Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thomas Pitcher, The University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #11560WORK IN PROGRESS: THE STEAM POWERED PUMPKIN PATCH –HOW AN EXTRACURRICULAR PROJECT IS SHEDDING LIGHT ONPROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENTMichael Thomas Pitcher, The University of Texas at El Paso Mike Pitcher is the Director of Academic Technologies at The University of Texas at El Paso. He has had experience in learning in both a traditional university program as well as the new online learning model, which he utilizes in his current position consulting with faculty about the design of new learning experiences. His experience in technology and teaching started in 1993 as a student lab technician and has

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Nathan P. Siegel P.E., Bucknell University; Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; David E Cipoletti, Bucknell University; Kyle Montgomery, Bucknell University; Kerra Mercon; Laura Kathleen Poss, Bucknell University; Zachary Paul Ross, Bucknell University; Dan Robert Muccio

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

was for kids to define what “engineering design” is,and have a small experience doing it. In each case, students made the materials needed for the event anddelivered them hundreds of times over the two-day expo.Susquehanna Valley Pumpkin PitchAnother exercise in collaborative making, the Bucknell College of Engineering has participated three-times in the regional pumpkin-throwing competition, taking first place twice. Students from all majors,lead by Dr. Nate Siegel, voluntarily help design and build the year’s creation, often their first experiencein large scale woodworking. Students have remarked that it is edifying to see a machine that they havemodeled behave as planned (or not, as the case may be).World MakerFaireStudent makers, drawn

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid El Gaidi, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH); Tomas Ekholm, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

rate on interest. How much money do you get at the end of the year if you withdraw and deposit an amount of money, including its interest, more and more often during a year? Knowing this leads to a definition of the number e. 3. Local and global maximum: Marie waters her pumpkin with x liters a day. The pumpkin’s growth is dependent on x (no water or infinite water will kill the pumpkin). There should be an optimal value. How can we formulate this optimal value? 4. Limits: A car starts from zero speed at time zero and accelerates at time 20 seconds to 50 kilometers/hour and drives thereafter at a constant speed. What happens to the average speed as time goes on? Does it have a limit? Will the average ever be

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; Nephi Derbidge, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

items directly with the various soil fractions (and identifiers).Included in the table are nominal (or effective) diameters for each of the selected food items. Table 1 - Effective Particle Diameters for Different Foods Effective Size Range Shopping List Diameter Soil Fraction (mm) (mm) Jack O'Lantern Pumpkin 334 >300 Boulders Watermelon 290 Honeydew Melon 191

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney N Hallman, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

section taught by different professors togive hands-on engineering experience in their first-year of university coursework. Some previousprojects include an Egg-Drop Machine, a Pumpkin Launcher and autonomous robots.16 Detailsregarding these project sections will not be discussed here since the individual professors,independent of the larger lecture section of FEOC, determine the objectives and designrequirements.For the FEOC, DLC mentors are used for the large section lecture as well as the smaller project-based sections mentioned above. Small groups of approximately ten freshman students areassigned a mentor. The mentor is responsible for organizing and leading group activities withtheir protégés’ every other week. The off-weeks are used for