Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kosta Popovic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Janie Szabo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics and Physics

improve their technical communication and hands-on skills through introductory physics labs. Dr. Popovic is a member of ASEE and SPIE, and is a reviewer for the Physics in Medicine and Biology journal.Janie Szabo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Janie Szabo is currently pursuing her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educa- tional Technology from Indiana State University. In her current role as an Instructional Designer at Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology, she collaborates with faculty on developing face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. Janie also coordinates and provides training and support for the campus Learning Man- agement System, Moodle, and Multimedia System, Panopto

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haridas Kumarakuru, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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and two-dimensional analysis, they had a very hard time intranslating a linear coordinate “𝑥” with an angular coordinate “𝜃”. Their calculus knowledge isalso another limiting factor in terms of understating and applying these concepts. Also, center ofmass, center of gravity, moment of inertia and torque were introduced along with rigid bodyrotations and most of the time students could not able to identify that they need to treat the centerof mass under the translational motion while the whole rigid body rotates. When we start toderive the moment of inertia of a sphere through first principles of calculus, it requires studentsto follow some complex integrals which they may not have encountered in their math classes yet.3.2: Section 2- Circle

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel Raymond Nunez, University of Detroit Mercy; E. Prasad Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy

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Diversity

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student coursework has been shown to improve retention rates of URM students byenhancing their academic skills, self-esteem, motivation to overcome barriers and knowledge ofpost-graduate career paths.5,6 Implementing these findings requires reforming the foundationalundergraduate science curriculum and providing students with meaningful research experiences,especially in laboratory settings.The goals of the BUILD grant dovetail well with intensive efforts within the physics communityto transform and enhance the Introductory Physics for Life Sciences (IPLS) course sequence inways that more fully integrate the foundational principles in physics with the education ofbiologists and life scientists.7,8,9 The undergraduate introductory physics sequence

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Roslyn Montecalvo, American University; Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin is involved with Physics Education Research (PER) and has published widely on topics related to the assess- ment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as a learning and assessment tool in her introductory physics courses for non-majors. She has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for about 30 years. Dr. Larkin served on the Board of Directors for ASEE from 1997-1999 as Chair of

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Cristian Scott Stransky, Northeastern University; Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

boundaries of traditional classroom-basedapproaches to project- concept- and team-based, and skill- and knowledge-integrated approachesusing real world situations. This new teaching approach can improve the effectiveness ofengineering education. Introducing new teaching approaches is always a challenging task andhas been explored using various tactics, and the detailed work is published in the peer reviewedjournals and proceedings8-13. For experiential energy innovation team project, we selectedmagnetism and its application to generate electricity via an innovative approach. Magnetic 1induction was discovered by Michael Faraday in the mid-19th century14

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

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computation or quantum mechanics requires some knowledge ofDirac notation. Coverage of this is sorely lacking in current modern physics textbooks. We haverevised our modern physics course to include some quantum computing projects. Theseintroductory projects can easily be integrated into the curriculum since our engineering studentshave familiarity with MATLAB. The MATLAB environment is designed to handle vectors andmatrices – the fundamental tools of quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is introduced bydescribing entanglement from the very beginning. Mermin’s device is used as a platform to delveinto the extremely peculiar nature of quantum mechanics.4This paper is organized as follows: first we describe Mermin’s device, next we explain howDirac