Conference Session

FPD 1: Projects and Teamwork in First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

, verses 2% of theconventional course. The class also had a higher median and average on the final.Conclusions and Further WorkThe use of tangible projects is an effective tool for teaching theoretical concepts in fundamentalprogramming. Students found the hands-on projects rewarding and informative, and improvedtest scores confirmed the educational value. A similar project that used the Arduino controllers Page 23.1012.7but not the robots was implemented in another fundamental Matlab class with comparableresults. The course will be repeated in the summer of 2013, with plans to make the class aregular alternative starting in the following

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

monitor daily electricity consumption has becomeincreasingly important with the ever growing demands for energy. Monitoring and quantifyingpower consumption enables engineers to notice problems with systems while in operation, andalso better plan future systems from the data gathered. As a result, power quality (PQ)measurement concepts are evolving from instantaneous metering to continuous monitoring andrecent developments in measurement technology make PQ monitoring systems more powerful.This equates to the construction and utilization of more flexible, compact and intelligent PQsystems.The goal of this project was to design, construct and test a monitoring system that is cost-effective, reliable and easily deployable in any environment. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

’.Qualitative and quantitative data are collected as part of a comprehensive evaluation plan thatwill be used to compare student learning outcomes in the ‘treatment’ and ‘control groups’. It isimportant to note that the entire course curriculum was revamped prior to the start of this projectto ensure that delivery methods and teaching techniques were the only thing changed. Thestructure of the material (organized into ‘content modules’) remains unchanged from semester tosemester. The purpose of this project is to 1) develop effective, innovative desk-top tools (GCT)that will promote a student-centered, interactive learning environment in the classroom, 2)implement the GCT to target multiple learning styles while identifying the challenges, 3

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, fittings, and stopcocks. Given a basicschematic for a flow loop that incorporates the flow sensor and pressure taps leading to thetransducer, students are instructed to devise an experimental plan to measure the pressure dropper length for a segment of tubing containing a wire (inserted via the catheter introducer set),matching the dimensions and other parameters used in the analytical approach. In particular,students are cautioned that they must account for minor losses arising from the pressure taps ateither end of the arterial model. The goal is for students to discover that by repeating thepressure drop measurement for two different tubing lengths, they can determine the minor lossand subtract it off. Students use their blood model as the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Bradley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; R. Daniel Latta, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

skillslike engineering design and calculations. It also encourages academic, personal, and professionaldevelopment, through assignments designed to foster teamwork, project planning, and oral andwritten communication skills within a multi-disciplinary format.    To successfully complete this course, the student must be able to:   1 Demonstrate a basic understanding of the engineering design process by successfully designing, constructing, and testing a solution that meets specific requirements and performance specifications.   2 Successfully apply knowledge of basic engineering mathematics to the problem-solving process.   3 Productively contribute as a member of a multidisciplinary team

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A Zwicky, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

, and was the main library service point for the campus.With Hunt Library in the planning and construction stages, a remote reference program, named“Ask Us Here” (branded similarly to the Libraries’ “Ask Us” chat reference service and the “AskUs” integrated service point in Hunt Library) was launched in Fall 2010. The program wouldprovide reference services to engineering students and faculty, in their spaces and at point ofneed. The engineering students' mix of technological savvy and confidence in their ownproblem-solving skills, coupled with their distance from the main campus and its central library, Page 23.1390.2makes them more reluctant

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

disregards the time value of money. For single individuals, this is a complicateddecision. For couples, the decision making process is much more complex.Couples facing the question of when to start collecting benefits have more options than do singlepeople. For example, anyone may elect to start collecting early at age 62. However, if one’sspouse is already age 66, they may elect (starting at age 62) to collect up to half of their spouse’sbenefit. Or they may start collecting their own benefit, and switch to collecting spousal benefitsif that is in their best interest. Also, a widow(er) may collect survivor’s benefits. The beststrategy for defining both people’s benefit plans depends on each other’s, and opens manyoptions. Of course, other

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W Wait, Marshall University; Jeffrey T. Huffman P.E. P.E., Marshall University; Christopher T. Anderson, Huntington (WV) Sanitary Board

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

factors for attempting to mitigate the problem. Hearing from outside speakers helps to create an atmosphere of “reality” in students’ minds with respect to the project, and also is a good chance for students to learn more about the challenges faced in the ‘real world’ of engineering practice. The question that students sometimes ask, “is this really important?” is readily banished when an outside authority explains that sewage flowing into residential basements is the side-effect of undersized, failing combined sewers. 2. Review of available data. The sponsoring agency may have paper maps, GIS data, past studies, master plans, and/or reports for the subject area, and other information that can

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

meetings; • Ensuring that the learning objectives were addressed; • And evaluating the support group upon its completion.Concurrent to the facilitators functioning as mentors, peer-mentoring relationships alsoformed naturally amongst participants; it should be noted that the structure of the supportgroup allowed group members to naturally select a mentor from amongst the group asopposed to signing up for a specific mentor in advance. Additionally, participants wereallowed (and encouraged) to participate in the planning and facilitating of meetings 11.Both the structure of the ALIA support group and role of the group facilitators informedthe development of HMHY, which is further discussed in the following sections.The purpose of this

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Payload Specification & Integration Plan (PSIP), Flight Operation Plan(FLOP), and on-site payload integration at the CSBF lab, as well as post-balloon launch activities.2. Payload SubsystemsThe key subsystems of the payload are the detector module, comparator module, coincidence Page 23.660.3detector, micro-processor/CPU, and power module. A brief description of each module is givenbelow.       Figure 2. A completed, sealed Figure 3. Interior view of GU-HARD-PL02 payload  2.1. Detector ModuleFour active detector elements are arranged

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Lee Heyman, United States Military Academy; Wenli Huang, U.S. Military Academy; Guangming Xie, Peking University; Pongpat Taephanitcharoen, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

processing), communications, and robotic fish subsystems cannot be modified.Competitors only modify the high-level strategies to implement features such as path planning,obstacle avoidance, high-level control algorithms, and game strategy. These user modifiedstrategies are then utilized by the decision making subsystem. For interested readers, details on Page 23.737.5the robotic fish mechanical design, low-level modeling, and low-level control algorithms can befound in the references1,2,8.5. Advanced Individual Studies Experience.The Advanced Individual Studies in Electrical Engineering (EE489) course has existed at USMAin some form or another for

Conference Session

Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a background or interest in green technical training.UTB has established the Go Green Assistance Center (GGAC), an applied research center withover 50 partners committed to utilizing green building technology in the region. The GGACprovides students with access to this partner base while serving as a practical learning space.Finally, with the recent adoption of Imagine Brownsville, the award-winning comprehensive planfor the City of Brownsville, there are many active governmental and non-governmentalorganizations able to assist in making the plan a reality. This existing network of communityleaders will continue to be leveraged to ensure that the renewable energy and green buildingcurriculum fits into the broader set of community and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Yingsong Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University; Yihan Li, Auburn University; Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University; Jitendra K Tugnait, Auburn University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

1.5 1 Q1.1 Q1.2 Q1.3 Q1.4 Q1.5 Q1.6 Q1.7 Q1.8 Survey Questions Fig. 3 Selected student survey statistics about the effectiveness of the SDR term projects from the Fall 2012 ELEC3400—Communication Systems class. SDR LABORATORY COURSE DEVELOPMENTThe SDR projects offered in our undergraduate classes provide valuable experience and test thefeasibility of introducing SDR into our undergraduate wireless engineering curriculum.Encouraged by the progress made and positive feedback from students, we plan to develop anSDR laboratory course for undergraduate

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley W. Hsu, University of California, Davis; Rajeevan Amirtharajah, University of California, Davis; andre knoesen, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U C Davis

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Topic DescriptionRenewable Energy Planning and Design Tool Design a GUI that allows the user to drop various solar panel and wind turbine models onto a canvas containing the map of a city. The program should allow the user to save their work and continue later. The program should also create a bill of materials based on the design.Solar Survey Use the Arduino Solar Module to gather

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduated from their respective highschools and enrolled in universities. Three students from the pilot program reported changes intheir college plans as a direct result of their Cyber Discovery experience. One male student whowas originally focused on liberal arts decided to supplement his education by pursuing a dualdegree in Computer Information Sciences and Business, while one female student changed her Page 23.362.4major from pre-med to biomedical engineering. Another male student decided to major inmechanical engineering and then pursue a masters in electrical engineering after exploringengineering concepts through the Cyber Discovery program.The

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

of two themes for the seminars; Energy is the second. Growth seminars focus on academic, professional, and personal development and are tailored for community college students who plan to transfer to a 4-year college/institution to pursue a degree in science or engineering. These seminars are conducted by various faculty members, graduate students, and staff. Examples of presentation topics include: The Journey from Community College to Professional Success (panel); Tailoring your Technical Talk: Skill Building and How to Use PowerPoint; Uncovering the Diversity of Career Paths in the STEM Field (panel); Writing a Scientific Paper: The Outline, Audience, Sections, and Referencing

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

thepinnacle and capstone of the students’ engineering curriculum while propelling them into theirprofessional careers. When consciously adopted by engineering faculty as an underlying projectmanagement pedagogy, servant-leadership is an effective and powerful teaching technique.Faculty become servant-leaders by providing guidance to their students in planning,implementing, and testing their designs.As a teaching pedagogy used in business, servant-leadership has been shown to increase courseimpact, meaning, and relevance while empowering students, increasing their confidence, andenriching the student-teacher relationship. [1] Servant-Leadership used in marketing has beenshown to increase student knowledge and skills as well as instilling increased

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank E Falcone, Villanova University; Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Mark Edward Graham, Villanova University; Mark Doorley Ph.D., Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

establish a base line regardingtheir faculty’s familiarity with ethics principles and the degree to which the faculty addressethical issues in their classes.IntroductionThe need for a Faculty Survey on Professional Ethics became apparent after the College began toimplement an Ethics Across the Curriculum approach in May 2009 with a two-day EngineeringEthics Workshop. The details of the workshop were presented in a previous ASEE paper1. Theoriginal plan envisioned similar workshops every two years as additional faculty committed toEthics Across the Curriculum. However, the initial workshop raised some fundamentalquestions regarding the faculty’s perceptions of engineering ethics and why/how ethics should beincluded in technical courses. These issues

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Development,Production, Installation, and Servicing, requires a company’s product design and developmentprocess to include specific components.1 These include design and development planning, designinput, design output, design review, design verification and validation, and design transfer. Themore our students become familiar with each of these components, the better prepared they willbe for careers in industry. Ideally, capstone design projects would involve each of thesecomponents. In situations where this is not feasible, lectures regarding the details of each designcontrol component can be included in the capstone course.A recent survey of capstone design instructors indicates that the duration of capstone designcourses varies in length.2 As a

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

students with the possibilities for these fields. An overview of theSpring 2012 offering is presented below. Overall, the plan of the course was to start at the“micro” scale, with MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) and microsystems, and progress tothe nanoscale and finally to the intersection of nanotechnology and biotechnology. We wantedstudents to experience fabrication of nanomaterials, and also to make measurements on these. Page 23.53.2Also, we sought to inject as many applications as possible. Finally, due to the “overview” natureof this course, we have for now precluded introducing the operation of time-consuminginstrumentation such as an

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; LaTricia Townsend

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, and mathematics (STEM) outreach programs, and working closely with university enrollment management and data management professionals at the Friday Institute at North Carolina State University (NCSU). She works closely with both large and small NCSU outreach groups offering K-12 outreach to teachers and students. She also assists with planning, implementing, managing, and reporting of project activities which include survey development, coordination of data collection, interfacing with data managers, coor- dination of meetings and workshops for outreach providers to gather feedback, identify best practices, and disseminate findings to stakeholders. In addition, she assists with annual report writing and conference

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. This year’s incoming class is likely to be composed of nearly 50%students from outside the university. Over the past six years class sizes have ranged from5 to 16 students, with an average of 10 students per year. Future plans include growth ofthe graduate program with the addition of a comprehensive exam option.The core curriculum for the Architectural Engineering masters program is comprised ofthe following courses: Cal Poly Students Units Outside Cal Poly Students units Blended 13 Undergraduate Courses 13 ARCE 501 – Advanced Mechanics 3 ARCE 501 – Advanced Mechanics 3 ARCE 502 – Nonlinear analysis I 3 ARCE 502

Conference Session

Project Based Learning In ET Program

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; Joseph L Petrosky, Macomb Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

public. The successfulcompletion of this project led to the award of a NSF-ATE Planning Grant for investigating theneed for establishing an ATE Center to lead systematic curriculum reform for advancedautomotive technology education. In this project, the WSU-MCC partnership conducted asurvey in 2008 to research the current state of some key issues related to advanced automotivetechnology. These issues include automotive workforce needs, automotive educational corecompetencies, automotive educational curriculum/pedagogy, and advance automotive futuretrends. The survey showed that engineers, technicians or technologists in advanced powertraintechnology will be in high demand over the next 5 years. More than 35% of the manufacturersand suppliers

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

discussed since thedepartment was operating with essentially no money for new equipment. But, by havingthe discussions and developing a relationship with the A-B personnel, when a grantsurfaced, preliminary plans were in place that only needed to be refined in order todevelop a good equipment list and purchase the needed equipment. A plan was in placeif money were provided to move forward with a re-design of the labs and curriculum.Prior to fall 2010, relations had deteriorated with A-B to the point that no sales ortechnical people had called on the EET department for several years. With no money tospend, A-B had no need to partner with this program. The relationships re-establishedduring the discussions left a positive attitude so that if there

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Engineering Education, 2013 An Application of the SME Four Pillars of Manufacturing KnowledgeIntroductionThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) published a detailed study of manufacturingeducational needs entitled “Curricula 2015: A Four Year Strategic Plan for Manufacturing Education”.A principle component of the study is the organization and visual representation of the key topics formanufacturing education into a graphical form that has been designated the"Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge". (See Figure 1 below)To assist in program and curriculum improvement of manufacturing engineering or technologyprograms, a survey was conducted of a broad audience including industry practitioners, managers,company owners and educators. The

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

thesemester, the course followed a regular course format. Students would meet with the faculty in aclassroom setting to learn about different concepts. Students were then divided into groups andassigned research projects. They worked on these research projects until the end of the semester,when they presented their results. Each group was led by a mentor. The mentors’ mainresponsibility was to oversee the research project. One mentor described his role as follows: “Basically, I guess it would be mostly organizational and trying to set out a plan of action of how we were going to accomplish our goals for the semester. And immediately, we tried to split up the group as far as what needed to get done and just assigning tasks to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Cindi Mason, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

therequirements for an Engineering BS degree, each student will complete the program courserequirements including at least three of the following six activities:1. Undergraduate Research2. Cooperative Education or Internship3. Global Learning or Study Abroad4. Service Learning5. Leadership6. Multidisciplinary EducationPrevious papers have described global learning efforts8 and leadership9. The complete plan for―The Engineer of 2020‖ was also reported10, 11. The focus of this paper is centered on the servicelearning opportunity made available to engineering students by the CoE through the creation ofthe ENGR 202 course ―Service Learning in Engineering‖, which will be described in furtherdetail in a subsequent section of this

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Renee Lockwood, West Texas A&M University; Emily M. Hunt, West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Page 23.513.3simply not feasible to constantly integrate course material in a learning community as eachcourse has its own objectives, but with curriculum flexibility and careful planning, faculty havebeen able to integrate the courses with consistent periodic activities and projects throughout thesemester. Our experience indicates the more consistent the integration, particularly in the firstsemester courses, the more likely the students are to be engaged in the community. Problemstaken from Introductory Mathematics for Engineering Applications developed by Wright StateUniversity are used in both the Precalculus and Calculus courses of the learning community as ameans to link mathematics concepts to engineering applications [11]. Problem

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo; Christopher Mark Hessler, University of Toledo; Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 23.935.2During the first project year, user adaptable four basic lab modules covering three major areas ofinterests in water distribution system analysis were developed. The basic modules and kitsinclude disinfection kinetics of bacteria [both Gram positive (spore form) and Gram negative],decay/ reaction kinetics of disinfectants, contaminant mixing and basic hydraulic labs (frictionand energy losses). Using the basic modules, three integrated modules coupled withmathematical modeling using the EPANET were developed to help students understand thecombined role of biological, chemical and hydraulic dynamics on water quality changes in thedistribution system.ImplementationThe implementation plan is composed of phase 1 (the first and second

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #6353Pedagogy for the New Engineering FacultyDr. John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Departmental Internship Co- ordinator at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Automation, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 23.960.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pedagogy for the