Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Shane P. Corbett, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

that would be relatively lightweight, inexpensive, andreadily available. In our case we chose fiberglass wool, which meets the criteria and is obtainableat a local hardware store. 4 Simulations: To help with calculations and guide a more self taught process a MATLABscript was written to explain each parameter and run the calculations for the theoretical design.This allowed for students to see where the numbers were coming from instead of google-ing adesign calculator to do the work for them. For this project we set the frequency to 435MHz. Thisfrequency is a usable HAM frequency that allows us to openly test our antenna. Note however,the RF analyzer source is extremely low power and thus

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joona Kurikka, Aalto University

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Paper ID #18923Online Based Innovation - online tools and teaching to support global collab-oration and distributed development projectsMr. Joona Kurikka, Aalto University Joona Kurikka is a PhD Researcher at Aalto University and Associate at CERN, working at the innovation experiment IdeaSquare. As part of his work at CERN, he is coordinating and teaching student project like Challenge Based Innovation and various smaller innovation workshops, hackathons and other projects. His current research focus is on processes and ICT tools for distributed collaboration and learning. c American Society for

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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&S IT-Consulting Christian Steinmann has an engineer degree in mathematics from the Technical University Graz, where he focused on software quality and software development process assessment and improvement. He is man- ager of HM&S IT-Consulting and provides services for SPiCE/ISO 15504 and CMMI for development as a SEI-certified instructor. He performed more than 100 process assessments in software development de- partments for different companies in the finance, insurance, research, automotive, and automation sector. Currently, his main occupation is a consulting project for process improvement for safety related embed- ded software development for an automobile manufacturer. On Fridays, he is teaching

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Ivan Gutierrez, Univerisity of Central Oklahoma

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poster will present the following graphical results: impacts to computational research andthe research infrastructure at UCO, examples of internet browser-based access to use certaincluster software (focused on common engineering software that has been installed), andvisualization and other results from specific research and education projects will be displayed.

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Thomas Chen

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Diversity

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).Certainly all academic institution types have a role to play in HPC and CI education. This paperis focused on the deployment of a HPC cluster at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution(PUI). At a PUI the engagement of students in research projects is mostly from theundergraduate ranks which is markedly different from research intensive university. The idea ofundergraduate research (UGR), if unfamiliar, may seem like a stretch, but Kuh​3​ and others​4-5have observed the positive effect of improved persistence in college courses generally and inSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) courses in particular, for thosestudents involved in UGR.This paper is in a series of reports about progress of high performance computing at UCO

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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programming in general, they do notalways provide broad opportunities to apply this knowledge in an engineering or physicsenvironment. This is similar to the required writing courses that students complete as part of theirfreshman general education core. While these courses teach the mechanics of writing, it is in abroad spectrum and not always applicable directly to writing in a technical field.Students in the traditional physics and applied physics tracks at UCA are required to complete a3-hour introduction to programming course offered in the Department of Computer Science. Thiscourse currently uses Python as the programming language of choice. Students are required todevelop code for an end-of-semester project of their choosing. While the course

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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on their interest during the welcoming session.Students interested in Physics and Engineering are encouraged to attend the special sessionprepared by the department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy. Details about the sessionare presented in the following section.Engineering Physics Special Laboratory SessionsThe Engineering Physics laboratory session changes every year. The goal is to keep the contentfresh, and interesting for the campers. “Find a solution to a real-world problem” is the themeused while selecting the project for the summer camp. For the 2016 summer camp, the problemwas decided to be: How do you deliver a payload from a high-altitude, and track it so it will notbe lost? In order to simulate this problem the students

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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opportunity to calibrate an instrument against tabulated values fromnature.Design of ExperimentsA key idea from metrology and quality measurements that has long been part of EP Lab is theDesign of Experiments (DOE). This approach allows the researcher to model a complex processbased on a relatively small amount of empirical data. The DOE method is a key part both the SixSigma11 and the Certified Quality Engineer12 certifications. In EP Lab, students develop a two-level, three-factor, full-factorial model of a catapult (i.e. each combination of “high” and “low”settings for the three inputs is used). As reported in our earlier work,1 with our recognition ofDOE as a key component in metrology and measurement quality, we added a term project todevelop a

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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. Millikan, “The electron and the light-quant from the experimental point of view,” Nobel Lecture, May 23, 1924, http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1923/millikan-lecture.html. [2]. AIP report, Equipping Physics Majors for the STEM Workforce, https://www.aip.org/statistics/reports/equipping-physics-majors; https://www.aip.org/commentary/aip-career-pathways-project-equipping-physics-majors- stem-workforce. [3]. Advanced Physics Lab, PHYS3600, Northeastern University, http://www.northeastern.edu/heiman/3600/index.html.

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Paper ID #17737Teaching/Learning Soil Mechanics with Mnemonics, Intuition, Insight andInspirationProf. Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest, Westville Campus, INDIANA, USA Dr. Jiliang Li, D.Eng (Mining Engineering, USTB), Ph.D. (Civil Engineering, UA), P.E., M.ASCE, M.ASEE, is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University Northwest at Westville campus, Indiana. Before returning to teach at University, he had industrial experience in several States with consulting projects ranging from small residential, commercial and subdivision projects to large scale State DOT and federal projects after

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyung S. Choi, Greenville College

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. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, “US datacenter electricity consumption is projected to increase to roughly 140 billion kilowatt-hoursannually by 2020, the equivalent annual output of 50 power plants, costing American businesses$13 billion annually in electricity bills and emitting nearly 100 million metric tons of carbonpollution per year.” [13] How may we reduce electric consumption while increasing capacity instorage and communication? Finding the right data involves not only increased search capacitybut also involves advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Can we find a more effective andpowerful AI scheme than traditional computing can offer? Shor’s algorithm has shown thatquantum computers can break cryptographic protocols

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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own case, I also teach Circuit prepare the students to withstand challenges oftheory, which is the most fundamental course in 21st century posed by evolving technologies.the curriculum of Electrical and ComputerEngineering. I have shown in the classroom, how o Acknowledgement:the measurements of Resonant frequency ‘𝑓! ′, the I wish to thank the administration ofQuality factor ‘Q’ are of paramount importance in UMASS-Lowell as well as the administration ofdesigning and testing Bulk Acoustic Wave Analog Devices Inc. and Skyworks Solutions for(BAW) filters, a research project I was involved at supporting me in this endeavor. I want toSkyworks Solutions for seven years. At the