Conference Session

Improving IE Course Content

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Yi-Ching Liao, University of Texas, San Antonio; Glenn Kuriger, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

thinking. These options should be further explored to potentially createbetter simulation games for the education of lean manufacturing in the future.Bibliography1. Visionary Products, “Lean zone office,” (http://www.visionaryproducts.biz/Portals/0/Files/ VPF-0001_Visionary-Products.pdf).2. Superteams, “The 5S Numbers Game,” (http://www.superteams.com/5s-game.php).3. Mirehei, S. M., Kuriger, G., Wan, H., and Chen, F.F., 2011, “Enhancing Lean Training for the Office Environment through Simulation and Gaming,” International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 8(2), pp.206-221.4. Wan, H., Tadikonda, B.M., and Kuriger, G., 2011, “Lean Training via the Internet: Two Flash-based Simulation Games,” 2011 Annual Industrial

Conference Session

Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghassan T. Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University; Aaron J. Homiak, Geisinger Health System; Alexander Hallden-Abberton, Bloomsburg University; John R. Pulaski

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

generally uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Page 25.1162.8or DHCP, which assigns a different IP address to a client machine each time that client connectsto the network. For a simple client like the Arduino there seems to be no way to check the IPaddress assigned by the network, it can only respond to the IP address pre-assigned in its code.To resolve this problem, the team met again with the campus network administrators whothankfully agreed to allocating a static IP address to the Arduino’ s Wi-Fi card.Wi-Fi Connectivity Sequence ChartThe student tasked with wireless connectivity and information logging had no prior knowledgeof wireless

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

?                 The ampere is a measure of the amount of electric charge passing a point in an electric circuit per unit time with 6.241 × 1018 electrons, or one coulomb per second constituting one ampere.  The volt is defined as the value of the potential difference (voltage) across a conductor when a current of one ampere dissipates one watt of power in the conductor.  One watt is the rate at which work is done when one ampere (A) of current flows through an electrical potential difference of one volt (V).  (1 W = 1 J/s = 1 N∙m/s)   Journal Entry Question:  In class this week we characterized the efficiency of the inverter.  Explain how knowing the inverter efficiency will affect your design of other system components, such as (1) the batteries, and (2

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared P. Coyle, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Best Practices

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

International

since during the last five years, the group hasconsistently worked on gravity-fed potable water distribution systems than it does on design.Overall the following outlines the process that this particular student chapter of EWB hasfollowed to procure, design, plan, and construct projects:1. commit to sustainable engineering work in developing communities;2. create a relationship with an in-country non-profit organization(s) committed to collaborative Page 25.1221.9 work that is willing to follow-up and find projects;3. work with the non-profit organization(s) to find communities with needs within Maslow’s hierarchy who also show a

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

ded to put in n place docum mentation sttandards thatt all teammemberss must follow w. In a progrramming claass the studennts are requiired to includde Page 25.1231.14documen ntation in all programs ho owever the students s nevver really undderstand the importance ofthe documentation because their programs are generally too small and trivial, are created by asingle person and are not maintained after they are turned in.While the vehicles are complex enough to require systems engineering they are not so complexthat the team members will

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O'Connell, University of Missouri, Columbia; Pil-Won On, University of Missouri, Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

appropriate and immediate actions to correct them. Often, theobserved difficulties were very different from the instructor‟s expectations.The two negative results from the instructor-based observations, which suggested changes to bemade in the way we were using the strategy, concerned motivating students to prepare for classon a regular basis, and students‟ discomfort with the formative/summative assessment gradingscheme being used. These concerns were echoed in the Student Evaluation Surveys, taken of 62students in both courses at the end of the semester. A summary of the principal results of thesurvey follows: Perception of learning: 45 students (73%) felt that they learned more with team-based learning (as implemented) than

Conference Session

Developing Young Minds in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

Research in Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

expected ofgraduates. Programs are required to demonstrate that students are graduating with thedemonstrated attributes, and that a continual improvement process is in place, “thatdemonstrate(s) that program outcomes are being assessed in the context of the graduateattributes, and that the results are applied to the further development of the program” (CEAB). Page 25.594.4The CEAB has described the investigation and communication attributes as follows: Investigation: an ability to conduct investigations of complex problems by methods that include appropriate experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of information in

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, despite all the efforts during the past years, a 2010 revisit of the2005 report entitled “Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly ApproachingCategory 5”2 stated that the U. S. scientific and technical global competitiveness position hadcontinued to deteriorate in the previous five years (p. 2).Meanwhile, social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have become important venues forthe young generation to communicate and exchange information. A Pew Research Center report3indicates 93% of young adults (age 18-29) use the Internet and 72% of them use socialnetworking sites. The public conversation online has accumulated large amount of real-time datagenerated in informal settings that can bring valuable insights into students’ college

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Interface PWM – Pulse Width ModulationCPLD – Complex Programmable Logic Device QEI – Quadrature Encoder InterfaceCT – Capacitive Touch SPI – Serial Peripheral InterfaceEPI – External Peripheral Interface SSI – Synchronous Serial Interface (SPI compatible)ETH – Ethernet Controller SW – SwitchesFPGA – Field Programmable Gate Array USB – Universal Serial Bus controllerGPIO – General Purpose I/O U(S)ART Universal (Synchronous) AsynchronousI2C – Inter Integrated Circuit Interface Receiver and TransmitterI2S – Inter Integrated Sound Interface

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Kirstin Collette Busch, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Faculty in Acquiring Relevant Practical Experience:Encourage faculty members, particularly the young, to get involved with the practicein their locale, and devise equitable system(s) that allow faculty to gain theengineering experience they desperately need, in order to keep up with newdevelopments in their areas of specialization. Thus asserting the view thatengineering faculty “with practical experience under their belt” would, in general,make better teachers. Administrator (deans, chairs, and decision makers in general)should investigate ways for helping new faculty members gain industrial experienceby spending a semester on-site at a cooperating industry, using summer release timeto work within industry, or allow for a dual appointment, say

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

High-Speed (480Mbps)  16-channels of digital (3.3V) I/O  2 dedicated Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) channels  Expanded input voltage range  250kSPS Impedance Analyzer  2.5GHz, 1Mbps Wireless Transceiver  Two Differential Analog Input and Analog Output TMMyDAQ by $199- $300National Channels (200 ks/s, 16 bit, +/ - 10 Volts)Instrument  +5 , +15, and -15 Volt Power Supply Outputs(NI) (up to 500m Watts of Power)  Eight Digital Input and Digital Output Lines (3.3 Volt TTL

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

students a broad view of the various components of RES. Eachstudent picks one area to explore further by studying and presenting one or two research paper(s)to the class as well as doing a project developing a written report and presenting the results oftheir work to the entire class.Due to the time constrains, our university is a quarter-based institution course materials aredivided in ten modules. Each module is self-contained and is covering the basic and essentialknowledge of the topics. The modules are divided into three parts: basic principles, systemtechnology, and experimental aspects of the topics. The imparted knowledge is divided into twoparts: the first part is the basic knowledge, and the second part is the deepened knowledge

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mark H. Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

participation resulted in a maturingof the course and expectations which has continued into the present. The overall effect of theprogram on design at UT Austin is detailed in a paper by Fowler, et.al. [2].During the early 1990’s the author also offered a graduate level spacecraft – mission designcourse. The graduate students produced a document that characterized spacecraft subsystems foruse by the undergraduate design students. This document was used by regularly undergraduateteams until internet access became common, and the information was readily available on theweb. Page 25.97.3In 2006, the NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), sent

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Martinez, University of Costa Rica; Marcelo Jenkins, University of Costa Rica

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

freedom to include only what we wanted.Student 10 Somewhat It seems to me it is a good tool for expressing doubts about suitable the subject, but I don’t see necessary to make comment s on the studied material.Student 11 Somewhat In my case as a student I didn’t really find it useful. I be- unsuitable lieve that learning can be measured through quizzes and that a learning journal does not say much about what I learned in the course.Student 12 Very Actually I didn’t find any enrichment value. It often de- unsuitable manded much

Conference Session

FPD VII: Research on First-year Programs Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Enrique D. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Esther Gomez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Angela D. Lueking, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Kenneth J. Williamson, Oregon State University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Goran Jovanovic Ph.D., Oregon State University; Chih-hung Chang, Oregon State University; Adam Z. Higgins, Oregon State University; Craig M. Gates, Oregon State University; Richard Mark Roehner, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

work remains to be done in more fully understanding the relationship between writing andlearning, particularly in order to help faculty develop assignments to support specific types oflearning.Bangert-Drowns et al.’s review five years later reflects similar processes and gaps [48]. Theirsystematic review examined hundreds of articles on writing-to-learn written over the pasthundred years, though as they note the majority of these articles were written in the 1980s and1990s. After a rigorous evaluation process that allowed them to identify a core set of articles thatprovided empirical evidence of the academic effects of writing-to-learn assignments againstcontrol groups without those assignments, the authors conducted a statistical meta

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tom Szymoniak, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Sometimes theyresulted in ridiculous meaning, as in this example where the students are literally saying thatflood waters will stop and speak with a geologist before reaching the flood stage: After conversations with Jim Wheeler of the Geology Department, the 100yr flood event will likely have a flowrate of approximately 2700 ft3/s…Other sentence-structure errors were compounded by students’ use of complex sentences. Theyresulted in ungrammatical sentences whose meaning is discernible but not clearly stated, as inthis example from a lab report: But the brittleness of each coupon varied with coupon #3 having little necking and being the most brittle of the three coupons, coupon #13 had more necking than #3 but less than #7 and

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Phillip Barnett, York College of Pennsylvania; Paul Isaac Deysher, York College of Pennsylvania; K. Vaisakh, Andhra University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

60 s PV output power Integrator(pout) fac_out Pout 448.3 DC-AC average power 0.9188 and efficiency

Conference Session

Empowering the User Learning Experience: Evolution in Library Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University; Kim Duckett, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

/january05/foster/01foster.html 2. Foster, N., & Gibbons, S. (Eds.). (2007). Studying students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. Retrieved from http://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-4436 3. Asher, A. D. & Miller, S. So you want to do anthropology in your library? or a practical guide to ethnographic research in academic libraries. Retrieved from: http://www.erialproject.org/wp- content/uploads/2011/03/Toolkit-3.22.11.pdf 4. Duke, L. M., & Asher, A. D. (Eds.) (2012). College libraries and student culture: What we now know. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

new than putting theory into practice. The textbook/lectures already covered Gathering Information, "First Cut"s, and Revision, which are simple to grasp, but the Projects give a sense of what can get done in a given amount of time, how easy/difficult it is to actually apply those steps to a real problem, and (especially) what setbacks can occur in the process and what the end result (not just the prototype but the written work too) will look like.”Two of the short answer questions asked what elements of the design process were most or leasthelpful to the students during the project. It was interesting to the author that both questionsyielded very similar responses. Two methods for organizing brainstorming, mind mapping and3-6-5, as

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Annual Conference and Exposition.4. Saad, M., Abu-Lebdeh, T., Pai, D., Waters, C., 2007, “Recitation in core engineering mechanics courses: Implications for retention and student performance”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.5. Rais-Rohani, M., Walters, A., Vizzini, A. 2010, “ Emporium based redesign of statics: An innovative approach to enhance learning and reduce costs”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.6. Mackey, K., Freyberg, D., 2010, “The effect of social presence on affective and cognitive learning in an international engineering course taught via distance learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, v 99, n 1, pp 23-34.7. Sorby, S. A., Vilmann, C., 2011, “Going

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Samuel Holton Lee, University of California, San Diego; Jacqueline Linh Le, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Engineering Education, 2012 Incorporating Clickers and Peer Instruction into Large Structural Engineering ClassroomsAbstract Interaction and feedback are particularly challenging in large lecture environments,where class size limits student-faculty interaction. Clickers can be used to ensure studentsunderstand fundamental concepts by providing instant feedback to the instructor about studentknowledge gaps or misconceptions [1]. The use of clickers also helps maintain students’motivation and engagement in what’s going on in class, and provides an opportunity for PeerInstruction (PI). Clickers have been used since the 1980’s in many science and humanitiescourses such as physics, biology, chemistry, history

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida; David J Therriault, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-Making and Professional Identity Development for Engineering Undergraduates. 2011;100(4):630-654.10. Foor CE, Walden SE, Trytten DA. I wish that I belonged more in this whole engineering group: Achieving individual diversity. Journal of Engineering Education. 2007;96(2):103–15.11. Capobianco BM, Diefes-Dux HA, Mena I, Weller J. What is an Engineer? Implications of Elementary School Student Conceptions for Engineering Education. Journal of Engineering Education. 2011;100(2):304–328.12. Downey GL, Lucena JC. Knowledge and professional identity in engineering: code-switching and the metrics of progress. History and Technology. 2004;20(4):393–420.13. Sheppard S, Colby A, Macatangay K, Sullivan W. What is Engineering Practice