mixed-methods design in which researchers collect and compare both qualitative and quantitative datain a single study 20.4.0 Issued Encountered in EPS Study 4.1 Student recruitment/retentionAs stated previously, student participants were drawn from volunteers solicited via targetedannouncements on each campus. The students associated with student chapters of EWB-USA atother institutions across the country were solicited through a broad announcement via EWB-USA. This initial solicitation occurred during the Fall of 2010 with the expected launch of theon-line survey and interview protocols expected in Spring 2011. The solicitation stated thepurpose of the study, its goals and aim and duration. The solicitation also stated that
AC 2011-2287: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS NOVICE DESIGNERSNathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathan Mentzer is an assistant profession in the College of Technology with a joint appointment in the College of Education at Purdue University. Nathan was a former middle and high school technology educator in Montana prior to pursuing a doctoral degree. He was a National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) Fellow at Utah State University while pursuing a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. After graduation he completed a one year appointment with the Center as a postdoctoral researcher.Kyungsuk Park, Utah State University
AC 2011-1533: HOW DO THEY THINK? ENGINEERING COLLEGE STU-DENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF ELECTRICITYChih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University Associate prof. and director of Graduate Institute of Science Education and Center for Science Education.Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong Hwa University doctoral student of science education Page 22.782.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011How do they think? Engineering College Students’ Conceptions of ElectricityAbstractThe present study was a follow-up research1 in which we had found that Electro-Magnetics wasconsidered as the most difficult
AC 2011-2501: USING WEB APPLETS TO STIMULATE LEARNINGJoseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University Joseph J. Biernacki is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University (TTU). His research interests include the kinetics, characterization and modeling of inorganic hydration reactions and their hydrate products as well as the pedagogy of critical thinking, problem solving, team training and how engineering students learn. Biernacki received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and his MS and DRE (Doctor of Engineering) degreed from Cleveland State Univer- sity.Donald P. Visco, University of Akron Donald P. Visco, Jr. is a Professor of Chemical
AC 2011-816: ONLINE FINITE ELEMENT TUTORIALS AS ACTIVE LEARN-ING TOOLSDaniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy Dr. Dan Jensen is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he has been since 1997. He received his B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), M.S. (Applied Mechanics) and Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering Science) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, University of the Pacific, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and MSC Software Corp. His research includes development of innovative design methodologies and en- hancement of engineering education.Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin Kristin Wood is the Cullen Trust
AC 2011-183: TEACHING ENGINEERING ANALYSIS THROUGH A STAND-ALONE JUNIOR PROJECT COURSE IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASED ENGINEERING PROGRAMPavlos George Mikellides, Arizona State UniversityChen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Page 22.1389.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaching Engineering Analysis Through a Stand-Alone Junior Project Course in a Multidisciplinary, Project-Based Engineering Program Abstract Project-based learning (PBL) follows an inductive learning approach by which students are taughtto undertake a
AC 2012-4892: CHANGING THE FACE OF ENGINEERING: CAN PHO-TOVOLTAIC ENGINEERING LEAD THE CHARGE?Ms. Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University Susan Shapcott holds a master’s of arts degree in educational psychology from Arizona State University, and is pursuing her doctorate. One of her research interests is the motivation and performance of adults in underrepresented environments.Mrs. Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University Katherine Nelson is in her fourth year of graduate studies at Arizona State University (ASU), working towards her Ph.D. in engineering education. She is currently a Research Assistant at the NSF and DOE co- sponsored Engineering Research Center on Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar
AC 2012-3447: CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT THE TONGJIUNIVERSITY, CHINA, AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAMs. Zhang Lei, University of Florida Zhang Lei is a graduate student of civil and coastal engineering at the University of Florida who earned her B.S.A.E. degree in construction management from Tongji University, China. Lei is a member of several professional associations.Dr. Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida Fazil T. Najafi a professor of civil and coastal engineering at the University of Florida earned his B.S.A.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has more than 35 years of experience with government, industry, and education
AC 2012-2988: COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IMPACT ON ENHANCINGMECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDr. Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Nash T. Younis is a professor of mechanical engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He has been the cooperative education coordinator of the mechanical engineering programs since 2000. He received his Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Iowa State University in 1988. Younis is the recipient of the 2002 Illinois/Indiana Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Outstanding Educator Award. In addition to curriculum and assessments issues, his research interests include sensors and optical experimental stress analysis
AC 2012-4264: CRYSTALLIZED IDENTITY: A LOOK AT IDENTITY DE-VELOPMENT THROUGH CROSS-DISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES IN EN-GINEERINGMr. Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tiago Forin is a Ph.D. student in engineering education at Purdue University. Forin has received his B.S. in civil engineering from Florida State University in 2006 and his M.S. in environmental engineering from Purdue University in 2008. Forin currently does research in cross-disciplinary experiences in engineering in the XRoads Research Group headed by Dr. Robin Adams of Purdue University. Forin also has an interest in global service design and has participated in the Global Engineering program at Purdue.Dr. Robin Adams, Purdue University, West
AC 2012-3310: DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ONLINE OFFER-ING OF A NUCLEAR ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDr. Simin Hall, Virginia Tech Simin Hall is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Vir- ginia Tech (VT). She earned her Ph.D. in education and statistics and a post-master’s certificate in adult learning and college teaching from the University of North Carolina and holds degrees from Virginia Tech in engineering science and mechanics and mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics. She has research and applied experience at Virginia Tech, Westinghouse, and Babcock and Wilcox (AREVA) fo- cused in the areas of structural engineering, seismic, and loss of coolant accident
AC 2012-4653: EFFECTS OF STUDENT-LED UNDERGRADUATE RE-SEARCH EXPERIENCE ON LEARNING AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EN-GINEERING IN AN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS SCIENCE COURSEDr. Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A&M University Raymundo Arroyave is an Assistant Professor with the Mechanical Engineering Department. He also belongs to the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Materials Science program. He received his Ph.D. degree in materials science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching interests include under- graduate courses on materials science and numerical methods and graduate courses on thermodynamics of materials science. He has more than 60 publications (peer-reviewed journals and proceedings) on the general
AC 2012-3794: A FIRST-YEAR ”INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING”COURSE AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE USING HANDS-ON MATLABEXPERIMENT CONTROLProf. Stephen W. McKnight, Northeastern University Stephen W. McKnight received a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1977 and had postdoctoral positions at Emory University and as National Research Council Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory before joining the faculty in the Physics Department at North- eastern University in 1980. In 1988, he became an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and in 2001 was promoted to Professor of electrical and computer engineering. He has published more than 50 refereed
AC 2012-4282: AIDING AND ABETING: THE BANKRUPTCY OF OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION AS A CHANGE STRATEGYDr. Donna M. Riley, Smith College Donna Riley is Associate Professor and a founding faculty member in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. Her research interests include liberative pedagogies, engineering ethics, engineering and social justice, and exclusionary structures of power in engineering education. Page 25.141.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Aiding and ABETing: The Bankruptcy of Outcomes-Based Education as a
AC 2012-3518: ATLAS SHRUGGED: ASSESSING COMMUNICATION ANDGLOBAL COMPETENCE SKILLS IN A TECHNICAL WRITING COURSEDr. Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University Carolyn Kusbit Dunn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Dunn holds a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in professional and technical discourse, and she teaches technical writing. Her research interests are crisis communication, language and power, and teaching technical and professional communication. Page 25.238.1 c American Society for
AC 2012-3971: THE RAISE THE BAR INITIATIVE: CHARTING THE FU-TURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - ACCRED-ITATION CRITERIACol. Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy Stephen Ressler is professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. He earned a B.S. degree from USMA in 1979, a master’s of science in civil engineering degree from Lehigh University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Lehigh in 1991. An active duty Army officer, he has served in a variety of military engineering assignments around the world. He has been a member of the USMA faculty for 19 years, teaching courses in engineering me- chanics, structural engineering, construction
AC 2012-3965: UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY LED TRANSPORTATION FO-CUSED WEEKEND OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR 7TH-12TH GRADEGIRLS: A CONTEXT FOCUSED FRAMEWORKDr. Kristina M. Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Kristina Fields is an Assistant Professor of civil engineering focusing on transportation at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. Providing the age-appropriate transportation STEM outreach programs, the topic of her paper, has been a excellent experience for her. She is passionate about non-motorized transportation and links this to opportunities to improve community livability and connectivity for all ages of users, which she does through a variety of service learning projects.Ms. Tammy J. Salmon-Stephens
AC 2012-5585: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: LINKING A GEOGRAPHICALLYDISTRIBUTED REU PROGRAM WITH NETWORKING AND COLLAB-ORATION TOOLSDr. Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University Thalia Anagnos is a professor of general engineering at San Jose State University and a Co-leader of education, outreach, and training for the George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation.Alicia L. Lyman-Holt, Oregon State UniversityDr. Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette Sean P. Brophy is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education and the Co-leader of the education, outreach, and training theme for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). He has been working with advanced learning
AC 2012-4772: REEL ENGINEERS: PORTRAYAL OF ENGINEERS ANDTHE ENGINEERING PROFESSION IN THE FEATURE FILMSDr. Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor Zbigniew J. Pasek is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Windsor. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. His research interests include manufacturing systems automation, risk management, health care engineering, and informal engineering education. He is a member of IEEE, ASME, SME, and ASEE. Page 25.1107.1 c American Society for
AC 2012-4973: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TABLET PC INTERAC-TION TECHNIQUESMahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Engineering Education. Before attending Virginia Tech, she earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer engineering from Mississippi State University and worked full-time in a scientific visualization research lab. Currently, she is a Dean’s Teaching Fellow and ENGE Ambassador. She is teaching a freshman engineering course while pursuing her research interests involving technology use in the engineering classroom.Dr. Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech
AC 2012-4064: SYNCHRONOUS DISTANCE LEARNING FOR UNDER-GRADUATE THERMAL ENGINEERING COURSES: TRIALS AND IM-PROVEMENTSDr. Amanie N. Abdelmessih, Saint Martin’s University Amanie Abdelmessih is professor and Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department, and Director of the Thermal Engineering Laboratory, Saint Martin’s University. Abdelmessih has industrial, teaching, and research experience. Abdelmessih started her career in the paper industry, then she taught in several higher education institutions, with the last 15 years at Saint Martin’s University. Abdelmessih has per- formed research at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Marshall Space Flight Research Center, Ar- gonne National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest
AC 2012-5052: SYNERGIES OF CONVERGING ABET, ATMAE, AND IN-STITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION PROCESSESDr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael J. Dyrenfurth is a Professor of Industrial Technology in the College of Technology at Purdue Uni- versity. He is a member of the ASEE and he has served on the Board of the ETD and as program chair for the CIEC in New Orleans (2008). Previously he completed a four year term as Assistant Dean for Grad- uate Studies in Purdue University’s College of Technology. He is co-PI of two international EU-FIPSE funded grants. His scholarship agenda focuses on technological innovation, technological literacy, work- force development, and international dimensions of
AC 2012-4501: TEACHING SOFTWARE SECURITY: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARYAPPROACHDr. Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering Walter Schilling is an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wis. He received his B.S.E.E. from Ohio Northern University and M.S.E.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Toledo. He worked for Ford Motor Company and Visteon as an Embed- ded Software Engineer for several years prior to returning for doctoral work. He has spent time at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and consulted for multiple embedded systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one U.S. patent, Schilling has numerous publications in
AC 2011-2666: MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES: NSF ATE CENTERSKaren Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufactur-ing Karen Wosczyna-Birch, a national award winning Professor of Chemistry, is the statewide director for Connecticut’s College of Technology, which includes all 12 Connecticut community colleges, six uni- versities and partner high schools including the technical high school system. She is also the executive director of the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, a National Science Funded Advanced Technology Center, where she provides leadership for the advancement of manufacturing and related en- gineering and technologies. Karen also has expertise
AC 2011-435: MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF INTEGRATING ENGI-NEERING INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM ON STU-DENTS’ SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DESIGN CONTENT KNOWL-EDGEMelissa Dyehouse, Purdue University Melissa Dyehouse is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE). She received her M.S.Ed. and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Purdue University. She has conducted research on instrument development and validation, students’ perceptions of engineers and scientists, and the effectiveness of interventions to improve students’ perceptions and attitudes about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. Her research at INSPIRE focuses on the
AC 2011-1160: VIRTUAL WORLD TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDE PLAT-FORM FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN ON-CAMPUS AND ONLINE STU-DENTS: A CASE STUDYCharles J. Lesko, Jr. Ph.D., PMP, East Carolina University Dr. Charles Lesko is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University. His career focus is on managing and leading technological innovation in the workplace; his past experiences bring to the table a heavy technical background with a strong management and technical leadership base. Dr. Lesko has over (15) years of experience in the systems integration and project management fields; his experience base also includes military service and (8) years in academia. He
AC 2011-2126: THE PROGRESSIVE LEARNING PLATFORM FOR COM-PUTER ENGINEERINGDavid Jakob Fritz, Oklahoma State University David Fritz is a Doctoral Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He also received his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2008. His research interests are in Computer Engineering Education and Computer Architecture. David is the lead developer for the Progressive Learning Platform.Wira Mulia, Oklahoma State University Wira is a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering in Oklahoma State University. He received his Bache- lors in Electrical Engineering in OSU in 2007 and his Masters in Electrical Engineering in OSU in 2009
AC 2011-2482: ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ABET FEEDBACK FORPROGRAM IMPROVEMENTStephen M. Phillips, Arizona State University Stephen M. Phillips received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He has served on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University from 1988 to 2002. He joined the faculty of Arizona State University in 2002 as Professor. In 2005 was appointed department chair and in 2009 he was appointed director of the newly formed School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering.Konstantinos Tsakalis, Arizona State University Dr. Konstantinos Tsakalis is a Professor in the School of Electrical
AC 2011-2654: MILKING THE RHINO - INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS SHOW-CASE: PROMOTING ETHICS EDUCATION, USER-CENTERED DESIGNAND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXTKhanjan Mehta, Penn State University Khanjan Mehta is the Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship (HESE) Pro- gram at Penn State University. His professional interests include innovative system integration, high-tech entrepreneurship and international social entrepreneurship. Khanjan loves connecting concepts, people, computers and devices. A basic philosophy behind his work is the convergence of disciplines, concepts, cultures, and countries to create a freer, friendlier, fairer and more sustainable planet. He has led social
AC 2011-514: USING A LIVING-BUILDING LABORATORY (BUILDINGAS A LABORATORY) AS A FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY PROJECTIN THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMJason K Durfee, Eastern Washington University Professor DURFEE received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington Uni- versity he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, professional ethics and piano technology. Page 22.1601.1