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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Robert Avanzato

the virtual environment would generally be set to be physical,depending on the application. Students have generally mastered basic Second Lifebuilding skills within a couple of hours and were able to successfully design objects suchas furniture and basic vehicles. The 3D building skills are introduced to students, whowork in a computer lab, through short demonstrations.All objects created by users are persistent in the virtual world and can be viewed by otheravatars. Collaborative building in Second Life is also supported. Permissions andattributes can be set on virtual objects to restrict or permit editing access for otherresidents in Second Life. There is no cost in creating objects in Second Life, but ingeneral, it is necessary to purchase

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Christopher J. Lowrance

in this paper might not be the right fit forsome classrooms or occasions. However, if you think this technique might be appropriate foryour class, then I highly recommend giving it a try. Once you experiment with this technique, Iam certain that you will find it to be a very efficient teaching technique where the benefitscertainly outweigh the costs.Bibliography1. Davis, Barbara G. Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. Web. .2. Felder, Richard M., and Barbara A. Soloman. "Learning Styles and Strategies." Web. .3. Lowman, Joseph. Mastering the Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. Print.

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

, a great deal of knowledge is easily available. Any eighthgrader today can acquire more facts and the contexts surrounding these facts with a few mouse clicks onthe Internet than a high school senior just a few decades ago spending a month in a library. Many of thedisconnected facts and formula of elementary mathematics derive from principles that can be visuallyrepresented. Mathematicians must set aside their distrust of visual models. Our educational systemrequires employing these representations to instill wonder and insight and judgment.Our young students are encouraged, by the pressure to earn respectable grades, not to investigate, developor even master some elegant powerful theory, but to concentrate on mnemonics and disconnected

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Deepak S. Deepawale; Buket D. Barkana

. Sakurai and Y.Ando, “A Computational Software for noise measurement and toward itsidentifiacation”, Graduate school of science and technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe,657-8501 Japan.[13] Yosuke Okamoto, Seiji Nakagawa, Tkashi Yano and Yoichi Ando, “An MEG study of corticalresponses related to subjective preference for different regularities of a fluctuating light”, GraduateSchool of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamto 860-8555, Japan.Short Biographies of the Authors:Deepak S. Deepawale is Graduate Assistant in Electrical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport,CT. He is pursuing his Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport, CT.Buket D. Barkana is a

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gautham Das; Rishi Cariappa

applied fluid mechanics. He was a senior engineer atS&ME, Inc and at Parsons Corporation. His professional activities include membership andparticipation in the New England Water Environment Association and the American Society ofCivil Engineers. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from BangaloreUniversity, Bangalore, India; a Master of Science degree in Geo-Environmental Engineering anda Doctor of Philosophy degree in Civil Engineering from the University of North Carolina,Charlotte, NC, USA.K. N Rishi. Cariappa B.E.Proprietor: Anjanadri construction companyDirector Projects: BSR developer’s pvt. Ltd.Class I contractor: Public works department, Government of Karnataka ( India)No. 15 & 16 , curve road , tasker

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ibrahim Alkore Alshalabi; Eman Abdelfattah

for development of Internet based lectures at the Department of Electrotechnology of the CTU Prague," Electronics Technology: 2001. 24th International Spring Seminar on Concurrent Engineering in Electronic Packaging, pp.107-111, 2001 6 BiographiesIbrahim M Alkore Alshalabi Ibrahim M Alkore Alshalabi received the B.Sc. in Computer Science from Al-Isra PrivateUniversity, Amman ON, Jordan in 1997, and the MCA( Master of Computer Applications ) fromBangalore University - India in 2007. In 2009 he joined University of Bridgeport as Ph.D.student in computer science and engineering at the University of Bridgeport

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Hamoud Alshammari; Hassan Bajwa; Jeongkyu Lee

B.the master of the cluster. Before that, the datasource file should be uploaded to the HadoopDistributed File System by dividing the BigDatainto blocks that have the same size of data, usually64 or 128 MB for each block. Then, these blocksare distributed among different Data Nodes withinthe cluster. Any job now has to have the name ofthe data file in HDFS, the source file of MapReducecode (e.g. Java file), and the name of the file thatthe result will be stored in also in HDFS. In current architecture, data follows theconcept of write-one read-many, so there is noability to do any changes in the source file in HDFS(Figure 3). However, each job has to get the datafrom all blocks that store the source data file in Figure

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Harry Knickle; Don Gray

analogsignal. Digital control is the simpler of the two control methods since only an on/offsignal need to be received by the device. For a solenoid valve a 5 volt signal might turnthe valve on while a zero volt signal would turn the valve off. An electrical heater isanother example of a device that can work with either digital or analog control. Theheater can either be on or off, digital control, or we can vary the current to the heater,proportional control. To send these signal we simply need an electrical switch. A simpleelectrical switch available commercially is called solid state relays. Other electricalswitches are available.The students also master the following skill list:1. CONNECT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO A MICROCOMPUTER2. CONNECT THE

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Tom Goulding; Durga Suresh

engineering manager and a Socratic hardware and software concepts that must beinstructor is not that of subject matter expert. It is mastered when programming at the lowest level in aexceptional organizational, motivational, and computer system. A complex project had not beencommunication skills that matter to both. A Socratic previously considered for this type of course atinstructor is skilled at problem definition and Wentworth Institute of Technology.decomposition, guiding the search for applicableThe plan which the authors adopted involved the they would discover that the rotors turn after eachSocratic instructor (Professor Goulding) joining the character is typed. This ensures

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Edwin Schmeckpeper; Ashley Ater Kranov; Steve Beyerlein; Jay McCormack; Pat Pedrow

common scoring scale isused across all of the ABET professional skills: 0-absent, 1-emerging, 2-developing, 3–competent, 4–effective, and5–mastering. Examples from the EPS Rubric are shown in the following Figure 1 to Figure 5. Effective use of anyrubric requires some rater training and calibration. Since the EPSA method was developed for course or programlevel assessment, the EPS Rubric is used to evaluate the performance of the group, not the performance of individualstudents. The transcripts refer to the individual students by numbers, such as “Student #1”, instead of theirindividual names. The use of identification numbers, rather than names, serves to preserve confidentiality andremoves a source of potential rater bias

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

R. John Milne

ofsome ideas without the students mastering the details. Before an exam, I will use slides toreview material the students should have learned earlier but may have temporarily forgotten.(Also I insert some new material into these review sessions and sometimes review the priormaterial from a different angle or using additional words). Slides are good for covering materialquickly. Powell3 and Felder4 suggest that the active learning methods of developing spreadsheetmodels or at least taking written notes is preferred for most learning activities in this type ofcourse. Nevertheless, I try to show at least a few slides every other class session so that theresulting variety of media stimulates student interest.VideosVideos are great for showing moving

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Gregory E. Needel

of kits in engineering classroom education has become more prevalent recently, sinceless expensive kits are being developed for fun and as replacements for expensive lab equipment.Educators can introduce various concepts to be mastered and build one skill upon another.Students can explore design ideas, develop hypotheses, and validate them with their kit robots.Once students are more familiar with the kits, it is easy to teach advanced concepts because theprojects are fun and the students become more creative. One practical and innovative roboticskit, the VEX Robotics Design System™, (VEX), which was designed and marketed byInnovation First, Inc. (IFI) , is a proven platform for multidisciplinary studies. VEX is sold as abase kit, with

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Yu Wang; Farrukh Zia; Ohbong Kwon; Xiaohai Li

Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology,” Prentice Hall, 1999, ISBN:01308503499 Wii Nunchuck, https://github.com/timtro/wiinunchuck-h 6 2015 ASEE Northeast Section ConferenceYu WangProf. Yu Wang earned her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the CUNY GraduateCenter. She received two Masters’ degrees in Electrical Engineering and Optoelectronics fromthe City College of New York and Dalian University of Technology of China, respectively.Currently she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering Technologyat New York City College of Technology. Her primary area

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Felipe Pait

agency, voice, and authority, from the master as wellas the student, is irrelevant. For technologies, new or not so new, can transmit information almoston their own. Before some adventurer grabs them, the university has to tear down the walls tocontinue as a locus of creation of real and relevant knowledge.Appendix: Some specific Br azilian exper iencesThe remainder of this paper is of interest only to those trying to deal with issues specific toBrazilian universities. The author will endeavor to translate it to the same awkward language asabove upon request, if there is interest.A express˜ao mais fundamental da agˆencia, fora do momento da sala de aula, est´a na definic¸a ˜ o e controle, ainda queparciais, dos rumos de seu pr´oprio curr

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yves Ngabonziza; Hendrick Delcham

practices Often, engineering equipments are costly, and adding morehave been shown to improve student participation. There is credits and hours to an already packed curriculum isbroad recognition that meaningful learning in engineering impractical and too costly to students. In that regard, somerequires that students master fundamental concepts, rather institutions have embraced the use of virtual testing/simulationthan the memorization of facts and formulas [1

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Franco Capaldi

90 SM 690-0 PWRS.Fig. 3. Student performance on mastery tests.subtopics. Students can complete assessment exams duringany class period. If a student fails to achieve mastery of atopic, they can retake the exam during another class period.An integrated midterm and final forces students to revisitprevious topics and ensures that they maintain a reasonableschedule in terms of topic mastery. Theoretically, a bright andself-motivated student could achieve proficiency in all topicswithin 12 lecture periods. Results from the first five exams areshown in Figure 3. III. CONCULSIONS The amount of time spent by students on each topic variedgreatly. While the best students mastered the initial topicsquickly, some student

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ruzanna Davtyan

already mastered life. In this type of environment students can find connection(Shea & Morgan, 1979) p.221.” Students' commitment in their between not realistic ideas and everyday submissions in real-schoolwork “increases significantly when they are taught why world context.they are learning the concepts and how those concepts can beused in real-world contexts (Berns & Erickson, 2001) p.112.” Curriculum and instruction based on contextual learning strategies should be structured to encourage five essential Contextualized learning is a proven concept that forms of learning: Relating, Experiencing, Applying

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Spencer Matthew Pollard, California State University, Chico; Abbas Attarwala, California State University, Chico; Jaime Raigoza, California State University, Chico

Tagged Topics

Student Papers

to master during the camp. This approach placed an additional cognitiveburden on students during the activity, detracting from its intended impact. To address this, futureiterations of the camp should integrate more practical, skill-focused instruction earlier in theprogram. Collaborating with the programming course to incorporate instruction on programmingand Arduino could make the BB84 QKD activity more interactive and less reliant onpre-assembled tools. This change would empower students to engage with the materials moredeeply and confidently. Introducing small-group collaborations or gamified elements could alsoincrease and enhance the collaboration among students. Finally, as this was my first experienceteaching a workshop of this kind

Conference Session

Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

Paper ID #45406Mini-Laboratory Activities for Observing Electromagnetic Fields in a RequiredUndergraduate Course for Electrical EngineersDr. Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel Dr. Mazzaro earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2004, a Master of Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2006, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as an Electronics Engineer for the United States Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. For his technical research, Dr. Mazzaro studies the unintended behaviors of radio frequency

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Harry Knickle; Don Gray

analogsignal. Digital control is the simpler of the two control methods since only an on/offsignal need to be received by the device. For a solenoid valve a 5 volt signal might turnthe valve on while a zero volt signal would turn the valve off. An electrical heater isanother example of a device that can work with either digital or analog control. Theheater can either be on or off, digital control, or we can vary the current to the heater,proportional control. To send these signal we simply need an electrical switch. A simpleelectrical switch available commercially is called solid state relays. Other electricalswitches are available.The students also master the following skill list:1. CONNECT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO A MICROCOMPUTER2. CONNECT THE

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Jordan Cox; Derek Burdette; Christopher Shaffer; Farshid Zabihian

must control the device throughout the understand how the UAV actually flies and the many trial. calculations that go into figuring the thrust of the7. All radio controllers will be impounded and shut off during propeller/motor combination and the drag force. This section the competition, except during the team’s run. is dedicated to describing some of those equations and what8. All devices must have a readily accessible and clearly labeled master shut-off switch. they mean. The WVU Tech team has made steady progress towards

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Israel Aguilera Navarrete; Alejandro Lozano-Guzman; Edna Alcazar-Farias

environment. This will enhance the realism of technologicalimportance for developing countries, where it is especially goals and the policies designed to pursue and/or facilitate them,sensitive the issue of considering academic research as thereby hopefully benefiting each respective society as a“academic luxury”. So two additional indicators are proposed. . whole. • Theses: the annual amount of thesis publication, Publications and citations indicators have a distinct especially those written to gain masters degrees and disadvantage for under-developed and developing countries. doctorates, as a good reflection of the academic and Databases used for compiling these kinds of

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Shanique Jiles

from the audio sound breakout using SPI. SPI uses a master and slave connection to send and receive data. This requires a four wire connection which in this case is the data in, clock, reset and the output which is called busy on the breakout board. Normally if you are using SPI with an Arduino microcontroller you would have to use the SPI library that is built in to

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Luis Rodriguez; Gail Coover; Dalelia Davis; George Johnson; Oumar Kaba; Angela Frey; Andrew Pham; Amihan Huesmann

different skilllevels, as determined by their completed math courses and their results in a standardizedplacement test, and thereby ensuring students have ample opportunities to master content andreceive feedback on their performance. Students work individually and in groups, againensuring that students have access to vicarious learning experiences. The syllabus is designed insuch a way that, after eight weeks, students are working on topics one course level higher than atthe beginning of the program.The science class is divided in three segments: biology, chemistry and physics. All students takethe 3 classes and they are not divided into groups to account for initial knowledge level. Rather,all the instructors work together to create a unified

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Heath Schluterman; Candace Rainwater; Leslie Massey

used. This is not surprising since manystudents know many of the concepts we are covering, they just need a small content clarification.The slides or notes can be searched much more easily than finding the correct spot even in theshort videos. However, we are encouraged to see that a majority of students are using the videoswe recorded and nearly one in four is taking advantage of outside resources. We were especiallyexcited to see nearly 10% use a combination of all these resources, but equally disappointed tosee that 11% do not use any of the provided materials. Hopefully, those students that are notusing the resources have already mastered the class material. Since the survey is anonymous, wecannot link these responses to performance

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson

andcompaction styles. Adobe™ was used as a master. Vimeo™ was used (www.vimeo.com) as astreaming agent (7). During class, the internet was accessed and Vimeo brought up. The videoswere run from the Vimeo website. To view the videos, simple go to Vimeo and search for „greensand casting‟, for example.Many pitfalls exist in the creation of videos, such as the time involved. For the three videosdescribed, there are many types of activities that occurred. For example, we estimate 20 hours ofvideo and a hundred pictures taken. Also, we expended 100 hours of video editing, 30 hours ofgraphics creation, 40 hours of audio creation and 20 hours of format editing. We did not includeovernight computations and processing.We also did not address the issue of

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Bill D Carroll P.E., The University of Texas at Arlington; Kartikey Sharan, The University of Texas at Arlington

arithmetic and hardware interfacing, as evidenced by lab performance and feedback. 3. Real-Time Interaction: The processor’s ability to handle inputs and display outputs in real time provided immediate validation of students’ work, reinforcing their learning.Challenges and ConclusionWhile the project achieved significant success, it also encountered challenges that warrantattention for future iterations. One notable challenge was the steep learning curve associated withSystemVerilog and the IEEE 754 standard, requiring students to dedicate additional time andresources to mastering these concepts. Another challenge was managing FPGA resourceconstraints, which occasionally necessitated optimizing SystemVerilog modules for efficienthardware

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Siyuan Meng, University of Southern California

Tagged Topics

Diversity

miss critical information.Therefore, the preview’s role in providing clear explanations of these concepts becomes crucial.By reviewing the symbols and their meanings before class, students can better understand andengage with the lecture content.Moreover, since this course heavily focuses on software operations, mastering the software isequally important. Figure 3 illustrates the professor demonstrating how to add tolerances toengineering drawings, where students can only see the software interface projected on the screen.Because software operations involve multiple steps, it is impractical to create PowerPoint slides Figure 4: AI generated preview for software Figure 3: Lecture software operation

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2025 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Siyuan Meng, University of Southern California

placement. Student feedbackindicates these visual supports reduced drafting errors by 45% compared to traditional textbookreferences, while the modular design allowed efficient review of specific drawing componentsbefore assessments.Moreover, mastering knowledge requires more than just repeating actions; it involvesunderstanding the underlying logic. Visualized instruction facilitates this by explaining thereasoning behind each step, helping students move from the “how” of operations to the “why.”This deeper understanding enables students to truly grasp the skills and concepts required by thecourse. Through this approach, visualized instruction effectively bridges the learning gap causedby hearing impairments, ensuring that all students have

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas A. Lenox Ph.D., American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

roles in engineering practice.2010 to Present: Consolidating, Communicating, Convincing, and Implementing. (see Events #41 to #45, Appendix A)The period since 2010 has been characterized by a re-prioritization of resources within ASCE.After accomplishing the important foundational steps of the Raise the Bar master plan (Vision2025; Body of Knowledge; BOK-compliant accreditation criteria, curricula, and experientialguidelines; and NCEES Model Law & Rules 2020), ASCE’s emphasis was shifted to motivatingchanges to the engineering licensure statutes. Based upon the extensive research, informationresources, insights, and accomplishments of the committees and task committees that haveworked on the Raise the Bar initiative between 1998