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Reza Raeisi; Max Gardner; Ricardo Rangel

also be presented. It is anticipated that the VLES, which is an opensource framework, can contribute towards adoption in more institutions as the developed coursemodules are scalable. The active participation of participants for empirical lessons throughaudio-video technologies has been tested as a pilot program and its impact has been positive. Inthe future, our intent is to propose the VLES concepts as a new addition to current secondaryeducation in the central valley to promote engineering and technology. Addition of the conceptto the current curricula in secondary education will inspire students to pursue Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines at earlier age.The project experience and data collected from the

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Matthew Adle; Justin Bostwick; Kyle Graves; Synjin Hipolito; Yong Gan

11 High Impact Learning Practice through Group Research on Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Nanomaterials Matthew Adle, Justin Bostwick, Kyle Graves, Synjin Hipolito, and Yong Gan California State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractHigh impact learning practice refers to enhancing students’ learning through senior capstone design andundergraduate research. A faculty-student team in Department of Mechanical Engineering, College ofEngineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona formed and performed research in theSenior Capstone Design course

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Mudasser Wyne; Alireza Farahani

onsite andonline programs unique and more appealing to both traditional and non-traditional students.Accreditation is a non-governmental, peer reviewed process that ensures educational quality.Educational institutions or programs volunteer to periodically undergo this review to determine ifminimum criteria are being met. Accreditation verifies that an institution or program meets thecriteria, ensuring a quality educational experience. ABET accredits programs in ComputerScience, Information Technology and Engineering. ABET accreditation helps institutionsestablish high quality programs along with processes for continuous improvements. CurrentlyABET is the only accrediting agency for Computer Science programs. In this paper we willexamine the

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Galen Pickett; Prashanth Jaikumar; Michael Peterson

321 Student Success in Introductory Physics Galen Pickett, Prashanth Jaikumar, and Michael Peterson California State University Long Beach, Long BeachAbstractThe Department of Physics and Astronomy at CSU Long Beach have instituted several reformsin the last decade to support student success across the engineering and physical sciencefields. First, we have chosen a curriculum in our introductory courses emphasizing a small set offundamental principles and problem solving. We support the development of these problemsolving and critical thinking skills through a classroom

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Jose Valdovinos; Cheng Chen; Abbyanna Davis; Amelito Enriquez; Wenshen Pong

0.015 0.02 0.025 0.03 0.035 0.04 0.045 0.05 Delay (sec) Figure 6b. Linear vs Non Linear.Integration with NASA CIPAIR Internship ProgramCañada College and San Francisco State University made joint efforts to install an internship inorder to intensify the minority interest in the STEM fields. Thus came about COMETS, CreatingOpportunities for Minorities in Engineering, Technology, and Science. This internship issponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s, NASA, CurriculumImprovement Partnership Award for the Integration of Research into the UndergraduateCurriculum (CIPAIR

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John Murray; Erin Elder; Ryan Bingham; Glen Longhurst; Desmond Penny

268 The Design and Construction of a Tiny House: Small Is Beautiful John Murray, Erin Elder, Ryan Bingham, Glen Longhurst, and Desmond Penny Southern Utah UniversityAbstractThe Danish scientist and poet, Piet Hein said, “Art is solving problems that cannot be formulatedbefore they have been solved. The shaping of the solution is part of the answer.” Hein’sstatement sets the stage for a senior capstone project involving two Southern Utah University(SUU) students majoring in Integrated Engineering, and justifies their undaunted roving

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Clint Staley; Michael Haungs

high-efficiency model, we can minimally double the sections covered by asingle instructor, with student support, while preserving the same quality of education receivedin our traditional, small-classroom method. In our paper, we fully describe our inverted model,share our experiences with it, and provide initial data supporting our claims.IntroductionThe inverted classroom model of teaching has widespread appeal in the educational community.The classroom is inverted or “flipped” because the lecturing occurs at home and activities aredone in class. Recent advances in online and educational technologies facilitate off-site lecturing,freeing the course instructor to guide students through challenging activities in class. It seemsthis model has

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Kurtis Kredo; Dale Word

components supports our curriculum. We closewith a brief discussion of alternative components for programs whose curriculum may requirea different approach than the examples provided.Component Selection Guidelines and ExamplesWith an understanding of our motivation, we now present the high-level characteristics desiredfrom the components. These include traits desired of all components as well generalcomponent properties or technologies. We also include a concrete example through thecomponent selection used in our program. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Loukas Lazos; Elmer Grubbs

activities for the students to do outside of class, which cover difficulttopics in the class. The evaluation of these goals will be covered in the next section.Future WorkThe University of Arizona currently has an AAU STEM3 (Association of American UniversitiesScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) initiative project, which this class is a partof. Our role in the overall project is to improve student learning and retention by identifyingdifficult topics and producing a series of video demonstrations to address these topics. Anotherset of videos will be used to show how expert programmers solve typical programmingproblems. These solutions will include program design, algorithm design, debugging, etc. Thestudents will view these videos as

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Edward Smaglik; Terry Baxter; John Tingerthal P.E.; Chun-Hsing Ho; Mark Lamer

/flip-classroom-and-catalyze-learning. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 3733. Lage M. J., Platt G. J., Treglia, M. Inverting the classroom: A gateway to creating an inclusive learning environment. J. Econ. Educ. 2000;31(1):30.4. Bergmann J, Sams A. Flip Your Classroom: Reach every student in every class every day. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education; 2012.5. Caulfield J. How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course : Achieving Student-Centered Learning