Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Brianna R. McIntyre, University of St. Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

not discuss the case of themicrostrip in the first semester of our sequence, so the students would need to be quite confidentof their experimental and computational methods before tackling it. Thus the students wouldhave an example of validating a computational technique with known cases and the applying it toan unknown case.For the computational work, we decided to use MATLAB since all of the students had taken aprogramming course that included MATLAB at some point in their curriculum. The MATLABlanguage had also been used in prior physics and engineering classes taken by these students.The plan was that students would be given a sample program implementing a relaxation solverfor the coaxial cable geometry with specific inner and outer radii

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Ryan Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maarij M. Syed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech; Richard W. Liptak, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

colorsMDM structure vs. MDM filters made with multiple layers. Ellipsometric analysis has revealedmuch more information regarding the non-idealities present in the MDM structures (e.g., surfaceroughness, interfaces, etc.). We plan to publish a technical report based on these results in thenear future. 3. Conclusions In conclusion, we have presented a proposal for a hands-on lab project that incorporatesmany of the key characteristics that are viewed as desirable in an EP curriculum. The projectrelies on interdisciplinary teams that have to work together in a timely manner to design anddeliver a product that can be benchmarked against real-world counterparts. In doing so studentswill not only be exposed to the entire design, improvement, and

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Physics & Physics

 a  period  of  6  years  (including  the  planned  changes  for  the  upcoming  offering).    The  FCI  assessment  test  was  administered  each  year  (pre-­‐  and  post-­‐class)  as  the  changes  were  incorporated.    The  FCI  test  consists  of  30  multiple  choice  questions  that  examine  conceptual  knowledge  of  mechanics  (i.e.  there  are  no  quantitative  questions).    According  to  Hake14  who  has  studied  application  of  the  FCI  test  in  over  six  thousand  students,  the  best  metric  for  presenting  the  results  is  the  normalized  gain  given  by     !"#$  !"#$$  !"#$!%# !(!"#  !"!""  !"#$!%#)   𝐺

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

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

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