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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Raul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Shermane Austin, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Leon P. Johnson, Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; David H. Lieberman, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

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AC 2012-3977: APPLICATIONS OF ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLERIN STUDENT PROJECTS IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEGeorge Tremberger Jr., Queensborough Community College, CUNYRaul Armendariz Ph.D., Queensborough Community College, CUNYDr. Helio Takai, Brookhaven National Laboratory Helio Takai is an Elementary Particle and Nuclear Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an Adjunct Professor at Stony Brook University.Prof. Todd Holden, Queensborough Community College, CUNY Todd Holden is an Associate Professor in the Physics Department of Queensborough Community College of CUNY. His current research interests include bioinformatics and microbial fuel cells. He also mentors student research projects.Prof. Shermane Austin, Medgar

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos

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AC 2012-3343: HANDS-ON PROJECT-BASED LEARNING ON A SHOESTRINGBUDGET: YOU DON’T HAVE TO BUY A ROBOTICS KITDr. Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos Kimberly G. Talley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Texas State University, San Marcos, and a licensed Professional Engineer. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University of Texas, Austin, in structural engineering. Her undergraduate degrees in history and construction engineering and management are from North Carolina State University. Talley teaches courses in the construction science and management program, and her research focus is in active learning and project-based learning in engineering and

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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designed to help studentsexcel in math, science, technology, and engineering courses and graduate with STEM-baseddegrees. The MESA Center is also home for several student organizations on our campus,including MAES, SACNAS, and SWE. Over the last two years we have partnered with a nearbyuniversity to direct a NASA sponsored undergraduate research program. The program (CIPAIR)provides opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in ongoing research projects off-campus, as well as to conduct new research projects on campus under the guidance andsupervision of a faculty member.The MESA Center served as a focal point for promoting these opportunities and fordissemination of project results. The on-campus research projects were developed by

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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developed for superior educational experiences7, 8, including thelegacy cycle, i.e., an approach to design a challenge-based learning environment in classrooms.The legacy cycle is widely used from K-12 to post-graduate education to help educators focus ondifferent aspects of developing the initial challenge and guide students throughout the learningprocess, including the engineering design process. It also gives students a framework to organizeand manage their learning activities to assess their knowledge. The implementation of theengineering design process with the legacy cycle in the current robotics project is also a viableapproach to attract, and guide freshman college students to do research in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College; Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul J. Chanley, Northern Essex Community College

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. The peer mentors provided feedback andsupport in specific projects and provided insight about what they had learned in these labactivities. The participants found the answers they needed to many of their questions or concernsfrom the mentors. Peer mentors discussed work experiences and/or projects with which they hadbeen involved and shared how this had impacted their career goals.Summer Bridge DescriptionAll four days of each SBP were organized around the theme of the generation of electricity fromrenewable sources and provided an introduction to engineering design and green technologywhile emphasizing the centrality of applied mathematics. Energy conservation, efficiency andcarbon footprints were also covered. Participants explored how

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur F. Garcia Jr. P.E., Palm Beach State College

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. During the energy crisis years of the mid-1970s and early 1980s, he worked on energy research projects for several companies. Garcia was awarded his P.E. license in the state of Maryland in 1984. He received his M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) in 1979. He graduated from the University of Texas (Austin) in 1966 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He received his A.A. from San Antonio (Junior) College in 1963 and graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio in 1961. Page 25.168.1 c American Society for

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Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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degree program. These two courses consist of both theoryand laboratory work with a heavy reliance on student projects (typically, of an interdisciplinarynature) that involve the implementation of functional, proto-type, sensor/control networks. Usingpopular low-cost PIC® microcontroller development boards and a small, self-contained, non-IT,TCP/IP data network, students are able to construct sensor/control networks that can be accessedlocally either through standard wired network connections (Ethernet) or wirelessly using eitherthe IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) or IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) wireless standards or remotely throughavailable mobile device apps. The successes and failures of the courses will be high-lighted,along with student reaction, examples of

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Page 25.727.2and economic infrastructure. Despite the declining of manufacturing units in most part of theU.S. several manufacturing industries have been able to retain jobs in the South Texas region.The region’s geographic proximity to Mexico makes industrial allied with international tradeextremely important.Due to the composition of the target student population for the project, implementing advancedtechnology training will have a significant impact on the education and the development of theskills of an under-representative minority group.Figure 1: South Texas RegionProject Goal:Cooperation between South Texas College (STC), the Department of Industrial Technology atTexas A&M University-Kingsville and local manufacturing industries

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah F. Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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the $10,000 level, resulting in an award of $8,333 for theacademic year. Three of these students graduated in spring 2011, and the remaining two areexpected to graduate by the end of the 2011-12 academic year. One of the students whograduated is now working full-time at the company that he interned with in the previous summer.His internship project was developed into his senior design team project as well. One of the othergraduates completed a post-graduate internship and now has a full-time job as a firmwareengineer at another company. The third graduate is completing a post-graduate internship that isexpected to turn into a full-time position in three to six months.Awards and progress review for the 2009-10 Scholars: Nine new ECASE

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; Martha M. Ellis

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Board Mary Smith has been employed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at the University of Texas, Austin,, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of communication at St. Edward’s University in Austin. Smith serves as the Project Coordinator for the $1.8 million productivity grant awarded to Texas from Lumina Foundation for Education

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Jenkins P.E., California State University, Fresno; Walter V. Loscutoff, California State University, Fresno; Thomas Nguyen

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of mechanical engineering as well as Former As- sociate Dean of Engineering at California State University, Fresno. Loscutoff received his B.S.M.E., M.S.A.E., and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkley. He worked at Flow Industries, Inc., as Executive Vice President & COO of Flow Research, Inc.; Vice President and General Manager of FlowDril Corporation; Manager of Research and Technology Division, at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory through Battelle Memorial Institute; Associate; Project Manager; Program Manager, and Sec- tion Manager and Rocketdyne: and Research Engineer. He was also Assistant Professor at University of California, Davis, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Washington State

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Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College; Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield

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AC 2012-3001: BACCALAUREATE DEGREE COMPLETION: STUDENTRECRUITMENT, OUTREACH, AND RETENTIONDr. Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College Hamid Y. Eydgahi is the Dean of Instruction (CTE) at Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, Calif. He has an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering technology, n M.B.A., and a Ph.D. in operations and technology management. He held a number of engineering and project management positions in private industry for more than 10 years, before joining higher education.Dr. Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield Julio R. Blanco is the Dean of the School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering and As- sociate Provost for Grants, Resource Management, and

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Mike Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Joseph Amuso Sr., Rochester Institute of Technology

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professional, societal, and global issues15. Awareness Ability to understand own strengths and weaknesses, and receive feedback16. Leadership Ability or potential to lead others and/or projects, set and achieve goals, create change and inspire confidence17. Overall Overall performanceTable 4 lists the average scores for each of the seventeen evaluation items. Table 4: Average Scores from Employer Evaluation Reports Coop #1 Coop #2 Coop #3 Coop #4 # Item Label All ET2 All ET2 All ET2 All ET2 1. Quality 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.5 2. Quantity

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Making Headway: Two-year/Four-year Curriculum Alignment and Also U-G Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Catherine Baker Lipe, Cañada College

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originally proposed in the project. This is due to the fact that funds originallybudgeted for a Math Instructional Aide have been freed as a result of Cañada College’s newgrant initiative funded by the US Department of Education through the Hispanic-ServingInstitution Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HSI STEM) grant program. Weanticipate to be able to fund two additional scholars next year. Grant Period Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Number of Applicants 35 31 62 Number of New Awards 21 20 21 % Successful

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Two-year Institutions Help Fill the STEM Pipeline

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Robert Elliot Steffen, Western Carolina University; Robert Wayne Ford, Western Carolina University

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AC 2012-2968: UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN RETENTION IN NORTH CAR-OLINADr. George D. Ford, Western Carolina University George Ford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at Western Car- olina University. Ford worked for more than 15 years in the corporate world in plant engineering and environmental engineering positions and managed numerous construction projects as a Plant Engineer in the paper, plastics and rubber industries including warehouses, manufacturing buildings, and utilities infrastructures.Dr. Robert Elliot Steffen, Western Carolina University Robert Steffen, Ph.D., P.E., joined the Construction Management Department at Western Carolina Uni- versity in 2011 after working 10