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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Holly T. Frederick

1 Pedagogical Advantages of a Multi-phase Undergraduate Laboratory Project Holly T. Frederick, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA ‘noun’ and idea based syntax to a ‘verb’ and action based [2].Abstract— A four phase laboratory project has been developed The ideas can be applied to different disciplines and even toand used in an undergraduate environmental

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kanti Prasad

21st Century Challenges: Integrating Fundamentals Into State-Of-The-Art Technology Curricula Complimented by Hands on Experience in Laboratories. Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E.; F.ASEE Professor/Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduAbstract:In order to prepare the workforce for VLSI program, theoretical instructions must integratefundamentals and be complemented with adequate laboratory facilities in order to validate thedesign from its conception to the

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Alisa Morss Clyne

- continuous periods of time in university research labs due tomicrofluidics, and bio-inspired robotics. Each module was the cooperative education schedule.inspired by a real-world task, and students completed hands-on Problem-based learning (PBL) is ideal for integratinglaboratory projects as part of each module’s learningprogression. Through this course, student co-operative education biomechanical engineering classroom, laboratory, andexperiences, and biomechanical engineering senior design cooperative education. In PBL, the process is student-centeredprojects, we will improve education of biomechanical engineers

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Abdullah Konak; Jungwoo Ryoo; Sadan Kulturel-Konak

; however, we have also hands-on learning experiences in a virtual computeridentified significant problems with the overall effectiveness of laboratory (VCL)?team collaboration in the completion of hands-on activities. 2) Which aspect of the online delivery model does have the Index Terms—Distance learning, virtual computer laborato- most positive impact on student learning experience?ries, hands-on learning, collaborative learning. 3) In asynchronous hands-on distance learning, if collab- orative learning strategies are

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Velma Latson; Lethia Jackson; Courtney Lamar; Daryl Stone

0% 0%outcomes of the MOOC. All sections for both groups had Race other/missing 10% 7%a common midterm exam, several programming Female 52% 68%laboratory assignments, a common programming Male 48% 32% Gender Missing 0% 0%assignment, a common rubric and student tutors. The Income

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Xuejun Qian; Seong W. Lee

). The design of Energy Efficiency” report by National Renewable Energybuilding envelopes continued on the previous integrated ventilation systems Laboratory (NREL), 11 parameters influence energy efficiency of(e.g. desiccant wheel and energy recovery wheel systems with variable air the building design are building envelopes, site analysis, orientation,volume). Data analysis and simulation results (e.g. contour plot, response configuration, space planning, ventilation, heating, cooling, lightingsurface plot) indicated energy reduction more than 16.6% along with the and appliances, water heating and waste management [4]. In

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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L. Simon

release devices and improving the efficiency of existingwebMathematica®. products. Index Terms— controlled release, iontophoresis, membrane, A set of dynamic educational modules (Laboratory Online:webMathematica http://laurentsimon.com/softwaretools.htm), were designed to accept user data and to generate graphics. The website contains several remote-access, web-based learning modules. I. INTRODUCTION

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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F.T. Fisher; R.S. Besser; K. Sheppard; C.H. Choi; E.H. Yang

§ Photonics properties ofcomponents of this aspect of the course take place in themulti-user Micro Device Laboratory (MDL), a class 100 clean Nanophotonics nanomaterialsroom facility available to nanotechnology researchers, which § Optical tweezerscontains a complete suite of micro/nanofabrication and § Photonic crystals: a band gapcharacterization equipment. for photons § Introduction: how biologyThe second thread of the course entails characterization and “feels” at the

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James Solderitsch

of these offering of new forms of security monitoring embedded in thecapabilities into a cohesive instructional program. back-end, and probably cloud-based, operations control center.Note: An early draft of this paper and was created while the In this paper we want to acknowledge the significant challengesauthor was a member of the Cyber Security R&D group within that need to be understood to create a safe and secure world ofAccenture Technology Laboratories that was supporting a recently smart things and smart systems. We want to raise awareness in theestablished company-wide strategic innovation initiative on the context of an engineering student's educational program of howIndustrial

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kyle V. Moses; W. Michael Petullo

— against placing unknown CD media in their computer (whyhigher application—which represents application, but only if does potentially malicious code have access to informationinformed by analysis, evaluation, and creation. that could cause harm?), and it urges them not to trust links A project at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory devel- in emails (why is the source of information being presented tooped a series of computer-security awareness training materi- the user not always clear?). In the economy of individual endals, and they posited that their training exercises Bloom’s first users—who consider the benefit of following security