Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Regina Sullivan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Space, and Principles of Physics.Examples in imaging, remote sensing and control, wireless communication, fusion, radioactivedating, and others have been used to convey technological literacy in three cognitive dimensions:(1) knowledge, (2) capabilities, and (3) critical thinking and decision-making, consistent with therecommendation of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The astronomy course, whichincludes discussion of NASA priorities and operations, has been found to fulfill the fivetechnological literacy expectations recommended by International Technology EducationAssociation (ITEA); in addition to the usual science literacy requirement. Junior high schoolscience sessions have been conducted with the inclusion of technological

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Heard, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Previously, a study at Newcastle University had proposed that humanities students avoidtechnology and science courses for the reasons listed below; 1 1. little exposure to scientific content 2. differences in modes of teaching delivery between humanities and science subjects 3. perceptions of the relevance of scientific evidence, or lack of it 4. intimidation by what is considered the inflexible logic, or use of numerical or tabular data in science 5. difficulty of technological concepts Page 25.1268.2 6. institutional obstacles, such as the organization of universities in subject based departments In addition, an attempt was

Conference Session

Physics Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Rose Annoni, University of St. Thomas; Adam S. Green, University of St. Thomas; Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

from theHOMO to the LUMO, plus the hole that the electron left behind.The Schrödinger equation for a spherical infinite potential well can be solved analytically, andresults in the following quantized energy levels: !! !! !! 𝐸= !!! ! ,    𝑛 = 1, 2, 3, … [1]where h is Planck’s constant, m is the particle’s mass R is the radius of the quantum dot.As mentioned above, for excited quantum dots there are two particles to consider, the electronand the hole, such that the energy for the first excited state becomes !! !! !! !! 𝐸

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Chandana Golagani, University of Texas, San Antonio; Moosa Esfahanian, University of Texas, San Antonio; David Akopian, University of Texas, San Antonio; Can Saygin, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, integrated in other conventional courses or used for outreach. With this conceptthe phone application development is demystified, the big picture clarifies, while students canlearn specific insights according to their needs using existing learning tracks. The describedsystem is created for Android phones but the idea can apply for other platforms as well. Theproposed library offers a convenient user interface to facilitate students to analyze the imageprocessing techniques by making certain modification in the pre-existing code.1. IntroductionModern smart phones transformed to sophisticated personal assistant devices being equippedwith high resolution cameras, internet, text messaging, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, etc.Documents and images can

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

to justify attainment of an outcome.11Evidence that the standard has been elevated can be found in the accreditation results over thepast 11 years. Table 1 shows that the percentage of Next General Review (NGR), InterimReports (IR), Interim Visits (IV), Show Cause (SC) and Not to Accredit (NA) ratings forprograms in the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) has remained fairly constant overthis period. The NGR rating is the six year accreditation that every program wishes to attain andhas remained in the 65% - 75% range despite programs getting better and more sophisticated intheir processes. These statistics reflect the results after the due process phase is complete. TheNGR percentage is much lower prior to this taking place and the

Conference Session

Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela van Barneveld, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Greg Light, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Page 25.1272.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 van Barneveld, Strobel, & Light 1 Tensions with PBL Implementation in undergraduate engineering education – results from teaching practiceIntroductionEngineering educators are facing high demands as they are challenged to create learningenvironments that can not only better teach technical skills, but also incorporate process skillsand foster other graduate attributes. Problem-based learning, known as PBL, and its variantshave been deemed adequate for meeting the needs of educators and society in preparing theengineers of the 21st century