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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Pradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #13220Supply Chain Management: Is It a Must Course for Manufacturing Engi-neering Technology?Dr. Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M UniversityPradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University, INDIA Pradip is a research scholar at Karpagam University, INDIA pursuing his PhD in supply chain manage- ment. He is a also the cofounder and research lead at the Global Supply Chain Laboratory (GSCL) in the Industrial Distribution program at Texas A&M University. Pradip is also an educator at the Thomas and Joan Read Center for Distribution Research and Education. He conducts educational programs, busi- ness sessions

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Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

majority of the literature on behavioral and implementation intentions focuses on health-related behavior, specifically health-protective behaviors (e.g., condom use8) and its associatedtheories and models (e.g., prototype-willingness model9). While these theories and theresulting studies have established the role of intentions in the pursuit and attainment of healthgoals, the scope of this research has perhaps been limited. Those studies, with a fewexceptions, that are not focused on health-related behavior can be considered primarylaboratory research using paradigms that may not generalize outside of the laboratory (e.g., cuedetection in an illusion paradigm10). Gollwitzer and Sheeran4 conducted a meta-analysis of theeffect of implementation

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Research to Practice: STRAND 4 K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 2)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Technology Mingyu Lu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Bei- jing, China, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. From 1997 to 2002, he was a research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Elec- trical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2012. He joined the Department

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Innovative Course Offerings

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David G. Novick, University of Texas, El Paso

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, including the America Invents Act and cases such asMayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. and Association for MolecularPathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., rendered the casebook out-of-date, and revised editions wereslow in coming. Accordingly, beginning with fall, 2013 semester, the course changed to a digitalcasebook1 prepared by law-school faculty at Lewis & Clark College and at the University ofGeorgia. The new text was completely up-to-date, featured helpful commentary and studyquestions, and cost about one-fourth of the hardbound book. In class, the students refer to eachday’s case materials on their laptop or tablet computers.The course’s pedagogy, while retaining the intellectual rigor and much of the flavor of a

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Building Pathways that Promote Pursuit/Persistence in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alka R. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Gerald Flynn, College of Charleston; Susan Marie Flynn, College of Charleston

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

committee for several years. He has invested over twenty-five years in the development and maintenance of a multimillion dollar manufacturing laboratory facility complete with a full scale, fully integrated manufacturing sys- tem. Professor Harriger has been a Co-PI on two NSF funded grants focused on aerospace manufacturing education and is currently a Co-PI on the NSF funded TECHFIT project, a middle school afterschool pro- gram that teaches students how to use programmable controllers and other technologies to design exercise games. Additionally, he co-organizes multiple regional automation competitions for an international con- trols company.Dr. Michael Gerald Flynn, College of CharlestonSusan Marie Flynn, College of

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Don Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Anthony L Donaldson, California Baptist University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

requirements.Another ineffective use of time is students’ tendency to use “free tools” because of costconsiderations. Industry is very concerned about labor cost (time) and cannot afford todeal with unsupported, and often non-robust, tools. The use of such problem-plaguedtools was a major impediment to obtaining an operational system. The sponsor’s CEOhas talked to the students and emphasized that “time is money” and “do not hesitate toask for help” – especially utilizing the supporting professionals – plus looking for otherways to successfully proceed when faced with a stalled task (think out of the box).Problem Handling: “The skill of diagnosis and subsequent corrective actions that isefficacious.” In college engineering labs effective student laboratory

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Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). Hence human-centered contexts for design activities allow for richproblem scoping and also result in more authentic learning experiences.Making following an Interest-Based FrameworkAll claims made in this paper converge to the need for an interest-based framework forengineering design in the K-12 classroom. We propose using classroom Makerspaces as a meansto implement this framework. Our proposition in addition to the aforementioned need is alsoparticularly meritorious on several other grounds that we will discuss in this section.(1) The idea of making and digital fabrication labs has strong historical and theoretical roots.Stager 33 writes about the implications of the Constructionist Learning Laboratory (CLL) thatemerged a decade before the

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jun Nogami, University of Toronto; Scott Ramsay, University of Toronto; Scott D Ramsay, University of Toronto

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

materials engineering classes with therefinements discussed above.Finally, the research group has begun evaluating long term retention. A small group of upperyear students volunteered to complete the Concept Inventory. Students currently in their fourthyear of engineering would not have completed this particular laboratory experiment; rather theywould have learned the concept of crystal structures with 2D materials from lecture slides andtextbooks, etc. Those in third and second year engineering would have completed thisexperiment. The research group plans to continue delivering the MCI to these students annuallyto gather whether completing this lab in first year engineering leads to increased conceptretention. As of now, the sample size is too

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Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Matthew B. A. McCullough, North Carolina A&T State University; Heather Rae Aschenbrenner, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Biomedical

to work until 4:30PM. Prior to starting each module campersparticipated in interactive discussions on the topic. As campers completed activities, specialemphasis was placed upon the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and “thinking outside thebox”. As in an actual research laboratory, campers would arrive at the lab and continue studies oractivities from the previous day, it should be noted that the complexity and difficulty of themodules increases as the week progresses. Other activities included informal mentoring with thecounselors to discuss preparing for post-secondary education. On the last day of the camp,content and satisfaction post-assessment, as well as a focus group with the undergraduatecounselors were held. Lastly, campers

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Delia Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University; Marcelo Augusto Leal Alves, University of São Paulo; Brendan P. Sullivan, New Mexico State University

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International Forum

to complete undergraduate degrees in STEM programs. Page 19.22.2The importance of a transferrable innovative learning system model that is focused on aninclusive, integrative, experiential, and dynamic STEM undergraduate degree training is greatlywarranted. Studies have demonstrated that learning is a lifetime process that supports a student’sacquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors towards success not just while employed(Gardner, 1994; Fink 2003). One way to address this learning process is through experientiallearning, which provides concrete experiences (i.e., laboratories, field works, problem sets),reflecting

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Hu Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; BO YANG, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Chen Bing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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International Forum

challenge-based human metabolism laboratory for undergraduates.Journal of Engineering Education, 7(2), 213–222.Liu, S. (2012). Summer Schools of Research-intensive Universities in a ChineseContext (in Chinese) (Masters Dissertation). Nanchang University.Pascarella, E.T. (2001) Using student self-reported gains to estimate collegiateimpact: A cautionary tale. Journal of College Student Development, 42 (5), 488–492.Palou, E. (2012). High-quality learning environments for engineering design: Usingtablet PCs and guidelines from research on how people learn. International Journal ofFood Studies, 4(1), 1-16.Rugarcia, A., Felder, R.M., Woods, D.R., and Stice, J.E. (2000). The future ofengineering education I. A vision for a new century. Chemical

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Wenli Guo; Weier Ye

to learning4.Description of the ActivitiesPH 101 Principles of Physics is a general education introductory physics course focusing onconcepts with minimum math requirements for non-science majors. This course has three 50-minute lectures and one 1 hr 50 minute long laboratory per week. This is a co-teaching researchproject involving inter-disciplinary collaborations. Co-teachers, Dr. Guo from the Department ofPhysics and Dr. Ye from the Department of Academic Literacy, are peers having equivalentteaching qualifications and thus can truly be partners in the instructional effort. To ensure thatinstructional strategies engage all students in ways that are not possible when only one teacher ispresent, throughout the semester, Dr. Guo and Ye

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Stephen N. Kuchnicki

course is taken by second-semester sophomorestudents, along with a corequisite laboratory course and an additional 11 engineering credits. Thegeneral purpose of both of the latter course designs attempted was to give students an impetus toremain current with the course material. The method with daily quizzes asked about current andvery recent material for this reason. The course setup using biweekly exams allows for studentsto refresh their memories on a smaller portion of the course material (about 14%, rather than 30%),and to refresh material that was introduced more recently.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityMethodology and AssessmentThere are several metrics by which the relative effectiveness of

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Edward M. Land; Michael Marcus; Harley Hartman; Anthony Derosa; Seth Klepper; Eduardo Rayner; Justin Stahl; Hansong Li

patient, to regain the use of their affectedhand. In 2010, a similar effort between these two universities described the development of apassive, spring-assisted appliance was used for rehabilitation and exercise. It also serves as anassistive device for daily use, permitting people with hand-extension disabilities [1,2] to regainpartial use of their affected limb. Qualified patients must have retained free arm movement,retain their grip but typically have no ability to re-open their affected hand. This paper describeshow each university was able to perform the needed laboratory work to harness a microprocessorto control the active HOAD appliance. This particular patented assistive appliance incorporatesshape-memory alloys (SMA) to open the hand

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Russell Trafford; Linda Head

downsides to implicitlydeclaring variable in MATLAB?” and “What are two ways in MATLAB that you can checkwhat variables have been declared and the information about them?”, receiving scores of39.1% and 21.7% respectively. Some of the confusion was alleviated right after the quiz inlecture, however some students did require further small group explanations of the correctinterpretation of the questions.After the quiz, the first laboratory assignment was given and students had a majority of thein-class lab period to complete the work. In this lab, students were guided through the coding oftheir first MATLAB function, a piece of modular code which would be used in future labexercises which would pass in the user’s entered string and encode the message

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

nanomedicine research project that could beconducted from at least two different perspectives within different laboratories (and ifappropriate, via an internship as well). For some students, the proposed research was acontinuation of their primary thesis project; for others, it was an opportunity to develop a newsecondary research direction. Trainees were asked to select at least one scientific co-mentorduring the application process; however, many took the initiative to cultivate additional mentorsover their 2-year training period (Table 1). Sources of formal and informal mentorship wereidentified from trainee progress reports, meetings, interviews, and publications. Table 1. Trainee utilization of mentoring during their Nanomedicine research

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Jeffrey R. Mountain

transfer, materials and manufacturing, and mechanical systems design.(f) an understanding of professional and ethical 6. Recognize and achieve a high level of professionalresponsibility and ethical conduct in all aspects of engineering work.(g) an ability to communicate effectively 7. Formulate and deliver effective written and verbal communications of laboratory, analytical, and design project work to a variety of audiences.(h) the broad education

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Michael J. Davidson

the structure, in a three dimensionalmodel and through the use of add-on software and/or third party software analyze and design thestructure. As educators, how do we, or for that matter do we, bring this software to theclassroom or laboratory. It allows our students to solve complex problems and potentially makesthem more marketable. However, if all we teach is the software, who answers the question “ Dothe results make sense?” As of today and it may change in the future, the computer does nothave a professional engineering stamp and the software provider implicitly states that it shares noliability and make no guarantees concerning the use of the output from its software. Is itpossible to make tens of thousands of input entries and have no

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Matthew Stein

each of the forty-three in-classexample problems. The simulation must duplicate the mechanical conditions of the problem andproduce a numerical result for an output parameter. This result is compared to theoretical analysisproduced by algebraic manipulation of equations and computation on a hand-held calculator. Eachvideo demonstrates how to extract numerical results from the simulation and compares these tohand-calculated results, finding remarkable agreement. Students follow the videos in the school’scomputer laboratory listening to the audio on individual headphones. They are often seenrepeatedly rewinding and replaying the video while simultaneously constructing a simulation oftheir own similar but distinct homework problems. To define

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Naser M. Alajmi; Khaled M. Elleithy

25 years of teaching experience. His teaching evaluations are distinguished inall the universities he joined. He supervised hundreds of senior projects, MS theses and Ph.D.dissertations. He supervised several Ph.D. students. He developed and introduced many newundergraduate/graduate courses. He also developed new teaching / research laboratories in his area ofexpertise.Dr. Elleithy is the editor or co-editor for 12 books by Springer. He is a member of technical programcommittees of many international conferences as recognition of his research qualifications. He served as aguest editor for several International Journals. He was the chairman for the International Conference onIndustrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, IETA 2001, 19

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ramadhan J. Mstafa; Khaled M. Elleithy

communications, network security, quantumcomputing, and formal approaches for design and verification. He has published more than threehundred research papers in international journals and conferences in his areas of expertise. Dr.Elleithy has more than 25 years of teaching experience. His teaching evaluations aredistinguished in all the universities he joined. He supervised hundreds of senior projects, MStheses and Ph.D. dissertations. He supervised several Ph.D. students. He developed andintroduced many new undergraduate/graduate courses. He also developed new teaching /research laboratories in his area of expertise. Dr. Elleithy is the editor or co-editor for 12 booksby Springer. He is a member of technical program committees of many international

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kamran Abedini

, contact material producers, carpet manufacturers, wheel manufacturers, weight of linen, strength of housekeepers,…; All such data gathering are shown in engineering laboratories (Mechanical, Material, Biomechanics, anthropometric tables),..As shown in the above steps, students get fully engaged in all aspects of a real life puzzlingsituation from ground zero, at the freshman level, where an engineered product is evaluated andredesigned and using their creativity and wisdom identify the importance of all the puzzle piecesinvolved in completing the entire picture, their course of study in engineering. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Norman D. Dennis; Edgar C. Clausen

used in the laboratory and drill sessions. Theworkshop organizers will create formal pre- and post-assessment vehicles to better quantify thedegree to which participants were able to master the content of the workshop and actuallyimplement some of the techniques presented in their courses during the ensuing year. We willlikely invite former participants back to give a short presentation on how they implemented thetechniques presented in the workshop in their own courses. Specialized topics like syllabuspreparation and testing, distance delivery techniques and managing teams will be addressed atmonthly brown bag luncheons during the academic year, which will be open to the entire facultyof the college.References 1. ASEE Engineering Data

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Goutham Chinni; Israel Belachew; Ramazan Asmatulu

theMS program at WSU.Ramazan AsmatuluDr. Ramazan Asmatulu received his Ph.D. degree in 2001 from the Department of MaterialsScience and Engineering at Virginia Tech. After having the postdoc experiences, he joinedthe Department of Mechanical Engineering at WSU in 2006 as an assistant professor, andreceived his tenure and promotion to be associate processor in 2012. He is currently workingwith 13 M.S. and 8 Ph.D. students in the same department. Throughout his studies, he haspublished 76 journal papers and 166 conference proceedings, edited two books, authored 33book chapters and 4 laboratory manuals, received 35 funded proposals, 15 patents and 34honors/awards, presented 91 presentations, chaired many international conferences andreviewed

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Erik Mallonee; John Barkley; Ramazan Asmatulu

in March 2001 from the Department of MaterialsScience and Engineering at Virginia Tech. After having the postdoc experiences, he joined theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State University (WSU) in August 2006 as anassistant professor, and received his tenure and promotion to be associate processor in July,2012. He is currently working with 13 M.S. and 8 Ph.D. students in the same department.Throughout his studies, he has published 78 journal papers and 166 conference proceedings,edited two books, authored 34 book chapters and 4 laboratory manuals, received 35 fundedproposals, 15 patents and 34 honors/awards, presented 91 presentations, chaired manyinternational conferences and reviewed several manuscripts in international

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

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Brian Sandford

this course approach unique. First, the course is located within the curriculum andcourses located in the School of Construction rather than what might normally be found in mostcolleges and universities in a modern languages department or in a college of arts and sciences.This provides access to the learning environment and laboratories of the School of Constructionso that Spanish can be taught in context with how it will be used in the field. Secondly, theinstructor for the course is not a native speaker but has learned Spanish over many years of bothformal schooling as well as a greater number of years interacting in the workplace and sociallywith native and immigrant Spanish speaking people. This has provided the instructor withknowledge of

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Tania Martinez; Amado Flores-Renteria; Jasmine Flores; Jolani Chun; Cheng Chen; Hezareigh Ryan; Wenshen Pong; Nilgun Ozer; Hamid Shahnasser; Hamid Mahmoodi; Amelito G. Enriquez; Albert Cheng; Kwok-Siong Teh; Xiaorong Zhang

success of these students.Among the strategies developed for this project is a ten-week summer research internshipprogram developed collaboratively with San Francisco State University, a large comprehensiveurban university in San Francisco. The goals of the program are to strengthen students' identityas engineers and researchers; increase student interest to further engage in research activities;and enhance student self-efficacy for successfully transferring to a four-year university,completing a baccalaureate degree in engineering, and pursuing a graduate degree.2. Civil Engineering ProjectShake table, quasi-static, and hybrid simulation tests are the three main experimental methodsthat are used in laboratory on the seismic performance of

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Rita Melgar; Anthony Nash; Mou Sun; Carmen Tepeu Yoc; Maral Amir; Cheng Chen; Amelito G. Enriquez; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Kwok-Siong Teh; Xiaorong Zhang

4.25 0.19 I understand how scientists work on real problems. 4.00 4.06 0.06 I understand that scientific assertions require supporting 4.69 4.56 -0.13 evidence. I have the ability to analyze data and other information. 4.56 4.56 0.00 I understand science. 4.44 4.44 0.00 I have learned about ethical conduct in my field. 4.25 4.44 0.19 I have learned laboratory techniques. 4.00 4.13 0.13 I have an ability to read and

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey Ashworth; William Crisler

with teachingpractices that prepare a student for lifelong learning whether in a laboratory or on the assemblyline floor.The purpose of the examples and proposed solutions that follow in this paper is to draw attentionto changes in our engineering pedagogy that have occurred over the last few years and toencourage a re-focus that may positively affect our undergraduate engineering education. Thispaper describes some changes in aerospace engineering that have both positive contributions andnegative consequences. There are also similar examples and solutions in every other engineeringdisciplines. Students learn and retain much better when the basics are understood beforeadvanced concepts are introduced, and when practical applications reinforce

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bryan J. Mealy

emphasizes the underlying RATMCU instruction formats by having students disassemble machine code. The next threeexperiments involve the design of the RAT MCU’s program counter, memories (register file andscratch RAM), and ALU. The following three experiments incrementally assemble the RATMCU into a working computer in three stages: 1) a working computer with five instructions, 2) aworking computer with no interrupt capability, and, 3) the completed RAT MCU. The final twoexperiments involve the use of interrupts and interfacing with an external timer module. Thefinal laboratory experience requires students to use their RAT MCUs to implement a project oftheir choosing in order to learn assembly language programming practices associated withrelatively