Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University; Janet Brelin-Fornari, Kettering University; Joseph Neal, Kettering University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

experimentation.Students can also be expected to confront concerns related to higher-level laboratory skills suchas basic error analysis. Students must read the laboratory material prior to arriving at the lab,even planning ahead to think about how he or she is going to run the test, and collect the data.After the lab session, students present a report based on sound physical principles related to theproject.This cycle of weekly work is accomplished with three parts. Preliminary Questions are providedto the student and are expected to be turned in at the beginning of class. The PreliminaryQuestions focus on the concepts covered in the lab and the activities students will perform. Inevaluating these submissions, more consideration is given to whether the student

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

strived to achieve. In the future offerings, we plan to make theproject more open-ended so that students with limited background can pass the course while self-motivated students can be more creative and productive. We will also emphasize more on self-motivation and life-long-learning skills.Due to the relative novelty of the revised course, we have very little measurable outcomes with Page 15.1040.8outside industrial world. However, we have heard on several occasions from industry that theyare looking for graduates who have practical knowledge and understanding about the tradeoffs inembedded system design. We hope that our graduates will possess

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

have enough time. When asked “what do you think you gained fromwriting journals?”, majority of the students expressed that they have gained in several differentways, especially a. understand better; b. be able to point out what they did not understand before;c. writing in their own words helps to retain the knowledge; d. good review tool; e. better writingskills; f. have questions answered; g. look for examples related to the concepts learned in class;h. better note takers, etc. Based on our preliminary data, we have found the following benefitsfrom reflection through journal writing in physics. We are planning to conduct a finer-grainedanalysis of students’ responses to investigate the impact of the intervention on students’conceptual

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

members then each chosepositions for their crew. The positions included a helmsman to record and plan movement, atactical officer to record and track enemy movements as well as missile fire, and a captain whowas responsible for declaring actions as well as keeping the team on a time schedule.Experimental ProceduresLab tables were arranged so that a game board consisting of two tables would be flanked by twowork areas of one table each, prior to students arriving in lab. Once present, students assembledtheir teams and took position on opposite ends of the game board in the work areas, and obtaineda small plastic ship attached to a small circular (360°) protractor. Students then agreed on acoordinate system which was then drawn onto the table with

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Gary Felder, Smith College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

: Variables by frequency and mean, (based on a scale of 1 to 5; SD=Strongly Disagree,SA=Strongly Agree)Post-Course Follow-upEarly data from the Fall 2007 semester indicates that the gains associated with the Physics andEngineering Problem Solving class may have resulted in only modest long-term gains in otherclasses. Nine of the 11 students (including two who planned to quit engineering before takingthe summer class) decided to enroll in the next-level core engineering class (EGR 270Continuum Mechanics) and achieved moderate success. One student received a grade of B, fivestudents received a C, and three received a D grade for the semester. It is not known whether

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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Engineering Physics & Physics

28%. These large percentages are of concernconsidering the same equipment is used by the students 3 to 4 times per semester. Our labstudents typically work in groups of 4 to conduct experiments, and do not have a lab practicalexam on how to use the equipment. We have observed that when lab groups are not closelysupervised some students wait for others to acquire the lab exercise data, which they share, anddo not gain as much experience using the equipment. Since they know there is no exam theyknow they will not be held accountable. Our plan is to try to increase student accountability byexperimenting with smaller lab groups, requiring a practical exam, and then repeating theassessment. 5) Conclusions The technology program students were

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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Engineering Physics & Physics

skills.Acknowledgements Page 11.72.10I would like acknowledge and thank Dr. Jayanti Venkataraman with the Rochester Institute ofTechnology and Dr. J. Michael Heneghan with St. Cloud State University for opening up theirE&M laboratories to me and permitting me the opportunity to work through and experience theirlabs. I would also like to acknowledge Dr. James Leger for several useful discussions and forpointing out several beneficial outcomes of the modular approach for student that plan tocontinue their E&M work in graduate school. Finally, I would like to acknowledge Dr. MartinJohnson, the Physics Department Chair, and Dr. Jeff Jalkio, the Chair of the

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri

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Engineering Physics & Physics

simulation model, and mechanistic attributes are rarelyconveyed in any coherent way in simulations.Prompting with QuestionsQuestioning is one of the most fundamental cognitive components that guide human reasoning30 . Answering deep-reasoning questions articulates causal processes; goals, plans, and actions;and logical justification 30. The question-answer rhetorical structure is the most common Page 13.1332.8dialogue pattern in naturalistic conversation 31 Question-driven explanatory reasoning predictsthat learning improves to the extent that learners generate and answer questions requiring Figure 2. Simulation of simple circuit

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenli Guo, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

again without knowing it or hewould have come to office hours more often or the quiz reflections were more in depth than justmemorizing or he would make things a lot harder simply because he would not get that chance todiscover what he did wrong. We are planning to conduct a finer-grained analysis of students’responses to investigate the impact of the intervention on students’ problem solving skills. Theanalysis of the intervention impact on students’ scientific attitude is in progress as well. Moredata analysis and research will be done on how students categorize their mistakes and howdifferent professors would have categorized instead.The article titled “Formative assessment and self-regulated learning: a model and sevenprinciples of good

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Scott Tracewell StJohn; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada, University of Central Oklahoma, Department of Engineering and Physics; Juan Camilo Orozco

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Engineering Physics & Physics

to gather initial data to provide a baseline of comparison with studentsat the beginning of the semester in addition to the current end-of-semester survey. This will giveus the ability to gauge how the course has shaped student perceptions and confidence levels moreaccurately. We also intend to implement a peer evaluation process to reinforce groupparticipation and open communication, and are going to move up some of the deadlines for theearly phases of the group projects, as well as adding a day early in the semester for the groups toform and begin planning for their projects.The course program outlined in this paper takes an engineering student through a variety ofdifferent exercises and projects to inform, encourage, and involve the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

followed by brief, illustrative experiments to test the validity of the models.We welcome feedback on the course development plan we have presented. As laboratories aredeveloped, we will add them to our course development webpage. Please contact us if you haveany questions or would like to use our materials in your own course. We hope to present resultsof our assessments at a future ASEE conference.AcknowledgementsWe are grateful to the University of St. Thomas Department of Physics, the University of St.Thomas Faculty Development Center, and MathWorks Inc. for supporting this project. Page 25.198.11APPENDIX A: Diagram showing how Applications of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Research University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Iteach such course was what programming language I should adopt. One constrain was theavailable programming language licenses at that institution. Usually I opted forFORTRAN, and a computer algebra system if available. My decision was mostlymotivated by its intrinsic array, its mathematical library and the available free source Page 15.46.5codes which turned out to very useful for the algorithms I had planned to illustrate andthe for the projects included in this course. I also use C/C++ for selected projects, helpingto show the interoperability of two programming languages.A distinctive aspect of our approach is that the physics drives the course

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyung S. Choi, Greenville College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

ideas of quantum information. We briefly introduce adensity matrix formalism as it is essential to quantum information and quantum computation.Besides our existing lab experiments on thin-film growing, STM analysis, NMR analysis, etc.,we have added three experiments from our new QIL: (1) Quantum random number generator, (2)Coincidence measurements of entangled photons, and (3) Quantum eraser using entangledphotons. Students usually find the entanglement–based quantum eraser to be the most striking.Advanced Quantum MechanicsAdvanced Quantum Mechanics is required for physics and engineering physics students but isnot required for general engineering students. However, we strongly recommend it to studentswho plan to work in the fields of materials

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

class is to showcase the short paper activity and its associated assessment tools. A copyof the short paper assignment has been placed in the appendix. Its inclusion is intended toprovide suggestions and ideas for the reader who is planning to include a writing-based activityof this nature in their own course(s). The rubric that was utilized to assess students’ papers isalso included within the short paper assignment.Students were given approximately one month to prepare their short papers. As with the creativeproject, students were given considerable leeway on selection of the topic(s) for their shortpapers. Students could draw from any of the venues utilized in class such as regular classlectures, assigned readings, video segments, and guest

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jennifer Binzley, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Eman A. Zaki, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Physics & Physics

-structured academic support program, the Supplementary Instruction Program (SI)to support intro-level physics as well as several other courses. The SI program is part of theengineering college's strategic plan to improve and reform engineering education. Because students' stated reasons for dissatisfaction lack focus, the nature and causes ofstudents’ concerns are not clear. Despite many changes in physics teaching, engineering studentscontinue to express their disappointment regarding physics instruction. Clearly, there is a need toidentify causes that lead to students’ dissatisfaction. Our previous work in this area showed that Page

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello; Arturo Cristian Millan, Universidad Andres Bello; Mauricio Gonzalez, Universidad Andres Bello

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics