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Implementation of a Design Project in a Freshman Engineering Physics Course

Conference Session
Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania; Benjamin J. Zile; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Taylor Schmidt
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Physics and Physics
certainly beneficial to student development, the types of projectsassigned are usually solved using trial and error methods and rarely require the application of theconcepts the students are learning in their math and science courses. These projects can solidifythe idea students hold that math and science background is not required for design work and thatthe courses are merely intended to “weed out” students. Furthermore, it can cause students tobecome disillusioned with the engineering curriculum. This paper suggests that physics classes are a good place to apply the basic skills beingcovered in the course to real-life situations. Specifically, it explains how to take a large-scaledesign problem actually encountered in a capstone course
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Introducing Programming and Problem Solving with Arduino-based Laboratories

Conference Session
Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Daugherity, Abilene Christian University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Physics and Physics
++ maintains a very close second. In fact, 4 of the top 5languages in 2018 are in the “C++ family” sharing similar syntax. We also considered inputfrom our department’s Industrial Advisory Board, recent graduates, and current faculty andstudents in selecting a programming language. Two large factors were the prevalence of usingC/C++ in our senior capstone projects, and that our computer science department teachesintroductory programming in C++. The Arduino IDE is freely available on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux (https://www.arduino.cc/). Even though we have chosen to use C++ for theseprogramming labs, they could easily be adapted to other languages that support the Arduinoplatform such as Python or MATLAB.HardwareAs discussed above, we find that
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