Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 13.723.2teaching courses on the product development process for more than a dozen years. A key aspectof our product development courses is that they are project based9-11. It has become clear to theauthors that additional focus on tools/processes related to innovation and creativity is warranted.Over time, the authors have been exposed to a variety of creativity exercises through conferenceworkshops or industrial training sessions. Though inspiring in many ways, the authors felt thatthere was room for exercises with more distinct ‘morals’ or ‘teaching points’ which wouldprovide a deeper understanding of typical roadblocks to creative thinking and provide concrete,conscious ways in which an engineer looking to innovate can break down some

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faik Karatas, Purdue University; Amy Micklos, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-1731: SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS’ IMAGES OF ENGINEERING: WHATDO ENGINEERS DO?Faik Karatas, Purdue UniversityAmy Micklos, Purdue UniversityGeorge Bodner, Purdue University Page 13.1083.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Sixth Grade Students’ Images of Engineering: What Do Engineers Do?AbstractThere has been a growing interest in teaching engineering in the K-12 context. It is thereforesomewhat surprising to find that there have been few investigations on students’ views ofengineering and the nature of engineering (VNOE) at this level. This project is based on theassumption that understanding students’ VNOE has as much

Conference Session

Venturing Out: Service Learning, Study Abroad, and Criterion H

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ollis, North Carolina State University; Anthony Smith, CPE-LYON FRANCE

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Liberal Education

calendar Twenty three foreign students, including four chemical engineers from our UScampus, and three others from Purdue, among a total of 20 US students, arrived on June6, 2007, and were housed in student dorms located near ECAM, one of the fourparticipating colleges in Lyon. The class calendar (Table 2) indicates parallel delivery ofFrench instruction (12 classes totaling 36 contact hours) and chemistry/engineeringlaboratory involving 57 contact hours ( 9 experiments in 13 labs of various lengths(usually 3 or 4 hours) and a final day long project of 7 hours).Table 2Program calendar Morning(3 hrs) Afternoon(4 hrs)_______________________________________________________________________Wed June 6 Arrive ECAM

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

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Civil Engineering

engineering technology. He teaches six credits per term, and because of his industrial experience, is actively involved in advising senior capstone design projects. A good working relationship between a full-time tenured faculty member and the engineers at the state transportation agency has resulted in retired engineers from the agency serving as adjunct faculty for specialized technical courses such as Transportation, Highway Surveying and Design, and Pavement Design and Management, while the full time faculty member was on a family medical leave absence.3. Provide office and administrative support for adjunct faculty For adjunct faculty to be successful, they need the support of the department.15 This

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristi Shryock, Texas A&M University; Helen Reed, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

to develop performance criteria for thedifferent outcomes was the Engineering Education Assessment Methodologies and CurriculaInnovation project, a National Science Foundation joint project.4After going through this process, faculty within the department have a much better idea of whatwe are trying to achieve, and we feel we have taken the ambiguity out for the students as wellwhen we assess the outcomes. It does take some undertaking and a little time. It may takeseveral iterations to formulate a set of performance criteria for each outcome, but the energiesspent will be well worth it as everyone will have a clear definition of the outcomes. It is helpfulto have a smaller group develop the performance criteria and then obtain feedback from

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thuy Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin; William O'Brien, University of Texas at Austin

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2415: TECHNOLOGY SKILL ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONSTUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERSThuy Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin Thuy Nguyen is a research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin. She is pursuing her PhD studies in the program of Construction Engineering and Project Management. Her research interests include project management, instructional design, human resource management and educational psychology.Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The FIC’s mission is to provide faculty with effective instructional tools and

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vijay Renganathan, Institute of International Education; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peggy Blumenthal, Institute of International Education; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University

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International

of their different nature in different cultural contexts.7Government-Initiated Study Abroad as a Mechanism to Develop GlobalCompetenceThere have been, over the past century, many efforts to use study abroad to expandglobal competence of American students. Government efforts generally have beenfield-neutral. Most prominent among these is the Fulbright Program, created in 1947and administered by IIE on behalf of the US Department of State. As a broad field-neutral program, it has become largely a vehicle for US students in the humanities andsocial sciences to obtain a global perspective. In the past three application cycles forthe US Student Fulbright Program (for graduate-level projects and teachingassistantships), 8.2 % of applicants, and

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renata Gorska, Cracow University of Technology; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

was 0.64 which is within the acceptable rangefor test reliability.TEST OF SPATIAL IMAGINATION (TPS)The “Test of Space Imagination” was developed by Zuzana Juščáková from the Technical University of Košice(Slovakia) as part of a VEGA project (No 1/1407/04), granted by the Slovak Ministry of Education in 2004. TPS wasdeveloped based on an earlier TPP test (a testing instrument that was used as a measure of spatial ability of engineeringstudents at a number of Slovak, Polish, and Czech Schools). The test consists of three distinct parts: Subtest 1, Subtest 2and Subtest 3. Each of the parts of the test consists of 10 items. Solution times are 13 minutes for Subtest 1 and Subtest 2,and 8 minutes for Subtest 3. In the TPS test, the component of

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Zieren, Austin Peay State University; John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

community about technology. Again, case studies can demonstrate howpeople have been effective in controlling or even stopping a technological project ordevelopment that seemed to the technological determinist to be unstoppable. Also, the coursecan give examples where societal concerns hindered development of a desirable technology.To adapt the course to focus on technological literacy, topics for in-depth discussion should beselected to focus on specific aspects of technological literacy. One option is for the overviewsection to be extended to reach the present, and then certain topics would be singled out for moreattention. The technology of pesticides, notably DDT, could be used as a case study of aninitially accepted technological development

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

TK Beam, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Jamie Constantz, James Madison University; Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech; Robin Anderson, James Madison University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-993: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON FRESHMEN ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR RECRUITMENTAND RETENTIONTK Beam, James Madison University TK Beam is a first year graduate student in the School Psychology program at James Madison University. Prior to her graduate education, she graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in psychology. She currently serves as a graduate assistant to Dr. Olga Pierrakos working on an NSF funded BRIGE project investigating engineering identity.Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University OLGA PIERRAKOS is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda O'Neill, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jessica McCormick, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Matthew Steinkamp, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patricia Fox, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Rachel Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Steven Brown, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Brandon Medcalf, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nathaniel Greene, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Graduate Studies

don’t take the time Page 14.1254.2to participate in the evaluation process.As students ourselves, the researchers on this project, were interested to see if a higher responserate would be given if the assessment mechanism was administered by a peer. The data gatheredclosely followed the model used by school administration, in order to have a reliable comparison.The responses to the student administered survey were analyzed to determine what areas studentshave the most concern in. Quantitative results will be given to administration and studentgovernance organizations, at the conclusion of the analysis, in an effort to demonstrate a

Conference Session

Computer Applications in Energy Conversion

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere and Company

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

thus the students are given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with theoperation of software packages that most likely they will use after they join the workforce. Asubstantial portion of the classroom projects in engineering technology curriculum that requirethe use of advanced software tools has been increased in many higher institutions for bothundergraduate and graduate levels.Emerging virtual applications may enhance understanding both theoretical and appliedexperiences of engineering technology students by supporting laboratory experiments. Easy5,AMESim are some of the well known system modeling, analyzing, and simulation software toolsthat offer solutions to many problems in mechanical, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Pasha Antonenko, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca Damron, Oklahoma State University; Susan Stansberry, Oklahoma State University; Gayla Hudson, Oklahoma State University; Jean Dockers, Oklahoma State University; Alonzo Peterson, Langston University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

thinking and creativity in engineering students and teaching science to education professionals. Dr. High is a trainer for Project Lead the Way pre-Engineering. She initiated an engineering program at Stillwater Middle School. In the summer of 2008, Dr. High was part of a professional development workshop for 80 Northeast Oklahoma middle level teachers to develop integrated engineering curriculum.Pasha Antonenko, Oklahoma State University PAVLO (PASHA) ANTONENKO holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in English and German philology from Nizhyn State University, Ukraine, and a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology and Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University (2007). Dr. Antonenko is an Assistant

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Hochstein, University of Memphis; Shelia Moses, University of Memphis; Daphne Jones, Memphis City Schools

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

recruit from the local labor supply. But,evidence indicates efforts must be made locally to encourage young people to enter into technicalcareers.A recent study performed for the Memphis Regional Economic Development Council reported ahidden labor supply of 532,090 workers in the metropolitan area.5 The report states thatMemphis is facing several key challenges: ≠ African-Americans are under-represented in high-tech occupations ≠ Gaps exist between education, workforce development and business ≠ Educational attainment is low ≠ Performance in math and science is lowThe study’s recommendations relevant to this project are: ≠ Better communicate emerging career opportunities to lower income youth, especially in the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor

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New Engineering Educators

Programming course taught at The University of Texas at Austin.Mitch Pryor, University of Texas, Austin Mitch Pryor graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1993. After teaching high school for two years, he completed his PhD in 2002 at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin where he now works as a Research Scientist in the Robotics Research Group and teaches in the Mechanical Engineering Department. As a researcher, his efforts have focused on software development for robotic systems. Recent research efforts include human/robot interactions, mobile manipulation, and robotic workcell integration including projects funded by NSF, DARPA, DOE/NNSA

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

these events show significant interest in topics including engineeringand scientific innovation and projects in the developing world and environmental sustainability. Page 14.1289.2 This article explores entrepreneurship in the context of Kettering University, a small,private engineering focused university in Flint, MI. A large corporation originally owned theinstitution before it became private in 1982. The institution employs a co-operative model ofengineering education with students completing alternate terms of work and study. Currently,the university works with over 600 co-operative employers that employ its students. During thistime

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Brocato, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

documentation per team (see Figure 2 below for an example). We then use a document camera to show each team’s documentation on the screen; teams explain and justify their choices, and the class critiques both their choices and their writing. 4. The instructor marks each team’s documentation to provide guidance and to capture what was said verbally during class. Since our in-class projects typically count as daily/participation grades, and since such projects are executed quickly and with little preparation time, we do not grade these documents as strictly as we do larger, out-of- class assignments. The point of in-class work like this should be the process of analyzing ethics and communication.Plan of

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Monroe, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University; Bala Ram, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Christopher Doss, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

project with defined time lines due to the slower pace in academia compared to industry. Small start-up companies benefit from SBIR and working with Universities. Treat the company like they are the “customer” for the University which lead to a good collaboration “Think Win Win” opportunities for new trends in society (ex. gasoline, energy crisis) where Universities can complete the research projects. Interaction between industry and university can lead to students working with the company upon graduation. Universities are legally bound to not give away their intellectual property for free. Companies have excess money that can be accessed for research Emerging Companies need to pay

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Utah State University; Jodi Cullum, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

studies in Canada and the United States as well as large-scale national projects. She has presented at national conferences and published in journals in the area of health psychology. Jodi has been involved in STEM evaluation for the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education since May 2007. Page 14.668.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 High School Teachers Engineering Design Lesson Planning through Professional DevelopmentKey words: Professional Development, High School Teachers, Engineering Design “The vast majority of Americans will

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Uluagac, Georgia Institute of Technology; Walter E. Thain Jr.; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University; John Copeland, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

programming assignments or other forms of homework.6. ConclusionIn this paper, we have discussed the development of undergraduate network security laboratoryexercises using open source security tools which are freely available with many of the Linuxdistributions. Many of the lecture topics of network security classes in undergraduate orgraduate standing can be complemented with many of these labs. They can facilitate teachingand learning of more difficult security topics and help both students and instructors. Moreover, asthe labs are designed using open-source security tools, costs are minimized.Several other institutions, projects, and class-based competitions26, 27, 28, exist that aim to teachsecurity concepts with focused, hands-on

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Civil Engineering

Krathwohl’s taxonomy, rubrics have be-come a useful practice. A rubric is defined as a scoring tool that lists the criteria for judging or Page 14.213.6grading a piece of work. Generally, a rubric lists the information and elements the student must 5have included in a work product to receive a certain score, grade or rating. It is a set of criteriaand standards linked to learning objectives that is used to assess a student's performance on pa-pers, projects, essays, and other assignments. Rubrics allow for standardized evaluation accord-ing to specified

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie M. Grandzielwski; Juli L. Sherwood; James N. Petersen

Session 2655 Faculty Mentoring A Unique Approach to Training Graduate Students How to Teach Juli L. Sherwood, James N. Petersen, Julie M. Grandzielwski Washington State University, Department of Chemical EngineeringAbstract This paper contains a summary of the motivations and observations of a recent faculty mentoringproject designed to provide a graduate student with practical teaching experience. The motivation for theproject, the approach taken, and the results of the project are described from the perspective of the facultymentor

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

J. R. Yujnovich; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

Proceedingsquestions on a survey conducted by an independent group was only applied to one particular problem, which involvedwithin the university. Newton's second law of motion. During the program development it was decided that a text Error 2 Answer Error 1 based system would be adequate for testing purposes, and for this reason the designing of a suitable user interface was left 0 Reals until the latter stages of the project. The actual problem card

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian J. Winkel; Aaron D. Klebanoff

-based problems in calculus fromand science developed a collection of complex problems in science and engineering. We have done that! We presentmathematics which demand the use of technology. Specifi- situations in which students formulate strategies to reach acally, the underlying technology is a computer algebra sys- solution, work towards a solution using technology (in ourtem (in our case, Mathematical). The intent of the project is case Mathematical), and then evaluate the reasonablenessto provide faculty with a source of such problems. Accord- of their solutions in the context of a science or engineeringingly the problems

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Traum, University of North Texas; Sharon Karackattu, University of North Texas

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First-Year Programs

at the University of North Texas (UNT). Our mandatory freshman coursesequence, Mechanical and Energy Engineering Practice, includes exposure to practicing engineersas a significant component of the first-year experience by highlighting activities and responsibilitiesthat engineers encounter after college as they join the profession. Classes are team-taught by theMEE faculty in concert with practicing engineers from local industries. Faculty share their careersas research engineers, whereas practicing engineers expose students to industry work. Through datacollected from students enrolled in this course sequence, we test the hypothesis that educating newengineering students about the responsibilities, activities, and projects they may

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; John Harb, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University

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International

to practice engineering in a global context, whether through an international internship, a service-learning opportunity, a virtual global engineering project or some other form of experience. Explanation: Whereas the other attributes focus on knowledge or understanding, this dimension focuses on practice. Many of the above attributes have to be practiced to achieve competence.13. View themselves as “citizens of the world,” as well as citizens of a particular country; appreciate challenges facing mankind such as sustainability, environmental Page 14.455.7 protection, poverty, security, and public health. Explanation: As

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Devang Patel, Lamar University; Santosh Khonde, Lamar University

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Construction

AC 2009-591: INTRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABILITY TO CIVIL ANDCONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING STUDENTSEnno Koehn, Lamar University Enno “Ed” Koehn is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Dr. Koehn has served as the principle investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects of construction. He also has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. He has authored/co-authored over 200 papers in engineering education, as well as the general areas of civil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and is a registered Professional Engineer and

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Clemson University; Philip Sadler, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Gerhard Sonnert, Science Education Department, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Educational Research and Methods

Gerald Holton): Who Succeeds in Science? The Gender Dimension and Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study. Page 14.306.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Career Motivations of Freshman Engineering and Non- Engineering Students: A Gender StudyKeywords: career motivation, outcome expectations, gender differencesAbstractA social cognitive career theory framework and Vroom’s valence model are used to examine theimportance that female freshman engineering students (n=87) place on various career-relatedoutcomes, compared with other female freshmen (n=2236) and

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bhushan Trivedi; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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International

Davidson, 11. Computer Security, and and University of Virginia Modern Compilation 12. P. V. Krishnan, 12. Principles of Effective Teaching GIW Industries and LearningJuly 13. Andrew Mason, Michigan State Univ. 13. VLSI 7 14. William Oakes, 14. Engineering Design Projects in Purdue University Community Service 15. Vijay Kanabar, Boston University 15. Project Management: Security 16. Mani Venkata, University of Washington 16. Electric Energy and Power 161 17. World Bank and World Bank Institute 17

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.45. P. Avitabile, C. Goodman, J. Hodgkins, K. White, T. Van Zandt, G. St. Hilaire, T. Johnson, N. Wirkkala, “Dynamic systems teaching enhancement using a laboratory based hands-on project,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.46. W. Akili, “Improving the classroom environment: with a focus on the Arab Gulf States,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.47. G. Javidi, E. Sheybani, “Teaching an online technology course through interactive multimedia,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.48. O. Hoffman, P. Dobosh, T. Djaferis, W. Burleson, “Moving towards a more systems approach in a robotics based