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Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kenan William Pretzer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ali O. Shaban, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ian Hellman-Wylie, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Joey Navarro, Cal Poly SLO

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themselves, studentsexplore available paths for current through the circuit. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the proposedradial and bidirectional circuit topologies. 1 2 3 1:1 Power Transformer Infinite Bus Simulated 11 1:1 1:1 1:1 Transmission Line CB CB CB ABC 240 V 1:1 Y Y SEL-311L

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Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Rebeka Sultana, California State University, Long Beach

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number of students in Spring 2016 class. The Spring 2015 class had total of 20 studentswhere 2 students did not continue the class after the first Midterm. Spring 2016 class had 18students and 2 students did not continue after the first midterm. Furthermore, the same amount ofcourse material was covered in both the classes.ResultsSpring 2015 and Spring 2016 grading criteria is shown in Table 1. For comparison, Spring2016’s midterms total points are converted to the equivalent of Spring 2015 total midterm pointsof 50%. Figure 1 shows the total points students received in both the semesters at the end of allthe Midterms. Average Midterm exam score and standard deviation of Spring 2015 was 32 (totalscore of 50) and 7.06 respectively. Midterm exam

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Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Reza Raeisi, California State University, Fresno; Vidya sagar reddy Gopala P.E., California State University, Fresno

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inserted intoTetraMax for Automatic Test Pattern Generation and fault modeling of the design.Figure 1 shows a simple FPGA Digital Design flow as students will experience in DigitalSystems Testing and Testable Design course. Students are expected to design and develop digitalcircuits or a system in Verilog HDL language, and a corresponding test bench to test the same.Synopsys VCS tool is used to simulate the design and verify the pre-synthesis designfunctionality. Then the functionally verified design is fed to the Design compiler tool, whichanalyzes and elaborates the design to produce three major files: Gate-level netlist file, Standarddelay format, and design constraints file. The synthesized gate-level netlist file is again simulatedusing

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey Thomas Yan; James LeRoy Dalton, Cañada College; Kattia Chang, Engineering Student at Cañada College; Bianca Corine Villanueva Doronila, Canada College; Victor Josue Melara Alvarado, Canada College; Christopher Thomas; Ian M Donovan, San Francisco State University; Kartik Bholla; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Kazunori Okada, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University

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and Implementation of a Versatile Gesture Control Interface Jeffrey Yan1, James Dalton1, Kattia Chang-Kam1, Bianca Doronila1, Victor Melara1, Christopher Thomas1, Ian Donovan2, Kartik Bholla2, Amelito G. Enriquez1, Wenshen Pong2, Zhaoshuo Jiang2, Cheng Chen2, Kwok-Siong Teh2, Hamid Mahmoodi2, Hao Jiang2, Kazunori Okada2, and Xiaorong Zhang2 1 Cañada College, Redwood City, CA 2 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CAAbstractGiven the important role of community colleges in undergraduate education, in order to increasethe recruitment of STEM

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Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alexander Sebastian Furlanic, San Francisco State University; Philip A. Thomas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Panfilo Jesus Armas, SFSU; Rene Parra Medina, San Jose State University; Jackie Lok; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University

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the clocks of two different sensors will drift apart from each other. Other problemsrelated to time include delays from software and also content loss. It is possible that the contentbeing sent by the sensors can simply not make it to the desired location. All of these problemsrelating to time result in data being unreadable and meaningless. The solution to these problemsis termed time synchronization and it is clear why such synchronization is an important feature inWSNs. Time synchronization also allows movement, location, and proximity detection. Thegoals for these sensor networks can be achieved by a process that is formed by four steps: 1)send time, 2) access time, 3) propagation time, and 4) receive time. Send time is when thecollected

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Brandon J Leung, San Jose State University; Yuting Huang, Canada College; Fernando Lorenzo, 3D Convenience; Sergio Rodriguez-Reyes, San Jose State University; Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley; ali attaran; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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suggest that such an experience is very valuable in helping thestudents decide if they want to purse STEM research careers. Moreover, this experienceenhances students’ technical research skills such as scientific thinking, ability to analyze andinterpret results, and presentation skills. 1. IntroductionThe motivation behind this work was to offer research experience to undergraduate students andinspire them to pursue higher education and research careers. Research experience is nottraditionally offered in an undergraduate curriculum, especially for community college students.An effective approach to address this gap is to offer summer research experience forundergraduate students. An effective research experience for undergraduate students

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Qiushi Wang, Arizona State University; DONGDONG ZHANG, Chongqing University, Arizona State University; Zhenmin Tang, Arizona State University; George G. Karady, Arizona State University

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specialized educational programs for the U.S. studentsstudying abroad. [1] gives an example on the school level about how to initialize and set up astudy abroad program for undergraduate students. The paper discussed the concerns of cost,culture, and learning flexibility. [2] - [4] describes successful implements of study abroadprograms for undergraduate level US students. [2] points out that short-term summer-basedprogram is more targeted on cross-culture benefits. [3] emphasizes the importance of facultyinvolvement in the success of semester-long engineering study abroad programs. The keycontribution of [4] is that they provide exchange engineering students experimentalexperience besides classroom experience.However, most of the practice of

Conference Session

Technical Session 2c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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collaborations would be able to complete thework.To test student reaction to this setup, I created and distributed an online survey instrument. Thesurvey questions are reproduced in Tables Table 1-Table 3.The questions in Table 1 are designed to act as an assessment of how students have experiencedtraditional group work. Questions 1 and 2 try to determine whether students experience whatthey consider to be a fair distribution of labor from group work. Questions 3d-e are designed tosee whether students report taking full advantage of peer learning in groups, or whether theychoose depend on their peers’ expertise to get a good grade. 3a-c try to extract students’ grade-based motivation for actively learning and participating in group work. Finally

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Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, California State University, Long Beach

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lectures are provided by guest speakers, entailing two CE and CEMadvisors, College of Engineering (COE) librarian, and several student chapters. Furthermore, 3-4 2lectures are for group presentations. The course outline and grading criteria for CE 101 arestandardized and employed for different sections. The students are evaluated from attendance(5%), assignment (15%), midterm exam (15%), final exam (15%), term paper (20%),presentation (15%) and prototypes (15%). Importantly, CE 101 is assessed for four differentstudent’s learning outcomes during Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), which are listed below. (i) outcome f: I. P.I.1. Awareness of ethical codes of

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Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

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will summarize the results of the flipped classroom and its implementationusing Google Docs and interactive video for EE110.Grading results and course surveys were used to assess and improve the effectiveness of theflipped classroom over several course offerings. Various technologies include: (1) using worddocument with links to YouTube videos followed by with quiz questions in the first offering; (2)adding Google Docs (or Google Forms) with embedded YouTube Videos and quizzes in the nextclass session; and (3) including both Google Docs and interactive videos in the third. End-of-Course Surveys consistently show that the students enjoyed the weekly hands-on labs. After thethird class offering, an additional survey of student experience with

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Yongping Zhang P.E., Cal Poly Pomona; Xudong Jia, Cal Poly Pomona; Jon Bumps, Caltrans, District 8; Du Lu, Caltrans, District 8

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Riverside and SanBernardino Counties in Southern California with 49 incorporated cities. It is the largest of 12Caltrans districts and covers approximately 28,650 square miles of land, four interstate highwaysand 32 state routes totaling 7,200 lane miles within its boundaries.(1)2. SCOPE OF WORKEach team is tasked to analyze a project location for operational and capacity issues using actualtraffic and surveying data available from existing highway projects planned by Caltrans. Eachteam then develops several alternative interchange designs which require an analysis ofoperational characteristics, present and future traffic volumes and patterns, environmental andcommunity impacts, and an estimate of construction costs. Each team makes a

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Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University

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concepts and visualizations. The authorrecalls electromagnetics classes in which the chalkboard was filled with complicated equationswith no connection to diagrams or industry applications. One of the author’s objectives foruniversity teaching is to provide students an understanding beyond equations while learningelectromagnetics. Animations and diagrams presented in the videos are repeated in class toreinforce each concept.Lecture Video EffectivenessStudent opinion on the lecture video effectiveness was quantified through an online survey inFall Quarter 2016. Questions include: 1) What percentage of the videos did you watch? (36 videos total) 2) How many hours per week did you spend watching the videos? 3) Where did you watch

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Patrick McDonnal, Indicate Technologies, Inc, Santa Clara, CA 95050; Jean L. Lee, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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assignment.IntroductionMany effective education systems require submission of a student’s work as a methodof evaluating a student’s understanding of the material. Currently, the main option forshowcasing a student’s knowledge is physical: a paper hand-in assignment.Alternatively, a student might be asked to submit an assignment online. Questions havebeen raised about the environmental impact of these assignment submission methods[1]. Many professors and teachers also want to give students assignments in the formthat will enable students to retain the information in the assignment with greatereffectiveness. Thus, learning efficacy is a secondary quantitative objective of this projectand its dependence on assignment submission method was investigated.Paper is often

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State University ; Mackenzie Honikel, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University; Jeffrey Thomas La Belle, Arizona State University

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20676Longitudinal Assessment of External Experts and Teaching Assistants as aClass ResourceMr. Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State University Aldin Malkoc, MS is a student in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Aldin is enrolled in the 4+1 program to receive his Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2017 and will pursue a doctoral degree in Biomedical En- gineering from Arizona State University in 2017. The primary focus in his

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Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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practice, in an immediate andpractical manner, to those responsible for engineering studios, prototyping labs, and otheracademic makerspaces. By summarizing and applying our ongoing qualitative work inunderstanding Adult Maker and Young Maker educational pathways,1-4 we distill a workingframework for designing Making-Based Learning experiences for student learners. This work isforemost on people who Make, are in the process of learning, and participate in a community ofpractice5,6.While opportunities to nurture one’s interest in Making and tinkering are growing, the means tofoster divergent creativity in the classroom are limited due to real and practical constraints.Hands-on building experiences are becoming less available in K-12 schools and

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrea Magdalene Vasquez, Harvey Mudd College; David Kwan, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; Sarah Silcox; Joseph John Sinopoli, Harvey Mudd College; Gordon G. Krauss, Harvey Mudd College

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has shown that using a written feedback process instead of an oral question andanswer (Q&A) feedback process increases fluency and usefulness of comments in anintroduction to design course, E4, at Harvey Mudd College.1 This study further examines writtenfeedback in the same setting and quantifies the degree to which students of different gendersbenefit from providing and receiving written feedback compared to oral feedback. The peerfeedback process is examined for design review presentations during a preliminary conceptualdesign project for first and second year college students in a conceptual design course. Theauthors of this study are able to note the differences in these topics as a function of the gender ofthe commenter. The study

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Estelle M Eke, California State University, Sacramento

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theanimations and researched other programs available to all students in the college of engineering.Civil and mechanical engineering students enrolled in the dynamics course have completed acomputer-aided design course such as autocad or Solidworks. Working Model 2D [1] wasselected as the adequate software as it builds on the students’ CAD skills. The availability ofWorking Model 2D animations complemented the app. The design of the layout was primarilythat of the author with minor suggestions provided by a graduate student assistant [2] in thecollege of computer science. The graduate student selected Visual Basic as an acceptablesoftware and developed the code. The free-body diagrams, kinetic diagrams, and the feedbackthat was to be given to the

Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jean-michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California

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– 40 students/class). Short (< 20min) narrated PowerPoint lessons were posted on the Learning Management System. Thelatter kept track of whether the students viewed the lessons entirely (coded 1), in part (coded0.5), or not at all (coded 0). The sum of the codes expressed as a percentage of the maximumrepresented the “viewing score” for each student in each course.The viewing scores of 56 students who enrolled in both courses were highly and positivelycorrelated (p < 0.01) suggesting that students tended to watch the lessons with similarassiduity for the two courses. There was no correlation between the viewing score and thefinal exam score in the analog electronics course (p = 0.22) while there was a significantpositive correlation (p

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

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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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

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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

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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

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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