Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Yingsong Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University; Yihan Li, Auburn University; Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University; Jitendra K Tugnait, Auburn University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

1.5 1 Q1.1 Q1.2 Q1.3 Q1.4 Q1.5 Q1.6 Q1.7 Q1.8 Survey Questions Fig. 3 Selected student survey statistics about the effectiveness of the SDR term projects from the Fall 2012 ELEC3400—Communication Systems class. SDR LABORATORY COURSE DEVELOPMENTThe SDR projects offered in our undergraduate classes provide valuable experience and test thefeasibility of introducing SDR into our undergraduate wireless engineering curriculum.Encouraged by the progress made and positive feedback from students, we plan to develop anSDR laboratory course for undergraduate

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley W. Hsu, University of California, Davis; Rajeevan Amirtharajah, University of California, Davis; andre knoesen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U C Davis

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Electrical and Computer

Topic DescriptionRenewable Energy Planning and Design Tool Design a GUI that allows the user to drop various solar panel and wind turbine models onto a canvas containing the map of a city. The program should allow the user to save their work and continue later. The program should also create a bill of materials based on the design.Solar Survey Use the Arduino Solar Module to gather

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduated from their respective highschools and enrolled in universities. Three students from the pilot program reported changes intheir college plans as a direct result of their Cyber Discovery experience. One male student whowas originally focused on liberal arts decided to supplement his education by pursuing a dualdegree in Computer Information Sciences and Business, while one female student changed her Page 23.362.4major from pre-med to biomedical engineering. Another male student decided to major inmechanical engineering and then pursue a masters in electrical engineering after exploringengineering concepts through the Cyber Discovery program.The

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

of two themes for the seminars; Energy is the second. Growth seminars focus on academic, professional, and personal development and are tailored for community college students who plan to transfer to a 4-year college/institution to pursue a degree in science or engineering. These seminars are conducted by various faculty members, graduate students, and staff. Examples of presentation topics include: The Journey from Community College to Professional Success (panel); Tailoring your Technical Talk: Skill Building and How to Use PowerPoint; Uncovering the Diversity of Career Paths in the STEM Field (panel); Writing a Scientific Paper: The Outline, Audience, Sections, and Referencing

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

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Community Engagement Division

thepinnacle and capstone of the students’ engineering curriculum while propelling them into theirprofessional careers. When consciously adopted by engineering faculty as an underlying projectmanagement pedagogy, servant-leadership is an effective and powerful teaching technique.Faculty become servant-leaders by providing guidance to their students in planning,implementing, and testing their designs.As a teaching pedagogy used in business, servant-leadership has been shown to increase courseimpact, meaning, and relevance while empowering students, increasing their confidence, andenriching the student-teacher relationship. [1] Servant-Leadership used in marketing has beenshown to increase student knowledge and skills as well as instilling increased

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank E Falcone, Villanova University; Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Mark Edward Graham, Villanova University; Mark Doorley Ph.D., Villanova University

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Engineering Ethics

establish a base line regardingtheir faculty’s familiarity with ethics principles and the degree to which the faculty addressethical issues in their classes.IntroductionThe need for a Faculty Survey on Professional Ethics became apparent after the College began toimplement an Ethics Across the Curriculum approach in May 2009 with a two-day EngineeringEthics Workshop. The details of the workshop were presented in a previous ASEE paper1. Theoriginal plan envisioned similar workshops every two years as additional faculty committed toEthics Across the Curriculum. However, the initial workshop raised some fundamentalquestions regarding the faculty’s perceptions of engineering ethics and why/how ethics should beincluded in technical courses. These issues

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

, Development,Production, Installation, and Servicing, requires a company’s product design and developmentprocess to include specific components.1 These include design and development planning, designinput, design output, design review, design verification and validation, and design transfer. Themore our students become familiar with each of these components, the better prepared they willbe for careers in industry. Ideally, capstone design projects would involve each of thesecomponents. In situations where this is not feasible, lectures regarding the details of each designcontrol component can be included in the capstone course.A recent survey of capstone design instructors indicates that the duration of capstone designcourses varies in length.2 As a

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

students with the possibilities for these fields. An overview of theSpring 2012 offering is presented below. Overall, the plan of the course was to start at the“micro” scale, with MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) and microsystems, and progress tothe nanoscale and finally to the intersection of nanotechnology and biotechnology. We wantedstudents to experience fabrication of nanomaterials, and also to make measurements on these. Page 23.53.2Also, we sought to inject as many applications as possible. Finally, due to the “overview” natureof this course, we have for now precluded introducing the operation of time-consuminginstrumentation such as an

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; LaTricia Townsend

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, and mathematics (STEM) outreach programs, and working closely with university enrollment management and data management professionals at the Friday Institute at North Carolina State University (NCSU). She works closely with both large and small NCSU outreach groups offering K-12 outreach to teachers and students. She also assists with planning, implementing, managing, and reporting of project activities which include survey development, coordination of data collection, interfacing with data managers, coor- dination of meetings and workshops for outreach providers to gather feedback, identify best practices, and disseminate findings to stakeholders. In addition, she assists with annual report writing and conference

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

. This year’s incoming class is likely to be composed of nearly 50%students from outside the university. Over the past six years class sizes have ranged from5 to 16 students, with an average of 10 students per year. Future plans include growth ofthe graduate program with the addition of a comprehensive exam option.The core curriculum for the Architectural Engineering masters program is comprised ofthe following courses: Cal Poly Students Units Outside Cal Poly Students units Blended 13 Undergraduate Courses 13 ARCE 501 – Advanced Mechanics 3 ARCE 501 – Advanced Mechanics 3 ARCE 502 – Nonlinear analysis I 3 ARCE 502

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Joseph L Petrosky, Macomb Community College

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Engineering Technology

public. The successfulcompletion of this project led to the award of a NSF-ATE Planning Grant for investigating theneed for establishing an ATE Center to lead systematic curriculum reform for advancedautomotive technology education. In this project, the WSU-MCC partnership conducted asurvey in 2008 to research the current state of some key issues related to advanced automotivetechnology. These issues include automotive workforce needs, automotive educational corecompetencies, automotive educational curriculum/pedagogy, and advance automotive futuretrends. The survey showed that engineers, technicians or technologists in advanced powertraintechnology will be in high demand over the next 5 years. More than 35% of the manufacturersand suppliers

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology

discussed since thedepartment was operating with essentially no money for new equipment. But, by havingthe discussions and developing a relationship with the A-B personnel, when a grantsurfaced, preliminary plans were in place that only needed to be refined in order todevelop a good equipment list and purchase the needed equipment. A plan was in placeif money were provided to move forward with a re-design of the labs and curriculum.Prior to fall 2010, relations had deteriorated with A-B to the point that no sales ortechnical people had called on the EET department for several years. With no money tospend, A-B had no need to partner with this program. The relationships re-establishedduring the discussions left a positive attitude so that if there

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

Engineering Education, 2013 An Application of the SME Four Pillars of Manufacturing KnowledgeIntroductionThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) published a detailed study of manufacturingeducational needs entitled “Curricula 2015: A Four Year Strategic Plan for Manufacturing Education”.A principle component of the study is the organization and visual representation of the key topics formanufacturing education into a graphical form that has been designated the"Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge". (See Figure 1 below)To assist in program and curriculum improvement of manufacturing engineering or technologyprograms, a survey was conducted of a broad audience including industry practitioners, managers,company owners and educators. The

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies, Student

thesemester, the course followed a regular course format. Students would meet with the faculty in aclassroom setting to learn about different concepts. Students were then divided into groups andassigned research projects. They worked on these research projects until the end of the semester,when they presented their results. Each group was led by a mentor. The mentors’ mainresponsibility was to oversee the research project. One mentor described his role as follows: “Basically, I guess it would be mostly organizational and trying to set out a plan of action of how we were going to accomplish our goals for the semester. And immediately, we tried to split up the group as far as what needed to get done and just assigning tasks to

Conference Session

Student Interaction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and be able to chose network topologies? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Access Control Methods and Solutions? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Ethernet. Network Architectures? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and chose network protocols? [YES] or [NO]• Understand and chose network services? [YES] or [NO]• Understand Computer Network Reference Models and the OSI seven layer reference model? [YES] or [NO]Q2: During the remaining portion of the class we are planning to discuss the subject areaslisted below. In your view are these important subjects for you to understand and learn?• TCP/IP, or Transmission Control Protocol/ Internetwork Protocol. Internet Networking Solutions? [YES] or [NO]• Some digital factory, and

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Thompson

Table 2. SWE paid membership by disciplineIntroductory letters Each year at the conclusion of spring semester classes, SWE has its final meeting for the year andelects new officers for the following year. The new officers then plan the schedule of events for theupcoming academic year. A letter of invitation detailing this calendar of activities is subsequentlycompiled and mailed, prior to the start of fall semester classes, to all female students enrolled inengineering, technology, or computer science curriculums at IPFW. The schedule for the 2002-2003academic year is given in Table 3, and a copy of the invitation letter can be found in the Appendix.Classroom visits On occasion, SWE members have visited classrooms, especially freshmen

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

developmentcommittee meetings and have been displayed at major industry conferences on advancedinstrumentation and computer-based control. This paper documents the work to date andthe presents a plan for expansion of the internal competition to include other engineeringand technology programs within the ASEE membership. A complete list of parts andmaterials together with a pictorial fabrication log can be downloaded from our web site toallow other undergraduate student teams to construct their own MPIII. The EET/TETPrograms at Texas A&M University is prepared to host the first open MPIII Grand Prixrace competition during the Spring 2004 semester in College Station, Texas.BackgroundMotivation The mobile platform concept was originally developed as a

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

into“whether a team member is doing the proper work, working in an appropriate way, or usingcorrect procedures.” It also provides no detailed analysis of the tasks.Methodology and Case Study ApplicationThe methodology employed by the INEG 4433 class is a five-phase process that included: 1)preparatory work, 2) the creation of a work sampling plan, 3) data collection, 4) data analysis,and 5) decision making. These phases are discussed in the following subsections, and a pictorialcan be seen in Exhibit 1.Phase I: Preparatory WorkCreate Checklist of Tasks: Creation of a task list is done primarily by the organization beingstudied, but the course instructor is implemental in the process to insure that the work done by

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Davis; Melissa Dark

outcomes Underlying assumptions, beliefs, and theories about antecedents, and outcomes, and how transactions ar e supposed to work to convert antecedents to outcomes Figure 1: Logic ModelThe solid arrows from left to right indicate how a program is supposed to work when operational; Page 8.355.3the dotted arrows from right to left indicate how the program should be planned. When applied 3to educational curricula, outcomes are a descriptive representation of what students should know

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

faculty membersand observations of the design and execution of teaching activities.One of the challenges of user-centered design, particularly in light of constrained resources, is thechallenge of defining the data collection plan. Given the wide range of information that can becollected about users, how can the information needs be prioritized? How does a designer decidewhat is the most important information? Additionally, given the wide range of methods availableto collect data, what methods should be used in a particular context? Factors that affect thedesign of a data collection plan include not only the availability of time and financial resources,but also assumptions made about the users (e.g., to what extent they can describe their

Conference Session

Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Jay Kutnick, University of Hong Kong; Yuen-Yan Chan, University of Hong Kong; Pok Yee Lee, University of Hong Kong

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International

engineering aside from:‘developmentally appropriate’ recommendations9 and the need to move beyond ‘plan and do’constructions and contests by the inclusion of reflection after activities21;8. there are high participation rates for ethnic minorities but not females22; and9. engineering take-up tends to be explained by home and cultural background23 – arising duringthe life-course rather than via a ‘linear’ school-dominated progression24.Finally, very few evaluations of school-based engineering education have the rigor ofcontrol/comparisons and often focus on numbers attending rather than impact on course/careerchoice25. From the above studies, we can surmise there is little understanding of opportunities,support and effective pedagogy associated with

Conference Session

Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Letrece Dillihunt, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Phillip A. Farrington, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

class or physics class. While all of the students participated inthe InSPIRESS project not all of them were planning to pursue a STEM career in college if theyplanned to attend college at all.Implementation: The researchers in this study collected multiple measures and utilized a quasi-experimental design to assess the impact of the project’s authentic learning activities on thestudents’ attitudes, motivation and self-efficacy toward engineering.At the beginning of the school year, the students were provided with consent forms explainingthe research study. After receipt of the signed consent forms, the Pre-surveys were administeredby the researchers to students who, along with their parents, agreed to participate in the project.The rest of the

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine S. Zerda, University of Houston; Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston; Stuart A. Long, University of Houston; Fritz J. Claydon, University of Houston

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First-Year Programs

after-class hours, and study and socialize with them in the PROMES study lounge.FGIC students, i.e. primarily the PROMES students, gravitate naturally toward the peer leadersbut are especially reluctant to seek faculty mentoring. Conversely, we find that HEP studentsenjoy their in-class peer mentors, but are also very comfortable seeking out ―older and wiser’mentors such as their professors and other faculty advisers.An unexpected outcome of the peer mentoring model occurred in 2005 when a team ofespecially committed peer mentors decided to form a mentoring leadership organization calledthe PROMES Action Committee (PAC). Their goal was to provide support to the faculty andstaff by overseeing mentoring activities and event planning on behalf of

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

  ¾ CHANGE IN  MONDAY  MANAGEMENT PROCESS  PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION  IDENTIFIED  ¾ MANAGEMENT PROBLEM      THURSDAY  Step‐2: Activities during  IMPLEMENTATION PLAN  TUESDAY  ¾ PRESENTATION OF  the residency week  MODEL DEVELOPMENT   RESULTS

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven H. Billis, New York Institute of Technology; Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Alan Jacobs, Education Market Business Development Consulting; Ziqian Dong, New York Institute of Technology

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College Industry Partnerships

Member Council (CMC) Special Interest Group (SIG) on International Engineering Education and is currently Co-chair of that SIG. Jacobs is presently in his second term on both the ASEE CMC Executive Committee and the ASEE Projects Board and is the Secretary/Treasurer of the ASEE CMC. He also serves on the ASEE Journal of Engineering Education Advisory Board and was a contributor to ASEE’s ”Advancing the Scholarship of Engineering Education: A Year of Dialogue.” Jacobs was previously a member of the ASEE International Strategic Planning Task Force, the Interna- tional Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) Executive Committee, and General Motors’ Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering

Conference Session

Potpouri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Coletti, Northeastern University; Melinda Covert, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Lauren Gianino, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

succeed in their engineering curriculum as a whole. It is imperative that the students view this person as someone who they feel comfortable approaching. Juniors and seniors majoring in chemical engineering best fit this criterion: they are viewed simultaneously as a peer and as a student has “made it through,” resulting in effective role models and mentors. Student leaders are compensated for all work through the College of Engineering. 2. The leaders, along with the program director and the course coordinator (one of the lecture instructors), meet prior to the start of the semester in order to adequately prepare and plan. In addition, meetings continue once a week for the entire semester in order to

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

of flow diagram; second, how to mechanically write syntactically correct code. Werealize the abstraction of logic is the key to successful coding. Typically students rush to codedirectly without comprehending the logic. Therefore, they lack a clear definition of the problemthey are trying to solve and a plan of action for how to solve the problem. As one instructionalmethod, we ask students to generate diagram of their logic. Then, we introduce pseudo peerdiagrams to reinforce the construction of visual representations as a roadmap to coding. Weconjecture that pseudo peer diagrams are an effective tool to foster students’ self-check strategywhich reduces instructors’ need to process large amount information generated by students inreal time

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise Community College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; John M. Saber, Mohave Community College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

skills,coping skills, resources, and most importantly time management. Addition topics included:resumes, how to work a career fair, what industry looks for in an engineer, internships, research,graduate school, how to apply for graduate school, scholarships, and fellowships. The AcademicSuccess students also prepared a 5-10 page Career Plan for 10 years out after the Bachelor’sdegree. The students were required to do 10 hours of volunteer work;many chose to do it in theform of tutoring or mentoring.II. Status of ProgramsThe status of each program will be described here briefly.CIRC Program (#0631189): The Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Community (CIRC)Program has now successfully completed its final year and a new CIRC program was

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; Matthew Glucksberg, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

, andcovered Gainsburg’s first two steps, 1) Identify the real-world phenomenon, and 2) Simplify oridealize the phenomenon. We planned this phase to be very open-ended. Students were asked to“tell the Phototherapy Design Team what you think should be modeled, how you wouldapproach the modeling, and how you expect the model to eventually be helpful in the design.”Ideally, we hoped that students would provide their conceptions of what modeling is, and not justlist the steps in the overall design process. Note that we never said “mathematical model” oranything comparable.This phase was completed in class in order to collect students’ individual responses to thisquestion. Students had 45 min to complete the task. Student responses were collected and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Heather Rowan-Kenyon, University of Virginia; Amy Swan, University of Virginia; Marie Shoffner, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso, University of Virginia

: 1) a formative evaluation of the first year of TLP development; results from this evaluation indicate many successful components of the TLP, such as the first-year course and the establishment of the Learning Community, and several areas needing improvement such as the communication between the lead personnel at the two institutions and more advanced planning and announcement of Learning Community activities ; 2) the recruitment of the first class of TLP students and key factors attracting students to the program; recruitment was challenged by major declaration not occurring until the summer after the first year, so many students only learned about the TLP from a video sent to them over email; in spite