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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Fritzpatrick Roque; Aidan Murphy; Bijan Bayat Mokhtari; Joseph Kim; Alex Barbaran; Andy S. Zhang; Farrukh Zia

that further increase the probability of risk. Currently, many of the Doctors administering the endoscopic examination rely on intuition to detect if a loop has formed. For the purposes of detecting these loops in a more accurate and dependable way, a reliable yet simple, inexpensive yet sophisticated, user-friendly sensing device with an emphasis on optimal efficiency and patient comfort was developed. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 283The device, which is called Loop-O-Scope the by team, revolves around a stretch

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Radhika Tulasi Natarajan; Lior Baron, CUNY Graduate Center

sense of reality out of all thesensory input we receive. We build patterns of the way we think the world works. Humans’ andsongbirds’ brains are similar in that they are both storage and processing units. New sensoryinput is integrated into already existing mental models and is processed and constructed into oursense of reality. 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference, October 26-27, 2018 – Brooklyn Technical High SchoolThe format of the paper is as follows. We provide motivation to our methodology by reviewingprior neurological understanding of how birds learn in Section 2. We then provide prior work onthree learning areas and their corresponding roles in the birds’ brain in Section 3. In Section 4,we draw parallels between the roles in the

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Orlando J. Hernandez

School of Engineering (MSOE) hasimplemented a new introductory electrical engineering (EE) course in the first quarter of thefreshman year [3]. Student retention is the primary motivation, and the special manner in whichthe course is team-taught helps to ensure the desired student satisfaction. Initial feedback hasshown that the students are excited to experience the breadth and flexibility of EE byunderstanding how familiar, everyday electronic items work. A pass/fail type grading systemlessens student first-term stress, while encouraging participation and no-risk experimentation. "Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Allison L. Felix; Joel Z. Bandstra; William H.J. Strosnider

Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova Universitystable pH of 3.5. Iron concentrations were measured by flame atomic absorption and were foundto be 62.1 mg/L in the starting AMD. Initial turbidity was negligible.Materials supplied for the bench-top treatment project included limestone gravel (ca. 30 lbs. perteam), spent mushroom compost (ca. 10 lbs. per team), silica sand, five c2gallon buckets (6 perteam), eight foot sections of rain gutter (1 per team), empty milk containers, fiberglass screen,coffee filters, funnels, furring strips, glue, and tape. All materials were readily available at areahardware stores. Common tools such as drills, hammers, hand-saws, etc. were provided forsystem construction. A multi

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Liesl Hotaling; Susan Lowes

participating schools.Other partners, including the New Jersey Department of Education, are engaged in thisoutreach effort.“Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 2This paper will discuss the EOFNJ efforts in the middle-school grades, including the pilottesting of Society of Automotive Engineer’s A World in Motion curriculum. The elementaryschool-level EOFNJ efforts are detailed in a separate paper.2.0 Middle School EOFNJ Efforts – A World in MotionPhase 1, the first year of EOFNJ, the middle school efforts focused on piloting one of theSociety of Automotive Engineer’s

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ani Ural; Joseph Yost

) are investigated by increasing hw between 10 and 15 incheswith all other dimensions held constant. The results are shown in Fig. 2c and the exponentialgrowth in I is noted compared with the relatively flat linear increase in A. This (Fig. 2c) is thevalue of the SMARTBEAM technology, where the beam depth is increased with no net increasein material. Thus, understanding the relationship between stress and moment-of-inertia, and thenthe dependence of moment-of-inertia on the square of depth, the students can recognize theeconomy of using a deeper section. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University 2.2

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Keith M. Gardiner

on the output of theirpredecessors and further expand each field.AcknowledgementsThe contributions, participation and suffering of numerous students are gratefully acknowledged.References1. Gardiner, K. M., “An Argument for Empowered Learning,” Proceedings, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section RegionalConference, Temple University, 1996.2. Gardiner, K. M., “Organizational Planning and Control as an Undergraduate Research Experience,” ASEE Mid-Atlantic Region, Spring Meeting, Rowan University, April 21, 2001.3. Gardiner, K. M., “The Olympic Games: An Organizational Planning and Control Research Project,” Proceedingsof the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Multimedia SessionNumber #2793.4. Ray, J. W. Jr

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bert Davy; Indranil Goswami; Jiang Li; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; Charles Oluokun; Arcadio Sincero

accordance with ABET 2000 criteria, the student feedback was analyzed, the results of theformal analysis being the basis for a system of continuous improvement to the course delivery."Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education"IntroductionMultiple reports point to the decline in recruitment and retention of students studying science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as well as the increase in the rate ofprofessionals leaving STEM (NSB, 2003; NSB, 2004). The Task Force on American Innovationreports that the number of jobs openings in STEM areas is five times the number of US studentsgraduating in STEM. The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) “Strategic Plan: FY 2003-2008

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Firdous Saleheen; Salvatore Giorgi; Zachary Smith; Joseph Picone; Chang-Hee Won

this is the not format most conducive to learning4. Space constraintsare mitigated by dividing the students into multiple sections. In each section, the students aregrouped in a team because of equipment shortages. Sometimes, scheduling constraints force alab to be performed out of sequence with the lecture. Because of time constraints, studentsreceive a less-than-ideal exposure to the concepts and the associated instrumentation.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityA better alternative can be an open laboratory where the students can return to repeat and refinetheir experiments. Palais and Javurek defined the open laboratory as “a single large roomcontaining equipment for performing experiments

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Deeksha Seth; Gabriel Carryon; James Tangorra

but also to ensurethat these graduates are prepared to be leaders and innovators in emerging STEM fields. A partof this reform depends on the quality of undergraduate engineering education experience. Inaddition to providing strong analytical skills, undergraduate engineering education needs tostrengthen skills that prepare graduates to work within rapidly diversifying STEM fields. Futureinnovators need to be prepared to adapt to modern technology, collaborate with people fromoutside their discipline, and be able to apply their skills to solving new problems. Anderson et.al.cite attributes such as problem-solving, team work, clear communication, effectively working Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Vijay Kanabar; Carla Messikomer

grown into a global company, its IT system had become fragmented and antiquated, with different systems in operation in different countries. So switching to a single integrated system seemed eminently sensible. Very quickly all hell broke loose. 6 Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityAccording to Bent Flyvbjerg and Alexander Budzier the researchers at the University of Oxfordin the UK, implementing the project created unanticipated set of problems as Levi Strauss foundthat the new system could not fulfill orders and had to close its three US distribution centers for alengthy duration: “In 2008, five years after it began the project, the company took a $193 million

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bryndol Sones

) Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 244Program at West Point: reactor engineering, radiation shielding, radiation detection, and nuclearweapons effects. The use of MCNP in our curriculum may seem like an obvious choice. Itpermits experimentation using virtual facilities requiring no capital investment in physicallaboratories, and it enables the student use of a modern engineering tool, an ABET priority forour NE Program. However, MCNP use does not come easily to our student because it requiresuse of DOS command prompts and prescriptive input

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bijan Bayat Mokhtari; Ethan Wong; Aidan Murphy; Andy S. Zhang; Fritzpatrick Roque; Iem Heng

: Cognitivelearning,experientialandcooperativelearning,hands-onlearning.1. IntroductionOne of the oblems pr that many engineering technology students face whelooking for their first engineering job is: Do you have relevant experiEmployers prefer graduates with relevant experience to those without Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ahmed Azam

it easier for students, teachers and administrators to strive towardsacademic success. It is the technical means by which everything can be delivered as aservice over the internet, accessible from any device, any place, anytime. By providingaccess to education and the academic community anytime and anywhere, DeVry canemerge as a leader in the academic world. DeVry is made up of many voices but is oneuniversity, and cloud computing could be the tool used to unite our vision, objectives,and values for many different audiences.Key words: Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Integrated Services, DeVry University,Hosted Services, Hybrid Learning Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Wei Cao; Peggy Vance; Michael Maxson; Thomas Minnich

colleague told the kids that this small robot is mimic version of the real robots sent toMars. They both used the same scientific and technology principles. Dr. Cao has learnt that theProceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2Lego Mindstorms Robots was invented by MIT learning lab, which aims to teach the scienceand engineering principle for k-12 kids. Dr. Wei Cao was moved by the success of the show and felt that for WV schools, whichwere very lagging behind in the dramatic changing technology age in many aspects, LegoRobots should be an excellent tool for promote MSET

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Qinghai Gao

discussionforum to require every student to submit his or her opinion for an issue and respond to aminimum of three submissions from others.●Set up quizzes and exams consisting of a set of randomly selected questions from a largequestion pool so each student will have a different exam/test. For the multiple choice questionsFall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova Universitythe answer choices of a question are randomized also for different students. The questions arealso given one at a time.●Set up the time restriction. Once an exam/test is started it has to be finished within the specifiedtime frame. And students are given only one chance to attempt it.●Compare the IP addresses to see if two students are in the vicinity of

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Jose M Reyes Alamo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology; Yu Wang, The New York City College of Technology; Renata Budny, New York City College of Technology

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. At that time, theCCLs and department chairs also decide whether they will continue for two more years or if theyare going to be replaced by a new CCL. A diagram of the Course Coordination Process atCityTech is shown in Fig. 2. Currently, all departments at CityTech have CCLs involved in thesecond two-year cycle of course coordination. The Department of Computer EngineeringTechnology is no exception. This department in particular found some interesting parallels Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUbetween the course coordination efforts and the ABET accreditation process, which is explainedin next section. Figure 2 - Diagram of the course coordination process at the New York City College of

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Amy Fleischer; Aaron Wemhoff; James O'Brien; Ani Ural; LeRoy Alaways

in grades 4-8. The hands-onactivities were developed and implemented by five full-time faculty members, two of whomwere female. The effectiveness of the program in promoting engineering studies to this targetaudience was assessed using a survey instrument. The survey results indicate that the programwas extremely effective in promoting engineering to this cohort. Prior to attending the programonly 9 of 57 girls were strongly considering engineering as a career, while after the program thisnumber doubled to 18 who were strongly considering engineering as a career with another 35potentially considering engineering as a career. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University1.0 Introduction1.1 Why

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunil Dehipawala; George Tremberger; Wenli Guo; Eva Hampton; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

opportunityto introduce our physics class students to humanitarian application as well. QueensboroughCommunity College introduced servicing learning via the quotation from US Government Learnand Serve America 1 "Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integratesmeaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience,teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities." Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityCollaboration between faculty and community partner in designing a project based on thepartner's specific goals and needs is an important aspect. The pedagogy in teaching servicelearning with the New York Public Interest Research Group

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Frank Lanzer

ten percent.In contrast, the enrollment in more traditional business office-type courses remainedmajority female, which is also the case at the community college. This conforms to the Proceedings of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of 2 the American Society for Engineering Education 3national situation of more girls in the office/clerical skills course and fewer in the moretechnical courses. The College Board statistics show a testing rate of roughly 30% femalesfor computer science (both exams) and physics (all 3 exams)6.The First Technology Camp for GirlsDuring the summer of the author’s

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Frank Lanzer

ten percent.In contrast, the enrollment in more traditional business office-type courses remainedmajority female, which is also the case at the community college. This conforms to the Proceedings of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of 2 the American Society for Engineering Education 3national situation of more girls in the office/clerical skills course and fewer in the moretechnical courses. The College Board statistics show a testing rate of roughly 30% femalesfor computer science (both exams) and physics (all 3 exams)6.The First Technology Camp for GirlsDuring the summer of the author’s

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gabriel Parmer; Rahul Simha; Chris Toombs; Poorvi Vora; Timothy Wood

document as studentspresent, and require students to provide a written response with a concrete plan to improve theirtalk within a few days. Instructors reference previous feedback when watching a student toensure that they don’t repeat past difficulties, and that they are continuously improving.4.0 Lessons LearnedIn this section, we focus on lessons learned that might be useful for other institutions. These arebased on our own experience as instructors as well as feedback based on exit surveys, but moreimportantly, from alumni who experienced the new interventions listed earlier. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUWhat works, according to alumni: ● Almost to a person, alumni are enthusiastically

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Donald D. Joye

Information 1. Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, 6th ed., R.H. Perry and D. Green, eds., McGraw- Hill, NY, 1984. Section 6. 2. http://www.defender.com 3. http://zycon.com/Profile/Day-Pro-Rubber-Inc/Duckbill-Check-Valves.htmlFall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University 

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Oludare Owolabi

. Figure 4: Filene’s Construction Site Boston (MA)The Fig. 4 above is a picture of the ongoing construction. It shows an I-section where I-beams areused to transfer the load of one floor to a lower floor. These high beams are high strength structuralsteel member of the entire building. Again one cannot over-emphasized I-beams are stronger becauseit two flanges and it thicker cross-web can hold more load. They are also used because they have abetter strength/mass ratio, in architecture mass is critical as the more mass you use the more supportyou need. And that is also why gantries are made from I-beams only.Student B Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUBecause it is still in its early phase, as the

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak

,” Proceedings of ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring 2015 Conference, Villanova University, PA, April 10-11, 2015, 1-13.8. Konak, A., Kulturel-Konak, S., Okudan Kremer, G.E., Esparragoza, I.E. “Teamwork Attitude, Interest, and Self-Efficacy: Their Implications for Teaching Teamwork Skills to Engineering Students,” IEEE Frontiers in Education, El Paso, TX, October 21-24, 2015, 4 pages. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWU9. I. E. Allen and J. Seaman (2014). Grade Change: Tracking Online Education in the United States, Babson Survey Research Group and Ouahog Research Group Report.10. Summers, J. J., Waigandt, A., and Whittaker, T. A. (2005). A comparison of student achievement and

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Edward F. Glynn; Frank E. Falcone

subsequent sections ofthis paper. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityMentoring ProgramEach student in Fundamentals has been assigned two individuals who are graduates ofVillanova’s BSCE program and who have volunteered to serve as mentors. The students contacttheir mentors via email during the semester to discuss such issues as career paths, groupdynamics and engineering ethics. The mentoring program gives the students an opportunity tointeract with practicing engineers. It gives them a chance to view the civil engineeringprofession from a perspective other than those provided by the CEE faculty.The inspiration for the mentoring program came from a faculty workshop on engineering

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Tak Cheung

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Paper ID #244042018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Developing an engineering mindset: teacher enrichment strategies employingproject-based learning in optics and cosmic ray studyDr. sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College Sunil Dehipawala received his B.S. degree from University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka and Ph.D from City University of New York. Currently, he is working as a faculty member at Queensborough Community College of CUNY.Prof. Vazgen Shekoyan Dr. Vazgen Shekoyan is a professor of physics and his experiences include pedagogy, CubeSat, etc.Dr. Raul

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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optimization of complex systems and robustness under uncertainty with applications to facility layout, reliability, and scheduling. She has published her research in numerous journals including IIE Transactions, OR Letters, INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS Transactions on Education, International Journal of Production Re- search, European Journal of Operational Research, and Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Computers. She is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). She is the past chair of ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section. She has been a principal investigator in

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Rex Taibu, Queensborough Community College-CUNY; George Tremberger Jr, CUNY-Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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minus one would be a measure of the relative gain using the (post-pre)/pre concept.The learning assessment rubric of Highly Competent, Competent, and Needs Improvementversus Participant Deliverables was used. An improvement was observed in the grades ofdiscussion sections of lab reports. The student relative gain was about 0.2 (N = 22 and N = 20,two classes) in the assessment model using highly competent =1, competent = 0.8 and needsimprovement = 0.6). The rubric guideline is displayed in Table 1.The assessment result suggests that the modeling of liberal arts writing in the context ofdiagrammatic kinematics thinking would help students to improve on their physics lab reportwriting. Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci; Pathickal Polouse

“Proceedings of the Spring 2007 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education”that unless they are particularly gifted in math and science skills (and can demonstrate this at entry tocollege) they should not pursue engineering or technical careers. In addition, all too often instructionin math is divorced from the application of mathematics to the solution of everyday problems.This situation leads to the alienation of far too many students from the STEM (Science, Engineering,Technology, and Mathematics) disciplines. At UDC a group of faculty, under a grant from theDepartment of Education, are developing experiments (experiences) that may be used to introducestudents to the challenge and excitement of STEM