Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica M. Scolnic, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kathleen Spencer, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Research Associate at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Her area of expertise is reading and writing instruction, particularly in the content areas and in project-based learning contexts. Her current research focuses on the effects of text-based engineering units on reading comprehension and oral argumentation. She is particularly interested in how interactive, hand-on learning environments can support literacy development among students with reading disabilities.Dr. Merredith D Portsmore, Tufts University Page 24.1358.1 c American Society for

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Practical Teaching in Manufacturing - 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel H. Huang, University of Cincinnati; Sam Anand, University of Cincinnati; Manish Kumar, University of Toledo; Imelda Castañeda-Emenaker, University of Cincinnati

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Manufacturing

Patents on Computer Science. He also serves as honorary professor and visiting professor for a number of institutions including Xiamen University, Dalian University of Technology, and Zhejiang University of Technology. Dr. Huang received the Robert A. Dougherty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in 2005. In addition to many industrial projects (supported by federal agencies including US Army Benet Laboratories and NASA, state agencies including Ohio Department of Development and Ohio Aerospace Institute, and companies including Procter & Gamble, Daimler- Chrysler, and Pilkington North America), he has been awarded five grants from the National Science

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BIM in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno; Ishan Kaushik

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Architectural

place is to create the physical and serviceenvironment that is resilient to accommodate the needs of seniors that areuniquely associated with the aging process. Design for aging is a professionalpractice dedicated to address this specific problem. As Building InformationModeling (BIM) is gaining industry-wide acceptance, its implementation in theresidential sector is relatively limited. This study summarizes the experience andlessons learned from a project that is directed to explore the use of BIM and gameengine to facilitate design for aging. The project is interested in assessing howvisualization and interaction achieved via the integration of BIM and game enginemay enhance student understanding of aging in place design criteria and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert S Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan L. York, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

together to explore and develop their early-stageideas. The goal is to stimulate creative play outside the traditional academic environmentthrough a mix of formal and informal engagement. This space allows innovations to progressbeyond a single classroom project or exercise, but decouples innovation from a particular courseor department, making it a true separated space devoted to team based and individual ideation.Content is driven by participants and facilitated by Student Mentors who ensure that there is alow barrier to entry. The Mentors assist with simple fabrication, facilitate connections withfaculty and other campus resources, and provide mentoring/coaching and design input toprogram participants.Due to the technical nature of many of the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamza Kadir, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Alumni; Md Jubair Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Nirjhar Das Sharma, Purdue University Calumet; Suraiya Jannat Khan, Purdue University Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology)

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #11218PROGRAMMING A SIX AXIS MOTOMAN HP3C ROBOT FOR INDUS-TRIAL SORTING APPLICATIONMr. Hamza Kadir, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Alumni Hamza Kadir, M.Sc., currently works as a Controls Engineer in the Packaging Machinery OEM indus- try. He completed his Masters from Purdue University Calumet, majoring in Mechatronics Engineering Technology. He conducted his M.Sc. Directed Project at the Nick and Nancy Wilson Mechatronics En- gineering Technology Laboratory. This project involves integration of modern automation tools for an intelligent part sorting system. He has previously worked with use of

Conference Session

Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

considerations in our core courses. I reflect on lessons learned from twoassignments in two different core courses, each implemented in the larger context of engineeringat a liberal arts college. Here introducing a social justice dimension of sustainability was a smallpart of a larger effort to integrate liberal education into core courses.One module introduced students in a first year Mass and Energy Balances course to the tool ofLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) for developing and analyzing green products and processes, whilesimultaneously offering a critique of green consumerism which was incorporated into studentLCA projects. A key learning outcome was that students understood not only the promises of thetool but also its limitations and when it is and is

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Shiwen Mao, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

module is developed with the insights of benefits and challenges obtained from a ResearchExperience for Undergraduate project. Through this module, the students will not only gainvaluable knowledge of the state-of-art beamforming technique, SDR concepts, and the universalsoftware radio peripheral (USRP) platform, but also improve their creative thinking ability,hands-on and programming skills. Additional benefits include increased students’ interests incommunication engineering, higher retention rate and more minority students pursuing graduatedegrees.Background and motivationWith the significant growth in the number of users using various types of portable devices ondiverse real and non-real time, high and low data rate applications, future

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Division: Fundamental; K-12 Students & Engineering Design Practices: Best Paper Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Crismond, City College of the City University of New York; Michal Lomask

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

with their students.Dr. Michal Lomask c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Fundamental  –  Using  Engineering  Design  Teaching  Portfolios  to  gauge  design  teacher  performance   and  infer  design  pedagogical  content  knowledge   Abstract  This  paper  reports  on  the  creation  and  use  of  an  Engineering  Design  Teaching  Portfolio  system  created  for  the  NSF-­‐funded  DRK-­‐12  project  Engineering  for  All  (EfA).  In  this  project  two  middle  school  engineering  design-­‐based  instructional  units  were  developed.  The  instructional  units  were  designed  to  depict

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sergey M Avdoshin, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Valery V. Shilov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation; Sergey A. Silantiev

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International Forum

, foreign companies and transnational corporations (over 130). The HSE israpidly developing university which actively perceives the most advanced ideas. So it waswith software engineering.Software engineering is a relatively young scientific discipline. For the first time, the term“Software Engineering” was proposed in 1968 at the NATO conference at Garmisch-Partenkirchen devoted to the so-called “software crisis” that has arisen with the developmentof computers of the third generation, allowing the realization not previously implementedsoftware projects. There was a need for new technologies and methods of management for thedevelopment of complex large software systems. In Russia, the HSE in 2006 began to developfirst domestic standard on software

Conference Session

Concurrent Virtual Sessions

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Christoph Matthies, Hasso-Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany; Thomas Kowark, Hasso Plattner Institute; Matthias Uflacker, Hasso Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering

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International Forum Virtual Presentation

consequence, educators have includedpractical projects in their software development course designs, recognizing the need tolearn about the human (i.e. cognitive and social) aspects of software engineering.9 Thesepractical projects are able to complement lectures and teach a different set of skills. Kroppand Meier11 introduced the Agile Competence Pyramid model, differentiating various levelsof these agile skills and rating them in importance. Agile values are considered to be mostimportant in their model by being on the top of the pyramid. However, the authors notethat this level of the model “is mostly completely neglected” in current course programs.In order to address this issue in an integrated approach, we have developed the softwareengineering

Conference Session

Disruptive Innovations

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Frank Vahid, zyBooks

A 14% Letter grade B 14% C Exams D 8% Projects zyBook Textbook

Conference Session

Cool Ideas

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Keith Buffington, Bucknell University

Initiatives SYNCHRONIZED ENGINEERING COLLABORATIONS: THE BUCKNELL – GEISINGER INITIATIVES Syncronicity?Curricular & Capstone Collaborative Research BME Initiatives ME Interdisciplinary Projects  BU-GHS Research Initiative ECE  Medical Device  Ciffolillo Heathcare Innovation Development Program Funds CHEG  IDEAS Senior Design  Costa Healthcare Research Partnering withClinical Mentors Administrative Professionals General surgery  Clinical Innovation & Process

Conference Session

CoED: Computer Science Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Li Ding, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Rebecca Rohmeyer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Computers in Education

Acquisition to Programming Language Study in a Blended Learning EnvironmentAbstractThis paper describes a design and implementation of a Second Language Acquisition in aBlended Learning (SLA-aBLe) project that aims to examine the efficacy of SLA approaches forteaching programming language. The project, which has been running for three semesters,modifies specific learning modules in a programming language class using a series of shortervideos with subtitles, online quizzes with tiered questions and comments, and a topic specifieddiscussion board with Q&A sections. The SLA aspect of the SLA-aBLe study is emphasizedthrough the use of strategies defined as best-practice SLA techniques, such as the inclusion ofself-testing tired

Conference Session

MET and Mechatronics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Haughery, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #22460Mechatronics and Academic Success: Towards Understanding the Impactsof Age, Major, and Technical ExperienceDr. John R. Haughery, Iowa State University Dr. John Haughery is currently a lecturer in the department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. His technical experience and interests include electrical power systems, industrial controls, and mechatronics. His research focuses on the integration of mechatronic-based projects into freshman engineering and technology curricula with the intent of increasing student engagement and motivation. John received his BS in Industrial

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University; Gregory C. Bernard, Tuskegee University; Willard E. Collier, Tuskegee University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

and animal pathol- ogy. His research interests are developing nanobiopesticides for agricultural pest management, elucidating biomagnetics in plant growth and development, and transcriptome profiling of plants to identify molec- ular factors of disease resistance. He currently serves as a Co-PI on USDA-funded undergraduate plant breeding training program and a gene-editing (CRISPR/Cas 9) project with Dr. Marceline Egnin et al. Dr. Bernard has co-established the caprine research unit at N.C. A&T S.U (Dr. Mulumebet Worku) and, is actively working towards improving sustainability in small-scale farming production for local crop pro- ducers as well as infrastructure enhancement of the George Washington Carver

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

global market.Research Questions and DesignThe overarching goal of this project is to improve rural manufacturing capacity by betterunderstanding the relationship between NW Florida employers, employees, and curriculum viathe following research questions:RQ1. How do the AM competencies graduates gain through Associate’s level AM programscompare to the needs of employers?RQ2. How do the AM competencies graduates gain through Associate’s level AM programscompare to the skill sets new professionals need?RQ3. What are the differences between the skill sets employers need and the skill sets newprofessionals report they need?RQ4. How can AM curricula be modified to best meet the specific needs of AM employers andAM employees?RQ5. To what extent are AM

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Medha Dalal, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Student

“… the innovations developed and put in place will wither after Responses selected for managers etc. (n = 19) Creating new knowledge within authentic projects the funding is exhausted. In the immediate future I think is, how final analysis (n=111) Note. Results based on N=111, D&I = Diversity and Inclusion • Groundwork to initiate a ways of thinking framework are we going to keep this stuff going when funding is

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Larry Shuman

to analyze their responses to short answer ethical design questions before andafter the course. This data, combined with an ethical thinking survey and self-efficacy assessment,resulted in a number of statistically significant differences. The authors propose that “the integra-tion of ethics and design holds promise as a way of fostering the development of professional skillsamong engineering students.” Nicola Brown, from Massey University, New Zealand, describes the implementation and evalua-tion of a website based assessment tool for project based learning. Used with first year engineer-ing students, the author found that developing a website rather than writing a report was a lessonerous task for most students. In addition, developing

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Gabriella Santi; Arif Mohaimin Sadri, Florida International University

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

Paper ID #29100Integrative Pedagogical Framework to Support Construction Students’Professional Skills and EngagementMr. Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University Piyush Pradhananga is a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). Piyush holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tribhuwan University (TU). Following his graduation in 2016, he joined a leading real estate corporation in Nepal as the site engineer working on a multi-million project. He later joined a research firm based in London where he worked as an En- gineering Graduate Researcher. Piyush is

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa P. Goulart, Texas A&M University; Logan Porter, Texas A&M University; Nripendra Sarker, Texas A&M University; Mike Willey, Texas A&M University

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Computers in Education

projects in our program.Throughout the academic year of Fall 2019 and Spring 2020, an MSP432 MCU has been usedand taught in three different courses throughout the embedded system integration track in theESET program from sophomore to junior/senior undergraduate students [1]. In this paper, thedetails of the courses in the embedded system integration track and transitional progress andstudents’ learning progress throughout the embedded system course curriculumII. Embedded System Integration TrackThe ETID department offers an Embedded System Integration minor. Students learn aboutembedded system hardware and software development and how these systems are used inproducts and electronics. This minor requires five courses of 18 hours and is open to

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lijun Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Dongxiao Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology ; Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Zhonglian Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Hai Lin, Beijing Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

accomplish more than 40 various types of scientific and technological innovation projects, 6 of which won the first prize in China. Moreover, he won the first prize of the Beijing Teaching Achievement Award in China. In addition, he published 12 papers and obtained 6 invention patents.Dr. Xiaofeng Tang, The Ohio State University Xiaofeng Tang is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in engineering ethics at Penn State University. He received his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Prof. Zhonglian Zhang, Beijing Institute of TechnologyProf. Hai Lin, BeiJing Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

Inc. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from BUET.Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University Dr. Abdul Jalloh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Jalloh has extensive background in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering, and conducting research in composite materials, manufacturing processes, structural dynamics and the finite element method. He also spent many years in industry as a project engineer. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sierra Leone

Conference Session

The Latest in Improving Learning in ChE Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Kelly, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

of active learning activities – a similar balance was employedfor each section. Exam performances of the two sections were compared against eachother to assess the degree to which an increase in active learning promotes understandingand retention. Entrepreneurial tendencies were noted for individual students as theyworked on group projects near the end of the semester. Before the projects were handedout, both sections were exposed to lectures on state-of-the-art heat transfer technologicalsolutions to some current problem(s). During these lectures, entrepreneurialcharacteristics (i.e. creativity and “big-picture thinking” etc..) and skills (i.e. problemidentification, market analysis and patent searching etc..) that were exhibited during

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Marcks, Sinclair Community College; Larraine Kapka, Sinclair Community College; Alan Watton, Sinclair Community College

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Engineering Technology

2006-1338: TEACHING IMPROVED METHODS OF TUNING AND ADJUSTINGHVAC CONTROL SYSTEMSRussell Marcks, Sinclair Community College Russell Marcks is a Professor at Sinclair Community College in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He teaches in the areas of fluids, thermal sciences and control with a specialization in HVAC systems. Professor Marcks is a lead investigator for this grant.Larraine Kapka, Sinclair Community College Larraine Kapka is an Assistant Professor at Sinclair Community College in Mechanical Engineering Technology. She teaches in the areas of fluids and thermal sciences with a specialization in HVAC systems. Professor Kapka is the project coordinator for this grant.Alan Watton

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Evans, Purdue University; Matthew Kirleis, Purdue University; Casey Smith, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

telecommunications systems. He is a member of the ASEE, ACM, and a senior member of the IEEE. His research interests include understanding the mechanisms that create performance degradation in distributed computing systems, focusing in the areas of high performance computing and sensor networks.Matthew Kirleis, Purdue University Matt Kirleis is a senior in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. His academic interests include microcontrollers, communications and controls. He is a member of Tau Alpha Pi. In his spare time he enjoys working on various electrical projects such as building an RC Engine Dynamometer for his senior

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College; Alexander Genis, G I I, Inc.; Tony Midora, PMT, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

College. The outcome of the proposed project will bea hands-on laboratory course in which NDE techniques of parts and materials will be presentedand applied through real-life problems. NDE curriculum will be designed to fulfill Levels I andII NDE in theory and training requirements, according to American Society for NondestructiveTesting (ASNT ) Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A (2001). Once fully developed, theNDE laboratory will serve as a training center for engineering technology students, as well as forthe workforce of local companies, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and PECO Energy, withwhom Drexel has a rich history of partnership in terms of internships and researchcollaborations. Such educational laboratories are nearly non-existent in

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

report Science: The Endless Frontier. But, as Project Hindsight [U.S. Department of Defense] and other reports indicate, the basic research-driven paradigm of the practice of engineering for technology development & innovation is in error.7, 8 As Martino, formerly of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, noted ─ the linear basic research-driven paradigm of how technology is primarily created is erroneous because scientific research and engineering development serve two very different functions with different methods, which are not linear, sequential processes as the 1945 paradigm portrayed. 9III. Paradigm Shift ─ Modern Practice of Engineering forContinuous and Systematic Technology Development & InnovationDuring

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee S Navickis-Brasch P.E., University of Idaho, Moscow; Anne Liu Kern, University of Idaho; Jillian Rae Cadwell, University of Idaho ; Laura Laumatia Laumatia; Fritz Fiedler, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Community Engagement Division

Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. Dr. Cadwell’s research incorporates an interdisciplinary study of ecology and fluid me- chanics with a focus on the role of contaminant transport in the ecological health of aquatic environments. She recently resigned from her position at Gonzaga to start her family. Dr. Cadwell currently consults on a $1.2 million NSF grant that she procured in partnership with the University of Idaho faculty in Curriculum and Instruction, UI Extension, and two local Native American Indian Tribes: the Coeur d’Alene (CdAT) and Spokane (ST) tribes. The grant, ITEST, Strategies Project—Back to the Earth (BTTE), is addressing a national call to increase the STEM workforce pipeline by supporting and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Wolsky, WGBH Educational Foundation; Christine Andrews Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, including Long Ago and Far Away, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, Arthur, and ZOOM. Ms. Wolsky holds a B.A. in American Studies from Barnard College at Columbia University.Dr. Christine Andrews Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group Dr. Christine Andrews Paulsen is founder of Concord Evaluation Group (CEG) in Massachusetts. Dr. Paulsen holds a Ph.D. in education research, evaluation, and measurement from the University of Penn- sylvania. She has been conducting evaluation research since 1990 and, prior to CEG, worked for the Institute for Social Analysis and the American Institutes for Research. Dr. Paulsen routinely directs evaluations of STEM-related projects in informal settings

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

electrical and/orcomputer engineers in their careers.At the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown campus, electrical engineering technology (EET) andcomputer engineering technology (CET) majors always take one semester course on computerprogramming so they can be effective in using embedded controllers and other programmable devices,later in their curricula or in industry after graduation. It is a C language based programming coursewith few programming projects appropriate for the second year engineering students. However,several of their follow on courses require them to use MATLAB as a problem solving tool inadvanced circuit theory and control systems courses. Students have been learning basic MATLAB ontheir own, and then learn advance features such