Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Lisa Shatz

active learners,and, in written evaluations, were very positive about this activity. In 2008, one of our teamsplaced as a finalist for a design of a watch that monitors vital signs, winning $1000 and theopportunity to meet with venture capitalists to discuss bringing their product to marketbeating out more than 200 other entries.This class gave students the opportunity to develop other important engineering skills. Otherassignments include the design of an original experiment, and summarizing talks given byvisits from a Suffolk alumnus of the department who works at Canon Design Inc and a groupleader from a local defense laboratory. They also explored the ethical consequences ofengineering decisions in an assignment on the Space Shuttle

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Janice Meyer Thompson, Arizona State University; Christopher Mehrens, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

. Page 15.373.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering Design of Musical Instruments as a Context for Math, Physics and Technical Writing in a Freshman Learning Community CourseAbstractIn order to enhance technological literacy and to integrate math, science, and technical writinginto a contemporary context, a new math-science block course, Frets, Flutes, and Physics, forfreshman at Arizona State University has been developed. The inquiry-based course is in anAcademic Success Cluster and consists of an 11-credit hour course to satisfy basic math,laboratory science and English requirements. The course has been developed and has been taughtby an interdisciplinary team consisting

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Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Simon, Columbia University

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Minorities in Engineering

all of these experiences because that opened me up to look outside of the laboratory and outside of the engineering department because there [were] no blacks in the engineering departments besides me at that time. And so I went to other Page 15.1252.11 departments in pre-med and so forth and [graduate school] has a really great program for black grad students, a union where they meet once a month over dinner. So, I really got involved in that and that really was motivation. So, you got the chance to speak and support each other….It really made the world of difference and just to see them and to share

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Design Projects across the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Thomas, University of South Alabama; Michael Doran, University of South Alabama; James Sakalaukus, University of South Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education

projects, graduate research, three master’s theses and invaluablecommunity exposure for STEM education. In addition to research opportunities, the work withJagBot resulted in the development of a 400-level senior elective engineering class in LabViewand provided justification for University funding of a laboratory based on National Instrumentsdata acquisition systems. This paper describes the design process and the contribution of thestudents to the final JagBot design.2. IntroductionRobots, as much as any other advance in science, epitomize progress. Robots have starred inmotion pictures, are routinely used in industry, and, although they have not become integratedinto society as fast as imagined by science fiction writers, they have been

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Keisha Walters, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Hill, Mississippi State University; Carlen Hennington, Mississippi State University

are necessary to keep the U.S. competitive [10].The panel concluded “the curriculum should integrate all organizing principlesand basic supportive sciences throughout the educational sequence”, that “allorganizing principles should be operative in the curriculum throughout thesequence”, and that “the curriculum should be consistently infused with relevantand demonstrative laboratory experiences.” There is a critical need for chemicalengineers to be conversant in synthesizing and optimizing unit operations. Thenew process intensification examples require the integration of concepts acrossfour core courses, reinforce these concepts throughout the curriculum, andprovide examples of how the combination of basic principles from different

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas; Christa Hestekin, University of Arkansas; Bradley Dearing, Illinois State University

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Council of Sections

in the state of Arkansas.Christa Hestekin, University of Arkansas CHRISTA N. HESTEKIN Dr. Hestekin is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests are in the separation of biomolecules, specifically DNA, using microchannel electrophoresis for applications in medicine, agriculture, environmental sciences, and biosecurity.Bradley Dearing, Illinois State University BRADLEY M. DEARING Mr. Dearing is a faculty associate at Illinois State University and teaches Engineering and Technology at the University’s laboratory high school. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Illinois State. He has served as President

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Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert Hess, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

students adopted the most conventional approach, placing commercially available solarpanels in a larger array configuration at the site. Within their budget of $17,000, they specified apair of nine-panel arrays of 235-Watt modules produces 4.23 kilowatts at rated operatingconditions in summer and about one kilowatt in winter. Three such panels are shown in Figure6, ready for testing in a main campus laboratory. The cells have a higher than typical efficiencyof 19.7% and provide about 200 Watts per cell. They withstand 2.5cm diameter hail and80km/hour winds, somewhat worse than any conditions ever recorded since on-site monitoringbegan in 1864. Custom mounting hardware is part of the price. Warranty for the solar collectionsystem is 20 years at

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Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Nelson, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

, thechallenges continue in determining the number of units the course will require, and finding acommon location and time. Architecture has a culture of five unit studio laboratories, whileARCE and CM have more traditional combinations of three unit lecture courses, lecture courseswith activities, and three unit laboratories. The new course whatever its size needs to fit into theexisting curriculum schedule of all three departments.Another question considered was whether to develop a new course from scratch or scale asmaller existing interdisciplinary experience into a larger effort. The three department headsheld several meetings with those faculty members who had executed previous interdisciplinaryefforts to brainstorm and discuss ideas. Those

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

-level, algebra-based course within the Natural Sciencesportion of the General Education core. The development of higher-order critical thinking skillsis a key objective of the course. The course also includes a laboratory component. Studentscomplete 12 laboratory experiments over the course of one semester. Course topics typicallyinclude kinematics, Newton’s Laws, conservation of momentum and energy, rotational motion,and fluid mechanics. As such, numerous strategies, including the writing strategies to bedescribed, have been developed that center around the accommodation of students’ diverselearning styles [20 – 26]. Students that enroll in PMW most often do so to satisfy the university’s sciencerequirement for graduation. The students

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Hager, United States Air Force Academy; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

student as part of degreerequirements for a master of science degree in electrical engineering. We have partnered withstudents on a number of related education projects over the past decade. We have dubbed thistype of development project as “For Students By Students (FSBS).” In the FSBS model, studentsdevelop educational tools for use in the classroom and laboratory for use by fellow students. Thisapproach has allowed us to custom design educational tools while providing studentsopportunities for hands-on development work. Additional information on this approach andrelated projects are provided in the literature [3-9].In the next section we present background information for the reader to put into context theconcepts related to the paper

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

feedbacks. For the project technicalaspect, the instructor provides assistance as students need.7. ImplementationThe Digital Logic course combines lecture and laboratory projects. In the classroom, instructorensures that students acquire both the subject and SRL strategy knowledge. To help studentsbecome self-regulated learners, instructor has adopted systematic instructional approaches basedon the SRL Model (presented in the above section), which are exemplified in following: • Guide students’ self-beliefs, goal setting, and expectations. • Help students focus on behavior. • Provide timely corrective feedbacks that are positive about the learning task and use of strategy.For the laboratory component, the projects are developed

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-581: INTEGRATING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH INTO K-12CLASSROOMS: A GK-12 FELLOWS PROJECTVikram Kapila, Polytechnic University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in cooperative control; distributed spacecraft formation control; linear/nonlinear control with applications to robust control

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Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noelle Comolli, Villanova University; William Kelly, Villanova University; Qianhong Wu, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

Biomaterial Considerations Visit Materials Characterization lab to see Sterilization SEM, AFM, and mechanical testing devices8 Transient Systems- Organ Systems Work on MathCAD – learn how to use a basic solve block9 Regulatory/Ethical Issues with Begin project design Biomedical Device Design10 Newer Artificial Kidney Designs Project design time ProfessionalismTable 1. Overview of the topics covered in the Artificial Kidney Project. Each topic was dividedinto a lecture style instruction and a hands-on laboratory

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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering

classrooms and textbooks. As such, they also rarely have theopportunity to learn how experimental design and theoretical modeling work together tounderstand practical systems. To address these shortcomings, a low-cost solar water heaterdesign project was developed and integrated concurrently between a mechanical engineeringheat transfer course and a thermal systems laboratory course. The low-cost constraint reinforcedphysical understanding of heat transfer concepts and ensured messy, non-ideal designs to whichtheoretical modeling could not be neatly applied. A heat transfer concept inventory to assessstudent learning showed minimal gains in student understanding while a self-report attitudesurvey administered to the students demonstrated that they

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Angel Riggs; Kirby Smith; Cindy Blackwell; Paul Weckler; Dan Tilley; Rodney Holcomb; Shelly Sitton; Ron Delahoussaye

student teams; Faculty is also charged with curriculum development, coordination of lectures, grading, proof-reading student-team reports, and serving as team advisors; Graduate research assistant is charged with compiling, organizing and analyzing pre-, mid- and post-experience survey data, in addition to providing support for faculty presentations and papers; Classroom facilities and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering technicians, laboratories and equipment are provided for use by student teams; OSU Food and Agricultural Products Center technicians, laboratories and equipment are provided for use by student teams; and OSU New Product Development

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1022: FACULTY'S USE OF TABLET-PC TO ENHANCE LEARNING FORTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSRungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Dr. Rungun Nathan is an assistant professor in the division of engineering at Penn State Berks from the fall of 2007. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as scientific assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science. He has also worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of New Haven; Ellen Worsdall, Northwestern University; Jessica Swenson, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engineers hostsCareer Day for Girls, a one-day event for girls in grades 7-12 to get girls excited about science,engineering, and technology. Through laboratory demonstrations, interactive multimedialectures, and hands-on activities, girls meet positive role models (both female and male) and getto think about the possibilities they have for careers in the technical fields.Many Career Day participants and their parents expressed a need for a multiple-day programheld over the summer--a kind of engineering day camp for girls to get more information andexperience with engineering, and to form relationships with female engineer role models.Undergraduate members of the Society of Women Engineers at Northwestern Universitytherefore went about designing

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Glenn Blackwell, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

Page 15.796.4German as their primary language with English as a secondary language. Figure 3 - Team Performance Curve (image from: Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers [5])Once the team members had an opportunity to get to know each other, the real team work began.The team held a formal meeting in one of the Purdue University Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology laboratories that was equipped with a chalk board, multiple computersand an overhead computer projector. This environment allowed the students all the resourcesthat they needed to exchange ideas, create diagrams, and perform research. The faculty coachesof the team outlined the Darwin21 challenge and rules, and

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Two Year College Division

scholars made the Dean’s list for at least one quarter during AY 2008-9. None were placedon probation or suspended. After summer, one student decided to accept a permanent job offerfrom his coop employer, and not pursue degree completion at this time.CETEMS ET2 scholars completed 11 quarters of required cooperative education during the2008/9 academic year. Employers included Jeffords Steel, Atlantic Testing Laboratories, MagdeLand Surveying, City of Rochester Water and Lighting, Bernier Car and Associates, PikeCompany and Bernier Carr & Associates PC. Job titles included Water Engineering Intern,Structural Detailer, Field Surveyor, Lab/Field Construction Technician, Civil Engineering Intern,Construction Project Management Assistant

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Computers and Software in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.; Cyrus Meherji, Technical Career Institute, Inc.

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Mathematics

for a Fiber Optics Laboratory. Heserved as faculty advisor to the IEEE and faculty advisor to Tau Alpha Pi National HonorSociety. Bert was instrumental in merging Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society into the ASEE.In addition, Dr. Pariser Co-Founded 5 venture companies, and as a management consultantsuccessfully catalyzed over $100 million of new shareholder value in client businesses. Bert ledcross-functional client teams in projects to find and capture value-creating profit and growthopportunities. Bert received a PhD, MS from Columbia University and a BS from MIT inElectrical Engineering. bert.pariser@tcicollege.eduCyrus Meherji is a faculty member in the Electronic Engineering Technology and the ComputerSoftware Technology Departments at

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Wei Li, University of Texas; Tamara Wogen, Washington State University, Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Process Development BEC 485 cGMP Downstream OperationsElective Courses (4 GN 311 - Principles of Genetics, 4 credits; BAE(BBS) 425 - Industrialcredits required) Microbiology and Bioprocessing, 3 credits; BBS 426 - Industrial Microbiology & Biomanufacturing Laboratory, 2 credits; BCH 451 - Principles of Biochemistry, 4 credits; BEC 436 - Introduction to Downstream Process Development, 2 credits; BEC 442 - Insect Cell Protein Expression, 2 credits; BEC 462 - Bionanotechnology Laboratory, 2 credits; BEC(CHE) 463 - Fermentation of Recombinant Microorganisms, 2 credits; BEC 475 - Global

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Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilka Balk, University of Kentucky; John Balk, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

International

studentsarrive in Karlsruhe between January and March, and start with a research project that has beenformulated by faculty at both institutions. Whenever possible, the US student is paired with aGerman student who will participate in the reciprocal phase of the exchange program. When thesemester begins in Karlsruhe in April, students transition to coursework and either finish theirresearch or decrease their laboratory workload.The engineering students from Karlsruhe, Germany, come to the University of Kentucky inAugust to take regular classes in the fall semester. Karlsruhe’s engineering students, who arerequired to complete a 500-hour research project for their degree, perform some of this researchin the fall semester, while also taking classes, and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College; Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

afashion that lends itself to a sequential presentation of mathematical concepts that evolveover the 14 week semester.Lab Structure:There are eight laboratory sessions that were set up to achieve two goals: emphasizemathematical concepts, and introduce an aspect or two of the engineering disciplines.These two-hour lab sessions were developed with two constraints in mind; portability andminimal use of computers. Portability is needed because of the desire that anyengineering faculty member should be able to teach this course in any classroom in theengineering building or on campus. The second constraint is to enhance the courseportability, and to limit computer use to outside classroom assignments, and homework.So, even though the course includes

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Andrew Brewer, Northern Illinois University; Brett Speiser, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

inductance, L1 2 mH Filter inductance, L1 2 mH Load resistance, R 75 ΩExperimental resultThe solar battery charger is developed and tested in the laboratory. Experimental setup is shownin Figure 2. Efficiency of the SEPIC converter is tested with different input voltage from thesolar panel. The efficiency η is determined by (1). Test result of the efficiency is shown in Table3. Pout ϕ? (1

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-958: AN IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT AND PROJECT IN THE FIRSTMEASUREMENT COURSEBijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the department and is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. He has served as the Chair of the Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Studies (DELOS) as well as the Mechanical Engineering Division of

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Albert Sun, St. Mary's University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2010-511: COMMUNICATION NEEDS IN COLLABORATIVE AUTOMATEDSYSTEM DESIGNSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh is an Associate Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Essinger, Drexel University; Ryan Coote, Drexel University; Pete Konstantopoulos, CAPA High School; Jason Silverman, Drexel University; Gail Rosen, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2013: REFLECTIONS AND MEASURES OF STEM TEACHING ANDLEARNING ON K-12 CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTSSteven Essinger, Drexel University Steve Essinger is a graduate student at Drexel University in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research involves applying machine learning techniques to the study of microbial communities. He has designed bioinformatics computer laboratories and improved image processing laboratories for the K-12 classroom.Ryan Coote, Drexel University Ryan Coote graduated from Drexel University in 2009 with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering.Pete Konstantopoulos, CAPA High School Pete Konstantopoulos is a mathematics teacher at the Creative

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Christopher J. Lowrance

itmerits the attention of all educators of engineering because of its benefit to the instructor and thestudents.Most engineering experts would agree that engineering is a problem-solving science that must bepracticed in order become effective at solving complex problems. Undoubtedly, engineeringstudents across the country are getting plenty of practice solving problems outside the classroomin the form of homework, but for most engineering programs, the only time professors get toobserve their students solving engineering problems might be during laboratory hours or whileadvising on a design project. By observing our students, we gain invaluable feedback about theirknowledge and problem solving abilities. Therefore, why not observe our students

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Christopher J. Lowrance

itmerits the attention of all educators of engineering because of its benefit to the instructor and thestudents.Most engineering experts would agree that engineering is a problem-solving science that must bepracticed in order become effective at solving complex problems. Undoubtedly, engineeringstudents across the country are getting plenty of practice solving problems outside the classroomin the form of homework, but for most engineering programs, the only time professors get toobserve their students solving engineering problems might be during laboratory hours or whileadvising on a design project. By observing our students, we gain invaluable feedback about theirknowledge and problem solving abilities. Therefore, why not observe our students

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai; Jeff P. Morris; Mark Anderson

Project-Based Engineering Design Courses and Computer Literacy Junichi Kanai, Jeff Morris, and Mark Anderson O.T. Swanson Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Session: Tools, techniques, and best practices of engineering education for digital generation AbstractThe current generation of college students grew up with personal computers, the Internet, andother digital “gadgets”. Despite their confidence, typical students in sophomore and senior levelengineering design courses utilize only the basic features of software tools, such as wordprocessing, graph generation, information sharing