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Southeastern Section Newsletter Page Summer 2009 Southeastern Section Newsletter In This Issue... Host for 2009 Conference ................. 1 President’s Message ......................... 1 Call for Papers .................................. 2 Highlights of Conference at Marietta ......................................... 3 Student Poster Winners .................... 4 Sampling from Marietta Conference..4 Awards .............................................. 5 2009-2010 Officers ............................ 5 Creating a Culture ............................. 6 July 2009 Editor: Ken Brannan, The Citadel 843-953-5083 [email protected] Summer Edition AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION Virginia Tech to Host 200 Conference Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will host the 200 Southeast Section Meeting on April 8 – 20 at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Con- ference Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. Virginia Tech last hosted the conference in 2000 at the Hotel Roanoke Conference Center, a hotel that was originally opened in 882. While that property is a beautiful and historic prop- erty still affiliated with the university, The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, built in 2005 is more conveniently located on the campus and offers comfortable and modern facilities. The VT College of Engineering is proud to celebrate this tenth year “re-union” at our new conference center. Prospective attendees are invited to check out the Inn at http:// www.thein- natvirgin- iatech.com/ where you will find informa- tion not only about the Inn but also events and attractions in and around Blacksburg. Of course, current University and campus news and activities can be found at http:// www.vt.edu/. President Plemmons’s Message (Continued on page 3) ASEE Vision Statement “ASEE will serve as the premier multidisciplinary society for individuals and organizations committed to advancing excellence in all aspects of engineering and engineering technology education.” SE Section Web Address: http://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se/ Now is the time to look at the Engineering Educator of 206, be- cause when we do so, we look at ourselves. We and those joining our ranks in the next few years will provide the educational expe- riences of the Engineer of 2020. In the classroom, we will take that young person through a life-changing journey and produce an engineer capable of transforming his or her world.
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SoutheasternSectionNewsletter Page� Summer2009
Southeastern Section Newsletter
In This Issue...Host for 2009 Conference .................1
President’s Message .........................1
Call for Papers ..................................2
Highlights of Conference at Marietta .........................................3
Student Poster Winners ....................4
Sampling from Marietta Conference..4
Awards ..............................................5
2009-2010 Officers ............................5
Creating a Culture .............................6
July 2009 Editor: Ken Brannan, The Citadel 843-953-5083 [email protected] Summer Edition
AmericAn Society for engineering educAtion
VirginiaTechtoHost20�0Conference
VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversitywillhostthe20�0SoutheastSectionMeetingonApril�8–20attheInnatVirginiaTechandSkeltonCon-ferenceCenterinBlacksburg,Virginia.VirginiaTechlasthostedtheconferencein2000attheHotelRoanokeConferenceCenter,ahotelthatwasoriginallyopenedin�882.Whilethatpropertyisabeautifulandhistoricprop-erty still affiliated with the university, TheInnatVirginiaTechandSkeltonConferenceCenter,builtin2005ismore
convenientlylocatedonthecampusandofferscomfortableandmodernfacilities.TheVTCollegeofEngineeringisproudtocelebratethistenthyear“re-union”at
ournewconferencecenter.ProspectiveattendeesareinvitedtocheckouttheInnathttp://www.thein-natvirgin-iatech.com/whereyouwill find informa-
tionnotonlyabouttheInnbutalsoeventsandattractionsinandaroundBlacksburg.Ofcourse,currentUniversityandcampusnewsandactivitiescanbefoundathttp://www.vt.edu/.
PresidentPlemmons’sMessage
(Continued on page 3)
ASEE Vision Statement
“ASEE will serve as the premier multidisciplinary society for individuals and organizations committed to advancing excellence in all aspects of engineering and engineering technology education.”
SE Section Web Address:
http://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se/
NowisthetimetolookattheEngineeringEducatorof20�6,be-causewhenwedoso,welookatourselves.Weandthosejoiningourranksinthenextfewyearswillprovidetheeducationalexpe-riencesoftheEngineerof2020.Intheclassroom,wewilltakethatyoungpersonthroughalife-changingjourneyandproduceanengineercapableoftransforminghisorherworld.
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ASEESoutheasternSectionAnnualConferenceApril�8-20,20�0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia
The Engineering Educator of 2016
Call for Papers and Presentation Abstracts
Authorsmayaddressothertopicsofinteresttotheengineeringeducationcommunityaswell.Guidelinesforpreparingthemanuscriptsareavailableathttp://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se.
Thisisapeerreviewedconference.Paperswillbeacceptedonthebasisofpeerreviewofthecompletemanuscript.Allacceptedpaperswillbeincludedintheconferenceproceedings.Authorsofacceptedpapersareexpectedtopresenttheirpapersattheconferencetofacilitatethetransferofknowledgethroughdiscussionanddebate.
Inadditiontofullmanuscripts,alimitednumberofabstractsmaybeacceptedforpresentation.Theseabstractswillbepublishedinthebookofabstracts,butwillneitherbepeerreviewednorincludedinthereviewedproceedings.
Wealsoanticipateapostersessioninwhichstudentswilldiscusstheirexperiencesinengineeringeducation(designprojects,research,etc.).Informationaboutthissessionwillbeavailableinthefall.
Schedule for submission of papers and abstractsSeptember24,2009–AbstractssubmittedforconsiderationOctober 8, 2009 – Authors notified regarding acceptanceDecember3,2009–ManuscriptduefromauthorsforreviewJanuary7,20�0–ReviewedmanuscriptsreturnedtoauthorsFebruary4,20�0–FinalmanuscriptandextendedabstractduefromauthorsMarch�,20�0-Deadlineforpresentationauthortoregisterforconference
Submit a 250–300 word abstract in doc, docx, or pdf file format by September 24, 2009 to the http://asee.spsu.edu website.
Direct any questions to: Dr.ZhaoxianZhou,TechnicalProgramChair,[email protected]
For further information about the conference site, please contact: TomWalker,ConferenceSiteChair,[email protected]
Authorsareinvitedtosubmitfull-lengthmanuscriptsforpresentationattheconferenceandinclusioninitsproceedings.Pa-pers addressing the conference theme have first priority and may include topics such as:
Preparingthe2020EngineerThe20�6EngineeringProfessoriateDiver-sityRecruitmentandRetentionProgramsApplicationsofEducationalResearchCapstoneandMulti-disciplinaryDesignProjectsCurriculumCreationorEnhancementDistanceEducationDiversityRecruitmentandRetentionPro-gramsEngagementandRetentionEffortsFosteringUndergraduateResearchFreshmanEngineeringPrograms
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IndustrialPartnershipsInnovativeTeachingMethodsIntegrationofDesignthroughouttheCur-riculumABETAccreditationK-�2InitiativesLearningCommunitiesLifelongLearningOutcomesAssessmentPreparationforEngineeringPracticeProfessionalDevelopmentTechnologyintheClassroomTwo-year/Four-yearPartnershipsVirtualClassroomsandLaboratories
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SoutheasternSectionNewsletter Page3 Summer2009
Nowisthetimetoconsidertheissuesfacingourprofession.Ween-deavortorespondtothehighcallingofeducation.Wefacechalleng-esfromanumberofsources,bothinternalandexternal.Weadaptandovercomeformidableoddstodoourwork.Webelieveinthetransformativeexperiencecalledhighereducation.Webelieveinthepotentialofourstudents.AndwithintheSoutheasternSection,weshareourclassroomexperiencesandcoursedevelopmenttechniques,becauseweareprofessionaleducators.
IencourageyoutoattendtheannualconferencehostedbyVirginiaTechonApril�8-20,20�0.Theconferencetheme,TheEngineeringEducatorof20�6,hasapplicationinallareasofengineeringeduca-tionandofferssomethingforeveryone.Wewillhaveworkshops,peerreviewedpapers,plenaryspeakers,andpaneldiscussions.Astudentpostersessionwillprovideinsightintodesignprojectsandmeaningfullearningandresearchexperiences.
Manyofyouaredoingexcitingthingsinyourclassroomorlabora-torythatareworthyofsharingwithyourcolleagues.Iaskthatyouseriouslyconsiderthevalueofsharingyourexperiencesandeduca-tional research. It starts with an abstract and finishes with a peer-re-
viewedpaperandpresentationtoagroupoflike-mindededucationalprofessionals. The benefits of networking and sharing your passion withyourfriendsareinvaluable.
For those active members, campus representatives, and division offi-cers,IthankyouforyoursupportandpromotionoftheSoutheasternSectionanditsactivities.Youarethecatalystbywhichourmember-shipremainsconnectedandgrowing.IfIcanbeassistance,[email protected].
IthankBarbaraBernalofSouthernPolytechnicStateUniversityforheroutstandingleadershipasPresidentduringthepastyearandforhercontinuingeffortstomaketheSoutheasternSectionstrongandvibrant. I also thank the 2008 – 2009 officers and reviewers for their workindeliveringasuccessfulconferenceinMarietta.Welldoneandthankyoutoeveryoneinvolved.
SeeyouinBlacksburg.
KeithPlemmons
(Continued from page 1)President’sMessage
OntheinitialdayoftheASEE-SEConferencehostedbySouthernPolytechnicandStateUniversityattheHiltonAtlan-ta/MariettaHotel&ConferenceCenterinMarietta,Georgia,anumberofworkshopswerescheduledforthoseattendingtheconference:“SomeRealandAnecdotalGuidanceinAuthoringaTextBook,”“BuildingTheUserExperienceintoDesign:JustAddUsabilityTesting,”“RecentandNear-FutureChangesinABETAccreditation,”“ComputingandEngineeringEduca-tion,”and“VirtualizingEngineeringLabswithIn-LabPart-ners:DiscussionandRequirementsGathering.”
Followingtheworkshops,conferenceattendeesenthusiastical-lyboardedbusesforanintriguigingtouroftheSouthernMu-seumofCivilWarandLocomotiveHistory.Amouth-wateringmealatWilliamsonBrothersBarbequeRestauranttoppedofftheevening.
ExecutiveDirectorofBEST(BoostingEngineer-ing,ScienceandTechnol-ogy)andDirectorofK-�2EngineeringOutreachfortheSamuelGinnCollegeofEngineeringatAu-burnUniveristy,George
Blanks,deliveredthekeynoteaddressattheConference.TheBESTcompetitionisthesecondlargestintheUSandisrecognizedastheonlycompetitionofitskindthatisfreetoschools.Dr.Blanks’primaryresponsibiliteswithBESTincludesestablishingeducationalpartnershipswithmajorcorporations,recruitingnationalsponsorstohelpfunditscompetitionsitesor“hubs,”raisingawarenessofBESTasaK-�2workforcedevelopmentpro-gram,andrecruitingEngineeirngschoolsandcollegestohostcompetitions.
Some�02presenta-tionsweremadeduringtheconferencewhichwasattendedbyover�50people,including�7students.Thestudentpostercompetitionhasbecomeafavoriteformanyconferencepar-ticipants.OtherhighlightsincludethedeliveryofthepaperreceivingtheThomasC.Evans,Jr.InstructionalPaperAwardduringtheMondayluncheonandtheAwardsBanquet,whichtookplaceMondayevening.
HighlightsofConferenceatMarietta
GeorgeBlanksdeliverskeynoteaddressonDevelopingTomorrow’sWorkforceToday.
OpeningsessionattheConferenceCenter.
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First and Second Year Engineering and/or Engineering Technology Design TeamsFirstplace–JodieLanier/GarrettMitchell/TroyTallant/WadeThomson(“Enhanced
Walker”)-UniversityofTennesseeatChattanoogaJunior/Senior Engineering and/or Engineering Technology Design Teams
Firstplace–BruceBundrick,BrandonCavendish,KristinaDeer,andBradleyHandziuk(“AssessmentoftheSafetyandBehaviorofGraywaterReuse”)-MercerUniversity
SecondPlace–BradleyHandziuk,ClinesaLindsay,andMiguelMaxwell(“SolarWaterDisinfectionforaDevelopingRegion”)-MercerUniversity
Third Place – Sarah Printy and Danielle Sands (“The IDEA: Intelligent Driving Efficiency Assistant”)-Embry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversity
Undergraduate Research IndividualFirstplace–JohnSemmens(“DesigningDNANanostructuresusingAnalyticalandNanoCADTools”)-GeorgiaInstituteof
TechnologySecondplace–RyanMooney(“AnAlternateApproachforAnalysisofBeams”)-GeorgiaSouthernUniversityThirdPlace–JaredFulcherandJodieBeadles(“ModalAnalysisofanEngineValveCover:ExperimentaltestingandFiniteEle-
mentModeling”)-UniversityofKentucky-PaducahCampus
StudentPosterCompetitionWinners2009ASEE-SEConference
“Withtheemphasisonactivelearningtechniquesgrowing,engineeringfacultycontinuetosearchforeffectivewaystoinvolvestudentsduringclass....Basedontheafterstudy,studentsfeltthatusingaclassroompollingsystemincreasedboththeirenjoymentofclassandtheirlevelofparticipationduringclass,andtogethertheseresultedinaslightincreaseintheirlearningduringclass.”[“Classroom Polling Systems in Upper Level Transporta-tion Engineering Classes: A Pilot Study,” Steven M. Click]
“Thedatashowthatcouplinganintroductoryengineeringcoursewithanengineering-basedextra-curricularclubappearstobeparticularlyeffectiveinencouragingstudentstopursuedegreesinengineering.Thoughitisdifficult to determine which parts of the program were most responsible, in the end the Westlake program, even withahighlevelofteacherturn-over,graduated32primarilyAfricanAmericanstudentswhoenteredcollegeengineeringmajorsoverafouryearperiod.”[“Engineering for High School Students,” Ashley N. Johnson, Douglas Edwards, Marion Usselman, and Donna Llewellyn]
“Concurrently, tablet-specific, tablet-optimized, and/or tablet-friendly applications appropriate for the engi-neeringlearningspacehavebecomeincreasinglyavailable,capable,anduserfriendlyandparallelimprove-mentsinwirelessinfrastructureandeconomiesallowcontinuous,reliablebroad-bandaccessthroughoutthecampus.Thesedevelopmentshavedeliveredunprecedentedopportunitiesforreformingandre-designingtheengineeringlearningspace.”[“Re-defining, De-limiting, and Activating the Engineering Learning Space with Tablet PC Convertible Computers and Associated Applications,” Thomas D. L. Walker]
Theabilitytopresentstudentswithanaggregateviewofthetopictaughtandmaintainatthesametimetheinterrelationshipofkeyareasiscriticaltoabetterunderstandingandstudentengagement.The‘ConceptMapPresentationTool(CMPT)’presentssuchameans.[“Concept Map Presentation Tool (CMPT): Teaching Wireless Communications using Concept Maps,” Rasha Morsi, Wael Ibrahim, and Edward Jackson]
Fromthedatacollectedforthisstudy,itcanbeobservedthatgrades,relevanceofcontent,andunderstand-ingsubjectmatterarethemainfactorsthataffectstudents’motivation.[“Results of a Study using the Motivation Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) in an Introductory Engineering Graphics Course,” Aaron C. Clark, Jeremy V. Ernst, and Alice Y. Scales]
Classroom Polling Sys-
tems
ExcerptsfromtheMariettaConferenceProceedings*
K-12
Tablet PC’s and Other
Developments
Concept Map Presentation
Tool
Student Motivation
*2009 ASEE-SE Conference papers,including the ones referenced here, may be located online at http://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se
AwardPresentationforStudentPosterCompetition
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The new officers for the 2009-2010 year are:
President KeithPlemmons TheCitadel 843-953-7677PresidentElect ClaireMcCullough UniversityofTennesseeatChattanooga 423-425-4352Secretary-Treasurer TulioSulbaran UniversityofSouthernMississippi 60�-266-64�9ImmediatePastPresident BarbaraThomas SouthernPolytechnicStateUniversity 678-9�5-4283
VicePresidents ProgramsUnit BrentJenkins SouthernPolytechnicStateUniversity 678-9�5-7433AwardsandRecognitionUnit PaulPalazolo UniversityofMemphis 90�-678-3275 PublicationsandPromotionUnit PriscillaHill MississippiStateUniversity 662-325-8249
DivisionChairs AdministrativeDivision ScottYost UniversityofKentucky 859-257-48�6 BioengineeringDivision DonVisco TennesseeTechUniversity 93�-372-3606 ChemicalEngineeringDivision AdrienneMinerick MississippiStateUniversity 662-325-7323 CivilEngineeringDivision ScottA.Yost UniversityofKentucky 859-257-48�6 ComputerEngineeringandTechnologyDivision DanielKohn UniversityofMemphis 90�-678-2227 ElectricalEngineeringDivision TimPratt VirginiaTech 540-23�-668� EngineeringGraphicsDivision PetrosKatsioloudis OldDominionUniversity 757-683-4305 EngineeringTechnologyDivision JerryNewman UniversityofMemphis 90�-678-3303 IndustrialEngineeringDivision DavidDomermuth AppalachianStateUniversity 828-262-6359 InstructionalDivision TysonHall SouthernAdventistUniversity 423-236-29�6 K-�2Division TomBanning UniversityofMemphis 90�-678-5377 MechanicalEngineeringDivision GustavoMolina GeorgiaSouthernUniversity 9�2-478-0�25 ProfessionalSkillsDivision PeterHoadley VMI 540-464-7552 ResearchDivision EdHajduk TheCitadel 843-953-7686 SoftwareEngineeringDivision SalameAmr VirginiaStateUniversity 804-605-6050
CampusRepresentativeCoordinator ThomasDion TheCitadel 843-953-7676ProceedingsEditor BarbaraThomas SouthernPolytechnicStateUniversity 678-9�5-4283NewsletterEditor KenBrannan TheCitadel 843-953-7685
A complete listing of the section officers may be found on the ASEE-SE web site at http://cee.citadel.edu/asee-se/
ASEE-SE Selects New Officers
Atthe2009AnnualMeetinginLouisville,anumberofawardsweregivenforexcellenceinengineeringeducation.Thelistofrecipientsandtheawardsare:
SectionOutstandingTeachingAward AaronK.Ball WesternCarolinaUniversitySectionOutstandingNewTeacherAward OmarElkeelany TennesseeTechnologicalUniversitySectionOutstandingMid-CareerTeachingAward RichardSpontak NorthCarolinaStateUniversitySectionNewFacultyResearchAward FaisalHossain TennesseeTechnologicalUniversityNewFacultyResearchAwardSecondPlace HariKalva FloridaAtlanticUniversityOutstandingCampusRepresentativeAward JohnBrocato MississippiStateUniversityOutstandingCampusRepRunner-Up KevinBower TheCitadelTonyTilmansServiceAward B.KeithHodge MississippiStateUniversityThomasEvansInstructionalPaperAward: RebeccaK.Toghiani,AdrienneR.Minerick,andKeishaWaltersofMississippiState
Universityfortheirpaper“MakingTheConnections:FacilitatingStudentIntegrationOfChemicalEngineeringConceptsintoaCoherentFramework”
OutstandingPaperAwardfor2008ASEE-SEConference:StephanieIvey,PaulPalazolo,CharlesCamp;UniversityofMemphis,fortheirpaper“GISIntegrationinaCivilEngineeringCurriculum”
SectionAwardsforExcellence
RichardSpontakreceivesMid-CareerTeachingAward
AaronBallreceivesOutstandingTeachingAward
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CreatingaCultureforScholarlyandSystematicInnovationinEngineeringEducation
ASEEisseekinginputfromtheengineeringcommunityintothenextphaseofits“CreatingaCultureforScholarlyandSystematicInnovationinEngineeringEducation”report.BackgroundinformationmaybefoundontheGuestEditorialsectionoftheJuly2009JournalofEngineeringEducationbyJamesL.Melsa,SarahA.Rajala,andJ.P.MohsenandontheASEEhomepageatwww.asee.org(currentlyinthe“News”section).AlinkforthereportandforprovidingcommentsisontheASEEwebsite.
