Conference Session

Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Lashway, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-524: ADAPTATION OF A COMMERCIAL UPS SYSTEM FOR ENERGYSYSTEMS EDUCATIONChristopher Lashway, Pennsylvania State University, HarrisburgPeter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Page 15.122.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Adaptation of a Commercial UPS System for Energy Systems EducationAbstractUninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems have become a critical component in themonitoring and safeguarding of electrical networks. Having continuous power has been anecessity in data centers for years, but has since extended into protection of businesses and otheressential facilities. For this reason, research efforts have focused on the

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-865: CONVERTING EXISTING LECTURE COURSES TO DISTANCELEARNINGBridget Smyser, Northeastern University Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDavid DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor and Department Head, Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Page 15.321.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Converting Existing Lecture Courses to Distance LearningAbstractIncreased enrollments, constrained budgets, and reductions in full-time faculty present newchallenges for engineering departments. Contingent faculty (adjuncts and other

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Guilford, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

AC 2010-2260: USE OF AN AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUSSUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTWilliam Guilford, University of Virginia Will Guilford is currently an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Saint Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona in Tucson. Will's research is the biophysical basis of cell movement and muscle contraction. He is also keenly interested in promoting research-based undergraduate education

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Instrumentation

AC 2010-1159: A LABVIEW-BASED INTEGRATED VIRTUAL LEARNINGPLATFORMSeema Khan, Sonoma State UniversityFarid Farahmand, Sonoma State UniversitySaeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford Page 15.45.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A LabVIEW-based Integrated Virtual Learning Platform1. IntroductionWith the current economic downturns where educators are constantly confronted with furtherbudget cuts, fewer resources, and larger class sizes, online (or web-based) learning is receivingmore attention than ever before. One key advantage of online learning is that it can providedirect delivery of education at anytime from anywhere to anyone, and thus

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach; William Sullivan, DeVry University

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Mathematics

AC 2010-1473: AN OPTIMIZING LEARNING STRATEGY EMPLOYING ASELECTION OF ONLINE AND ONSITE MODALITIES TO ACHIEVE THEOUTCOMES OF A CALCULUS COURSEMurray Teitell, DeVry University, Long BeachWilliam Sullivan, DeVry University Page 15.171.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Optimizing Learning Strategy Employing a Selection of Online & Onsite Modalities to Achieve the Outcomes for a Calculus CourseIntroduction Many institutions of higher education around the world are changing the emphasis ineducation to more active learning styles in contrast to the older more passive learning styles.1,2,3An example of passive learning would be a student listening to a

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Chad Dean, Utah Valley University

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Information Systems

AC 2010-1357: HOW A DATA MINING COURSE SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN ANUNDERGRADUATE COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUMReza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley UniversityPaymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of PennsylvaniaAfsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley UniversityChad Dean, Utah Valley University Page 15.646.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 How a Data Mining Course Should be Taught in an Undergraduate Computer Science CurriculumAbstractData mining is a relatively new area of computer science that brings the concept of artificialintelligence, data structures, statistics, and database together. It is a high demand area becausemany organizations and businesses can benefit

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Peterson, United States Air Force Academy; Anne Clark, USAF Academy, CO

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-579: PRISM: A SIMPLE SIMULATION FOR INTRODUCTION OFASSEMBLY LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER ARCHITECTUREBrian Peterson, United States Air Force AcademyAnne Clark, USAF Academy, CO Page 15.980.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 PRISM: A Simple Simulation for Introduction of Assembly Language and Computer ArchitectureAbstractOne of the enduring problems in introducing computer architecture and assemblylanguage to students is most systems are so complex that the students quickly lose sightof how the subsystems interrelate. To effectively teach how a system processes andexecutes instructions, most students must program in assembly language and

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josue Njock-Libii, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Mechanics

consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and been awarded two UNESCO Fellowships. He has taught mechanics and related subjects at many institutions of higher learning: The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Eastern Michigan University, Western Wyoming College, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique, Yaoundé, Cameroon, and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He has been investigating the strategies that engineering students use to learn engineering subjects for many years. He is an active member of two research groups in his current department: The Undergraduate Projects Lab and the Energy Systems Lab. This paper came out of work done with his

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-1130: STUDENT PROJECT TO DESIGN A SMALL-SCALE SOLARCHIMNEY FOR SUSTAINABLE POWERPatrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato Page 15.1121.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student Project to Design a Small-Scale Solar Chimney for Sustainable Power ABSTRACTAccess to energy sources is a major limitation in many areas of the world. This is particularlytrue for developing economies which have limited resources to devote to traditional powergeneration. This student project proposed to design and test a small-scale solar chimney for useas a renewable energy source. The

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-842: A LABORATORY METHOD FOR TEACHINGANALOG-TO-DIGITAL AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSIONJoseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland Joseph P. Hoffbeck is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. He has a Ph.D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He previously worked with digital cell phone systems at Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T Bell Labs) in Whippany, New Jersey. His technical interests include communication systems, digital signal processing, and remote sensing. Page 15.43.1© American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R.F. William Hollender, Montana State University; James Becker, Montana State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1521: DEVELOPMENT OF A DOPPLER RADAR EXPERIMENT BOARDFOR USE IN MICROWAVE CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS COURSESR.F. William Hollender, Montana State UniversityJames Becker, Montana State University Page 15.399.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of A Doppler Radar Experiment Board For Use in Microwave Circuits and Electronics CoursesAbstractThe development of a Doppler radar experiment board and associated course content,observations from their first implementation in the fall 2009 offering of the microwave circuitscourse at Montana State University and plans for their revision and use in an upper divisionanalog electronics

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-77: INTRODUCING ENERGY CONCEPTS INTO UNDERGRADUATECOURSESAdrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego Page 15.800.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Introducing energy concepts into undergraduate coursesStudents are used to manipulating energy-related concepts from media and everyday life. However, manygeneral education students have never had a physics course and their understanding of energy, itsproduction, use, importance, or impact in their daily life is very limited. We report on innovative effortsto facilitate the understanding of energy-related concepts in a General Education Physics course. Weproceed with an initial evaluation of students

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Marsocci; P.K. Raju; Chetan Sankar

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Architectural

Educational Methods for Design Courses: Functional DormitoriesAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to describe a student-led international engineering project that isboth exciting and educational. The challenge with this project is to reach the proper balance ofstudent-led creativity and learning, collection of data, adequate expert review, and transfer ofknowledge to other students. This paper details an international student project that was thendocumented as a case study. After providing a synopsis of the example case study, a suggestedstructure for developing such a case study is provided with references to the example. This canhelp guide a faculty member design such a project in the future. A suggested classroom

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Audo, Pittsburg State University; Seth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University

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Construction

AC 2010-711: CONSTRUCTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS IN 1ST- 8TH GRADEDennis Audo, Pittsburg State UniversitySeth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University Seth O’Brien Mr. O’Brien is an instructor at Pittsburg State University in the Department of Construction Management/Construction Engineering Technology; teaching Construction Contracts, Surveying I, Senior Projects and Materials Testing and Inspection. Mr. O’Brien worked in the construction industry for 6 years serving as a Project Manager and Estimator for general contractors prior to joining the staff at PSU. Page 15.316.1© American Society

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

technology, more software are developed, which enabledesigners and architects to create realistic three-dimensional models and virtual environments.Then why do so many design educators and practitioners still make sketchy, freehand drawingswhen computer software can be accessed, which allows them to create perfectly accurate three-dimensional digital models and then view them from any position. Sorenson (2007) explained thatin the creative working process, freehand lines and the shapes designers suggest are infinitelysuperior to mechanically engineered lines and forms. Especially early on in that partiallyunderstood, partially sensed, highly fugitive stage where the nature of a new problem and searchfor possible, alternative avenues of geometric

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shalin Mehta, Arizona State University; Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan, Arizona State University; Photini Spanias, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Robert Santucci, Arizona State University; Susan Haag, Arizona State University; Mahesh Banavar, Arizona State University

AC 2010-2231: AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR DSPShalin Mehta, Arizona State UniversityJayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan, Arizona State UniversityPhotini Spanias, Arizona State University Photini Spanias, Ed.D. is a senior lecturer at CTEL of Arizona State University.Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State UniversityRobert Santucci, Arizona State UniversityAndreas Spanias, Arizona State UniversitySusan Haag, Arizona State UniversityMahesh Banavar, Arizona State University Page 15.164.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR DSPAbstractThis paper presents a new version of the