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Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Adriana Becker-Gomez, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

sites such as IEEE jobs[3], Monster[4] andYahoo! Careers[5] having Arduino or mbed as a skill required. Because of this, we need to trainour students on a platform that will be easy to use, that is widely used in industry and that willallow students to work at all levels of abstraction, from assembly language, going through a highlevel language such as C or C++ all the way to graphical programming and automatic codegeneration.2.1 ChallengesAs mentioned previously, the main challenge is to keep students motivated and engaged.Students want to create complex applications immediately and our job as educators is to keepthem with their feet on the ground by providing guidance through all the steps required toaccomplish the type of applications

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High School Students Thinking and Performance

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin L. Brudigam, Lake Travis High School; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3987: SPATIAL ABILITY IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSMs. Kristin L. Brudigam, Lake Travis High School Kristin Brudigam is a mathematics and engineering teacher at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. She earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics education from Wayne State College and her mas- ter’s degree in science education with an emphasis in engineering education from the University of Texas, Austin. Additionally, Brudigam is certified to teach civil engineering/architecture and Introduction to En- gineering Design as part of the Project Lead the Way curriculum at Lake Travis High School. Brudigam developed a curriculum entitled ”Careers Involving Mathematics” as an undergraduate in the John G

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Main Plenary 3 - Opportunities for collaboration with engineering educators in India (ISTE)

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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R. Natarajan, Indian Institute of Technology

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ASEE International Forum

, e.g) taking up careers un-related to their education and training Particularly, Marketing, Advertising, Finance attract criticism. We have learned to accept External Brain Drain : • Brain Gain, Brain Circulation • The Success of the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs • Offshore jobs from India • Alumni support to their Alma Maters 39 Page 17.7.40 THE SYMBIOTIC AND SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY• University is the intermediary between two important Stakeholders:  Students  Employers• We need bridges between

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Track 1 - Session 2 - Student Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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Haeseong J. Jee, Hongik University

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Track 1 - Student Development

car prototype. One of the successful it has Page 17.14.3realized is an educational environment for multidisciplinary automotive development projectmade with other global institutions worldwide. The key concept of this project mainly focuses onbetter preparing students for their professional career in an international engineeringenvironment and timely adjustment on the job after graduation. It also accelerates studentsdesign and manufacturing skills, while giving them the experience of global communication forlarge scale collaboration. The students and faculty from these distinguished PACE Institutionsexperienced the importance of bridging

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kellie Schneider; Heath A. Schluterman; C. Richard Cassady

facilities.  Engineering Fundamentals II In the spring semester, students are exposed to the concepts associated with the Time Value of Money as well as retirement planning and loan repayment. They are also provided with additional spreadsheet modeling and analysis tools including descriptive statistics, pivot tables, and Excel solver.  Academic Planning Once students have selected their engineering major, advising focus changes from looking forward only one semester to planning their academic career. Students are again reminded of their requirements for graduating from the CoE including the math sequence, science course requirements, and university core electives. Students also have group

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christopher C. Arnold; Kevin T. Tran

3.0 C EVP. The aim of this outreach effort is to encourage young studentsThe yellow zone in this Figure 3 indicates the vehicle can be 3.5 to pursue STEM careers by letting them experience firsthand what it isaccelerated using third or fourth gear of the transmission while like to

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Robert I. Egbert; Douglas R. Carroll

Engineering Program at MSU begin. 3. August 2008 Engineering 110 class, Studies and Careers in Engineering, offered for the first time. 4. August 2009 first engineering students in the Cooperative Engineering Program are admitted to Missouri S&T. 5. August 2009 first engineering courses from Missouri S&T offered on the MSU campus as part of the Cooperative Engineering Program. 6. October 2011 ABET visit to the Cooperative Engineering Facilities on the MSU campus. Accreditation through Missouri S&T expected in the summer of 2012. 7. May 2012 first graduates from Cooperative Engineering Program.Structure of the ProgramThe Program is administered by a full-time Director employed by Missouri S&T but stationed

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Wenli Guo; Vazgen Shekoyan

centrally hosted eLearningNote that homework was graded without any environment offering a wide range of course delivery,comments by the instructor. assessment and collaboration products and services. In b) Students should reflect on what they did or particular, it allows students to create ePortfoliosthought wrong in their original solution. They should (electronic portfolios). The primary purpose of havingwrite an explanation on what was wrong in their student ePortfolios is to engage students throughoutoriginal answer and why it was wrong. Without this his or her academic career. By having an electronicstep students were not allowed

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

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James A. Lee; Michael J. D'Agostino

careers in the design and construction of the builtenvironment, including civil engineering and construction management. As the concept of sustainable designcontinues to hold greater significance in engineering and related professional disciplines, the laboratory alsoprovides the opportunity to reinforce principles of sustainability, including embodied energy, life cycle assessment,waste management and minimization. In addition, the design project has and continues to provide undergraduateresearch opportunities in the area of concrete design. Some aspects of this work will also be presented in this paper.Keywords: Concrete; Recycling; Aggregates; Wastewater; Sustainability BACKGROUNDIndustry Need

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wenli Guo; Vazgen Shekoyan

centrally hosted eLearningNote that homework was graded without any environment offering a wide range of course delivery,comments by the instructor. assessment and collaboration products and services. In b) Students should reflect on what they did or particular, it allows students to create ePortfoliosthought wrong in their original solution. They should (electronic portfolios). The primary purpose of havingwrite an explanation on what was wrong in their student ePortfolios is to engage students throughoutoriginal answer and why it was wrong. Without this his or her academic career. By having an electronicstep students were not allowed

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Orla LoPiccolo

4 PC 5 MS 3.5 KR 5 RH 4 NT 5 MG 1 4.5 3.333333Qualitative Results:The following is the list of questions given to the Jigsaw II students and their average responsesbased on a Likert Scale of 1(Strongly Disagree) to 5(Strongly Agree).1. I remember more when I explain what I have learned to someone else. 3.89 (Agree)2. Working in groups in class is similar to what I expect to be doing in my future professional career. 3.89 (Agree)3. Working in groups helps the classroom learning environment. 3.89 (Agree)4

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Nicole C. Corbiere; Laurel Kuxhaus

include objective assessments of learning as a result of the Journal Clubdiscussions. This technique could be applied to other technical elective courses. Additionalextensions of this work may include surveys of course alumni to assess the relevance of the skillsdeveloped in Journal Club to their careers and lives. In summary, Journal Club discussions are an effective way to engage students inbiomechanics. Students gain an introduction to scientific literature and the research process, andlearn customized content in what would otherwise be an introductory course. Anecdotally,students have reported using their literature search skills to research topics of personal interest,particularly with regard to health. Students generally enjoyed the

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Johanna Comanzo; Chris Normile

Increasing Student Engagement and Persistence in Adult Distance Education Johanna Comanzo and Chris Normile Excelsior CollegeIntroduction Excelsior College, a leader in online and distance learning, provides global access toquality higher education for adult learners, helping them overcome barriers of time, distance, andcost. A world leader in the assessment of learning, Excelsior is naturally renowned for itsfacilitation of degree completion and its advocacy on behalf of adult learners. The School ofBusiness and Technology provides a holistic approach to degree completion to serve adultlearners in achieving their educational and career aspirations. The faculty

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Surgenor

future career as anengineer.” The results have been positive, but rarely mechatronics specific. Students offeredcomments such as “Teamwork is more important than technical ability” and “You need to bemethodical in the problem solving process”. The fact that the feedback was positive was notsurprising given course surveys from previous years. But the “non-mechatronics” feedbackoriginally caught the attention of the instructors. On reflection, the exercise highlighted to theinstructors that they had designed the course around the process of engineering problem solving,and this has become one of the dominant features of the course.Experience has shown that problems must be presented such that the students are “forced” to bemethodical. The team

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas A. Lenox Ph.D., American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

construction management, innovative project delivery systems, and construction automation and robotics. He received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wiscon- sin. Russell began his academic career in 1989 as an Assistant Professor in the CEE Department. Over the past 22 years, he has earned a reputation as a leader in education, research, and service to the civil en- gineering profession through championing diversity, leadership, innovation, and enhanced education for future civil engineers.He is Co-founder of the Construction Engineering and Management program at UW, Madison, one of only seven

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

discipline. Students werereminded that at many points in their career, they may be part of multi-disciplinary teams and should beinformed about all the engineering disciplines regardless of their intended major.While similar to Nosich’s exercise, the “Analyze the Discipline” exercise is simpler. Nosich developsthe concept of the “Logic of a Discipline” in more detail and depth, emphasizing the need to find theinter-relationships and inter-dependence of the eight elements on one another within a discipline in orderto see the synergies within a discipline and to truly understand the “logic” of a discipline that constituteshow those within that discipline reason. Students may not achieve this level of synthesis with the“Analyze the Discipline

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rob O. Hovsapian, Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Juan Ordonez, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Jose Vargas, Universidade Federal de Parana; Necesio Gomes Costa, Universidade Federal de Itajubá

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

disciplines.Multidisciplinary projects exposed our students to the ability to work and learn from otherdisciplines. Most Engineering students start their professional engineering career they haverelatively little knowledge of the Quality functional deployment (QFD) process and other sixsigma tools, enabling the determination of what the customers perceive to be critical to quality(CTQ), addressing the necessary issues, and placing controls to ensure that the proffered solutionsare implemented correctly.8 By working together on the QFD process such as the employment of“The House of Quality” methodologies the team can better define the customer requirements andclarify the deliverables and expectations of the project outcome.11 Based on our experience, otherquality

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruba Alkhasawneh, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

3 4 Mechanical DE Engineering 1 2 Business Other Administration 1 1Q1. Motivation for majoring in STEM discipline: In analyzing the students’ responses, itwas indicated that parents played a significant role in inspiring students to considermajoring in STEM. A majority of students believed that their parents motivated theirdecision to major in STEM in the first place. Some students saw their parents as rolemodels and tried to follow their steps and pursue a career in STEM fields. Relatives

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Tracy R. Rone, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

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Minorities in Engineering

enjoy?”, the majority of the responses can be summarized that the students enjoyed working with their team members and that they were able to obtain different views or approaches to solving a problem. This supported the results from observations made by the instructor and evaluator where 75% - 100% of the students in a group were actively engaged and did explain ideas and concepts with each other during each CL activity. The surveys also showed that the Page 25.730.9 motivation for students to pursue graduate study increased from 58% to 75% and to pursue a career in RF Microwave Engineering increased by 58

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Corey M. Taylor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathleen Toohey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael S. DeVasher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rebecca Booth DeVasher Ph.D., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark H. Minster, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

fields, but also leaders in other areas of their disciplines and careers. One area to whichgraduates in STEM fields stand poised to contribute tremendously is sustainability. As issues ofclimate change, depletion of nonrenewable resources, and degradation of water quality prevail onlocal and global scales, higher education must respond to these challenges with a focus on STEMeducation that involves understanding and consideration of environmental, economic, and socialimpacts. For a host of reasons, however, STEM colleges and universities often produceoverspecialized graduates that remain unaware of their majors’ larger contexts, especially thosethat touch upon sustainability. Sustainability problems pose serious challenges for

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Patrick Hogan, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Computers in Education

Page 25.937.3career and to lifelong learning.The technical and scientific skills are emphasized in the course as all students enrolled in thecourse need a basic level of proficiency in Structural Geology to proceed with additional coursework towards their chosen BS degree (e.g., Mining, Geology and Geophysics, etc.) as well as besuccessful in their professional careers. However, some students enrolled in this course willpursue advanced graduate degrees or will engage in Petroleum industry as, for example,geologists or drilling engineers. These students will be involved at one point in higher-levelprojects such as: a) designing lab or field experiments or b) collecting and analyzing quantitativeand qualitative data associated with difficult

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio; Vincent B. Canizaro, University of Texas, San Antonio; John D. Murphy Jr., University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

establish a multi-disciplinary first-year curriculumfor design and construction freshman that includes content from three independently accreditedprograms. The curriculum is structured as a 28-hour required coursework where more than halfof the courses are discipline specific. The students are accepted to the university as pre-majorsand asked to apply for a major at the completion of the required first year curriculum. As a partof their first year curriculum, the students are exposed to all professional career paths within thebuilt environment disciplines and experience multi-disciplinary content. A detailed discussion ofbalancing the multi-disciplinary content, university core curriculum challenges, accreditationstandard limitations, faculty

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas at Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Benjamin Afotey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

biodiesel refinery project will 0 4 0 0 6 make me more likely to consider sustainable design options in my future career. 0% 100% 0% 0% I would recommend future students to participate in 0 4 0 0 7 sustainable engineering senior design projects. 0% 100% 0% 0% I would recommend future students to participate in 2 0 2 0 8 multidisciplinary engineering senior design projects. 50% 0% 50% 0% 8 17 6

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mikhail Gershfeld S.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Charles B. Chadwell, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

the material’s use in a blended learning experience for undergraduate students at Cal PolyPomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo universities. A survey instrument was used to capturestudents’ perceptions of the learning modules from several dimensions including: relevance ofcontent to career interests, relevance to course content, pedagogical approach, and usability. Thesurvey results suggest that overall students had a positive experience with the learning modules.They appreciated the functionality that allowed them to control the pace of the content deliveryand felt the materials were a strong contributor to their ability to use the knowledge as part oftheir class activities. While the majority of the comments were positive, there was data

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

obtain a bachelor’s degree do not permit expandingcore or concentration curriculum. Leadership topics are covered in certain engineering electivessuch as the course covering entrepreneurship. With faculty workloads and contact hours beingabove norms, the department prefers implementing leadership topics within existing courses thatdiscuss interpersonal relations, teamwork and what are commonly called the “soft” skills.As part of the department’s continuous improvement and in an effort to provide students withtools to aid their transitions from campus to career, the department is in the early stages ofdeveloping an electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) system of capturing student reflections oflearning progress throughout their academic studies. E

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Innovative Course Developments in Construction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiong Hu, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Yaoling Wang, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Construction

problems. The course is alsochallenging from the instructor’s standpoint for the technical content covered may come acrossto the students as being dry, besides multiple topics need to be covered therefore the timepresents a significant constraint as well. However, the knowledge and skills acquired in thiscourse will be very valuable to the graduates as they embark on professional careers in theconcrete industry. The paper details the design of the course, issues involved in teaching, and thestrategies that were employed to resolve the issues.IntroductionA major segment in construction industry, the growing demands of the progressively changingconcrete industry of the 21st century prompted the development of a new construction orientedBachelor of

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul A. Klenk Ph.D., Duke University; Gary A. Ybarra, Duke University; Rodger D Dalton Jr, Techsplorers

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. His areas of interest are signal and information processing and K-12 engineering outreach. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees all in ECE from NC State University.Mr. Rodger D Dalton Jr, Techsplorers Rodger Dalton (B.S.E.E., NCSU, 1992, and M.S.E.E., Duke University, 2006) is an electrical engineer with 20 years of industry experience and holder of nine U.S. and foreign patents, with more than a decade of experience designing fiber optic telecommunication products. With a passion for teaching, Dalton has fostered the aspirations of young engineers and scientists from elementary school students to mentoring new-grad engineers as they begin their careers. During his undergraduate studies at NC State, he

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin; William Liechty, University of Texas, Austin; James W. Tunnell, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical

AC 2012-5008: CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY FROM ALGINATE SPHERESIN DESIGN-BASED LEARNING COURSEDr. Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin Steve R. Marek is a lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. He received a B.S. in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a minor in biomedical engi- neering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005. He earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2009 and transitioned to the College of Pharmacy, Division of Phar- maceutics, for his postdoctoral research in pulmonary drug delivery. He began his career as a teaching faculty member at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2011. Marek’s primary

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry E. Mullins P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

champions in 2007 (team name of Cyber Warriors) and were the U.S. winner (DC3 Prize)in 2009 (team name of Little Bobby Tables) primarily as a result of our Forensics and CyberAttack courses.Thus far, student feedback has been phenomenal! Students made the following comments aboutthe Cyber Attack course: “The course was challenging yet fun.” “I learned so much it's ridiculous!” “By far, this is the highest quality educational course I've ever taken in my military or educational career.” “His course is not easy, but the challenges he presents make the students better.” “The final project [the capture the flag project] was awesome.” “Liked the mixture of lecture and labs…kept it interesting.” “The

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

King To Hung, Brigham Young University; Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

financially. The financial situation was projected to retirement:65 years of age. The analysis used a timeline from year zero to year 47. Year zero represents thebeginning of age 18 (presumably when a person graduates from high school). Year 47 representsthe end of a person’s 65th year of age, (or the end of a person’s career). Three sets of analyses Page 25.43.7were performed: 1) simple cash flow; 2) 5% of annual income was invested in some low-riskinvestment, such as a mutual fund, and yields 12% overall annual return; and 3) 10% of annualincome was invested in some low-risk investment, such as a mutual fund, and yields 12% overallannual return