Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University; Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri State University; Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, the students work on the analysis and design of the system during the first eightweeks of the semester and on implementation in the second eight weeks. During the first half,they also learn and take exams on the support process, present their results orally for the otherstudent teams to review, and prepare intermediary project reports. During the second half of thecourse, the students make the research presentation, complete the project, make the projectpresentation, demonstrate the system to evaluators, and prepare the final project report. Table 1: Common Hour Schedule Week # Course Content 1 Course overview, project management (plan) 2

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

for controlling the electrospray.Upon two weeks of general research and familiarization with the lab equipment and capabilities,students were interviewed in an informal manner and specific projects were assigned to eachstudent; also, a plan of investigation was spelled out in consultation with the instructor. Nospecific textbook was used, but many research articles were customized to the area of researchpreference specified by each student. The course was assigned a specific time for students andinstructor to usually meet in the lab, work on specific tasks, and exchange ideas. Each studenthad a lab key and could access the lab independently. Individual projects were approved: Electrosprays of Water-Based Ferrofluids Magnetically

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary P. Hillebrand, University of Detroit Mercy; Meghann Norah Murray, University of Detroit Mercy; Jenna Ross; Robert A. Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Cherron Tarter, Ford Motor Company

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. Subsequently, a we purchased alarge supply of 20Ω resistors (Newark: 26R3976 $0.026) and planned to have students configurethese to provide an appropriate voltage drop. This turned out to complicate the construction ofthe simulator without adding much educational value. The combination of series and parallelresistors turned out to be very awkward to incorporate in the structure, and in fact, all of thediodes could operate with the full 3V forward drop. In the future we plan to have studentsmeasure these operating parameters and determine the appropriate circuits to drop the excessvoltage, but to use LEDs that operate at 3V and not put the resistors in the circuits. This is alsoin response to a question given to students at the end of the activity

Conference Session

Physics Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Rose Annoni, University of St. Thomas; Adam S. Green, University of St. Thomas; Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2012-3544: TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE ENERGY GAPOF INP QUANTUM DOTS: A SOPHOMORE-LEVEL NANOMATERIALSEXPERIMENTMs. Jennifer Rose Annoni, University of St. Thomas Jennifer Annoni is currently an Undergraduate student studying Electrical Engineering and Physics at the University of St. Thomas. She will graduate in May of 2012. Her plans are to pursue graduate school in the field of Engineering.Dr. Adam S. Green, University of St. Thomas Adam S. Green is an Associate Professor of physics at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. He received his B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in atomic, molecular, and optical physics at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He works with

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 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