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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

Authors

Yasser R Salem, Graduate student; Paul Cotae, University of the District of Columbia

1998 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. From 1994 to 1998 he spent four years at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of Colorado at Boulder as a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Associate Professor doing research and teaching in ECE department and APPM department. He served also as a consultant to Navsys Corp., Colorado Springs, in 1997. From 2002 to 2008 he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). From 1984 to 2001, he was with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Iassy, where he conducted research and teaching in the area of digital commu- nications as a Full Professor at the

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Talal D. Gamadi; Bethany Disque; Marshal Watson; Lloyd Heinze

Effective Student Outcomes Assessment Plan Reform Strong Undergraduate Curriculum Plan Talal D. Gamadi, Bethany Disque, Marshal Watson, and Lloyd Heinze Texas Tech University/ Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering 807 Boston Avenue, Box 43111, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA E-mail: talal.gamadi@ttu.edu Abstract  $1 million in undergraduate core and rheology The undergraduate curriculum committee from the Bob laboratories, replacing all undergraduate labL. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas equipment.Tech University has made

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; J. Darrell Gibson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2366: CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY: USINGRUBRICS TO ASSESS STUDENT DESIGN REPORTSPatricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology M. PATRICIA BRACKIN is an Associate Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where she teaches a variety of design courses, and graphics. Her BS and MS are from the University of Tennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in ME. She has also been an Associate Professor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrial experience includes Oak Ridge National Laboratories and Chicago Bridge and Iron. She is a registered PE.J. Darrell Gibson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramin Sadeghi, Power & Water University of Technology; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Mark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University; Robert Matthews, University of Louisville

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Engineering Technology

the University of Louisville. He serves as the coordinator of engineering graphics, a service unit for all Speed School departments. Matthews is credited for the development of the CADD program and its laboratories at Speed School. He is published nationally and internationally in areas of teaching methodology. During his tenure at the University of Louisville he has generated in excess of 2.2 million dollars in grants and gifts in kind. He founded and was the first manager of the AutoCAD Training Center at the University of Louisville. Matthews’ research activity evolves around innovative teaching methods, techniques and creative activity. Academic computing initiative involving web-assisted

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Glen Thorncroft, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

1997, with a research emphasis in Boiling Heat Transfer. His current activities focus on improvement of undergraduate laboratory education, including new experiments, instrumentation, and pedagogy in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, as well as introducing Uncertainty Analysis into the undergraduate curriculum. Page 12.432.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Curricular Assessment Using Existing On-Campus Information DatabasesAbstractAssessment of engineering program success is critical for continual improvement. While thisassessment can take

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

Signalprocessing I Lab. These courses primarily focus on FIR and IIR filters design, the lattice filters,multirate digital signal processing design, adaptive filters design, employ Discrete Fouriertransform (DFT), Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), fast convolution and fast correlation, andarchitectures of various digital signal processors. The lab experiments provide a more detailedaccount of hands on experience using TI TMS320C67xx DSK development board.The main difficulty in teaching discrete Time Signals and Systems at the beginning level is thelarge number of mathematical equations. To understand the mathematical concepts, studentsneed to visualize the result or input-output relations. MATLAB, Mathematica, System View,and Lab View have the capability of

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

ROBERT GRAY, Penn State Erie

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

with a local industry.Perceived Shortcomings to Traditional Systems Design CurriculumBefore I began a career in academia as a professor of (electrical) engineering, I worked inindustry for nearly 20 years. A major part of my career was in the military performing duties asan avionics maintenance technician, a flight crewmember in remote operations in Alaska, anavionics systems engineer for the F-16 aircraft, and researcher for guidance and controls systemsin an avionics laboratory. Once in front of the classroom, it did not take long before I noticedthat my senior students had a good grasp of the individual subjects (circuits, digital electronics,microprocessors, mathematics, physics, etc.), but they lacked a solid understanding of how

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Source Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1054: AN OCEAN ENERGY PROJECT: THE OSCILLATING WATERCOLUMNCraig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Undergraduate Program for Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. He also teaches the capstone design course for the department. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael Ostendorf, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Scott Cray, Minnesota State University-Mankato

AC 2008-1803: PROMOTING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT INTHERMODYNAMICS WITH ENGINEERING SCENARIOS (YEAR 2)Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-MankatoStewart Ross, Minnesota State University, MankatoMichael Ostendorf, Minnesota State University-MankatoScott Cray, Minnesota State University-Mankato Page 13.1012.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Promoting Student Engagement in Thermodynamics with Engineering Scenarios (Year 2)I. IntroductionMany thermo-fluids courses are taught with traditional teaching methods and textbooks.Thermodynamics, in particular, is prone to elicit a negative impression from students "whoperceive the subject as dry

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denine Northrup, Western New England College; Steven Northrup, Western New England College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-disciplinary teams”1. Western New England College has a long history of incorporatingengineering design into laboratory and course work. Additionally, interdisciplinary team effortsare initiated in the freshman year and continue for all four years.2,3 This paper describes theassessment instrument used in a senior-level interdisciplinary course that students take during thefall semester. The design project brings together students from mechanical, electrical, andcomputer engineering in teams typically consisting of 4-5 members. During the most recentdelivery of the course, due to a limited number of platforms and a larger senior class, the teamsconsisted of 7-8 students.To achieve a good level of interdisciplinary teamwork, educators need to motivate

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 13.1045.4classes, or have a school assembly or invite parents for a career night discussion? Mosthigh schools do not have the infrastructure to support extra phone calls, or communityoutreach partnerships. If you have tried to call a high school and reach the principal orfaculty members, you are aware of how difficult it can be to develop a line ofcommunication. Many times you will have to call a teacher at home in the evenings todiscuss a project or program. The engineering faculty and staff within a university arealready stretched between research and teaching and do not have the luxury of time forcommunity outreach programs unless they can operate smoothly and efficiently. Thebarriers to working with several high schools in your

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brooks, Temple University; Asher Madjar, Temple University; William Miller; Keerthi V. Takkalapelli, Temple University

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-2967: FINITE ELEMENT METHOD - A TOOL FOR LEARNINGHIGHWAY DESIGNRobert Brooks, Temple University Dr. Brooks is an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Temple University. He was voted the "Transportation engineer of the year" by the ASCE-Philadelphia Section. Dr.Brooks' expertise includes finite element methods, highway and runway design, innovative materials in transportation engineering. He won the Tempe University College of Engineering’s Teaching Award for the year 2008.Asher Madjar, Temple University Prof.Madjar is a research professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College; Gary Welton, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

-learningsoftware makes it more likely for them to “drift off.”We recently completed a campus-wide study of student motivation. In this paper, we present theresults of that study, and report on the relationship motivation has with student satisfaction. Webegin with a description of the campus technology supporting education.2. Campus Teaching TechnologyGrove City College (GCC) is a private, comprehensive college now in its 16th year of a 1:1computing program. Currently, the college provides an HP Tablet PC (tc4400) to all its nearly2500 students and the majority of its faculty. For these students and faculty, the Tablet PC istheir sole computing platform. It is common for students to use the Tablet PC both inside andoutside the classroom, including

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

requiresmajor curriculum redesign and/or major expenditures on laboratory equipment. After this astudent would need to take the course and could still be up to two years away from his or her firstposition. In simple terms we often need to look four or more years into the future to predict whatwill be cutting edge as our students enter the workforce. This problem has long guaranteed thatthere is a lag between industry need and graduate knowledge. Although some futuredevelopments are easily foreseen, many are not. To identify developments that can impactproduction within five to ten years we look to private and public researchers. Through their workthey develop new solutions to old problems, and to develop innovations that redefine what wecan do, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is co-PI on several NSF grants to explore interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design.Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech LISA D. McNAIR is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She is co-PI on several NSF-funded projects that explore issues of learning, practicing and teaching

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

teaching materials hasbeen lead by environmental engineering programs and faculty, mining engineering was the onlyprogram criteria which specifically mentioned all three component concepts of sustainability.IntroductionRecently, sustainability has evolved as a discipline in its own right. Universities have developedgraduate programs where the focus of study centers on sustainability, such as master’s programsat the Rochester Institute of Technology1 and the University of Michigan2. However, institutionsmust not make the mistake of focusing upon the evolution of sustainability into a stand-alonediscipline, while neglecting the integration of sustainability related classes and concepts into allprograms of engineering. A compelling argument for the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

AC 2009-2325: BIOENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BANKClaire Komives, San Jose State UniversityErik Fernandez, University of Virginia Page 14.278.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 BIOENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BANKAbstractThe BioEngineering Educational Materials Bank is a web repository of biological applicationsthat can be used in undergraduate chemical engineering courses. A Phase I Course, Curriculumand Laboratory Improvement project has been carried out including the development of thewebsite and beta testing in chemical engineering programs across the country. The presentationwill provide a description of the website, outcomes of the beta

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, a research two-semester course is introduced in the freshman year. Thecourse is a small-scale model of the senior capstone project. The main objective of the course isto improve student retention and to recruit more students to one of the engineering clubs. Thefocus of the course is to introduce students to the project management skills. The majordifference between this course and the senior capstone project course is the technical level of thestudents. To overcome that, the theoretical part of the project was assigned to a sophomore levelcourse where these students have the needed technical skills for the project. The course wasoffered as a one-hour lecture for the first semester and three-hour laboratory during the secondsemester. The

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael V. Doran; Herbert E. Longenecker; David L. Feinstein; David D. Langan

. As a consequence of these differences between instructors, students will not be equally prepared bythe same course or sequence. This problem is further aggravated by the use of part-time faculty or graduatestudents teaching the course. These instructors are often totally unfamiliar with the curriculum guidelines andare given vague or limited instructions on course objectives. 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.3.1 In addition to the problems associated with faculty implementation of these guidelines, there is also aproblem with student understanding of course

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan A. Burtner; Benjamin S. Kelley; Allen F. Grum

who enrolled at Mercer for the 1990 FallQuarter were no longer enrolled in the Fall of 1991. For the School of Engineering, the attrition rate was evenhigher. Almost half of the 1990 freshman engineering class did not return to the Engineering School for theirsophomore year. These statistics clearly indicated that there was a need for some kind of intervention. In addition to the concern about low rates of retention, the School of Engineering had a variety of otherreasons for wanting to implement this experimental program. The primary motivating factors included severalthat may be somewhat unique to schools like Mercer. First, the School of Engineering has a primary missionof quality undergraduate education and teaching. This

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra L. Bishop; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre

Activities Mentors are used as student resources for two major annual engineering recruitment programs. In addition,there are twelve scheduled admissions office programs. The major engineering program dates are mandatory for thementors to attend. As mentioned previously, all mentors are trained to give engineering building tours, which includeengineering laboratories and facilities. A major focus of the tour is the interaction that occurs between the mentor andthe prospective engineering student. Phone-a-thons are another recruitment responsibility of the leadership team. Prospective engineering studentsare contacted following admission into the engineering school to congratulate them and to answer questions.Prospective students are

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John K. Estell

see and appreciate why we previously spent all that time over “boring, useless” material. Andas the threads that enter a loom are woven into patterns, so too were the concepts that the students used indesigning their project woven into a fabric that gave them the opportunity to learn about processes and tofurther their knowledge of the architecture, organization, and operation of a computer system. REFERENCES1. M. Cartereau, “A Tool for Operating System Teaching,” SZGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 51-57, September 1994.2, J. L. Donaldson, “Teaching Operating Systems in a Virtual Machine Environment,” SZGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 206-211, February 1987.3. T. Hayashi, “An Operating Systems Programming Laboratory Course,” SZGCSE

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael H. Gregg; Dr. Deidre Hirschfeld; Dr. Bevlee Watford

women in engineering. The origins of engineering education in military organization has led toeducating engineers through ‘ordeal’ -- ‘learning how to deal with difficulty and failure, to go beyondwhat one thought was possible. A student learns to keep trying when things go wrong. One learnsdiscipline by striving, and failing and striving again and finally succeeding. Some will learn how to dothings that no one else has done.’ ‘The ordeal in engineering education has three primary parts -- students are asked to dohomework and quiz problems that are often beyond their ability, they receive grades that are generallybelow their expectations, and must spend what many consider to be an inordinate amount of time ontheir studies and laboratories

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvia D. Pifion; Elsa Q. Villa; Connie Kubo Della-Piana

intraditional lectures assimilate far less information than those in which some type of active learning is taking place.Various types of active learning exist such as peer teaching, cooperative learning (formal and informal), writing inthe classroom, computer-based instruction, visual-based instruction, to name a few. One particular type of active learning is cooperative learning which is the instructional use of small groupsin which students work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning5. Research shows that smallgroups using cooperative learning techniques are positively correlated with student cognitive development, .retention, and sense of community The effective use of cooperative learning

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Dean R. Johnson; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

: MATHCAD, MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, MAPLE, LABVIEW,engineering educators need to take special care in where and when to introduce theseengineering software packages to students. Historically, signal processing has beena subject where students have great difficulty in understanding the underlying principlesand visualizing often abstract concepts which are fundamental to this important andgrowing area. Authors have had experience in teaching courses and conducting research in theareas of signals & linear systems and digital signal processing and welcome thisopportunity to share these ideas with engineering education community. In Section II weshow specific examples of filter design methods and solution of difference equationsusing MATLAB and

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas, Austin; Jessica Jimenez, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberly Sills, Intel(r) Higher Education Program Manager

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Minorities in Engineering

uniqueopportunity to establish strong links with faculty, gain hands-on laboratory experience, anddevelop an appreciation for research careers in academia and industry. TREX participantsreceive a $2,600 research stipend ($1,300 per semester) and are required to spend an average of10-14 hours per week on his/her research project throughout the fall and spring semesters. Inaddition, TREX participants are required to submit: (1) a research plan; (2) monthly progressreports; (3) a daily research journal; and (4) a final written report. Finally, TREX participantsare expected to attend weekly seminars/group meetings and prepare a poster and oralpresentation.Since Fall 2001, 97 students have participated in TREX. The retention rate in engineering forTREX

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Greta Zenner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-518: DEVELOPING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ DESIGN SKILLSUSING ON-LINE VIDEO MODULES AND ACTIVE-LEARNING EXERCISESKatie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin, MadisonGreta Zenner, University of Wisconsin, MadisonNaomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, MadisonWendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 14.460.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Students Auxiliary Design Skills via Online Video Modules and Active Learning ExercisesAbstractBiomedical Engineering undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison participate insix semesters of engineering design. In addition to engineering design aptitude

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Educational Research and Methods

appropriate for any assignment – in any class – that includes an open-endedproblem-solving component, including laboratory and design-oriented assignments.Moreover, the rubric can be used to track the development of critical-thinking skills asstudents progress through the curriculum. It is not expected that a freshman – or even theaverage senior – will score at the “Accomplished” level. Rather, instructors must decidewhat level of performance is reasonable for students in their class, and assign gradesaccordingly: freshmen may be expected to perform somewhere between the “Beginning”and “Developing” level, for example, with seniors expected to perform consistently at the“Competent” level. Applying this rubric to assignments at multiple points in

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation. Contact k.schmidt@mail.utexas.eduRichard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Dr. RICHARD H. CRAWFORD is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME from Louisiana State University in 1982, and his MSME in 1985 and Ph.D. in 1989, both from Purdue University. He teaches courses in mechanical engineering design and geometric

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte William Heybruck received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2001. Prior to becoming the Director of the UNC Charlotte College of Engineering Industrial Solutions Laboratory he was a Senior Engineer for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies specializing in the Microdrive and automotive hard disk drives. Prior to Hitachi, he was Product Development Manager for the Wireless products at IBM. He has three patents in the field of test technology.Daniel Hoch, University