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Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of Cincinnati; Maureen G. Schomaker, University of Cincinnati

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

through its practical applications  The critical evaluation of co-op positions by the university and the inclusion of positions with the greatest possible amount of education content  Condition of actual employment (not artificial conditions imposed upon employers which could reduce the experience to a laboratory experience in a campus environment  Co-op position as a paid positions because payment is the primary component of work  Ongoing evaluation of curricular design both on and off campus  Understanding by the university of the students’ aptitudes, academic preparation and the relationship between classroom theory and practical applications  Development of methods in which the student is led to observe

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Architectural Design Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University; Heli Shah, Western Kentucky University

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Architectural

rendered with V-Ray and Twilight and for thestand-alone programs, Kerkythea and 3DS Max a view of the entire front and side of the buildingwas rendered. The stand-alone rendering programs were installed in the computer laboratories ofthe department and so the student decided to use them for the purpose of the study. V-Ray is avery popular rendering engine and used by professional firms while renderings completed usingTwilight can be easily exported into Kerkythea for further enhancement if needed hence theywere selected for the study. The student had previously experimented with Kerkythea but had notworked with the other three programs. Following the rendering, post-production work was doneon one of the rendered images in Photoshop to add

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Todd P. Shuba, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mindy Hart, EPICS; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering. New York: Teachers College Press. 8. Markus, G. B., Howard, J. P. F., & King, D. C. (1993). Integrating community service and classroom instruction enhances learning: Results from an experiment. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 15, 410-419. 9. Batchelder, T. H. & Root, S. (1994). Effects of an undergraduate program to integrate academic learning and service: Cognitive, prosocial cognitive, and identity outcomes. Journal of Adolescence, 17, 341-355. 10. Giles, D. E. & Eyler, J. (1994). The impact of a college community service laboratory on students’ personal, social, and cognitive outcomes. Journal of Adolescence, 17, 327-339. 11. Astin, A. W. & Sax, L. J. (1998). How

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Liesel Ashley Ritchie, Institute of Behavioral Science; Sandra Janette Mikolaski

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Two Year College Division

a Senior Research Associate at the Evaluation Center (Western Michigan University) and served for six years as Coordinator for the Social Science Research Center’s Evaluation & Decision Support Laboratory (Mississippi State University). Dr. Ritchie has extensive experience in all aspects of evaluation and research design and implementation. She has served as PI or co-PI on more than 70 projects and authored or coauthored more than 70 technical reports, as well as published in peer reviewed journals.Dr. Sandra Janette Mikolaski Page 24.844.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

- 4), 25-36.6. Barnes, L. B., Christensen, C. R., & Hansen, A. J. (1994). Teaching and the case method: Text, cases, and readings, Harvard Business Press.7. Hoag, K., Lillie, J., & Hoppe, R. (2005). Piloting case-based instruction in a didactic clinical immunology course, Clinical Laboratory Science 18(4), 2005, 213-220.8. Richard, L. G., Gorman, M. E., Scherer, W. T., & Landel, R. D. (1995). Promoting active learning with cases and instructional modules, Journal of Engineering Education, 84, 375-381.9. Raju, P. K., & Sankar, C. S. (1999). Teaching Real‐World Issues through Case Studies, Journal of Engineering Education, 88(4), 501-508.10. MIT Engineering Leadership Program. What is Engineering Leadership

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division New Ideas Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park; Alyssa E. Cohen Sherman, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Competition presented at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) annual conference to recognize col- lege educators who have created new and challenging learning activities that actively involve students in the entrepreneurial experience. He is the author of ”The Opportunity Analysis Canvas”, an innovative tool for identifying and analyzing entrepreneurial ideas. Prior to the University of Maryland, Dr. Green held founder, executive, and operational roles with multiple startups to include WaveCrest Laboratories (an innovator in next-generation electric and hybrid-electric propulsion and drive systems), Cyveillance (a software startup and world leader in cyber intelligence and

Conference Session

Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rogelio Palomera-Arias Ph. D., University of Texas at San Antonio; Craig D. Capano, Everglades University

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Construction

improve the constructionindustry efficiency by helping reduce mistakes, delays, and costs.The faculty intern classroom environment was changed as a result of the observations andexperiences obtained during the internship. Some of the changes incorporated into the classroomare: Recent real life anecdotes and experiences that are used during classroom explanations Laboratory exercises were modified to include more content relevant to the construction and construction management profession. For example, reduced the number of “engineering Page 24.386.7 design” problems, and increased the number of “construction”, “management” and “plan

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Jo Dale Ales; Karim Elkholy, Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC); Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Adrienne Steele, Louisiana State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

with all faculty, other Scholars, and high school teachers/students and served the community to better pre- pare the students of the public schools to meet the high standards of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines colleges Worked as a liaison between Mathematics and Science departments providing guidance and direct assis- tance to the teachers of Calculus, Math, and Physics to build bridges between subject matters providing a professional learning environment Designed a laboratory manual for the physics course with several hands on activities and increased the science aptitude of teachers by providing some presentations in different science topics which had an immediate and

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Jones, Ball State University

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College Industry Partnerships

board member participation in courses and laboratories,capstone courses, accreditation, student organizations, student competitive teams, and facultydevelopment. Through this examination of the program’s efforts, other engineering educatorswill be able to build upon their successes and avoid some of their difficulties while involvingtheir industry advisory board members in other ways.IntroductionEngineering programs from all disciplines rely on their industry advisory board (IAB) membersto help ground curricula in the current and future needs of the profession. This “real world”advice can be invaluable to balancing theory versus application in the classroom, help programsstay abreast of technological and other trending factors in the workplace

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti; John Muth; Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST).Prof. Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University Mehmet C. Ozturk received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey in 1980. He received his MS degree from Michigan Tech in 1983 and his PhD degree from NC State University in 1988. Immediately after graduation, he joined the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since 2008, Dr. Ozturk has been serving as the director of the NCSU Nanofabrication Facility, which operates as the central laboratory for the entire University. In 2012, he became the education and

Conference Session

INVITED PANEL: Preparing your Teaching Portfolio

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

continualimprovement as a major portfolio theme. Others might choose excellence in a pedagogicalspecialty, such as successful implementation of new technologies for teaching, or in teachingsuccessful laboratories. Ideally, the claims can be related in some way to the portfolio author’steaching story and philosophy. Participants in the panel session that this paper accompanies willleave the session with handouts containing reflective prompts and a framework of claims thatcould be made about their individual teaching. As the author decides what they intend to claimabout their teaching, they should also think about what kinds of evidence they can provide tosupport such claims.The evidence selected for inclusion in a teaching portfolio needs to be carefully

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona; Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

16,000 different line items under a'microcontroller' search.Selecting the ideal MCU and DT for a particular project could be a time-consuming and tedious Page 24.1012.2task for an undergraduate student or the course designer and faculty mentor3. This is aggravated bythe fact that students are usually only familiar with the MCU, DB and IDE they have used duringtheir undergraduate classroom and lab experience. The students are challenged not just by thedesign, but by the integration of these various types of technology.There are other challenges in the curriculum too. A student takes a digital circuits and systemscourse with its laboratory

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Penn State Behrend

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Engineering Technology

Lab 4 IR Telemetry System 2 weeks Lab 5 Wireless Sensor Network 2 weeks Lab 6 Bluetooth-Enabled Instant Messaging 2 weeks Lab 7 RFID Reader System 3 weeksRFID Reader System Design ProjectThe RFID reader system design project consisted of one laboratory exercise, and it was designed tobe completed in three weeks. Just prior to this project, students were introduced to RFIDtechnology, RFID standards, and product tagging during the lecture4-5. Earlier in the semester, serialcommunications and communications protocols were covered.For the RFID project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Christopher Joseph Franzwa

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

has secured funding over $3 million from NSF, AFOSR, DOE, DHS, TBR and local industry for research and educational innovations. He has authored and coauthored over 30 technical refereed and non-refereed papers in various conferences, international journal articles, book chapters in research and pedagogical techniques. He is the director of the Cyber Defense and Security Visualization Laboratory (http://cyberviz.tnstate.edu/)Mr. Christopher Joseph Franzwa Page 24.1092.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Solaris One – A Serious Game for

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol L. Considine, Old Dominion University; Michael W. Seek, Old Dominion University; Jon Lester, Old Dominion University

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Construction

students. He has served as the Civil-Site design option evaluator for Senior Design projects each semester as part of his normal teaching responsibilities. Dr. Lester has developed new courses in Civil Engineering Technology to better distribute the student load in Fluid Mechanics and the accompanying laboratory. Dr. Lester has also taught the Professional Engineering preparation courses through the ODU Business Gateway. Dr. Lester has embarked upon the initial asynchronous modality course development and was instrumental in promoting the program forward with this initiative with the Center for Learning and Teaching. He has developed an asynchronous course for Fundamentals of Building Construction and will develop

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B. Guthrie, California Polytechnic State University; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

plans andboards describing characteristics and the design process. The goal of the projects was toreinforce the lecture material and give students another opportunity to practice skills. They alsoprovided expectations of the deliverables for conceptual structural submittals.Two projects were included in the Fall 2013 course. The first was a small building structure.Students selected one of four buildings, a school, library, natatorium and gymnasium. Because oftime constraints the scope of this project was limited to the roof framing.This was a warm-up for the second project, a multi-story building of steel or concreteconstruction. Students choose from eight buildings: office, hotel, university classroom, universityresearch laboratory

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Priya Radhi Santhanam, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #10147Student-led Mentoring Program Fostering Retention of Female Undergradu-ate Students in STEM FieldsDr. Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Raquel Perez-Castillejos is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Insti- tute of Technology (NJIT). Her research (www.tissuemodels.net) focuses on the development of tools for cell and tissue biology using micro- and nanotechnologies. Raquel obtained her Ph.D. with the National Center of Microelectronics in Barcelona. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Miniaturized Systems (Univ. S˜ao Paulo, Brasil

Conference Session

Gainful Employment: Preparing Technicians to Satisfy the Needs of Industry

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Hull P.E., OP-TEC; Chrysanthos Andreas Panayiotou, Indian River State College

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Two Year College Division

and department chair of the electronics and electrical power technology programs at Indian River State College and Brevard Community Col- lege where he created new courses and programs, updated curricula, and increased enrollment to full capacity. Chrysanthos authored two textbooks and six laboratory manuals in the areas of analog and digital electronics, and schematic capture and printed circuit board layout. Panayiotou started his career in industrial controls and automation and then transitioned to the telecommunications industry where he designed VHF and UHF networks. Panayiotou received his undergraduate electrical engineering degree from Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. With the support from a

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

this article, reflection through journal writing wasimplemented in a Conceptual Physics class in a community college setting, which is rarely seenin literatures. The description of the study, preliminary data and results are presented.II. Description of the studyThe typical PH101 Conceptual Physics course has three 50-minute lectures and one 1 hr 50minute long laboratory per week. The official textbook for the course is “Conceptual Physics” byPaul Hewitt. Students are generally required to write lab reports for each lab they do but they do Page 24.1152.4not do any other writing except homework for lectures. Regular student-centered lectures

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shakira Renee McCall, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Randi Michelle Taylor, Arizona State University; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

taught on anaerobic digestion, student used theirknowledge of the human digestive system to describe how an anaerobic digesters works.Refer to Figure 4 below. . Figure 4: Collaboratively, students discussed how anaerobic digesters and human digesters had similar processesTeams of students worked even closer with anaerobic digestion by setting up anaerobicdigesters. As shown in Figure 5, students set-up an anaerobic digester. Items needed toset-up for the anaerobic digesters were inexpensive and easily accessible. Studentsfollowed the laboratory and safety procedures, which were provided and included in theappendix. Figure 5: Students mix manure and

Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri; Elma Annette Hernandez, Texas Tech University; David L. Ernst, Texas Tech University - Construction Engineering

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Computers in Education

Engineering Education, 34(1), 26-39. 5. Stern, F., Xing, T., Muste, M., Yarbrough, D., Rothmayer, A., Rajagopalan, G., Caughey, D., Bhaskaran, R., Smith, S., and Hutchings, B. (2006). "Integration of simulation technology into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories." International Journal of Learning Technology, 2(1), 28-48. 6. Busch-Vishniac, I., Kibler, T., Campbell, P. B., Patterson, E., Guillaume, D., Jarosz, J., Chassapis, C., Emery, A., Ellis, G., Whitworth, H., Metz, S., Brainard, S., and Ray, P. (2011). "Deconstructing Engineering Education Programmes: The DEEP Project to reform the mechanical engineering curriculum." European Journal of Engineering Education, 36(3), 269-283. 7. Cheah, C., Chen

Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Jorge L Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #8997The Use of an Iterative Industry Project in a One Semester Capstone CourseDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and In- dustrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather E Dillon, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #10089Thermodynamics in the ArtsDr. Heather E Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. Her teaching focuses on thermodynamics, heat transfer, renewable energy, and optimization of energy systems. She currently leads a research team working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fundamental heat transfer. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer. Dr. Dillon’s research at PNNL supported the US Department of Energy and

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 24.1282.10ASEE Annual Conference, 2014 4. Course evaluation:In parallel with the self-evaluation of each course by the instructor, we also conduct a course evaluationby students. This topic is a part of the HVAC laboratory course. The course objectives introduced earlierin the course are again provided to the students at the end of the semester. The students’ input on whetherthe materials offered have met the objectives is then complied and used in the program outcomeassessment process. Results of instructor course evaluations (conducted by students) are reviewed by theDepartment Chair and the Dean and shared with the faculty.Each faculty member also conducts an evaluation of performance of students in his/her courses as part ofthe

Conference Session

Innovative Projects in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Jeremy Keith Posey Sr.

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

laboratories help to facilitate the complete working experience forthe students. The labs allow the students to design, create, and enhance their vehicles. Eachstudent has the ability to work on every aspect of the vehicle they are creating and hone theirskills. The machine shop allows the students to test their designs as well as gain invaluableexperience working on machines such as laser cutters that they will be using during their futurecareers. These projects help students to sharpen their skills for future workmanship, such as teamwork, understanding responsibility, and making use of techniques learned in class. Moreover theEVP students gain an irreplaceable experience and lifelong relationships while working withinternational students and

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Pan American; Jesus Alejandro Valladares, The University of Texas Pan American

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

theenvironment under which they worked 1. The NREL/MIDC site is friendly to the user 2. I believe I have the required background to understand the level of information in this exercise 3. I believe each section helps me understand the following section. 4. I believe the MatLAB programs are well writtenIX- Conclusions Although the attention of the ASEE to Solar Energy has been active for many years [16], Page 24.1297.12today it is even more active because the solar industry has grown steadily, and the interest of theengineering students has grown exponentially. The dissemination of the new knowledge fromindustry and laboratories

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Continuing Professional Development

classroom technologies. Other supports for faculty included aone-time pre-proposal workshop as well as program and course evaluation provided by anexternal unit.Funded ProjectsSIIP has funded 12 reform efforts to date. Table 1 lists the reform efforts and provides briefdescriptions of the objectives of each effort. Projects funded for 2012-2014 Course/Technology Description of Reform Effort Systems Engineering Improve student engagement by integrating video lectures, classroom and Engr Risk response systems, and mini-projects Computer Engr Core Reorganize curriculum to modernize course content and integrate more laboratory experiences and active learning experiences

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

, Mondragon, Antonio Francisco; Purohit, Prafull, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 26 - 29, 2011.10. Interdisciplinary laboratory projects integrating LabVIEW with VHDL models implemented in FPGA hardware, Hayne, Ronald; McKinney, Mark, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20 - 23, 2010.11. A LabVIEW FPGA toolkit to teach digital logic design, Perales, Troy; Morgan, Joseph; Porter, Jay, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 14 - 17, 2009.12. Collaborative project-based learning to enhance freshman design experience in digital engineering, Dong, Jianyu; Warter-Perez, Nancy, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 14 - 17, 2009.13. Extensive use of advanced FPGA technology in digital design education, Radu

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael (Mick) J. Bates, Waynesburg University; Donald Ken Takehara, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor Universityin 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he regu- larly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems, Fundamentals of Space Flight Systems, Astronomy, and Sr. Capstone Sequence. He enjoys mentoring undergraduate students in aerospace, sensors, and energy-related research projects. Some of the research areas include spacecraft nano-satellite technologies, satellite payload instrumenta- tion, High Altitude research Platform (HARP) experiments, wave particle