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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

University of Applied Sciences, HS-Ulm in Ulm Germany working with their design programs and finalizing a dual degree graduate program between UAS and Rose-Hulman. His current research interests include engi- neering design methodologies, student learning styles, active/cooperative education and the integration of entrepreneurial concepts and practices throughout the curriculum. He was the 2001 – 2003 chair of the Educational Research Methods (ERM) division of ASEE, is a senior member of IEEE, and an ABET program evaluator. He was FIE program co-chair for FIE 98, 01, and 04 and served two terms on the FIE steering committee. He is an associate editor of the on-line Journal of Advances in Engineering Education (AEE

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anton Dukeman, Vanderbilt University; Shashank Shekhar, Vanderbilt University; Faruk Caglar, Vanderbilt University; Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University; John S. Kinnebrew, Vanderbilt University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) at Vanderbilt University. He has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Michigan State University in E. Lansing, MI. Prof. Biswas conducts research in Intelligent Systems with primary interests in hybrid modeling, sim- ulation, and analysis of complex embedded systems, and their applications to diagnosis, prognosis, and fault-adaptive control. As part of this work, he has worked on fault diagnosis and fault-adaptive control of secondary sodium cooling systems for nuclear reactors, automobile engine

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New Course Development Concepts in ET I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Adrian A. Pollock, MISTRAS Group, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

issues expressed by government, academic institutions, and industries acrossthe nation. The ET program’s content provides an integrated educational experience directedtoward developing the ability to apply fundamental knowledge to the solution of practicalproblems in engineering technology fields. The majority of the ET courses at Drexel are fullyintegrated with training and laboratory experience and extensive use of software and industrialcase studies12. A new generation of industrial engineers, manufacturing engineers, and engineeringtechnologists must be educated and trained in various quality control-related techniques,methodologies, and corresponding equipment. Consequently, the role of NDE in assuring publicsafety is greatly increasing

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Mohammad Amin; Bhaskar Sinha

been especially important in the one-month- course modality at NU. From the first class ofthe month, students are able to immediately commence a virtual lab exercise comprised of, notonly, an operating system but an entire application or solution stack such as WAMPP (WAMPplus Python)13 or Instant Rails (Rails, MySQL, PHP)14 installed on the VM. In DAT 605 WCC itis noteworthy that the introduction of a VM into the curriculum is, for the majority of thestudents, their first encounter with the technology and they are so excited at the prospects thatvirtualization offers in their employment opportunities and for their employer. Virtualization inDAT 605 WCC is used both on the student’s local computer as well as on public and privatecloud services

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William E. Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #8655Student Made Video Projects in a Computer Technology CourseMr. William E Genereux, Kansas State University, Salina William Genereux is an Associate Professor of Computer & Digital Media Technology at Kansas State University at Salina. He is also a K-State doctoral student in curriculum and instruction, with research interests in media literacy and the educational use of digital media technology. He has been working with computers and technology for the past 25 years. Page 24.1130.1

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Schnittka, Auburn University; George Edward Turner Jr., Auburn University; Randall William Colvin, Auburn University; Mary Lou Ewald, Auburn University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10209A state wide professional development program in engineering with scienceand math teachers in Alabama: Fostering conceptual understandings of STEMDr. Christine Schnittka, Auburn University Dr. Christine Schnittka is an assistant professor in the College of Education and the Department of Curriculum and Teaching with a joint appointment in the College of Engineering. Her current research involves developing and evaluating engineering design-based curriculum units that target key science con- cepts and environmental issues through the contextual lens of problem-based learning. Prior to receiving her Ph.D. in

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Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison University; Matthew Swain, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

students in STEM through systems thinking, engineering design, and engineering science.Dr. Eric C Pappas, James Madison University Eric Pappas is an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University.Ms. Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison UniversityMr. Matthew Swain, James Madison University Matthew Swain is a second-year PhD student in the Assessment and Measurement program at James Madison University. He serves as a Doctoral Assistant in the Center for Assessment and Research Studies where he assists in coordinating two university-wide assessment days to collect General Education and Student Affairs assessment data. His research interests include student motivation

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Sustainability

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Caroline Carvill, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

on how effectively they havecommunicated their ideas or not, particularly when an EWB-RHIT member has to ask forclarification. Furthermore, EWB-RHIT members frequently ask the technical communicationstudents how they would persuade the community of Gomoa Gyaman of their ideas to whichthere may be some resistance, reminding them that communication is an integral part ofengineering. As part of our presentation at ASEE 2014, we will share the assignments,evaluations, and other materials that have been produced through this approach. Approach 4--Grand Challenges After-School ProjectLike the Engineers Without Borders Project, the Grand Challenges After-School Project ensuresthat students see their communication work in a real world context. The

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas H. DeAgostino, Trine University, Innovation One; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; M. Brian Thomas, Trine University

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College Industry Partnerships

Integrated Program for University-industry Collaboration. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 102, 386-391. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.753.22. Okudan, Gül E., Mohammed, Susan, & Ogot, Madara. (2006). An investigation on industry-sponsored design projects' effectiveness at the first-year level: potential issues and preliminary results. European Journal of Engineering Education, 31(6), 693-704. doi: 10.1080/03043790600911795.23. Gnanapragasam, Nirmala. (2008). Industrially Sponsored Senior Capstone Experience: Program Implementation and Assessment. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice, 134(3), 257-262. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2008)134:3(257)24. Franchetti, Matthew

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Potpourri

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lea Marie Eaton, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

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New Engineering Educators

includes engineering positions at Detroit’s ”Big Three:” Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler Corporation. At Stanford she has served a chair of the faculty senate, and is currently the Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education.Dr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Page 24.1133.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Students’ Perspectives on Homework and Problem Sets in STEM CoursesIntroductionHomework is an integral part of virtually every university-level course, and a critical componentof the learning experience for students. It is the main

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Impact of Community Engagement on Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kurt Paterson P.E., James Madison University; Timothy Henry Hellickson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #10138Engineering Pathways Study: Lessons Learned in Its Development and Im-plementationDr. Chris Swan, Tufts University Chris Swan is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Curriculum Development in the School of Engineer- ing and an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. He has additional appointments in the Department of Education, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizen- ship and Public Service and Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. He has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education, having served at various

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Track 3 - Session 1

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2014 ASEE International Forum

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David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Natalie A Mello, The Forum on Education Abroad

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Student Development

, social, cultural, and economic issues thatare intimately connected to engineering issues and people affected by these engineeringchallenges. One of the most effective ways of providing our students these learning experiencesis through education abroad opportunities. Yet less than 4% of US engineering students studyabroad and there has been little growth in the past two years1. It is also well established that experiential, project/problem-based learning with an emphasison acquiring new knowledge and applying and integrating previous knowledge can be veryeffective structures for enhancing student learning2. These structures engage students in open-ended, ambiguous, authentic activities; and usually involve teams. It is learning that goes

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University; Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Ohio State University; Roger Dzwonczyk, The Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Miriam Cater, Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

specificobjectives and skills that must be attained for engineering students. While nearly all of thecriteria could be achieved in the classroom, service learning programs more effectively addressthe following criteria5: • An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; • An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; • An ability to communicate effectively; • A broader educational goal in which they understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context; • An increase in knowledge of contemporary issues.International service learning is rapidly becoming a popular credit-bearing study abroad optionfor engineering students (6-8). This learning experience integrates a multi-faceted, real

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Construction Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yutaka Sho, Syracuse University

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Architectural

Paper ID #10264Home Experiments: EarthBag Construction as Teaching Tool in RwandaProf. Yutaka Sho, Syracuse University Yutaka Sho is a partner of GA Collaborative, a US-based design firm that works with non-profit, municipal and academic partners. In Rwanda GAC is building a village of 50 homes with an association of builders and architecture students. She has researched and practiced in Bangladesh, Japan, Lebanon, Turkey and Uganda. She received a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and a master’s degree in architecture from Graduate School of Design at Harvard. Sho is an

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Learning and Assessment in ME

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark F. Schar, Stanford University; Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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Mechanical Engineering

!education!compared!to!the! proposed!scenario"based!learning!approach!that!stimulates!integrative!thinking!A metaphor for this curriculum approach is calcium–fortified orange juice. Most everyoneknows the value of vitamin C in orange juice and the pleasing unique taste makes orange juice afavorite on the breakfast table. Milk brings important calcium fortification and is an importantelement of a “good breakfast.” Despite these benefits, consumers are reluctant to drink both aglass of orange juice and a glass of milk in one sitting. One answer answer is calcium-fortifiedorange juice – all the goodness of orange juice and the imbedded calcium fortification of milk inone glass. In this context, the engineering content is the “orange juice

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Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Cassandra Gribbins, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Ian T. Ferguson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

growth infeelings or emotional areas; and psychomotor, associated with manual or physical. A traditional © American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 2014 ASEE Annual Conferenceacademic education focuses on the cognitive and in Bloom’s taxonomy this has an additionalhierarchical substructure that moves through knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis,synthesis, and evaluation. Other educational taxonomies such as SOLO (Structure of ObservedLearning Outcome) have also been proposed and investigated24. This taxonomy proposes thatlearning complex material such as that often seen in engineering disciplines needs to be brokendown into less complex tasks and later integrated to

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge; Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Elizabeth Nilsen, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Harvard Business Review, 85(1), 96–103.14. Kotter, J. P., & Schlesinger, L. A. (2008). Choosing strategies for change. Harvard Business review, 86(7/8), 130–139 +162.15. Laird, S. D., George, J., Sanford, S. M., & Coon, S. (2010). Development, implementation, and outcomes of an initiative to integrate evidence-based medicine into an osteopathic curriculum. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 110(10), 593–601.16. Shartrand, A. M., Gomez, R. L., & Weilerstein, P. (2012). Answering the call for innovation: Three faculty development models to enhance innovation and entrepreneurship education in engineering. In Proceedings of the 119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Amer H. Daggag

, sustainable ICT practices. Green ICT has offered unifiedwho is the half of the responses are agree that lack of training network for communication and integration ofis an issue for green ICT implementation. While only 19% telecommunication, computers, audiovisual systems andindicated as neutral and 30% are disagree. storage devices. The different options for ICT application are in computer architecture, data networks and communication; Internet usage and multimedia application [7]. The issues that were seen to be prone

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devin Turner, Marquette University; Mark Nagurka, Marquette University

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Aerospace

. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and Lafferty Professor of Engineering Pedagogy at Marquette University. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from U.of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Mechanical En- gineering from M.I.T. He taught at Carnegie Mellon before joining Marquette. His professional interests are in the design of mechanical and electromechanical systems and in engineering education. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a former Fulbright Scholar

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Armineh Noravian; Patricia Irvine

must “tap all talent” — attract a broad group of individuals who are presently under-represented in engineering. Second, we must restructure engineering education so that studentsexperience early in their training what engineers do. Because over forty percent of all four-year engineering graduates began their introductory studies in the community college, pre-baccalaureate preparation has drawn close attention. Women, racial/ethnic minorities, and lowincome students are well represented in community colleges, but only a small number of thesepopulations graduate with associate’s degrees in engineering and engineering technologies.Research has shown that an interest in engineering as a career impacts persistence. Yet womenand other

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Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Tech; Erin Heaney, Clean Air: Organizing for Health and Justice; Glenn Andrew Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York; Jennifer Holly Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York

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Engineering Ethics

Ethics and the Pub- lic.” She is co-PI on a National Science Foundation (NSF) research and education project developing an ethnographic approach to engineering ethics education.Mr. William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech William Rhoads is a PhD student in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech working with Dr. Marc Edwards and Dr. Amy Pruden. His research focuses on various aspects of opportunistic pathogens in potable and hot water plumbing systems and implications of green buildings on public health. William is currently the vice-president of a joint American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation graduate student group and is the recipient of the Via Doctoral Fellowship.Mr. Siddhartha

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Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University; Kang Wang

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

recirculating combustors, solid-oxide fuel cells, micro heat engines, thermoacoustic engines, and thermal transpiration based propulsion and power generation. He has worked on a DARPA project to develop an integrated microscale power generator based on a solid-oxide fuel cell employing hydrocarbon fuels. Currently, his research is conducted in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER) at SU. Prof. Ahn has published over 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals (including Nature and other high impact journals) and a book, and made over 100 technical presentations (including over 20 invited sem- inars in Korea, Japan, China, Germany, and United States). He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Amr M.I. Sweedan, United Arab Emirates University; Munjed A. Maraqa, United Arab Emirates University

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Construction

construction safety existed in only about 50% of the surveyed construction managementprograms. The common elements of the lower division safety courses included introduction tothe Occupational Safety and Health Act, Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) Standards, administration in the field, craft education requirements, filing forms andaccidents reports, keeping hazardous materials information, and preparing for OSHA Page 24.589.3inspections. The authors concluded that a plan for formal education in construction safety can beeither a stand-alone course or integrated into all elements of the curriculum by covering thematerial in several

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Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Vanderbilt University; Jing Fan, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia J. Brame, Vanderbilt University; Bennett Allan Landman, Vanderbilt University

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Electrical and Computer

and analyses of continuous anddiscrete time signals and LTI systems. New concepts such as convolution, LTI system theory,sampling, Fourier analysis and, Laplace and Z transforms are presented through lectures andproblem-solving sessions. Students can exhibit inabilities to apply the following learning skillsrequired in this course - (a) integration of their prior knowledge of calculus and complexnumbers to develop a strong mathematical foundation of these concepts with a thoroughunderstanding of the computational procedures involved, (b) graphical interpretation of themathematical basis of these concepts to understand their physical meaning and hierarchicalrelevance in the course curriculum and, (c) successful application of these concepts

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Research Experience in Stormwater Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter McDonald, Virginia Tech; Randel L. Dymond, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, and water resources. In a major ($1M+, NSF) curriculum reform and engineering education research project from 2004 to 2009, he led a team of engineering and education faculty to reform engineering curriculum of an engineering department (Biological Systems Engineering) using Jerome Bruner’s spiral curriculum theory. Currently, Dr. Lohani leads an NSF/REU Site on ”interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering” which has already graduated 56 excellent undergraduate researchers since 2007. This Site is renewed for the third cycle which will be implemented during 2014-16. He also leads an NSF/TUES type I project in which a real-time environmental monitoring lab is being

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Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Shawn N Gieser, University Of Texas At Arlington; David Levine, University of Texas, Arlington

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Electrical and Computer

Random Access MemorySchematic capture and logic simulation Introduction to VerilogSwitches and displays Programmable logic devicesThe project is partitioned in to modules corresponding to functional components of the CPU.Each module was designed in lecture and/or in lab. More details on this are provided in a laterparagraph. Altera’s Quartus II design software9,10,11 was used to capture and simulate all moduledesigns. Some of the simpler modules were implemented using small and medium scaleintegrated circuits on solder-less breadboards. The more complex modules were implementedusing an Altera Cyclone II FPGA on a DE1 development board12. Completed modules weresubsequently integrated hierarchically to

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Trends in Engineering Education 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerard P. Lennon, Lehigh University; John B. Ochs, Lehigh University; Derick G. Brown P.E., Lehigh University

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Educational Research and Methods

cofounder and director of Lehigh University’s Masters of Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship (www.lehigh.edu/innovate/). He joined the Lehigh faculty in 1979 as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to associate professor in 1983, and to full professor in 1990. He founded and directed of the Computer-Aided Design Labs in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department from 1980 to 2001. From 1996 to the present, he has directed the University’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone program (www.lehigh.edu/ipd). The IPD and TE program bring together students from all three undergraduate colleges to work in multidisciplinary teams on industry-sponsored product development projects

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Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa M. Holliday, University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth F. Robson, University of Oklahoma

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Construction

for quite some time. The Construction Scienceprogram wanted to reinforce these skills among students by inserting BIM assignmentsthroughout the curriculum but this requires more faculty members to become familiar with BIMsoftware. For example, Revit is a program that is taught early in the coursework and then leftdormant until the senior year. OU wanted to ensure students keep using BIM programs Page 24.596.4throughout their studies by introducing it into the structures sequence. The Faculty InternshipProgram was an opportunity to gain construction experience and computer training in RevitStructure situated in the context of a construction

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Distance Learning in Engineering Technology

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Oyindamola O. Idowu, Waukegan Schools District 60; Thomas C. MacMullen, Eastern Illinois University

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #9145Implementing Telecommunication’s Switching and Routing Laboratory Prac-tices: Migration to a Distance Learning based InstructionDr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Dr. Rigoberto Chinchilla: PhD in Integrated Engineering, (Electrical and Industrial), Ohio University. Is an Associate Professor of Applied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interest include Quality Design, Biometrics and Computer Security and ethics, Automation and Telecommunications. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright Scholar and a United Nations Scholar

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Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

project and previous attempts wereshared with academia in an engineering education conference in 2010 [18-20].The Training Infrastructure at SHSUThe SHSU faculty made a commitment to join with Houston Community College to work on theDepartment of Energy’s Solar Instructor Training Network Grant in January 2013. The design ofthis Consortium is particularly useful for the integration of train-the-trainer sessions for facultyand graduate students at the SHSU campus and to create clear articulation among levels oftraining. SHSU is prepared to participate as an active partner in the building of the South-CentralSolar Training Consortium to meet and upgrade training facilities through grant budget support.As part of the project, SHSU faculty works