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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Systems (HAPTICS’03), 2003.[9] P. Dalep, “LV as a Standard” Email posted to info_labview@pica.army.mil on September 1993, archived on ftp.pica.army.mil[10] G.B. King, R.D. Evans, D.P. DeWitt, and P.H. Meckl, “Curriculum-wide Systems Programming Environment for Mechanical Engineering Instructional Labs,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 233-236, 1994.[11] B. Kauler, “Dataflow and visual programming: The way ahead for engineers,” Education Conference, New Zealand, 1993.[12] O.A.A. Zeid and M.M. Tanyel, “Innovation in teaching mechanical engineering applications,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 82-86, 1994.[13] J.M. Weaver and S. Das, “Overhaul of an

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Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Uchechukwu Abanulo; Ananth Iyer; John Helferty, College of Engineering, Temple University; Joseph Fischgrund, The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

American Secondary Schools”, Educational Researcher, 28, 26-37. 1999.14. Harry G. Lang, M. S. Stinson, F. Kavanagh, Y. Liu, and M. Basile, “Learning Styles of Deaf College Students and Instructors’ Teaching Emphases”, Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 4, 16-27. 1999.15. A. F. Grasha, “Teaching with style: A practical guide to enhancing leaning by understanding teaching and learning styles. Pittsburgh: Alliance Publishers. 1996. Page 12.659.14

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What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

integral was introduced by Gottfried Leibniz in 1675. The integral Page 12.806.5symbol he used, " ", was derived from an elongated letter S, standing for summa (Latin for "sum"or "total"). Newton was at times a very nasty man. Following the death of Leibniz, Newton isreported to have declared that he had taken great satisfaction in "breaking Leibniz's heart."Newton seemed to be characterized by a lack of publishing for much of his life. This may havebeen due to the fact that he was very sensitive to criticism. For example, the conflict he had withRobert Hooke over optics resulted in his ceasing all publications until after the death of Hooke

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, University of Utah; Stephanie Richardson, University of Utah; Rohit Verma, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bryan Stenquist, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

contributing to thedevelopment of these projects. Page 11.777.14Bibliography[1] www.ece.utah.edu/~cfurse/NSF[2] C. Furse, L. Griffiths, B. Farhang, G. Pasrija, “Integration of signals/systems and electromagnetics coursesthrough the design of a communication system for a cardiac pacemaker,” IEEE Antennas and PropagationMagazine, Volume 47, Issue 2, April 2005 Page(s):117 – 119[3] C.Furse, R.Woodward, M. Jensen, "Wireless Local Area Network Laboratory for Microwave EngineeringCourses," IEEE Trans. Education,Feb2004, pp.18-25[4] Frank Cassara, personal communication, Polytechnic University, 1999[5] Numerical Electromagnetics website, www.ece.utah.edu

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Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

Outcome Assessment,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2004.10. King, F.G. and Ilias, S. “Imbedding Assessment and Achievement of Course Learning Objectives with Periodic Reflection,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2003.11. McNeill, Barry W., and Bellamy, Lynn, Introduction to Engineering Design; The Workbook, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc.,199812. Besterfield-Sacre, M., Shuman, L.J., Wolfe, H., Atman, C.J., McGourty, J., Miller, R.L, Olds, B.M. and Rogers, G.M., “Triangulating assessments,” Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Meeting, American Society for Engineering Education, 2000.13

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Knowing Our Students II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 11.1346.12AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by the National Science Foundation through grant REC-0238392,Using portfolios to promote knowledge integration in engineering education. The authors wishto thank all members of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education for theinsightful reviews and comments that helped to shape this paper.References1. Lappenbusch, S., & Turns, J. (2005). Finding their place in TC: using a community of practice model to research emerging TC professionals. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Professional Communication, Limerick, Ireland.2. Guan, Z., Yellin, J.M., Turns, J., and Kumar, V. (2005). User-centered design of course-based portfolios for mechanical engineering

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Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Environmental Engineering

(p<0.05) relative to lecture formatfirst PBL unit and with learning overall was generally supported in the student interviews (Table3), although it was also clear that students had difficulty discriminating between student-directedlearning and simply being asked to work in groups. Two of the four students interviewed at the endof the first PBL unit believed the unit was “lecture-based”. Some engineers reported feelingoverwhelmed by the biology course content at the end of the first two units, but it is also possibletheir assessment was colored by a certain temptation to default to the biology student(s) rather thanassume responsibility for the new content. Quiz scores at the end of the second unit did notindicate that the majority of

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ochs, Lehigh University; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; Todd Watkins, Lehigh University; Graham Mitchell, Lehigh University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Integrated Product Development and the entrepreneurshipminor.Entrepreneurship teaching – undergraduate: Since the mid 1990’s Lehigh hasoffered an award winning cross-disciplinary program in Integrated Product Development(IPD) for students in engineering, business and the design arts. For the past eight yearsthe program has focused on technical entrepreneurship through new productdevelopment, with industry sponsorship of cross-disciplinary student teams2. The IPDprogram has also engaged local entrepreneurs and student entrepreneurs. Since theinception of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), elevenLehigh teams have won national competitions for collegiate innovation andentrepreneurship (see www.NCIIA.org). The IPD program

Conference Session

Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

begin to look atwhich kinds of team characteristics are more likely to produce better solutions to MEAs and howto teach students to embody those characteristics as team members. These findings could havegreat impact on how we teach problem solving and teaming to our students.Bibliographic Information1. ABET (2002). Engineering Criteria 2002-2003. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, http://www.abet.org/criteria.html.2. Imbrie, P.K., Maller, S.J., and Immekus, J.C., “Assessing Team Effectiveness,” Proceedings from the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Portland, OR, 2005.3. Guzzo, R. A. (1986). “Group Decision Making and Group Effectiveness.” In Goodman, P. S. (Ed.). Designing Effective Work

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

. (IEEE Press, New York, 1997).12 J. F. McClymer and L. Z. Knoles, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 3, 33 (1992).13 D. R. Krathwohl, Theory into Practice 41 (4), 212 (2002).14 National Research Council, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. (National Academy Press, Washginton, DC, 2000).15 S. B. Feichtner and E. A. Davis, J. Organ. Behav. Teaching Soc. 9 (4), 58 (1984).16 R. L. Pimmel, IEEE Transactions on Education 46 (2), 273 (2003).17 G. Novak, A. Gavrin, W. Christian et al., Just-In-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology (Series in Educational Innovation). (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999).18 R. L. Mertz, IEEE Trans. Educ. 40 (1), 41 (1997).19

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Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Soda, U.S. Air Force Academy; Gregory Toussaint, U.S. Air Force Academy; Albert Batten, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

soon madethem responsibility of the team’s Systems Engineer or Systems Engineering Manager.This assignment was generally welcomed by all team members. As we will demonstratebelow, traditional engineering students lacked familiarity with the products while SE andSEM students were less familiar with the technology of the projects. Most design teams used MS Project to develop and present their schedule. Theywere asked to identify the major milestones in the two semesters, major efforts in thedesign and fabrication process, individual(s) primarily responsible for each effort, startand stop dates, and time required. The level of detail in the schedule required of eachteam was tailored based on the number of cadets on the team and whether or

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

ramin Sadeghi, Power and Water University of Technology (PWUT); Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Engineering Technology

press). 5. Masullo, M.J., Calo, S., Nguyen, T., Willner, B., "Multimedia On-Demand and the Organization of Education Systems", Proceedings of IFIP WG 3.2 Conference on University Uses of Visualization, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, USA, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., July 2003. 6. Negroponte, N., Knopf, New York, USA, 2005. 7. Ruiz, A., Masullo, M.J., "A Universal and Global Education Infrastructure", UNESCO World Congress Moscow, Russia, July 2002 Page 11.490.16

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Innovative Laboratories in BME

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Markus Billeter, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Institute for Biomedical; Grace M. Nijm, Northwestern University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Northwestern University; Alan Sahakian, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

, Aldine: Chicago, 1967[13] Merriam, B. S., Qualitative research and case study applications in educa- tion, Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco, 1998 Page 11.58.24[14] Patton, Q. M., Qualitative evaluation and research methods, Second Edition, Sage Publications: London, 1990 Page 11.58.25

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University; Vijay Krishnan, North Carolina A&T State University; William Craft, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University

Composite Materials”, Oxford University Press2. Strong A. B.; 1989, “Fundamentals of Composite Manufacturing: Materials, Methods, and Applications”, Society of Manufacturing Engineers3. BGF Industries, Inc.; “http://www.bgf.com/cchart.htm4. Hexcel Corporation, Inc.; “http://www.hexcelfibers.com/Markets/Products/Continuous /_Productlist.htm”5. The Dow Chemical Company, Inc.; “http: /www.dow.com/ derakane specific/product/ 411-350.htm”6. Kelkar Ajit D. and Tate Jitendra S.; 2002, “Low Cost Manufacturing of Textile Composites Using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding”, All India Manufacturing Design and Research Conference, Ranchi, India, December 2002

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

: Distinguishing Itself from Other FieldsNot only does some of the literature on entrepreneurs distinguish them from others in business,the field of entrepreneurial studies has sought to identify itself as different from mainstreambusiness studies, even though similarities exist. We see this distinction as another reason forcreating ethical studies for entrepreneurial education. Higher education has allocated a greatmany resources towards keeping up with changing business trends: growing, modifying andcustomizing curriculum to better prepare graduates to compete in the ever evolving economiclandscape. In the mid 1990’s entrepreneurship education was born. Over the last decade it hasbecome one of the fastest growing fields of study available to students

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Niehaus, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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Civil Engineering

to develop the site plans (contours and cross sections), drainagepipes and inlets, roadway plans for all components of the circulation system (plan/profiles,typical sections, intersection geometry and traffic design, and detail elevations for paving),utilities plan (sewer main, water lines, underground electrical, telephone, data, and gas), andright of way and set-back requirements for facilities. Each plan shall also include the significantstructural design of a design element, such as a retaining wall, parking deck, small building ormajor component(s) of larger structures, etc. The plan must also include a cost-effectivedrainage system to accommodate the ultimate development of the site. “Green Facility”concepts should be considered in the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo McAfee, University of Michigan; Khalil Najafi, University of Michigan; Yogesh Gianchandani, University of Michigan; Kensall D. Wise, University of Michigan; Michel M. Maharbiz, University of Michigan; Dean Aslam, Michigan State University; Paul Bergstrom, Michigan Technological University; Craig Friedrich, Michigan Technological University

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Thomas Waldmann, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

. Trigwell (1999). "Understanding Learning and Teaching." The socity for Page 11.91.17 research into higher education and Open University Press.Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2006, American Society for Engineering Education 6. Dochy, F., M. Segers, et al. (2003). "Effects of Problem Based Learning: A Meta Analysis." Learning and instruction Vol 13: pp 533-568. 7. Duch, B. J., S. E. Groh, et al. (2001). "The Power of Problem-Based Learning, Sterling." 8. Felder, R. M. and B. R. (2003). "Learning by Doing

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute

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Electrical and Computer

sixyears of data. Nevertheless, this system must continue to evolve, with the understanding that“All assessment is a perpetual work in progress.”17The author wishes to thank his colleagues in the Electrical and Computer EngineeringDepartment for their assistance in utilizing this assessment scheme over the years. The authoralso wishes to thank the reviewers of this paper for their insight and constructive suggestions.Bibliography1. Angelo, T.A., Ewell, P.T., and Lopez, C., “Assessment at the Millennium: Now What?”, Assessment to Promote Deep Learning - Insight from AAHE’s 2000 and 1999 Assessment Conferences.2. Sarin, S., “A Plan for Addressing ABET Criteria 2000 Requirements”, Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference.3

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

such equipment as exists is not or cannot beinstrumented extensively enough. A possible exception is fluid handling equipment – fans,compressors, and, especially, pumps. Experience with a student “engineered” pump test usingPTC 8.2 Centrifugal Pumps will be described later in this paper.Having the students read and report on a PTC (or a few sections of a PTC) is simple toimplement and allows for a wide range of flexibility. The topic of the course allows theinstructor to pick the appropriate PTC(s) to be read and reported. For example, if the course isFluid Mechanics, PTC 19.5, Flow Measurement would be an obvious choice. The exerciseworks particularly well in a laboratory course where the students can extend and strengthentopics and practices

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Engineering and Public Policy

to attempt this project allowed theproject to proceed.Bibliography1. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” Nov. 2006, p.2. Page 12.1405.132. Wheeler, E. and McDonald, R.L., ”Writing in Engineering Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, no. 4, 2000, pp. 481-486.3. Taylor, W.L., “Using Drafts in History 231: American Economic Development,” Writing Across the Curriculum, vol. 8, August 1997, pp. 10-12.4. Manuel-Dupont, S., “Writing-Across-the-Curriculum in an Engineering Program,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, no. 1, 1996, pp. 35-40.5. Fitzpatrick

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Baibak, Kettering University; Rajeev Agrawal, Kettering University

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Computers in Education

Games. Future Play, 2005, URL: http://www.futureplay.org/papers/paper-184_becker.pdf9. Jimenez-Peris, R., Khuri, S., and Patino-Martinez, M. Adding Breadth to CS1 and CS2 Courses Through Visual and Interactive Programming Projects. The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, 1999, pp. 252-256.10. Reidel, J. The Learning Game. The View, 2003, URL: http://www.uvm.edu/theview/article.php?id=96011. Lewis, C. and Repenning, A. Playing a Game: The Ecology of Designing, Building, and Testing Games as Educational Activities. Trails, URL: http://www.trails- project.org/resources/papers/Colorado_EdMedia_paper.pdf12. XNA: http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/XNA/default.aspx13. Developing Games on

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Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

). Retrieved from http://www.crra.com/ewaste/ttrash2/ttrash2/.14. Center for Policy Alternatives. Mercury Poisoning Prevention (2006). Retrieved from http://www.stateaction. org/issues/issue.cfm/issue/MercuryPoisoning.xml.15. Environmental Protection Agency. Chromium Compounds Hazard Summary (January 2000). Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/chromium.html.16. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Dioxin Research (April 24, 2001). Retrieved from http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/dioxin.htm.17. Birnbaum, Linda S., and Daniele F. Staskal. “Brominated Flame Retardants: Cause for Concern?” Environmental Health Perspectives 112, no.1 ( January 2004): 9-17.18. Rayner, Mary, and Bruce Bingham. “Do You Compute

Conference Session

Creating and Maintaining Effective Communication Learning in the Curriculum

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark William Redekopp, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

. Paper presented at theASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. San Diego, CA, October 28-31.7.Mena, I., Zappe, S., & Litzinger, T. (2012). Preparing the Engineer of 2020: Analysis of Alumni Data. Paperpresented at the American Society for Engineering Education Conference and Exposition. San Antonio, TX, June10-13.8.Creswell, J. W. (2008). Educational Research. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.9.Benson, J. & Clark, F. (1983). A Guide for Instrument Development and Validation. The American Journal ofOccupational Therapy. 36(12): 789-800.10.Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.11.Kilgore, D., Chachra, D., Loshbaugh, H., McCain, J., Jones, M

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert John Bowman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas A Mercer, Analog Devices Inc.

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Electrical and Computer

unscreened I/O wires can be awkward to handle but they are a working compromise betweensimplicity, frequency range, noise limits and cost. However, other connectors common inlaboratory settings such as BNC coax and scope probes can be easily added.It uses the well-established Digilent Waveforms software to display power supply, analog anddigital signal sources as well as a two-channel fully differential oscilloscope. The maximumsampling rate is 100 M sample/s but oversampling is always assured with 16 k samples in achannel record. This illustrates an interesting design compromise for the educational market. Itmeans a lower nominal bandwidth but since the full frame of the oscilloscope image has 16 kdata points, there is no risk of undersampling. For

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Laut, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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Computers in Education

and assessment of this paper’s activities in their classrooms.References 1. Rogers, C. and Portsmore, M. 2004. “Bringing Engineering to Elementary School.” Journal of STEM Education. 5(3): 17-28. 2. Norton, S. 2004. “Using Lego to Integrate Mathematics and Science in an Outcomes Based Syllabus.” Proc. AARE Annual Conference. Melbourne, Australia. 3. Ortiz, A.M. 2011. “Fifth Grade Students’ Understanding of Ratio and Proportion in an Engineering Robotics Program.” Proc. Amer. Soc. Eng. Ed. Session M444B. British Columbia, Canada. 4. Williams, K., et al. 2012. “Enriching K-12 Science and Mathematics Education Using LEGOs.” Advances in Engineering Education. 3(2). 5. RWTH - Mindstorms NXT Toolbox

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Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College; David Wayne Kelley, Department of Geography, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; Warren Roberts

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Environmental Engineering

, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.5.) R. Walters and Z. Gao, Strategy to Incorporate GIS and GPS Applications Into Construction Education, Proceedings of the Annual ASEE Conference, Chicago, IL, 2006.6.) S. Dahal, R.H. Hall, G. Morrison, S.P. Lamble, and R. Luna, A Web-based Learning Module for Teaching GIS Within the Context of Environmental Engineering, Proceedings of the Annual ASEE Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2011.7.) Sinton, D. and S.W. Bednarz, Putting the G in GIS, In D. Sinton and J. F. Lund (eds.) Understanding place: GIS and mapping across the curriculum. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press, 19-33, 2007.8.) Spatial Literacy Program. Retrieved January 5, 2013, from http://www.redlands.edu/academics/school-of- education/9762.aspx9

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Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie E. Sharp, Vanderbilt University; Christopher J Rowe, Vanderbilt University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

sortof career fair-type activity outside of class. A sampling of the universities in this university’speer and aspirational groups examined appears in Appendix 1.Courses involving career development concepts and activities have proliferated since the1980’s;13 however, little is known about the effectiveness of these courses on employability andthe ways other activities such as internships and prior experience contribute to student success.14Sagan’s 2000 study of the effects of career preparation suggested that any supplemental careerpreparation is valuable although a modest positive effect occurred when preparation wasconsidered independent of individual characteristics. Of course, related work experience andinternships had the greatest effect