Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

designs. Thus, the writing assignment’s design elementfocused on system-level workflow, rather than details. The final project deliverable was an 8- to12-page report recommending an optimal conveyer type and tooling to meet target yield andbudget specifications.In test-teaching the assignment, the instructor’s objectives were as follows: 1. Observe how students respond to the assignment and determine to what extent they perceive educational benefit(s) toward developing their engineering communication skills. 2. Reveal emergent issues and how to fix them. 3. Observe the students’ reaction to the supplied topic for their assigned report documents and determine to what extent the students view a turn-key, macroscopic

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CEED - Technical Session 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen P Kelley, Northeastern University; Steven Thomas McGonagle, Northeastern University Gordon Engineering Leadership Program

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

engineeringundergraduate programs. Considering engineers are responsible for protecting the publics’ health,safety and welfare; educating engineers on how to be confident and competent leaders should be avital element of the undergraduate curriculum. (Source 1)In the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2012 survey, “Challenges Facing HRExecutives”, 52% of human resource executives stated the greatest challenges facing them would befurther developing the next generation of corporate leaders. This response was up from only 29% in2010 and demonstrates why universities should be focusing on developing leadership skills in orderto produce students who can fully compete in a challenging market. (Source 4

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Retention and Persistence in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Karen A. De Urquidi, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Karl Louis Wuensch, East Carolina University; William W. Swart, East Carolina University; Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

not have the opportunity to participate, 156 men and 13 women). Consequently, theparticipants in this study do not reflect the entire entering class nor do they include transferstudents or students migrating to engineering from other majors. Race/ethnicity for theparticipants was as follows: Native American - 2 (0.7%); African American - 29 (10.5%);Pacific Islander – 1 (0.4%); Asian 16 (5.8%); Hispanic/Latino – 8 (2.9%); Caucasian - 205(74.0%); Other - 14 (5.1%) and 2 did not indicate race/ethnicity.ProcedureParticipants were recruited from ENGR 1000, a course designed specifically for enteringengineering students. The course provided an opportunity for students to meet peers with thesame declared major and learn more about different fields

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, Auburn University; Michael A Evans, Virginia Tech ; Tiffany Drape, Virginia Tech; Samantha Gwai Lan Won, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to better understand how middle school youth learned science asthey participated in an engineering design curriculum in an after-school studio setting (calledSTEM Club), guided by undergraduate facilitators within a collaborative Information andCommunications Technology (ICT)-embedded environment. The research questions guiding theinvestigation were: 1. How does social media influence youth’s understandings of science in this informal, engineering design-based afterschool studio setting? 2. What are ways to successfully determine changes in understanding? 3. How do the actions of site leaders and facilitators impact learning?Using a discursive psychology framework (Davies & Harré, 2000) we identify ways in which theteachers

Conference Session

Distance Learning and Online Teaching Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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Engineering Technology

to pursue higher education. However, questionshave been raised as to whether online instruction can replace the traditional approach to teachingany time soon, particularly, in engineering schools [1, 2, 3, 4]. In fact, many members of the Page 23.877.2 1teaching faculty have often questioned if online education has the capability to effectivelycommunicateimportant concepts without compromising on quality. At the same time, faculty membersinvolved with traditional programs hesitate to readily denounce online education since they dorecognize that it is the best option for some people to complete

Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Chemical Engineering

analysis using the same rote problem-solution procedures specified in the lecture. Thistype of “plug-and-chug” approach only requires students to (1) remember the problem-solutionprocedure, (2) understand how to apply the problem-solution procedure, and (3) apply theprocedure to the given data. While this approach can be used to evaluate students’ application ofstatistical concepts to engineering data, due to its deficiencies students often struggle tounderstand the relationship between statistics and the real-life processes to which they will beapplying statistics in their careers.A particular concept in engineering statistics for which the rote problem-solution approach isespecially poor is the subject of design of experiments (DOE). The DOE

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Elizabeth Wiggins-Lopez, PSU-Berks

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

withnew devices for occupied space environmental control. Students are very motivated to createdevices that positively influence their learning environment. This paper presents details ofstudent projects which interface with the microgrid system. Details of the microgridinfrastructure are also presented and discussed.IntroductionEngineering technology students at Penn State - Berks are involved with an innovative andemerging technology in the area of indoor building energy distribution. With the help of industrypartners of the Emerge Alliance® consortium, an engineering laboratory/classroom has beenconverted to use a 24VDC system to power its lighting needs.1 The 24VDC power is distributedthroughout the room via conductors embedded in the support

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

industry and illustrates several good robot program designs. Overall,The OLP method provides not only our students an excellent learning environment but also apowerful teaching tool for MET instructors. Our results indicate that the students have thefollowing competence to: 1) study multiple scenarios of a robotic workcell before any decision iscommitted, 2) determine the cycle time for a sequence of manufacturing operations, 3) Uselibraries of pre-defined high-level commands for certain types of robotic applications, 4)minimize production interruption and help meet flexible automation goals, and 5) ensure that arobotic system will do the functions that an end-user needs it to do. We also recognize that thestudents who understand both robotics

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

tested in ethics curricula. Furthermore, it is not clear how these pedagogicalactivities map onto recent conceptual advances in the interdisciplinary emotion scholarship.Some philosophers of education are seeking ways to bridge this divide, but there is a practicalneed to: 1) develop effective pedagogical practices that engage the emotions, and 2) study theeffects of engaging emotion in the learning process. We draw on scholarship from the learningsciences to suggest strategies for engaging the emotions in engineering ethics curricula. Weargue that incorporating and emphasizing the emotions in the engineering ethics classroom offersa new starting point to meet engineers and scientists where they are. Learning science shows thatlearning is always

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael R. Allen, Department of Mathematics; Dale A. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering. While a student, again, he worked on the Formula SAE team and assisted them in designing and building a half scale Formula 1 race car using a 610 cc motorcycle engine.Dr. Dale A. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University Page 23.882.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Making Mathematics Relevant to Engineering Students Abstract: In 2004, the author, an Associate Professor of Mathematics and a truly nontradi-tional student, started an adventure by going back to school and majoring in Mechanical Engineer-ing. The author, along with his advisor and co

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Huff, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

be the central or distinguishing activity of engineering” (p.103)1. Indeed the National Academy of Engineering reinforces this statement by describingengineering as “design under constraint” (p. 24)2. The report continues, “The engineer designsdevices, components, subsystems, and systems, and to create a successful design, in the sensethat it leads directly or indirectly to an improvement of our quality of life” (p. 24)2. And the veryessence of these statements manifests itself through the Grand Challenges of Engineering, whichinclude such challenges as “restor[ing] and improv[ing] urban infrastructure”, “prevent[ing]nuclear terror”, and “advanc[ing] personalized learning”3. Such challenges are renderedincredibly complex by deeply integrated

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

Most of Site VisitsUsing a service-learning pedagogy requires that engineering educators build connections withthe community.1, 2 However, these connections vary in quality. For example, engineeringeducators could create transactional agreements where community organizations accept studentprojects or engineering educators could cultivate long-standing partnerships where engineeringstudents expand their design knowledge working alongside of various community stakeholders.3Additionally, engineering students enter into a service-learning pedagogical experience withtheir own perceptions of working with community organizations and their own expectations ofwhat they will learn and do during the course.4 When students work with local

Conference Session

"How Do We Compare?" - Students, Case Studies, and Learning Approaches

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel J. Versypt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

activities for K-12, particularly with Girl Scouts and students from rural areas. Page 23.885.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Mapping Rural Students’ STEM Involvement: Case Studies of Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Enrollment in the States of Illinois and Kansas1. IntroductionMany, including The National Academies 1, President Obama’s Administration 2, and technicalindustry leaders 3, have recently called for improving the participation and performance ofAmerica’s students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to maintain

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, UT Southwestern Medical School; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

theimportant biological information is contained in the small fluctuating voltages associated withsynaptic events rather than absolute potential distance from ground. To allow sufficientamplification to see these fluctuating potentials without magnifying the absolute potentials onwhich they ride, the logical choice is to use a low-frequency filter to eliminate the direct currentpotentials. With low frequency filters, one can select Low Frequency Filter (LFF) cutofffrequencies of 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, or 10 Hz, corresponding to time constants of 1.6, 5.3, 0.16, 0.05, or0.016 second. Even with modern digital equipment, the same LFF values work well withstandard scalp EEG frequencies. The most common setting is 1 Hz (τ = 0.16 s), which nicelypreserves most low

Conference Session

Materials Science Education for the Future

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey W. Fergus, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, in particular. In addition, discussion of sustainability inevitably involvesmultiple disciplines, so the discussion is enhanced with multiple perspectives.Sustainability Education for Materials EngineersTo evaluate the educational needs related to sustainability, The Metals, Minerals and MaterialsSociety (TMS) included questions on the topic in a recent member survey1. One portion of thissurvey asked respondents to rank the desired and actual proficiencies on several sustainability-related topics. The results, which are summarized in Table 1, show that the most important topicis energy use and efficiency, followed by recycling/reuse, life cycle analysis and corporate socialresponsibility. In all cases, the desired proficiency is lower than

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael L Falk, Johns Hopkins University; Mike Reese, Johns Hopkins University; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

(Thermodynamics) and Biomaterials I(Biomaterials). The research questions driving this study are: 1. What are students' perceptions regarding the utility of integrating computation in their studies and their future careers? 2. What are students' perceptions regarding their own abilities to implement computational methods commonly used to solve MSE problems? 3. What are students' intentions regarding the use of computation in their studies and future careers?Review of the LiteratureComputation is an essential engineering research and development tool for the analysis anddesign of solutions to modern technological needs3. Higher education, however, is not keepingpace by equipping undergraduate engineering students with the

Conference Session

Motivation and Self-Efficacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Kolar, Arizona State University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Ashish Amresh, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students with thetools and abilities to create the future. Computer-based innovations play a particularlyprominent role because of how engrained they have become in many aspects of industryand our lives. It is important to have people who can create, maintain and fix computersand computer software. Unfortunately, high dropout rates in computing majors are far toocommon.In this study we examine the effectiveness of a new instrument to measure computingself-efficacy. Such a tool can provide a analysis of an important factor that has been tiedto student dropout in STEM majors. Our study explores three research questions thatwere present throughout the study: 1) What is the computing self-efficacy of university students pursuing a STEM

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Viviana I. Cesani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

ofvariance, indicates that the factors that contribute more heavily toward changes in the students’intercultural sensitivity are (1) the experience of going through the REU summer program and(2) whether the student went to school at UPRM or not. Both of these factors also have astatistically significant two-way interaction with the different ICSS constructs. Non-parametricpaired analyses were used to test whether the experience had a positive effect in the participant’sintercultural scale. At a 0.05 significant level, every REU summer program was able to trigger astatistically significant improvement in the interaction confidence and interaction enjoymentconstructs of the ICSS. Overall, the REU program also had a statistically significant (𝛼 = 0.05

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Albert, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

attempt to describe a pedagogical innovation anddemonstrate its impact on student learning. These studies include qualitative measurements ofimprovement such as student feedback in learning logs 1 and quantitative measurements such asperformance on examinations 2. The vast majority of researchers assess the impacts of newteaching methods primarily using correlational or comparative studies. They often gatherempirical data to understand if there is an improvement combined with qualitative feedback instudent reflections to understand why the intervention was successful or unsuccessful. Nearly allof these pedagogical studies aim to measure the improvement in learning resulting from anintervention. These studies essentially aim to perform a

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson P.E., Central Washington University; Charles O. Pringle, Central Washington University; Nathan Davis EIT, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

activity that used material selection as the primary driver fordevice performance. This is the ‘bridge’ that we focused on, allowing a general ‘design’ activitybe applicable to multiple disciplines.Another challenge concerned the assessment of design skills. Based on previous work3 a metricwas selected. The metric is termed “RADD”, and has been used each quarter for over five years.The metric targets four areas: 1)Requirements, 2)Analysis, 3)Design, and 4)Drawings (RADD).The metric has been adapted for use in assessing different media. For example, the initial usewas to assess documents such as engineering proposals. Then the metric was modified to assesspresentations, such as Design Reviews. For this effort, we chose to create a RADD metric

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stewart Parnell Prince, California State University Northridge; Yassaman Tarazkar, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Education, 2013 Mechanical Engineering Design Experience for Hispanic and Low Income Students AbstractIn 2011, California State University, Northridge (CSUN) received a grant from the Departmentof Education's Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM program to boost the number of studentswho transfer from a community college and graduate with degrees in engineering and computerscience.The program, known as the AIMS2 (Attract, Inspire, Mentor, and Support Students) studentsupport program, has three main objectives: (1) To increase the number of Hispanic and lowincome students who transfer from junior colleges (2) To increase the number of Hispanic andlow income students who join

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olufunmilola Atilola, Georgia Institute of Technology; Erin M McTigue, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

directly sketch a truss free-body diagram(FBD) onto a computer tablet; they can also sketch the FBD with a mouse and a standardcomputer monitor. As the student sketches the FBD into the program, Mechanix is able toautomatically detect and label the nodes of the truss as the instructor entered it. The student thendraws an axis and proceeds to solve the problem as he/she would by hand, i.e. labeling the FBDwith input and reaction forces, etc. The student’s ability to draw their own sketch mimics theprocedure that is taken when drawing a sketch on paper, which is the traditional way of solvingtruss problems, this makes it is easier for the student to transition back and forth betweenMechanix and traditional truss solving methods. Figure 1 shows a

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Howard P Davis, Washington State University

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Biomedical

procedures. The frameworkpresented for risk assessment and control gives student a basis for quantifying risks, focusingdesign activities on high risks, and documenting improvements to safety. Lesson materials aredownloadable without cost for use by others.Lesson 1: Why Prevention through Design?The first lesson seeks to prepare graduates with a safety consciousness and a competence indesigning for safety in a business context (i.e., beyond the classroom). In this lesson, studentsdiscuss the types of hazards that can exist in the biomedical workplace, common sources ofaccidents, and ways to address them. They discover that prevention through design is the bestalternative for reducing workplace accidents and injuries. They also learn the roles of

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya T Goeser, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Shonda L Bernadin, Georgia Southern University; Delana A. Gajdosik-Nivens, Armstrong Atlantic State University

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Computers in Education

needs 1-6. VLEs are used as supplements incourses or in the engineering curriculum as a whole to improve students’ understanding offundamental concepts, and increase student interest and performance.MatLab Marina, developed by the first author at Armstrong Atlantic State University(Armstrong) is a framework of virtual learning modules dedicated to the improvement of studentlearning of programming concepts using MATLAB. Currently the VLE consists of ten learningmodules with a total of 56 multimedia tutorials. Each learning module consists of a set ofmultimedia tutorials that present a balanced, dual approach to algorithm development andprogramming using MATLAB. A pilot study (Fall 2011 and Spring 2012) showed that thesetutorials have been used

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johne' M Parker, University of Kentucky; Stephen L. Canfield, Tennessee Technological University; Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor, Tennesse Technological University; Kassy Moy Lum

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

and otherMatLab toolboxes students have used in previous courses and will use in the initial analyticaland numerical activities proposed in this study.  Page 23.1396.4 Course Hardware:The MCU board proposed for this study is a Dragon 12 Plus 230 (Figure 1) runningCodeWarrior31 with a 16 bit, 24 MHz CPU, 256K Flash EEPROM, 12K RAM, serialcommunication, 10 bit A/D, timer channels, pulse width modulation (PWM), and discrete andinterrupt I/O. Input devices include eight dip switches, 4 momentary switches, [16 key] keypad,IR proximity sensor and photoresistor. Output devices include 2 16-digit LCDs, single-rowLEDs, 4-7 segment LEDs and a Piezo

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill M. Diong, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

-level class, with twenty-eight survey responses, highlights of the surveyinclude the following: Constrained-response: the questions asked in this category are shown in Table 1. A quarter of the students who responded indicated they did not watch any of the recorded videos at all, leading to an average of only 2.74 videos (out of the thirty available videos) watched by each student. One reason for their failure to do so could be that the instructor stopped sending out weekly reminders that the videos were available for them to watch after the third week of instruction. For those who did watch, about 55% of the students watched the lecture videos in their entirety, while the rest watched only part(s) of the videos. None

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley P. Sutton, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Manuel Alejandro Ramirez Garcia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer Lynne DUPE Bailey

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Biomedical

: Cardiovascular Simulation and ExerciseThe model we present is adapted from the cardiovascular pressure/flow model presented inHoppensteadt and Peskin.5 The model divides the vasculature into two types of vessels:compliant, such as larger arteries, and resistive, such as capillary beds. The Simulink model isshown in Figure 1 for the systemic circulation from the aortic valve to the systemic capillaries. Page 23.1399.2This graphical model demonstrates the flow of blood through the system and captures thedynamics of the circulation, including the systemic arterial pressure. If we indicate the time-varying systemic arterial pressure as P, the compliance of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Barbara Silver Thorn, Marquette University; Karla Bustamante, Itesm chihuahua

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Biomedical

with consortium institutions in the U.S., Canada and Mexico(Table 1). The aim is to increase understanding of alternative healthcare delivery systems and toenhance the development and technology transfer of new scientific tools and techniques, medicaldevices, and related biomedical research.Documentation - MOU and IRB: Representatives from each of the consortium institutions meton two occasions to draft the memorandum of understanding (MOU). This MOU documents thetuition waiver (tuition to be paid at the respective home institution), student fees (travel, visaprocessing fees, room and board, books, and additional university fees), travel awards, refundpolicy, transfer credit evaluation and award, recruitment process, admission standards

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University; Bowa George Tucker, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Community Engagement Division

workshops for engineeringfaculty involved with new or existing LTS efforts at their institutions. A total of 36 participantsfrom various academic institutions and with various employment levels attended workshops inHoughton, MI (August 2012) and Boulder, CO (September 2012). Workshop participantselection was partially based on the LTS activity that they proposed to implement/enhance attheir institution. Workshop design consisted of three connected components – 1) LTS grounding,2) preliminary development of an LTS effort, and 3) exploring future options for a national LTScommunity. Exercises used in the grounding component explored participant’s knowledge ofLTS and their existing experiences and/or beliefs on the relevance of LTS to

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L Welker PE, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Thethree major reasons for not seeking dual-level accreditation were 1. not necessary, nomotivation/advantage to becoming accredited; 2. increased workload, with no benefit; and 3.limits flexibility/accreditation process is too rigid and will stifle the innovation that is thehallmark of graduate-level education. These reasons were consistent across the survey andinterviews. Many of the department chairs expressed frustration with the accreditation processfor their bachelor’s degrees and are unlikely to take on the additional burden of accrediting theirmaster’s degrees without a clear benefit.IntroductionPolicy Statement 465, which was unanimously adopted by the Board of Direction of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2001, describes