Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Kahyun Kim, Virginia Tech; Jason Forsyth, Virginia Tech; Ed Dorsa, Virginia Tech; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Eloise Coupey, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-0935103. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The authors would alsolike to thank the study participants for their participation.References1. T. Martin, K. Kim, J. Forsyth, L.D. McNair, E. Coupey, and E. Dorsa, “Discipline-based instruction to promote interdisciplinary design of wearable and pervasive computing products,” Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2011. (DOI) 10.1007/s00779-011-0492-z.2. R. Frodeman, J.T. Klein, and C. Mitcham, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity, Oxford UP, 2010.3. C.L. Dym, A.M. Agogino, O. Eris, D.D. Frey, and L.J. Leifer, “Engineering

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Steffen, Iowa State University; Phillip H. Jones III, Iowa State University; Joseph Zambreno, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

s/ ŝƐƉůĂLJ ŽŶƚƌŽůůĞƌFigure 1: FPGA architecture framework provided to students. Students were responsible for implementingcode in the graphics pipe sub-unit.and the FPGA-based GPU implementation, a protocol was provided along with source codeimplementation and a corresponding HDL code for the on-chip packet forwarding. The protocolsends messages of 32 bits and must be formated to meet the protocol outlined in Figure 2. Thisprotocol allows for data to be sent from the workstation OpenGL driver to multiple sub-unitsmemory mapped as registers. The Length field specifies the number of 32-bit packets thatfollow the starting packet and allows for custom data formates to be sent to the sub-units. TheOpCode allows the sub-unit to support multiple

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Abrams, Ohio State University; James William Altschuld, Ohio State University; Blaine W. Lilly, Ohio State University; Daniel A. Mendelsohn, Ohio State University

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Mechanical Engineering

." ASEE Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 16 - June 19, 2002. Session 2325.10. Newell, James A., et al. "Multidisciplinary Design and Communication: a Pedagogical Vision." International Journal of Engineering Education (1999): 376-382.11. Roemer, Robert, et al. "A SPIRAL Learning Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering." The 117th Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education. Louisville, KY, 2010. AC 2010-1903.12. Besterfield-Sacre, Mary, Larry Shuman, Cynthia Altman. “Pittsburgh Freshman Attitudes Survey”. http://civeng1.civ.pitt.edu/~outcomes/13. Kolb, David A., “Learning Style Inventory Manual”, McBer, Boston, 1976.14. Prenzel, M. “The selective persistence of interest” In K.A. Renninger, S

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Rosaurelis Marín Ramírez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Paola Pacheco Roldan, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

”.Engineers and non-engineers alike widely characterize engineering as a discipline whose purposeis to “solve problems”, and this is often framed as “design”1. Despite movements since at leastthe 1990’s to reform engineering education to integrate design throughout the curriculum,including during the freshman year, engineering curricula remain dominated by “linear” and “topdown” models that postpone the introduction of design. In this standard model, basic math andscience (“analysis”) courses are given during the first two years, followed by application of thisknowledge to conduct basic engineering analysis during the second and third years, andculminating in engineering design (e.g., capstone design projects) during the last year2, 3. Theinherent

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Joseph Hass, Bucknell University; Juliana Su, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2008.[11] D. Wilcox, S. Wilson, and G. Wostenkuhler, “Embedded design in a sophomore course,” in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2008.[12] A. Clements, “ARMs for the poor: Selecting a processor for teaching computer architecture,” in ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2010.[13] M. Fischer. (2011, Nov. 20) YAGARTO - yet another GNU ARM toolchain. [Online]. Available: Page 25.947.14 http://www.yagarto.de/[14] J. Ye. (2011, Dec. 22) GNU tools for ARM embedded processors. [Online]. Available: https://launchpad.net

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julanne K. McCulley, Weber State University; Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University; Megumi Usui Leatherbury, Weber State University; Kelly A. Harward, Weber State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). McCulley is a board member of the CAPA and SPARKS National Science Foundation project with five years of service. She has more than 17 years’ experience working in industry as a project engineer specializing in automation and controls engineering.Prof. Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University Dustin S. Birch possesses a master’s of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah, a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah, and an associate’s of sci- ence in design and drafting engineering technology from Ricks College. Birch is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at Weber State University. He

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa R. James-Byrnes, University of Wisconsin, Barron County; Mark H. Holdhusen, University of Wisconsin, Marathon County

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First-Year Programs

farm project? (i.e. did you apply and use project 3.78 4.25 0.3878 management principles?) 3 - Team communication improved between the mousetrap 3.78 4.25 0.3627 car project and the wind farm project. 4 - The Excel tools presented in the course were useful in 4.33 4.5 0.5927 completing the wind farm project. 5 - The delivery of the course content was effective. 4.33 3.67 0.0758 6 - The textbook was useful. 4 2.67 0.0089 7 - The instructor(s) communicated effectively. 4.56

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

), 86, 1995.3. Bartholomae, D., Petrosky, T., Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers, New York: Bedford, St. Martin’s,2011.4. X, X., (not identified to retain draft anonymity), E-mail to E/FEWP students, 2005.5. http://www.composition.X/SCstatement.pdf “University of X, Seminar in Composition,” Retrieved January,20126. Bartholomae, D., “Interchanges,” College Composition and Communication, 46(1), 86,1995.7. http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Mestre_CommissionedPaper.pdf, Retrieved December , 2011.8. Tobias, S., They’re not dumb, they’re different: Stalking the second tier, Tucson: AZ, Research Corporation, 9,1990.9. Astin, A. W., Assessment for excellence: The philosophy and practice of assessment and evaluation in highereducation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-oriented vs. research-oriented approaches to scholarship. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 182-185.12. Regalado, S. New EWU Building Makes History. . .21st Century Style, Inland Northwest Catalyst magazine, Page 25.293.19 Dec/Jan 2006, 34-38.13. Turner, Fred (2008), BACnet® and Green, ASHRAE Journal, November 2008, 5.

Conference Session

Design Cognition I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Crehan, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

needs to be conducted into the effect which an electronic portfolio hason learning. The relationship between electronic portfolios and how students’ reflect andpresent their learning is of interest to the researcher and it is envisaged that through futureresearch the answer to some key questions surrounding the value of electronic portfolios will Page 25.343.18be provided. Bibliography1. Lewis, T., Creativity in technology education: providing children with glimpses of their inventive potential. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2009. 19(3): p. 255-268.2. Atkinson, S

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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First-Year Programs

AC 2012-2991: DESIGN OF A ZERO ENERGY HOME AS A FIRST-YEARDESIGN PROJECTProf. Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Andrew (Andy) S. Lau is Associate Professor of engineering and Coordinator of first-year seminars for the Penn State College of Engineering. Lau is a 1977 graduate of Penn State with a B.S.M.E. and was a Research Fellow and 1983 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with an M.S.M.E. He has worked since 1977 as an engineer in the areas of solar energy applications in buildings, simulation of building energy use, and general consulting in the energy field. Most recently, his work has involved green buildings, engineering ethics, and sustainable design. He is a licensed

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sumedh Inamdar, University of Texas, Austin; Krystian Zimowski, University of Texas, Austin; Kevin A. Gibbons Ret., U.S. Air Force Academy, NexOne, Inc., and CAStLE; Brittany Rucker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

Conference on, 2007, pp. 1256-1261. 3. Elliot, M., Morris, W., Xiao, J., "City-Climber, a new generation of wall-climbing robots", in Video Proceedings of 2006 IEEE International Conference on attitude; The Robotics and Automation 2006 4. Adjustable DTS Guide Surgical Instrument – NuVasive (Laguette), Capstone Student Design Projects 2011-2012, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara. Web. . 5. Ostman, Sarah. "Patents, Awards Come Out of Senior Engineering Design Class."McCormick Northwestern Engineering. Northwestern University, 17 Oct. 2011. Web. . 6. Ehrlenspiel, K., Danner, S., Schlüter, A., “Verbindungsgestaltung für montagegerechte

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcin Lukowiak, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andrew Meneely, Rochester Institute of Technology; Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; James R. Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher A. Wood, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

, 2006.[5] P. Schaumont, “A Senior Level Course in Hardware/Software Codesign,” IEEE Transactions on Education,Special Issue on Micro-Electronic Systems Education, 51(3):306-311, August 2008.[6] Y. Dandass, “Teaching Application Implementation on FPGAs to Computer Science and Software EngineeringStudents,” Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2008.[7] E. B. Fernandez, S. Huang, and M. M Larrondo-Petrie. “A set of courses for teaching secure softwaredevelopment,” in 19th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training Workshops, 2006. CSEETW’06, 23- 23. IEEE, 2006.[8] C. D. Mano, L. DuHadway, and A. Striegel. “A Case for Instilling Security as a Core Programming Skill,” inFrontiers in Education Conference, 36th Annual

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

analysis and statistical analysis were included as sections of the cell cytotoxicity report.BioethicsAlthough this has not been a major focus of our course, the cell culturing unit, particularly withthe use of HeLa cells offers a unique opportunity to initiate a course-wide dialog into the topic ofbioethics. A recent New York Times bestselling book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”by Rebecca Skloot (13), documents the origins of the HeLa cells and traces the origins of somemodern day ethical standards in the medical field back to the 1950’s when the field of cellculturing was only beginning.The story and origins of HeLa cells provide a unique backdrop to modern day concepts of theHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Melissa Carole Richards, Clarkson University; Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University

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First-Year Programs

), 17-21. 9. Tuan, H., C., Vhin, S. Shich (2005). The development of a questionnaire to measure students’ motivation Page 25.34.15 toward science learning. International Journal of Science Education, 27(6): 639-654.10. Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Instrument: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (1965).11. Krueger, R. A. (1998). Analyzing & Reporting Focus Group Results. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.12. Kruger, C., and Summers, M. (2000). Developing Primary School Children's Understanding of Energy Waste. Research in Science &

Conference Session

ETD Design I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

; Exposition Proceedings, 2007, pp. AC2007-914.[5] K. Ainuson and S. Ulbig, "Core Curriculum/General Education," PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 41, pp. 620-622, July 2008 2008.[6] A. Oliveira, "Challenges of Teaching Electrical Engineering Classes to Non-Majors," in ASEE Annual Meeting 2009, 2009.[7] D. Wolaver and W. Roadstrum, "Outside-in electrical engineering instruction for non-EE major," in ASEE- IEEE Frontier in Education Conference Proceedings, 1983.[8] R. Thorne, "Teaching physics to non-believers

Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair T. Allison, Grove City College; Stephen Ludwick, Aerotech, Inc., and University of Pittsburgh; William P. Birmingham, Grove City College

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Mechanical Engineering

/tubepipefabrication/notching-tube-and-pipe., accessed January, 2012. Page 25.63.17  3. Heybruck, W. F., and Thurman, L., “Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs”, Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2011.4. Dieter, G. E. and Schmidt, L.C., Engineering Design, McGraw Hill, 2008.5. Lewis, C., & Rieman, J. (1994). Task-centered user interface design: a practical introduction. Boulder, CO, web link at http://hcibib.org/tcuid.6. Edmonson, C. P., and Summers, D. C. S., “Integrating Teamwork Across the Curriculum”, Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for

Conference Session

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

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

adatabase,, and evaluatted by the deepartment Undergraduat U te Committeee. The num mericalassessmeents by both the faculty anda the studeents are placced in a tablee to facilitatee the evaluattion.Table 1 depicts d this sheet s for the course assesssment for F Fall 2007. TThe first part of the semesterevaluatioon is to identtify any commpetencies with an averagge rating of less than 3 ((good). Reassons ow ratings arre discussed and any corrrective actioons are deterrmined. Secoond, thefor the loUndergraaduate Comm mittee reads and discusses any comm ments returnned on Part 1 of

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

classroom,’ Retrieved: September 20, 2011. 15. Hou, Huei-Tse, ‘Exploring the Behavioural Patterns in Project-Based Learning with Online Discussion: Quantitative Content Analysis and Progressive Sequential Analysis,’ Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, v9 n3 p52-60 Jul 2010 16. Goldberg, Nisse A.; Ingram, Kathleen W., ‘Improving Student Engagement in a Lower-Division Botany Course,’ Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v11 n2 p76-90 Apr 2011 17. Khalid, A., Nuhfer-Halten, B., Vandenbussche, J., Colebeck, D., Atiqullah, M., Toson, S., Chin, C., ‘Effective multidisciplinary active learning techniques for freshmen polytechnic students,’ Intellectbase International

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Timothy Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

opportunities, 4. Personal, professional and leadership growth opportunities, 5. Work-life balance considerations, 6. Salary& benefits, 7. Social and volunteer opportunities, 8. Climate and recreational outlets.During the period(s) of one’s internship or co-op experience, a participant is able to evaluate his/herinterest and fit within the organization for long-term employment consideration. The generallyaccepted term of employment for a recent graduate in engineering is two years prior to picking upand moving on to another company for the next two years. Through the development of a NewGraduate Development Rotational Program, and an alignment of the internship and co-op programs,Northrop Grumman Corporation

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael C. Reeves P.E., Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.; Andrew B Twarek P.E., Ruby+Associates, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

” teams met by telephone to review the ratingprocess, the assigned student outcome, and the rating rubric to be used. The teams thenproceeded with rating student work, meeting by phone and email regularly to address inter-raterreliability conflicts and to complete the rating by preparing guidance for the department and thefaculty member(s) associated with the work submitted. Rating sessions generally proceeded overseveral weeks, with both raters choosing to work on their assigned rating when convenient totheir schedules.The overall distance assessment effort, including rater training, was facilitated by departmentadministration and the staff of the RHIT’s institutional research and program assessment office.FindingsProgram educational objectives

Conference Session

Advances in Assessment of Communication and Interdisciplinary Competence

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Kusbit Dunn, East Carolina University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Communication: An Annotated Bibliography. (2011, Ed.) Technical Communication Quarterly , 20 (4), 443-480. 5. Lengsfeld, C. S., Edelstein, G., Black, J., Hightower, N., Root, M., Stevens, K., et al. (2004, January). Engineering Concepts and Communication: A Two Quarter Course Sequence. Journal of Engineering Education , 79-85. 6. Martin, R., Maytham, B., Case, J., & Fraser, D. (2005). Engineering Graduates' Perceptions of How Well They Were Prepared for Work in Industry. European Journal of Engineering Education , 30 (2), 167-180. Page 25.238.14 7. Abersek, B., & Abersek, M. K. (2010

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Russell, S. H. , Hancock, M. P., & McCullough, J. (2007). benefits of undergraduate research experiences. Science 316, 548-549.30 See Number 26.31 National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. (2008). Confronting the “New” American Dilemma. White Plains, NY: NACME. Page 25.268.16

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Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Management 6:1 (2009) article 82.xxvi Nadia Kellam, Joachim Walther, and Ashley Babcock, “Complex Systems: What Are They and Why Should WeCare?” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, 2009.xxvii George Catalano and Caroline Baillie, “Engineering Decisions in the Context of Sustainability: ComplexSystems,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, 2010.xxviii Benjamin S. Blanchard and Wolter J. Fabrycky, Systems Engineering and Analysis, 3rd Edition (New York:Prentice Hall, 1998) xiii.xxix Paul Cilliers, Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems (New York: Routledge, 1998)127.xxx Ibid., 129.xxxi As an introduction to this

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan M. Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

. Page 25.1281.13While on one hand, the feedback we collected does not provide a fully comprehensive evaluationof our outcomes, the feedback does provide us with confidence that we made the right choice inadopting the CPLD into our logic circuits course. It also provided us with the guidance toformulate our recommendations with regard to how to improve future offerings. Thus in closing,we feel that our course change achieved the initial goals and is successful.References 1. M. Radu, C. Cole, M. Dabacan, and S. Sexton, “Extensive Use of Advanced FPGA technology in Digital Design Education,” ASEE National Convention, 2008, session 2139 2. G. Wang, “Teaching Digital Logic Using CAD Tools in a Teaching-Oriented University, ASEE

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

(New York, 1986); Stuart W. Leslie, Cold Warand American science: The military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford (New York, 1993); HenryEtzkowitz, MIT and the rise of entrepreneurial science (London, 2002).2 For an overview of the different American traditions, see Terry S. Reynolds, “The engineer in 19 th-centuryAmerica,” in The engineer in America: A historical anthology from Technology and Culture (Chicago, 1991), 7-26.2 Charles Riborg Mann, A study of engineering education (New York, 1918); Society for the Promotion ofEngineering Education, Report of the investigation of engineering education, 1923-1929, 2 volumes (Pittsburgh,1930 & 1934).3 Charles Riborg Mann, A study of engineering education (New York, 1918); Society

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Foltz, Iowa State University; Amanpreet Kaur, Iowa State University; William Henry Tushaus, Iowa State University; Christopher Sears Mikelson, Iowa State University; Brian Vincent Skalak; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

form of energy has a much greater energy production/amount of resources used). Due tothese types of bias, there are myths abound when it comes to the arguments for and againstrenewable energies, as well as global warming.Take for instance Time’s Magazine, which published an article March 2008 entitled “The CleanEnergy Scam”. This article focuses on the increasing investment and production of bio-fuels.They proclaim that although bio-fuels are touted as a cleaner alternative to regular gasoline, theymay in fact have a more negative impact on the environment and economy. Their logic is asfollows: the government(s) provide subsidies to farmers willing to produce crops for bio-fuelproduction. Farmers not only provide more of their crop for fuel

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P Becker, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Richard A. Revia, Montana State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

). The voltage at the phototransistor’s collector is typically on the order of Page 25.1351.5100’s mV. The noninverting operational amplifier is used to raise the PPG signal to a couple ofvolts to trigger the audible indicator placed at the circuit’s output node.Table II attempts to concisely capture the connections between the PPG circuit and the standardcourse concepts. The two circuit elements of the PPG circuit that were not discussed in EELE201 prior to the introduction of the project circuit are the LED and the PT and thus requireadditional discussion as to how their introduction into the course may be justified. One of theconcepts

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Rivera, Universidad Icesi; Andrés López, Universidad Icesi; Andrés Calderón, Universidad Icesi

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

, No. 1, pp.7-24, 2010.3. W.L. Johnson, N. Wang and S. Wu: “Experience with Serious Games for Learning Languages and Cultures”, Proceedings of SimTecT Conference, Australia, 2007.4. V. Brezinka and L. Hovestadt: “Serious games can support psychotherapy on children and adolescents”, Proceedings of the 3rd Human-computer interaction and usability engineering of the Austrian computer society conference on HCI and usability for medicine and health care, 2007.5. M. Mayo: “Games for Science and Engineering Education”, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 31 – 35.6. R. Van Eck: “Digital Game-Based Learning: It’s just not the Digital Natives who are restless”, Educause Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 17 – 30.7. D. Charsky: “From

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

José Colucci Ríos P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Efrain O'Neill-Carrillo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Miriam del Rosario Fontalvo

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Global Sustainable Energy Infrastructure, November 2008, Atlanta, GA.[10] Hannigan. Environmental Sociology, 2nd Edition. London: Routledge, 2006.[11] R. Bañares-Alcántara. “Perspectives on the potential roles of engineers in the formulation, implementation and enforcement of policies,” Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol. 34, No. 3, March 2010, Pages 267-276.[12] Colucci, J.A.; O’Neill-Carrillo, E.O.;Irizarry-Rivera, A. “Renewable Energy in the Caribbean, A Case Study from Puerto Rico” Chapter in Environmental Management, Sustainable Dev. and Human Health, ISBN 978-0- 415-46963-0, CRC Press, 2008.[13] O’Neill-Carrillo, E. Ortiz-García, C., Pérez, M. Baigés, I. Minos, S. “Experiences with Stakeholder Engagement in