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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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A. Richard Vannozzi

the process of learning and how learning isexperience based. By adhering to ELT in instructional design for CAD, GIS and other softwareintensive courses, classroom approaches can be crafted to keep the software in its proper place asa tool. ELT provides a unified context for understanding the relationship between the abstract“hypothesis” and the concrete result of the button pushing. Kolb’s conceptualization of these isshown in Figure 1. Zull refers to the components of Kolb’s ELT as the “four fundamental pillarsof education: gathering, reflecting, creating, and testing. [3]” Irrespective of which instructional design model or process one might prefer, at somepoint learning objectives are defined and then a specific activity is

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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GLENN E. VALLEE; RICHARD P. BENIOT

theelastic wave propagation resulting from a strain pulse directed along the incident bar toward thespecimen. The pulse is developed when the incident bar is impacted by a projectile (striker bar),the wavelength and amplitude of the pulse being directly proportional to the length, mass andvelocity of the projectile. The pulse is partially transmitted and reflected at the incidentbar/specimen interface and the transmitted portion passes through the specimen and into thetransmitter (output) bar. An analysis of the incident, reflected and transmitted elastic waves 6occurring in the bars allows for the determination of the stresses and strains occurring in the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Gloria Monaghan

the virtual world you do not know if you are talkingwith a man or a woman. One Asian student said it was easier in 2ndlife to interact with virtual strangersthan in real life. Many said they felt left out and not accepted in the virtual world. Many of the female students spent more time designing their Avatars and focusing on their names butchose to include some real aspect of their given name and some even dressed exactly as they do in real life.Female students complained that the female avatars reflected media stereotypes of women in general. “Ibecame as close to myself as I could become,” reflects the large population of students who strived torecreate themselves accurately as possible in the virtual world. This is surprising since

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Marie Planchard

Teaching Students to Integrate Life Cycle Assessment into Product Design through Sustainable Engineering Marie Planchard, DS SolidWorks Corp.Session: Industrial Partnering for Preparing Engineers for the 21st Century Global EconomySustainable engineering is the integration of social, environmental, and economic conditions intoa product or process. Successful products are developed by integrating Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) directly into the Computer Aided Design (CAD) model. Teaching students to understand,improve, and communicate the environmental impact of their design reflects the current state ofthe global economy. Engineering parameters such as material selection and the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Charles Thomas; Loren Byrne; Jeremy Campbell

the United States (i.e., unlimitedeconomic growth reflected by an ever-increasing GDP). We also explored the sometimes subtledifference between “belief” and “knowledge.” In support of this lesson, the major courseworkcomponent was for the students to pick a sustainability-related belief that they held and write a“This I Believe” essay, modeled after the long-lived project started by Edward R. Murrow in the1950’s and continued today by National Public Radio[3]. This introductory section also includedlectures whose purpose was to present a common definition of sustainability which was referredto throughout the remainder of the semester.The Science of SustainabilityAfter defining sustainability, we examined it through the eyes of the natural

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Harry Knickle

4Session 2: May 22, 2010• Snack• What is Engineering?• What is Design?• What is Solar energy?• Solar Power• Solar Energy Application• Clean Water• Water TestingSession 3: May 29, 2010• Snack• What is Science?• Forces and Weights• Pressure and Friction• Pulley experiments• Rotational Speed and Linear Velocity• Stroboscope and Velocimeter• EXCEL GraphingSession 4: June 5, 2010 • Snack • Electrical Circuits • Use of a Multi-meter • Construct Electronic Circuit • What is Color and what is Light • Absorption, Reflection, Transmission • Chemical Reactions • Chemical Reaction Experiments • CertificatesSession 5: June 10, 2010• Harvard Labs and Museum Natural History Cambridge, MA• LunchPowerPoint PresentationsNearly all the presentations are given

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Anne E. Mohan; Enrique Sola; James Patrick Abulencia

Companycompetitively selects ten faculty fellows across the nation’s universities to visit Boeingoperations in Seattle, Phildelphia, Huntsville, and Wichita. This is an eight-week program whichfocuses on “shadowing assignments” in which each faculty fellow “looks over the shoulders” ofpracticing engineering professionals. [7] This program concludes with a reflection on theessential attributes of engineering graduates. According to this reflection, the ten most importantdesired attributes are: (1) communication skills, (2) technical knowledge, (3) ability to defineproblems clearly and come up with solutions, (4) understanding the impact of engineering 4decisions on

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Andrzej Zarzycki

traditional didactic and passive-style learningreferred by Paulo Freire as “banking education.”[ 1] There is ample precedence and philosophical backing for the learning-by-doing approach.Some trace it as far as Confucius, with his memorable adage from around 450 BC: “Tell me, andI will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.” In more recenttimes, David Kolb defined the concept of Experiential Learning Theory (ELT)[ 2] using twocontinuum axes: active experimentation–reflective observation and abstract conceptualization–concrete experience. Each of four learning types consists of experimentation, experience, orreflection as an active component of the learning process. These components can be used asbuilding

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Vijay Kanabar; Virginia Greiman; Jim Cormier

meta-cognitivestrategies related to reflecting on experience and self-awareness. 5Figure 6: The Grading Rubrics for the Discussion Topic Submissions 5. Evaluations and Student CommentsWe have accumulated data for same courses that are offered online and in a face to face setting. We someof the courses we analyzed there was a - 0.41 difference in course rating when compared with face-to-face. The online course has a lower rating, but not unexpected, for several reasons. They are:a) Large class sizes--Online classes have as many as 230 students. Face to face classes have a maximumof 35 students. b) The facilitators who manage groups of

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Antonio F. Mondragon-Torres

. 5 I also found that when the exam was taken, some people were sharing results on the internet,bust since the questions were out of order, random and you cannot go back and forth, myconclusion is that the students wasted more time posting on-line and hoping for somebody to postthe solution on time and to be correct. This is a reflection to what “googling” can give you, youmay find that the answer indeed is incorrect but if you do not have much background and/or becritical on the information, it could be the same outcome as throwing a coin. Some others take the “Musketeer” approach “all for one, one for all” which is a double edgesword. In one instance collaboration is extremely powerful, but on the other hand it can just makea not so

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Robert Simoneau; Diane Dostie

classroom management.Lessons LearnedTeam Building The key to the ultimate success of the project is the ability of faculty members across theVIP to work together in a collaborative manner. It has been proven successful to have a socialnetwork established. This helps to ease any tensions as projects and students work together. Afriendly environment is essential and is reflected in the VIP meetings. Therefore, the use of anoutside facilitator is very helpful to initiate the team-building process. The Virtual Ideation Platform 6Logistics There are numerous lessons that have been learned. The most basic is that coordinatinglogistics among the VIP members is demanding

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Andrea Baruzzi; Theresa M Calcagno

the research papers they receive has improved since theinfoguide was developed. This has been confirmed by researchers who found that the quality ofstudents' work improved when they used library resources to do their research [9].ConclusionInfoguides are an effective way to reach out to students and guide them to those library resourceswhich are most appropriate to their research assignment. Studies show that well-used guides arethose which were created in collaboration with faculty, were introduced through libraryinstruction sessions, or were tied to a specific course [4, 10, 11]. In fact, Strutin points out thatthe combination of any of these attributes increases their use and effectiveness [11].The experience at GMU reflects those same

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Andrzej Zarzycki

digital objects.Presently, BIM-based tools lack significant generative design modules and thus becomeperipheral within the architectural design process. This deficiency reflects the difficulty ofreconciling the generative-lateral modes of creativity with the didactic-hierarchical modes ofproblem solving. At the same time, general-use, generative design software lacks the databasedimension and material-based knowledge associated with its digital models. Often limited tosimple mesh definitions, traditional digital models exist outside real units and dimensions,without any physical reference to the outside world. In this aspect, these digitally created designsstill operate within the old paradigm, defined by Alberti [ 1], in which design is

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ismail I. Orabi

understand what your project problem was and how you solved it. 6. Coach’s Evaluation: This part of your grade is based on feedback from coaches and sponsors or clients. 4 7. Peer Evaluations: Since the class is divided into groups, an overall grade is determined for the group performance. Sometimes it is necessary to make differentiations within the group to make sure the individual grades reflect each person's contributions. Each group is to submit a group self-evaluation.Results Two surveys were conducted at the end of the semester. The first survey is designed tomeasure the team effectiveness and performance. The second part of the survey is designed tomeasure

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Andrzej Zarzycki

allow for scanning entirespectrum of possible solutions by analyzing a class of objects rather than an individual instance. Furthermore, animating simulations puts a particular design scenario in a wider spectrum ofdesign performance. “Generating new forms while also having instantaneous feedback on theirperformance from different perspectives (space usage, structural, thermal, lighting, fabrication,etc.) would not only spark the imagination in terms of deriving new forms, but guide it towardsforms that reflect rather than contradict real design constraints.” [ 6] The class engaged these possibilities by employing dynamics simulation tools that are usedin other industries, specifically, for the creation of special effects, gaming and

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ross McCurdy

. After reflection anddiscussion it was decided to begin a completely new vehicle project - a full-size, street legal fuelcell vehicle capable of normal cruising speeds and range. It was actually a student whosuggested the use of a “T–bucket” as the platform vehicle. The T-bucket is the original hot rodcreated from the Ford Model T, and being lightweight, relatively simple to work on, andhistorically significant, is well-suited for the endeavor. With that student’s suggestion, our FuelCell Model T (FCT) project was born. Not surprisingly, the student who suggested the T-bucketplatform became an engineering student in college and earned a 4.0 GPA his first semester!Working from a foundation of success established with the previous fuel cell

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ali Alshubbak; Saeid Moslehpour; Eugenio Pellicer; Joaquín Catalá

syllabus, a single Delphi questionnaire to be developed.5. Conclusions1. The curriculum design process is a complicated and critical function; it should consider several criteria, such as the knowledge durability, curriculum coherency, competitiveness, etc. These are the traditional criteria applied in the curriculum design.2. The rigidity and the innovation resistance are some of the problems that face the engineering curriculum.3. Industry is the best reference for the curriculum designer; its needs can be emerged as design criteria. This will reflect the continuously changed demand’s preferences in the engineer profile.4. The relation university-company is a single direction one, where it is argued that the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Lisa Shatz

member had in mind and then taking all this data and narrow it down into something convenient to all of us. The good thing about this project was that we worked as a group and nobody was trying to be better than anyone in the group. 2. The design experiment went much better than the product design contest. We continually revised the first project until we got an A. The second one never actually got completed to the level it should have been, and I'm sure our grade will reflect that. I think the effort level from the team was low on the first project, and was non- existent on the second one. 3. My team experience has been a pleasant one. Although one member is hesitant and resistant to change in any

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Qiubin Zhao; Xingguo Xiong

between top Si diaphragm and bottom Si substrate. The SiCplate is supported by four folded SiC beams. When there is no external pressure, the SiC platestays in the middle of the capacitance gap between top Si membrane and bottom Si substrate.When there is an external pressure, the top Si diaphragm deforms and hence the gap betweenSiC and top Si membrane is reduced. The MEMS pressure sensor utilizes electrostatic forceto pull down the SiC membrane to maintain it in the middle position of the capacitance gap.The required driving voltage to keep the Si plate in the middle reflects the amount ofdeformation of the SiC plate, and in turn the value of the input pressure. The proposed SiCMEMS high temperature sensor does not need embedded piezoresistors