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Baha Bachnak, The Pennsylvania State University; Nashwa Elaraby, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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also one of the first technical courses that ECE students areexposed to. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is a versatile and adaptable technologywith many applications ranging from medical image processing to cryptography. By combiningan FPGA course and a digital logic design course, students can learn the basics and beintroduced to new implementation tools and platforms at the same time. This paper describes anumber of academic approaches to incorporate FPGA design in digital design courses andpresents a number of laboratory experiments and tutorials that pave the path for designing asophomore-level four semester credit hour (SCH) course. The results of a survey conducted togauge student interest of such a course are included as

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Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York; Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College

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major types of solar PV modules: monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and thin-filmPV. Each type converts sunlight into power at a different efficiency rate, therefore, the cost varies.The power conversion efficiency of solar energy is relatively low, at an average of about 15%,according to the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).4 If modules degrade 10 – 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of Columbia15% after a certain time period, PV module efficiency is considered a failure.5 The performanceof PV modules over long periods of time have been unclear, therefore, estimation of accurate netefficiency that take degradation rate into account is important. The Engineering

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers by Design” (SBD) program, Dr. Tucker supervises students from Penn State during the summer semester in a two-week engineering design program at the ´ Ecole Centrale de Nantes in Nantes, France. Dr. Tucker is the director of the Design Analysis Technology Advancement (D.A.T.A) Laboratory. His research interests are in formalizing system design processes under the paradigm of knowledge discovery, optimization, data mining, and informatics. His research interests include applications in complex sys- tems design and operation, product portfolio/family design, and sustainable system design optimization in the areas of engineering education

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Tricia Kirkland

development for secondaryschool teachers with emphasis on hands-on laboratory research and experiences in STEM fields.The paper also refers to the teachers’ experiences gained at the GSU Engineering Research Labsduring the summer 2017. Participants in the RET program completed 280 hours (seven weeks) oftraining and research experience in renewable energy topics. About 50 hours were devoted tolectures and workshops, and the rest, about 230 hours, were research activities, collaborating inresearch teams with undergraduate and graduate students, and engineering professors. Participantsalso developed lessons for their courses that were delivered to their own students during the 2017-2018 school year. The lessons were directly related to the experiences

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Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University

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Education, 2018 Enhancing Engineering Lab Report Writing Using Peer Review Assessment Rocio Alba-Flores Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the educational experiences gained by incorporating a peer review componentfor evaluating formal lab reports in a Circuit Analysis Laboratory course. In this course studentsperformed ten lab experiments, from which the instructor selected two to have individual formalwritten lab reports. The instructor dedicated about one hour at the beginning of the semester to talkabout peer review and its importance. The instructor together with all students performed a mockpeer review of

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Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia (UDC)

integration, testing, and the use of developmentand verification tools.Lecture courses should be accompanied with a series of laboratory exercises and a semester longproject. Theses laboratory exercise will help student learn the basic concepts of designingembedded systems and mastering the lectured materials. Laboratory exercises and projects canutilize popular kits such as the ARM-based Rapid Embedded Systems Design Education Kit orlow-cost FPGA embedded systems development boards. Laboratory exercises and projectsshould leverage proficiency gained from other core engineering courses such as C/C++programming language, assembly language, and computer organization courses in designingreal-world embedded applications.c. Cyber Physical Systems Design

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John Robert Schedel Jr., United States Naval Academy; Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy

2 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, United States Naval AcademyAbstractWithin engineering education, long-term retention of major concepts is a key objective. Numerousclassroom techniques combine to work towards this goal, including testing, laboratories, anddemonstrations. One highly effective, yet often underutilized, tool for improving long-termunderstanding is hands-on activities that students do at their desks, especially those involvingsimple items with which they are already familiar. Five characteristics are common to aproductive, in-class, reinforcement activity. (1) All students participate, preferably at their own desks. (2) Items involved are commonplace, familiar to the students, and low-cost

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Data Mining–Driven Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers by Design” (SBD) program, Dr. Tucker supervises students from Penn State during the summer semester in a two-week engineering design program at the ´ Ecole Centrale de Nantes in Nantes, France. Dr. Tucker is the director of the Design Analysis Technology Advancement (D.A.T.A) Laboratory. His research interests are in formalizing system design processes under the paradigm of knowledge discovery, optimization, data mining, and informatics. His research interests include applications in complex sys- tems design and operation, product portfolio/family design, and sustainable system design optimization in the areas of

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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torecruit youth into the STEM pipeline by raising STEM awareness and curiosity during a highlyinfluential time in their development11.The technology of remote laboratories also opens up a wide range of possibilities, because itbreaks physical barriers and allows access to them from any computer at any location and atany time using the Internet. In addition, remote laboratories must be used through a computerconnected to the Internet, and this allows the use of advanced features that enhance the learningexperience -- thus richer learning experiences can be created. Furthermore, from a pedagogicalpoint of view, these remote laboratories open new fields of innovation based on the developmentof different competencies and, by involving parents, new

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Chen Xu, New York City College of Technology; Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology; Juanita But, New York City College of Technology; Benito Mendoza, City University of New York; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, CUNY; Robert Ostrom

degree students. It is a five-credit course with acombined lecture and laboratory components. EMT 1150 has always been identified as one of themost challenging courses in the major with high failing rate. From the instructors’ perspective, thereason for the high failure rates is due to first-year students having to learn the language ofengineering in a very short time; simultaneously, they need to develop good critical thinking andproblem-solving skills. In this paper, the preliminary results of a new pedagogical approach thatincorporates Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) and discipline-specific literacy strategies toimprove student learning will be presented. The proposed approach consists in a restructure of thecourse material and the introduction

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Felipe J. Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Yasser Salem, Cal Poly Pomona

strategies considered and reports on theirfindings and proposed seismic mitigation strategies.Building DescriptionThe structure investigated by the students is a five-story school building, built in 1965, that housesseveral faculty offices, classrooms and laboratories. The rectangular building has plan dimensionsof 114 ft. along the east-west direction by 171 ft. along the north-south direction and resides on asloping ground. The entrance on the south side is at the ground/first floor level, while the entrance 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of Columbiaon the north side is on the second floor level (see Figure 1). The elevator core is located at thesouth entrance and houses three elevators

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Alexander T Wray, Purdue University Northwest; Nuri Zeytinoglu P.E., Purdue University Northwest

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and electronic transducers, has resulted in theneed for younger or enterprising audiences to learn the software used in these fields. The accessof such tech has fallen to specialization roles, where people would defer time to designers andarchitects to develop what is needed. The field of mechanical, let alone general, design will benecessary for future companies and businesses, or even for printing laboratory equipment, as theprocesses and science respectively catches up to the industry. However, whilst the science, math, and engineering components are catching up, thetechnological side is faltering. More time and effort is being pressed onto designers, and the fieldhas pushed forward to where the design work is brought upon those

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Anne Schmitz, Gannon University; Nicholas B Conklin, Gannon University; Quyen Aoh Aoh, Gannon University

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ConklinNicholas B. Conklin received a B.S. in applied physics from Grove City College in 2001, and aPh.D. in physics from Penn State University in 2009. He is currently an Associate Professor andChair of the Physics Department at Gannon University, Erie, PA.Quyen Aoh 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of ColumbiaQuyen Aoh has a doctorate in Cell Biology from the University of Virginia. She is currently anAssistant Professor of Biology at Gannon University. She teaches Molecular & Cellular Biologyand Genetics. When she is not in the laboratory studying the cell biology of disease, she spendsher time engaging the public in science through various outreaches. 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Zoe Zyvith, Rutgers University; Mark Thomas Trevena, Rutgers University; Andrew Yong; Ryan Lamantia; Lana E Sharp, Rutgers University; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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onlineavailability of energy data. Since MGH is split into a campus of buildings of different size andenergy use, the project will focus specifically on the MGH Gray Building (332,664 sq-ft). TheGray Building is an inpatient care facility, and its space types include exam rooms, treatmentrooms, procedure rooms, operating rooms, research laboratory space, patient rooms, and manyother areas11.The rest of this paper is organized as follows. In Section II, the different types of geothermalsystems are discussed as well as the type of system that should be used for the MGH, it’s costs formaintenance and implementation, and its payoff. Finally, the conclusions are provided in SectionIII.II. StudyMGH Energy UsageThe MGH energy data shows that the majority of energy

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Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College

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“Parallel Triples.” As a professor who gives lectures and creates laboratory assignments inelectronics fundamentals, I will now be able to use this research to create “unmessy” parallelresistor examples with standard values that, unlike the formula 6Ω || 3Ω = 2Ω , will not cause mystudents to assume that the parallel resistance formula can simply be replaced with division.References1 Evelyn B. Christensen, “Pythagorean Triples Served for Supper,” Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Sept. 1997, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 60-62.2 Tony Atherton, “A History of Ohm’s Law,” Electronics and Power, June 1986, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 467-471.3 Aziz S. Inan, “What did Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Paul Cotae, University of the District of Columbia; Luis P. Aguinaga, University of the Distric of Columbia

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Denial of Service Attacks, Intrusion Detection, Information Visualization. He published more than 140 conference and journal papers, many of them at IEEE level, authored 2 books and coauthored 3 books in the area of digital communications systems. During the AY 2014-2015 he spent his sabbatical at the Center for High Assurance Computer Systems Code 5540, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, 20375. Since 2009 he has been selected every summer as ONR Senior Research Fellows for the ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program at NRL. His research is sponsored by NSF, ONR, AFOSR and USAF. He received in last five years more than $1M for his research from DOD as a sole PI for the following grants: –Army Research

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Peng Li, East Carolina University

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, private cloud, public cloud, online learning.IntroductionLearning by doing is important for engineering and technology education. Cloud computingleverages efficient sharing of on-demand, self-managed, virtual infrastructures, allowing swiftdeployment and adaptation of curriculum and laboratory experiences in step with the advances inthe field. Adoption of cloud computing technologies is a clear trend in online learning.1,2 Someeducators have used cloud technologies for years. Others are still exploring ways of incorporatingcloud computing in teaching and learning. There are many different approaches of implementingcloud computing.2,3 For educators with little experience in cloud computing deployment, selectinga suitable cloud platform to use can

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Dilnesa T Nukuro, University of the District of Columbia ; Paul Cotae, University of the District of Columbia

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. His research is in DigitalCommunication, Information theory, Statistics and Applied Mathematics and Cybersecurity:Anomaly detection, Detection of Low Rate Denial of Service Attacks, Intrusion Detection,Information Visualization. He published more than 140 conference and journal papers, many ofthem at IEEE level, authored 2 books and coauthored 3 books in the area of digital communicationssystems. During the AY 2014-2015 he spent his sabbatical at the Center for High AssuranceComputer Systems Code 5540, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, 20375. Since 2009he has been selected every summer as ONR Senior Research Fellows for the ASEE SummerFaculty Research Program at NRL. His research is sponsored by NSF, ONR, AFOSR and USAF.He received in