Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

curriculumalong state-of-the-art facilities in VLSI design and fabrication. 1 1. Introduction“Theory   without   practice   is   Utopia   and   practice   without   theory   is   superstition”   has   been theguiding beacon in imparting the instructions by the author all along. It is because of this reasonthe VLSI design laboratory was established simultaneously with the development of VLSIDesign courses (16.502/16.470). In 1984, only text book available was Mead and Conway andDLAP was the prime tool for the experimental layout and simulation. The projects werefabricated at M2C, and were tested at UMASS Lowell using LV 500 tester.Full use was made of

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Robert A. Hilton

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Reverse Engineering the Volcano CAN BUS Framework for Engine Control Unit Programming Robert A. Hilton Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Hartford West Hartford, Connecticut robert.a.hilton.jr@gmail.com Abstract— The goal of this project is to design a combination project is to create a generic programmer that can be used toISO 9141 (K-Line) and CAN BUS

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Agustin Robles; David Alvarez; Jasmine Flores; Cham Htun; Cheng Chen; James Enright; Amelito Enrique; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shahnasser; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi

334aims to strengthen community college students’ foundation in the academic fields of science,technology, engineering and mathematics. Four community college students participated in thisprogram in 2013 and were trained to perform seismic design and evaluation of a three story steelplate shear wall.Student Project DescriptionThe team of four students was asked to design a three-story SPSW structure located at 1300Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. A SPSW frame is comprised of a rectangular system ofrigidly jointed columns and beams with a thin steel infill plate which resists the lateral forcesdeveloped during earthquake ground motions. The flexural rigidity of the frame and the shearstrength of the plate is the source of lateral stiffness

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Hahler, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

which includes writing assignments, classroom debates, and student presentations.Beyond concrete skills, the curriculum also aims for students to improve upon soft skills andhigher order thinking as well as creativity; this aspect of the curriculum meshes well with thestandards for mathematical practice that should occur at every grade level. For example, theopening project of the AMES curriculum that introduces the Cartesian coordinate systeminvolves students guiding a peer to a certain spot in the class using only verbal instructions.Unless the student giving directions is very specific, the student following the instructions mayend up in a completely different position than the directing student intended. The resulting affecton the students

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas, Pan American; Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9317Developing Engineering Content for K-12 STEM Classrooms by Providing aHands-On Engineering Design Experience for Teachers: A Case StudyDr. Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas-Pan American Dr. Mounir Ben Ghalia is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas- Pan American. He is the principal investigator and the director of the Research Experiences for Teachers in Emerging and Novel Engineering Technologies (RET-ENET) in the Rio Grande Valley project which is funded by the National Science Foundation. His current research interests focus on cooperative multiple mobile

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University; James B. Guthrie, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9051Building Engineering Interest and Sandcastles through Collaborative Instruc-tional DesignDr. Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State UniversityMr. James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University Page 24.244.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Building Engineering Interest and Sandcastles through Collaborative Instructional Design (Works in Progress)AbstractA collaborative research project between students and faculty in the California Polytechnic

Conference Session

CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

improving organizational systems. He is internationally recognized, has contributed to the literature more than 110 articles, presentations, books and reviews on software development methodologies, management, organizational change, and program management. Dr. Springer sits on many university and community boards and advisory committees. Dr. Springer received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Executive Development from Ball State University. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and mediation.Mr. Mark T

Conference Session

CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

, 2014 Personal Improvement Plan: a professionalism assignment for engineering studentsAbstract:Iron Range Engineering (IRE) is an innovative project-based engineering program which placeshigh value on the integration of technical learning and professional skills. The IRE studentsmust enroll and complete one Professionalism course per semester (Professionalism I throughProfessionalism IV) during their four semester upper-division experience. As part of eachprofessionalism course, students complete and submit an assignment named PersonalImprovement Plan (PIP). Each semester, through various experiences within the project teamsand discipline-specific workshops, each student self-assesses his/her improvement in

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Distinction in 2010. Dr. Natarajarathi- nam’s research interests include coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and optimizing global supply chains. Her research articles have won best paper awards at Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference and Society of Marketing Advances Conference. She currently serves on the Editorial advisory board for International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. Dr. Natarajarathinam has worked on several research projects funded by government agencies and industry. She has a strong passion for student development. She is the founding faculty of the Society of Women in Industrial Distribution

Conference Session

Applications of Online Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

education, and it isparticularly prevalent in the field of undergraduate engineering education. A strict definition ofcollaborative learning differentiates a collaborative project from one that merely requirescooperation. In collaborative learning, students work in groups to together develop a sharedunderstanding of and solution for an ill-structured problem14. Teachers are redefined as“coaches” helping students to work towards a set of possible open-ended solutions, and studentstake some ownership of their own learning through reflection. Typically, students learn aboutteam skills in addition to course content. Engestrom5 identified three stages that are characteristicof collaborative learning. In his view, for learning to be truly collaborative

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James F. Groves, University of Virginia; Leigh R. Abts, University of Maryland, College Park; Gail Lynn Goldberg

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

increasing U.S. emphasis upon science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)education, many primary and secondary schools would like to add engineering to their curricula.1These schools are challenged though, because engineering education credentialing pathways forteachers are, at present, largely nonexistent, and K-12 engineering curricula are actively beingdefined, debated, and considered for implementation.2, 3 Still, recent years have witnessed astrong upsurge in discussion and activity around these challenges, and efforts are underway to:  Provide teacher training (e.g., The Infinity Project, Project Lead the Way),  Define K-12 engineering curricula and standards (e.g., Engineering is Elementary, Engineering by Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Priscilla Tengdin; Kayla Santello; Robert Henry

construction drawings. I. I NTRODUCTION • Discuss an iBook that is being developed to help undergraduate engineering students learn to read, Construction drawings are the central communication interpret and work with engineering and constructiontool for the architectural and engineering design of a drawings. The iBook incorporates 2-D images, 3-Dconstruction project. Construction drawings have a images, virtual reality models, drawings andlanguage of their own and each person involved with the photographs into an interactive learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Khaled Almgren; Christian Bach

for universities. Third-party companies training employees is very critical to the success of the ERPcustomize these packages (Robert Jacobs, 2007). The ERP project (Umble, et al., 2003).system brings many benefits to organizations. It brings The eighth factor is focused performance measures. Theoperations benefits, managerial benefits, strategic benefits, ERP system performance must be evaluated by theIT infrastructure benefits, and organization benefits. But organization to keep track of how the system is meeting thethere are many obstacles to moving to an ERP system organization’s goals.(Shang & Seddon). The ninth and last factor is multi

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

David Naish

courses. A course in computer-aided design and analysis in civil engineering hasevolved over the past few years to meet the changing demands of the workplace. This coursenow incorporates learning practical engineering software and developing students’ ability tolearn new software in an efficient manner. Students are taught the importance of fundamentaltheory beyond rote memorization of the mechanics of the software implementation. Additionally,students are taught to investigate multiple solution methods for similar problems and choose themost efficient method. The course concludes with a project aimed at allowing students to learnnew software on their own, quickly and efficiently. The purpose of this paper is to outline thebasics of this course

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohum A. Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kerri S. Kearney, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educational topics.Dr. Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University Page 24.87.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Platform for Computer Engineering EducationAbstractThe goal of the Progressive Learning Platform (PLP) pilot project is to design and test a platformto teach students how the underlying hardware building blocks relate to organization andarchitecture of microprocessors. PLP helps students link computer engineering concepts—logicdesign, microprocessors, computer architecture, embedded systems, compilers, operatingsystems, and high-level language constructs—in

Conference Session

Evaluation of Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology; Alan Mead, Illinois Institute of Technology; James Kemp Ellington, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Education, 2014 Ethical Climate in Interdisciplinary Teams: Development of the TECSAbstractOne way to empirically evaluate team ethics is through ethical climate, which is defined as theprocedures, policies, and practices in regard to moral or ethical concerns seen in the workplace.Peers and supervisors may influence individuals’ perceptions of ethics and moral situations,which will lead to a shared understanding of how the group should think about moral situations.The current researchers adapted the concept of ethical climate and brought it to interdisciplinarystudent teams. Teams on lengthy projects often face ethical problems, and the researchersdeveloped a tool to address some of the unique considerations for ethics in

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claes Fredriksson, Granta Design, Cambridge (UK); Mats Eriksson, Univeristy West; Hannah Melia, Granta Design, Ltd.

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

industry, consists of all the necessary steps tobring a new or redesigned product to the market. Although the process is practiced in manydifferent ways, depending on, for instance, company size and customer requirements, there aremany common elements. These need to be covered by University teaching to prepare studentsfor jobs in industry. This paper considers how students can be supported to make open, creativeand well informed decisions in several stages of the product development process.A teaching approach suitable for the product development process is described and investigated.The pedagogic context of the approach is project based learning in small student groups withshort regular meetings with an instructor for consultation and supervision

Conference Session

FPD 10: Teamwork

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A Adams, Arizona State University; Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Thomas P Seager, Arizona State University; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

combinations of certain strengths succeed and others don't. Teamsfor a final project (design, construction, and race of solar powered cars) were formed based uponan understanding of conative strengths and team synergy gained from the interim project. Resultsfrom peer evaluations of teamwork and teammate satisfaction on the solar car project show thatstudents were highly satisfied with the conative approach.IntroductionABET outcome Criterion 3 (d) requires that universities teach students to function productivelyas part of a multidisciplinary team. This study analyzes the effectiveness of teaching students tounderstand their instinctive behavioral strengths in regards to teamwork activities with the hopethat this understanding leads to increased team

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Beau R. Vezino, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of Teaching and Teacher Education. His focus is engineering and science education. Beau currently teaches the science methods course for pre-service teachers and works on several research projects related to STEM education. Beau has worked to develop K-12 engineering curriculum, co-taught master’s level STEM education courses, and developed/directed an after school engineering and robotics program. He is a member of the National Science Teachers Association, American Society of Engineering Education, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, and American Society for Mechanical Engineers. Beau is certified teacher with five years of experience title one school in Phoenix, Arizona. He holds a Master’s

Collection

2014 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Pramod Khargonekar, National Science Foundation

Tagged Divisions

National Science Foundation

Ecosystem Infrastructure 2014 • Awards in FY1516 November 20, 2015 CAREER: Teacher-Scholar “Successful applicants will propose creative, effective, integrated research and education plans, and indicate how they will assess these components.”CAREER Project Description: a description of the proposed research project, including preliminary supporting data where appropriate, specific objectives, methods and procedures to be used, and expected significance of the results; a description of the proposed educational activities, including plans to evaluate their impact on students and

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Steven Martin, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

year of the undergraduate curriculum to teach thefundamentals of design (from needs identification and brainstorming to manufacturing andcommercialization). In spring 2013 we introduced significant changes to our required secondyear level semester-long design course aimed at teaching the ambit of BME research as well asdeveloping design principles and practices.BackgroundHistorically, this course has two main objectives: introducing new engineering students to thevast field of biomedical engineering and to developing designs with faculty andengineering/medical professionals. While looking for projects to assign our students in the springof 2013, we took a tour of our hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with aneonatologist who had

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javier Orozco P.E., UPV; Joseph S. Sun, University of Pennsylvania; Karen McDonald, University of California, Davis; Carlos Jiménez-Rico, Universitat Politècnica de València; Juan-Miguel Martinez-Rubio, Universitat Politecnica Valencia

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #10929BUILDING TRANSATLANTIC COLLABORATION FOR EXCELENCE INDOCTORAL EDUCATIONDr. Javier Orozco P.E., UPV Ph. D. Javier Orozco-Messana lectures on materials science, ceramics and several scientific topics since 1986 at the Universidad Polit´ecnica de Valencia. He has also lectured at Florida State University. He has been Reserach & Development manager in several private companies (AIMME, Lladro, Autocares Luz) since 1990 to 2004. He has been responsible for more than 5 research projects at European, national and regional level with an overall budget of over 3 million euros. For 6 years he was secretary

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Edward Smaglik; Terry Baxter; John Tingerthal P.E.; Chun-Hsing Ho; Mark Lamer

increased by 46 percent and itis projected to increase by an additional 15 percent by 2021, resulting in larger demands onfaculty and other resources1. This resource imbalance presents the opportunity to explorealternative approaches to course delivery with the aim to simultaneously improve the studentlearning experience while more efficiently utilizing classroom space and faculty time. Onepromising method for doing this is to move the acquisition of content knowledge out of theclassroom, leaving classroom time for the assimilation of that knowledge2. This is known as the‘inverted’3 or ‘flipped’4 classroom that relies on ‘blended learning’5,6 techniques. Such methodshave been historically called ‘hybrid courses’ when online learning management

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #8676First-Year Engineering Students’ Communication of Nanotechnology Size &Scale in a Design ChallengeKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is currently pursuing her PhD in engineering education at Purdue University. She is a member of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) education research team. She con- ducts research within the First-Year Engineering Program to help understand what and how students are learning about nanotechnology. Her current projects involve investigating students’ understanding of size and scale concepts, the cross-disciplinary nature of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine C Brannon, George Washington University ; Zoe Szajnfarber; Thomas Andrew Mazzuchi, George Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Introduction to Systems Engineering course isstructured around three group projects, which collectively provide an overview of thefundamental lessons of the field. The projects are an egg drop challenge which teaches the valueof upfront Systems Engineering and rapid prototyping, a LEGO Mindstorms™ competitionwhich teaches the importance of problem decomposition, testing and validation, in addition todesign under operational uncertainty, and a Lean Simulation game which teaches user needs, theimportance of balanced work and enterprise value.While it has been well established in the general pedagogical literature that group projects andactive learning are effective teaching tools, they are not widely used in Systems Engineering fora variety of reasons

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Joseph, Pace University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

level engineering capstone design courses that were cross-listed as a single course, which was open to MBA students24, 25. The purpose of this cross-listed course was to produce business minded future engineers who through the experience of producing marketable products would develop better teamwork skills, adaptable communication skills, be comfortable with business plan development, and be knowledgeable of patents and intellectual property. Student team projects were either assigned or self-generated. The final product of the project was a functional product prototype supported by a written report describing its business and engineering aspects. The project evaluation was based on the intended business and engineering

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Elaine Catherine McCormick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alisha A.W. Waller, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

thinking. The purpose of this joint-inquiry course was to providean opportunity for the students and the professor to explore these questions, to identify and learnsome common “habits of the mind” of engineers, to enhance their sensitivity to when thesehabits of the mind can be used as effective tools to think critically about the world, and topractice applying these concepts to the analysis of systems that are not normally encountered ordiscussed in the context of the engineering classroom. This paper describes several highlights ofthe course’s design and implementation, including the readings, discussions, activities, and thefinal term project. Also included are students’ perceptions of the course elements as told by thestudent co-authors of

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond A. Hansen, Purdue University; Tomasz Wiktor Wlodarczyk, University of Stavanger; Thomas J. Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #9550A collaborative, multinational cyberinfrastructure for big data analyticsProf. Raymond A Hansen, Purdue UniversityDr. Tomasz Wiktor Wlodarczyk, University of Stavanger Dr Tomasz Wiktor Wlodarczyk, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Stavanger, Norway. His work focuses on analysis, storage and communica- tion in data intensive computing. His particular interest is time series storage and analysis. He is currently working on these areas in several research projects including: SEEDS (EU FP7), Safer@Home (RCN), A4Cloud (EU FP7), BigDataCom-PU

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering(CEE) works is important to many civil and environmental engineers. Geotechnical and geo-environmental engineers in particular must be able to understand and apply various aspects of thegeological sciences in their practice, but many other types of engineers also need to be confidentin understanding and applying findings of geologists with respect to their projects. This includesmanaging civil or environmental aspects of foundation systems, tunneling, mining, constructionmaterials, excavation, ground water, contaminant transport, seismicity, and mass movement,among many other applications.Because of the importance of geological science to civil and environmental engineers, it is notunusual for some engineering programs to require a course

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth J. Stewart, University of Michigan; John G. Younger, University of Michigan; Michael J. Solomon, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

fourteenth weekof the course 64% of students utilized either interdisciplinary terminology or terminology from adiscipline outside of their own to propose extensions of course projects. Overall, we have shownthat a graduate course designed to improve interdisciplinary learning is capable of making smallincreases in the interdisciplinary learning of students.BackgroundThe need to create graduate students with interdisciplinary skillsets is regarded as increasinglyimportant as research challenges become more complex and fall outside the disciplinaryconstructs of currently established fields. Interdisciplinary skills are desired within academia,government and industry. As a result, interdisciplinary graduate programs and interdisciplinaryresearch