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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Shermane Austin, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Leon P. Johnson, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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AC 2012-3977: APPLICATIONS OF ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLERIN STUDENT PROJECTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEGeorge Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNYRaul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory Helio Takai is an Elementary Particle and Nuclear Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an Adjunct Professor at Stony Brook University.Prof. Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Todd Holden is an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of Queensborough Community College of CUNY. His current research interests include bioinformatics and microbial fuel cells. He also mentors student research projects.Prof. Shermane Austin, Medgar

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

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Jenkins P.E., California State University, Fresno; Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno; Thomas Nguyen

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Purdue University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He worked at PACCAR Technical Center as an R&D engineer and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a development staff member. He was also faculty and associate chair at University of Washington, Seattle, and professor and chair at University of Detroit Mercy before starting his position as faculty and dean at CSU, Fresno. His research and teaching interests include characteriza- tion of advanced materials (e.g., ceramics), experimental mechanics, data base development, cumulative damage mechanics, and probabilistic design and reliability.Dr. Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno Walter V. Loscutoff is a professor and Former Chair

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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field.The developed learning module has been implemented in a six-week curriculum and the projecteffectiveness is evaluated for enhanced faculty-student experiences during transferring researchknowledge to a two-year college educational curriculum.  Page 25.60.2Learning Module Development: The learning module activities took place during the Summer-Fall 2011 period and included the legacy cycle and engineering design process concepts, theresearch experience and associated technical knowledge from the RETainUS program at TexasA&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) laboratory, and the module implementation in afreshman level robotics course at Del-Mar

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

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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3 ENGR 1204 Engineering Graphics 2 ENGL 1301 Grammar and Composition I 3 ENGL 1302 Grammar and Composition II 3 MATH 2413 Calculus I 4 MATH 2414 Calculus II 4 CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I 3 PHYS 2325 University Physics I 3 CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 PHYS 2125 University Physics I Laboratory 1 ENGR 1201 Introduction to Engineering 2 GOVT 2306 Texas Politics 3 Semester Credit Hours 16

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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degree program. These two courses consist of both theoryand laboratory work with a heavy reliance on student projects (typically, of an interdisciplinarynature) that involve the implementation of functional, proto-type, sensor/control networks. Usingpopular low-cost PIC® microcontroller development boards and a small, self-contained, non-IT,TCP/IP data network, students are able to construct sensor/control networks that can be accessedlocally either through standard wired network connections (Ethernet) or wirelessly using eitherthe IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) or IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) wireless standards or remotely throughavailable mobile device apps. The successes and failures of the courses will be high-lighted,along with student reaction, examples of

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College; Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield

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acknowledge the many contributions of faculty and staff at both institutions withoutwhich this collaboration would not exist. The US Department of Education, Developing HispanicServing Institutions Program, Title V, is also acknowledged for their support through severalgrants. The staff at WRD Consulting Group, Bandon, Oregon has contributed valuable insightinto establishing articulation agreements between BC and CSUB.Bibliography 1. Vaughan, R. J. (1990). Education, Training and Labor Markets: A policy Perspective. Number 8/August 1990) [34 paragraph]. [Online]. Available: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/~iee/BRIEFS/Ncee.html. 2. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory Policy Brief. 1991. Oak Brook, Illinois: Author. 3. The

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos

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addition to the students’attitudes towards the project. Although the materials cost about $100 for the initialimplementation of this project, many of the supplies were plentiful enough for use in futureprojects. Therefore, the cost per student over several semesters would be less than theapproximately five dollars per student expended here. The purpose of this paper is to share thisexperience with others who are seeking to create project based learning opportunities withoutusing specialized laboratory space and with limited financial investment.IntroductionAt Austin Community College in Austin, TX, the “Introduction to Engineering” course helpsstudents explore engineering through several different instructional styles, including groupprojects

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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. Rodriguez has also served on various national technical committees and panels. He is currently serving on the fol- lowing National Academies panels: Survivability and Lethality Analysis and Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Autonomous Systems. Personal website: http://aar.faculty.asu.edu/.Ms. Anita Grierson, Arizona State University Anita Grierson has been the Director of the METS Center in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU since 2008. Grierson has more than 10 years corporate experience in program management, business development, and biomechanical engineering, with products as diverse as air bag systems for helicopters, body armor, and orthopedic implants. She received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York

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upon completion of the AS degree continue their last 2 years at a senior college; 2. A program where students attend both the community college and the senior college at the same time for the first 2 years. With the senior college just a short bus ride away (1.4 miles), students in the joint/dual program have easy access to both campuses. This allows them to take courses at the senior college that are not offered at the junior college for a variety of reasons. These may include inadequate enrollment in specialized engineering courses, lack of specialized faculty to teach the courses, or lack of adequate teaching and laboratory facilities and equipment. The benefits to students, following the community