Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Faas, Harvard University; Daniel D. Frey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

:   http://www.abet.org    [2]   S.  S.  Moor  and  B.  D.  Drake,  "Addressing  Common  Problems  in  Engineering  Design  Projects:  A  Project   Management  Approach,"  Journal  of  Engineering  Education,  vol.  90,  pp.  389-­‐395,  2001.  [3]   J.  D.  Bransford,  A.  L.  Brown,  and  R.  R.  Cocking,   How  People  Learn:  Brain,  Mind,  Experience,  and  School.   Washington,  DC:  National  Academy  Press,  2000.  [4]   J.   L.   Faust   and   D.   R.   Paulson,   "   Active   Learning   in   the   College   Classroom,"   Journal   on   Excellence   in   College  Teaching,  vol.  9,  pp.  3-­‐24,  1998.  [5]   R.   R.   Hake,   "Interactive   Engagement   vs.   Traditional   Methods:   A   Six

Conference Session

Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liesl Hotaling, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg; Susan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia University; Rustam Stolkin; Peiyi Lin

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, VA:Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.[3] Brown, A.L. (1992). Design experiments: Theoretical and methodological challenges in creating complexinterventions in classroom settings. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2(2), 141-178.[4] Blumenfeld, P.C. et al. (1991). Motivating project-based learning: Sustaining the doing, supporting thelearning. Educational Psychologist, Vol. 26, pp.369-398.[5] Harel, I., & Papert, S. (1990). Software design as a learning environment. Interactive Learning Environments,1(1), 1–32.[6] Harel, I, & Papert, S. (1991). Constructionism. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing.[7] Perkins, D. N. (1986). Knowledge as design. Hillsdale, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.[8] Mishra, P., Koehler, M. “Technological

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Thomas Malcolm, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Estimator was designed as an assessment instrument. However, one of thequestions addressed in the present research is whether noticeable learning occurs betweenproblems. In other words, do students improve from one problem to the next? Since eachproblem presented in the 3D Estimator concerns the use of volume estimation, we hypothesizedthat students might be able to use the answer from previous problems as reference points. Asdescribed below, Learning Factor Analysis 4 was used to investigate this hypothesis.Floundering One of Anderson, et al.'s 14 definitions of floundering with interactive learning software isrepeating the same kind of mistake three times (p. 174). This definition proved useful foranalyzing the student results with the 3D

Conference Session

Motivation and Self-Efficacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, while consulting a third expert in survey development helpspreserve face validity. Further validity was gained through factor analysis. We conclude that our Table 2: Pattern Matrix, Five Factors Table 3: S tructure Matrix, Five Factors Factor FactorItem 1 2 3 4 5 Construct Item 1 2 3 4 5 Construct1 .722 Interest 1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University; Nadia L. Frye, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Mark Doggett, Western Kentucky University

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Graduate Studies

researchfindings. This may be alleviated in the future as the technology improves. The majority of theeffectiveness of online programs is still dependent on the instructor and the design of the coursecontent.Bibliography 1. Dunn, L.S., Poirot, J. L., & Rice, J.W. (2005). Instituting a distance-delivered doctorate in educational computing: PHDifferences, not just a higher-lever masters degree. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference. pp. 385-390. 2. Kongrith, K., Aberasturi, S., & Maddux, C. (2004). Are online master’s degree programs replacing the traditional master’s degree programs? Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education

Conference Session

Delivery Methods in Mechanical Engineering Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Formal to Collaborative to Informal Learning. Each of theseresources is appropriate at a certain point in time; for example wikis are a useful toolespecially in the first half of the semester, while mobile learning is utilized in the middle.User-generated content and individual blogs should feature prominently in a student-centered learning environment. Figure 2: Instructor-led program to a modern blended classroom2Driscoll4, a consultant to IBM Global Services, trains IBM‟s mid-span customers usingone of several blending learning styles that she identified. These include assessmentonline, pre-work by the IBM employees before they undertake travels for face-to-facemeetings, providing online office hours, etc. Again, factors such as

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie C. Lundy-Wagner, New York University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 23.657.71. Ohland, M. W., Orr, M. K., Lundy-Wagner, V., Veenstra, C. P., & Long, R. A. (2011). Viewing access and persistence in engineering through a socioeconomic lens. Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and Beyond, 157.2. National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. (2011). Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2011 ( No. NSF 11-309). Arlington, VA.3. Donaldson, K., Lichtenstein, G., & Sheppard, S. (2008). Socioeconomic status and the undergraduate engineering experience: Preliminary findings from four American universities. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Student Enrollment, Attendance, Retention, and Graduation in Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina R Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students who had participated in undergraduate research and found that 83%intended to continue in science-related graduate education, and that the percentage was the samefor underrepresented groups in STEM fields. In another study of 36 undergraduate minoritieswho had participated in a summer research program, Morley et al.8 found 92% of the studentseither were enrolled in a graduate program or had plans to enroll within two years. Zydney et al.9 studied a group of their university‟s alumni, matching a set of undergraduate research program Page 23.711.2participants to a set of individuals who resembled the participants except for the fact that

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; A. Anil Kumar, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineering, as well as STEM. The collaboration Page 23.811.9platform provides the opportunity for the program to advertise to the community, as well as helpsthe middle school teachers and students understand the nature of CPEG program, which furtherwill benefit the program’s recruitment in the future.References[1] W. Dann, S. Cooper, and B. Ericson, “Exploring Wonderland: Java Programming Using Alice and Media Computation,” Prentice Hall, 1st edition, ISBN: 0136001599. [2] S. Cui, Y. Wang, F. M. Nave, and K. T. Harris, “Teach Computer Techniques through Multimedia,” Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Li, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yong Wang, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Systems Engineering

/courses/economics/14-384-time-series-analysis-fall-2008/index.htm2 Michigan Engineering. 2013. Industrial and Operations Engineering Courses. Retrieved February 1, 2013, from http://www.engin.umich.edu/bulletin/ioe/courses.html3 Pennsylvania State University. 2012. Applied Time Series Analysis. Retrieved February 1, 2013, from https://onlinecourses.science.psu.edu/stat510/4 The University of Arizona. 2013. Applied Time Series Analysis. Retrieved February 1, 2013, from http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/~dmeko/geos585a.html5 S. S. Rao. 2008. A Course in Time Series Analysis. Retrieved February 1, 2013, from http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~suhasini/teaching673/time_series.pdf6 P. Bartlett. 2010. Introduction to Time Series

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

/market relatedquestions. Page 23.857.6Principles Course Content The 'enduring understandings' that a student should take away from Principles areestablished based upon prior entrepreneurship research that identified critical entrepreneurialskills and are assumed to be the following: 15 • Opportunity Recognition18 ( Mitchelmore, S. & Rowley) • Presentation Skills 9 (Hood and Young) • Entrepreneurial Competencies 18 (Mitchelmore, S. & Rowley) Mitchelmore, S. & Rowley cite the ability to recognize and evaluate a new ventureopportunity as a dominant entrepreneurial thinking skill as do many other researchers 18-20

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota; Mohammad Khavanin, Professor of Mathematics at University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

the (b)curve. Figure 1: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, such asThe plane can fly 15 miles of the spiral before it must return the one shown in (a), are playing anto refuel. increasing role in search and rescue. The desired search path is shown in (b).The distance travelled by the UAV for any given value ofis given as 1) Find the equation of the distance travelled by the UAV at any point . 2) What is the value of s when the plane has gone 15 miles? 3) Assuming the total range of the plane is 17.5 miles. Can the plane make it

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Principles areestablished based upon prior entrepreneurship research that identified critical entrepreneurialskills and are the following: 15 • Opportunity Recognition18 ( Mitchelmore, S. & Rowley) • Presentation Skills 9 (Hood and Young) • Entrepreneurial Competencies 18 (Mitchelmore, S. & Rowley) Mitchelmore, S. & Rowley cite the ability to recognize and evaluate a new ventureopportunity as a dominant entrepreneurial thinking skill 18-20. Acquiring the resources to takeadvantage of the recognized opportunity is equally important to entrepreneurial successes 1,18 andthis skill rests fundamentally on your persuasive presentation skills, both oral and written, and isconfirmed again by Mitchelmore, S. & Rowley’s

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caridad Cruz López, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla.; Aída Hernández Hernández, Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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International

de Tlaxcala. Weappreciate Puebla and Tlaxcala students’ work and thoughtful critiques.Bibliography1. Carreño, S., Palou, E. and López-Malo, A. Eliciting P-12 Mexican teachers’ images of engineering: What do engineers do? Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky, June 20-23, 2010.2. Cruz López, C.C., Chavela Guerra, R.C., López-Malo, A. and Palou, E. Eliciting Mexican High School Students’ Images of Engineering: What Do Engineers Do? Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-29, 2011.3. Knight, M. and Cunningham, C.M. Draw an engineer test (DAET): Development of a tool to investigate students’ ideas about engineers and engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Ali, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

assumed that each pedestrian is moving with an average speed of commonman in that area. Based on the findings, it is recommended that Draft Accessible Guidelinesand the MUTCD use a 3.5 fps (1.1 m/s) minimum walking speed across the street itself (curb-to-curb) for determining the Pedestrian Clearance interval, and a 3.0 fps (0.9 m/s) walkingspeed across the total crossing distance (top of ramp to far curb) for the entire WALK plusPedestrian Clearance signal phasing. In any case, the minimum WALK signal indicationshould still be 4 seconds for single lane one direction road. [5]The collected field data of pedestrian arrival were then classified into different groups basedon the arrival volume in 5 second intervals to analyze the effect of different

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Jennifer Van Dyken, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Beshoy Morkos

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, pinpointing underutilization of key tasks that have been linked tosuccessful problem solutions as well as identifying errors committed in each segment of theprocess. The complete assessment consisted of eight stages and a measure of solution accuracy.Next, the assessment tool was modified into a form that could be used to assess problemsolutions in the absence of a complete recording of the problem solving process. This ensures atool that is more generalizable to the target user group of instructors and education researcherswho would not necessarily have access to a complete digital recording of student problemsolving attempts. To accomplish this, the first two of Pretz et al.’s stages were combined forsimplicity, and two stages were eliminated due

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Darrell G. Harden II, Michigan Department of Transportation; Danielle Elise Larson- Jaramillo, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

in Odense, Demark in the mid-1970’s, and it is now a program of the U.S.Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) through the currentfederal transportation law, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). Thedesignated funding available to SRTS projects was eliminated in MAP-21, but those activitiesremain eligible for funding through the Transportation Alternatives program.SRTS accomplishes its goal by improving safety and physical infrastructure and by removingbarriers that currently prevent students from walking or biking to school. Schools form an SRTSaction team consisting of members with expertise in transportation, engineering, education,public health, and public safety. The SRTS planning process

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison M Cupples, Michigan State University; Susan J. Masten P.E., Michigan State University; Weimin Sun, Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Engineering Education 93, 223-231 (2004).2. King, D. B. & Joshi, S. Gender differences in the use and effectiveness of personal response devices. Journal of Science Education and Technology 17, 544-552 (2008).3. FitzPatrick, K. A., Finn, K. E. & Campisi, J. Effect of personal response systems on student perception and academic performance in courses in a health sciences curriculum. Advances in Physiology Education 35, 280-289 (2011).4. Karaman, S. Efffects of audience response systems on student achievement and long-term retention. Social Behavior and Personality 39, 1431-1440 (2011).5. Draper, S. W. & Brown, M. I. Increasing interactivity in lectures using an electronic voting system. Journal of

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

University of Hertfordshire, (b) LEED Building site with sample features, (c) PFNC Design for an $8,000 home using shipping containers for low income families in Mexico, and (d) Thinnest house in the world designed by Polish architect J. SzczensyStudents are then asked to consider the typical home designed in the 1950’s, such as the one inFigure 4. During this time, home designs have one bathroom for the use of the entire family.When this is placed in contrast to the number of bedrooms and baths in their Dream Home,students are asked, “Why do they need so many bathrooms?” given that people today are notdifferent physically from those in the 1950’s. Students quickly realize that the needs of theindividual have not

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

] Hunley, S., Whitman, J., Baek, S., Tan, X., and Kim, D., 2010, “Incorporating the Importance of Interdisciplinary Understanding in K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs using a Biomimetic Device,” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY.[7] Porche, M., Mckamey, C., and Wong, P., 2009, “Positive Influences of Education and Recruitment on Aspirations of High School Girls to Study Engineering in College,” Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Austin, TX.[8] Taylor, B. A. P., Williams, J. P., Sarquis, J. L., and Poth, J., 1990, “Teaching Science with Toys: A Model Program for Inservice Teacher Enhancement,” Journal of Science Teacher Education 1(4

Conference Session

Visualization tools and uses in graphics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

discrete plurality of cycles within a given greater cyclic increment. Angle means a fraction of once cycle. Angle is therefore sub-cyclic- unity, while frequency plural unity. Angle is less than finite cyclic unity. Frequency is greater than finite cyclic unity.” 2Webster’s Greek term monad, stems Greek Ionian System: Alphabetical Enumerationfrom roots μένειν (menein), “to be μ ο ν ά ςstable”, from μονάς (monas), "unit" [m] [o] [n] [a] [s]from μόνος (monos), "alone".6 Mu Omicron Nu Alpha Sigma 40 70 50 1 200 ∑361Schneider (1994) writes: “In the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard M. Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; William Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Taimi Olsen, Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center; Stan Guffey, University of Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center; Wenshu Li

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

courses andquality of courses, have slightly less persistence as measured by a grit test, and are notparticipating as much in class. The goal of identifying the characteristics of students who do notdo homework is to enable appropriate intervention techniques to be developed. AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underEngineering Education Research Initiation Grant No. 1137013.References1. Bennett, R.M., Schleter, W.R., Olsen, T., and Guffey, S. (2011). “Effects of an early homework completion bonus.” Proceedings, ASEE Annual Convention, Paper AC 2012- 3724.2. Duckworth, A.L. and Quinn, P.D. (2009). “Development and validation of the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S),” Journal of

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Xiaohui Yuan, University of North Texas; David Adam Harden; Yang Lu

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

/Microsoft_Speech_API[6] S.W. Arms, C.P.Townsend, D.L. Churchill, J.H.Galbreath,S.W. Mundell. “Power Management forEnergy Harvesting Wireless Sensors,” SPIE Int’l Symposium on Smart Structures & Smart Materials, SanDiego, CA, March 2005, pp.1-9.[7] D. Rakhmatov and S. Vrudhula, Energy Management for Battery-Powered Embedded Systems, ACMTransactions on Embedded Computing systems, 2, August 2003[8] Philip Levis, David Gay, TinyOS Programming, Cambridge University Press, 2009.[9] Chris Merlin, “A Tutorial for Programming in TinyOS,” 2009, accessed on Dec. 20, 2012 viahttp://www.ece.rochester.edu/projects/wcng/code/Tutorial/TinyOs_Tutorial.pdf .[10] TinyOS community: http://www.tinyos.net

Conference Session

Building BIM into Construction Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyunjoo Kim, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

: 1. Preparing a BIM in Autodesk MEP 2. Energy Modeling in Green Building Studio 3. Data analysis in classification, association, clustering, and regression 4. Identifying a noble pattern through data analysis Process Software/output Preparing a BIM for energy Autodesk MEP simulation Energy Simulation Green Building Studio Data Analysis Identifying pattern(s) • Classification Decision Tree • Clustering Factor Selection

Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla J Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University ; Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

developed in the 1930’s and 1940’s3, 4, basic concepts of thermally coupledcolumns are not typically taught in undergraduate separations courses. Although they are taughtin some design courses, they are not included in the design courses at Mississippi StateUniversity. Due to the renewed interest in process intensification, a module on thermallycoupled columns is being added to an undergraduate separations course. Page 23.177.3ImplementationThe class is a junior level separations course that focuses on equilibrium staged operations,particularly distillation columns. This one semester course includes flash distillation, short-cutand rigorous

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University; Fedra Adnani

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

assessment test consists of 10 basicalgebra and Trigonometry problems with 50 points in total.Here is one question that is usually failed by low level students, and usually passed byintermediate level students: Given sin x = ¾, find tan x.Here is one question that is usually failed by intermediate level students, and usually passed byhigh level students: 250 m/s = _________mi /h. At first glance, this conversion looks easy,however, it involves simultaneous conversions both in length and in time, so it not automaticallyavailable in any calculator. Page 23.11.3Notice that many important substantive decisions are made by engineering professors:scheduling

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Drew Witte, IUPUI; Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

: Full Report for 2009, EPA, pg 15 2. EPA Federal Register, Aug 30, 1988, Vol. 53, No. 168 3. National Solid Wastes Management Association Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facts 2010 4. Whittier Daily News, 19 September 2012 5. NYC Environmental Justice Alliance, accessed 19Dec12 6. European Environmental Agency, modified 29 Nov 12, accessed 19Dec12 7. “Waste gasification vs. conventional Waste-to-Energy: A comparative evaluation of two commercial technologies,” Consonni, S., Vigano, F, Waste Management 31 (2012) 653-666 8. “Modeling and Control of a Waste-to-Energy Plant: Waste-Bed Temperature Regulation,” Bardi, S., Astolfi, A, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, (December 2010) pp. 27-37 9. MUNICIPAL

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

conservation as well asdevelopment of renewable energy resources must be vigorously pursued in order to find asolution to this dilemma. The entire public must be vested towards making a transition from afossil fuel based society to one that utilizes a far greater amount of renewable energy resources.According to Elder (2009) “Higher education has a critical role to play in this transition, much asit did during the space race of the 1960s. Our colleges can - and must - help students understandthe complex connections and interdependencies among our environment, energy sources, andeconomy - all of which underpin the green movement.”[1]The present situation is very similar to the 1960’s when the entire country was unified towardsplacing a man on the moon

Conference Session

Information Tools and Techniques for Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Richards, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

decades in engineering textbooks and journals.Proximity in Printed Engineering TextbooksA study was conducted to quantify the proximity of text, figures, equations, and tables in severalcurrent-edition printed textbooks used in civil engineering. Four textbooks were selected that aremarketed for undergraduate steel design courses. The textbooks used for the study are listed inTable 1.Table 1 Textbooks used for proximity studyAuthor(s) Title Length (pgs)William T. Segui Steel Design (5th Edition) 752Jack C. McCormac Structural Steel Design (4th Edition) 692Louis F. Geschwindner Unified Design of Steel