Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

and comments on theinitial experiments, and the author‟s observations and recommendations for other instructorsattempting student-led laboratory design. The results can help shorten the laboratorydevelopment learning curve and alert faculty to common early project errors and omissions to beavoided. More significantly, the results show the value of employing student feedback duringthe laboratory development phase.Introduction and Lab ObjectivesA new course in energy conversion systems was designed to meet several developing needs: therenewed or expanding government and private interest in support of alternative energy sourceresearch and applications, and the technology and society studies requirement in the universityGeneral Education program

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in going to college, and taking college-level mathematicscourses(Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in ScienceEngineering and Technology Development, 2000). This contrast heralds that students do notunderstand the importance of, and requirements for, taking rigorous mathematics and sciencecourses in high school, pointing to the importance of encouraging exploration of a wide array ofcareer trajectories so that students do not inadvertently build roadblocks to certaincareers(Rudasill & Callahan, 2010; White Paper prepared for U. S. Secretary of EducationRichard W. Riley, 1997). Given this, it is imperative for counselors to be prepared to counselstudents about careers and how to prepare for these careers

Conference Session

TAC/ABET-related Outcome-based Assessment Methods and Models

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

stages.Fortunately, both ABET and ATMAE accreditation procedures are amenable tonew/innovative programs, although the former’s requirement for the existence ofprogram graduates defers its accreditation decision until this requirement can bedemonstrated. Given that the ATMAE’s process does not have this requirement, theadvantage to the department is that there will not be a period during which any newprogram(s) might not be accredited.Based on the experience of the past years, it seems appropriate to recommend thatcolleagues considering multiple accreditations do pursue that path despite the resourcedemands in terms of faculty time, technology and money for professional development.However, the advantages of increased purposeful and collective reflection

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 25.110.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Successful 4-Year Academic Scholarship Program for Upper Division Engineering and Computer Science Non-Transfer Students and Graduate StudentsAbstractThis paper describes a successful four-year academic scholarship program for upper divisionengineering and computer science students funded by a National Science Foundation’s S-STEMgrant that ran from Fall 2007 through Spring 2011. Scholarships of $2,000 per semester weregiven

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mallory Lancaster, Purdue University; Yi Luo; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

inEngER, (6) there is low level of connectivity between researchers in this area, (7) Krause, S. is the“most popular” author according to social network analysis, and (8) the field that has done the mostresearch in this area is “Education, Scientific Disciplines”, which indicates that most venues to publishK-12 EngER are educational rather than engineering venues.Keywords— K-12; engineering; education; research; social network analysis Introduction Engineering education (EngE) has strong associations with science, technology and mathematicseducation and it is concerned with the teaching and learning related to engineering practice. Currently,K-12 EngE is emerging as a new discipline, overcoming

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

course also involves completion of a simple projectwhich involves real-time simulation of a MATLAB/Simulink-based speech codingalgorithm for coding speech [9]. Page 25.960.4Analog telephone systems have mostly been replaced by digital telephone systems. Butwith the advent of digital systems, the speech can be coded and has more flexibility, easeof regeneration and security than analog systems. But the disadvantage of digital systemsis it requires larger bandwidth. The speech coding technology has gone through a numberof phases starting with the development and deployment of PCM and ADPCM systems.The 64 kb/s Log-PCM and 32 kb/s ADPCM systems which have

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Huang, University of Texas, San Antonio; Andreas Gampe, University of Texas, San Antonio; Arsen Melkonyan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Murillo Pontual, University of Texas, San Antonio; David Akopian, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Tsystem was servingg a wirelesss communiccation class with 25 students.3.2 Graaphical Useer Interfacee (GUI)The seccond generaation of the eComLab e iss an advancced system with w a user friendly GU UI [9].The sysstem can be accessed by using anyy regular Weeb browser,, which makkes third partsoftwarres on user machines m unnnecessary. The remotee experimen nt room in ssecond geneerationeComL Lab is shownn in Figure 4. 4 Page 25.1116.6The eCoomLab GUI provides several s

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Loren Christian, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Seda McKIlligan, Iowa State University; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan; Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

(concept 2 to concept 4). In the third transformation, she used Twist to explore the possibilities of reducing odor (concept 3 to concept 6). She took a simple rectangular trash can, made it into an s-curve, and then added a long plastic liner that could be twisted to separate sections and isolate the smell. Concepts 7 and 8 were generated from heuristics, butFigure 12: Concepts generated by showed no similarities with the before Participant B3 concepts. This

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl A. Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

. Page 25.1326.5Table 1 Codes for initial pathway content analysis Code DescriptionIntermediate Job(s)  Change in company(i.e., not merely a change in location or position within a company)  Does not include internshipsDoing more than what I  Comments that they were doing more than they expected; maythought include the phrase more than they hoped forDoing exactly what I  Only a yes or positive response providedthought  Does not include doing more than expected (see previous code)Somewhat doing what I  Response included both a yes and a no

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4284: TEACHING BY DESIGN: PREPARING K-12 TEACHERSTO USE DESIGN ACROSS THE CURRICULUMDr. Louis Nadelson, Boise State University Louis S. Nadelson is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Boise State University. His research interests include STEM teaching and learning, faculty development, in-service and pre-service teacher professional development, program evaluation, and multidisciplinary research. He has published research ranging from faculty professional development to the impact of inquiry on STEM learning. Nadelson earned a B.S. degree in biological and physics science from Colorado State University, a B.A. with concentrations in computing, mathematics, and physics from the Evergreen

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

design.ProblemDesigning digital circuits can be an easy, mechanical exercise, once the basics are mastered.After all, it’s just a matter of getting all the 1’s and 0’s in the right place at the right time, andeven if you guess at the answer, you have a 50% chance of being correct, right? That is thereason that automating the design process through hardware description languages and softwarethat reads those languages to configure programmable logic devices has been so successful. Onthe surface, everything is cookbook and easy. Complex systems are assembled by replicatinglots of simple circuits, a process at which digital computers excel. Circuits designed by studentsin the lab for an introductory digital circuits course fall into this category of design. Once

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Tracy R. Rone, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

that gives a review of electro-magnetics, transmission line theory, s-parameters and two-port network analysis, and impedance matching. The second semester courseoffered in the spring is EEGR 444, Specialized Topics in Microwaves, builds upon EEGR 443and includes topics related to design methodologies on filters and amplifiers. These courses areprerequisites for advanced graduate coursework in RF Microwaves. Prior to 2008, the Department’s microwave courses offered had no laboratory componentto complement the theoretical understanding of concepts taught in the course lecture. As a result,students were not actively engaged in the learning process nor motivated to enroll in subsequentmicrowaves courses. Therefore, because they were not

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

collected with this instrument capture the differencesbetween students with different educational experience?Instrument Development and Validation ProcessAssessment Framework In the development of the assessment instrument, we adopted Pellegrino et al.’s 14framework describing assessment as “reasoning from evidence” consisted of three linkingelements: cognition, observation, and interpretation. The framework was used extensivelywhen structuring assessment, both on program assessment and classroom assessment. Forexample, the framework was used as a framing concept in evaluating young children’s work15 and in making sense of complex assessment 16. Cognition refers to beliefs about how students learn 14. Previous design

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne W. Scott, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

cultures but it gets students thinking about the accuracy ofperceptions of their own culture and how they would advise someone coming into their culture.Finally, while this module is largely about differences, the ultimate goal is that students identifythe sameness of the human condition that binds all cultures. This realization is ultimately thebond that creates the most meaningful relationships – professional or otherwise. The paperrepresents the onset of a research initiative with the author‟s university. It presents a completedIntroduction and Part I.Introduction: The Globalization of Engineering EducationThe American Society for Engineering Education has stressed “(w)ith more companiesexpanding into new areas of the world, the need for

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Bekir Z. Yuksek, University of Northern Iowa; Ulan Dakeev, University of Northern Iowa; Kenan Baltaci, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

acquisition, monitoring, and advances on grid-tie technologies, togetherwith knowledge on liberal arts courses will foster more satisfactory and efficient citizens whocan help advance the wind power development1-7.The main objective of this project was to design and build a 10 kW wind power station andassociated wireless sensors and a graphical based monitoring instrumentation system to provide ateaching and research facility on renewable energy areas for students and faculty members inElectrical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology programs at the University of Northern Page 25.390.2Iowa. This project required to purchase a 10 kW Bergey Excel-S

Conference Session

Outreach Activities and Introductory Materials Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Alexander Sterling; Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Maricopa County Education Service Agency; Danny Stehlik, Arizona State University; Omowunmi Isaacs-Sodeye, Arizona State University; Dale R. Baker, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, J.D., Brown, A.A., & Cocking, R.R. (1999). How People Learn. Washington, DC, Academic Press.2. Baker, S. & L. Talley (1972). The relationship of visualization skills to achievement in chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 49, 775-776.3. Kali, Y. & Orion, N. (2002). Spatial ability of high-school students and the perception of geologic structures. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 33, 369-391.4. Pallrand, G., & Seeber, F. (1984). Spatial ability and achievement in introductory physics. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 21, 507-516.5. Hsi, S., Linn, M., & Bell, J. (1997). The role of spatial reasoning in engineering and the design of spatial instruction. Journal of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed A. (Reza) Zekavat, Michigan Technological University; Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Saurav Pathak

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Systems and 33. Antenna Design for Mobile Devices;Microwave Devices. However, the purpose of 34. Antenna Testing (e.g., in Anechoic Chamber); 35. Mutual Coupling in Antenna Design;our research is to create a concentration for 36. Impedance Matching;undergrad students that would include only three 37. S-Parameters and VSWR; 38. Microwave Measurement Devices;courses. 39. Microwave devices in 60GHz, and Terahertz; 40. Waveguide principles and design; Thus, it is critical that

Conference Session

Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eniko T. Enikov, Universiy of Arizona; Giampiero Campa, MathWorks

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

)  u  20, if u  0,and to verify that it cancels out the dead-zone in terms of the new input signal u    mL2  mgL sin   c  KLu . (4) Upon completion of this task, students are asked to verify that a non-linear feedback law in theform of mg u sin   w (5) Lwill also linearize the plant (3) by cancelling  mgL sin    producing a linear system describedby a second order transfer function ( s ) KL

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University; Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri State University; Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

5 trackAs mentioned before, most EP projects were in the fields of nano-science and robotics. Becausenano-science and robotics are interdisciplinary research fields, these projects also often involvedstudents from other departments, particularly biology, chemistry, and industrial and engineering Page 25.1109.6technology. Besides what was required by the course, these students also wrote conferencepapers and presented their findings at the regional, national, and international conferences. Afew examples were:  C. Yuen, T. Nguyen, E. Bowers, K. Mabery, T. Boyd, and S. Ghosh, “Dose-dependent cyto-toxicity evaluation of a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia R. Backer, San Jose State University; Rona Tamiko Halualani, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

% chance they would change their majors.The survey respondents were very active in student organizations at San José State University(see Table 5). More than 50% of the women survey respondents were active in disciplinarystudent organizations while 21 out of 60 students were involved in the Society of WomenEngineers (SWE). Fewer female students took advantage of San José State University ’s studentsupport activities such as the Learning Assistance Resource Center (20%) and the XXX WritingCenter (13.3%). Table 5. Student participation in academic activities. Answer Options Response Count Response Percent An engineering society (such as American Society of Mechanical Engineers) 34

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander A. Kist, University of Southern Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

as it provides high bandwidth access at avery low latency.Fixed Wireless BroadbandFWB access is suitable for fringe areas, metro black spots and sparsely populated areas withsuitable propagation characteristics, i.e. not mountainous. It will rely on 4G mobile technology(IMT advanced) with peek data rates of 1Gbit/s. Latency of the access component of the networkis low by design, i.e. 10ms under ideal conditions. This has been demonstrated in a field trail 20.A factor that could introduce additional, unacceptable latencies is extensive wireless backhaul.For most areas this is not an issues as the proposed network topology largely relies on opticalfibre backhaul.SatelliteAreas that are not covered by FTTH or FWB have to rely on satellite

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

inthe course. Course-embedded direct and indirect student assessment data confirm that the mainobjectives of the course presented herein are met.Bibliography 1. J. Choi, W. Grebski, and K. Dudeck, “The Development of Teaching Materials for an Introductory Course in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Technology,” Proc. ASEE Annual Conf., 2009. 2. G. Ma, “Innovation Teaching Technique in Introduction to Engineering Technology Course,” Proc. World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, Vol. 1, 2010. 3. S. Ahuja and A. Ross, “Introduction to Engineering Technology: VSU’s New Approach,” Proc. ASEE Southeast Section Conf., 2005. 4. S. Ahuja, “Math Remediation in a First Semester Engineering

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David N Raizen, UMES; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Su ur -S -S -S -S S t-S

Conference Session

Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; William F. McKenna, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, as such, we do not work to account forstudent variation in student responses to the interview in terms of the teacher differences.The interviews were semi-structured: interviewers were given a set of themes on which to focusand sample questions. The expectation was that interviewers would engage in a conversationwith the interviewee in which they worked to elicit student’s thoughts about 5 focal themes. Asa result, we consider the interviews a “negotiated text” 4 (p. 663) that was co-constructed throughthe conversation of the interviewer and interviewee(s). For the purpose of this paper, we focuson 2 thematic categories, including: 1. What is the student’s understanding of the engineering design process? 2. What STEM concepts did the

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and “CEE Professional Practice” at Villanova University 11.Both of these universities reported that students were able to obtain the desired attributes, better-preparing them for their careers.The current CE program criteria are more reflective of the BOK I as opposed to the secondedition of the BOK (BOK II). The BOK I had 15 outcomes, while the BOK II has 24. The BOKII divides the 24 outcomes into the following categories: four foundational, 11 technical, and 9professional. There is overlap between the outcomes described in both editions of the BOK andthe outcomes included in ABET‟s criterion 3 (a-k). The BOK II is also more closely tied toBloom‟s taxonomy, as is reflected in the careful choice of active verbs to indicate the level

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central; Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

coding with applications to speech signal Lab 4. Sampling rate conversion and polyphase implementations Lab 5. Image processing basics Lab 6. Image processing: edge detection, pseudo color generation and JPEG color image compression Project: Real-time DSP project: tonal noise cancellationNotice that for labs 1-4 and course projects, students are required to perform MATLABsimulations first and then are required to focus on hands-on real-time DSP implementationsusing the TMS320C6713 board(s). The specific learning outcomes for adaptive filteringtechniques are listed below:Learning outcome 1: Given an objective function such the mean squared error (MSE) function

Conference Session

Innovative Learning, Comparative Learning Analysis, and Lessons Learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bohn, Virginia Tech; Manfred J. Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

International

year Page 25.896.7attending intense Swedish-as-a-second-language training in Stockholm. This would be non-curricular and the tuition fee would be nominal. Additional Swedish language training could betaken at KTH during the Fall semester as part of the VT  KTH dual degree curriculum (i.e.,free elective for the KTH BSME degree and a technical elective for the VT BSME degree).Curricular Redesign at TUDThe above example illustrates a slow conformance to the Bologna process. The mechanicalengineering program at TUD, however, approached the same situation very differently12: By thelate 1990’s, the TUD mechanical engineering faculty had come to the

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh V. Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

cumulative failure distribution? What is the MTBF and MTTR (mean time to repair) ofa part or system? Do opportunities exit to improve a part or system performance? What types ofreliability testing are appropriate? What should be the accelerated stress conditions to use toinduce early failures?Today’s customers demand manufacturers to produce highly reliable and easily maintainableproducts. Engineering education is basically deterministic6. But natural variability plays a vitalrole in determining reliability. There is variability in the materials, manufacturing processes, andin using the products. Figure 2 shows the variability in the strength (S) of product based on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References1. Halloun, I. and Hestenes, D. (1985). The initial knowledge state of college physics students. American Journal of Physics 53, 1043.2. Hestenes, David, Wells, Malcolm, and Swackhamer, Greg. (2002). Force Concept Inventory. The Physics Teacher, 30,141.3. Mazur, E. (1997) Peer instruction, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.4. Evans, D. L., Gray, G. L., Krause, S., Martin, J., Midkiff, C., Notaros, B. M., et al. (2003). Progress on concept inventory assessment tools. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Engineering Conference, Boulder, CO.5. Rhoads, T. R., and Roedel, R. J

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Anthony Carnegie, Victoria University, Wellington; Craig A. Watterson, Victoria University, Wellington

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, New Zealand. Itfaces challenges in attracting engineering students given the specialized nature of itsengineering offering (and poor student understanding of these specializations) and extremelystrong competition from New Zealand‟s two most established engineering universities, TheUniversity of Auckland and Canterbury University. Indeed, local secondary schoolengineering students have many decades of tradition of leaving the city, primarily forCanterbury in order to pursue their studies. This tradition is firmly in the mindset of parents,secondary school teachers and careers advisors.To help retain engineering students in the Wellington region, a partnership has been formedbetween VUW and the Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec), the