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Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Oliveira is an ABET evaluator, and serve as panelist for NSF projects. Dr. Oliveira has also been contributing to several STEM K-12 outreach initiatives, and to the NSF-ADVANCE initiative at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Oliveira is a member of the IEEE Photonics Society, the IEEE Women in Engineering Society, and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Page 15.670.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 IMPACTING STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN STEM FIELDS: AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION COURSE FOR K-12 UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTSAbstractA growing demand for

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Lean and Green

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; John Sutherland, Purdue University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2010-550: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING: IDEALLY POSITIONED TOADDRESS THE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGETerri Lynch-Caris, Kettering UniversityJohn Sutherland, Purdue University Page 15.729.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Industrial Engineering: Ideally Positioned to Address the Sustainability ChallengeAbstractIndustrial Engineers (IEs) have embraced efficiency principles in the design and improvement ofmanufacturing systems. The lean concept defined by the Toyota Production System hasaugmented traditional Work Design courses as a tool for eliminating waste in the manufacturingenvironment. As systems thinkers, the unique

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Amr Safwat, The University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

of experience in dealing with difficult students or difficultsituations. Formal teaching methods are often not supplied – and practical experience is limited,often resulting in poor and ineffective communication between faculty and students.This paper will address a potential solution towards preparing graduate students in becomingfuture engineering faculty. The paper will focus on several engineering graduate students whoparticipated in a grant linking their education, research, and career development. Thedevelopment of the graduate students in the program is rooted in a 20 hour a week commitmentto develop and implement self-created, engineering and research related lessons in local highschools throughout the academic year. The paper will

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Chiara Silvestri; Suzanne LePage; Paul P. Mathisen

audio instructions.The tutorials helped the students gain experience and confidence in software use, with the goal ofincreasing the students’ interest, motivation and comprehension of course material.Introduction Incorporating software packages in the undergraduate curriculum represents a significantteaching challenge for educators. Proficiency in the use of specific software is often an importantqualification for students looking to join the work force in their area of interest. To effectivelymake use of these packages, however, time and often training is needed. Given the increasingbreadth of topics that must be covered in our undergraduate curriculum, it is becomingincreasingly difficult to allot the time needed to provide this background

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabina Jeschke, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH); Lars Knipping, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer; Nina Reinecke, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Erhard Zorn, Technische Universitaet Berlin

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International

AC 2010-1362: EXPERIENCES FROM AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ANDSTAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAM AND SOME STILL UNSOLVED MYSTERIESSabina Jeschke, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) Sabina Jeschke holds the chair for “Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA)” at RWTH Aachen University, department of mechanical engineering, and is director of the “Center for Learning and Knowledge Management (ZLW)” at RWTH Aachen University. Together, this twin-institute ZLW/IMA forms a scientific institution with currently more than 50 junior and senior researchers, 15 staff members and about 100 student coworkers. In academic education, ZLW/IMA is responsible for the computer science education of

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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YoonJung Cho; Sohum Sohoni; Donald P. French

Need Assessment for Graduate Teaching Assistant Training: Identifying Important But Under-Prepared Roles YoonJung Cho, Sohum Sohoni, Donald P. French Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a need assessment survey that was developed to gain the perspectives ofstudents, faculty, and graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) as a precursor to developing a trainingprogram. On the first portion of the instrument, volunteers from all groups rated the importancethey placed on each of 24 GTA roles and responsibilities. Additionally, GTAs and faculty ratedthe GTAs‟ competence on each of these categories. Results showed that faculty ranked GTAcompetence lower than the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Gautham Das; Rishi Cariappa

protected species of plants to areaswhich were not to be disturbed. During the design period, students assisted in developingcomputer aided design (CAD) drawings and surveying out the limits of the freeway. Thecollaboration of engineers and students resulted in the completion of the outer ring road ahead ofschedule and leading to a 5000% increase in the property value of the area encompassed by thisroad. 1IntroductionIn recent years, Bangalore located in southern India has gained the title “Information Technologycapital of India” due to the vast number of multinational computer engineering firms in the city.Bangalore's economy is US $ 100 Billion, which

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Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Hadaway, Norwood High School; Megan Urbaitis, Norwood High School; Regina Lamendella, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati

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Environmental Engineering

paper presents an innovative teaching approach, how it is implemented, student responseresults of the implementation, and the assessment of impact on student learning. The findings arebased on surveys given to the students after each lab lesson taught in partnership with university(Project STEP) and community members. The purpose of this paper is to showcase authentic molecular technology research methods thathave been incorporated into a high school level water quality study in cooperation with awatershed restoration program. Typically, water quality studies focus on chemical analysis suchas pH, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, orthophosphates, nitrates, temperature,turbidity, macro-invertebrate survey and fecal coliform cultures

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Xingguo Xiong; Linfeng Zhang; Lawrence V. Hmurcik P.E.

project/thesis research in MEMS. The MEMS curriculum attractedtremendous interest among students, and the students’ feedback on the course have beenexcellent. This is part of our efforts to prepare students for the future need of economyrevival.1. IntroductionMEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems) refer to devices and systems in the size rangeof 1µm~1000μm, which combine both electrical and mechanical components, and arefabricated with semiconductor fabrication technology [1]-[4]. MEMS enable theintegration of multiple functions into a single chip, such as sensing, actuation,computation, control, communication, power, etc. Due to their extremely small size,MEMS have the advantages of low cost, low weight, low energy consumption, highresolution

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ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Constant, Iowa State University

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Women in Engineering

Faculty in EngineeringAbstractISU is in the 4th year of a 5-year NSF funded ADVANCE grant. In accordance with the intent ofNSF’s “Institutional Transformation” grants, the focus of this work is not on the individualprofessional development of women, but instead, on changing the academic environment inwhich they work. The goal of the ISU ADVANCE research program is to investigate theeffectiveness of a multilevel collaborative effort to effect institutional transformation that resultsin the full participation of women faculty in STEM fields in the university. Our approachfocuses on transforming departmental cultures (views, attitudes, norms and shared beliefs),practices (what people say and do), and structures (physical and social arrangements), as

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Baker, Rowan University; Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

AC 2010-179: ILLUSTRATING BIOSEPARATIONS WITH THE PRODUCTION,PURIFICATION AND SEPARATION OF COLORFUL PROTEINSMichelle Baker, Rowan University Michelle Baker obtained her Master's degree in Engineering from Rowan University in August, 2010. She is currently a candidate for a PhD from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University Brian Lefebvre was an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University from September 2004 through December 2008. His teaching interests include the development of hands-on learning tools in biochemical engineering and bioseparations. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the DELOS division of ASEE (2007

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ibrahim Alkore Alshalabi; Eman Abdelfattah

video.However, documents that include several forms of media at the same time might distract thestudent during the learning process. We believe that loading several forms of media in the same page but not in the same time canbe achieved by providing synchronization to these media through services that support all therequirements that media need. In this paper, we will discus and examine some of multimediaapplications that can provide support for E-learning system.1. INTRODUCTION The application of information and communications technology to education and training,both in the corporate and public sectors is now a big business on a global scale [1]. The WorldWide Web and web-software have created the possibility of delivering compelling electronic

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2010 ERC

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Robert J Trew

Division of Electrical,Communications, and Cyber­Systems (ECCS) Robert J. Trew Division Director ASEE ERC ECCS Missionž Address fundamental research issues at the nano, micro, and macro scales underlying device and component technologies (electronic and photonic devices), energy and power, controls, networks, communications, computation, and cyber technologiesž Support integration of systems principles in complex engineering systems and networks for a variety of applications areasž Ensure education of a diverse workforce to meet the technological challenges of a 21st century global economy

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Engaging Students in Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Salehpour, University of Cincinnati; Sam Antoline, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

from their textbooks and then they were asked to created 3-Dmodels. These models were then fabricated on an in-house rapid prototyping machine. Studentsperformed the experiments on their models and compared the results to the calculated results.Initial feedback from the students has revealed that modeling, fabricating, and testing some ofthe textbook problems enhanced their learning of the concepts. This provided a relevant transferof skills for the students from solid modeling to physical problem solving. An additional benefitof this technique is exposure of the students to the design process early in their curriculum.IntroductionThere is a large amount of work in the literature addressing different means of effective teaching.Most of the

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Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Gianfranco DiGiuseppe, Kettering University

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-2160: AN EFFICIENT WAY TO INCREASE THE ENGINEERINGSTUDENT’S FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THERMODYNAMICS BYUTILIZING INTERACTIVE WEB BASED ANIMATION SOFTWARERichard Stanley, Kettering University Dr. Richard Stanley has been a faculty member of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Kettering University (Flint, MI) since July of 1999, where he holds the rank of Associate Professor. He earned his BSME from The University of Michigan in 1990, his MSME from Wayne State University in 1996, and his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 1998. His primary interest is to develop web-based internet animation software, which can be used to enhance the engineering student’s understanding of

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Peng Su; Zhengping Wu

. Under the condition of unknowingrouting policies of BGP neighbors and their uplink ASes, it is uneasy to understand to learn howto build a multi-homing environment and deal with congestion problems. Especially, somemistakenly announced prefixes on the Internet will continuously increase routing table andimpact police-based routing. Therefore, this paper tries to analyze the whole adjacencies ofautonomous systems running on the Internet, their relationships as well as the prefixesannounced from every AS, and store them into a database. As a result, the whole topologyamong ASes becomes clearer, and then it is more practical to learn the way of building newnetworks, refining them and making a trouble shooting. Keywords: BGP, autonomous systems

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Modeling Student Data

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Educational Research and Methods

School of Education Abstract There is a growing concern among universities that students in undergraduate andgraduate engineering and business programs will be unprepared or underprepared to work inglobal workforces. In their 2005 publication, Engineers for 2020, the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) urged university engineering schools nationwide to embed curriculum andassessment measures into academic programs that provide opportunities and associatedassessment metrics to meet this international challenge. Specifically, the NAE chargesuniversities and colleges to prepare engineers that are leaders in global engineering fields withstrong communication, leadership and interdisciplinary research

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ELD Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Thompson, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2010-536: SEEKING AND FINDING THE AEROSPACE LITERATURE FROM1996 - 2010: AND, THE WINNER IS . . . GOOGLELarry Thompson, Virginia Tech Page 15.1056.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Seeking and Finding the Aerospace Literature From 1996 – 2010: And, The Winner Is . . . . . . . . . . . GoogleAbstractThe Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) has been a standard resource inlibraries since its inception in 1963. Beginning in 1996 the title was only available online andrecently NASA has limited online access to the most recent two years. This paper compares theindexing in STAR with other standard resources such as the NASA

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Levine, University of North Carolina; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ivan Howitt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-2374: EMBEDDED WIRELESS NETWORKS INSTRUCTIONBenjamin Levine, University of North Carolina Ben Levine is an Embedded Systems Engineer in Rock Hill, SC with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from UNC Charlotte. After studying Optical Science at the graduate level he switched to Embedded Systems engineering and is currently pursing his Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering.James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte James M. Conrad received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He is currently an associate

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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John W Duggan P.E.; Henderson Pritchard

evaluate the impact of design alternatives to severalsustainability factors including energy efficiency, life cycle analysis, consumption of natural resources, and globalwarming. The design software effectively supplements the general and introductory concepts of sustainabilitytypically presented in texts on the subject. Consistent with the Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT)experiential model of teaching, design software used in this manner provides an opportunity for students to grasp abetter understanding of the applications and limitations of sustainable design and construction means and methodsbeyond what can be offered in a text book. This paper describes the objectives and general design of the course,offers recommendations for on-line

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria

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International

AC 2010-1183: ENGAGE: AN EXTENDED DEGREE PROGRAM AT THEUNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA IN SOUTH AFRICADiane Grayson, University of Pretoria Diane Grayson obtained her PhD in 1990 at the University of Washingon in Physics, specialising in physics education. After working at several South African universities, in 2009 she moved to Engineering at the University of Pretoria, where she designed and manages a new, educationally sound, extended degree program. Page 15.465.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 ENGAGE: An extended degree program at the University of XX

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2010 ERC

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Elizabeth W Lyons

 engaged workforce  ­science diplomacy Funding for international across NSF­ not just OISE! Constraint – NSF only pays for US side of the partnership!!  March 15, 2010 n  tio March 15, 2010 u ca Ed n d   a r ch ea es R l   na a tio rn teIn r   fo i ps sh er r tnPa PIRE Awards 2005 & 2007  5­year awards, up to $500K/yr  ENG  2005  competition – 12 awards  5  2007

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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1022: FACULTY'S USE OF TABLET-PC TO ENHANCE LEARNING FORTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSRungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dr. Rungun Nathan is an assistant professor in the division of engineering at Penn State Berks from the fall of 2007. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as scientific assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science. He has also worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles

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Strategies For Graduate Software/Systems Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis Frailey, Southern Methodist University; James McDonald, Monmouth University; Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Masood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2010-885: STRATEGIES FOR GRADUATE SOFTWARE/SYSTEMSENGINEERING EDUCATION (PANEL)Dennis Frailey, Southern Methodist University Dennis Frailey is a Principal Fellow at Raytheon, Inc. and an Adjunct Faculty Member at Southern Methodist University.James McDonald, Monmouth UniversityArthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology Arthur Pyster is Director of the Systems Engineering Research Center and a member of the faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.Masood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Masood Towhidnejad is a member of the Computer Science faculty at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Pamalee Brady, California Polytechnic State University; Manoochehr Zoghi, Cal State Fresno; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville; Xiong Yu, Case Western Reserve University

for a total of thirteen universities participating in the project. Theproject is a work in progress, starting in the fall of 2009.Introduction and Background Lessons learned from failures have substantially affected the practice of civil engineeringand other engineering disciplines. The history of development of practice in many engineeringdisciplines is, in large part, the story of failures and of the changes to standards and proceduresmade as the result of forensic analyses. In addition to technical issues, concepts such asprofessional and ethical responsibility are highlighted by failure cases. Many authors over the past two decades have pointed out the need to integrate lessonslearned from failure case studies in engineering

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2010 ERC

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Chris Conrardy

  Feasibility  Development /  Implementation  Continuous  Validation  Improvement  EWI FoundingExtremely Abbreviated History 1977:  ­  American Welding Society (AWS) strategy conference identifies need for a US  welding institute 1980:  ­  NSF I/UCRC Center for Welding Research established at The Ohio State University 1983:  ­  Ohio Edison Technology Center program in response to manufacturing down­turn 1984:  ­  Edison Welding Institute incorporated 1985:  ­  Business begins to take off; Growth in membership, staff, and technical capability 1993:  ­  First major federal program; Navy Joining Center

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2010 ERC

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Chris Conrardy

  Feasibility  Development /  Implementation  Continuous  Validation  Improvement  EWI FoundingExtremely Abbreviated History 1977:  ­  American Welding Society (AWS) strategy conference identifies need for a US  welding institute 1980:  ­  NSF I/UCRC Center for Welding Research established at The Ohio State University 1983:  ­  Ohio Edison Technology Center program in response to manufacturing down­turn 1984:  ­  Edison Welding Institute incorporated 1985:  ­  Business begins to take off; Growth in membership, staff, and technical capability 1993:  ­  First major federal program; Navy Joining Center

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Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Mora, New Mexico Tech; Ricardo Negron, WPAFB; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Program (NDEP) is building a foundation for the future STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) workforce needs of the Department ofDefense (DoD) by supporting science and math programs at the pre-college,undergraduate/graduate, and faculty/postdoctoral levels. At the pre-college (K-12) level, NDEP-supported outreach activities feature in-school, summer camp, and after-school activities withparticular emphasis on math-focused, DoD scientist-and-engineer mentored, hands-on, problem-based learning experiences. This paper is devoted to describing both the composition and theassessments of two K-12 level, NDEP-supported, outreach activities of the U.S. Air Force.Background and MotivationThe DoD recognizes the downward trend shown by

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Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Margaret Phelps, Tennessee Technological University; Roy Loutzenheiser, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2171: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY, AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERSKenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University Kenneth Hunter is an Associate Professor in the Basic Engineering Program at Tennessee Technological University, where he received his BSME and MSME. He is active in engineering education outreach and has over thirty-five years of engineering experience, including positions in academia, industry, the United States Army, and his own consulting business. He is a registered engineer in Tennessee.Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University Jessica Matson is a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. She

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, USF

AC 2010-131: DOES COLLECTING HOMEWORK IMPROVE EXAMINATIONPERFORMANCE?Autar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida. He is the author of the textbook - Mechanics of Composite Materials, CRC-LLC Press. With major funding from National Science Foundation, he is developing award winning web-based resources for an undergraduate course in Numerical Methods. He is the recipient of the 2004 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) & the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) Florida Professor of the Year and the 2003 American Society of