QUANTUM MECHANICS COURSEALIGNED WITH THE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMStella A Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Stella Quiones is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where she has been a faculty member for the past 13 years. She is the Forest O. and Henrietta Lewis Professor in Electrical Engineering and is a 2010 UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award recipient. Dr. Quinones was also selected as an innovative early-career engineering faculty to participate in the Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium in Dec. 2010. Her current research areas include planar and nano-scale

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Mrinal C. Saha, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Bipul Barua, University of Oklahoma; Christof Heisser, MAGMA Foundry Technologies, Inc.; Shaiful M. Arif, University of Oklahoma

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AC 2011-937: INTERACTIVE SCENARIO BASED TEACHING OF METALCASTING PROCESSMrinal C. Saha, University of Oklahoma Dr. Saha is currently serving the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of processing, character- ization, and modeling of advanced composites, sandwich structures, thin films, advanced cellular mate- rials, synthesis and applications of nanomaterials for hybrid multifunctional materials and structures. He has published over 25 peer-reviewed journals and over 60 conference papers. Dr. Saha has organized several technical sessions in the area of nanocomposites in various national and international

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Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University; Allison Neyer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Don Brian Murphy, Loyola Marymount University; Robert Quinlan Thames

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AC 2011-2080: ENGAGING STUDENTS IN STEM EDUCATION THROUGHA VIRTUAL LEARNING LABStephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University Stephanie August is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Elec- trical Engineering and Computer Science at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. She teaches courses in artificial intelligence, database management systems, and software engineering. Her research interests include cognitive science applications of artificial intelligence including interdisciplinary new media applications, natural language understanding, argumentation, and analogical reasoning. She has several publications in these areas. Dr. August is actively involved in the