Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES)

July 7-10, 2008
Davos, Switzerland

Conference Abstracts
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1A Engineering Students Define Diversity: An Uncommon Thread
Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University
1A The Engineer of 2020: Case Studies of Organizational Features of Effective Engineering Education
Ann McKenna, Northwestern University
1A Exploring Gender Disparities in Engineering
Clemencia Cosentino, The Urban Institute

1B Learner centered? How engineering faculty talk about students when reporting teaching decision
Jessica M. Yellin, Univ. of Washington
1B Using Inquiry-Based Activities to Promote Understanding of Critical Engineering Concepts
Michael Prince, Bucknell University
1B Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Holistic Learner Development
Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

1C Learning to think critically in and about engineering: A liberative perspective
Donna M. Riley, Smith College
1C The Practice of Critical Thinking: Preliminary Data and Analysis
Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida
1C Learning Community Effects on Writing and Critical Thinking Skills of First-Year Engineering Students
Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University

2A Interests in Engineering: A developmental perspective
Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University
2A Age Related Gender Differences in Interests in Engineering
Meara Habashi, Purdue University
2A From Research to Proactive: Redesigning AP Science Courses to Promote Advanced Learning and Conceptual Understanding
James Pellegrino, University of Illinois at Chicago

2B Early Career Learning by Novice Engineers
James Trevelyan, The University of Western Australia
2B Engineering Students' External and Internal Frames of Reference for the Construction of Professional Identity
Matt Eliot, University of Washington
2B Work in progress: engineering identity markers in faculty members
Alice L Pawley, Purdue University

2C The Impact of a Week-Long Second Year Industrial Field Trip
Duncan Fraser, University of Cape Town
2C Using Hybrid Data to Model Student Success in Eng with Artificial Neural Networks
P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University
2C Investigating the Linkages Between Unethical Professional Behaviors and Engineering Undergraduate Cheating
Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Tech. University

3A Real Engineering is not what you learned at school ….. or is it
James Trevelyan, The University of Western Australia
3A Port Baccalaureate Decision of High Achieving Black Stem Students: Exploring the What, When and Why
Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University
3A Contingent Immersion: A Naturalistic Methodology for Discovering the Socio-technical Realities of Engineering Practice
David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University

3B The Influence of Problem Structure on Students' Use of Innovative Learning Strategies
Ann McKenna, Northwestern University
3B A Cognitive Study of Problem Solving in Statics
Thomas Litzinger, The Pennsylvania State University
3B Situating Complex Systems with Appropriate Representations
Sean Brophy, Purdue University

3C Investigating levels of conceptual understanding: A case study from thermal and transport science
Ruth Streveler, Purdue University
3C Student understanding of "surface area to volute ratio" and it's relationship to property change in the nano-science engineering context
Greg Light, Northwestern University
3C Effect of Pedagogy on Learning by Conceptual Change for Deformation-Processing Misconceptions in Structure-Property Relationships in Materials Engineering Classes
Steve Krause, Arizona State University

4A The Many Homes of Engineering Education Research: Historical Analysis of PhD Dissertations
Johannes Strobell, Purdue University
4A Understanding fundamental assumptions underlying educational research through the lens of a cultural 'Verfremdungseffekt'
Joachim Walther, University of Queensland
4A Engineering Education Research: Global Trends and Collaborative Opportunities
Brent K. Jesiek, Virginia Tech

4B The Engineering Learning Environment and it's Level of Complexity in an American Mechanical Engineering Program
Nadia N. Kellan, Univ. of Georgia
4B Producing a Globally Competent Engineer: evaluation and Assessment of the Georgia Tech. International Plan
Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology
4B International Undergraduate Research Projects
Heide Naderer, Aachen University

4C Investigating the Notion of Critical Mass of Women in Engineering using Longitudinal Student Records
Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University
4C Faculty-Student Interactions in Engineering: The Influence of Social Reproduction on Representation of the Sexes
Teri Reed-Rhoads, Purdue University
4C Gender and Educational Codes in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science: An Ethnographic Approach
Anne-Francoise Gilbert, University of Bern

5A Project-Based Teaching and learning In Thermo-Fluid Courses
Syed Zubair, King Fahd University
5A Social Capital and Academic Achievement in an Electrical Engineering Lab
Shane Brown, Washington State University
5A Measuring tacit knowledge: the hidden dimension of laboratory classes and engineering practices
James Trevelyan, The University of Western Australia

5B WIP: Team Satisfaction: A Assessment of Events Defining Team Satisfaction in Engineering Design
Robert Knecht, Colorado School of Mines
5B Potential challenger for engineering students working on team with liberal arts students: Recommendations for structuring and managing multidisciplinary projects
Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University
5B A Semi-definete Programming Formulation to Quantify Rater Ability When performing Peer Evaluations
P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

5C Improved Student Achievement through Computerized Dynamic Assessment
N. Nirmala Khandan, New Mexico State University
5C The Role of Virtual Laboratories in Capstone Engineering Courses
Milo D. Koretsky, Oregon State University
5C Cyber-environments as a platforms for integrating engineering research and education
Krishna P.C. Madhavan, Clemson University

6A Facilitating the Adoption and Dissemination of Active and Cooperative Learning Methodologies in Engineering Education Using a Learner Activity Index Approach
Bill Williams, Setubal Polytechnic
6A Considering Context Over Time: Emerging Findings From a Longitudinal Study of Engineering Students
Cynthia Atman, CAEE
6A Teaching and Assessing Systems Thinking in Engineering
Roger Hadgraft, University of Melbourne

6B Linking reflections and professional preparedness: The course: based professional portfolio
Jennifer Turns, University of Washington
6B Designing for insightful learning in mechanics through lab work
Jonte Bernhard, Linkoping University
6B A Longitudinal Study of the Ethical Development of Engineering and Non-Engineering Students at a National Research University
Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

6C Investigating Engineering Students' and Practitioners' Mathematical Thinking
Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University
6C Engaging Faculty & Students Across & Beyond Disciplines though an innovative Graduate level Curriculum: A Multi-year, Multi-Method Study of Associations
Pamela Jean Theroux, University of Albany/SUNY
6C Ways of experiencing cross-disciplinary practice in engineering contexts
Robin S. Adams, Purdue University

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