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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Phys

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan(R.O.C.); Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan(R.O.C.)

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2010-1185: EXPLORING THE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE, MOTIVATION ANDSELF-EFFICACY IN PHYSICS LEARNING: A STUDY IN THE UNIVERSITIESOF TECHNOLOGY IN TAIWANChih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan(R.O.C.)Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan(R.O.C.) Page 15.565.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Exploring the Students’ Attitude, Motivation and Self-efficacy in Physics Learning: A study in the Universities of Technology in TaiwanAbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the reality of physics curriculum/learning in theuniversities of technology in Taiwan. It should be noticed, university of technology (UT) inTaiwan is

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. Page 15.1040.4Our second objective for this course is to teach microcontroller in a realistic, real-world-orientedfashion so that the students have a basic understanding of various issues in embedded systems,such as real-time constraints, hardware/software design and integration, distributed processing,communication, and system integration. We want to broaden their vision of their distinctivecurricula and hope that students will see the importance of system integration brought about byadvanced technologies (e.g. VLSI, packaging, DSP) as well as changes in industry’s approach toproduct design and manufacturing. We emphasize design and analysis skills in this course, andteach students to approach embedded systems using classical engineering

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Phys

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randy Buchanan, University of Southern Mississippi; Christopher Winstead, University of Southern Mississippi; Anton Netchaev, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Allee, University of Southern Mississippi

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AC 2010-2145: MEASUREMENT OF HYDROGEN IN HELIUM FLOWRandy Buchanan, University of Southern MississippiChristopher Winstead, University of Southern MississippiAnton Netchaev, University of Southern MississippiSteven Allee, University of Southern Mississippi Page 15.860.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Measurement of Hydrogen in Helium FlowAbstractThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is one of the largest consumers ofgaseous helium in the world. Because helium is a nonrenewable resource, it is desirable toconserve the gas whenever possible. This research is a first step toward enabling heliumconservation through real-time

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa Larkin, American University

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describes a strategy for infusing writing into the introductory physicscurriculum for non-majors. This strategy is used in a first-level physics courses for non-sciencemajors at American University. Following a brief description of the course and itscorresponding student population, the writing strategy as it is used will be described. Finally, asummary of this strategy will be presented in terms of its relevance to science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.II. THE INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS COURSE FOR NON-MAJORS The writing strategy to be described is used within an introductory level physics coursefor non-science majors at American University. The course is entitled Physics for the ModernWorld (PMW) and is a foundation

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Phys

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evan Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Matthew Mounce, US Navy; Jamie Weber, Parsons; Sudarshan Rai, Unknown; Willy Duffle, University of Central Oklahoma; Jesse Haubrich, University of Central Oklahoma

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at the University of South Florida from1996-1997 to 2004. The National Academies Press report4 entitled “Rising Above the GatheringStorm - Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future” indicates the needfor more engineers and scientists trained at the graduate level and emphasizes the fact that accessto advanced level science and engineering instrumentation is currently at a deficit. There are anumber of studies5,6 for example, that have found that small group learning, includingundergraduate research, improves persistence in STEM (Science Technology Engineering andMathematics) courses.There have been some attempts to integrate research and related design into the undergraduatecurriculum such as those to integrate

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Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Phys

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David Probst, Southeast Missouri State University

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International Conference. http://www.ijme.us/cd_08/PDF/209_eng107%20section%203.pdf2. L. Sevgi, “A new electromagnetic engineering program and teaching via virtual tools”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, vol. 6, pp. 205-224, 2008.3. F. Urbani, J. R. Iglesias, I. Lee, J. F. Trevino, “An electromagnetic structure simulator for innovative engineering technology”, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=206594. P. C. Wankat, “Integrating the use of commercial simulators into lecture courses”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol.91, no. 1, pp. 19-23, 2002.5. T. Impelluso, T. Metoyer-Guidry, “Virtual

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Turner, Westfield State College; Glenn Ellis, Smith College

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AC 2010-87: WEIGHT, WEIGHT, DON’T TELL ME!: A SINGLEMEASUREMENT, GRAPHICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF THE MOTIONOF AN ELEVATORWarren Turner, Westfield State CollegeGlenn Ellis, Smith College Page 15.1360.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me! A single measurement, graphical approach to the study of the motion of an elevatorAn elevator in motion is often used as a one-dimensional example of uniformlyaccelerated motion. The free-body diagram of a person in an elevator is particularlysimple; it involves only the earth’s gravitational force acting downward and a supportingforce from the