Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

) concepts. Cur- rently, Dr. DeLuca is the Principle Investigator of the GRIDc: Green Research for Incorporating Data in the Classroom project (Phase 1, 0737180; Phase 2, 0920268). The purpose of this NSF CCLI project is to develop curricula to teach STEM concepts associated with renewable energy technologies by provid- ing a living laboratory of performance data from numerous renewable energy systems. The overarching goal of the project is to develop undergraduate students’ higher-order thinking skills in the context of a data-rich learning environment. In addition, he is Co-PI of the NSF ITEST funded project GRADUATE: Games Requiring Advanced Developmental Understanding and Achievement in Technological Endeavors

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Prafull Purohit, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

cycles as well as memoryaccess. Our laboratories are equipped with a Tektronix TLA-714 logic analyzer per bench andthus the opportunity to use this board as a teaching and debugging platform.Field programmable gate array A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is included in the board for students to expand on thefunctions of the ARM core and also as a standalone hardware platform. The concept here isabout interfacing among different hardware components. One application is for the ARM to seethe FPGA as a coprocessor that will be customized for particular application. For example:digital filtering, matrix operations, data logging and averaging, etc. The Cyclone III integrated inthe board is on a QFP package such that the student may be able to

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

implementation of teaching/learning at the college level; e.g. be knowledgeable of key organizations supporting engineering instruction like ASEE and ABET, general publications in education, and instructional resources; e.g. Ohio State Center for Advancement of Teaching (formerly Office for Faculty and TA Development).Obj. 2 - Students will be aware of the curriculum issues related to engineering education specifically; e.g. accreditation requirements, laboratory development and design instruction.Obj. 3 - Students will be able to recognize the options for types of instructional approaches to engineering materials and have understanding of their appropriate application.Obj. 4 - Students will be able to implement

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. students tocomplete a Teaching Practicum course during their doctoral studies. Students work closely withfaculty mentors in teaching a course. While the focus of the class is on pedagogy, the goal is forstudents to find the experience useful regardless of whether they are going into academia,industry, a research laboratory, or other career pursuits. In addition to issues dealing withteaching engineering, sessions are organized for career planning, success in both academia andindustry, ethics, and basic counseling and mentoring skills. This paper is a study of theeffectiveness of the Teaching Practicum experience. Survey responses are analyzed from nearly100 Ph.D. alumni for the period from the summer of 1996 to the spring of 2009. The

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies, Student

decisions. Our results also show that despite a perceived lack of autonomy, some GTAscontinue to act autonomously when faced with decision-making in the classroom. These resultscan help inform faculty as they seek to support GTAs in the GTAs‟ teaching responsibilities.IntroductionFor many years, graduate students have served as laboratory assistants and graders forundergraduate engineering courses. Due to recent efforts to increase hands-on activities inengineering education, many institutions are now also employing graduate teaching assistants(GTAs) as course instructors and lecturers 1-3. While researchers have studied GTAs in thehumanities and physical sciences, little is known about GTA experiences in engineering. Thepurpose of this study is to

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon-Torres, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mahesh Nandan Kommi, Rochester Institute of Technology; Tamoghna Bhattacharya, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2674: ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX-ING (OFDM) DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING PLATFORMAntonio Francisco Mondragon-Torres, Rochester Institute of Technology Antonio F. Mondragon-Torres received the B.Sc. degree with honors from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, the M.Sc. degree from Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, and the Ph.D. degree (as a Fullbright-CONACYT scholarship recipient) from Texas A&M Uni- versity, College Station; all degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1990, 1996, and 2002, respectively. From 1988 to 1995, he worked in a telecommunications company TVSCOM, Mexico City, Mexico, designing teletext products, first as a Design Engineer and later as

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip M. Gerhart P.E., University of Evansville

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1722: USING FAMILIAR ANALOGIES TO TEACH FUNDAMEN-TAL CONCEPTS IN THERMO-FLUIDS COURSESAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man- agement and Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and member

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl B. Schrader, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; William L. Hughes, Boise State University; Kotaro Sasaki, Boise State University; Teresa Cole, Boise State University, Computer Science Department; John N. Chiasson, Boise State University

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New Engineering Educators

to highlight successes within the department. Chairs are to rethink performance rewards18. c. The College-wide Spring Forum focused on teaching effectiveness. d. The College of Engineering Professor of the Year Award will highlight the integration of teaching and research.The COEN will also continue to work on making positive changes in the personnel and placecategories, which require long-term plans and a considerable amount of funding. Progress hasbeen made since the administration of this survey in acquiring new funding for generalengineering instructor, professional advisor, and GA positions. Renovations are underway toenhance existing research and teaching laboratories, and space requests and plans

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lance W. Traub, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

skills to conduct their projects, core topics werecovered in formalized lectures and assignments conducted towards the beginning of thesemester. Topics covered included: • Familiarity with NI LabView (implemented during the laboratory period) o Taught in four lectures with an application orientation. o Students learned LabView by writing an acquisition code for an ATI 6- component platform type balance. o Teaching approach was minimalistic such that students would need to explore the numerous menu options to find suitable VIs to perform a desired task. Note that a suggested approach to implementing the VI(s) was presented

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H. Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Timothy A. Philpot, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Douglas R. Carroll, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Mechanics

Missouri Universityof Science and Technology experienced a dramatic increase in teaching load starting inapproximately 2006 due to increasing enrollments and decreasing funding. Figure 1 shows thenumber of lecture students taught and laboratory students supervised by a single instructor overthe past ten years. Included are enrollments for all of the instructor’s courses and not just theintroductory mechanics courses. To cope with this increasing workload, mechanics of materialsinstructors began experimenting with that course’s exam format in 2006 and its presentationformat in 2008. Page 22.1446.2 Figure 1. Changes in teaching load

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Kane, University of New Hampshire and Cypress Semiconductor; Thadeus Paul Kochanski, Vital Electronics Institute; Andrzej Rucinski, University of New Hampshire

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Electrical and Computer

-accreditation: 6. Begins with developing elements of the prototype curriculum using off-the-shelf tutorials, laboratory exercise, development tools and hardware where-ever possible 7. Testing these at the “alpha-state” by experienced educators and where -ever possible with experienced students 8. Begin to globally disseminate the curriculum via staged, hierarchical – IIDEA-style capacity building “Teaching the Teachers of the Teachers” seminars and workshops for faculty 9. Offer IEEE completion certificates to the faculty participants 10. Offer IEEE completion certificates to the graduates of formal university courses taught by “Certified Faculty” and also to students in continuing education courses for practicing

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Denise Miller, Northern Arizona University; Elizabeth J. Brauer, Northern Arizona University; John Sharber, Northern Arizona University

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Electrical and Computer

circuits class at our university, which is taken by majors in Page 22.744.2electrical, mechanical, civil, and environmental engineering. This introductory course coversbasic topics in linear circuits such as Ohm’s Law, nodal analysis, Kirchhoff’s Laws, op amps, acanalysis, 3-phase power, and transformers. A laboratory component is also required for electricaland mechanical engineering majors. Students typically have a mix of interest in the coursematerial, making this a difficult course to effectively teach all students.This class has a historically high number of grades of D, F, or W (withdrawal). As a result, wehave tried numerous methods to

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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Aerospace

and Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University. She teaches the first course in aerodynamics, as well as undergraduate and graduate courses in aircraft design, aircraft flight mechanics, numerical methods, acoustics and rotary-wing aerodynam- ics. In addition to engineering curriculum innovation and reform, her interests include rotorcraft noise suppression, rotorcraft aerodynamics and high-speed rotorcraft design.Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University Wen-Ting is a doctoral Student in Educational Psychology at Arizona State University. Her research interests include teacher motivation in educational reform and students’ motivation and learning

Conference Session

Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Nychka, University of Alberta

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Materials

AC 2011-841: ROOM WITH A VUEJohn A. Nychka, University of Alberta John was an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky for two years before returning to Canada and his alma mater, the University of Alberta, in 2007. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering teaching and coordinating the second year introductory mate- rials engineering service course to many disciplines of engineering. John is active in the departmental Teaching Enhancement Committee which is mandated with improving the quality of teaching within the department. He has organized and co-organized teaching workshops to bring international speakers to the University of Alberta on topics of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim M. Papadopoulos, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Vincent C. Prantil, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Mechanics

Press book on bicycling science, as well as papers on bicycle dynamics and other rigid-body mechanics areas.Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Christopher Papadopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Ma- terials at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagez. He earned B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in Theoretical & Applied Mechan- ics at Cornell University (1999). Prior to coming to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering & Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has primary research and teaching interests in

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Statics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Carl R. Vilmann P.E., Michigan Technological University

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Mechanics

AC 2011-1773: GOING ONLINE WITH STATICSSheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University Sheryl A. Sorby is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics and Director of Engi- neering Education and Research. She is the former Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at Michigan Technological University and previously served as a rotator to the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. Sorby is active in the American Society for Engineering Education serving as Director of Programs and past chair of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE. She was a recipient of the Dow Outstanding New Faculty award and the Distinguished Teaching

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

AC 2011-1064: TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIESOF ITERATION AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN SPACECRAFT DE-SIGNHadi Ali, Purdue University Hadi Ali is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Jordan. He earned his Masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University majoring in aerospace systems design. He is also pursuing a Masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue. Hadi is a student member of AIAA, IEEE, ASME, and SAE.Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette Robin S. Adams is an Assistant Professor in

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-1846: A PROJECT-BASED INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRON-ICSJames W Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. James W. Bales is the Assistant Director of the MIT Edgerton Center, a center dedicated to hands- on, project-based learning. Before joining the Edgerton Center in 1998, he spent seven years designing, building, and testing small robot submarines to explore the deep ocean as part of the MIT Sea Grant AUV Lab. Page 22.90.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Project-Based Introduction to ElectronicsAbstractWe have created a laboratory

Conference Session

Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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Environmental Engineering

: Presentation of their designYear 1 AssessmentTeaching/Learning Preferences and ABET Post Assessment Student perception of the PBL and case studies used during the laboratory course Page 22.1232.8activities were assessed with focus group interviews, a final survey and an ABET assessment.The surveys were designed to assess the benefit of various teaching techniques, interventions,and tools. In the first survey, students were asked if they to Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral,Disagree, or Strongly Disagree to the teaching/learning method contributed their learning (Table2). The second survey was the ABET based assessment conducted for the course (Table

Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonte Bernhard, Linköping University, Sweden

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Educational Research and Methods

laboratory activitiesis, as Trumper states in a review15, “that they are learner-centred. They induce students tobecome active participants in a scientific process in which they explore the physical world,analyze the data [and] draw conclusions”. However Lindwall16 has analyzed several learningenvironments and argues that many other environments fulfill conditions 1-6 described above,without achieving good results in conceptual tests. Results of my earlier studies show that thestudents achieve better results (using concept tests such as FCI17 and FMCE18 to measure success)if lab-instructions are created that apply teaching strategies in line with variation theory than ifthe teacher adopts a non-conceptual approach8, 9.This led to the following

Conference Session

ELOS Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brennan T. Ashton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paul Malmsten, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gautam Vallabha, MathWorks; Sergey N. Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA. His current teaching interests include fundamental ECE classes. Page 22.51.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A laboratory project introducing basic microprocessor hardware and software for an introductory undergraduate ECE class for non-majorsMost electrical and computer engineering departments in the United States and abroad typicallyoffer a fundamental one or two semester course in ECE for non- major students. Sometimes, thiscourse is offered to

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Kenji Ryan Yamamoto, Northern Arizona University; Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Tom Weller, University of South Florida

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-376: WIRELESS-INTEGRATED EMBEDDED REAL-TIME CON-TROL: A CASE STUDY IN ADOPTING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOP-MENT OF A LOW-COST INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY PROJECTPaul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona University Paul G. Flikkema received the PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. From 1993-1998 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida, and joined Northern Arizona University as an Associate Professor in January 1999, where he is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering. He has been a JSPS Visiting Researcher at Yokohama National University, a Visiting Research Scientist at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo, and a Nokia Fellow at Helsinki

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsey Simmons, Stanford University; Beth L Pruitt, Stanford University; Kaye Storm, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

thus our qualitative data were extremely valuable. While qualitative data can beharder to analyze, they are likely an important component of effective program assessment.6. ConclusionStanford laboratories have been individually hosting local teachers for more than a decade. Weadded programming to bring together the individual teachers as a cohort five years ago, and mostrecently, we added the seminar series at the heart of this discussion to focus on professionalpractices. However, we are new to evaluating our program and understanding its impact. As wehave shown with these data, it is unclear what impact, if any, our program has on teacherconfidence in teaching professional practices. Through qualitative data, though, we have gainedinsights

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bingen Yang, University of Southern California; Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, University of Southern California

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Mechanical Engineering

of Formulas, Solutions, and MATLAB Toolboxes”.Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, USC Dr. ChengYuan Jerry Chen is fulltime Lecturer of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, who has in- volved with AME laboratory teaching for more than 8 years in AME341, 441, and 443 classes. His expertise is not only in analytical and computational of dynamic and control systems, but also in exper- imental and laboratory hardware implementations. He has more than 20 years of advanced machining experience and has accomplished enormous projects in mechanical and electrical designs. He is currently the head leader of the instructional laboratory in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain, South Carolina State University

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Engineering Technology

, 4. This problem can be effectivelyaddressed by improving the student’s conceptual understanding and comprehension of the topics coveredin introductory science and technology courses. One way to achieve this is through interactive learningand teaching and upgrading the existing laboratories with modern equipment. This will require increasedfunding and resources. But in recent years there is a decrease in resource allocation making itincreasingly difficult to modernize the laboratories to provide adequate levels of laboratory and coursework and universities are under pressure to look for alternative cost effective methods. One way toachieve this is through interactive learning and teaching through the use of software packages likeLabVIEW

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-1130: TEACHING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONCEPTS TONONCHEMICAL ENGINEERS: INDIGO: A WORLD OF BLUESPolly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College Polly R. Piergiovanni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engi- neering at Lafayette College. She teaches the introductory engineering and chemical engineering courses, as well as process control. Her research interests include process control, biochemical engineering and the dyeing process. Page 22.1375.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Teaching Chemical Engineering Concepts to Nonchemical

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sirjana Dahal, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H. Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Glenn Morrison, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Seth Paul Lamble, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Environmental Engineering

. His research interests include: engineering education, geotechnical earthquake engi- neering, and hazard mitigation. Address: Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engi- neering, 130 Butler Carlton Hall, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, 65409; telephone: (+1) 573.341.4484 be- gin of the skype highlighting(+1) 573.341.4484end of the skype highlighting; e-mail: rluna@mst.edu Page 22.123.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Web-Based Learning Module for Teaching GIS within the Context of Environmental EngineeringAbstractThere is a growing need for

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon W. Skelton, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-1679: USING ROBOTICS FOR TEACHING CRITICAL THINK-ING, PROBLEMS SOLVING AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNING FORFRESHMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTSGordon W Skelton, Jackson State University Vita GORDON W. SKELTON Associate Professor Department of Computer Engineering Jackson State University JSU Box 17098 Jackson, MS 39217-0198 Office: 601.979.5016 Fax: 601.979.5005 gor- don.skelton@jsums.edu Professional Preparation Institution Major Degree & Year McMurry College Political Science B.A., 1974 University of Southern Mississippi Political Science M.A., 1975 University of Southern Mississippi Po- litical Science/Economics ABD, 1978 University of Southern Mississippi Computer Science M.S., 1987 University of South

Conference Session

Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Tracy D Blake, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; David Dwight Sam PhD, Utah State University

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Two Year College Division

specialties,problem solving, computer tools, teamwork, communication, design and ethics using a standardtextbook 21 as general reference and several hands-on laboratory experiences. The principlepedagogy employed for the laboratory portion of the course is a modified jigsaw approach tocooperative learning 22. In this approach, the class is broken down into groups of four and eachmember takes turns learning a lesson from the instructor and then teaching it to the rest of theirgroup.The group then completes a design based exercise on the lesson. Group scores are used aspart of the overall student assessment. Because the modified jigsaw strategy requires that theinstructor meet with only 1/4 of the students for each laboratory lesson, hands-on

Conference Session

Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University; Richard F. McCormick, Marshall University; Sydney M. Wait, Marshall University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2011-235: USING KEFIR TO TEACH MICROBIAL KINETICS IN ANUNDERGRADUATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT COURSEIsaac W. Wait, Marshall University Isaac W. Wait is an assistant professor of engineering in the College of Information Technology and Engineering at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Dr. Wait conducts research and teaches courses in the area of water resources and environmental engineering, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the States of Ohio and West Virginia.Richard F. McCormick, Marshall University Richard F. McCormick is a Professor of Engineering at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He received his BSCE from WV Tech in 1971 and MS and PhD from Va Tech in 1973 and 1979