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Heather McCain

2018 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceUsing Milestones for Student Project Success Heather McCain University of Kansas 1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 2018 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceAbstractStudents in Master’s Degree programs are often assigned projects that span an entire semester.Some students do not start on the project until near the middle of the semester and some waituntil the end. The procrastination causes stress in a student population that is already stresseddue to work and family commitments. As the program started developing 8-week onlinecourses, there was concern that students

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Daniel C. Hinkle; Kevin R. Lewelling

Using Student Projects for Recruiting Engineering Students Daniel C. Hinkle and Kevin R. Lewelling, PI University of Arkansas – Fort Smith 5210 Grand Avenue Fort Smith, AR 72904 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Figure 1: (a) This photographs shows the first electric vehicle built at UAFS; (b) this is a photograph of the second electric vehicle built at UAFS; (c) this is a bicycle powered generator built by (a

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Hani Sait; Hamzah Raja

1 Managing and Assessing Senior Project Capstone Design by Implementing ABET Criteria Hani Sait1 and Raja, Hamzah,R.I.2 1 Kung Abdulaziz University- Rabigh 2 University of Technology MalysiaAbstractPrior studies on educational engineering has shown that the graduates from engineering collegeswere lack of practical skills which are not given enough attention in the existing curriculum ofengineering. From this study, it has been shown that Senior Project Capstone

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Jared Rainwater; Steve E. Watkins; Benjamin Cooper

computing is investigated. Theapproach, which is called Seed since it is patterned after biological systems, consists of Seedvirtual machine (VM), Seed composer, and Seed user interface (UI). The VM facilitates all thecomputations happening in the system. The composer breaks up the code to be ran into smallersegments for future optimization and more fine-grained control over what is running. The UI isthe interface a user will interact to use the system. This project examined the feasibility of anobject-oriented VM based on C++ programming. The VM was implemented with an object-oriented memory system to store all the data being computed on, an interpreter which executesthe bytecodes associated with computation and updates the data in the Object

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Jennifer L. Anthony; Keith L. Hohn; John R. Schlup; Chris Aiken; Christopher Frampton

incorporated in the ChE 571 by helping student design teamsevaluate process safety in their assigned design projects. The collaboration was begun in eachsemester by a kick-off meeting at which a Cargill representative described Cargill’s perspectiveon process safety. The design teams then met with the Cargill safety coach via a conference calltwice during the semester. In the first meeting held early in the design process, the differentprocess design options were presented to the coach and the chemicals being used.. The safetycoach provide a perspective on the different options and choices the design team could make thatwould impact the inherent safety of the process. The coach also provided the team with a fewcodes, standards or Recognized and

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Jacob Marszalek

Best Practices in Educational Evaluation and Assessment Jacob Marszalek, PhD Research Fellow UMKC Urban Education Research Center18/09/2018 Marszalek-2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference 110 Helpful Hints (Teles, 2011)1. Identify an evaluator in advance2. Match the evaluation plan with the project goals • Objectives should be stated in measurable terms • Expected outcomes should identify specific observable results for each goal • development of measurable questions may take several iterations with your evaluator3. Design the evaluation to provide evidence about what is working and where adjustments and

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Tony Mendes; Gregory W. King

, develop a Business Plan for a new venture• Example of successful projects from class • Eye Verify – early stage business plan developed - sold in 2016 for 350 million • My Heart Outcome – won 2016 RVCC - $10,000 • Other - http://info.ongandcompany.com/blog/client-spotlight-enduralock• Technology Commercialization – Full Time MBA program• Projects from community including; Children’s Mercy Hospital, Black and Veatch, Honeywell and others Mechanical Design Synthesis I• Fulfills university general education requirement• Focused on design process• In-class design activity • Ideation/brainstorming • Identify needs • Benchmarking • Concept generation• Assessment of prototyping/manufacturing costsMechanical Design Synthesis

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James Sewell; Monty Smith

flex of the blade.Blade flex creates a change in the section airfoil angle of attack which in turnchanges the aerodynamic forces.An Mbientlab MetaTracker, mountable sensor equipped with wirelessaccelerometers was mounted to the 10inch propeller blade of an existing UAV.The accelerometers transmitted the vibration spectrum to an iPhone with aninterface app provided by the vendor. The app logged and processed the datainto a comma separated variable (csv) file. Matlab will be used to separate thedata for vibration magnitude and direction.The original intention of the project was to capture measurements at steadymotor RPM’s and RPM transition; however, do to controller interface errors,propeller rotation had to be created manually. This accounts

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh; José Carrillo; Jong Beom Lee; Scott Norr

Multi-Disciplinary Capstone Design and Implementation of Orbital Debris Removal System Emmanuel U. Enemuoh, Jose Carrillo, Jong Beom Lee Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth 1305 Ordean Court, 105 VKH, Duluth, MN 55812 Scott Norr Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth 1305 Ordean Court, 105 VKH, Duluth, MN 55812AbstractThe goal of this multidisciplinary capstone design project is to promote and sustain undergraduateresearch at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) through a fundamental

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Bonnie Postlethwaite

• Lots of screen projection and white boards • Technology rich Rote Learning Learning that fosters critical thinking, creativity and development of communication skills •Team projects

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh; José Carrillo; Joseph Klein; Austin Cash; Drew Bergstrom

laser power have most significant effect on the density of the fabricated parts Wanget al. (2016).To improve quality characteristics of fabricated parts and the economy of the process, DMLS hybridmilling (DMLS-HM) was introduced. In DMLS-HM process, an end mill with very high spindle speedand high feeding rate is incorporated with the laser sintering to attain high-precision machining. Thesintering and milling of the part is repeated to build from bottom to top layers of a complex part shape.Compared to conventional DMLS, there is limited study on the evaluation of mechanical properties ofparts fabricated with DMSL-HM process. This research project is aimed at characterizing non-agedMaraging steel 300 (MS 300) parts fabricated with DMLS-HM

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Gregory McCartney; Leland Delissa; Marcus Allen; Clark Shaver

Student-Led Research: Exploring the Impulse Response of Linear Time-Invariant Systems. Gregory McCartney, Leland Delissa, Marcus Allen, and Clark Shaver Pittsburg State UniversityAbstractThis paper reviews a student-led, extracurricular research project that was a direct out-growth ofan in-class research assignment. Within the Signals and Systems course in the ElectronicsEngineering Technology (EET) program at Pittsburg State University (PSU), the theory ofconvolution, linear time-invariance, and impulse response are introduced. The PSU-EETprogram prides itself on hands on application of engineering principles in every class. Butproviding meaningful

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Benjamin Gross

http://www.middlesexcanal.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/ European Engineering Traditions British civil engineers French military engineersLHL LHL British Civil Engineers • Characteristics • Open to all social classes • Empirical approach • Focus on industrial or civilian projects • Apprenticeship system • Examples

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Nahid Uzzaman; Dale Schinstock

fit as introductory control theory laboratory equipment.Reference [1] R. M. Reck and R. S. Screenivas, (2015), “Developing a new affordable dc motor laboratory kit for an existing undergraduate controls course," in American Control Conference (ACC), (Chicago, IL), pp. 2801-2806. [2] R. M. Reck, (2016), dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Experiential learning in control systems laboratories and engineering project management”. [3] S. R. Smith, (2017), Master's thesis, Kansas State University, “Demonstrating introductory control systems concepts on inexpensive hardware”. [4] R. M. Reck, R. S. Screenivas, and M. C. Loui, (2015), “Assessing an affordable and portable laboratory kit in an

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Molly McVey

semesters of data are collected. Individual performance on learning objective achievement,and performance in downstream courses may be investigated to understand the impact of thischange on student learning.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by th National Science Foundation under GrantNumber DUE1525775. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.ReferencesBeichner, R. (2008). "The SCALE-UP Project: a student-centered active learning environmentfor undergraduate programs." Invited paper for the National Academy of Sciences. Retrievedfrom http://www7. nationalacademies. org/bose

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Edgar C. Clausen; James T. McAllister

Fall 2018 (projected) Class Enrollment Class Enrollment BIOL 2013, Microbiology 475 BIOL 2013, Microbiology 453 BIOL 1543, Biology 381, 314 BIOL 1543, Biology 300-468 PHYS 2074, Physics II 265, 220 CHEM 1103, Chemistry I 215-265 CSCE 2014, Programming II 164 PHYS 2054/2054H, Physics I 280, 361 CHEG 4423, Process Control 102 CSCE 2004, Programming I 121 MEEG 2013, Dynamics 95 MEEG 2003, Statics 174There are developing problems in engineering education that are at least partially associated withthese

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Molly McVey

students were given extra credit for completing it. Howeverstudents were informed that the results of the survey would only be seen by the post-doctoralteaching fellow assisting with this project, and the instructor of the course would only see theaggregated results. Surveys asked Likert-scale questions about the effectiveness/usefulness ofeach course component, and how they prepare for class.Results and DiscussionLearning Objective AchievementExam results showed a significant improvement in performance on several learning objectives,particularly on exams 1 and 3. On exam 1, there was a statistically significant improvement on10/14 learning objectives. On exam 2, there was a statistically significant improvement on 3/13learning objectives, but a

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Jing Zhang; Mengjun Xie

andvisualization. As discussed in [1] and [3], a simulation-based virtual laboratory have significantadvantages compared to traditional physical laboratory in respects of safety, informationrepresentation and experiment flexibility. However, the simulation is restricted by virtualenvironments and non-ideal effects of simulation models. These restrictions make it difficult toreplace the physical laboratory with a virtual laboratory. Development of hands-on capability forundergraduate students in electrical engineering is another important reason to keep the physicallaboratory.The role of laboratory in the education of modern power systems is also discussed in [4] for bothlecture-based education and project-based learning. This work presents details about