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2001 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Eisenbarth; Siddhartha P. Duttagupta; Robert Walters; Paul Dawson; Joseph Guarino; George Murgel; Christopher Pentico

. In addition, there were specialized needs for graduate education inhi-tech fields such as superior computing resources and distance learning equipment. With helpfrom the community, BSU was able to formulate a plan that addressed these issues. Two newbuildings for the College were added in 2000 at a cost of 14 million dollars. The 64,000-square-foot Micron Engineering Center (MEC) houses classrooms, faculty offices and state-of-the-art Page 6.275.2“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”laboratories for

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2001 Annual Conference

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Andrew Lau; Robert Pangborn

torecruit more students, while the non-participating departments were all subject to formalenrollment control measures. Total start-up costs amounted to about $207,000 for the first year.Although most of the seminars were developed around themes and activities devised by thefaculty, the Offices of Undergraduate Studies and Engineering Student Services also coordinatedand/or “commissioned” the development of a number of modules that could be easily importedinto any course plan. These included alumni and industry speakers, web-based modules onprofessional ethics, introductory sessions on education abroad and cooperative education, anorientation program presented by University Libraries, on-line tutorials on popular software orother computer

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2001 Annual Conference

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Carl White; Myra Curtis; Clifton Martin

Role in the K – 14 Community” and “Student Development” programmaticthemes were combined at Morgan to give focus to the urban community of pre-college studentsthrough the School of Engineering Saturday Academy. This ECSEL thrust supports the missionof the university and its commitment to community outreach.Saturday Academy: GoalsOne of the two major goals of the Morgan State University School of Engineering SaturdayAcademy is to involve engineering students in the planning, development and implementation ofpre-college programs through collaborative decision making with other students, faculty andstaff. ESOC, the Engineering Student Organization Council, was founded in 1995 under theguidance of the Morgan ECSEL. This council is composed of

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2000 Annual Conference

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Stacy S. Wilson

Session 2326 Introducing Freshmen to Engineering at Western Kentucky University Stacy S. Wilson Western Kentucky UniversityI. IntroductionIn the past few years, Western Kentucky University (WKU) has developed a freshman seminarcourse entitled University College 101 (UC101) for the entire university. The purpose of thiscourse is to introduce freshman to college life and equip them with the appropriate skills tosucceed at the university level. Topics include study skills, time management, academicregulations, career planning, etc.Each

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2000 Annual Conference

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Katherine C.S. Whitaker; Richard W Freeman

settings. Following this taxonomy, we planned to evaluate studentlearning. The levels of the taxonomy are: • Knowledge • Comprehension • Application • Analysis • Synthesis • EvaluationApplying this taxonomy to the use of mobile robots, we planned the following steps foractivities: 1. Gradual immersion with the robot by creating exercises that introduce each sensor 2. Introduction to the use of multiple sensors 3. Increases in the demands on students to write code 4. Introduction to the concept of problem specifications 5. Creation of open-ended design challenges 6. Inclusion of student-designed challengesUsing the robots solely as an instructional technology tool was the major part of the

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2000 Annual Conference

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Michael Mackay; George DeLancey; Richard Cole; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard; Gerald Rothberg

session, of which there are 6 throughout the week, includes a 30-studentsection each of which has an instructor who is an adjunct faculty member supported by a seniorundergraduate (peer) teaching assistant. In addition, a course coordinator (regular faculty) and agraduate teaching assistant offer planning and support for the instructors as do an Associate Deanof Engineering and the Dean himself (during the course-development phase). An EngineeringTechnical Services group and the Institute Machine Shop provide support via design andfabrication of experimental and support equipment. The one-hour-per-week design-courselecture is given separately to larger sections of approximately 60 students.The content of the course is in the form of four

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Reffeor; Jeffrey Ray

exceedinglyimportant for students to understand the importance of planning when conducting experiments.To complete this project, students were required to either design a combined loading apparatusthat models a real situation or to choose a real apparatus to study. They were then required tomodel the apparatus analytically and using finite element analysis (FEA). Finally, studentsdesigned and conducted an experiment to evaluate their analytical results.Through completing the project assigned in the Mechanics of Materials course, students learnedthe importance of designing experiments prior to conducting them, how to compare theoreticaland experimental results and how to analyze a real apparatus. In addition, the use of strain gagesand combined loading

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mary John O'Hair; Mark Nanny; Teri Rhoads

proposed project may be offered the opportunity to visit OU.In general, Fellowships are offered to applicants meeting the following criteria:· Have excellent academic records in their current or previous program of study, as indicated by a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3/4.0.· Score of 1200/1600 (quantitative + verbal) on the GRE general test for graduate students, and an ACT score of 30 or a SAT score of greater than 1325 for undergraduate students.· Show a strong interest in engineering, math, science, and math and science education pedagogy.· Indicate plans to pursue graduate degree, preferably Ph.D., in engineering, environmental science, or math and science education.· Identify areas of research interest

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Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ann Saterbak

. Students are given the task of demonstrating the viability, attachment, andproliferation of HDF cells on PLLA films. Students must design their own experiments,including the number of repeat tests, type and number of controls, cell seeding concentrations,test surfaces, etc. While many of the experiments parallel those in BIOE 342, several differencesare also critical. For example, the well plate size is different. In addition, students have to attachthe glass coverslips coated with PLLA to the bottom of the well plates and manage with somecomplications that arise from that procedure. Students have to do substantial planning. Forexample, students have to manage their flasks of HDF cells so that the cells are confluent on thedays that they need

Conference Session

Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Markham; Russell Thomas; Roger Debo; Angus Kingon

Funding Decision Event Plan Financing Options Yes Structuring Deal Prototyping Venture Orientation Product Orientation: Company Formation Validation NPD Eng & Mfg Dev Management Recruitment Pre-Production Strategy Refinement

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Academic Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sarah Williamson; Fiona Lamb

national focus which is the point of contact. · Collating and disseminating good practice and innovation.In 2001 the Centre undertook a needs analysis of its stakeholders. The purpose was to assist theCentre in fine-tuning its strategy and work plan, and to ensure it understood the needs of itsclients. The consultation exercise sought information on issues, priority areas and on proposedCentre activities and communication methods. It was also the starting point for establishing aregister of expertise within UK engineering education.In order to meet the Centre’s aim of enhancing education, the views of all stakeholders toengineering education are important. The needs analysis polled engineers in academia, industryand the professional

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2001 Annual Conference

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Earl Owen

is, allthe A’s are posted on the refrigerator. Jenny is praised for her A’s, and her mother chooses anew book for her. As Jenny works on each new list, she forgets most of the words on theprevious list. But no one seems to notice this. Her A’s are the celebrated outcome of herlearning. Jenny finds that her mother is right, learning to read was hard. At six, when she isready to start school, her book is still under the bed and her interest in reading is low. (Otherscenarios are also possible; e.g., Jenny slides the vocabulary lists under the bed and takes herbook outside and climbs a tree.)These two versions of the story illustrate two theories of learning and teaching. One is learner-motivated and designed; the other is planned and motivated

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2001 Annual Conference

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Kay Wilding; Claudia Grossman; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

itsbeginning classes, as well as to the German internship program. About two-thirds of the overseasinternship participants have been engineering or technology majors. The department developeda new beginning German course with a more specific focus on business and technicalvocabulary, in addition to the more general first year language and culture courses. Therefore,the five standards of foreign language learning outlined earlier are all equally applied in theGerman language program. Future plans include the addition of online, web-based instruction sothat engineering professionals will be also able to take advantage of the course offerings.In response to the newly defined standards of foreign language learning, instructional modelshave taken on new

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2001 Annual Conference

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Alan Sahakian

of the advanced course material which they will be learning. Our experience with thecourse has been positive, but we plan to narrow the scope a bit to keep it a reasonable ten-weekoffering.Bibliography1. URL: http://www.ece.nwu.edu/~sahakian/202/ALAN V. SAHAKIANAlan V. Sahakian received his BS in Applied Sciences and in Physics from the University of Wisconsin – Parkside,and his MSEE in 1979 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1984 from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.Since then he has been on the faculty of Northwestern University, where is he is currently Professor of Electrical andComputer Engineering, and of Biomedical Engineering, and the Director of the EE Undergraduate Program, and holdsthe Charles Deering McCormick

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Arthur Brown, Penn State University ; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. This feedback will be used to improve the module for thethird year. Feedback from faculty was positive. Because the training was a modeled afterthe lecture participants periodically stopped the presenter to give just-in-time comments.It was important to have their perspective because the training module was to ultimatelybe used as a standalone lesson plan. We wanted the faculty to be able to take the lessonplan and adapt it to their courses using it in its entirety or using segments as wereapplicable to their content.Design of the ProgramThe program consists of two modules. Module 1 is the teaching module on the ethics of Page 22.906.4climate change

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DEED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Claude M. Hargrove, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 22.990.3deliverables throughout the two-semester course. A leader, the "Principal Engineer", is identifiedfor each team to update all project documentation. During the first semester the design of theproject should be completed and it should be described in the following documents: 1. Requirements and Capabilities 2. Planning (Work Breakdown Structure, and schedule for work events and financial project plan) 3. Mid semester status report with a power point presentation of a conceptual design (as described in paper2 ) 4. Poster Presentation (should display the full design of the project and possible future implementation) 5. A complete design reportEach member of the team maintains an engineering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2011-1660: TIPS FOR SUCCEEDING AS A NEW ENGINEERING AS-SISTANT PROFESSORStephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, DenverWesley Marshall, University of Colorado Denver Wesley Marshall is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver and co-director of the Active Communities Transportation (ACT) Research Group. He specializes in transportation planning, safety, and sustainability as well as urban design, congestion pricing, and parking. Recent research involves defining and measuring the street network and an empirical study considering the role of street patterns, connectivity, and network density in road safety and sustainability. Having spent time with the UConn

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SE Tools and Techniques

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John C. Georgas, Northern Arizona University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

integrated manner than currentpractice, and (b) to introduce team- and project-based software engineering activities in a lowrisk, high student involvement setting in order to create a smoother learning curve for students.This paper contributes: • A discussion of the learning theory foundations for our approach, based on experiential learning targeted at increasing student motivation; • A minimally disruptive framework for better integrating software engineering education within a computer science curriculum by elaborating our course design plan, and providing a description of areas that required particular care; and, • A presentation of quantitative and qualitative evaluation results, based on student surveys, evaluation based

Conference Session

Design Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Gabriel Davila, University of Texas, El Paso; Jorge Garza-Ulloa, University of Texas, El Paso; Pablo Rangel, University of Texas, El Paso; Julio Adrian Torres

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Design in Engineering Education

offunctionality and the combination of different components, but also it is the design plan,integration and production process. The added value of the disciplines produces a synergeticeffect that allows innovative functionality and the control of complex systems. Mechatronicsemphasize the importance of improving the quality in the communication between differentdisciplines even before the project starts. However, one of the most important issues in themechatronic processes the implement of this concurrency. The authors believe that there is aneed in mechatronics for a systems design strategy.2 Background2.1 MechatronicsAs mentioned before, mechatronics is the multidisciplinary field that synergistically integratesmechanical engineering, electrical and

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

construction was superior to that used today, and some roads, bridges, and buildings two millennia old are still in use. Their mastery of concrete using natural volcanic cement made it possible to build strong bridge piers and harbor jetties under water16. One key source is the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius17 which provides an overview of city planning and construction practices in the early Roman Empire.  Engineering in the new world (Maya, Inca, etc.) – recent discoveries relating to Mayan water supply systems show some of the extent of engineering development in the Americas. The extensive road networks of the Incas were roughly comparable to those of the Romans. In many

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

refer to the group ofstudents who received engineering instructions as the instruction group. These students were2nd through 4th graders from 10 different classrooms with teachers who had attended a week-long teacher professional development program on implementing engineering content in K-12 classrooms. The audio recordings of the interviews with the students were transcribed andanalyzed using grounded method 33 by two independent coders. Differences in coding wereresolved by consensus among the two coders. Seven coding categories emerged. We mappedfive of the coding categories to the language used in the Engineering is Elementary designprocess model (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve). Please refer to Table 2 for therubric and

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Student Learning and Teamwork

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

planning exercise at acombined Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology Program, a team was taskedwith examining the curriculum to determine if its organization and coverage were appropriate.The first step in this process involves the solicitation of a set of skills that faculty desire fromincoming students; faculty are also asked to provide a set of skills they hope students will acquirein their course. The entire list of skills is then clarified with duplicates eliminated. The list is thengiven to faculty and members of the program’s industrial advisory committee (IAC) to determineif any skills are obsolete or missing from the list. This refined list serves as a basis for discussionregarding the addition or elimination of certain

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CoED General Technical Session II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert P. Brazile, University of North Texas; Kathleen Swigger, University of North Texas; Matt Ray Hoyt, University of North Texas; Brian Lee, University of North Texas; Brandon Nelson, University of North Texas

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Computers in Education

scientists, there is an absence of software for the scheduling andmanaging of globally distributed student teams. The problems associated with managing coursesand course schedules in different locations is a formidable problem. The software described in thispaper attempts to meet this challenge. Although our software is used to support global softwaredevelopment student teams, we believe that it can also be used to support distributed learning Page 25.113.4teams in general.3. The IPC Architecture and DatabaseAs previously mentioned, the overall goal of the Instructional Planning Center (IPC) is toprovide a repository for information needed to

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Guerra, NASA; David T. Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Cheryl Farmer, UTeachEngineering

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Design in Engineering Education

involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, architecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Guerra also spent three years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for future high-energy astrophysics missions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope. She began her career at the Johnson Space Center working for Eagle Engineering and SAIC, focused on con- ceptual design of advanced spacecraft for human missions to the moon and Mars. Guerra earned a B.S in aerospace engineering and a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame. She received a master’s of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas, Austin.Dr. David

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Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin, Kansas State University; Emily Wilcox, Kansas State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2,52% agreed or strongly agreed with the statement with a mean of 3.54. In statement 4, 84%agreed or strongly agreed with the statement resulting in a mean of 4.08. Responses tostatements 1, 2, and 4 indicated students in the class were aware and understood diversity in thecollege. Responses to statement 4 indicated that 84% of students responded favorably toopportunities for diversity interaction.Statements 3, 5, and 6 represented Category 3, Valuing, of Krathwohl’s Affective Domain. Meanvalues for the responses were 3.82 for statement 3, 3.55 for statement 5, and 3.14 for statement 6.While 75% of students indicated they agreed or strongly agreed to plan to increase their level of

Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Spierre, Arizona State University; Elizabeth A. Martin, Arizona State University; Jathan Sadowski; Andrew Berardy, Arizona State University; Scott McClintock, Arizona State University; Shirley-Ann Augustin, Arizona State University; Nicholas Hohman; Jay George Banna Jr.

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Engineering Ethics

a “master plan” of action. Two students in particular emerged asgroup leaders and explained the plan to the entire class. As a result, there was a concerted effortto earn equal grades through class-wide trust and effective communication. Although MCC1students could have acted rapaciously, given the abundance of fish in the Lake available to theirgeneration, they all agreed to scores of 80% with little conflict and felt pleased with theresources they would bestow on the next generation, MCC2 and ASU. In fact, MCC1 left amessage online for the future students explaining their strategy and enabling continuation of the‘master plan”. MCC2 and ASU struggled much more than MCC2, as they were trying to organizelarger, geographically

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Ramachandran, North Carolina State University; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Computing & Information Technology

review wesee that the advisory part is more pronounced than the summative part and therefore such areview gets classified as an advisory review.2.2.3. Quantity of FeedbackText quantity is important in determining review quality since a good review must provide theauthor with sufficient feedback. We plan on using this metric to indicate to the reviewer theamount of feedback he/she has provided in comparison to the average review quantity (fromother reviewers of the system), thus motivating them to provide more feedback to the authors.Quantity of feedback is identified by taking a count of all the unique tokens in a piece of review Page

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Civil Engineering

aligned with anexplicit vision for the relevant organization and its stakeholders.Expect and Deal With Set BacksEngineers know how to plan—how to identify and link the steps needed to achieve an objective.Consistent with that tradition, Raise the Bar leaders developed a plan, part of which is shown inthe following figure, to develop the BOK and use it to achieve the ultimate objective which is toimplement ASCE Policy Statement 465 in 55 licensing jurisdictions. Page 25.1328.5 Example curricula Accreditation

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Assessment in Graphics Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Judith A. Birchman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brandon Xavier Karcher, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Page 25.1341.4questions. The survey took approximately ten minutes to complete and was e-mailed directly tothe first-year students in the college. The initial survey was developed by Computer Graphics Technology graduate student,Brandon Karcher, as part of his thesis. The survey was modeled on the Theory of PlannedBehavior that was proposed and developed by Icek Ajzen3 in his paper, From Intentions toActions: A Theory of Planned Behavior. According to the theory, decisions are guided by threeconsiderations: behavioral, control, and normative beliefs. When these three beliefs combine, anintention is formed. The intention is then linked to a behavior, and depending on the perceivedbehavioral control an individual has, the behavior will be

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Software Engineering Curricula

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Darling Urban, Texas Tech University; Joseph E Urban, Texas Tech University; Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Patrick E. Patterson, Texas Tech University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

andpractice for software development and covers software requirements, analysis, softwarearchitecture and detailed design.CS 5374 Software Verification and Validation. This course introduces how to implementeffective test and measurement programs as well as how to apply this knowledge to theproduction of low-defect software.IE 5329 Project Management. This course covers technical, organizational, andpersonnel project management examination including planning, estimating, budgeting,scheduling, resources management, and control. It also includes risk analysis andmanagement using software for project performance evaluation.IE 5320 Systems Theory. This course examines theoretical foundations of general systemstheory applied to engineering and