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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seyed Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Paul J. Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Burton Dicht, IEEE; Douglas Gorham, IEEE; Chris Macnab, University of Calgary; Sadiq Mitchell, IEEE; Cherrice Traver, Union College; Stephen M. Williams P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Loren Wyard-Scott, University of Alberta

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-5132: IEEE REAL WORLD ENGINEERING PROJECTS (RWEP)Dr. Seyed Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University Seyed Hossein Mousavinezhad is professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering Department, Idaho State University. He is active with ASEEECE Division, is IEEE Education Society’s Membership Development Chair, and is Van Valkenburg Awards Committee Chair. Mousavinezhad is founding General Chair of International IEEE Electro Information Technology Conferences, http://www.eit-conference.org/.Dr. Paul J. Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology Paul J. Benkeser is a professor and Senior Associate Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He is past

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Engineering Technology Curriculum Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; William Stark, Macomb Community College

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-3266: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DEGREEPROGRAMS IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGYDr. Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University Chih-Ping Yeh received his B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Taiwan, M.S. degree in biomedical eEngineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical en- gineering from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Prior to joining Wayne State University, he worked as Senior System Engineer and Data Analysis Specialist in the defense industry. Currently, he is the Director and Chair of the Division of Engineering Technology at WSU. His current research in- terests are in electric drive vehicle technology and advanced

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Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett Ph.D., Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University; Steve Wendel, Sinclair Community College; Mark J. Stratton, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; V. Raju, VIT University; Winston F. Erevelles, St.Mary's University; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-4210: THE FOUR PILLARS OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEER-ING: WHAT ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES SHOULDKNOW ABOUT MANUFACTURINGProf. Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton Robert L. Mott is Professor Emeritus of engineering technology at the University of Dayton, member of the Steering Committee of the SME Manufacturing Education & Research Community, Senior Staff of the NSF-sponsored National Center for Manufacturing Education, author of four textbooks in the mechanical engineering technology field, and a Fellow of ASEE.Prof. Ronald J. Bennett Ph.D., Univeristy of Saint Thomas Ronald J. Bennett holds the Honeywell Chair in Global Technology Management in the School of Engi- neering at the University of St

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Lee, Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3344: PREPARING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSFOR CONDUCTING POSTSECONDARY ACADEMIC RESEARCHDr. Adrian Lee, Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute Adrian Lee received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2009, specializing in probability and risk analysis of aviation security systems. Lee served as a post- doctoral research engineer at Vishwamitra Research Institute, Center for Uncertain Systems: Tools for Optimization and Management, and is currently President of Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute. Lee is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), the Institute of

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Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher M Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-5497: INCREASING DIVERSITY AND ENHANCING THE CUR-RICULUM WITHIN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AT RITDr. Christopher M Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Dr. Greene is an Assistant Professor in MMET/PS at RIT. Dr. Greene’s primary areas of research are in manufacturing systems, quality engineering, engineering education and the electronics manufacturing domain. Dr. Greene has also participated in several funded engineering education programs aimed at advancing opportunities in Alabama’s Black Belt. He has several educational grants presently. He worked previously as a manufacturing scientist in the Micro-Electronics Division of IBM

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech

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Biological & Agricultural

Richter1, Lauren Brookmire1 and Dan Lluch21Biological Systems Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA2MathWorks Inc., Natick, MAABSTRACTThe Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) Department at Virginia Tech is undergoing significantcurriculum change through implementation of a spiral theme based curriculum. The primary focus of thespiral curriculum is to provide opportunities for learning in repeating themes based on authenticproblems in the profession of engineering with increasing complexity over the years. One outcome(theme) is the ability to control processes and systems and to address that we are developing learningmodules that could be implemented from freshmen to senior year in the curriculum. Majority of theactivities will be

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Design Tools and Methodology II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cozzens, Southern Utah University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 25.1502.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 YouTube: An Effective CAD Training Resource1. IntroductionThis paper is a continuation of my research in the area of web-based CAD training. Phase I(Ethicomp2008 conferencei) of my research was where I addressed the “Feasibility of Web-Based Training for CAD”. Phase II (Ethicomp2010 conferenceii) of my research was “Whatis Quality Web-Based CAD Training”. This paper is organized in the following order: 1.Introduction, 2. Overview of this Research, 3. Methodology, 4. Results/Data, 5.Conclusionand Future Direction followed by References. Section 2 (Overview of this Research)describes the main motivation behind my research.2. Overview

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jianming Liu; Steven L. Grant

MMDAvatar– An Online Voice Chat Robot with 3D Avatar and Artificial Intelligence Jianming Liu and Steven L. Grant Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractThis paperproposes a web-based online voice chat robot, which supports speech recognition,speech synthesis, artificial intelligence and motion response with a 3D avatar. There are a lotof online chat robots which are based on Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML),however, they usually only support text chat mode. Recently, a voice toolkit calledMMDAgent is developed by Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, which

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Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandra Martinez, University of Costa Rica; Marcelo Jenkins, University of Costa Rica

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2012-3237: AN EXPERIENCE USING REFLECTION IN SOFTWAREENGINEERINGDr. Alexandra Martinez, University of Costa Rica Alexandra Martinez has been working since 2009 as an Invited Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Costa Rica (UCR). She has taught courses in databases, soft- ware testing, and bioinformatics, and done applied research in software testing at UCR’s Research Center on Information and Communication Technologies. Previously, she worked as a Software Design Engi- neer in Test at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Wash., and as a Software Engineer at ArtinSoft in San Jose, Costa Rica. She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from the University of Florida

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FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lizzie Y. Santiago, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2012-3774: ENGINEERING ATTRITION AND UNIVERSITY RETEN-TIONDr. Lizzie Y. Santiago, West Virginia University Lizzie Y. Santiago, Ph.D., is Teaching Assistant Professor for the Freshman Engineering program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. She holds a Ph.D. in chemical engi- neering from the Pennsylvania State University. She teaches freshman engineering courses and supports the outreach and recruiting activities of the college. Her research interests include neural tissue engi- neering, stem cell research, absorption of air pollutants in human upper airways, attrition and university retention, Increasing student awareness and interest in research and engineering, STEM

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James E. Globig, University of Dayton; Michael J. Kozak, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-3529: THE RUBBER BAND RULE AND OTHER INNOVATIVETECHNIQUES TO TEACH INTRODUCTORY CIRCUIT ANALYSISProf. James E. Globig, University of Dayton James Globig joined the University of Dayton in Aug. 1998 after nearly 20 years of engineering ex- perience in a variety of product-producing organizations. Having held positions ranging from Design Engineer to Vice President of Research and Development, he combines a practical and thorough under- standing of the product development process and the role of the engineer in corporate America. He is named on eight patents. Globig received his bachelor’s of engineering technology from the University of Dayton in 1979, his master’s of business administration from Miami

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Adam Carberry; Daniel Bumblauskas; Alexandra Coso; Ana Torres-Ayala

Student Satisfaction with ASEE Activities and its Impact on ASEE Student Membership Adam Carberry, Daniel Bumblauskas, Alexandra Coso, Ana Torres-Ayala Arizona State University, University of Missouri, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of South FloridaAbstractThe number of students participating in engineering education research, reform, and practice hasbeen steadily growing, as seen by the increased student membership of the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) within the last decade. A possible source for this increasedinvolvement includes the creation of graduate programs awarding engineering education degrees,but according to a 2010

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire Yu Yan, University of British Columbia; Carolyn Labun, University of British Columbia

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-5341: IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: AN APPROACHUSED IN KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS OF MACHINERYDr. Claire Yu Yan, University of British Columbia Claire Yan is an instructor in the School of Engineering at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia. She received her B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, and Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Strath- clyde, U.K. She is a registered Professional Engineer.Dr. Carolyn Labun, University of British Columbia Page 25.750.1 c American Society for

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Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; Barbra Steinhurst, Bucknell University

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College Industry Partnerships

AC 2012-4475: INCREASING THE RETENTION OF UNDER-REPRESENTEDSTUDENTS IN ENGINEERING THROUGH CONNECTIONS WITH ANINDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEEDr. Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University Karen Marosi has been Associate Dean of Engineering at Bucknell University for 11 years. She has worked extensively in the area of student success in undergraduate engineering programs and has played a major role in the launching of the Engineering Success Alliance Program at Bucknell. Marosi holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and is a 2011 alumnus of the HERS Women in Higher Education Leadership Institute.Ms. Barbra Steinhurst, Bucknell University Barbra Steinhurst is the Director of the Engineering

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

AC 2012-3038: PERCEPTIONS OF ENGINEERING DOCTORAL PRO-GRAMSDr. Joy Watson, University of South Carolina Joy Watson is currently a STEM education consultant working with private industry, academia. and the U.S. Navy to develop a logistics/IT course for low-income, high potential middle and high school students. She completed her Ph.D. in the College of Engineering at the University of South Carolina in Aug. 2011. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before entering the doctoral program, she worked as a process engineer in the pulp and paper industry and as patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. At the University of South Carolina

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Engineering Professional Development and Distance Learning Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Continuing Professional Development

as a Process Engineer, and nine years as a private consultant and researcher. His interests are rooted in industrial-academic relationships, quality manage- ment system development, and production/operations management. He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Page 25.1124.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Responding to the Call: Extending the Rose-Hulman Relationship via Continuing EducationAbstractIn August 2010, Indiana State legislators passed the Continuing Education Rule (Indiana Code25-1-4), requiring Professional Engineers

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2012 EDI

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Richard Benson

New Deans Forum Engineering Deans Institute Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, April 15, 2012________________________________ Discussion of relations with facultymembers, students and direct-reports._________________________________________ Richard C. Benson Dean of Engineering, Virginia TechTheir success is your success!Students Faculty Direct-Reports StudentsFor a college of any appreciable size, it will beimpossible to have a close relationship with alarge fraction of the student body. The followingtechniques can help you stay connected: _______________________________________• Meet regularly with student organizations and leaders.• Host student groups that have gone on the road with you to professional meetings

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Service as an Element of Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4202: ENGINEERS SERVING EDUCATION: BRINGING MATHAND SCIENCE TO LIFE IN THE K-8 CLASSROOMStephen Rippon, Arizona State University Steve Rippon is the Assistant Dean of Student Services in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Ari- zona State University. In this capacity, he oversees the engineering schools’ K-12 outreach, undergraduate student recruitment, undergraduate engagement programs, and the Engineering Career Center.Dr. James Collofello, Arizona State University Page 25.565.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engineers Serving Education

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Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Andreeva-Moschen P.E., University of Applied Sciences Joanneum

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4142: THE FIVE MAIN REASONS BEHIND STUDENT ENROLL-MENT AND LATER DROP-OUTDr. Emilia Andreeva-Moschen P.E., University of Applied Sciences Joanneum Emilia Andreeva-Moschen is Head of the Department of Automotive Engineering and teaches electrics, electronics, and methods of signal processing at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). She is also a visiting lecturer at the haculty of transport of the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). She graduated with a degree in medical electronics as well in technical journalism from the Technical University of Sofia and received her Ph.D. from the Technical University of Graz (Austria). She gained industrial experience in automation of

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhsin Menekse, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Michelene T.H. Chi, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4513: THE USE OF DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING ACTIVI-TIES TO ENHANCE ENGINEERING STUDENTS LEARNINGMr. Muhsin Menekse, Arizona State University Muhsin Menekse is pursuing a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in the Science Education program at Arizona State University concurrently with a M.A. degree in measurement, statistics, and methodological studies. He had research experiences in the areas of conceptual change of naive ideas about science, argumentation in computer supported learning environments, and video game design to support students’ understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Muhsin is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Michelene Chi to develop and implement a classroom-based methodology with instructional

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Global Studies, Initiatives, and Study Abroad Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Pedro Romero, University of Utah

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International

AC 2012-4069: ENGINEERING STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM ON SUS-TAINABLE INFRASTRUCTUREDr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Steven J. Burian is an Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Utah, where he teaches and conducts research in the areas of water resources, energy, and sustainability. He earned a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a M.S.E. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Alabama. Burian is active in numerous professional societies including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Meteorolog- ical Society (AMS), American Water Resources Association (AWRA), Water Environment

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International Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Implementations, and Pedagogical Challenges in Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muge Mukaddes Darwish, Texas Tech University; Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University; Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University

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International

UniversityDr. Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University Assistant Professor of construction engineering Page 25.674.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Globalization and the New Challenges for Construction Engineering EducationAbstractThe world has been transformed in past decades by a phenomenon affecting us all, what we callglobalization. Globalization brought a critical inquiry into the shifting ground of ethical thoughtin the changing climate of the global economy. The need to educate engineering students on howto work in a globalized

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

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Sujata K. Bhatia; Brad Crane; David Goligorsky; Joseph P. Zinter; Gu-Yeon Wei

An introductory short course in design thinking for undergraduate and graduate students Sujata K. Bhatia1, Brad Crane2, David Goligorsky3, Joseph P. Zinter4, Gu-Yeon Wei1In order to attract and retain undergraduate students in engineering programs, it is critical to inspire and encouragestudents to study engineering. An undergraduate engineering education is a rigorous and challenging program,which conventionally consists of intense mathematics and science courses in early academic years, followed byapplied courses, such as engineering design in later years. The true essence of engineering is realized in theseapplied courses; integration of applied engineering and design-based activities throughout the academic curriculumis

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Awlad Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Martin W. Weiser, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

Department at Eastern Washington University. He earned his B.S. in ceramic engineering from the Ohio State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science and mineral engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He then joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico, where he taught materials science, thermodynamics, manufacturing engineering, and technical communication. Weiser then joined Johnson Matthey Electronics/Honeywell Electronic Materials, where he held positions in technical service, product management, Six Sigma, and research and development. He is inventor on a dozen patents and patent applications and has published more than 30 papers and book chapters on

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech; Jason Forsyth, Virginia Tech; Ed Dorsa, Virginia Tech; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Eloise Coupey, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2012-5469: INTERDISCIPLINARY PEDAGOGY FOR PERVASIVE COM-PUTING DESIGN PROCESSES: AN EVALUATIVE ANALYSISDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech where she serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Education and co-directs the Virginia Tech Engi- neering Communication Center. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include: interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design, writing across the curriculum in stat- ics courses, and a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State University; Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Thomas Perry P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-4805: ASME VISION 2030’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ME-CHANICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State UniversityDr. Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic Scott Danielson is the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Technology and Innova- tion at Arizona State University. Before assuming that role, he had been the Interim Chair of Engineering Department and the Chair of the Engineering Technology Department. He has been active in ASEE in the Mechanics Division and the Engineering Technology Division. He has also been active in ASME, being awarded the 2009 Ben C. Sparks Medal for excellence in mechanical engineering technology education, serving as a

Conference Session

Main Plenary 2 - Establishing Innovative Strategies Through the Virtuous Cycle of Research in Engineering Education - Korean Society for Engineering Education (KSEE)

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Dong Joo Song, Yeungnam University

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ASEE International Forum

GC 2012-5657: CURRENT STATUS OF ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCA-TION IN KOREAProf. Dong Joo Song, Yeungnam University Dong Joo Song is currently President of Korea Engineering Education Research Center, an Affiliate of Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea. Also he is Head of Innovation Center for Engineering Education, Yeungnam University, Korea. At Ye- ungnam University, he holds a position as Professor of School of Mechanical Engineering. He has been a member of board of directors of Korea Society of Engineering Education since 2000. He is a chair of engineering ethics education committee in KSEE. He had served as Chairman of Engineering Education Committee of Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Brett Meyer; Timothy Wei; David Jones; Stuart Bernstein

Enhancing the Distant Classroom Experience using NUVIEW Brett Meyer, Dr. Timothy Wei, Dr. David Jones, Stuart Bernstein University of Nebraska, LincolnAbstractThe authors set out to create a synchronous distance learning platform to facilitate interactivelearning, and diminish learner remoteness in the contiguous and distant classrooms. Thisplatform would encourage student to student interaction, and student to instructor interactionbetween classrooms. The researchers based their concept of the multi-site platform on thepedagogical concepts of social presence, cooperative learning, and classroominteraction. The first function of the classroom is the application of technologies to includethe

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering camps are held during the summers of every year at Southern PolytechnicState University. The camps are designed for middle and high school students. In this paper, weoutline the benefits, challenges of starting the camp, recruitment strategies, camp activities andsome feedback. Conducting AE camps has proven fruitful for the students, the university, andthe camp director. Some of the effective teaching techniques and potential areas of improvementare highlighted.IntroductionAerospace Engineering (AE) is often thought of as ‘Rocket Science’ that is theoretical andextremely difficult for a common student to understand. On the contrary AE is one of the specialdisciplines of Engineering in which theory is often developed based on the

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly L. Lundstrom, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3772: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOUTREACH PROGRAM ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD MATH-EMATICS AND SCIENCEKelly L. Lundstrom, Colorado School of Mines Kelly L. Lundstrom is a graduate student at Colorado School of Mines, seeking a master’s degree in applied statistics. She is interested in research relating to educational assessment, and she is a Teaching Fellow in the Bechtel K-5 Educational Excellence Initiative.Dr. Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Barbatra M. Moskal, Ed.D., is a professor of applied mathematics and statistics and the Director of the Trefny Institute of Educational Innovation at the Colorado School of Mines. Her research interests include measurement, evaluation