Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Qiushi Wang, Arizona State University; DONGDONG ZHANG, Chongqing University, Arizona State University; Zhenmin Tang, Arizona State University; George G. Karady, Arizona State University

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, laboratory experiments and research instructions. For year-long exchangeprogram, students are more involved in the research work.I. INTRODUCTIONArizona State University (ASU) is a global university enjoying a top rank consistently amonguniversities in the U.S. Currently, 9,000 students representing more than 132 countriesbenefited from the international educational programs at ASU. Targeted programs aredesigned and developed appropriately at ASU to provide international students withextraordinary experience in both culture and advanced technology. As a part of ASU, Schoolof Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering welcomes and invites international exchangestudents in both semester-long and year-long programs.Many universities have developed

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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enrollment increase of 52.1% from 2010 to 2016 despite the factthat over the same period, total enrollments at the JEP partner institutions decreased slightly.However, courses requiring laboratory components have been difficult to develop and offeronline in these colleges. For instance at Cañada College, although enrollments in lecture courseshave increased over 100% due to a dramatic increase in online enrollment, enrollments in labcourses have only increased 23%12.In 2014, inspired by the success of the Joint Engineering Program in strengthening communitycollege engineering programs, three colleges in Northern California, Cañada College, College ofMarin, and Monterey Peninsula College collaborated to develop the Creating AlternativeLearning

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Oskar Granados, Cañada College; Maryam I Khan; Manuel Alexis Ramirez, San Diego State University; Madoka Oyama, Cañada College; Nathan Carlson, Cañada College

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Department of Education through the Hispanic-Serving Institution Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (HSI STEM) program, four community college engineeringstudents participated in a ten-week summer research internship program at San Francisco StateUniversity in summer 2016. This paper presents a summer intern project that preparescommunity college students for future earthquake engineering research. Real Time HybridSimulation (RTHS) provides a viable alternative to evaluate the structural response under theearthquakes in size limited laboratories. The explicitness of the unconditionally stable CRalgorithm makes RTHS of large civil engineering structures possible. However, it is impossibleto know the exact mass, damping, and stiffness of

Conference Session

Technical Session 3c

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, California State University, Long Beach

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teaching a various undergraduate and graduate courses under Civil Engineering program such as Introduction to Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic Engineering, Environmental Engineering (Fundamental), Environmental Laboratory, Advance Wastewater Treatment Plant Design etc. She has been involving with ASEE PSW since 2013. Her research interest is molecular biology for biological water reclamation processes. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Increase Student’s Learning and Performance during an EngineeringIntroductory Class for Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey Thomas Yan; James LeRoy Dalton, Cañada College; Kattia Chang, Engineering Student at Cañada College; Bianca Corine Villanueva Doronila, Canada College; Victor Josue Melara Alvarado, Canada College; Christopher Thomas; Ian M Donovan, San Francisco State University; Kartik Bholla; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Kazunori Okada, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University

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students and improve undergraduate STEM education, it is crucial todevelop strategies to inspire community college students’ interest in STEM. With support fromthe Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program(MSEIP), a cooperative internship program between Cañada College, a Hispanic-Servingcommunity college in California’s Silicon Valley, and San Francisco State University (SFSU), apublic comprehensive university was developed to engage community college students inleading-edge engineering research. In summer 2016, five sophomore students from CañadaCollege participated in a ten-week computer engineering research internship project in theIntelligent Computing and Embedded System Laboratory at SFSU. This internship

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Jean S Larson, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics

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Elena Zapata, Arizona State University Dr. Zapata is a recognized expert in the characterization and modeling of fluid flow and volume change behavior of arid and semi-arid (unsaturated) soil mechanics. She is the author of more than 40 techni- cal publications and multiple research reports in the areas of unsaturated soil mechanics, environmental effects in pavement design, and unbound material characterization. While Dr. Zapata possesses an excel- lent analytical and theoretical background in these areas, she has also significant experience in laboratory testing and instrumentation of resilient modulus and unsaturated soil characterization. Her contributions to pavement design has allowed for practical

Conference Session

Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Julia Roche, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alexander Sebastian Furlanic, San Francisco State University; Philip A. Thomas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Panfilo Jesus Armas, SFSU; Rene Parra Medina, San Jose State University; Jackie Lok; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University

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science. 3.71 4.00 0.29 I have learned about ethical conduct in my field. 4.18 4.07 -0.11 I have learned laboratory techniques. 3.82 3.93 0.11 I have an ability to read and understand primary literature. 3.82 4.07 0.25 I have skill in how to give an effective oral presentation. 3.79 4.29 0.50* I have skill in science writing. 3.43 3.89 0.46* I have self-confidence. 4.29 4.21 -0.08 I understand how scientists think. 3.71 3.89 0.18 I

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alvaro Monge, California State University, Long Beach; Panadda Marayong, California State University, Long Beach; Shadnaz Asgari, California State University, Long Beach; Birgit Penzenstadler; Praveen Shankar, California State University, Long Beach

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fourstudents were active members and officers of student organizations, Association of ComputingMachinery Women’s chapter (ACM-W) and Society of Women Engineers (SWE) , and two ofthem were members in honor societies. The feedback received from the participants regarding thetours were unanimously positive. Also, everyone appreciated the information presented and thelabs they toured which included the Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory, the 3Dprinting lab by the Long Beach Maker Society, and the lab space where Mechanical andAerospace Engineering students work on an annual Baja car, Formula car, and rockets.B. Revise websites and printed publicationsThe second recruitment strategy was to review and improve the language used in websites

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University

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started with an NSF grant to support significantrevision in the way we taught the Introduction to Engineering course, changing it from a "talkingheads" tour through disciplines to active engagement in project work that demonstrated theinterdisciplinary quality of most projects, while also showing how each discipline contributed itsexpertise.We went from a one-unit lecture course to a one-unit laboratory course, and then, after a fewyears, added another unit so we could have a one-unit lecture and a one-unit lab each week. Wetracked the student response to each of these changes, but in addition, we tracked the students’demographics, entering expectations, preparation and motivation for studying engineering,commitment and confidence of success.We

Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

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the new technologies wasconducted. The results reflected a positive student experience with the course delivery.Description of EE110EE110 provides the beginning engineer withfundamental knowledge and skills associatedwith the electrical or computer engineeringprofessions. Table 1 illustrates the labassignments that the students must completeduring class. It will introduce commonelectronic components, basic circuitconfigurations, and laboratory instruments.Bench practices and lab reports will beintroduced along with computer aided analysis.The objectives of the course expect students tosystematically solve problems; demonstrate safe habits, identify and apply electronic theory,circuits components, and equipment; and identify and apply basic