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Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ed Lugo; David Gonzales, El Camino College; Buford F. Pringle, Butler Community College; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-5531: AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING MODULES FOR EX-ISTING MANUFACTURING PROGRAMSProf. Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West LafayetteProf. Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette Sergey Dubikovsky is Assistant Professor at Purdue University in the Aviation Technology Department. He teaches advanced aircraft materials and processes and advanced manufacturing and design process courses. His research focus is in immersive learning, problem and project-based learning, international engineering education, globalization, lean Six Sigma, and threaded and specialized fasteners. He worked previously in industry as a Design, Product, and Project Engineer. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael J. Kozak, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-3545: A SELF-ADMINISTERED GAGE ANALYSIS INTERVEN-TION AND ASSESSMENTProf. Michael J. Kozak, University of Dayton Michael J. Kozak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. He primarily teaches classes related to mechanical engineering technology and his main research interest is pedagogy. Page 25.101.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Self-Administered Gage Analysis Intervention and AssessmentAbstractA solo gage repeatability and reproducibility (gage r and r) study exercise was developed

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Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University

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Manufacturing

tolerances into bilateral tolerances to which many manufacturing personnel on the shopfloor are comfortable with, and the use of GD&T as a tool to get a strategic advantage in designand manufacturing is missing in many manufacturing curriculum, and it behooves us asmanufacturing faculty to promote and teach these concepts to future manufacturing engineersand technologists. Figure 2. Aiming as Close to the Target Value as Possible [vi]Using GD&T as a Strategic Manufacturing Tool:After discussing the concept of how to seek out a target tolerance for manufacturing based on thestandard deviation of the process, let us now discuss the other core concept that manufacturingengineers and technologists of tomorrow need to be aware of

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CoED General Technical Session II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Computers in Education

AC 2012-3729: TEACHING DIGITAL DESIGN IN A PROGRAMMABLELOGIC DEVICE ARENADr. Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth Christopher R. Carroll received a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Caltech. After teaching at Duke University, he is now Associate Professor of electrical and computer en- gineering at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, with interests in special-purpose digital system design, VLSI, and microprocessor applications. Page 25.1249.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Teaching

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego; Frank G. Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Michael S. Morse, University of San Diego; Truc T. Ngo, University of San Diego

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, both in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. Before coming to teaching, she had worked for Intel Corporation as a Senior Process Engineer. Her current research interests are in the areas of biodegradable materials and green processes involving polymers, composites, semiconductors, and su- percritical fluids. Page 25.1307.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Impact of a Prototype Exemplar on Design Creativity: A Case Study in Novice DesignersAbstractAn investigation into the impact of 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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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

courses are designed forstudents at the two-year college level in both the first and the second year of an ElectronicSystems Engineering Technology (ESET) associate’s degree (AS) program at SpringfieldTechnical Community College (STCC), located in Springfield, Massachusetts. This three coursesequence consist of both theory and laboratory work with a heavy reliance on student projects(typically, of an inter-disciplinary nature) that involve the implementation of functional, proto-type, sensor/control networks. These courses are a response to the changing world of electronicrepair (as previously pointed out), local area workforce demand, industrial advisory board input,and a desire to teach electronics technology from a systems perspective. Using

Conference Session

Computers and Simulation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Blesson Isaac, Prairie View A&M University; Richard T. Wilkins, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

nanotechnology has nowbrought urgent challenges to undergraduate engineering education: How to integrate theemerging nanotechnologies into classroom teaching? How to prepare our students fortomorrow’s highly competitive global job markets? And how to maintain the US’s leadershipand dominance in science and technology in an era of globalization?Funded by Department of Education, a project is carried out to integrate nanotechnology into theundergraduate science and engineering curricula through a sequential preparation approach fromintroductory freshman to the advanced senior level. The curricula are reinforced by innovativecomputer simulations and state-of-the-art nanomaterials laboratory experiments anddemonstrations. The work presented in this paper is

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Syed Iqbal Omar P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Amit Verma, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David W. Stollberg P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3735: A MODULAR APPROACH FOR TEACHING A FIRST UN-DERGRADUATE COURSE IN NANOELECTRONICSDr. Syed Iqbal Omar P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville Syed Iqbal Omar is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Texas A&M University, Kingsville. The areas of his current research interests are computational nanotechnology and spintronics.Prof. Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Reza Nekovei is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Texas A&M Univer- sity, Kingsville. He has many years of experience in developing graduate and undergraduate programs. Nekovei is currently co-PI for two NSF projects related to teaching by design research and develop

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Mechanics Concepts II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sinead C. Mac Namara, Syracuse University

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Mechanics

of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, p.343.9 Steif P. and Dollár, A. 2003. A New Approach to Teaching and Learning Statics. Proceedingsof the American Society for Engineering Education 2003 Annual Conference and Exposition,June 2003, Nashville TN.10 Williams, R. and Howard, W. 2007. A Versatile and Economical Apparatus for Experiments inStatics. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2007 Annual Conferenceand Exposition, June 2007. Honolulu, HI.11 O’Neill, R., Geiger, R. C., Csavina, K. and Ondroff, C. 2007. Making Statics Dynamic:Combining lecture and laboratory into an interdisciplinary, problem-based, active learningenvironment. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2007 AnnualConference and

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Topics in Computer Science and Programming

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

AC 2012-3856: TEACHING NETWORK SECURITY THROUGH SIGNA-TURE ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER NETWORK ATTACKSDr. Te-Shun Chou, East Carolina University Te-Shun Chou received his bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from Feng Chia University, Tai- wan, R.O.C. in 1989, and the master’s degree and doctoral degree both in electrical engineering from Florida International University, Miami, Fla., in 1992 and 2007, respectively. In 2008, he joined East Car- olina University, Greenville, N.C., where he is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Technology Systems. His research interests include soft computing, wireless sensor network, and network security, especially intrusion detection and incident response

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

AC 2012-3636: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING IS STILL COOL: ACTIVELEARNING, EFFECTIVE TEACHING TECHNIQUESDr. Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University Adeel Khalid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering Program, Division of Engineering, Q-349, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060; Office: 678- 915-7241; Fax: 678-915-5527; Web: http://www.spsu.edu/systemseng/adeel khalid.htm; http://www.spsu.edu/aerospace/. Page 25.139.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Aerospace Engineering is still cool

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Tricks of the Trade II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Vincent Wilding P.E., Brigham Young University; James K. Archibald, Brigham Young University; Paul Richards P.E., Brigham Young University; Steven L. Shumway, Brigham Young University; Brian D Jensen, Brigham Young University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2012-4440: FOSTERING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARN-ING IN A COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGDr. W. Vincent Wilding P.E., Brigham Young University W. Vincent Wilding is professor of chemical engineering, 1994-present, Brigham Young University. He worked for Wiltec Research Company, Inc., 1985-1994, and has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, Rice University, 1985, and a B.S. in chemical engineering, Brigham Young University, 1981.Prof. James K. Archibald, Brigham Young University James K. Archibald received a B.S. degree in mathematics from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1981, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Since 1987, he

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University; Zhi Ge, Shandong University

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Construction

each level ofteaching depending on teaching style. It was determined that formal lecture, hands-on laboratory,guest speakers, and comprehensive/intern projects are employed in order to achieve active andcooperative learning, along with the nature of each course and instructor’s preference.First, students must know the BIM basics before they can use BIM for project applications. Page 25.794.4Similar to many construction curricula, our construction engineering and management programshave a course of Graphic Communication (CAD). In the past, the focus of this course was usingAutoCAD to produce 2D drawings with basic sketching skills and graphic

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CoED General Technical Session I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thad B. Welch, Boise State University; Cameron H.G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Michael G. Morrow, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Computers in Education

, June 1997. Paper 1220-06. [3] J. H. McClellan, C. S. Burrus, A. V. Oppenheim, T. W. Parks, R. W. Schafer, and S. W. Schuessler, Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using M ATLAB 5. M ATLAB Curriculum Series, Prentice Hall, 1998. [4] G. W. P. York, C. H. G. Wright, M. G. Morrow, and T. B. Welch, “Teaching real-time sonar with the C6711 DSK and MATLAB,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., pp. 79–87, July–September 2002. Page 25.1098.8 [5] T. B. Welch, C. H. G. Wright, and M. G. Morrow, “Experiences in offering a DSP-based communi- cation laboratory,” in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Digital Signal Processing Workshop and the 3rd

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Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Wicks, Union College

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-5441: TEACHING THE THEORY AND REALITIES OF SEC-OND LAW HEATING SYSTEMSDr. Frank Wicks, Union College Union College mechanical engineering professor Frank Wicks is a Past Chairman of the ASEE Energy Conversion and Conservation Committee. He is an ASME Fellow and frequent contributor to Mechanical Engineering magazine. He holds a B.Marine.E. from SUNY Maritime, a M.S.E.E. from Union College, and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer. He holds energy related patents and is a licensed Professional Engineer. Page 25.1260.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage; Aram Agajanian, DeVry University, Chicago

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-4784: NANOTECHNOLOGY: TEACHING ETHICAL AND SO-CIAL ISSUES IN A STS COURSEDr. Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage Ahmed S. Khan is a Senior Professor in the College of Engineering and Information Sciences, DeVry Uni- versity, Addison, Ill. He received his M.Sc. (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an M.S.E.E. from Michigan Technological University, and an M.B.A. from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of fiber optic com- munications, faculty development, nanotechnology, application of telecommunications technologies in distance education, and impact of technology on society. He teaches wireless engineering

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Advances in Communication Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4526: A WORKSHOP TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLSFOR TEACHING ASSISTANTSDr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth A. DeBartolo is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her B.S.E. at Duke University in 1994 and her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2000. She works with students on assistive device design and determining mechani- cal properties of materials. DeBartolo serves on her college’s leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone design and outreach program development.Prof. Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology Margaret B. Bailey, P.E., is a professor of mechanical engineering

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Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhigang Shen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Wayne G. Jensen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bruce Allen Fischer; Timothy G. Wentz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Construction

AC 2012-5045: USING BIM TO TEACH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONOF SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGSDr. Zhigang Shen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Zhigang Shen is an Assistant Professor of Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He received his Ph.D. in construction from the University of Florida. Shen received more than $1.7 million in federal research grants on energy efficient buildings and innovative engineering education, from NSF, U.S. EPA, and DOE. Shen authored and co-authored more than 30 journal and conference papers in construction, energy efficient buildings, sustainable built environment, BIM applications, and innovative engineering education.Dr. Wayne G

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Systems Engineering Education and K-12

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University; Ramesh Hanumanthgari, Texas A&M International University; Sri Bala Vojjala

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3945: DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL TEACHING ASSISTANTSYSTEM APPLYING AGILE METHODOLOGYDr. Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International UniversityDr. Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University Runchang Lin received a Ph.D. in mathematics and a M.A. in statistics from Wayne State University, De- troit, Mich., and a M.S. in computational mathematics and a B.S. in mathematics from Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He is an Associate Professor of mathematics at Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas, and has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., in spring 2009. Lin’s research interest is in numerical analysis and applied mathematics. He has published

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Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lindsey B. Payne, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

”Creating Your Online Presence: Developing Your E-Portfolio” and ”Teaching in the Laboratory” workshops for the College Teaching Workshop Series, and has presented College Teaching Workshop Series: Basics of Teaching and ”Presenting at Scientific Conferences” to Purdue University’s Women in Science. Page 25.1315.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Influence of a College Teaching Workshop Series on Teaching Assistant Perceptions of Preparedness and Self-EfficacyAbstractAt large, research-intensive institutions graduate students are often funded as teaching

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

101 covers some of the scientific andmathematical principles that underlie the operation of information technologies, and theengineering processes by which the technologies are created. In particular, ECE 101 showsstudents how engineers negotiate tradeoffs as they design devices to meet social needs. Intendedfor students outside the College of Engineering, ECE 101 meets the campus’s general educationrequirements in physical sciences and in quantitative reasoning.In each semester, the enrollment in ECE 101 ranges from forty to sixty students, mostlyfreshmen and sophomores. Each week, students in ECE 101 attend two 50-minute lectures taughtby the instructor and one two-hour laboratory session led by a graduate teaching assistant. In

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Andrew J. Holtz P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Andrew Holtz received his doctorate of engineering from UC, Davis, in biological and agricultural engi- neering with a minor in engineering management in 2005. He completed his B.S. in 1999 from Cal Poly’s BioResource and Agricultural Engineering Department. He is a licensed Mechanical Engineer in the state of California. Prior to teaching, he practiced engineering in the mobile agricultural equipment, construc- tion equipment, pre- and post-harvest chemical, and subsea robotic industries. His product development experience has involved vehicle and machinery systems that interface with biological systems and envi- ronments. In addition to engineering

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Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Educational Research and Methods

Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, commu- nication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foun- dation include interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design, writing across the curriculum in statics courses, and a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice. Her teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

networked; digital networks facilitate back-and-forth communications among users.Their definitions are: “the use of networked computing and communications technologies to supportlearning” (p.5) and “the use of network computing and technologies in support of learning,” respectively.Lastly, two other definitions contributed to the working definition used for this study. Chen (2002)highlights both teaching and learning in the following statement: “[cyberlearning is] conceptualized asteaching and learning interactions mediated entirely through the application of state-of-the-art informationand communications technologies, such as the internet and world wide web” (as cited in 10, p. 6).Additionally, Montfort (2010) took a slightly different approach

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Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech; Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4295: HOW AWARD WINNING COURSEWARE IS IMPACTINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC Flora P. McMartin is the Founder of Broad-based Knowledge, LLC (BbK) , a consulting firm focused on assisting educators in their evaluation of the use and deployment of technology assisted teaching and learning. Throughout her career, she as served as an External Evaluator for a number of CCLI/TUES and NSDL-funded projects associated with community building, peer review of learning materials, faculty development, and dissemination of educational innovation. She is PI for the project ”Where have We Come From and Where are We Going? Learning Lessons and Practices from the Projects of the NDSL

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Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Timothy Miller, Binghamton University ; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4617: USING INSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE MATHEMATICALMODELING IN CAPSTONE DESIGNDr. Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer Cole is the Assistant Chair in chemical and biological engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. Cole’s primary teaching is in capstone and freshman design, and her research interest are in engineering design education.Dr. Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Robert A. Linsenmeier is a professor of biomedical engineering, neurobiology, and ophthalmology, North- western University, and Director, Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research.Timothy Miller, Binghamton UniversityDr. Matthew R. Glucksberg

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

than the other two courses due to a clear “right answer” toboth homework and exam problems and general lack of open-ended assignments. On the otherhand, Chemistry and Physics can have problems that are more difficult to grade consistentlyacross sections, and laboratory courses leave a significant portion of the grade to the discretion oflaboratory instructors who may neither teach the corresponding lecture nor grade consistentlyacross sections. Beyond simply expressing institutional level effects on student performance, Padilla et al.note in their 2005 paper the importance of eliminating aggregation bias and misestimatedstandard errors that occur when researchers ignore the nested structures inherent in HLM.36 Thetreatment of HLM in

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Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

education. However, the used equipment market through e-Baymade the described exercises possible. The first laboratory setup with the linear stepper motorwas purchased for under $250, while the second laboratory setup with a modern ironless motorand a Gemini GV6 drive was purchased for under $600. Of course, many alternative laboratorysetups are possible. For instance, for the first exercise, students could build their own steppermotor controllers from scratch using a few electronic power components and microcontrollers oftheir own choice. The most difficult part in developing this teaching module was finding thecorrect cable connectors for drives/controllers

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Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kirstie A. Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-3081: LOW-COST HANDS-ON DOE EXPERIMENTSDr. Kirstie A. Plantenberg, University of Detroit Mercy Page 25.905.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Low cost hands-on DOE experimentsAbstract At the University of Detroit Mercy, “Design of Experiments (DOE)” is a graduate level classthat teaches students multiple methods of experimental design. Each DOE method allows thestudent to systematically, efficiently and accurately gather data and make objective conclusionsbased on their analysis. This is a very important skill for engineers to have, however, the class isheavily mathematical and

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Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 25.396.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Design of a Cell Phone-Controlled Bionic RobotAbstract This paper describes a mechatronics design-based architecture to build a cellphone controlled bionic robot in a robotics and mechatronics laboratory course. BionicRobotics allows students to develop their knowledge of engineering and become familiarwith a variety of advanced components that are used. This knowledge can benefitstudents in fields such as mechanical, electrical, industrial, and bio-Engineering.Providing students with a hands-on approach when teaching robotics classes enablesstudents to become aware of how mechatronic design and computer control candrastically