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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Matthew Baideme P.E.; Cristian Robbins; Jeffrey Starke

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) A Model to Build, Assess, and Reflect on Students’ Metacognition through the Classroom Debate of Controversial Environmental Issues Matthew P. Baideme, Cristian A. Robbins, and Jeffrey A. Starke described as the process of considering multiple viewpoints Abstract— Debates have been used as a tool to promote and arriving at a judgment that can be applied by individualsactive learning in the classroom. Role-play debates have or groups to convince others to agree with

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Islam A. Ashry

the main applications called the fiber Bragg grating (FBG) [2,3]. This device canof FBGs. In this work, we present a comprehensive investigation perform many of the aforementioned primary functions, suchfor using apodized FBGs in sensing applications. Differentevaluation parameters such as, reflectivity, sidelobes, and full- as reflection and filtering in a highly efficient and low losswidth-half-maximum (FWHM) are tested in order to determine manner. FBG is a comparatively simple device and its mostthe most proper apodization profile for sensors. According to our basic form consists of a periodic

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Gary P. Halada; Nancy McCoy Wozniak

instructors’ of learning gains in STEM education.ability to assess student learning outcomes and the ability ofindustrial mentors to supervise and direct interns. Further, At one time, engineers learned their trade primarily through aeportfolios, through student reflection and direct assessment ofactivities, can help programs meet the challenges of program process of apprenticeship. The student-masteraccreditation. In particular, we show the use of an assessment tradesman/artisan relationship allowed for an in-depth, realmodel for difficult-to-assess ABET outcomes. time observation of student learning and accomplishment, and

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Tara Kulkarni

in the state (engaging local citizens opposed to the project), Partnerships such as the Campus Compact, whichand a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) based map comprises of over 1,100 colleges and universities, with over 6project for southwest Haiti to locate and display health clinic million students across over 30 states, have brought thelocations for use by the area health workers. Students interactedwith four different community partners, and reflected on their message of service as an integral component of learning to theexperiences answering questions focused on their interactions mainstream of the education

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Shanon Reckinger; Blanca Aca; Katherine Pitz

experience wiith the concept of ocean modeling. The unique aspect of this ccomponent of the Fig. 9. A photograph of the graffiti wall deesigned by the students during camp is that the real equations were presenteed to the students. Reflection Day, which summarizes thing we can do to take action on what They were prefaced with an explanation thhat although they was learned at camp about ocean modeling andd climate change. ms. solving the full equation with all term

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Remah Alshinina; Christian Bach

subject factors and emotions to contribute to the assessment of the(12) call the IT artifact the "core subject matter" of the IS process. The steps and models of social informationfield. processing and aggressive behavior were researched. The author found and concluded that certain guidelines are necessary for an innovative artifact. Thedevelopmental factors like physiological and emotional may purpose of the establishment of the guidelines is to contributecause a deviation in the cognitive memory structure that, in to the work of researchers to properly understand andturn, may be reflected as deficiencies and aggressive biases in

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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David Cain; Brian Layng; Kyle McNulty; Ryan O'Connor; Tomas Estrada

S ID E R A T IO N S Design considerations focused primarily on mechanicaldesign and control design to confirm desired speed andusability were met. Figure 2: CAD drawings of chassis and platformMechanical Design• E10 Drift Remote Control Car • Infrared Reflective Phototransistors o Carefully considering four high powered electric o Mounted to the bumper of the E10, we attached a remote control cars, we developed a weighted Pugh plexiglass sensor bar featuring infrared reflective diagram to determine the proper car to satisfy our phototransistors. The phototransistors

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Israel Aguilera Navarrete; Alejandro Lozano-Guzman; Edna Alcazar-Farias

policies related to monitoring processes which are self-defeating. OECDinnovation and competitiveness [1]. indicators may therefore not be the best way to reflect S&T In order to justify governmental investment in S&T, it is real conditions everywhere and under all conditions, evenespecially important for institutions spending public resources though they might be used and accepted all over the world for national and international S&T reporting. ΙΙΙ. CRITERIA AND CONSIDERATIONS Currently, there is threefold approximation of such a

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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WANG Zhiguo; GONG Bengang; YANG Shanlin

System optimization problems are usually solved byshould be as low as possible; d. delivery time, the enterprises linear programming model, it is essentially considering one ofshould push their products to the market as soon as possible or the objectives as the objective function and translating thecomplete the production tasks before the due date. Therefore, remaining objectives into restrictive conditions. This methodthe model objective function should be able to reflect the not only ignores multi-object attributes of the real problemsrequirements of these four aspects. but also leads to size

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Madhav D. Patil; Tamer Abukhalil

the applications, and of 20 KHz frequency and uses it to find a way around thethen assembled to build the physical robots swarm. The obstacle, detect the uneven surfaces, any shape and size ofsoftware scans for replaced or extra added sensors itself object in known as well as in unknown environment. Thiswhich makes robot swarms more dynamic. is known as Echolocation. This sensor sends outs ultrasonic waves which are then detected after they are III. SENSOR FUSION reflected or bounced back from object and/or obstacle. The

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ruzanna Davtyan

after 10 minutes, and 15 are asleep after 20 using many teaching techniques to reach all students (Felder &minutes, how long will it be until the whole class of 25 Silverman, 1988) p.76. David Kolb’s study shows that“learners tend to perceive information either abstractly (by • It helps students to learn from each other andconceptualizing/thinking) or concretely (by together in a team.experiencing/feeling) and then process that information eitheractively (by experimenting/doing) or reflectively (by CONCLUSIONobserving/watching) (Kolb & Kolb, 2005) p.64.” Researchers Using contextual learning in the classroom

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Xingguo Xiong; Hanyu Xie

bi-functional spatial light techniques. Micromirrors are used to reflect incident light to modulator was reported. It utilizes electrostatic actuation an expected direction by moving the mirror plate, so that the with two switches to control the micromirror to work either phase and/or the amplitude of the incident light can be in piston or torsional mode. Four folded beams are used for modulated. Micromirrors have been widely used since the piston movement and two straight

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ali M. Elrashidi

down links using 10 GHz transceiver bandwidth over 20results and discussion are presented. Section V offers km single feeder. 2.2 GHz reflective semiconductor opticalconclusions. amplifier on ONU is included with offset optical filter. A. Lebreton and B. Charbonnier introduced an experimental II. TECHNICAL ISSUES IN WDM-PON NETWORK SYSTEM system of 20 Gbps using FDM PON architecture [14]. The WDM-PON is considered as an ultimate solution for access authors demonstrate a simulation system of 40 Gbps with RF

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Adedamola Akinsanya; Christian Bach

other.” A good story should always convey afactors come together to describe the surroundings, characters lesson to be learnt. How else do we as humans develop fromand circumstances in the story. The evaluation, as noted our experiences?conveys the emotional reflection of the narrator and producesthe reason the story is being told. The factors are explained IMPORTANCE OF MODEL/NEW INSGHTbelow with their varying parts in the sample narrative shown: The model has shown the author the importance of narrative analysis in qualitative research. The narrative was broken1) Abstract: This serves to show the overview of the narrative. down

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Longyin Sun; Christian Bach

the decision conducted upon how people complete the stages of decision-maker to make effective use of his extensive but limited making in detail, and rich study results were obtained. Forpowers of reasoning. Since traditional ways to cope with example, certainty effect, reflection effect, anchoring effect,decision-making and management have lost their appeal in this regret theory, and overconfidence were discovered.competitive and constantly changing world, people need new Today, mainstream study paradigm is: First, traditionalmethods to deal with them, research on this subject from a new decision-making model and its hypothesis I concrete field isangle is necessary

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Rasha Gaffer M. Helali

module [3]. Software metrics proposed more maintenance than others, even before system isand used for procedural paradigm have been found inadequate completed [2]for object-oriented software products [1]. The word syntacticreflects to what extend we can use source code syntax to B. Semantic metricsestimate some quality attributes. In [12] quality is defined asthe degree to which a product is bug-free. Traditional syntactic metrics discussed above reflect howIn this point it is important to say that the use of pre

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Arar Alkhader; Junling Hu; Akinwumi Akinkunmi; Prabir Patra; Xingguo Xiong

these depth of burns reflects the degree; it depends on thedesigns are introduced as a protection means to cover and temperature and contact duration with the burning substance.protect the burned tissue from the bacterial infection not as a There are four major degrees of burns, first, second, third, andtreatment means. In this paper a new model for a burns fourth degree burns. Greater degree means greater damagedbiobandage is introduced not only as a protective means but also tissue, and more complicated situation and treatmentas a treatment technique by helping the tissue to rebuild itself as procedure.fast as possible. The main objective of this research is to developa simple

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Beverly Woolf; Enid Sichel; Mark Floryan

the simulation” rather than reflect on and interpret what they see [5]. Our system attempts to address all Manuscript received February 14, 2014. This research was funded by acooperative grant from the National Science Foundation, #0940967 and of these issues simultaneously. The simulations do not always#1143659, “Authoring tool for a hands-on, on-line, lab curriculum for improve learning. For example, researchers at Purdueengineering technology students”, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory University evaluated the use of computer-simulationImprovement

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Moijue Kaikai; Erin D. Baker

Research- participatory action research through means operations, and multiple step problem solving. Whenof community reflective and progressive problem solving- implemented with the nine Upward Bound students, they hadinclude the improvement of practice through continual learning great familiarity with these areas in their past physics course.and progressive problem solving, a deep understanding of We got through the seven example problems within the

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Sapan Parikh; Amish Patel; Syed Rizvi

a communication and effective utilization of availablecertain extent because there is always much redundancy in the bandwidth. If data packet is routed through many intermediatedata. Finally, most applications in WSNs are mission critical, nodes, the advantage of reducing packet size is additive.which reflects the importance of applications [10]. A data packet consists of two main parts: packet header and A wireless Sensor Network is envisioned as consisting of payload. Packet header contains important information like thehundreds or thousands of sensor nodes distributed across address of sensor node, timestamp and

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Salamahn Mill; Dafe Ukaivbe; Weiwei Zhu

pixels for CCS pixels q.k =digital value of band k of pixel q In the base image, for each pixel in the CCS area, we will ED + = ( p.k − q.k ) 2search for its most similar pixel. In another word, we need to if ED ≠ 0 // Makes sure p and qlook for a pixel with the most similar surface reflectance // are not identicalvalues in the spectral space. This is called closest spectral fit if j == 1(CSF) [1]. Since the pixels in CCS area have been spectrally

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Robert A. Hilton

binary file. These improvement in the flash time of the chipKIT flash tool.checksums exist to protect against incorrect programming. TABLE I. ECU CAN BUS COMMANDS (ALL VALUES IN HEX)When a binary file is modified, these checksums need to be EID D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8updated to reflect the programming changes. This is done so Whole Bus FFFFE FF 86 00 00 00 00 00 00that modified binary files that were manipulated for the Silence

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Abrar Mohammed Alajlan

mechanism to avoidflooding the whole program and to limit the propagating of A. Reprogramminginformation [32]. Several programming approaches have been introduced and There are some components or functions attached to each discussed in the past decades. However, there are manyprogramming model to improve localization: Hood uses programming challenges still unresolved and need furthermirror to reflect node locations or time synchronization study to make the WSNs programming valuable and effectiveservices [30]. In this case, abstract region starts with neighbordiscovery where each node

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper; Mike Kelley; Steve Beyerlein

reflection after the exercise and prior the need for … life-long learningto reviewing the assessment forms and receiving the course ABET Skill 3j – Knowledge of 13 3.50 2.5 5.0feedback analysis]: contemporary issues 1. The instructor assigned teams and additional duties. Should the process call for a random selection process? IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS In retrospect, yes. 2. Should the process allow the students to receive the The interdisciplinary EPSA scenarios generated more scenarios and rubrics in advance to do some research on enthusiastic and higher level discussion than case studies that their own to

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Teresa Piliouras; Pui Lam Yu; Kristin Villanueva; Holly Robillard; Yingxin Chen; Michael Berson; Jeanne R. Lauer; Garret Sampel; Daniel Lapinski; Maigh Attre

needed to dimensions relating to innovation and self-direction.compose a grammatically correct letter, to calculate a bill for a Technology skills play a prominent role in this model, and arecustomer, and to conduct one’s self in an ethically and socially categorized with respect to [6]:responsible manner. Competency reflects a higher level of • Information Literacy – accessing, using, managing, andskill mastery. Competency is the ability to envision a gestalt evaluating information;and possible solutions even if the task at-hand is poorly • Media Literacy – analyzing and creating mediadefined or the available tools or information are lacking and products;incomplete. For example

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Melody Baglione

, engfac [content management]the tour, seeing such a schematic on the concept inventory website was useful for reference outside of class, andbetter indicates the importance of these concepts. the writing assignment was very useful and interesting.Furthermore, by giving students the same post-conceptinventory after the tours, students are able to reflect on their Question: Did the project enhance your learninglearning gains. experience? If so, in what ways?D. Interviews Answer: Yes, I had never been on a building tour with Through interviews with students, lab observations, and respect to its HVAC components

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Thomas Dodson; Nicholas Mattei; Joshua T. Guerin; Judy Goldsmith; Joan M. Mazur

University Research Initiative, Award Number 09-ONR- advisors to explore and evaluate options with the students.1115. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed In recent years, there has been enormous growth andin this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the innovation in available online education tools and modalities.views of the National Science Foundation or the Office of Naval Research. There is ongoing work, both commercial and academic, in NICTA is funded by the Australian Government through the Departmentof Communications and the Australian Research Council through the ICT

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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May Alzawawi

competitiveness among rivals [35]. Gonzalez-Benito, J., &legislative and regulatory compliance. It became necessary for a firm Gonzalez-Benito, O. claim in their research the following:to assure that all their products and services are done with “A policy of environmental purchasing may not beenvironmental consciousness practices [26]. undertaken because of a desire to ‘Save the world’, but because it reflects a way to gain competitive advantage, • Regulations improving the financial performance of the firm. The With the recent trend towards

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Thair Jamal Khdour; Shaima Salem

new management reflect these concerns, and how will capacities for action; it is about creating learning processes. technologies contribute? 3) Knowledge capture – Knowledge has to be selected, By integrating learning with knowledge management, the chosen and archived. Here the challenge is capturing tacit understanding of education will be dramatically extended knowledge as well as explicit knowledge. It is important to towards learning through practical work, lifelong learning, establish processes in order to formalize and self-directed learning, particularly when linked to 4) Knowledge preservation. This knowledge has to be dynamically changing

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Adedamola Akinsanya; Christian Bach

ensure that those carrying out social marketing are Sciences, 2013. 36(2): p. 163-180.not misapplying its basic tenets. As noted in the models[14] Garfield, E., Citation indexes in sociological and Case of the World Wide Web Technology. historical research. American documentation, 1963. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 1996. 14(4): p. 289-291. 1(1): p. 95-126.[15] Haigh, N., Historical research and research in [31] Lazer, W., Marketing's Changing Social higher education: Reflections and recommendations Relationships. Journal of Marketing, 1969. 33(1): p. from a self-study