Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

be a prerequisite for graduate study in geotechnical engineering.≠ Ethics, Risk Management, and Business Management. Several experts noted that new graduates are often not prepared to make ethical choices. While that knowledge is acquired over time, they noted that early in their careers, some geotechnical engineers can be faced with significant ethical decisions because of the uncertainty in geotechnical engineering. The experts also noted that new graduates are not often prepared to make choices appropriate to an employer’s risk management program. Similarly, some basic business management skills were identified as helpful for new graduates. This study notes these topics are all within the scope of the

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Women in Engineering

can implement similar support programs andlearn from our work. Materials, including the physics and chemistry help sheets, will beincluded in the appendix.BackgroundWomen continue to be underrepresented in engineering, earning only 19.3% of bachelor’sdegrees in engineering1 and holding only 11% of engineering positions.2 Despite being asacademically prepared and academically successful as men, they can lag behind men byexhibiting lower levels of academic satisfaction and lack of self-esteem.3 Traditionalassumptions about career options have been reinforced in society and have projected stereotypesthat discourage talented women from continuing in engineering. This is evidenced by researchthat has found a dramatic drop in women’s self-efficacy

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Reichle, Old Dominion University; Avery Bang, University of Colorado; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Design in Engineering Education

Prosperity Service Learning Assessment Survey Page 14.790.11Conclusion:International capstone senior design projects expose students to a wide range of real-lifeengineering challenges from concept to implementation and provide excellent opportunities forengineering students. These projects enable students to use their engineering education to designand build structures that can benefit rural communities and at the same time they can gain acultural sensitivity that will benefit them in their future careers. In addition, these projects aid inthe demonstration that an engineering program meets or exceeds the ABET Criterion 3 a-koutcomes.Bibliography 1. http

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin; D'Arcy Randall, University of Texas, Austin; Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education

Springs. The second chroniclesthe career of a developer, Gary Bradley, whose success in transforming “4,000 acres of pristineHill Country into one of the state’s largest and fastest selling subdivisions” 6 made him the targetof that environmental movement to protect Barton Springs. Page 14.1180.3Austin filmmaker Laura Dunn’s alliance is clearly on the side of the environmentalists. At thesame time, though, she evenhandedly explores other sides of the issues: namely, property rightsand the American dream of home ownership. Her cast of characters, in addition to Gary Bradleyand the many local activists, include Robert Redford who speaks for the

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

class because I did not have room for it in my matrix. It was the best course I have ever taken, hands down. It was interesting and very informative. I learned a lot about new technologies, which was really cool. It was interesting, informative, and showed the 'why' of engineering, where the other classes focused on the 'how'. Hands down the best (and most different) class that I've taken. ... I didn't want to take bathroom breaks during class because I didn't want to miss anything.ConclusionIt is difficult to anticipate the impact of this course on the students’ careers, but it is clear that thetopic is interesting, motivating and valued. The most challenging aspect of the course ismaintaining

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Paul Skaggs; Richard Fry, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

particular attack on a problem) (1 = not willing, 4 = very willing).13. Rate your willingness to change as change is required (1 = not willing, 4 = very willing).14. Rate you willingness and ability to work laterally (switching your thinking from one way or one direction to another) in contrast with vertical work (always driving forward to finish a project without deviation) (1 = not willing, 4 = very willing).15. Rate how well you believe you can form association between distinctly different objects, careers, etc. (1 = not at all, 4 = above average).16. Rate how adept you are at putting judgment on hold (1 = not willing, 4 = very willing).17. Rate how well you incorporate innovative ideas into action (1 = not at all, 4 = above average

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sivakumar Krishnan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; M. Razi Nalim, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Mechanical Engineering

results in better assimilation of the subject material. 2. It provides multiple avenues for feedback from the instructor while simultaneously enabling peer-to-peer interaction. Such student-driven but instructor-guided interactions help address student misconceptions on the topics of instruction and enhance instructor motivation. 3. Project-enhanced courses need to introduce projects fairly early in the course to reap the benefits listed above 4. It inspires the students and increases their self-confidence at a time when they are about to enter their serious professional career. 5. Student performance in follow-on courses may be enhanced when they take the project- enhanced offering of the

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

International

, and inspire the CadetBrigade so that each graduate is a competent, courageous, and honorable officer in theAfghan National Army committed to continuous professional development and a lifetimeof military and civilian service to the nation.” This mission and vision continue toprovide the guidance in the development of NMAA.In way of background it is necessary to understand the dual mission of the Academy andits model. In addition to educating students, or cadets in this case, the Academy mustalso train and prepare them for a military career. NMAA is modeled after the US serviceacademies, chiefly the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York and the U.S. AirForce Academy (USAFA) in Colorado (itself modeled on West Point). The NMAAadapted

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

factors: marketing, innovation, management, risktaking and financial controls. They define ESE as “the strength of an individual’s belief that heor she is capable of successfully performing the roles and tasks of an entrepreneur”3. Chen notesthat prior research consistently shows that self-efficacy is a strong predictor of futureperformance. There are several strengths to Chen et al’s work. First, their research is deeply rooted inliterature regarding the concept of self-efficacy and expectancy theory. Second, they developESE using two study groups. One group (n-=140) is a set of mid-career MBA students in twoentrepreneurship classes. Here they established that self-efficacy predicts a student’s intention tostart a business. They studied

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

broad statements that describe the career andprofessional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve. Programoutcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be ableto do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that studentsacquire as they advance through the program.1 The ABET program evaluator (PEV) will expectto see that your program educational objectives are consistent with the mission of your institutionand that they support your program’s constituencies. The PEV will also expect your program Page 14.846.2outcomes to foster the attainment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

: • Career goal helping others • Service and academic coursework should be integrated • Solve social problems • Essentially all questions relating to helpingFemales appear to volunteer at a disproportionately higher rate than their male counterparts forS-L courses and projects. The EPICS program reports a two to one ratio for femalesparticipating in elective S-L courses13. Patterson and Fuchs14 also report a two to one ratio for Page 14.1015.7enrollees in a graduate program linked to the Peace Corps and S-L courses with an internationalfocus at Mighigan Technological University. In this program there has been a three to one ratiofor females

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

taxonomy(Table 1). This approach may have evolved as medical students need to fully understand eachphysiological system. Learning each system completely may be advantageous to biomedicalengineering students who move onto careers in medicine or medical instrumentation; however,in one or two courses it is not possible to present the extensive content of a systems physiologytaxonomy.Table 1. Systems-based taxonomy for human physiology coursesHomeostasis: A Framework for Human Physiology Sensory PhysiologyChemical composition of body Efferent Peripheral Nervous SystemCells and Tissues Skeletal-Muscular SystemMembrane Dynamics Control of Body

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Bethany Fralick, University of South Carolina; Jennifer Kearn, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering and science. Improving student awareness ofengineering and science contributes to technological literacy among the general public and alsohelps students make informed career path decisions. A significant body of literature exists on theattitudes of K-12 students and teachers towards science and scientists. This literature hasinformed the development of science education outreach programs. However, a comparablebody of literature about K-12 student attitudes towards engineering and engineers is not yet fullydeveloped.Some work has been done in this area. Yasar1 developed a survey to study K-12 teacherperceptions of engineering, primarily to determine their interest in and comfort level for teachingdesign, engineering and technology in their

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

issued? b.Find a peer-reviewed article published by [other engineering professor] in 2007. Whom do he and his co-authors acknowledge as having assisted with sample collection and field work? c. In Anna Sears’s 2003 study of graduate students published in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, approximately what percentages of women and men named life balance as an important factor in career satisfaction? d.What are Smith’s holdings for the Journal of Industrial Ecology? (i.e. do we have the journal, and if so what years/issues?)Further, on problem sets and in their ethics case analyses, students are expected to providesupport for their arguments or for data they utilized

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

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Information Systems

students being included aspart of a “community of practice”10. As students become part of the community ofcyberinfrastructure researchers, they learn the traditions, methodologies, and broad thinkingwithin this field early in their careers. This leads to students who are better prepared to enter theworkforce and who are intrinsically well-trained in thinking about problem solving within thefield. Also, our goal is to affect the pipeline significantly enough to increase the number ofstudents entering engineering, science, and technology programs at Purdue University andClemson University significantly.5.0 Related WorkPurdue is one of the first universities to establish an integrated research and education programin high performance computing and

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

, “Chemically Powered Toy Cars: A Way to Interest High School Students in a Chemical Engineering Career,” ASEE paper 2003-596. 7. Brand, J.I., “The Effective Use of Logbooks in Undergraduate Classes,” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 33, no. 3, 1999, pp. 222-231. 8. Boyd, G. and M.F. Hassett, “Developing Critical Writing Skills in Engineering and Technology Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, no. 4, 2000, pp. 409-412. 9. Frolik, J. and T. Keller, “Wireless Sensor Networks: An Interdisciplinary Topic for Freshman Design,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2005. 10. Frolik, J. and M. Fortney, ‘A Low-Cost Wireless Platform for

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oliver Platts-Mills, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

Amount of funding for project o prior course work • team characteristics o existing knowledge level of o interdisciplinary or single discipline certain topics (from a pre-test) o size • prior engineering experience o MBTI/personality types • prior experience working on teams o Average GPA and GPA range • family background with engineering • project advisor characteristics • family background with attending college o project advisor / project advisor • career plans (e.g., grad school, department engineering job

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Monroe, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University; Bala Ram, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Christopher Doss, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Engineering programs and community Page 14.290.13 colleges. 12NC-Community Colleges (BioNetwork): P – 16 work to make sure students andparent understand options for education. Science needs to be integrated into educationfrom early education. Associate degrees are viable options for students interested inbio-based careers. There is a need to modernize how we educate students. Focusingon novel education methods (ex. 3-D virtual environments) as opposed to lecture andtraditional labs.Morgan State: HBCUs provide a foundation for which a number of successfulAfrican American scientists and engineers have had opportunities

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Uluagac, Georgia Institute of Technology; Walter E. Thain Jr.; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University; John Copeland, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, Technology at Hayes Microcomputer Products (1985-1993), and Vice President, Engineering Technology at Sangamo Weston, Inc. (1982-1985) and served at Bell Labs (1965-1982). He founded Lancope, Inc. (2000), and invented the StealthWatch network security monitoring system that is being added to government, corporate, and university networks around the world. He began his career at Bell Labs conducting research on semi-conductor microwave and millimeter-wave devices. Later, he supervised a group that developed magnetic bubble computer memories. In 1974, he led a team that designed CMOS integrated circuits, including Bell Labs' first microprocessor, the BELLMAC-8. His last contributions at Bell Labs were

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering.[13]. Grinter, S. (1955), (chair), “Final Report of the Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, 46 p.25-60.[14]. Ashby, E.[1966], Technology and the Academics- An essay on Universities and the Scientific Revolution, London: Macmillan.[15]. Guthrie, B.(1994), The Higher Education Experience Survey : An Examination of the Higher Education Experience of 1982, 1987 and 1992, Canberra: Graduate Careers Council of Australia.[16]. Yorke, M. (1999). “ The skills of graduates: a small enterprise perspective” . in O’Reilly, D., Cunningham, L., & Lester, S. (eds). Developing the Capable Practitioner, pp.174-183, London: Kogan Page..[17]. Harvey

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene Koch, Purdue University; Orczyk Joseph, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

constructors (thosewho have a minimum of five years experience), but also attract some who might transition to aposition in academia. The program needs to provide distance learning options or utilizes otherunique delivery systems while limiting residency requirements (cutting cost for out of statetuition). Young constructors are also likely to have less fear of returning to academics.Continuing education is becoming known as providing value to an employee. The ultimate goalwould be that a graduate degree is important to their career; it could make them stand out abovethe others. The program must then provide the ability to be completed with minimal interferenceof work. They can not quit their jobs and attend school full time as a residential student

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tal Rusak, Cornell University; Christopher Barnes, Cornell University; G. Scott Russ, Cornell University; Vincent Kam, Cornell University; David Gries, Cornell University

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Information Systems

challenge in this approach is the standardization and interfaces betweencomplex systems that need to interact, especially if student coursework is entered automatically.We continue to pursue this model concurrently with the social networking model discussed below.7.2 Social Network ArchitectureIn the absence of the support of an institution, we envision CPAS to be used as a tool where acollaborative community could create major requirements and a large number of users could auditand plan their academic careers using the major requirements already entered into the system. Inturn, such users would correct errors and make additions to missing or incomplete majors. Inessence, this model applies the principle of Wikipedia to CPAS.There are several

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prakash Ranganathan, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electricalengineering and computer science concepts, thereby enhance students critical thinkingskills, provide hands - on learning exposure, and inspire more and more high schoolseniors to choose engineering majors and careers to meet our nations growing needs onthe “engineering sector”.VIII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe author(s) gratefully acknowledge the Multi NXT robot design and programmingwork of Paul Nordvik, Jacobson Tyler, Flurer Andrew, and Paddock Eric done by theirstudents.LEGO MindStorms is a trademark of The LEGO Group, which does not sponsor,authorize, or endorse any of the third-party work cited in this article. None of the authorsof this article has any financial relationship with the LEGO Group or NationalInstruments or HiTechnic Inc

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Mazumder, Formerly Director of International Relations

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International

AC 2009-2515: MAKING OF A GLOBAL ENGINEER: CULTURE ANDTECHNOLOGYAparajita Mazumder, Formerly Director of International Relations Dr.Aparajita Mazumder has both educational and life experience in international studies. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature (1990) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,USA. Specializing in cross-cultural studies, she devoted her professional career to directing, developing and administering global engineering education. She was the first Director of International Programs in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Director of International Relations and Education at the University of Michigan

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson; Mike A. Littlejohn; Jr., Thomas H. Brown; Carl F. Zorowski

model for other technology basedindustrial sectors looking to universities for the cutting edge discovery, invention and innovation necessary tocompete in a global marketplace.Background The proposed program has grown out of the interest by the Semiconductor Research Corporation indeveloping a Supplier CQI initiative and a project funded by the NSF supported Engineering EducationCoalition (EEC) SUCCEED. The SRC identifies its suppliers as the universities that conduct semiconductorresearch for SRC and that prepare graduate students in the physical sciences and engineering for careers in thesemi-conductor industry. The goals of the CQI initiative are to have the technical graduates enter thesemiconductor industry more quickly, become

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel S. Lee; R. Narasimhan; M. Lewis Temares

several classes together helped them to learn from each other and with making friends2) Since the mathematics and physics teachers worked closely with each other, calculus as a co-requisite instead of pre-requisite was not a serious problem Page 1.242.7 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings3) Having a common set of rules for all the four classes was a great help4) Most students had taken algebra in the early part of their high school career and had forgotten most of it5) Students lacked good study habits and were poor at time management.6) Having physics at the same time as calculus

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zulfa Zakaria, IIUM

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

for Category 1 (V&V Terminology and Foundations), Category 2(Reviews), and Category 3 (Testing).The survey results elicited here indicate that it is important to enhance the learning and teachingcoverage of Software V&V topics. This is especially apparent, for instance, in the case of unittesting that is commonly applied in industry [8] and also in the case of topics that reflect otherindustry needs [6]. The suggested PBL industry project-based course which blends withchallenging software V&V testing activities and the use of the Pex tool (to encourage TDDpractice) is to be targeted so as to attract those BSE graduate students who are interested infurthering their careers as software testers. This course aims at combining the five

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Anna Wong Lowe, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

: Rutgers University Press, 1998.[13] Hyun, J., Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians, New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2005.[14] Chung, H.S., Hollywood Asian: Philip Ahn and the Politics of Cross-ethnic Performance, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2006.[15] Tatum, B.D., “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race, New York: Basic Books, 1997.[16] Kim, J., "Asian American Identity Development Theory", New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development, New York, NY: New York University Press, 2001, pp. 67-90.[17] Schutz, W., FIRO: A Three-Dimensional Theory of Interpersonal Behavior, New York, NY: Rinehart, 1958.[18] Chou, R.S

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Anthony Seaber, Old Dominion University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

real opportunity forengineers, technologists and researchers to subject engines, body and structure of groundvehicles to extreme conditions that test and verify their durability, power, safety andaerodynamics.Motorsports is indeed a dynamic industry. It attracts countless businesses and sponsorsand offers a multitude of career opportunities for engineers, scientists and technologists.MOTORSPORTS ENGINEERING AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITYMotorsports engineering is a relatively new field of specialization in higher education.This is an educational program that focuses on the science and the technology behindrace vehicles and race competitions.In the early days of motor racing a very limited number of engineers were part of theteams since decisions

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Alan Hansen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineer in the Real World”Key words: “project-based learning,” “international,” “assessment”IntroductionThe quotation in the title of this paper is a student’s statement about the future impact of hisproject-abroad experience in South Africa. Indeed, study-abroad and project-abroad experiencesare increasingly viewed as important for engineering students’ careers. Assessing the studentlearning outcomes of such programs can benefit (a) the students, as they engage in self-reflectionand communication about their experience, (b) the study-abroad program itself, for continualimprovement, and (c) the engineering education community at large, as it seeks effectivemethods and models for preparing engineers for their work. To