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Patricia S. Buford

Laptop Recycling Project: A Service-Learning Experience Patricia S. Buford Electrical Engineering Department – Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary humanitarian project initiated by the ElectricalEngineering Department at Arkansas Tech University. The project goal was to provide solarpowered computers to disadvantaged students in areas where resources were not available forthem to otherwise have computer access. It also incorporates environmental aspects of recyclingold laptop computers and powering them with solar energy. This project occurred during the2008-2009 school year upon receipt

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Jeffery S. Thomas; Malcolm E. Hays; Megan J. Meyer

A Detailed Process for Creating Multiple Choice Exams in a Mechanics of Materials Course Jeffery S. Thomas, Malcolm E. Hays, Megan J. Meyer Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractMultiple choice exams have been used in the Mechanics of Materials course at MissouriUniversity of Science and Technology for the past three years. Over 1000 students in 17 coursesections have participated in these exams. This paper describes the exam development processthat has evolved over the past five years and, in particular, how Wimba Diploma, Respondus andBlackboard have been integrated to generate and administer the exams. To date, approximately1800 short

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Robert I. Egbert

fundamentals of theengineering design process.Over the past four years the author has been responsible for teaching the introductoryengineering course for students on the Missouri State University (MSU) campus who areparticipating in the Cooperative Engineering Program operated by Missouri University ofScience & Technology (Missouri S&T) in cooperation with MSU.During that time, a number of different ideas and topics have introduced in the course. Somewere successful but others failed for a variety of reasons. This paper discusses both thesuccesses and failures and offers suggestions for other teaching similar courses.IntroductionOn August 21, 2006, the Governor of the state of Missouri, along with the Curators of theUniversity of Missouri

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Rebeca G. Book

, engineering, mathematics) fields are important to our country.According to Rodney Akins, a senior vice-president at IBM Systems & Technology Group,“Only 5% of United States workers are employed in fields related to science and engineering, butthey are responsible for more than 50% of our sustained economic expansion.” He also goes onto point out “according to NSF, the percentage of United States students studying math, science,and engineering has decreased from 21% in the 1980‟s to approximately 16% today.” 1 So whyrecruit women? They make up 50.7% of the population from the U.S. Census numbers 2 andthey only comprise 10.7% of the engineering occupation field and 24.8% of themathematical/computer science field per the 2009 Bureau of Labor

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Robert Fithen

calculationcan be seen at the web site of Dr. Polik and the text by Holman2.Matlab ApproachUse of Matlab for this calculation is incredibly simple. A listing of the Matlab code is shownbelow, and a description of the code follows. % Written by Dr. Fithen % Arkansas Tech University N=1000000; % Radius Setup x = 5.5:0.01:6.5; %setup x axis on histogram r = 6+.1* randn(N,1); %generate random normal distribution figure(1) hist(r,x) % create histogram title('Radius') mr=mean(r); Sr=std(r); S=sprintf(' R_{mean}=%8.5f\n R_{std}=%8.5f',mr,Sr); text(5.45,N/80,S,'HorizontalAlignment','left') % print results on

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Julius Marpaung; Louis Johnson; William Flanery

Engineering Education 78. L. Lattuca and D. Knight, “In the Eye of the Beholder: Defining and Studying Interdisciplinarity in Engineering Education,” in Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, June 2010.9. B. Coller, “Lessons Learned from Teaching Dynamic Systems And Control with a Video Game,” in Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, June 2009.10. K. Butler-Purry, V. Srinivasan and S. Pedersen, “A Video Game for Enhancing Learning in Digital Systems Courses," in Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, June

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Douglas R. Carroll

tablet PC and wireless microphone to theclassroom and use the system to transmit and record the lecture. The wireless microphone givesfaculty freedom to move around the classroom while lecturing. The added complexity ofhooking up the hardware and linking the microphone made this system less reliable than the firstmethod.IntroductionThe purpose of these efforts has been to develop a cost-effective way to bring distance educationinto the regular classroom. The author has taught from high-tech distance education classroomsat Missouri S&T, and the students in the classes benefitted from the lectures being transmittedand recorded for their use. Traditional on-campus students benefit almost as much from thetechnology as the distance students. The

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Marwan Abumahaimed; Joseph J. Rencis

and theories to practice.The learning style questionnaire (LSQ), consists of four stages of learning where each stage has adifferent approach for all types of learners. Anthony Gregorc‟s model is based on mentalimagery and these images indicate the individual learning strengths or styles.33 The modeldefines two major phases and each phase has two stages as follows: Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 5 1. Perceptual Qualities: a. Concrete Stage. Information is registered directly. b. Abstract Stage. Enables the conception and visualization of ideas

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Monty J. Smith; Lakshmi Sudhaker

of the differential equation in (??) (and disregarding any terms associatedwith initial conditions at time zero, i.e., t  0 ), we obtainG(s) X (s)  L(   2wn x  wn x)  L(wn sin(wt ))  U (s) and appropriate substitution (s=wj) we have the gain 2 2 x and phase functions | G ( jw) | wn2 (7) ( wn  w2 ) 2  (2wwn ) 2 2

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Megan F. Dunn; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

- 0.1083 -2 R² = 0.9953 -2.5 -3 -3.5 -4 -4.5 Time, s Figure 5. Height Measurements with Time as the Feed Reservoir DrainedData ReductionExperimental Velocity through the ThroatThe velocity through the throat was calculated by dividing the volumetric flow rate from the feedreservoir by the cross-sectional area of the reservoir. The areas of the feed reservoir and venturithroat

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Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

Transforming a Microprocessors Course through the Progressive Learning Platform Sohum Sohoni, David Fritz, Wira Mulia Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes an innovative learning platform called the Progressive Learning Platform(PLP), and its use in an introductory microprocessors course. The discussion covers the overalltransformation of the course from the examination and modification of existing course objectivesor Be-Able-To‟s (BATS), to the development of laboratories and other curricular materials for ahighly collaborative active-learning approach. Decisions made by the instructors during thisprocess, and the reasons behind

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Lawrence Whitman; Karen Reynolds; Zulma Toro-Ramos

, “well-rounded Renaissance Engineer”[s] [3]. Turns, Atman, et al., [4] use thesereports as an input to what an engineer needs to know. Dym, et al. present how engineeringeducation is being challenged to require students to consider additional design constraintsrequired as part of “new fundamentals” [5]. In response to this challenge, the CoE at WSU is aleader in reshaping the undergraduate experience to prepare the engineer of 2020, and at thesame time make the educational experience more meaningful to the student and the student moredesirable to local and national industries. As such, the CoE requires that for an Engineering BSdegree at WSU, each student will complete the program course requirements and at least three ofthe following six

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David Che; David Clark; Tom Magnone

learning.Keywords: manufacturing engineering education, globalization, experiential learningIntroductionHistorically, civil and industrial engineering were the largest concentrations, producing themajority of engineering graduates at Geneva College, a Christian liberal arts college in westernPennsylvania1. Since the mid-1960’s, however, the engineering program saw an increase ofdiversification into mechanical, electrical, computer and chemical engineering. By the early1990’s, the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) program, once the mainstay ofthe Engineering Department, was attracting less and less students. This trend was in line withthe termination of the GI program after World War II and the steady decline of the steel industry

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James L. Huff; Todd A. Patten; Richard L. Wells; Monte Cox

. 2. National Academy of Engineering (2008). Grand Challenges for Engineering. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 3. Krippendorff, K. (2006). The Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for Design. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group. 4. Zoltowski, C., Oakes, W., and Chenoweth, S. ―Teaching Human-Centered Design with Service-Learning‖, Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Conference. 5. Jiusto, S. and DiBiasio, D., ―Experiential Learning Environments: Do They Prepare Our Students to be Self-Directed, Life-Long Learners?‖, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 95, No. 3, 2006, pp. 195 – 204. 6. Oakes, W. ―Creating Effective and Efficient

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Michael Reynolds; Nick Huisman

Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,” EducauseQuarterly, Nov. 4, 2006, pp. 22-30. Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 6[3] Hiltz, S., and Turoff, Murray, “Education Goes Digital: The Evolution of Online Learning and the Revolution inHigher Education,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 48, Issue 10, Oct. 2005, pp. 59-64.[4] Bourne, J, Harris, D., and Mayadas, F., “Online Engineering Education: Learning Anywhere, Anytime,” Journalof Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, Jan. 1995, pp. 131-146.[5] ASEE Prism, March 2009, pp. 22-23.[6] College Board, Trends in

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Robert M. O'Connell

had nonumerical impact on the students‟ final grades. Instead, it was used to provide feedback forimproved student learning in anticipation of the grade-determining summative final exam to betaken at the end of the semester.The seventh learning outcome, associated with preparation and participation, was assessedcontinuously via readiness tests, daily instructor observation, and a peer assessment survey givenat approximately mid-semester. In the peer assessment the members of each group anonymouslyassessed each other‟s contributions to the group work process.Evaluation: Fall 2010Evaluation of the adapted TBL strategy as implemented in Fall 2010 was done using twoinstruments: continuous observation by the instructor throughout the semester, and

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B. Zhang; H. Misak; P.S. Dhanasekaran; D. Kalla; R. Asmatulu

: CRC Press, 2009.[8] D. G. Rickerby and M. Morrison, "Nanotechnology and the environment: A European perspective," Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, vol. 8, pp. 19-24.[9] (28 March 2011). Washington nuclear sensors capable of detecting faintest amounts of radiation. Available: http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/washington-nuclear-sensors-capable-detecting-faintest- amounts-radiation[10] D. F. Emerich and C. G. Thanos, "Nanotechnology and medicine," Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, vol. 3, pp. 655-663, 2003.[11] J. F. S. Jr., "Nanotechnology and Environmental, Health, and Safety: Issues for Consideration ", C. R. Service, Ed., ed: CRS Report for Congress, John F. Sargent Jr

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Thomas R. Marrero

   B) Output Power POutput = Q * p where Q is flow and p is the head POutput = 0.0000225 m3/s*6.55kPa*1000 Pa/kPa = 0.147W C) Efficiency Efficiency = POutput / PInput * 100% . Efficiency = *100% = 22.3% . These results are presented in Table 5 for impeller speeds from 2010 to 3510 rpm.C. Determination of System Curve and

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E. Specking; Edgar C. Clausen

College of Engineering Recruitment Office; a variety of summer programs for K-12 students;partnerships with K-12 schools, including the University of Arkansas Engineering and SciencePartnership (UAESP); the Engineering Career Awareness Program (ECAP), a diversityrecruitment-to-graduation program for undergraduate engineering students; and the FreshmanEngineering Program, which helps Freshman engineering students select an engineering major,while also providing much needed assistance to students as they transition from high school tothe university. Many universities offer K-12 programs to attract students to engineering.Missouri S & T, for example, offers a variety of pre-college and summer programs includingExplosives Camp, It’s a Girl Thing

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James G. Steuber

calculate the catalog rating load. This process can be quite diver-gent as a poor selection of bearing can actually increase the required catalog rating load dependingprimarily on the radial-to-axial dynamic load rating factor K. A low K at one bearing induces alarge axial load on the other bearing requiring it to be a (needlessly) larger bearing. Clearly, sucha poor choice warrants a penalty because the larger bearing would in general cost more. Students work homework assignments using the code(s) and develop a design philosophy forbearings. That is, they consider what type of bearing to use by asking the questions: What types ofloads are there?; Are axial loads present?; Which type of bearing is better suited for these loads?;How big does the

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Kenneth J. Fischer; Christopher D. Depcik; Lorin P. Maletsky; Robert M. Sorem; Ronald L. Dougherty

Activities in a Capstone Design Course. Journal of Engineering Education, July, 2001: p. 413-21.4. Catalano, G.D.; Wray, P.; Cornelio, S., Compassion Practicum: A Capstone Design Experience at the United States Military Academy. Journal of Engineering Education, October, 2000: p. 471-4.5. Latcha, M.; Oakley, B., Toying with a Capstone Design Course. Journal of Engineering Education, October, 2001: p. 627-9.6. Dutson, A.J.; Todd, R.H.; Magleby, S.P.; Sorensen, C.D., A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses. Journal of Engineering Education, January, 1997: p. 17-28.7. Sitkin, S.B., 1996. Learning through failure: The strategy of small losses

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Julia L. Morse

8facilitates the assignment. Implementation of a media-based learning module or other fixedmaterials to introduce appropriate lifelong-learning options and activities might achieve moreconsistent results.Bibliography1 Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology,“Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Technology Programs,” 2007-2008, p. 5.2 T. Litzinger, S. H. Lee, and J. Wise, “Engineering Students’ Rediness for Self-directed Learning,”Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,2004.3 G. H. Flammer, “Undergraduate Foundations for Lifelong Learning,” Proceedings of the 1978 ASEEAnnual Conference, University of British Columbia, 1978, cited in [2].4