Conference Session

Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University; Rebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University

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Materials

difficulties, however, here we briefly describe a preliminarypilot sample exercise to help students address a small subset of these difficulties. The exercise isintended to be completed by students in small groups of 3 or 4 in a “recitation” type format. Therecitation instructor(s) do not lecture, rather leave the students to complete the task and posequestions to individual groups when they have problems.The exercise focuses on student understanding of the potential energy of two metal atoms as afunction of separation. We chose this topic for several reasons. First, a basic (and we stressbasic) conceptual understanding of the major features of the potential is fundamental tounderstanding the nature of atomic bonds and this can be used throughout the

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

, synthesis, integration of previous course work, and experimental work. Differentdepartments, majors, areas and topics may have other evidence based criteria to consider.Regardless, it is incumbent on the center advisor(s) to insure that all team members are aware ofthe criteria and that the students are directed along a learning path that will address the criteria.Although WPI has been focused on projects based education for well over thirty years it wasonly in 2009 that outcomes were approved for the capstone design (Table 2). Table 2: Capstone Learning Outcomes Students who complete a Major Qualifying Project will: (a) apply fundamental and disciplinary concepts and methods in ways appropriate to their

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Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanorious Chalkiadakis; Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen

= air density (about 1.225 kg/m3 atsea level, less higher up), A = rotor swept area, exposed to the wind (m2), Cp = Coefficient ofperformance (.59 {Betz limit} is the maximum theoretically possible, .35 for a good design), v =wind speed in meters/sec (20 mph = 9 m/s), hg = generator efficiency, hb = gearbox/bearingsefficiency.The key to developing a successful wind energy facility is in finding a site which has a strongand steady wind stream. The feasibility study (Phase 1) of this research was completed in the2003-04 academic year. The wind tower location on the dam area was found to have the secondhighest wind speed in the Hickory Hills Park. The maximum wind speed location was far fromthe hydro generator and therefore was not selected. A

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, University of South Florida

of external groups (e.g., societal needs, state or related professional societiesaccreditation requirements, institution or department curricular goals), nature of the subject (e.g.,convergent or divergent, cognitive or physical skills, stable or rapidly changing), characteristicsof learners (e.g., life situation, professional goals, prior knowledge and skill, learning style),characteristic of teachers (e.g., prior experience, competence in the subject), and specialpedagogical challenge. Since the learning suites are intended to be materials that faculty caneasily insert into an existing course(s), each suite was designed for three-hours of in-class time(i.e., a one-week class period in a common class setting or common length of a workshop

Conference Session

IE and the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Waldorf, California Polytechnic State University

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Industrial Engineering

. Education, 96(4), 309-319.10. Schimmel, K.A., King, F. G., Ilias, S., (2003) Using Standardized examinations to assess engineering programs. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.11. Buckendahl, C. W, and Plake, B. S. (2006) “Evaluating Tests”, in Handbook of Test Development edited by Downing S. M. and Haladyna, T. M., Lawerence Erlbaum, Mahwah, New Jersey.12. Geiser, S. and Studley, R., (2002) “UC and the SAT: Predictive Validity and Differential Impact of the SAT I and SAT II at the University of California.” Educational Assessment, 8(1) p1-26. Page 15.1202.14

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Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Reed, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Ludois, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Maria Hamlin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. How much does the choice of application affect (or how you would expect it to affect): (1 = Not affected at all, 3 = Affected, 5 = Extremely affected) Your engagement in a course 1 2 3 4 5 Your interest in the course material 1 2 3 4 5 8. Overall, would you say that having an application-based curriculum is beneficial to you as a student (compared to the conventional alternative)? Why or why not? 9. Overall, would you say that some applications would be more beneficial than others? Why or why not? 10. If yes, which application(s) in the above list would be the most beneficial to you as a student? Why

Conference Session

Newly Developed Engineering Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1605: ET CONTRIBUTION TO UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUMTHROUGH A COURSE ON SUSTAINABILITYAnoop Desai, Georgia Southern University Dr. Anoop Desai received his BS degree in Production Engineering from the University of Bombay in 1999, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from The University of Cincinnati in 2002 and 2006. His main research interests are in Product Lifecycle Management, Design for the Environment, Total Quality Management including tools for Six Sigma and Ergonomics. In addition to teaching ET courses in these fields, he is an instructor and co-developer of the core course described in the paper.Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University Phillip S. Waldrop

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Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University

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Information Systems

skills which are practical and valuable.We believe that this paper will help others to reuse, redesign and redevelop hands-on modulesfor mobile and wireless networking courses in both electrical engineering and computer scienceprograms. Some these hands-on labs could be used as either introducing laboratory modules inexisting computer network courses or to aid in the creation of new stand-alone mobile andwireless networking course.Bibliography[1] Abbott-McCune. S., Newtson, A. J., Girard , J., Goda, B. S., (2008). Developing a Reconfigurable Network Lab, Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGITE conference on Information technology education, pp255-258[2] Cannon, K., Lab Manual for CWNA Guide to Wireless LANs, Second Edition, Thomson Course

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Computational Tools and Simulation II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Roberts, Vanderbilt University; Greg Walker, Vanderbilt University

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Computers in Education

) shell and tube, one-shell pass and two tube passes, d) Cross flow, single pass, both fluids unmixed. Fluid 1 as a specific heat of 3500 J/kg-K and a flow rate of 2 kg/s initially at 80 C and needs to be cooled to 50 C. Fluid 2 is water with a flow rate of 2.5 kg/s initially at 15 C. Assume an overall heat transfer coefficient of 2000 W/m2 K. Use thermalHUB.org to solve this problem. 2. Find the oil flow rate and length of the tubes required to achieve an outlet temperature of 100 C with an initial temperature of 160 C. The heat exchanger is this case is a shell-and-tube with 10 tubes, each 25 mm in diameter, making 8 passes and the other fluid is water initially at 15 C and ending at 85 C flowing at 2.5 kg/s. You

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Lau

Session 3261 Life-centered Design – A Paradigm for Engineering in the 21st Century Andrew S. Lau The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThe engineering field, particularly engineering education, is in need of a new paradigm. Weneed a vision of engineering that encompasses traditional technical competence with the enlargedscope of social responsibility and ecological awareness. There have been significantdevelopments in this direction, including the concept of sustainability, the latest engineeringaccreditation outcomes, ethics canons in some engineering disciplines, the field

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

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Mechanics

Case D Misconception(s) 1 Same Mass B Same Mass A Inertia has no effect/Inertia is only effect 2 Mass B Mass B Same Mass A Inertia is all that matters 3 Mass B Mass B Mass A Mass A Unclear 4 Mass B Mass B Same Mass A Inertia is all the matters 5 Mass B Mass B Same Mass A Fails to see the blocks as a system Page 24.407.9Discussion, Conclusions and On-Going WorkIt is evident that the Mass-Pulley IBLA is successful at making clear the concept thatacceleration of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, Publisher Delmar- Cengage Learning.15. Rapid prototyping and engineering applications, a tool box for prototype development by Frank Liou, Publisher CRC Press, 2007.16. Rapid Prototyping: Principles and Applications by C. K. Chua, K. F. Leong , C. S. Lim, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010.17. Carliner, S., An overview of online learning, Minneapolis, MN: Lakewood Publications/HRD Press, 1999.18. Connick, G. P., 1997, “Issues and trends to take us into the twenty-first century,” In T. E. Cyrs (Ed.) Teaching and Learning at a Distance: What it Takes to Effectively Design, Deliver and Evaluate Programs: No. 71. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 7-12.19. Herring, S., 2002

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie McClurkin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Velvet Fitzpatrick, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.   4. Cox, M.F., London, J.S., Ahn, B., Zhu, J., Torres-Ayala, A.T., Frazier, S., & Cekic, O. (2011) Attributes of Success for Engineering Ph.D.s: Perspectives from Academia and Industry, 2011 Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (10 pages). 5. Ahn, B., Zhu, J., Cox, M.F., London, J.S., & Branch, S. (2013). Recommendations for Engineering Doctoral Education: Design of an Instrument to Evaluate Change. 2013 Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK. 6. Pruitt-Logan, A. S., Gaff, J. G., Jentoft, J. E. (2002). Preparing

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don E. Malzahn, Wichita State University; Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Ali Ghobahi Katamjani, Wichita State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

365.33 436.33 61.00 $85,842,104 100 O 94.33 482.33 301.00 20.00 $10,266,666 100 P 146.67 731.67 228.00 74.00 $48,452,394 99.61 Q 105.00 262.00 239.00 49.00 $74,392,134 99.38 R 200.00 646.67 382.33 132.67 $150,514,179 99.37 S 37.33 128.00 133.00 4.00 $2,155,104 98.58 T 377.67 1294.33 916.00 236.33 $188,390,621 98.39 U 278.00 1029.00 457.00 191.33 $161,379,281 98.37 V 49.33 169.00 205.00 2.33 $1,939,628 97.09 W

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, which is vital for achievinga functional project. Additionally, the integrated circuit employed is very simple and the studentsmust actually encode and decode the actual "1's and 0's" of the message at the very lowest level.For most students, this represents their first exposure to wireless systems and communicationsconcepts. We expose the students to error detection techniques at both the bit and message level,and introduce very rudimentary methods of implementing a messaging protocol. Additionally,although it is rather ad hoc, the students develop a sense of the directionality of the on-boardantenna, and gain insight as to how noise affects achievable communications rates. Althoughthey will not have had a formal communications course at this

Conference Session

Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower PE, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Elizabeth Connor, The Citadel

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Minorities in Engineering

underrepresented minority, female and socioeconomically disadvantagedstudents enrolled in civil engineering degree programs and graduates serving in the civilengineering profession. The program is administered in the civil engineering departmentat The Citadel (Charleston, SC) and is supported through a grant from the NationalScience Foundation’s Scholarships in Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(NSF, S-STEM) program. The program, Excellence in Civil Engineering Leadership forSouth Carolina (ExCEL-SC), provides scholarships to qualified students, within targetdemographic groups, who are pursuing a Bachelors of Science degree in civil engineering.Equally important, the ExCEL-SC program furnishes a variety of specific student supportservices

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Carol Schubert Gattis, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

, faculty mentoring and peer mentoring. Theprofessional development activities are designed to target specific points in the students’ plan ofstudy. They include various topics such as preparation of a personal development plan(sophomore level), resume writing and job search skills (sophomore and senior level),developing research skills (junior level), seven habits of highly effective people (senior level),writing and presenting an engineering-based business case (junior level), and presenting andcommunication research (M.S. level).Overview of the SIIRE ProgramThe Student Integrated Intern Research Experience (SIIRE) program at the University ofArkansas is funded via the NSF S-STEM program. The NSF S-STEM program provides studentscholarship funds

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Mustafa A. Biviji, E2RG

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Educational Research and Methods

social value all over the world. In 2009 and 2010, the expert, who had led the initial recycling project team in the1970’s, presented the aluminum can recycling story to an interdisciplinary class ofengineering students in the course “Innovation for Energy and the Environment.” Asfollow up to the class, a quiz was given to test recollection of the “who, what, when,where, why and how” of the history of can recycling.The aluminum can recycling story lecture was well received, and student performance onthe quiz was good, but the expert was not satisfied that the class was serving the purposeof teaching students how to innovate, as the class was specifically offered to students inthe Engineering & Technology Innovation Management professional

Conference Session

Design Realization

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Katja N. Spreckelmeyer, Stanford University, Dept. of Psychology; Jacob Hershfield; Max Hershfield, Stanford University; Carolyn McEachern, Stanford University; Martin Steinert, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology); Larry Leifer, Stanford University, Center for Design Research

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Design in Engineering Education

Principles of Product Development Flow. Redondo Beach, CA: Celeritas Publishing.12. Dow, S. P., Heddleston, K. and S. R. Klemmer. 2009. The efficacy of prototyping under time constraints. Source, Proc. C&C-09, Berkeley, CA, 165-174, ACM 978-1-60558-403-4/09/10.13. Jablokow, K. W. and M. J. Kirton. 2009. Problem solving, creativity, and the level-style distinction. Perspectives on the Nature of Intellectual Styles (L.-F. Zhang and R. J. Sternberg, Eds.), New York: Springer, 137–168.14. DeFranco, J.F., Jablokow, K.W., Bilen, S.G., and A. Gordon. 2012. The Impact of Cognitive Style on Concept Mapping: Visualizing Variations in the Structure of Ideas. Proc. of the ASEE 2012 Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, TX.15

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Amr M.I. Sweedan, United Arab Emirates University; Munjed A. Maraqa, United Arab Emirates University

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Construction

factors have been identified that could affectconstruction safety. Among these factors is the provision of construction safety education toengineering students. It is also believed that there is a greater ability to influence safety on aproject earlier in the project‟s life cycle and such ability diminishes as the schedule moves fromconceptual design toward start-up. Thus, provision of construction safety education toengineering students will have benefits both for the project design and later in the procurementstage.Construction safety education for engineering students may involve two main aspects;construction site safety and design for construction safety (DfCS). Progress has been made inthe developed countries to incorporate both aspects in

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

: two rounds of a perception survey related to the learning of physics and a survey particularly designed for reflective quiz self-correction activity; a pre- and a post-mechanics baseline test at the beginning and the end of the semester plus two tests and a final exam (quizzes and exams are the same as what were used in the previous semester without this intervention); two quiz mistake categorization reports.III. Results, Discussions and Conclusions Some sample materials used and data collected from the project are given below. Sample quizzes questions: Example 1: A car moving with constant acceleration covered the distance between two points 60.0 m apart in 6.00 s. Its speed as it passed the

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

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Educational Research and Methods

faculty questions being raised regarding SCL and on the futureimpacts of technology.Student Centric Learning Practices BackgroundLiterature survey credits the concept of SCL to Hayward and the writings of Dewey (1956), andmore recognition for this methodology came during the 80’s and 90’s [2]. Early discussions werefocused on the shifting of power from the teacher to the student: empowering the students, expandand encourage interaction among students and changing the major information flow away fromone-to-many (old traditional instruction). In another well-known research by Craik and Lockhart,it was proven that learning and retention are related to the depth of mental processing [3]. Thepractices and techniques of SCL engage students in a very

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Joshua Schmidt, Brigham Young University; Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

and teamwork," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, pp. 7-15, 2001.7 Hinkle, G.C. What every engineer needs to know about leadership and management. SPIE Student Services andSPIE Professional Leadership Searies. Accessed 1/2/2014 from http://spie.org/x15555.xml.8 Farr, J.V., and Brazil, D.M., “Leadership Skills Development for Engineers”, Engineering Management Journal,vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 3-8, 2009.9 Tomek, S., “Developing a Multicultural, Cross-Generational, and Multidisciplinary Team: An Introduction forCivil Engineers,” Leadership Education for Engineering Students, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 191-196, 2011.10 Bloom, B.S., Engelhart, M.D., Furst, E.J., Hill, W.H., Krathwoh, D.R., “Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: theClassification of

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

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First-Year Programs

: Page 24.203.11 http://www.abet.org/engineering-criteria-2012-2013/. [Accessed 20 May 2012].2. S. Sheppard, A. Macatangay, A. Colby and W. Sullivan, Educating engineers: Designing for the future in the field, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.3. C. Dym, A. Agogino, O. Eris, D. Frey and L. Leifer, "Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching, and Learning," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. January, pp. 103-120, 2005.4. “Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education,” American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, 2009.5. M. Prince, "Does active learning work? A review of the research," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 1-10, 2004.6. M

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn K. Byers, Quinnipiac University; Justin W. Kile, Quinnipiac University; Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University

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First-Year Programs

engineering majors at the start of the course, seven were determined to beknowledgeable about the major. By the end of the course, five of the seven demonstrated astrengthened interest in civil engineering with a positive interest score. The score for one of theother two students was zero, indicating that that student’s interest did not change. The studentreported an interest of 5 in civil engineering and 1’s for the other three disciplines on both initialand final surveys. The remaining student scored a -1, and although that student reported a 5 incivil engineering in both surveys, she reported an increase in interest from 3 to 4 in one of theother disciplines.Industrial EngineeringThere was only one industrial engineering major was interested and

Conference Session

K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); John Timothy Gill, Lee-Scott Academy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

., Moore, P.J. (1993). The process of learning (3rd edition). Prentice Hall, Sydney.7. Ambrose, S. A., & Amon, C. H. (1997). Systematic Design of a First‐Year Mechanical Engineering Course at Carnegie Mellon University. Journal of Engineering Education, 86(2), 173-181.8. Adam Nordin (2013), http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=detail&eventid=gc13&EvID=41149. Christensen, C. R. (1991). Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership: ERIC. Page 24.694.910. Bowden, J. A., & Marton, F. (1998). The University of Learning: Psychology Press11. Smith, K. A., Sheppard

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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First-Year Programs

designing an engineeringexhibit for OH Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology,the local children’s science center located in Youngstown, Ohio (OH Wow!, 2011). The Mini-Golf Project is the primary focus of this study, wherein student teams of 3-5 students designed,built, and tested a Mini-Golf hole given a piece of turf that is 6ft wide by 25 ft. long in whichremovable bricks were used to line the course. The students were required to create a design thatincluded: an elevation change, a bend, obstruction(s), and some form of theme. An example ofa student project is shown in Figure 1 in which the project team created a Wizard of Oz themedmini-golf hole

Conference Session

FPD 2: Building Community

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Honken, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

engineering student performance and retention, and how to best teach work skills throughout the engineering curriculum.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Dr. Patricia A. S. Ralston is Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She also has an associate appointment in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Ralston teaches under- graduate engineering mathematics and is currently involved in educational research on the effective use of Tablet PCs in engineering education, the incorporation of critical thinking in undergraduate engineer- ing education, and retention of engineering students. Her fields of technical expertise include process modeling, simulation, and process

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Foy, L&N STEM Academy, Knox County Schools; Chien-fei Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin James Wills, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

71.1% of thestudents reported that this course was important in their decision to studying engineering or CSin college. 85.8% of the students would recommend this course to their friends. The majority ofthe students (85.8%) reported that they would definitely or probably major in computer sciencein college. All of the students indicated that they would major in engineering related fields incollege.The survey results were analyzed by single sample t-test to determine whether the observedmean is different from a set value. Results of the t-tests showed that students’ evaluation on theircomputer knowledge was very positive (mean = 4.71, standard deviation, S. D. = 0.49; t = 3.87;p = 0.008). In addition, students’ perceptions toward CS were

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Leslie Braniger, Galveston College

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Two Year College Division

students to see recent research and to cultivate their critical thinking skills.Lastly, our college is trying to engage more students in activities that will allow them to see theopportunities in STEM and STEM-related careers. By introducing students to Sustainability,students are exposed to a STEM area that has grown tremendously over the last few years asevident by the growth of Sustainability programs across US universities since 2008.4 In fact theuse of Sustainability across curriculums has been used by other institutions such as TuftsUniversity and Emory University since the 1990’s.5 A large component of integratingSustainability across the curriculum depends on the ability of faculty to gain a basicunderstanding of Sustainability and how it