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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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development skills were important in theirprofessional careers. Finally, it should be noted that the majority of the interviewed studentscited their professor and TAs as important aspects of their experience in the course in futuresemesters.References 1. Barkley, E. F. (2010). Student engagement techniques: A handbook for college faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2. Angelo, T.A., and Cross, K.P. (1993). Classroom Assessment Techniques, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass. pp. 148-153. 3. Kuc, R. (2001). Teaching the nonscience major: EE101-The digital information age. IEEE Transactions on Education, 44 (2), 158-164. 4. Orsak, G. C., Wood, S. L., Douglas, S. C., Munson, D. C., Treichler, J. R., Athale, R. A

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Integrating Cyber Infrastructure with Physical LaboratoriesAbstract Laboratories are indispensible components for engineering and technology curricula.Through systematically designed experiments, students can gain hands-on experience, enhanceclassroom learning, and cultivate career interests. However, traditional laboratories are oftenrestricted by space, scheduling, staffing, etc. Thus, how to effectively organize laboratories andmaximize the utilization of limited resources has gained many researchers’ attention. In recentyears, integrating cyberspace with educational technology has achieved significant progress. Tofacilitate the needs of research and education, lots of laboratory

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Instrumentation Technical Session III

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Instrumentation

ladder logic that wasclose to the behavior that they wanted. Errors that appeared in simulations were quicklyinvestigated and alternatives were generated and tested. Much of this success continued intoRSLogix as well, but the additional menu choices and depth of customization provided moreopportunities for students to get lost or an errant click to give unintended behavior.In surveys at the end of the class, students reported that they felt more comfortable with ladderlogic than LabVIEW or Arduino. They cited the ability to focus in on the single rung affecting amisbehaving output as a tremendous asset when troubleshooting a program. Students also felt asthough they would likely come across ladder logic and PLCs in the careers after

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Engineering Student Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto; Penny Kinnear, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

/tries out versions of her chemical engineer identity.BackgroundThe motivation for the study goes back several years, as a result of our involvement with theCHE portfolio courses (CHE297 and CHE397). These courses afforded an opportunity forstudents to synthesize their learning in core courses, consider the relationships between whatthey were studying and their future careers and develop their written and oral communicationskills. What emerged from that experience was the sense that there were significant changeshappening in terms of how students viewed themselves as students and potential engineers; whatwe wanted to discover was what was happening in the curriculum—and what was, perhaps,inherent in the chemical engineering culture—to facilitate

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen A. Harper, Ohio State University; Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; Jonathan P. Ruffley

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First-Year Programs

larger fraction of the cohort graduate in 4years or less (Mann-Whitney test, p < 0.008).Whether students chose to co-op or not could affect this data. The student records were examined tosee how often they reported being on co-op. While this is the only way to get an idea of thispotential effect so many years after the fact, it is not a completely reliable measure, as students whofind co-op opportunities without using the college’s career services office do not always fill out thepaperwork to inform the university. Roughly twenty-five percent of each group reported at least oneco-op experience. The honors students had slightly more terms on co-op than the standard students,but it was not a significant difference

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CPD Technical Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Jim Tappel, University of Cincinnati; BJ Zirger, University of Cincinnati

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Continuing Professional Development

Career the Topic Engineerng Degree Completion Opportunity Degree Figure 2 Participants Reasons for Participation in the MOOC 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Yes, an Engineering Yes, a Business Master's No Master's Degree Degree Figure 3 Participants Interest in Graduate ProgramParticipant’s responses to “Would you recommend this course or other University MOOCs to afriend?” are shown in Figure 4

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Nichole M. Ramirez, Purdue University; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. (1995). The post-graduation pecuniary benefits of co-op participation: A review of the literature. Journal of Cooperative Education, 31(1): 25-41.7. Ingram, S., Bruning, S. & I. Mikawoz. (2009). Career and mentor satisfaction among Canadian engineers: Are there differences based on gender and company-specific undergraduate work experiences? Journal of Engineering Education, 98(2): 333-338.8. Ingram, S.A. (2005). Making the transition from engineering student to practicing professional: A profile of two women. International Journal of Engineering Education, 21(1): 151-157.9. Blair, B.F., Miller, M. & J. Hammer. (2004). The Impact of cooperative education on academic performance and compensation of engineering majors

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamiiru Luttamaguzi, Elizabeth City State University; Ka'Ren Ladoris Byrd; Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Ehsan O Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, Virginia State University

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Mathematics

Paper ID #6229Case Study: Numerical Convergence Study on Simulated Spaceborne Mi-crowave Radiometer Measurements of EarthDr. Jamiiru Luttamaguzi, Elizabeth City State University Dr. Jamiiru Luttamaguzi is an Assistant Professor in Elizabeth City State University. His main research interest is in Optimal Control Theory. Most of his professional career has been spent teaching graduate and undergraduate math courses. He has supervised students in the McNair Internship program and the ECSU- NAM Summer Research Computational Science-Scientific Visualization programs. He graduated with a PhD is MAthematics and MS in

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Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Wanda Moses, South Carolina State University; James Allen Anderson, South Carolina State University; Cynthia T Davis, SC State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mission of STARS Alliance. SC State’s STARS SLC aims to encourage and informstudents at all levels on the various computing careers that are available to them. The following are someof the details of our SLC: Page 23.317.3 SLC Participation & OrganizationThe SLC at SC State consists of 10 computer science students and 3 computer science faculty. We meettwice a month to plan various outreach and professional development activities. The students work ingroups under the supervision of a faculty mentor. They prepare the K-12 outreach lesson plans anddeliver the lessons to the participating K-12 school

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University

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treatment facilities in central California. He was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2011. Dr. Brown’s research interests are in conceptual change, epistemology, and social or situated cognition. Specifically, his research focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding why some engineering concepts are harder to learn than others, including the role of language and context in the learning process.Mr. Devlin Montfort, Washington State University Page 23.355.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Curricular Materials and Methods for

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Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip A. Dunn Jr. P.E., University of Maine

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Construction

. Page 23.491.7The museum saved in excess of $5000 for the project. They had been quoted a cost of $6000 fora new sign. Materials for the sign cost around $600 and concrete paint and grout was around$100. The board of the museum was very pleased with the final projects.Lessons learnedThe use of volunteer labor through student engagement has many benefits that students willhopefully carry with them through their professional careers. 1. Developing practical solutions at the most economical and beneficial use of the client. Non-profits and public sector entities have constrained budgets that must maximize their financial inputs. There is no ability to expand the budget. The project will be used by many for an extended period of

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Shealy, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Clemson University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Descriptive Study of Engineering Transfer Students at Four Institutions: Comparing Lateral and Vertical Transfer PathwaysStudents who attend two or more institutions during their post-secondary educational careers, ortransfer students, make up just over one-third of all American students.1 Additionally, 25% ofstudents who transfer will do so more than once.1 Reasons for transfer vary widely, but usuallyinclude academic, financial, or institutional factors.2 Moreover, reasons for transferring may bedifferent from reasons for discontinuing coursework until a later date (stopping-out), as thosewho stop-out normally identify more personal reasons for leaving an institution compared to theacademic

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Graduate Student Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado Boulder

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Graduate Studies, Student

mentor and mentee gender affect the development and mode (supervisory vs. coaching) of the mentoring relationship?Implications of the two emerging models of research mentoring are discussed both in the localcontext of administering the mentoring program and in the broader context of mentoringprograms overall and other types of research-focused mentoring relationships.BackgroundYOU’RE@CU Program DetailsThe YOU’RE@CU mentoring program has three main goals: (1) increase retention ofundergraduate students in engineering with particular focus on women and underrepresentedminorities, (2) expose students to engineering research careers in academia and industry, (3)encourage graduate students to develop mentoring skills through a hands-on

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques, James Madison University; Daniel Devon Imholte

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Design in Engineering Education

methodology, learning through service, problem based learning methodologies, assessment of student learning, as well as com- plex problem solving. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability, and K-12 engineering outreach. Dr. Pierrakos is a 2009 NSF CAREER Awardee. Dr. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech.Dr. Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University Dr. Elise M. Barrella is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at James Madison University, focusing on transportation systems and sustainability. Prior to joining the JMU Engineering faculty in 2012, Dr. Barrella was

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Technological Literacy for Non-Technical Majors

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Sokol

majors.Bibliographic Information1. Remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft. 2001. First Annual Computer Privacy, Policy & Security Institute. May 22. www.cybercrime.gov/AGCPPSI2. CERT Coordination Center. 2000. How the FBI Investigates Computer Crime. July 27. www.cert.org/tech_tips/FBI_investigates_crime3. Sokol, John P. 1994. An Introduction to Electronics for Private Security Students. Security Journal. Vol. 5, No 4. October. pp. 223-2264. Mandia, Kevin and Chris Prosise. 2001. Incident Response: Investigating Computer Crime. McGraw-Hill. P. 885. CERT Coordination Center. 2003. Training and Education. www.cert.org/nav/index_gold. January 2.6. SANS (SysAdmin,Audit,Network,Security) Institute. 2003. SANS Training and Your Career Roadmap

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ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Mahaffey; Elizabeth Petry

– key to project success.Architecture Education: Challenges of Team BuildingThe Department of Architecture at the University of Hartford objective has always been “toprepare students for a variety of professional careers in the design and building industries”.Architecture at the University of Hartford supports the mission of the University whileemphasizing an integration of artistic principles, engineering fundamentals, and businessunderstanding with the constant exploration of innovative design. In the academic environment isoften proves more difficult to implement team projects based on personalities and individualschedules. Every course is not conducive to presenting a team project. Every project and/orexercise is not conducive to presenting

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Cruz-Pol

motivate girls entering the 7thand 8 th grades, early in their life, to select and pursue careers in engineering or computersciences. The students participate on workshops applying scientific and engineeringconcepts, as well as on hands-on experiments in a laboratory environment.One of the most popular workshops in EXITE! is the construction of an electronicdoorbell for the girls’ bedrooms. Girls at this age begin to ask for respect from theirparents when they want to go into their rooms, and most of girls see the doorbell as themean to manage this need. This motivates the participants to be interested in theworkshop.The construction of the electronic doorbell introduces the participants the basics conceptsof electricity, circuits, types of

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Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Debra Fowler; Jefferey Froyd; Don Maxwell

Session 2430 Learning Strategy Growth Not What Expected After Two Years through Engineering Curriculum Debra Fowler, Don Maxwell, Jeff Froyd Texas A&M UniversityAbstractAs the pace of technological development continues to increase, consensus has emerged thatundergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula cannotcontain all of the topics that engineering professionals will require, even during the first ten yearsof their careers. Therefore, the need for students to increase their capability for lifelong learningis

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International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Simpson

.• A belief that the French language would remain a major force on the world’s linguistic stage, on a par with the influence exerted by English, and that no special effort was necessary to encourage international students to choose to come and study in France.As a result of this mistaken attitude, the numbers of international students registering at FrenchUniversities and “Grandes Ecoles” declined sharply in the early 1990’s, as many internationalstudents saw greater career opportunities for themselves by registering at English-speakinguniversities in countries such as Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. The French are alsoonly just beginning to become aware of the economic potential of attracting internationalstudents to France, both

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jaeger; Richard Chapman; Victor Nelson

switching equipment, will choose the Hardware Specializationwithin the Wireless EE Option. Students interested in application development, includingserver-side as well as client-side, and embedded applications, will choose the SoftwareSpecialization within the Wireless SWE Option. Both options provide a NetworkSpecialization for those students interested in pursuing a career with wireless serviceproviders and other telecommunications companies (those companies that develop andmaintain wireless networks and sell service). This specialization will prepare students toanalyze, develop, design, test, administrate and support wireless network systems, and tointegrate products from various vendors into new or existing networks.Each curriculum builds upon

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hannah Collins; Byron Newberry; Ira Lockwood

interest include structural analysis, thermal stress, linear and nonlinear oscillations, andengineering design.HANNAH COLLINSHannah Collins is a recent graduate from Oklahoma Christian University with her degree in MechanicalEngineering. She is most interested in the area of machine design and is currently pursuing a career in research anddevelopment.IRA LOCKWOODIra Lockwood is a senior at Oklahoma Christian University majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Bible andMinistry. He is interested in designing products for the automotive or aerospace industry, especially in areas ofvibration analysis or aerodynamic design. Page 8.220.8

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Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Holcombe

Session _____ ET grads – How’d the transition go? Michael L. Holcombe Purdue University, South BendAbstractWe in the academic world often wonder about the trials and tribulations experienced byour graduates as they transition from academia student status to full-time industrialemployment to begin their careers. Many students leave the university with no experiencein industry, some have had co-op experience and others have had internship experience.In addition, many of our ET students are in the category that we call non-traditionalstudents who may have had a variety of experiences

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

number and type of goods produced in their geographic area, and maintaining their interest ina technical education and career. This paper presents examples of topics, demonstrations, andfield trips used in an introductory materials course for freshman and sophomores. Materialsprocessing information does not detract from the focus of the course, but rather enhances theability of students to see connections between theory and implementation.IntroductionMaterials courses emphasize understanding the relationship between the internal structure andresulting physical and mechanical properties of materials. This understanding has always beenessential for appropriate selection and application of materials even when the primary engineeringmaterials were

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Current Environmental Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cynthia Veit; Chris Swan

or brought to the recycling center, what happens next? Researching anddescribing what happens next was the project of a course on the reuse of waste as constructionmaterials. The course serves as an introductory course for first-year engineering students to seewhat type of work engineers may do in their professional careers. To create an appropriate, “real-world” component of the course, students were tasked to research options for recycled materialreuse.This paper describes how this effort was transformed into a community service-learning project.Community service learning, the pedagogy of combining education with community service, hasvalue in a number of academic fields. The students in the course were assigned communities(municipalities

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Mehmet Ozturk; Hatice Ozturk

, did not give us anypositive feedback on group cohesion and performance when compared with randomly formedgroups. The extensive use of psychological type in work setting, education and career counseling [2]gave us the idea of applying personality profiles while forming our problem laboratory groups.Jung’s comprehensive theory that relates to psychological type is the belief that everyone usesfour basic processes or functions which are called sensing(S), intuition (N), thinking (T) andfeeling (F). These four processes are used with the attitudes of introversion (I) and extraversion(E) and the orientations to the outside world as judgment (J) and perception (P).Isabel Myers developed the following work expectations for the eight preferences [2

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Smith; Angela Quick

careers. Page 8.1178.5“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”BiographiesDR. WILLIAM W. SMITH, JR is a Senior Research Engineer in Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and ComputerEngineering. In addition to classroom teaching, research, and consulting work with satellite, navigation, andinstrumentation, Dr. Smith works with a variety of pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate students onprogrammatic and individual research and design projects.ANGELA HINSON QUICK is the director of the

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

newtechnology by developing and offering proper advanced instrumentation courses at graduatelevels so that upon entering the work place for professional career, students will have thenecessary background for advancement.This article explains the content of a new advanced instrumentation course offered to graduatestudents in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Memphis. Thedevelopment of the course material, the required instruments, and the method of delivery will bethe main topics of this article.IntroductionThe Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Memphis in addition to itsmajor degrees in electronics, computer, and manufacturing technology offers M.S. degree inengineering technology with concentration in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Lei Huang, Prairie View A&M University

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, cloud computing, programming model, and compiler optimizations. Page 25.552.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engineering Laboratory Enhancement through Cloud ComputingAbstractLaboratories are important to engineering and technology curricula. Through systematicallydesigned experiments, students can gain hands-on experience, enhance classroom learning, andcultivate career interests. However, traditional laboratory conduction is often restricted byvarious reasons such as facility cost, conflicted schedule, and limited space. Thus, how toeffectively extend laboratories via cyberspace

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Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lucas A. Harder, University of Minnesota; Arthur G. Erdman, University of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a career in engineering education.Mr. Lucas A. Harder, University of MinnesotaArthur G. Erdman, University of Minnesota Page 25.667.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Generating Interest in Technology and Medical Devices Through an Interactive Educational GameIntroductionThe issue of motivating students to be engaged in the educational process and inspire them toexcel in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has receivedmuch attention as affiliated universities and industries strive to encourage children to

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Global Studies, Initiatives, and Study Abroad Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Edward A. Pohl, University of Arkansas

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International

academic appointment, she gained industrial experience while working at PPG Industries and the Boeing Company. Her first faculty appointment was at the University of Pittsburgh. Needy’s research interests include en- gineering management, engineering economic analysis, sustainable engineering, and integrated resource management. She is a member of ASEE, ASEM, APICS, IIE, and SWE. She is a licensed P.E. in Kansas.Dr. Edward A. Pohl, University of Arkansas Ed Pohl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Pohl spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, where he served in a variety of engineering, analysis, and academic positions during his career. He received a Ph.D