Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University; Subramania Iyer Sritharan, Central State University; Gorgui S. Ndao, Central State University

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. identify potential future students and to guide and mentor them in exploring their career options and opportunities, b. elevate the educational gaps between the high school and the first year university for a potential candidate by introducing intermediate topics that can bridge the gaps, and c. provide a campus environment in which the middle school students and high school students can experience their independence and learn responsible decision making as growing adultsThe recruitment avenues include summer or weekend camps for the targeted students and areascience fairs, and feeder school visits (Barger et. al, 2104). Among them, summer camps withspecific themes for the middle and high school students are one of the

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University; Don Heiman, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Study on Enhancing Advanced Physics Laboratory TeachingIntroductory physics laboratory (IPL) courses are designed to educate students on general physicstopics, but they lack the experimental sophistication and experience required for their future. Onthe other hand, diverse and high-quality advanced physics lab courses must be made available toprepare students for future careers and advanced degrees. In a recent AIP report, Equipping PhysicsMajors for the STEM Workforce, the report's first aim was "Varied and high-quality lab courses."With this in mind, an Advanced Physics Laboratory (APL) course for upper division studentsshould provide the following. • Physical aspects – access to a wide

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector A. Ochoa, Stephen F. Austin State University; Christopher J. Aul, Stephen F. Austin State University; Dan Bruton, Stephen F. Austin State University; Collin J. Timmons, Stephen F. Austin State University

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Timmons is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy at Stephen F Austin State University. He teaches courses in physics and engineering. He received his bachelors and masters degree in physics from Stephen F Austin State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A Summer Camp in Engineering Physics for Incoming Freshman to Improve Retention and Student SuccessAbstractSummer camps have proven to be a valuable tool to attract and recruit students interested inpursuing a career in the STEM field. They have also been used to spark curiosity in areas suchas mathematics, chemistry, and engineering. However, these camps do not help

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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room is of utmost importance. In orderof-Art technologies, so that the contents never to emphasize it, I would like to recite a number ofbecome obsolete. This assures preparing the Hi-Tech courses that I am involved in teachingstudents for the 21st century so that they can take and research at the moment.the suitable place in the technological world,thereby becoming the productive citizens in thesociety. During my teaching career of 30+ years,teaching Hi-Tech courses, I have foundintegration of fundamentals is very useful in thesecourses. However, teaching must translate intolearning by the students. No new information canbecome knowledge until or unless it is yokedwith the existing database of the students. Wemust

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

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Paper ID #18619Thinking and Understanding from WritingProf. Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University Yumin Zhang is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Southeast Missouri State University. His academic career started in China; in 1989 he obtained master’s degree on Physics from Zhejiang University and then was employed as technical staff in the Institute of Semi- conductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After receiving PhD degree on Electrical Engineering from University of Minnesota in 2000, he started to work as a faculty member in University of Wisconsin- Platteville

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl K. Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas

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has many physicsand pre-engineering students, it will also have many management information systems majors aswell. As with freshman writing courses it has to present coding to a broad audience. Thusstudents do not always see the connection to their chosen field of study.The Department of Physics and Astronomy is introducing more coding across its curriculum tobetter prepare our students for careers and graduate study. The focus of many of these efforts inour department and around the country is on adding modeling calculations to courses 1,2,3 . As anew component in this effort, a pilot program was started in the fall semester of 2015. During thissemester Arduinos were introduced in the laboratory component of the second semestercalculus-based

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest, Westville Campus, INDIANA, USA; Jinyuan Zhai, University of Akron

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relationship as w = Ww/Ws. So given, w, known or easilymeasured from the lab, we can quickly figure out how much water is in a soil mass with the Wseasily estimated/measured or known. This water or moist content concept should be emphasizedthroughout the soil mechanics courses and even throughout a geotechnical engineer’s career aswell. Water content, w, is important because Atterberg limits like Liquid limit (LL) plastic limit(PL) are all fundamentally water content. And without emphasizing this fact, it is easy to forgetthis fundamental idea and concept. In this regard, the author recommends that LL and PL bewritten as and as in several classical soil mechanics textbooks. Putting the w, watercontent before LL and PL will help reminding

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guenter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Christian J. Steinmann, HM&S IT-Consulting

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Paper ID #18308Visualizing the kinetic theory of gases by student-created computer programs ¨Dr. Gunter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences Throughout his career, Dr. G¨unter Bischof has combined his interest in science and engineering appli- cation. He studied physics at the University of Vienna, Austria, and acquired industry experience as development engineer at Siemens Corporation. Currently he teaches Engineering Mathematics at Joan- neum University of Applied Sciences. His research interests focus on automotive engineering, materials physics, and on engineering education.Mr. Christian J. Steinmann, HM

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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improvements in the overall course GPA,the pass rate, and the grade distribution.Tracking students in three follow-on courses (engineering physics – E&M, statics, anddynamics), shows that students who took the physics - mechanics class in the new formatperformed better in those subsequent courses. Improvement was judged based on grade data forthe subsequent classes.In tracking these results, several important observations were noted. First, while there is a greatdeal of literature on assessing individual courses, very little has been done to track how a coursetaken early in a student’s career impacts later courses. In the present study, there was really noway to assess the impacts beyond using grade data.The use of grade data for assessing

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania

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, Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism (E&M), areamong the fundamental courses that students build their engineering career on. During thesecourses it is important to reinforce students’ critical thinking skills. Most students tend to acceptthe information given as it is, without questioning it. Although students are exposed to moreactivities and assignments in the upper level classes where they are required to show their criticaland analytical skills, the stronger the foundation the more prepared they are for the futurechallenges. For this reason, in the E&M course students were asked to submit their handwrittenhomework in a structured layout where they had to: First, state what is given and what has beenasked of them to find with a