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Dilpreet S. Bajwa; Sreekala G. Bajwa

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0058 Industry and Students Perception of Capstone ProjectsDilpreet S Bajwa, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Sreekala G Bajwa, Agriculturaland Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.Email – dilpreet.bajwa@ndsu.edu , sreekala.bajwa@ndsu.eduAbstractCapstone projects are designed to help students learn technical, communication and interpersonalskills that will ultimately provide them with a broad knowledge base required at the start of theirprofessional careers. Engineering capstone experience prepares students to work in a productivemanner in teams. It is expected that the students will learn problems solving

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J. E. Johnson; L. Stradins; S Springer; R. Asthana

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0006 Academic Endowments and Focused Learning: Initial Experiences within a Manufacturing Engineering Program J.E. Johnson, L. Stradins, S. Springer and R. Asthana Department of Engineering and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI 54751 johnsonj@uwstout.eduAbstractIn the spring of 2012, the University of Wisconsin-Stout authorized the Department ofEngineering and Technology to establish the second of the two endowed chairs in manufacturingengineering. The creation of the chair was made possible by a generous endowment from

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Andy S. Peng; Robert Nelson; Cheng Liu; Ahmet Turkmen; Wei Shi; Jia-Ling Lin

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0020 Design and Development of a Hybrid Instructional Model for a Computer Engineering Course Andy S. Peng, Robert Nelson, Cheng Liu, Jia-Ling Lin Ahmet Turkmen, Wei Shi Engineering and Technology Department STEM Education Center University of Wisconsin – Stout University of Minnesota Twin Cities Menomonie, WI Minneapolis, MN {penga, nelsonro, liuc, turkmena, shiw} jllin@umn.edu @uwstout.eduAbstractThis paper describes our experiences in

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project progress and outcomes along with a comprehensive project report onthe detailed design process and results of the individual design project. After the ME 461/462, each involved student group is expected to learn substantial hands-ondesign and manufacturing experiences through a detailed design and prototype manufacturingprocess along with close interaction with the faculty mentor(s). These design projects areformulated by the faculty mentors from industrial sponsors or spinoffs of research projects. Therelatively flexible, independent, and self-consistent nature of the senior design projects providethe opportunities to formulate new design project modules to incorporate new developments ofcontemporary sciences and technologies into the

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unsteady flow (non-equilibrium) conditionwhich is very common in practical situation, the solution for the governing equation orapplicable differential equation for radial flow is a challenging task (Equation 1). 55 డమ௛ ଵ డ௛ ௌ డ௛ ൅ ൌ Eq.1 డ௥ మ ௥ డ௥ ் డ௧Where; h is head, r is radial distance to the observation well from the pumping well, S is thestorage coefficient, T is the transmissivity, and t is the time since beginning of pumping. 1.1 Theis equation The solution for the governing equation of unsteady flow (Equation 1) was

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Luis Rodriguez; Gail Coover; Dalelia Davis; Angela Frey; George Johnson; Oumar Kaba; Andrew Pham; Kathlyn Bender

the pilot run of the program measured so far bode well for the potential impact of the WiscAMP Excel Program on URM student success in STEM. Bibliography 1. Dweck, C. S. (2006) Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Ballantine Books. 2. Dweck, C. S., Legget, E. L. (1988) “A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality”, Psychological Review 95 3. Hurtado, S., Eagan K., HERI Research Brief (2010) Degrees of Success: Bachelor’s Degree Completion Rates

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the then Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in themid-1980’s. At that time, ABET began to specify a “culminating design experience” for allaccredited engineering curricula.For many schools, the shift of accreditation criteria to assessment and evaluation processes hasimpacted senior design courses. Student outcomes are often assessed in the senior designcourse(s). Integration of student outcome assessment in design course(s) has met with varyingdegrees of success.Senior design has presented an opportunity to increase interaction with external constituents thathave an interest in projects and in hiring graduates. While these interactions often strengthenoverall student experience, in some cases they present unanticipated

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(RISC) device. The debate amongcomputer architects as to whether CISC or RISC designs lead to better performance has no clearwinner. In some applications, CISC excels, whereas in other applications RISC wins. Althoughno processor is 100% CISC or RISC, the S12 and the ATmega32 display many of thecharacteristics of the two extremes. The S12’s instruction set includes many exotic instructionsmeant for specific applications. Notable are the fuzzy logic instructions, and the tableinterpolation instructions, that perform complex calculations behind the scenes. By contrast, theATmega32’s instruction set includes only simple, straightforward instructions that each performvery limited tasks. CISC proponents argue that their philosophy is best because

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Foundation, Division of Science, Resources Statistics, 2008.4. “Is America falling off the flat earth?,” National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, National Academies Press, 2007.5. M. Cavalli, L. Stanlake, S. Tolbert, “Investigation of Retention and Perceptions Among Freshman Engineering Students,” Proceedings of the 2007 North Midwest ASEE Regional Conference, Houghton, Michigan, September, 2007.6. Veestra, C., E. Dey, G. Herrin, “A model for freshman engineering retention,” Advances in Engineering Education, Vol.1, No. 3, 2009.7. M. Johnson, S. Sheppard, “Students Entering and Exiting the Engineering Pipeline— Identifying Key Decision Points and Trends.” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, November 2002

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to sequential logic systemsstarting with the basic S-R flip flop and its evolution into the the T and D flip flops; it is fromthis introduction when the concept of digital clocks, memory cells and registers will discussedalong with their associated key terminologies such as bytes and word. At that point, the binarynumber system can be discussed further extending to hexadecimal numbers system. Details ofarithmetical manipulations of binary and hexadecimal numbers are not necessary, however theknowledge to use standard calculators such as the Microsoft Windows calculator in performingsuch operations is expected. This minimal preparatory work, which can run for up to two classes,is sufficient to put students at the right footing to understand

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often referred to asmechatronic systems. The term mechatronics began as a patented special type of technology byJapanese companies in the early 1970’s 1 . At that time, its focus was on application of electroniccomputers in controlling mechanical systems. Since then it has grown into an engineering designphilosophy that integrates traditional engineering disciplines in the design of products. Althoughmany definitions of the term mechatronics have been proposed, the widely used definition treatsmechatronics as a multidisciplinary engineering philosophy that synergistically combines tradi-tional mechanical engineering with electronics, controls and computing 2 . All modern systemsthat integrate computer technology into mechanical systems fall in

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. This challenge will continue since the program does nothave flexibility particularly in terms of increasing incentives such as stipend to be morecompetitive.Demanding nature and timeframe of the program: Since student researchers are involved in theprojects from conception to final delivery, the program is more demanding than other researchopportunities in which research ideas, hypotheses, or even literature review sometimes arealready available to the students. Student researchers also have to write a proposal and report(s)and prepare poster and/or PowerPoint presentations. The academic year timeframe of theprogram makes it difficult for students to manage between classes and research. The most twocommon reasons for students for not

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and engineering degrees: 1966–2006 (Detailed Statistical Tables NSF 08-321),” National Science Foundation, Division of Science, Resources Statistics, 2008.4. “Is America falling off the flat earth?,” National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, National Academies Press, 2007.5. M. Cavalli, L. Stanlake, S. Tolbert, “Investigation of Retention and Perceptions Among Freshman Engineering Students,” Proceedings of the 2007 North Midwest ASEE Regional Conference, Houghton, Michigan, September, 2007.6. Veestra, C., E. Dey, G. Herrin, “A model for freshman engineering retention,” Advances in Engineering Education, Vol.1, No. 3, 2009.7. M. Johnson, S. Sheppard, “Students Entering and Exiting the Engineering

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David E. Fly; Muhammed Buğra Açan

learning by editingand re-editing. This opportunity to do technical writing in a language other than his nativelanguage seemed to be an aspect that he appreciated as it improved his written English.Bibliography1. J T. Black, R. Kohser. DeGarmo’s Materials and Processes in Manufacturing, 11 th edition. John Wiley and Sons. p. 529.2. S. S Crump. Rapid Prototyping Using FDM, Modern Casting, 1992, 82(4), p 36-383. The Plastic Industry Trade Association, Definitions of Resins - Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS), Retrieved by http://www.plasticsindustry.org/aboutplastics/content.cfm?itemnumber=1384&navitemnumber=1128 379 4. R. Quintana, J

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Bakr M. Aly Ahmed; Khaled Nassar; Mike Christenson

Hamilton, C. M. and Creel, B. (2011), Communicating for Success. (Boston: Allyn & Bacon.) 15 Ibid. 16 AbouRizk, S. and Sawhney, A. (1994), “Simulation and gaming in construction engineering education.” In Proceedings, ASEE/C2E2 /C2EI Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, American Society for Engineering Education. 17 Park, M., Chan, S. L., and Ingawale-Verma, Y. (2003), “Three success factors for simulation based construction

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learning.2In 1994, Felder wrote: “Consider the universal vision of the professor of the 90's. She doespioneering research in a critical area and brings in big bucks to support the research, includingseveral six-figure NSF grants and 60% release time. She publishes 5-10 papers each year in themost prestigious journals in her field and is a shoo-in for the National Academy. She is adedicated and stimulating instructor and wins teaching awards at her university and nationally.She does more than her fair share of the tedious but vital service chores that no one wants to doand does them excellently. She is mostly imaginary.”3 In 1987 Feldman examined 42 studies andconcluded that “the likelihood that research productivity actually benefits teaching is

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-Stout. Because peer evaluations are conducted each semester for MFGE-325, data isreadily available to assess this ABET outcome. Results from Student Outcome D for fall 2012can be found in Table 4.Table 4: Results from ABET Student Outcome D in fall 2012.Performance Indicator ScoreEngages others with a cooperative attitude 3.81/4Contributes to the mission, goals, and outcomes of the team 3.73/4In addition to peer evaluations, MFGE-325 student groups are tasked with writing a reflectionpaper upon completion of the project. The learning objective of the reflection paper is forstudents to re-examine their project experience, describe any change(s) in

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the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 2008. 4. S. Bacon, The Kansas City Star (2008). 5. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 6. J. Hatfield, D. Scott and D. Szmyd, presented at the ASEE- IEEE Frontier in Education Conference Proceedings, 1995. 7. S. A. Zekavat, C. Sandu, G. Archer and K. Hungwe, presented at the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, 2004

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). Once the user selects theappropriate algorithm, the simulation can be run. At this point, a screen is in development todisplay simulation results. Currently, it is up to the user to format the results for display. 287Modes of OperationThe MATLAB® program essentially performs only one of two basic analyses defined by a modeof operation: 1. Transmitter Mode: The user-defined array transmits signal(s) that are then measured at user defined points at given field locations in order to develop a field pattern. In this mode, the measurement locations are located in the far-field of the array and its transmission elements, typically a constant distance from the array and uniformly spaced

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.), Social Problems and Social Contexts in Adolescence: Perspectives Across Boundaries. New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 1996. 11. A.L. Bryant and M.A. Zimmerman. Role models and psychosocial outcomes among african american adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 2003. 12. J. Thomas S. Holmes, A. Redmond and K. High. Girls helping girls: assessing the influences of college student mentors in an afterschool engineering program. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012. 13. M

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: http://www.ascjournal.ascweb.org/journal/1997/no1/JCE_Spring_1997.html10. Lee, N., Ponton, R., Jeffreys, A.W., and Cohn, R. “Analysis of Industry Trends for Improving Undergraduate Curriculum in Construction Management Education,” ASC Proceedings of the 47th Annual International Conference, Omaha, NE, April 2011. Available at: http://www.engineering.unl.edu/durhamschool/events/ascconference2011/11. Mead, S. P. and Gehrig, G. B., “Skills for the 21st Century: What Constructors Need to Know,” The American Professional Constructor, ASC Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Arizona, April 1995. Available at: http://ascpro0.ascweb.org/archives/1995/mead95.htm12. Mills, T., Novak, V., and

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Sousada Chidthachack; Mark A. Schulte; Forster D. Ntow; Jia-Ling Lin; Tamara J. Moore

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. Fig. 4. Materials window1.1.7 AntennasAntennas and Waveforms (Section 1.1.8) are not only co-related but also are closely associatedwith transmitters and receivers used in any project to perform propagation calculations in WI.Generally, waveform is defined first and then antenna associated with that particular waveform isdefined. All defined antenna(s) are listed in the Antennas tab. This tab facilitates the user to re-configure the antenna and see its inherent properties by right-clicking on that specific antenna.Furthermore, antenna should be assigned with TX and RX. WI has several selections of antennatypes7. Antenna patterns can be generated from: • Built-in models for various common antennas including dipoles, monopoles, helical

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Bytes In-System Programmable Flash," ATmega2560 datasheet, May 2012. [5] Vishay, "NTC Thermistors, Radial Leaded, Standard Precision," NTCLE100E3 datasheet, Aug. 2012. [6] Microchip, Appl. Note 685, pp. 1-13. [7] Freescale, "Integrated Silicon Pressure Sensor On-Chip Signal Conditioned, Temperature Compensated and Calibrated," MPX5010 datasheet, Sept. 2009. [8] D. J. Boman, "Energy Monitoring System (EMS) Abstract," presented at DesignSpark chipKit Challenge, March 2012. [9] W. H. Hayt, Jr., J. E. Kemmerly and S. M. Durbin, Engineering

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] Carlson, L.E. and Sullivan, J.F., (1999). Hands-on Engineering: Learning by Doing in the Integrated Teachingand Learning Program, International Journal of Engineering Education, 15(1), 20-31.[2] Hein, G.L. and Sorby, S.A., (2001). Engineering Explorations: Introducing First-Year Students to Engineering,31st Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, T3C 15-19.[3] Hall, D., Cronk, S., Brackin, P., Barker, M., Crittenden, K., (2008). Living with the Lab: A Curriculum toPrepare Freshman Students to Meet the Attributes of “The Engineer of 2020”, ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Pittsburgh, PA, AC 2008-2281.[4] Skurla, C., Thomas, B., Bradley, W., (2004). Teaching Freshman Using Design Projects and LaboratoryExercises to Increase

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[4] forone instructor’s observations on student entitlement).There are also significant changes with regard to students’ expectations and response toauthority. While there are regional and other (for example, public versus private schools)differences, today’s students are generally less tolerant of and less responsive to heavy-handedclassroom authority. To provide a simple example, school corporal punishment, quite commonin the United States during the 1900’s, has (thankfully) experienced a rapid decline in recentdecades [5]. Other changing attitudes toward authority are more subtle, making changes toclassroom structure and organization less obvious.The nature of classroom authority can be decidedly different, particularly between the pre

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basic versions of Nios II: Nios II/f: The fast core is designed for optimal performance. It has a 6-stage pipeline, instruction cache, data cache, and dynamic branch prediction. Nios II/s: The standard core is designed for small size while maintaining good performance. It has a 5-stage pipeline, instruction cache, and static branch prediction. 351 Nios II/e: The economy core is designed for optimal size. It is not pipelined and contains no cache.The Quartus II package is used to configure the FPGA into a microcontroller. After starting theQuartus II, the user invokes the Qsys tool from the Tools menu to select the processor, memory,peripherals, and so on and

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Zhiyuan Yang; Hope L. Weiss; Matthew J. Traum

Incentives Award Programfor financial support. This paper’s undergraduate lead author is a member of the MilwaukeeUndergraduate Researcher Incubator (MURI) at MSOE, an organization which fast-tracksundergraduates into meaningful early research experiences.Bibliography1 L. S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine,” American Scientist, Vol. 101, July-August 2013, pp. 264-267.2 W. A. Woods, P. J. Bevan, D. I. Bevan, “Output and Efficiency of the Closed-Cycle Gas Turbine,” Proceedings ofthe Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Vol. 205, No. 1, February 1991, pp.59-66.3 K. Mathioudakis, N. Aretakis, P. Kotsiopoulos, E. A. Yfantis, “A virtual laboratory for education on gas turbineprinciples and operation,” ASME

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: Classroom-based practices. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 87- 101.10. Pascarella, E.T. & Terenzini, P.T. (1991). How College Affects Students: Finding and Insights from Twenty Years of Research. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA.11. Svinicki, M. & McKeachie, W.J. (2011). McKeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers. Wadsworth Cengage Learning: Belmont, CA.12. Vasan, N.S., DeFouw, D.O. & Compton, S. (2009). A survey of student perceptions of team-based learning in anatomy curriculum: Favorable views unrelated to grades. Anatomical Sciences Education, 2(4), 150-155.13. Myers, S.A., Smith, N.A., Eidsness, M.A., Bogdan, L.M., Zackery, B.A., Thompson, M.R., Schoo

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Reza Fazel-Rezai; Sima Noghanian; Ahmed Rabbi

. Cook, C.J. Foster, S. M. Moon, P.J. Phegley, R. L. Tormoehlen “Attracting Students to STEM Careers, A white paper submitted to the 2007‐ 2013 Purdue University strategic planning steering committee,” [online], available at   http://www.purdue.edu/strategic_plan/whitepapers/STEM.pdf. 2453. G. Rosen, J. Silverman, and A. Chauhan, "Connecting artistically-inclined K-12 students to physics and math through image processing examples," in Digital Signal Processing Workshop and 5th IEEE Signal Processing Education Workshop, 2009. DSP/SPE 2009. IEEE 13th, 2009, pp. 419-424.4. G. Rosen, M. Usselman, and D. Llewellyn, "Relating high school