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COED: IOT and Cybersecurity
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Veysel Demir, Northern Illinois University; Hemanth Kumar Kachadimangalam Ramakrishnan, Northern Illinois University
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Computers in Education
Embedded Processor for Remote Laboratory DevelopmentAbstract: This paper describes the design, development and implementation of a remotelaboratory facility utilizing an embedded processor system to reduce the development cost aswell as minimize the implementation time and maintenance overhead. Two experimentalprocesses are reported within this paper. One is the remote programming of a Raspberry Pito control and monitor a number of sensors and actuators, and the other is to control acoupled tank system to control the fluid levels in the tanks. Both experimental processes aresupported by a user friendly graphical user interface (GUI) as well as real-time video feed.Students can develop their own controller designs and upload them
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COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 1
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Zelin Zhu; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University; Shuo Ren, Old Dominion University; Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University
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Computers in Education
Paper ID #21417Design of a Virtual Laboratory for Automation ControlMr. Zelin Zhu Zelin Zhu is a Software Development Engineer at ESRI in Redlands, California, USA. He holds dual master’s degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering respectively from Old Dominion University and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer- ing and Automation from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He is the first generation Microsoft HoloLens developer. His research interests include virtual reality and mobile application de- velopment.Prof. Yuzhong Shen, Old
Conference Session
COED: IOT and Cybersecurity
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alan Jones, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis
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Computers in Education
Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and has taught at several other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles and 3D printed plastics and metals. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge. He has two masters degrees: one M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.F.A. in Television Production. He also has three B.S. degrees in Liberal Arts, Mechanical Engineering, and Sustainable Energy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018
Conference Session
COED Modulus Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Deng Cao, Central State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University
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Computers in Education
Committee on Multimedia Communications. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, and NASA. His work on software defined radio implementation of cognitive radio won the Best Demo Award at IEEE Globecom 2010.Prof. Bin Wang, Wright State University Prof. Bin Wang earned his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 2000. He joined the Wright State University in September 2000, where he is currently full professor of computer science and engineer- ing. His research interests include optical networks, real-time computing, mobile and wireless networks, cognitive radio networks, trust and information
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Computers in Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Culllen G. Wilcox, Penn State Great Valley
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Computers in Education
, Multidisciplinary Engineering Design major at Penn State Abington. His works focuses on robotic autonomy through ROS and MATLAB. Over the course of the past two years Cullen has worked with robots such as the TurtleBot and Parrot Bebop using ROS. Recently his work focused on using multiple robots. He hopes to continue this work in his career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Introductory Mobile Robotics and Computer Vision Laboratories Using ROS and MATLABAbstractRobot Operating System (ROS) is an open source, Linux-based robotics development anddeployment system which supports many commercial and research and development robots. Theeducational advantage of
Conference Session
COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Shuo Ren, Old Dominion University; Zelin Zhu, Old Dominion University; Rick McKenzie, Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University
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Diversity
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Computers in Education
research interests include computer graphics, visualization, serious games, signal and image processing, and mod- eling and simulation. Dr. Shen is currently an Associate Professor of the Department of Modeling, Sim- ulation, and Visualization Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Old Dominion University. He is also affiliated with Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC). Dr. Shen is a Senior Member of IEEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Implementation of a 3D Interactive Mobile App for Practicing Engineering Laboratory ExperimentAbstractPerforming laboratory experiment for off-campus and distance
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COED: Issues Impacting Students Learning How to Program
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Phyllis J. Beck, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Monika Jankun-Kelly, Mississippi State University
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Diversity
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Computers in Education
employed at the end of an assignment,reflection questions encourage students to recognize what they learned, identify errors, andconsider different choices they might make in the future. Throughout an entire course, students’writings become an artifact of the changes and growth that accompany learning and provideinstructors with a rare insight into students’ learning processes.Our team is currently investigating how intermingled writing and coding can improve theprocess of learning to program. We have incorporated WTL strategies into introductorycomputer programming laboratory assignments and are comparing student work from thoselaboratories with student work from traditional laboratories. In order to minimize additionalwork for the WTL students
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COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Joseph Michael Derrick, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Vaibhav R. Shrivastav; Jing Zhang, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis
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Computers in Education
satellite design. Although my primary focus is with aerospace applications, I participate in many projects related to controls and heat transfer. Aside from my research, I focus heavily on the advancement of engineering education at the collegiate level. I work on revising and updating laboratory experiments to help improve student understanding of how concepts are applied and utilized. I also spend time writing design optimization MATLAB codes for various applications.Mr. Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and has taught at several other
Conference Session
COED: EE Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cheng Chih Liu, University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Computers in Education
system design course starting in 2015,including software and hardware upgrades that improved our hands-on laboratory exercises.Because Xilinx ISE 14.7 version no longer supported newer FPGAs devices, we adopted theXilinx Artix-7 FPGAs on the Basys-3 educational board and the Xilinx Vivado design suite.We also provide some historical context regarding to the evolution of the laboratory exercisesused for this course. Two new lab exercises were developed to address student concerns from thestudent survey in 2015, including introducing the hierarchical design flow for FPGAs earlier inthe course, as well as lack of real-world examples in the lab exercises. In this paper, we describetwo new computer gaming labs added in 2016 along with evaluation data
Conference Session
COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Mingshao Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Computers in Education
Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received a Diploma in Applied Mechanics in 1989 from Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, and was awarded M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses related to mechanisms and machine dynamics, integrated product development, solid mechanics and plasticity theory, structural design and analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote
Conference Session
COED: IOT and Cybersecurity
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Border, Bowling Green State University
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Computers in Education
and internships. It must not consume too much class time or laboratory resources.The general theme of the work is a kiosk-style music player. The player's "interface" is touchscreen-based; powered by a microcontroller-based single-board computer. Table 1 lists the desired attributesof a single board computer and its operating system. Rugged Hardware Low Cost No Hardware Modifications Rich Development Environment Required Rich Device Management Table 1. Desired Machine AttributesThe hardware platform chosen was an Odroid-C1 [2]. It was a single-board computer and worked atroom temperature
Conference Session
COED: IOT and Cybersecurity
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Curtis Cohenour P.E., Ohio University
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Computers in Education
engineer and project manager. He joined Ohio University in 2002 as a research engineer working for the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Cen- ter. He has worked on projects covering a wide variety of avionics and navigation systems such as, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LAAS, WAAS, and GPS. His recent work has included research with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, aimed at understanding and correcting image geo-registration errors from a number of airborne platforms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Using the Internet of Things (IoT) to Motivate Engineering Technology and
Conference Session
COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 2
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo
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Computers in Education
not workwith the current version of the software). Also, the book was discontinued and was prohibitivelyexpensive. Finally, the author attended a 10-day training session offered remotely by EON Realitystaff to develop expertise and learn advanced features of EON Professional. The above facts andactivities greatly influenced VR labs development for the VR course.This paper mainly describes students’ experiences with a novel required first-year graduate levelcourse on virtual reality (VR) taught at our Master of Science in Engineering with MechatronicsEmphasis (MS-Mechatronics) program. This three credit-hour semester-long course consists oflectures, laboratory examples, exercises, and projects. Since this work deals with human subjects,all
Conference Session
COED Modulus Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming
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Computers in Education
project proposals and the projects that they produce?Literature ReviewAs far back as 1998 researchers such as Edelson were conceptualizing authentic science practices2. Roughlyten years later, the researchers contend, “that laboratory-based school science teaching needs to becomplemented by … learning that draws on the actual world3.” This is authentic science practice3.Recently, researchers are showing that authentic STEM experiences4 include creating questions,investigating – which includes failure - and disseminating results to the community5. The majority of thetime at the university level, undergraduate research experiences are considered authentic scienceexperiences6. There is a large body of research on undergraduate research experiences7
Conference Session
COED: Autograding and Autoadvising
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Webster R. Johnson, California State University, Chico
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Computers in Education
] NoLogin 01/26/17 23:27.40 Sketch2 [ProfileFeature] NoLogin 01/26/17 22:18:21 Sketch2 [ProfileFeature] NoLogin 01/26/17 23:26:55 Cut-Extrude1 [ICE] NoLogin 01/26/17 22:28:40 Cut-Extrude1 [ICE] NoLogin 01/26/17 23:31:09 Sketch3 [ProfileFeature] NoLogin 01/26/17 22:20:19 Sketch3 [ProfileFeature] NoLogin 01/26/17 23:29:57Sharing the Login Credentials: A false positive result appears when two students share the logincredentials in a CAD laboratory. This often occurs at the beginning of a term when one studenthas not updated his or her credentials and is only able to login by using classmate’s credentials
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The Best of Computers in Education
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Zhen Wei; Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Diversity
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Computers in Education
the needs of a mobile robotics course for students from multiple disciplines. This robot systemcan be programmed in JAVA, Python, Lua or C. It can also be programmed with various devicessuch as smartphones, tablets, or the traditional laptop computer. This mobile robotics coursecurrently uses off the shelf or slightly modified off the shelf robots to teach robotics. The initialresults will indicate that it is possible to use this modular platform in its various modes to createsome of the basic behaviors required for the laboratory assignments.IntroductionThis paper will present the design of a modular educational robotics platform to handle thedivergent skill sets of a multidisciplinary population in an introductory mobile robotics course
Conference Session
COED Modulus Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Afrin Naz, West Virginia University; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University; Jordan Bowen, West Virginia University; Cody Ryan Zackoski
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Computers in Education
received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Bei- jing, China, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. From 1997 to 2002, he was a research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Elec- trical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2012. He joined the Department of Electrical and
Conference Session
Computers in Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Wen Huang, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus
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Computers in Education
conditions. Each team will be invited tothe VR laboratory to participate in the experiment independently based on prearranged time.After all the team members arrives at the laboratory, I will briefly introduce this research and theexperiment rule. Then they will fill out the pre-experiment survey and sign their names on theconsent form. When all the team members have submitted their surveys and contract forms, theexperiment phase will start: assemble the components of an automobile in the VR environmentas quickly as possible. The teams that belong to different conditions have different experimentaldesign. All members in a full-immersive team will wear HMDs and be situated in a HMD-basedfully immersive VR environment with team-work mode. Only one
Conference Session
The Best of Computers in Education
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Reeping, Virginia Tech; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University
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Diversity
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Computers in Education
building client-based relationships with members of various educational learning communities.Participants and Course Context:The first set of participants are the students enrolled in the Programming 2 course, which is thesecond course in the introductory programming sequence at Ohio Northern University. Bothintroductory courses have three 50-minute lectures and one 175-minute laboratory sessionweekly during the semester, with the laboratory being used to reinforce just-covered lecturematerial. The first course uses C++ to provide experience in breaking problems down intofunctional units involving sequence, selection, and iteration; whereas the second course uses Javato explore the event-driven graphical user interface paradigm through
Conference Session
COED: Autograding and Autoadvising
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Constantine Tarawneh, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Jazmín Ley, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
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Computers in Education
for the railroad industry under the mentorship of the faculty involved in the Railroad Research Team. She worked as a full-time Research Assistant at what is now known as the Railway Safety Center continuing her work on sensor technology for Amsted Rail and their subsidiaries. After her work with the Railroad Research Team, she worked in Texas State Technical College as Depart- ment Chair of the Associate of Science in Engineering Program. She currently works in The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and teaches introduction to engineering materials and engineering materials laboratory, engineering graphics, dynamics, numerical methods, and engineering vibrations. c American Society for
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COED: EE Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel
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Computers in Education
laboratories. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Translating the Instructional Processor from VHDL to VerilogAbstractAn Instructional Processor has been developed for use as a design example in an AdvancedDigital Systems course. The system was originally modeled in VHDL and was simulated usingXilinx design tools to demonstrate operation of the processor. The design model can also besynthesized and implemented in hardware on a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The goalof this project was to translate the Instructional Processor into the Verilog hardware descriptionlanguage, while maintaining the same operational characteristics.VHDL and Verilog are IEEE standard languages used for the
Conference Session
COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 2
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Luke S. Lee P.E., University of the Pacific; Hector Estrada, University of the Pacific; Mehdi Khazaeli, University of the Pacific
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Computers in Education
. C. & Mayer, R. E., e-Learning and the Science of Instruction, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.9. Mager, R., Preparing instructional objectives: A critical tool in the development of effective instruction, 3rd Edition, Atlanta, GA: Center for Effective Performance, 1997.10. Marzano, R., Designing and teaching learning goals and objectives: classroom strategies that work, Bloomington, IN: Marzano Research Laboratory, 2009.11. Davis, B.G., Tools for Teaching, 2nd Edition, San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, 2009.12. Ressler, S.J., Welch R.W., and Meyer, K.F., “Teaching Lessons Learned: Organizing and Delivering Classroom Instruction,” ASCE J. Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 130
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COED: Online and Blended Learning Part 2
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Thomas M. Freeman M.Ed., Michigan Technological University
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Computers in Education
programs are morepopular at the graduate level for a number of reasons. First, online graduate programs are moreaccessible and flexible for the needs of the audience.​10​ Secondly, graduate courses typically arenot as heavily laboratory-based as undergraduate programs, requiring less in-personeducation.​11-12​ Third, while undergraduate education is typically accredited by organizations suchas ABET, master’s programs are typically not accredited, allowing universities more flexibilityin offering some graduate courses online.​12Additionally, looking at online enrollment by degree program reveals some interesting trends. A2013 study by ​Pontes and Pontes indicated that students ​enrolled in engineering are significantlyless likely to be enrolled in
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Computers in Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph; Andrew Lee, University of Guelph; Robert Nicholas Vandemark; Elyse Hill; Amy Domenique Gadsden, University of Alberta
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estimation theory. Andrew worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He also worked as a Project Manager in the pharma- ceutical industry (Apotex Inc.) for three years. Before joining the University of Guelph in 2016, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Balti- more County. Andrew worked with a number of colleagues in NASA, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), USDA, NIST, and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). He is an ASME and IEEE member, and a Professional Engineer. Andrew was an Associate Editor for the Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical
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COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Tonia A. Dousay, University of Idaho; Tyler J. Kerr, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming; Brandon Seth Gellis, University of Wyoming; Jesse Ballard, University of Wyoming
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Computers in Education
, established within the College of Education in Fall 2014, and the UW 3-DArtScience and STEM Maker Laboratory, established in the Department of Art and Art Historyin Fall 2015.To help maintain this momentum, the SIC planning committee agreed that an intermediate andmore centrally located facility might assist with broader campus goals, build anticipation for thenew facility, and launch a network of makerspaces on campus to maximize impact and use.Committee meeting discussions took into consideration guidance and advice learned fromopening the other spaces, including an absolute need for a facility to be easily accessible andvisible to students.When innovation and maker labs are not directly in the flow of typical student traffic, theybecome
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Computers in Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Semih Yilmaz, California State University, East Bay; Akarsh Rao, Immersive and Interactive Research Group; Walter Condori Jr., California State University, East Bay; Karan Monga, STEM Educational Gaming Research Group; Hadiseh Gooranorimi, California State University, East Bay
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(CSUEB). The Visualization and Immersion Classroom(VIC) is suited for the delivery of large-scale educational interventions (see Figure 2). The VICis a computer laboratory equipped with 48 high-end computers capable of running the latestvisualization software. The VIC is also equipped with 10 Oculus Rift, capable of renderingvirtual environments in real-time. Based on the environment, the target audience of the game willbe undergraduate students. In particular, the game was designed for first-year undergraduatestudents and transfer students joining the CSUEB campus. The research team selected thisstudent population to maximize the transfer of the desired learning and behaviors to incomingstudents and have a long-lasting effect on their academic