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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert A. Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; E. Prasad Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy; Meghann Norah Murray; Gary P. Hillebrand, University of Detroit Mercy; Matthew Gonderinger, University of Detroit Mercy, Wayne State University

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Paper ID #17992Gender Effects in a General Physics Laboratory AssessmentDr. Robert A Ross, University of Detroit Mercy Robert A. Ross is a Professor of Physics in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Detroit Mercy. His research interests include semiconductor devices and physics pedagogy. Ross received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Wayne State University in Detroit.Dr. E. Prasad Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy E. Prasad Venugopal is an Associate Professor of Physics in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Detroit Mercy. His research interests

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl K. Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas

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Paper ID #18439Introducing Coding in Freshman Physics Laboratories using ArduinosDr. Carl K Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas Dr. Frederickson has taught physics at UCA for 22 years. He is the current department chair and is leading the development of a new Engineering Physics degree program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Introducing Coding in Freshman Physics Laboratories using ArduinosAbstractDuring the fall semester 2015 Arduino microprocessors were introduced into the second semestercalculus based physics laboratory. The

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University; Don Heiman, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Paper ID #19564A Study on Enhancing Advanced Physics Laboratory TeachingDr. Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University Haridas Kumarakuru, PhD, Department of Physics, College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 E.Mail: h.kumarakuru@neu.eduProf. Don Heiman, Northeastern University Don Heiman, PhD, Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 email: heiman@neu.edu; http://northeastern.edu/heiman/research/index.htmlDr. Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Bala Maheswaran, PhD Northeastern University 367 Snell Engineering Center Boston, MA 02115 c American

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Education, 2017 Incorporating Metrology Concepts into an Engineering Physics Measurements LaboratoryWe restructured an existing required, two-credit advanced laboratory course around the subjectmatter of metrology and design of experiments. Here, we present a significant extension fromwork that was presented in 2013. The course now uses international standards and terminologyas set in documents from the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) to guide studentsin the description and execution of experiments. Students learn to use appropriate vocabulary asdefined in the International Vocabulary of Metrology (“VIM”) and handle uncertainty using theprocess described in the Guide to the expression of

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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hrs three times per week), laboratory (3 hrs once a week) andrecitation (1.5 hours once a week), was discarded in favor of a single, blended class meeting 2.5hours three times per week. Moreover, the new class was designed to operate as a fully activelearning course (i.e. without any lecture) by making use of several active learning methodsincluding peer instruction (aka think-pair-share) and interactive, peer laboratories. Therestructured course was assessed using the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) assessment test, givenon the first and last days of class. Results from the FCI test show that the overall gain inperformance increased from 12% to 33% as a result of the combined effects of these changes.Additionally, the overall pass rate for the

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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physics course outcomes, general education outcomes, andABET course outcomes of engineering majors, technology majors, and health sciences majors at a community collegeDepartment of Physics, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York Abstract Expected learning outcomes were assessed in physics laboratory courses designed for engineering majors, technology majors, and health sciences majors at the Queensborough Community College. The physics department’s learning outcomes contribute to the college's general education outcomes and ABET course outcomes. Students were given two exams including a written test on basic math and a laboratory practical exam

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector A. Ochoa, Stephen F. Austin State University; Christopher J. Aul, Stephen F. Austin State University; Dan Bruton, Stephen F. Austin State University; Collin J. Timmons, Stephen F. Austin State University

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professorsin classroom and laboratory settings. So far, data has shown that most of the students that startedan STEM major, stayed on that major at least for the freshman year.Summer CampsThere is a wide variety of summer camps. Some of them are designed to recruit and promoteuniversities1-3. The majority of these summer camps focus on promoting programs to minoritygroups in order to spark some interest4-6. Other camps are designed to prepare students for futurecourses that they will take during the freshman year7-8. It needs to be clear that there is nothingwrong with these programs. They are great ideas that had boosted the participation of minoritygroups on STEM areas, had reduced attrition, and had increased success rate of enteringfreshmen

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

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Hyung S. Choi, Greenville College

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Center of the City University of New York in 1991. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporating Quantum Technologies into Engineering CurriculumAbstract: This paper first reviews the present status of quantum technologies that are rapidlymaking inroads to various fields of science and engineering. The author then suggests, in light ofthese developments, how one may incorporate the key principles, ideas, and topics of newquantum technologies into undergraduate quantum mechanics courses and laboratories to prepareand equip future engineers. Concrete examples of curriculum changes in modern physics,quantum mechanics, and advanced quantum mechanics courses are presented based on threeyears of

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas S Goodman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Franz J. Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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challenges of this environment is that on a given day, all classroomsare used at about ninety percent capacity. Hence, we do not have the facilities orinfrastructure to move our massive amounts of introductory physics courses into a studioor laboratory based setting for some of the larger scale pedagogy initiatives. Further, withsuch saturation of our overall facilities, professors are typically never in the sameclassroom twice per day, making even tasks such as carrying demonstrations orspontaneous live experiments cumbersome. The setting at Wentworth is not unique andwe believe that our findings will benefit similarly sized institutions that are consideringthe inclusion of MLM content in their introductory physics sequence. Conducting thestudy at

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Paper ID #20410Physics is the soul of Engineering in General and Electrical Engineering inParticularDr. Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Dr. Kanti Prasad is a professor in the department of electrical and computer Engineering and is found- ing Director of Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Laboratories at the University Massachusetts Lowell. Professor Prasad initiated the Microelectronics/ VLSI program in 1984, and is teaching 16.469/16.502 VLSI Design and 16.470/504 VLSI Fabrication courses since its inception. From the spring of 1986 Pro- fessor Prasad developed 16.661 Local Area/Computer Networks, and

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University; Subramania Iyer Sritharan, Central State University; Gorgui S. Ndao, Central State University

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the authors’ institution is such a program which hasbeen conducted for the past 18 years to create awareness and interest among secondary schoolstudents about the transportation industry with support of Federal Highway Administration(FHWA) and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). This four week residentialprogram that is designed with the introductory technical coursework, laboratory experiments,hands on activities, field trips and training in communication skills. In addition to theinstructional activities, the financial support is also used for the food, accommodation and afterclass activities for the student participants and also for their mentors, who are undergraduatecounselors.The program curriculum introduces the topics of

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest, Westville Campus, INDIANA, USA; Jinyuan Zhai, University of Akron

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, when students are learning water content soil laboratory tests, this is usually a verygood starting point of a one dimensional knowledge thread. The Atterberg limits, for exampleshrinkage limit (SL), liquid limit (LL) and plastic limit (PL) are essentially all fundamental watercontent which are just measured at different stages of their states. So is the optimum watercontent used in the standard proctor test or modified compaction laboratory test to achieve themaximum dry density. I believe that civil engineering student, and especially those who declaregeotechnical engineering as their profession, should be constantly reminded of how importantthe concept of water content is in their future professional life.Water content is defined as weight

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Ben Hein

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-majors and a brief overview of each is presented below.Physics 100 (Physics for the Modern World)The Physics for the Modern World course is an introductory physics course designed for non-STEM majors. The course also includes a laboratory component. Students that enroll do so tosatisfy the university’s Natural Sciences requirements towards graduation within the generaleducation core of classes. Non-majors who enroll are typically studying such areas asinternational relations, business, history, philosophy, literature, the visual arts, communications,and political science. The course covers essentially the same span of topics as are covered in thefirst-semester calculus physics course for STEM majors. The only difference is simply the levelof

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Shane P. Corbett, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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laboratory development, antennas, wireless communications, sig- nal processing, and instrumentation.Shane P. Corbett, USCGA Shane Corbett is currently a senior electrical engineering student at the US Coast Guard Academy. At an early age Shane found himself tinkering with electronics more than he would like to admit. His parents feared buying him new pieces of technology because inevitably they would end in pieces on a work bench next to a kid with a smile on. Once accepted to the USCGA Shane took his curiosity to the classroom and began his studies within the EE major. After an antennas course his junior year he found himself perplexed at the intricacies of this field of study. He then pursued an internship at MIT

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania

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, pp. 140-142, 1987.6. M. D. Edmiston, “Critical thinking crisis”, The Physics Teacher, vol. 25, p. 417, 1987.7. T. J. Garrison, Exploratory Physics: An Active Approach to Learning Physics, 2014 Version, currently self-published, 2014.8. T. J. Garrison. "Active Learning Laboratories in a Restructured Engineering Physics– Mechanics". 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June. ASEE Conferences, 2015. https://peer.asee.org/23489 Internet.9. D. Hestenes, M. Wells, & G. Swackhamer, “Force Concept Inventory,” The Physics Teacher, vol. 30, p. 141-158, 1992.
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