Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

developed for superior educational experiences7, 8, including thelegacy cycle, i.e., an approach to design a challenge-based learning environment in classrooms.The legacy cycle is widely used from K-12 to post-graduate education to help educators focus ondifferent aspects of developing the initial challenge and guide students throughout the learningprocess, including the engineering design process. It also gives students a framework to organizeand manage their learning activities to assess their knowledge. The implementation of theengineering design process with the legacy cycle in the current robotics project is also a viableapproach to attract, and guide freshman college students to do research in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

designed to help studentsexcel in math, science, technology, and engineering courses and graduate with STEM-baseddegrees. The MESA Center is also home for several student organizations on our campus,including MAES, SACNAS, and SWE. Over the last two years we have partnered with a nearbyuniversity to direct a NASA sponsored undergraduate research program. The program (CIPAIR)provides opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in ongoing research projects off-campus, as well as to conduct new research projects on campus under the guidance andsupervision of a faculty member.The MESA Center served as a focal point for promoting these opportunities and fordissemination of project results. The on-campus research projects were developed by

Conference Session

Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Martha M. Ellis

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the SAFE Association. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. in 1983, Nelson worked as a Design Engineer in industry and taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston and Texas A&M University, Galveston. In industry, he was primarily involved in design of floating and fixed structures for the offshore petroleum industry. After receiving his Ph.D., Nelson joined the civil engineering faculty at Texas A&M University. He joined the civil engineering faculty at Clemson University in 1989 as Program Director and Founder of the Clemson University Graduate Engineering programs at the Citadel and became Chair of Civil Engineering in 1998. In July 2002, Nelson joined the faculty at Western Michigan University as