Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keri Ryan, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

problem solving practice during these discussions, rather thanworking problems at board, which leads to a very passive mode of learning. However, a highlevel of quality control has not been implemented. In Fall 2013, the instructor experimented withteam-based learning as formally defined by Michaelsen8-10. About 1/3 of the content wasdelivered team-based learning style, which was concluded to be a sub-optimal approach for thespecific objectives of this course.In Fall 2014, the solid mechanics course was significantly re-designed using a flipped classroomapproach. The cornerstone of the approach was to use class time for student teams to solveproblems at whiteboards with instructor guidance. The objectives of this paper are to evaluatestudent

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Globig, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

JunctionTransistors do not. Due to its very low (sub-ohm) RDS resistances, the MOSFET transistor haslow VDS saturation voltages as compared to the VCE saturation voltages of a BJT. Even lowpower MOSFETs have VDSon voltages of 0.1 volts or less when the BJT VCEsat voltages can be inthe 0.5 to 1 volt range and even higher. This allows the MOSFET to have significantly improvedswitching characteristics over the BJT in comparable applications. In addition, most MOSFETshave an output protection diode which allows utility comparable to a BJT in switching inductiveloads such as relays and motors.Along the same lines, the MOSFET retains its amplification characteristics much closer to its

Conference Session

Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Warnock, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

academicsuccess. At the end of each semester, students receive a grade for each course they complete,which is converted to a numerical value (A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, F = 0) and multiplied by thenumber of credit hours to give the number of quality points. Quality points are divided by thenumber of credit hours to determine the GPA. Although this method allows courses withdifferent credit hours to be weighted differently, it does not allow for the relative difficulty ofcourses (i.e. lower level courses are treated as equal to upper level courses) and does not Page 26.589.3distinguish between subject areas so math, physics and engineering topics are

Conference Session

Various Prospectives in Power Systems

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omonowo David Momoh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Austin James Deventer; Nathaniel Ryan Beemer

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Electrical Power & Machine Control CourseAbstract:This paper describes the eight laboratory experiments developed for the Electrical Power andMachines (ECET 231) course in the Department of Computer, Electrical, and InformationTechnology at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), Indiana. The labs werefirst used during the Spring Semester of 2011 and have been improved every year since then. Abrief description of each of the eight laboratory experiments, their respective objectives and theresults obtained by some of the students are discussed in this paper. Student assessments for thiscourse/lab are also presented. The feedback has been very positive and encouraging.1. IntroductionA course in electrical power / electrical

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian E Moyer, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Randy Dean Kelley P.E., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Richard A. Youchak PE, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

, over and over, is a waste ofa professor’s time: other than begging students not to cheat, what can be done?Survey DescriptionTo gain a better understanding of what students consider cheating, eighty-five first semesterengineering technology students were surveyed with an anonymous questionnaire detailed inTable 1. Of the questions posed, only the responses to questions 1, 4 and 5 indicated activitiesthat students did not consider cheating. The questions were purposefully situationally vaguemeaning that students were not given any details to enrich their interpretation of the questions. Page 26.1620.2Table 1: Survey questions as posed to

Conference Session

Making in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy S. Reffeor PhD, Grand Valley State University; John Paul Farris, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

prerequisite classes.Projects were begun in each of the three courses. The projects discussed herein with the coursesin which they were completed are as follows:Intensive Care Unit (ICU) sit-to-stand device—ATPD, MD, ATPDPlay and mobility—ATPD, ATPDMotorized Swing—MD, MDHugging Chair—ATPDIn each course, students were required to follow a structured design process with the minimumnumber of stages described in the table below. Table 1. Elements of the design process taught in both courses. Design Stage Activity Result of stageDiscovery Assessment of users wants and List of Specifications needs.Benchmarking Search for

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University; Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

useful for many engineering programs that use project-based learning and require some form of final written document from students as a metric forgrading.IntroductionABET Criterion 5 requires that “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through acurriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquiredin earlier course work and incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realisticconstraints” 1. Criterion 3 requires that graduates also demonstrate “an ability to communicateeffectively”. Senior Capstone programs address both these criteria within the undergraduatecurriculum. Most capstone programs require the teams to submit a final report and in some casesa proposal as part of the

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer P.Eng., MacEwan University; Jeffrey A Davis P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

associated with pre-engineering mathassessment.There are several articles that have provided valuable insight into the correlation of variousparameters associated with engineering success and retention, which in turn have provided theimpetus for examining the data for our own first-year engineering students. The focus of theliterature review was large scale studies focusing on retention. Page 26.1134.2Several authors have conducted studies of learning styles and strategies for success of first yearengineering students. Anson et al,1 through their analysis of approximately 1000 first-yearengineering students concluded that SAT math scores and high

Conference Session

Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Ilkhanipour Rooney, University of Pennsylvania; Julie Schafer McGurk, University of Pennsylvania; Emily R. Elliott, University of Pennsylvania; Ursula J. Williams, University of Pennsylvania; Leann Dourte Segan, University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Student

, In-Class Learning Environment as a Teaching AssistantIntroductionActive learning techniques, when properly implemented, have been shown to improve learningcompared to traditional lecture. A review of active learning by Prince found broad support foractive, collaborative, cooperative, and problem-based learning.1 Specifically, a meta-analysisrevealed that small-group work, one form of active learning, promotes enhanced academicachievement, more favorable attitudes toward learning, and increased persistence in STEMfields.2 Despite the strong evidence, many college engineering courses uphold the status-quo,lecture-only format because changing the structure of a course takes considerable time, planning,and foresight

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devshikha Bose, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

in this study, recommendations were made onhow to use mobile learning strategies and devices for effective teaching and learning.Research hypothesisThe hypothesis of this study was that students would find the use of mobile learning strategiesand devices to be efficient means of creating digital content for inclusion in their engineering e-portfolios.The following research questions guided this study:1. What are the perceptions of the effect of using mobile learning strategies and devices onparticipants' creation of individual e-portfolios, as reported through a qualitative analysis of apost-course completion survey?2. What are the perceptions of the effect of using mobile learning strategies and devices onparticipants' creation of

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammara Ramírez Apud L., Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Judith Virginia Gutierrez Cuba; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

order to further promote them and help students detect, bymeans of specific argumentation scaffolds during problem solving17, inconsistencies in theirargumentations due to inadequate premises. Hence, in this work we built several PSLEs forsubsequent semesters to further engage and support students in learning how to solve problemsby practicing solving problems5.MethodologyPSLEs were developed by following the design activities proposed by Jonassen2: 1) first weinteracted with the instructors of the studied courses to identify and articulate problems relevantto the discipline; 2) working with corresponding instructor, we analyzed problems, first bycreating a causal model of the problem space; then we conducted an activity theory analysis

Conference Session

Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry T. Rosson P.E., Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Page 26.212.2closed-form reduced rigidity equation for solid circular shafts under elasto-plastic torsionalresponse is developed, and examples are used to illustrate the ease with which this relationshipcan be employed to analyze inelastic deformations due to torsion. Simple to use closed-formformulas are presented to obtain the angle of twist of shafts with yielding conditions of constantand linearly varying torque.Reduced Rigidity of Rectangular Elasto-Plastic BeamsA beam will experience a reduction in flexural rigidity when the normal strains due to beambending are greater than the yield strain, y. For a beam that has elastic, perfectly-plastic materialbehavior as shown in Figure 1, the stress distribution in Figure 2 will develop for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amro El Badawy, California Polytechnic State University; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller, Global Waste Research Institute, California Polytechnic State University; Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; Kevin Brian Kopp, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

contaminated sites, sustainableunderground construction, and beneficial reuse of byproducts in geotechnical engineeringapplications. The REU program at Cal Poly is designed for the student participants to achieve thefollowing learning outcomes: (1) design, conduct, and document a research experiment; (2)function effectively in a multi-disciplinary research team; and (3) document both the technicaland experiential aspects of the research experience.The undergraduate participants need to demonstrate effective communication skills to succeed inattaining all three program learning outcomes. Even if a student can succeed at conductingexperiments and may succeed in discovering breakthrough findings in her/his field of research,the long-term value of these

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Adam Blake Baker, University of Michigan; Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

subtracted the length of the Master’s programfrom the difference between their undergraduate degree and start of their PhD to determine thetotal years not enrolled as a full-time student prior to beginning their PhD. Any student whosegap years totaled 5 or more, was classified as a returner. We chose 5 years in order to capture theexperiences of those students who have been out of academia long enough to establish a careerand develop significant experience within a field, as opposed to those students entering theworkforce for 1 or 2 years with the intent to return to school after a short break. We separated outthe responses for returners and traditional students, and for this paper, we focus only on thereturner group with the goal of understanding

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yufeng Hu P.E., Western Michigan University; Javier Martin Montefort P.E., Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

is critical to get students engaged in active learningthrough activities such as solving problems, working with each other, asking questions andgetting feedback.To enhance student learning in Statics, researchers at various institutions have explored othermethods for teaching Statics, such as developing concept map and quantifying students’conceptual understanding[1, 2], developing on-line homework or learning modules[3, 4], peer-led-team-learning[5], project-based learning[6], emporium-based course delivery[7]. Among them, theflipped classroom method[8, 9, 10] has gained popularity. In a flipped classroom, the class time isdevoted to guided instruction where students work through problems with the instructor presentto provide assistance and

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Alexandra M. Macek , Robert Morris University ; Bruce Allen Barnes Jr., Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Engineering Practice course. A small team of two students worked on the design anddevelopment a robotic work-cell that performs a simple sorting operation for quality control,by utilizing multiple pieces of peripheral equipment. The work-cell was intended to be usedas a part of the curriculum for future sections of the ENGR 4700 as a vision systemslaboratory and an introduction to work-cell design. Further use in ENGR 4950 was alsoplanned to incorporate additional features.The overall goal of the project was to create a small work-cell, as illustrated in Figure 1,including a bowl feeder part loading system, a Fanuc M10iA robot, and a Sony XC-56camera to complete a simple part sorting task. The robot picks up a screw from the feeder,presents it to the

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

skill for engineers.1 They observed that team formationschemes vary across programs from students being randomly assigned to groups, to studentsselecting their own team members, to instructor-formed teams. Instructors who assign students toteams may do so simply on the basis of interest in project topics, or may strive to consider skills,personalities, academic strengths, nationality, and gender among other characteristics. Page 26.852.2There have been a number of efforts to assign students to teams based on various studentcharacteristics. Brickell et al. compared groups that were formed based on GPA and projectinterest to groups that were

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale; Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

classroom setting. This makes it challenging forstudents to become self-directed learners after graduation. This study provides an overview ofthe design and development of several self-directed learning modules, along with theimplementation procedure and analysis of the preliminary results.IntroductionWith the current pace the technological advancements are achieved today, it became necessaryfor recent college graduates to keep themselves up-to-date with all the innovations andtechnological advancements.1, 2 Especially for engineering, engineering technology, andcomputer science majors, self-improvement and continuous learning after graduation became anexpectation. The concept of continuous learning can present a challenge for many recentgraduates

Conference Session

Problem- Project- and Case-based Learning in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

RHITcampus. The summer research experience was funded through an grant program within theinstitute, where the students received a summer stipend for ten weeks of work on this project. Asdescribed herein, the students successfully met the following learning objectives:1. conduct research on constructed treatment wetlands,2. develop multiple solutions to an engineering project and determine the merits and deficiencies of each solution,3. recommend the most appropriate solution based on developed criteria,4. explain and document the solution in writing, and5. construct the final recommended design under the supervision of the advisor.Design RequirementsThe goal of the constructed wetland is to filter water to remove nutrients, suspended solids

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison; William Peter Herner; Christopher John Olejniczak, Devry University ; Kulsoom Ahmed

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. 3 e. The product should implement a color-coded indicator per the staff’s unique IDs (RFID tag) upon entrance and departure of secured area: - Green identifies RN or Nurses - Yellow identifies PTC or Patient-Care Technician - White identifies Doctor - Blue identifies an Emergency or Code Blue The staff member will be able to initiate Code Blue at which point the blue LED will blink over the door, indicating the location of the emergency to other hospital staff members. Leaving the room without one’s ID will not turn off the light, indicating to staff member has lost/left the ID while in the room. Figure 1 illustrates a technical overview of the project viz a viz problem

Conference Session

Curricula Innovations in Engineering Economics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Letitia M. Pohl, University of Arkansas; Shelly Walters, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

viewing information. Our evaluation of student response to thevideos is therefore based on student feedback from all four course offerings and video viewingdata from one course offering.Related WorkThe transfer of knowledge in an educational setting has been the subject of research since thenineteenth century. However, according to Richard Mayer, a leading researcher in the area ofeducational psychology, and in particular multimedia learning, we know more about verballearning (words) than we do about visual learning (pictures). We also know more about whatmakes a good live lecture than what makes a good video lecture.1 Mayer defines the multimediaprinciple as the idea that “people learn more deeply from words and pictures than from wordsalone.”2

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

education methods for exploring how to engage andevaluate Navajo students in culturally-contextualized engineering design curricula. Under thetheoretical frameworks of social constructivism and culturally relevant pedagogy, this studyproposes to: (1) explore the ways in which Navajo students and Navajo professionals experienceand understand engineering design in the context of their culture, community, and societythrough a phenomenographic approach; (2) conduct a design-based research study on thedevelopment of culturally-contextualized theory of learning and curriculum modules that will bepiloted in several schools in the Navajo Nation; and (3) create and pilot tools to evaluate Navajostudents’ experience of engineering design. The primary

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Kevin E Horecky

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

ofturning conditions. The proposed system has been installed on a sport car and its performance has beenmonitored and the relevant data has been collected. The adjustment of the spoiler led to improvedperformance of the car.This paper describes: 1. The theory of airflow and its lift effect on moving cars 2. Measurement mechanism, electronic sensors, data manipulation, data management, and spoiler adjustment 3. Track testing and analysis of results 4. Senior design project as an experiential learning toolINTRODUCTIONAs a car travels forward, it is attacked by moving air particles. These air particles go over, under andaround the sides of a car. The air particles on top of a car experience lower pressure and consequentlywith less air density while

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry G. Cooke, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); M.D. Abdullah Al Faruque, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

courses. The laboratories arethought to reinforce key concepts and perhaps improve student learning in terms of applicationand retention of those concepts.Several researchers have looked at the impact of laboratory experiments for engineering and Page 26.892.2technology courses on student perceptions, and in some cases student learning, for those courses.Campbell et al.1 implemented the use of some simple experiments using low cost materials andtoys to teach concepts for dynamic systems. They reported that students found these simpleexperiments to be very effective or effective for helping them understand dynamic concepts, butno specific data were

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilan Gravé, Elizabethtown College; Tomas Estrada, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

of Notre Dame in 2005 and 2009, respectively. His research interests include control systems, engineering education, technology-related entrepreneurship, and sustainable engineering applications. Page 26.136.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A “Trick and Think” Approach to a Second-Order Circuit LabAs instructors, we always look to engage students in a way that keeps them alert, stimulates theirattention and interest, and adds some elements or insights to their skills. This is important in afirst circuit lab course [1], where students are struggling with many

Conference Session

Project-based Learning in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the physical conditions of the environment andorganizing to collected data at a central location [1]. WSNs are a significant technology for hugescale monitoring, allowing sensor dimension at high temporal and spatial resolution. Thestraightforward process is typical and direct where data are communicated to a base station;nonetheless, WSNs can also achieve in-network sort out operations such as aggregation, eventdetection, or actuation. The WSN papers a decade ago clearly articulated the promise of thetechnology for a diverse range of monitoring applications including forests, waterways, buildings,security, and the battlefield, and how it would transform the way we live [2]. Some of the earliestuse of WSN technology started back with military

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno; Yupeng Luo, California State University, Fresno

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

have addressed both topics, they are typically taught as separate subjects, providingthat the synergistic convergence of sustainability and BIM has been embraced by bothprofessional and educational communities [1, 2]. This study investigated an integrative strategy toformulate a joint course project with concurrent focus on sustainable design and BIMimplementation using two upper division elective courses in an undergraduate constructionmanagement (CM) program.This study was motivated by the dual pressure from program assessment requirements andregional industry needs. Recent American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) re-accreditation review of the CM program revealed severe weaknesses of students in graphicalcommunication

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina R Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University; Leigh Sharma; Jennifer Vandenbussche, Kennesaw State University; Valerie Washington, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

assesses Positive Urgency,Negative Urgency, (lack of) Premeditation, (lack of) Perseverance, and Sensation Seeking –factors which might impact a students’ likelihood to complete assignments.The statements were reviewed by the researchers and students were moved to different studygroups if necessary. For example, if a student assigned to the implementation intentions groupdid not follow instructions correctly and ended up writing a less specific goal, they were Page 26.200.4classified in group two for the analysis. Table 1 shows the resulting self-reporteddemographics for each of the three groups, and Table 2 shows the same information for

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lash Mapa, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Kishan Saha, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

apriority in health care. Assuring this safety is a task that is more and more complicated andwhich entails potential risks with no one method being capable of guaranteeing a total absence oferrors. The Institute of Medicine estimates that “tens of thousands of deaths and injuries arecaused by medical mistakes every year [1]. The FDA estimates that number to be nearly 500,000[1]. Nowadays, one of the main worries in maintaining a high level of safety in health careenvironments is to closely follow the patient throughout their stay in a healthcare facility, i.e.,from their arrival until they are discharged, registering both waiting and care times in each of theareas subject to control. However, Mentioned patient waiting time is a detriment to the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

) in order to be compared with GPAand persistence data to be collected each semester. Figure 1 shows the results for each question(with the positive coding). 1 GRIT Scale Item Average Response 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 Total average 0.3 Female average Male average 0.2 0.1 0