Conference Session

Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Maria Pantoja, California Polytechnic State University san Luis Obispo; Drazen Fabris, Santa Clara University; Aaron Melman, Santa Clara University

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to technology — not only computers, but also digitalmusic and video players, cell phones, video games, and a host of other gizmos that requiretechnology. Because of this access to technology, Pensky argues that today’s students “think andprocess information fundamentally differently than their predecessors.” And teachers now haveto adapt to the language and learning styles of “digital natives”.A.1 Project Goals.First, integrate interactive tutorials into engineering classrooms that require previousprogramming knowledge of Matlab/Octave. To achieve true proficiency in Matlab, subsequentclasses should routinely make use of it. Students typically remember very little of Matlab whenthey take these upper divisions classes. This makes it difficult

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Oskar Granados, Cañada College; Maryam I Khan; Manuel Alexis Ramirez, San Diego State University; Madoka Oyama, Cañada College; Nathan Carlson, Cañada College

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the experimental and analytical substructures.During the ten weeks internship, the four community college students utilized MATLAB andSimulink to explore how the variation of the parameters affects the stability and accuracy ofRTHS using these two integration algorithms. This research internship program integratesstate-of-the-art earthquake engineering research with the development of project management,time management and teamwork skills, thus helping strengthen students’ knowledge inearthquake engineering and preparing them for successful academic and professional careers.The internship program therefore provides valuable mentorship for community college studentsduring their transition to a four-year college.1. IntroductionCommunity

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alvaro Monge, California State University, Long Beach; Panadda Marayong, California State University, Long Beach; Shadnaz Asgari, California State University, Long Beach; Birgit Penzenstadler; Praveen Shankar, California State University, Long Beach

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underrepresented groups.I. IntroductionIn Fall 2014, women represented only 11.3% of computer science and computer engineering, and12.2% of aerospace and mechanical engineering students enrolled in these programs at CaliforniaState University Long Beach (CSULB). Figures 1 and 2 show the applications and enrollments byfirst-time freshman (FTF) in the computer engineering and computer science programs from Fall2003 thru Fall 2014. As can be seen from these figures, the one consistent trend is the lowrepresentation by women in applications and in enrollments, signaling a need for increasedrecruitment.As is the case with nearly all of the computing programs in the US, demand for and enrollment inthese majors continues to grow[1, 2]. However, it is also

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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, offered alongside the circuit theory course, which isalready available in an online format. The class materials cover the use of basic instrumentation(DMM, Oscilloscope), analysis and interpretation of experimental data, circuit simulation, use ofMATLAB to solve circuit equations in the real and complex domain, and exposure to theArduino microcontroller. Results from both implementations are used to generalize outcomesbetween online vs. face-to-face cohorts, and are contextualized with input from student surveysand interviews on the perception, use and overall satisfaction of the course and its resources.1. IntroductionIn 2016, for the second year in a row, students at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC), acommunity college along the central coast

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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-face course. Student performanceon labs and tests in the two parallel sections of the course are compared. Additionally studentsurveys conducted in both the online and face-to-face courses are used to document and comparestudents’ perceptions of their learning experience, the effectiveness of the course resources, theiruse of these resources, and their overall satisfaction with the course.1. IntroductionOne of the main recommendations of the 2012 President’s Council of Advisors on Science andTechnology (PCAST) report, “Engage to Excel,” is to address the retention problem in the firsttwo years of college in order to produce additional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics) professionals in the next decade needed to retain the

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Eva Schiorring, Canada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College

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comprehensive lower-divisionengineering curriculum, even at small-to-medium sized community colleges. This wasaccomplished by developing resources and teaching strategies that could be employed in avariety of delivery formats (e.g., fully online, online/hybrid, flipped face-to-face, etc.), providingflexibility for local community colleges to leverage according to their individual needs. Thispaper focuses on the iterative development, testing, and refining of the resources for anintroductory Materials Science course with 3-unit lecture and 1-unit laboratory components. Thiscourse is required as part of recently adopted statewide model associate degree curricula fortransfer into Civil, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing engineering bachelor’s

Conference Session

Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Julia Roche, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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dynamicscourse without deep conceptual understanding of the principles involved. Ongoingresearch has been completed to further understand this phenomenon and how we aseducators can better instill a conceptual understanding of dynamics in our students. Wehave found that presenting engineering students with a physical situation and havingthem predict the outcome can create an engaging learning environment. By participatingin a hands-on activity and making predictions about the results, students can test theirconceptions and let the physical world be the authority rather than just the word of theinstructor. Based on the work of Laws et. al.1 and highlighted by Prince and Vigant2,these hands-on activities are known as Inquiry-Based Learning Activities (IBLA

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Jean S Larson, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics

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, microbiology, chemistry, geology, and engineering mechanics toproduce geotechnical engineers to work across disciplines.1 As a response to this call, in 2014, anEngineering Research Center, Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG)was established with a partnership among four universities - Arizona State University (ASU),New Mexico State University, Georgia Tech and University of California, Davis. With the ideaof learning from nature, the CBBG aims to transform the engineering of geotechnical systemsand address infrastructure-related challenges using biogeotechnics. The ultimate vision of theCBBG is to provide the critical mass needed to integrate the necessary disciplines, bridgeknowledge gaps, and educate a new generation of

Conference Session

Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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lectures, 1 laboratory.As shown in the above course description, students taking the course must enroll in thelaboratory portion of the course. The lab course entails weekly three-hour lab time wherestudents conduct experiments involving design calculation, computer simulation, hardwareverification and test. The software used for the simulation is the LTSpice which is available forfree from Linear Technology7.Five new laboratory experiments were developed to enforce students’ understanding of thedesign, construction, and testing of inductor and transformer. The experiments are listed below: • Experiment #1: Rudimentary Short Rise-Time Dynamical Reluctance Basics • Experiment #2: Characterizing Core Material (B-H) • Experiment #3: Inductor

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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andmultidisciplinary collaboration, and insight to the non-engineering features of a problem thatmust be addressed.NAE Grand Challenges at the Viterbi School of EngineeringAs an advocate for the Grand Challenges, the Dean of USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering hasorganized two national summits and was instrumental in the establishing the Grand ChallengesScholars initiative that provides specialized programs for Grand Challenge engineers thatinclude: 1) hands-on research that is tied to the Grand Challenges, 2) interdisciplinaryexperiential learning with a variety of stakeholders, 3) experience with innovation andentrepreneurship, 4) global and cross cultural perspectives and ) service-learning. Over a quarterof engineering schools in the US have or are in the

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Andrew W Hostler, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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(see Table 1). The enrollment was limited to 15 students to allow for a manageable student teacher to studentparticipant ratio and to allow for team sizes of 5 students each building one of the three BudgetROVs.The workshop was advertised to students in the College of Engineering through flyers that includeddetails about the workshop (including its fee) and a contact email. An astonishing 47 students responded,so we gave the 15 spots to the first 15 responders. As the flyers were first put up in the EE building(trafficked by all University students, but more heavily by Electrical (EE) and Computer Engineering(CPE) students), the composition of the workshop ended up being 3 CPE students, 11 EE students, and 1Computer Science. Of those students

Conference Session

Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Sheree Fu, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Kleve, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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value as they explored the research guide. Theauthors then modified certain elements of the research guide based on the test results andparticipants completed a second round of usability testing.The authors recommend ongoing testing to improve the information architecture (i.e., labelingand organization of content) of research guides. In this article, they explore how to apply theirusability findings to other research guides and library resources. Their insights into students’information-seeking behaviors and mental models may benefit other online and engineeringeducators.IntroductionGoogle looms large in universities, high schools, middle schools, and libraries, 1, 2 and its searchfunction ranks webpages and scholarly articles to present the

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

evaluate theconstraints.”[1]Dr. Wm. A. Wulf, as President of the National Academy of Engineering, often spoke of theproblem of lack of diversity in engineering. He pointed to the need for a diversity of perspectiveand experience in order to avoid the opportunity loss of designs not considered, constraints notunderstood, processes not invented, and products not built. At the time Dr. Wulf wrote the quoteabove (1998), the percentages of women and minorities enrolled in engineering programs wasincreasing (very slowly, but the trends were in the right direction).Between 1998 and 2005, the trend was reversed; women’s enrollment peaked in 1999 at 19.8%and steadily decreased to just 17.2% in 2005. Table 1 charts the engineering enrollment bygender in

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Deana R. Delp, Arizona State University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

autism spectrum disorders. Intervention in School and Clinic, 42(5), 271-279.4. Nevill, R. E. A., & White, S. W. (2011). College students’ openness toward autism spectrum disorders: improving peer acceptance. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41, 1619-1628.5. Gobbo, K., & Shmulsky, S. (2014). Faculty experience with college students with autism spectrum disorders: a qualitative study of challenges and solutions. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 29(1), 13- 22.6. Hart, D., Grigal, M., & Weir, C. (2010). Expanding the paradigm: postsecondary education options for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disabilities. Focus on Autism and Order