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Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Nicholas Saucedo, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jeffrey Richard Pribyl, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Stewart L. Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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AC 2011-1445: ENGAGED IN THERMODYNAMICS ADDRESSING THESTUDENT TO LEARNING MATERIAL INTERFACEPatrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato Patrick A. Tebbe is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator for mechanical engineering at Min- nesota State University, Mankato. He has degrees in both mechanical and nuclear engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia. He is a member of ASME, ASEE, and currently serves as a Student Branch Advisor for ASHRAE.Nicholas Saucedo, Minnesota State University MankatoJeffrey Richard Pribyl, Minnesota State University, MankatoStewart L Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato Stewart Ross, Ph.D. is the founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and

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R. Roemer, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah; Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah

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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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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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has taught a large variety of courses including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.Candace E. Mazze, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ms. Candace E. Mazze is a Research Assistant at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include curriculum design and assessment of learning. She received her master’s degree in Elementary Education from Pfeiffer University and is currently enrolled in the doctoral program in Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has prior teaching experience in private and public school systems

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Santosh Devasia, University of Washington; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Jae-Hyun Chung, University of Washington; Jiangyu Li, University of Washington; Amy Shen, University of Washington; Nathan Sniadecki, University of Washington; Junlan Wang, University of Washington

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2002-2007. Amy Shen’s research program concerns complex fluids and the processing of these fascinating materials to create morphologies and structures that can find application in the nanotechnology, biotechnology, and energy related materials. Within this broad area, her laboratory takes advantage of the coupling of complex fluid microstructures with the spatial confinement that is possible by using microfluidic flow methods, to offer exquisite morphological control of soft materials.Nathan Sniadecki, University of WashingtonJunlan Wang, University of Washington Junlan Wang has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Washington since Dec. 2008. Before joining

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Claudio Olmi, University of Houston; Bo Cao, Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory; Han Wang, University of Houston; Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Gangbing Song, University of Houston

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AC 2011-1070: A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR REMOTE LABORATORYEXPERIMENTSClaudio Olmi, University of Houston Claudio Olmi is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston. He received his B.S. and M.S. degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from the University of Houston. He specializes in System Integration of hybrid Mechanical and Electrical systems with focus on Software Programming, Analog and Digital Hardware Design, Internet Technologies for Remote Operations, Dig- ital Controls, and NI LabVIEW Programming. Olmi worked in projects using Smart Materials applied to Civil and Mechanical Structures for in laboratory and remote operations from where he published 2 journal papers

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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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selective CdTe deposition on patterned CdTe(111), Si(100), Si(211) and SOI substrates using a conventional close-spaced sublimation (CSS) technique for applications related to solar cells and infrared detectors. Her educational activities include an NSF funded Course Curriculum Laboratory Improvement grant to develop an Applied Quantum Mechanics Course for Electrical Engineers in addition to collaborations with Purdue University on an NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology grant to develop educational materials associated with the simulation of semiconductor devices using the NanoHUB.org website.Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Benjamin C. Flores joined the faculty of the University of Texas at

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Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert W. Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Justeen Olinger, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering and ElectricalEngineering at Virginia Tech initiated discussions in Spring 2009 to revise the two service ECEcourses that are required in the ME undergraduate curriculum with the goal to increase the depthand breadth of the theoretical and practical learning outcomes. As a result of these discussions,it was decided to replace the three-hour lecture course on electrical theory with a combinedlecture and laboratory course on electrical theory with an emphasis on ac circuits, whichfacilitates the application of theory into practice while enabling more advanced material to beincorporated into the second course. The ME students use the same LiaB kit that is used in thecircuits courses taken by the ECE students. The same pedagogical

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David B. Benson, Kettering University

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of one of these concepts at an early stage in a student’seducation can lead to a cascade of failures or difficulties that resonate throughout their academiccareer. Although a program of study is designed so that students entering a given class havesuccessfully completed all of the pre-requisite course material to attempt the class, student recalland understanding of prior content varies. A longitudinal study is in progress to assess studentabilities and growth in these key threads. Current research has identified and mapped a number of central content and skilltrajectories that are present in engineering education, focusing primarily on science and mathcontent/skills essential to Mechanical Engineering. Several of these key content

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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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James Boerio, University of Cincinnati; Dionysios D. Dionysiou, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Miguel Pelaez, University of Cincinnati; Mark Schulz; Christopher Huth; Vesselin N. Shanov, University of Cincinnati; Donglu Shi, University of Cincinnati

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AC 2011-620: NANOTECHNOLOGY IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL MODULESF James Boerio, University of Cincinnati F. James Boerio joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Cincin- nati in 1970. His main research interests are in surface properties of materials, surface characterization, and adhesion. He currently serves as Director of the School of Engineering Education at the University of Cincinnati.Dionysios D Dionysiou, University of Cincinnati Professor Dionysiou is currently a Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science at the University of Cincinnati. He teaches courses on drinking water quality and treatment, advanced unit operations for water

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Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Platteville

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AC 2011-746: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRODUCTION TO INFRAS-TRUCTURE COURSEMatthew W Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville MATTHEW ROBERTS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering. Dr. Roberts earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1993 then spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a civil engineering officer. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2002 and has been teaching structural engineering topics at the University of Wiscon- sinPlatteville since then.Philip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, PlattevilleMichael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville M. Keith Thompson teaches Structural Mechanics and

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Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ethan V Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Leah Rineck

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Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2003, her MS degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering from UWM in 2009 and will receive her PhD in Civil/Environmental Engineering from UWM in 2013.John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee John R. Reisel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (UWM.) He serves as Associate Director of the Center for Alternative Fuels, and co-Director of the Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. In addition to research into engineering education, his research efforts focus on combustion and energy utilization. Dr. Reisel was a 2005 recipient of the UWM Dis- tinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, the 2000 UWM-College of Engineering and Applied Science

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Janice M. Margle, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Yu-Chang Hsu, Boise State University; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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AC 2011-1340: TOYS’N MORE -INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF IN-TERVENTION STRATEGIESJanice M. Margle, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Janice M. Margle, Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State Abington, received her M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. She is Co-PI on the NSF-Sponsored Toys’n MORE grant and currently teaches introductory thermodynamics and introductory engineering design courses. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and has worked for NASA, the Navy, IBM, PPL, and private industry. She is active in promoting activities to increase the number of women and minorities in engineering and is a member of Penn State’s Women In Science and

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David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Carmen R. Zafft, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; John Sutton, RMC Research Corporation; Lance C. Pérez, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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establish an articulationagreement with each of the courses. Therefore, informal agreements exist for the ENGR 1010introductory course; an adequate substitute for major specific freshman courses. No articulationagreement has been established for ENGR 2020 Statics. In lieu of an articulation agreement,students are subject to a ‘Mechanics Readiness Exam.’ This exam allows a student todemonstrate sufficient mastery of statics in order to pursue subsequent courses. Upon successfulcompletion of the exam, credit is awarded for the course equivalent Engineering Management223. Page 22.1111.9Student Support Activities One of the intended goals of UNL

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Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

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AC 2011-105: INTRODUCTION OF MECHATRONIC TECHNOLOGY INTOCROSS-DEPARTMENT PRODUCT DESIGN CURRICULAAndy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology Professor Andy S. Zhang earned his master’s in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York in 1987 and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1995. Prior joining the Mechanical Engineering Technology department at City Tech, he served as an engineering instructor for the JUMP, an engineering training program sponsored by the New York State Department of Transportation. Professor Zhangs research area includes materials testing, composite materials, CAD/CAE, mechatronics, and engineering animation.Iem

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Katie Grantham, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ryan Arlitt, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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and assessing risk during the conceptual design phase. This riskidentification method was tested in the university’s mechanics of materials lab todetermine if it can successfully provide “engineering experience” from which thestudents can draw on to initiate their failure investigations and classifications. The stepsfor using RED to guide a failure analysis investigation, shown in Figure 3.2, are: (1)generate the functional model of the failed part, (2) select the relevant functions from thehistorical failure database, and (3) perform risk calculations. The results displayed on thefever chart and the related risk report present students with a ranking of failures thatoccurred in similar components. In the example in Figure 3.2, the fever

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Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech, Utica, New York and Mohawk Valley Community College; Robert C. Decker, Mohawk Valley Community College

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Visualization and Manipulation of Nanoscale Components Instruction for Engineering Technology Students1.0 IntroductionVisualization systems for nanoscale components can offer the opportunity to study existingstructures without the need for the facilities and equipment to fabricate them. Life-sciencesfaculty and students are well-acquainted with optical microscopy as a discovery tool for organicstructures, and materials science courses have used such systems to visualize grain structures inalloys and for other purposes. Optical microscopes1 have limitations due to physicalphenomenon in lens materials and the need for shorter wavelengths of light than discernable bythe human eye to differentiate objects of closer spacing excludes these

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Punit Deotale, Texas A&M University

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AC 2011-1996: DESIGN OF PROBLEM SOLVING ENVIRONMENT FORAUTOMATED SYSTEM INTEGRATION EDUCATIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of

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Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace En- gineering at the University of Florida. His research focuses on understanding and developing new tech- nologies (mechanical, electronic, optical, or biological) that utilize the unique capabilities of nanostruc- tured/nanoscale materials. He works in both the Machine Tool Research Center and the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology at UF. Before joining Florida, he was an Assistant Pro- fessor at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia where he was Director of VCU’s NanoManufacturing (NanoMan) lab. He received his B.S. degree (1998) in mechanical engi- neering from the University of Maryland, and his M.S

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James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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, University of Louisville Page 22.806.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementation and Assessment of Case Studies in a Freshman Engineering ProgramAbstractThis paper reports on a subset of work carried out on a project to extend the previous efforts ofimplementing and assessing case studies to twelve university partners that broaden the scope tocover all engineering disciplines, as well as the NSF Materials Digital Library. This specificassessment focuses specifically on the activities the Department of Engineering Fundamentals atthe University

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-0920574). Thanks to all thefaculty members in engineering and other colleges who have tried service-learning in theircourses as part of this program. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation.ReferencesABA. (2011). Model code of ethics. Retrieved 2011 9-January from http://www.asce.org/Content.aspx?id=8484ASCE. (2011). Policy statement. Retrieved 2011 19-January from http://www.asce.org/Content.aspx?id=8484Bringle, R., & Hatcher, J. (1995). A service-learning curriculum for faculty. Michigan Journal of CommunityService Learning , 2, 112-122.DeAngelo, L., Hurtado, S., Pryor, J. H., Kelly, K. R., &

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Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University; Lisa Stapley Randall, Arizona State University; Alison W. Smith, SRP

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the Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project, Learning through Engineering Design and Practice (2007-2011), a National Science Foundation Award# 0737616 from the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. This project is aimed at designing, implementing, and systematically studying the impact of a middle-school engineering education program.Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University John Thieken, MEd., is currently a high school mathematics teacher at the Paradise Valley School District and a doctoral student in the PhD in mathematics education at Arizona State University. He has as Bache- lor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Northern Arizona University and

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Suzanna Long, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science & Technology; Hector J. Carlo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Scott E. Grasman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning

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- MayaguezDr. Scott E. Grasman, Missouri University of Science & TechnologyAbhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology Abhijit Gosavi obtained a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of South Florida in 1999. He has an MTech and BE, both in Mechanical Engineering, from IIT Chennai and Jadavpur University, respectively. He is an assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering in Missouri S & T. His research interests are in simulation-based optimization, production management, and industrial engineering education.Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University - Pueblo Dr. Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering at

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and engineering fields. Inventories are now availableor under development in electric circuits,4 electromagnetic waves,5 fluid mechanics,6 heattransfer,7 materials engineering,8 signals and systems,9 statics,10 statistics,11 strength ofmaterials,12 and thermodynamics,13 among other fields. These Concept Inventories have beencreated using a variety of methodologies and have been subjected to varying degrees of validity,reliability, and bias testing.14In chemical engineering, the most developed instrument is the Thermal and Transport ConceptInventory (TTCI).15,16 A large Delphi study using 31 engineering professors was completed toidentify important but widely misunderstood concepts in thermal and transport science (heattransfer, thermodynamics

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AC 2011-2262: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STUDENTS’ DAILY REFLEC-TIONS ON LEARNING IN AN ENGINEERING CONTEXTMuhsin Menekse, Arizona State University Muhsin Menekse is pursuing a doctoral degree (PhD) in the Science Education program at Arizona State University concurrently with a MA degree in Measurement, Statistics and Methodological Studies. He had research experiences in the areas of conceptual change of nave ideas about science, argumentation in computer supported learning environments, and video game design to support students’ understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Muhsin is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Michelene Chi to develop and implement a classroom-based methodology with instructional materials

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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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]. Page 22.1405.3Many product dissection activities that are in use today have their roots in Professor SherriSheppard’s Mechanical Dissection course at Stanford [14-15]. Numerous engineering courses[11,13,16,21] have drawn upon the materials and activities developed for her course, which isnow almost twenty years old. These initial developments were in response to a generalagreement by U.S. industry, engineering societies, and the federal government that there hadbeen a decline in the quality of undergraduate engineering education over the previous twodecades [16-17]. As a result, there was a push towards providing both intellectual and physicalactivities (such as dissection) to anchor the knowledge and practice of engineering in the mindsof

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AC 2011-197: ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTEGRATED LEARNING EN-VIRONMENT FOR ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS: SUP-PORTING THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTY. Gene Liao, Wayne State University Y. Gene Liao received the BSME from National Central University, Taiwan, Mechanical Engineer from Columbia University, and Doctor of Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is cur- rently an Associate Professor at Wayne State University. He has over 15 years of industrial practices in the automotive sector prior to becoming a faculty member. Dr. Liao has research and teaching interests in the areas of multi-body dynamics, hybrid vehicle powertrain, and CAE applications in products development and manufacturing

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fluidtransport in passive and active mixing; 2) examination of the dependence of flow profiles on Page 22.590.4mixing mechanisms and Reynolds number regime; and 3) relating the impact of mixing toenhancements possible in heat transfer, mass transfer/separations and reactions. Examplesemployed to demonstrate these concepts through instructional materials include examination ofthe impact of roughened/machined surfaces, the presence of baffles, and oscillatory flow. Adiscussion of the static mixer-reactor connects the concepts examined in the module to thereactor design course. Flow through a smooth tube is examined and compared with flow throughthe same

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AC 2011-206: CAREER: INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON UNDER-REPRESENTED ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC AND CAREERDECISIONSJulie Martin Trenor, Clemson University Julie Martin Trenor, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research interests focus on social factors affecting the recruitment, retention, and career development of under-represented students in engi- neering. Dr. Trenor is a recent NSF CAREER award winner for her research entitled, ”Influence of Social Capital on Under-Represented Engineering Students Academic and Career Decisions

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22.1296.4biomedical engineering [3]. Bhargava et al [4] have developed a virtual torsion laboratory forteaching concepts related to torsion in different materials. Other virtual laboratories have beendeveloped for topical areas involving solid mechanics [5], fluid mechanics [6], civil engineering[7], and electrical engineering [8].Immersive virtual laboratories are an improvement over interactive virtual laboratories becausethey provide both interactivity as well as immersion that give users a sense of presence, similarto what one would encounter in physical laboratories. Examples of virtual reality labs can befound in many areas of education such as physics education [9-10], medical education [11] andengineering education [12-13]. Coupling of virtual