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Computational/CS Initiatives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University; Richard A Burgess, Texas Tech University; Vinitha Hannah Subburaj M.S; Debra J Nash, Texas Tech University T-STEM Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6376Introducing 6-12 Grade Teachers and Students to Computational ThinkingDr. A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University Dr. Fontenot is the Sr. Director of the Texas Tech T-STEM which provides professional development for K-12 teachers as part of the Texas STEM (T-STEM) initiative. The Texas Tech T-STEM Center focuses on project-based learning with the integration of the engineering design process. The Center provides professional development training for T-STEM Academies, T-STEM Early College High Schools, and all Texas school districts, public and private. She collaborates with Whitacre College of Engineering

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Wayne W. Wheatley; Valerie Ann Little

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Continuing Professional Development

author served with the industrial engineering (IE) division of the aforementioned companyover a period of two and half months. During this period, the author participated in all IE staffmeetings and worked as the resident “IE” on two projects, each one week long, in which leanmanufacturing techniques were deployed to improve key production related metrics. Duringthese projects, the author had the opportunity to work with multiple professionals within thecompany and external management consultants and thereby obtained the equivalent of a crashcourse on the implementation of lean manufacturing. These experiences facilitated thedevelopment of a new course on lean manufacturing at Texas State University-San Marcos(Texas State hereafter) and to the

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina; Lee J. Gatton, Gatton Research and Development; Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services

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Engineering Technology

in 2008 to pursue his interest in developing Socially Assistive Robots.Mrs. Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton is the IT project manager at Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton manages soft- ware implementations of commercial banking systems across the United States. She received her B.S. in Business from the University Of Texas at Dallas in 1977, her associate’s of Engineering Technology from Kansas State University in Salina in 1986, and a master’s of Management in Information Systems from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas in 1998. Gatton’s has built her career in the application of Information Technology to the business world

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Amos G Winter V, MIT; Robert James Stoner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles H Fine, MIT Sloan School of Management

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ASEE International Forum

. Page 21.63.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Tata Center for Technology and Design at MITAbstractThis paper describes the Tata Center for Technology and Design at MIT, a new program aimedat creating high-impact, sustainable, and scalable technical solutions in developing and emergingmarkets through the rigorous application of applied engineering science and systems thinking.The program is funded by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and is based at MIT. The Center matchesstudents and faculty to projects in India and offers training to enable them to create viable andappropriate solutions. Tata Center projects serve as the basis for graduate thesis work to addresscompelling social

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas H Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

pilot implementation, discussion, recommendations for future research,and acknowledgements.The Mouse FactoryThe Mouse Factory is a web-based simulation of a manufacturing plant for producing USBcomputer mice. There are four components for each laboratory or project of the online MouseFactory: a web site containing the learning assignments, a website containing a completedescription of the Mouse Factory and Java Server Face (JSF) web-based applications thatgenerate data. Note that the gauge R&R project does not use JSF applications to generate databut rather requires the students to make their own measurements of a set of gauge blocks.Students typically access the learning materials through the assignment web-site located athttp

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Yingsong Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University; Yihan Li, Auburn University; Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University; Jitendra K Tugnait, Auburn University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Wireless Communications Letters. Page 23.822.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Introducing Software Defined Radio into Undergraduate Wireless Engineering Curriculum through a Hands-on Approach Shiwen Mao1, Yingsong Huang2, Yihan Li3, Prathima Agrawal4, Jitendra Tugnait5Abstract – A software defined radio (SDR) is a modern radio communication system that can bereconfigured on-the-fly. In this paper, we describe a project on introducing SDR to the Bachelor ofWireless Engineering (BWE) curriculum at Auburn University. Our efforts consist of three

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

Analysiscourse. The course uses aspects of both project-based and problem-based learning. Project-basedlearning involves assignments that call for students to produce something, such as a process orproduct design. The culmination of the project is normally a written or oral report summarizingwhat was done and what the outcome was. Dym, et al. say that project-based learning hasproduced many innovations in design pedagogy in engineering education.11 Research suggeststhat these kinds of courses appear to improve retention, student satisfaction, diversity, andstudent learning. In problem-based learning, students, usually working in teams, are confrontedwith an ill-structured open ended real-world problem to solve, and take the lead in defining theproblem

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Binod Tiwari

college students from Cypress College, CA. The second cohort groupincluded 6 students from numerous community colleges in CA and several students from localhigh schools. The author supervised 3 students in two different projects for the first cohort group, Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 405whereas two high school students and three community college students were involved in twoother projects for the second cohort group. This article includes the experience of the authorthrough those

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caye M Drapcho, Clemson University; Lib Crockett, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Institutes, with 19 educators participating for 2 or more years. These educators thenincorporated the Biosystems Technology content into their courses of instruction. As a result,over the course of the project several thousand secondary students were directly impacted byenrollment in courses with Biosystems Technology content and more were impacted throughcareer day and special event presentations. The response from participating educators concerningthe Biosystems Technology material has been positive and transformative. Selected lessons havebeen implemented in SC agriculture courses and others (ie secondary biology and elementary)for four years.A second major accomplishment was the development and implementation of a secondarypathway in Biosystems

Conference Session

Themes in Renewable Energy and ET

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Technology

a project manager and senior con- sultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simulation, measurement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published several

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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New Engineering Educators

, and her research focus is in active learning and project based learning in engineering and technology education. Contact: kgt5@txstate.edu Page 23.869.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Lights, Camera, Action!: Peer-to-Peer Learning through Graduate Student Videos  AbstractThe senior level “Construction Estimating” course at Texas State University - San Marcos is co-listed for master’s students to receive graduate credit. To make this course a graduate leveloffering the master’s students have traditionally completed an additional assignment in

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Claudia María Zea Restrepo P.E., Universidad EAFIT; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juan Guillermo Lalinde-Pulido, Universidad EAFIT; Alberto Rodriguez P.E., Universidad EAFIT; Natalia Andrea Bueno Pizarro, Universidad EAFIT

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Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8294AN ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTIN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONProf. Claudia Mar´ıa Zea Restrepo P.E., Universidad EAFIT Claudia Zea was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1961. Graduated in 1988 as a Systems Engineer from EAFIT University with a Master’s degree in Technology in Education from the Antioquia University, awarded in 1994. She has participated in many international research projects such as the Horizon Project, RELPE, REPEAL, ALFA, CYTED and REDAL, as well as local projects envisioned towards the improvement of education in Colombia as the head of the R+D+I Group in ICT, head of the R+D

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University; Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; Sung-Hwan Joo, Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

Student Design Competition as the Culminating Design and Build Experience in a Freshman Level CAD/CAM CourseAbstractThe culminating project in a freshman level CAD/CAM course introduces students toelectromechanical and/or pneumo-mechanical systems and drivetrains. In addition, it provides athird opportunity for students to explore the design process and to complete a design and buildproject. For two consecutive years, student groups participated in a modified version of theASME Student Design Competition to fulfill this requirement. Adherence to the formal designprocess was enforced and monitored through intermediate project submissions. The objectives oflearning the design process, electromechanical

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David E. Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology; Noah David Anderson

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Manufacturing

practices. This gives companies the false hope of true integration, where thesame information has to be entered multiple times, and no time is saved when working betweenmodules. True integration occurs at the point where both customization and artificial intelligencemeet, to produce an outcome that saves both time and money.Through the use of API’s (Application Programming Interface) and custom software, trueintegration is closer to becoming a reality. The focus of this project is to develop a customizedsoftware program geared toward small to midsized job-shop companies that cannot afford all-in-one software packages. Software like SolidWorks, FeatureCAM, and Microsoft Office, arecommonly used by such companies and with the aid of API’s, a software

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia; Yan-Fu Kuo, National Taiwan University; Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University

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Biological & Agricultural

American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Cooperative Teaching in a Distance Education Environment C. N. Thai1, Y. Kuo2 & P. Yen2 1 University of Georgia, College of Engineering, Athens GA 30602-4435 E-mail: thai@engr.uga.edu - Web site: http://www.engr.uga.edu/~mvteachr 2 National Taiwan University, Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering Department, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: ykuo@ntu.edu.tw - Web site: http://bime.ntu.edu.twAbstractA project-based course in Robotics was created to serve as an elective for engineering students atthe University of Georgia (UGA) and National Taiwan University (NTU). It

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia; Yan-Fu Kuo; Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University

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ASEE International Forum

Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Experiences in Cross-Teaching within a Distance Education Environment C. N. Thai1, Y. Kuo2 & P. Yen2 1 University of Georgia, College of Engineering, Athens GA 30602-4435 E-mail: thai@engr.uga.edu - Web site: http://www.engr.uga.edu/~mvteachr 2 National Taiwan University, Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering Department, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: ykuo@ntu.edu.tw - Web site: http://bime.ntu.edu.twAbstractA project-based course in Robotics was created to serve as an elective for engineering students atthe University of Georgia (UGA) and

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne Elizabeth Dare, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

service-learning continues to gain prominence in many engineering schools. At PurdueUniversity, for example, three main programs offer students global engineering projectexperience in the context of international development, namely Engineers Without Borders(EWB), Global Design Teams (GDTs), and Engineering Projects in Community Service(EPICS). Participating students work to create technical solutions to address community needs,either for academic credit or as an extracurricular activity. Students involved with such projectstypically have ready access to the technical resources and expertise needed to carry out theirwork, including support from participating faculty and staff. However, preparing students for thenon-technical aspects of their

Conference Session

Using Student Competitions to Enhance Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Carroll, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

presenting the material. Inaddition to the subtle changes an instructor can make in class, a number of other options existtaking the learner-centered teaching approach to another level. The most common methods areproblem and project-based learning techniques. Both provide more open-ended types ofexperiences for students, but also require more upfront organization from the instructor.Problem-based learning exercises are generally open-ended, real-world problems worked out inteams where the instructor simply facilitates and monitors progress. Project-based learningexercises are similar, but usually include more than one task that leads to a final product, alsoworked out in teams [3]. In most cases project-based learning exercises are lengthier and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei Zhang, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering; Amy B Chan Hilton, Florida State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

has been supported by theNanotechnology in Undergraduate Education (NUE) program at the National ScienceFoundation. The first NanoCORE program was successfully completed during January 2009through December 2010, and the NanoCORE II program extended the project efforts duringJanuary 2011 through December 2012.The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is home to a diverse student body where 42% of theundergraduate student population belongs to traditionally under-represented groups. TheNanoCORE program introduces and integrates nanoscale science and engineering (NSE) aspermanent components of the core undergraduate engineering curricula, presents multipleopportunities for undergraduate learning of concepts in nanoscale science and engineering

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luz M Rivas, Iridescent; Dara Olmsted, Iridescent

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #6189Be A Scientist: Family Science for MinoritiesMs. Luz M Rivas, IridescentDara Olmsted, Iridescent Dara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Harvard University and a Master’s in Environmental Policy and Urban Planning from Tufts University. She has taught science overseas and at Harvard, worked for a watershed association, helped to make Harvard more sustainable, run farmers’ markets, and directed Harvard’s Food Literacy Project. Page 23.241.1 c American Society for

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

]. 2 With a city-wide emphasis on sustainability, RMU has decided to do its part in educating ourfuture workforce to increase their environmental knowledge and awareness. Through thedevelopment of a new minor in Alternative Energy and Sustainability and in addition to existingeducational and outreach programs, RMU is doing its part to meet the objectives of the studentsand their future employers. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the capstone course for theAlternative Energy and Sustainability Minor, describing the first time that the course was taughtin the Spring of 2013, the research projects that were conducted, the project outcomes, and thecourse teaching outcomes.II. Alternative Energy and Sustainability MinorThe Alternative

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Jose Soares P.E., Florida A&M University/; G. Thomas Bellarmine P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Rabbani Muhammad, Florida A&M University; Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Salman A. Siddiqui, Florida A&M University; Stacy C. Tinner Jr., Florida A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Technology Illinois Technical College Temple No.2 Adult Education Classes Umm Al- Qura, College Of Engineering, School of Islamic Architecture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Florida A&M University, College of Engineering, Sciences, Technology and Agriculture Project Area Coordi- nator, Construction Engineering Technology Florida A&M University College of Architecture, Master Thesis Reviewer Academic Administration: Interim Director of Division of Engineering, CESTA 1996-98 Program Area Coordinator, Construction Engineering Technology Page 23.568.1 Related Membership Organizations: American Institute

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Page 23.767.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Integrated Service-Learning: Student PerspectivesAbstractService-Learning (S-L) has been integrated throughout a College of Engineering at theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell, a mid-size state university, for eight years. The S-Lprogram has been supported by three grants from the National Science Foundation. In this effort,the S-L projects are hands-on experiences in core courses of every engineering department,aimed at responding to community needs. The community partners can be local, national orinternational. Most of the S-L projects require the students to assess the engineering componentsof community needs, to design solutions

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder; José Marcio Luna, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering Courses among Institutions in New Mexico AbstractThis paper presents a two-year pilot project involving cross-institutional collaborations amongthe University of New Mexico (UNM), Northern New Mexico College (NNMC), and CentralNew Mexico Community College (CNM). The primary objective of this project is to leveragethe limited resources available in New Mexico (NM) to provide quality STEM undergraduateeducation to a large student population. The immediate goal is to develop a pedagogy that allowsfor demonstrable and repeatable success in this environment using a few targeted courses, withthe longer-term goal of expanding the results of this research across all higher

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Graduate Studies, Student

and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California Davis in 2006. Dr. Schmitz spent four years as a post-doctoral researcher and project scientist at Davis before coming to Penn State. He is an expert in rotary wing aerodynamics with an emphasis on vortical flows. His research program embraces the areas of wind turbine aerodynamics and rotorcraft aeromechanics. Current activities include wind farm wake modeling, icing on wind turbines, rotor hub flows, and rotor active control. Page 23.170.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youngwoo Seo, University of Toledo; Christopher Mark Hessler, University of Toledo; Donald V. Chase, University of Dayton

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

behavior of these systems.Currently, in spite of present dynamics and complexities in water distribution systems, fluidmechanics and hydraulic courses are taught to engineering students focusing only on the physicalproperties and dynamics of fluids. There is a significant need for engineering students tounderstand physical, chemical and biological dynamics, and their interrelations, in waterdistribution systems to meet the demand for both a trained work force and the maintenance of anaged water infrastructure [1-7]. This project aims to address the current lack of integrated waterdistribution system education by providing laboratory modules and kits coupled with acomputational modeling tool for hydraulics and water quality simulation in water

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis K. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Aerospace

. Sven Schmitz joined the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University in 2010. He received a diploma degree in Aerospace Engineering from RWTH Aachen in Germany in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California Davis in 2006. Sven spent four years as a post-doctoral researcher and project scientist at Davis before coming to Penn State. He is an expert in rotary wing aerodynamics with an emphasis on vortical flows. His research program embraces the areas of wind turbine aerodynamics and rotorcraft aeromechanics. Current activities include wind farm wake modeling, icing on wind turbines, rotor hub flows, and rotor active control.Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Fangyang Shen; Bing Qi; Hong Li; Arvid Friberg

&RQIHUHQFH RI WKH $PHULFDQ 6RFLHW\ RI (QJLQHHULQJ (GXFDWLRQ The students and faculty in NA field must be trained in carefully designed programs that considerconstantly shifting demands brought by cloud computing and other emerging technologies. Theseadvanced skill sets demanded by industry are required before the student’s graduation. To gaineffectiveness, students need to work at projects consistent and coherent with present technology.Any breakdown in this system will trigger dissatisfaction with studies, additional failure of theeducational system, and the loss of personnel efficacy. Eventually, it will

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2013 EDI

Authors

 (NIST-­‐ MEP)   q  Program  Advisory  Boards   Discovery Center Strategic Planq  Strategic  deployment:   q  Differen3ate  from  consul3ng   q  Leverage  strongest  university  capabili3es   with  preference  for  interdisciplinary  projects   q  Engage  at  mul3ple  levels  (student,  faculty,   company,  industry)   q  Provide  key  project  management  support   q  Assess  and  confirm  needs   q  Develop  scope  of  work/contracts  and  manage  expecta3ons   q  Create  and  manage  project  teams  (w/in  and  third  party)   q  Streamline  engagement  processes

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Molly Victoria Shea, University of Colorado

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Community Engagement Division

’ experiences as theygrappled with the process of problem identification within other communities, prior todeveloping engineering solutions. We concentrated on how students reorganize knowledgeacross contexts (the classroom and the community) as a basis for understanding learning.Specifically, we examined how these students negotiated the elements of problem identificationincluding: moving from an abstract understanding of problem identification in the classroominto the situated understanding in the community, collaboration with a community partner, andmanaging goals between the classroom and the community.IntroductionThe history of engineering projects for community development is rife with stories of failures,wasted money, and communities that end up