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Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Kenneth D Dawson, Tuskegee University; Jonathan Rocha, Tuskegee University

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Mechanical Engineering

computation and simulation capabilities to the determination of the motion(including velocity and acceleration) of mechanisms starting from the governing ordinarydifferential equations. It was noted that the animations were effective in supporting the learningof visual learners6. Yin devised a 2-semester long computationally intensive project to designtwo specific mechanisms one for de-watering of moored boat and the other a piston crankmechanism for small internal combustion engine7. Excel computation and graphic capabilitieswere central to the project. The spreadsheet computations mainly consisted of inverting thecoefficient matrix of the systems of simultaneous equations describing the mechanism motion.Liu and Boyle used a pseudgraphical method

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Tablets, Mobile and Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wanda Eugene, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University; Tiffany Barnes, NC State University; Richard Burns, West Chester University

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Computers in Education

communities that, in turn, become moreconducive to the well-being of individuals.12 The interventions described below employ thesocial constructionist framework to address the need to develop technological fluency whileactively engaging students as agents of change for their own communities. Althoughimplemented in ways appropriate for each context, the strategy employed began with adiscussion of community issues as well as solutions to existing problems. Next, workshopparticipants used Scratch, a programming environment developed by the MIT Media LabLifelong Kindergarten group, 13 to express their ideas. These projects often were in the form ofadvertisements, stories, and games. Further details about this process are presented below.    Case Study 1

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leda Lunardi, NC State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

director for the Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division in the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, VA. She was the director of Graduate Programs of the ECE Department in 2007, before joining the leadership team of Gen 3 NSF-ERC Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center. There she led the Education Pro- gram from 2008-2011, and leads the REU-site ”Engineering the Grid.” She has served on several IEEE executive and technical committee conferences, national and international governments’ ad-hoc commit- tees for grants and projects reviews. She has authored and co-authored more than 100 publications and conference

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bryndol Sones

. This development culminates with (3) student research and project design in the capstone experience during the second year. Students enter the process as novices, and faculty use MCNP5/X to demonstrate fundamental interactions and to explore different scenarios that would be difficult to build experimentally. Later in the curriculum, students become licensed MCNP5/X users, and they make modifications to faculty-prepared MCNP5/X input files that support activities in the laboratory. This first year builds student confidence and demonstrates the merits and limitations of MCNP5/X. The next year begins with a two-week intensive MCNP5/X training program which includes

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6383Integration of Remote Major Research Instrumentation in UndergraduateCivil Engineering EducationDr. Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University Dr. Usama El Shamy is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Southern Methodist University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2004. He is the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the NSF funded TUES-Type 1 project: ”A Multi-Institutional Classroom Learning Environment for Geotechnical Engineering Educa- tion.”Dr. Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDr

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Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Two Year College Division

students’ confidence to continue in science and engineering; and 4) exposure tothe diversity of professional career opportunities that apply science and engineering 
training.Additionally, the program collaborates with UC Berkeley’s Transfer Alliance Project (TAP).TAP provides individualized academic and transfer advising and enrichment programs thatprepare community colleges students to be competitive applicants to four-year colleges.Theoretical FrameworkTo provide a comprehensive experience for community college students, the TTE REU adaptedthe Branford, Brown, and Cocking’s “How People Learn” (HPL) framework to design aninclusive, supportive, and effective environment for community college students. This HPL

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Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #6230A Hands-On, Active Learning Approach to Increasing Manufacturing Knowl-edge in Engineering StudentsDr. Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University Jay R. Goldberg, Ph.D, P. E. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University, and Director of the Healthcare Technologies Management program at Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee). He teaches courses involving project management, new product development, and medical device design. His experience includes development of new prod- ucts in urology, orthopedics, GI, and dentistry. Dr. Goldberg

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Enhancing Engineering Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liana Bayatyan, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY); S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

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Engineering Management

thereare many opportunities to conduct research in the area of interaction between people andmachines, tasks and environments [18] – both of which are interactions that are necessary forengineering managers to understand in order to manage projects successfully. Psychological Theories that affect the workplace The mechanistic paradigm originated during the Scientific Revolution and dominated thescientific realm up until the mid 20th century [5]. According to the mechanistic approach, theuniverse, people and other entities are complex mechanisms and are best understood through themechanistic perspective. Initially, the management of human capital within the organizationalsettings was also purely mechanistic. The 18th

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Cindi Mason, Wichita State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

paper.SERVICE LEARNING IN ENGINEERINGThe aim of this section is to answer four basic questions regarding service learning:1. What is it?2. Why is it necessary?3. How can it be incorporated?4. How can it be assessed?Although concise definitions of the term ―service learning‖ vary in presentation, there are somedefinitive attributes associated with the term. Service learning is ―experiential education‖12 or―hands-on learning‖13 in which students learn academic objectives by completing a project thataddresses human and community needs12, 13, 14. Factors that differentiate service learning from Page 23.215.3community service are the credit

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K-12 Robotics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; JoAnn M. Marshall, Cyber Innovation Center/National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) applications.The framework described in this paper is specific to integrating the informal activity of aregional robotics competition (designed for 4th-12th grades) with formal learning, specificallyfor middle school grades (6th–8th). The STEM applications courses are designed to increaselearning and develop better understanding of fundamental topics while providing preparationtime for the regional robotics competition. While students are learning through the use of arobotics platform, the fundamental STEM topics for the class are re-emphasized. Havinginteractive projects in the classroom provides a context for the fundamental content being taughtwhile also impacting those students who

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chehra Aboukinane; Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA-ARS; Ann L. Kenimer, Texas A&M University; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Biological & Agricultural

is also a faculty of Project management at Fairleigh Dickinson University, in Vancouver, B.C. Her research focuses on the management of the soil and water interface for maximum productivity within the envi- ronmental requirements of long term sustainability, climate change issues and overall ecosystem health. Other research projects include watershed modeling and simulations, project management, curriculum design and development, Information technology and distance education.Dr. Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA-ARS Dr. Daniel Moriassi is a scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from Egerton University at Kenya, and both his master’s in Biological and

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Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy; Ross A. Lee, Villanova University; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Kenneth F Bloemer, University of Dayton; Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and Assistant Dean for Special Projects in Page 23.17.1 the School of Engineering & Computer Science at Baylor University. She teaches a wide variety of engineering and computer science courses, leads the iNova Weekly Innovation Challenge, and is a KEEN Fellow. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 “The Influence of Culture, Process, Leadership and Workspace on Innovation and Intrapreneurship in American Corporations, and the Implications for Engineering Education”Current entrepreneurship education

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Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; James J. Sluss Jr., University of Oklahoma

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Electrical and Computer

centralfocus of our outreach and recruiting activities is to create fun, exciting, and interestingdemonstrations and hands-on activities that are related to the specific items listed by the students Page 23.862.5in the surveys. Most of these are created by ECE students. In this way the students can see thetypes of things they will be capable of doing if they choose ECE as a major. Another surveyquestion asked the students to state “what impressed them about the experience” (if they wereexposed to our outreach or recruiting activities). The most popular response to this question wasrelated to seeing the student projects. Looking back at some of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Don R Gilman PE, PMP, Texas A&M University; Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK; Timothy Allen Robinson, Penn State University; Anthony R Kovscek, Stanford University; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sukesh K Aghara, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the How People Learn framework.Dr. Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University Emily Binks-Cantrell, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture at Texas A&M University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the field of reading education. Additionally, she serves as a statistical consultant for the NSF-funded Live Energy project, a collaborative e-textbook project for freshmen engineering courses between Texas A&M University, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, California State University Long Beach, and Prairie View A&M University. She has published several articles and book chapters on the importance of quality teacher

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

distinctionbetween cooperative and collaborative learning or between problem-based learning and project-based learning. To decrease confusion, there should be agreed upon characteristics for eachRBIS that ensures it is being used optimally. These characteristics can also help define whichcharacteristics are needed for increased learning and engagement.Also, RBIS are “research-based” and, therefore, developed by researchers and discussed asresearch elements. Efforts need to be made to ensure that discussions of these RBIS are not onlydiscussed within research circles, but also in ways practitioners can understand and make use of.Again, developing and defining specific activities to be done in the classroom can help bridge thegap between researchers and

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

) providingsuitable warnings to novice designers can help them in avoiding design fixation. Thesehypotheses are tested using a quasi-experiment conducted during a freshmen class project.Students complete their projects in three different experimental groups. One group receives afixating example with an undesirable feature. The feature negatively influences the functionalityof the design. The second group receives the same fixating example with warnings about theundesirable feature. The third group completes the project without the help of an example(control). Students are instructed to build and test their designs. The designs are photographedbefore and after testing. The occurrence of the flawed example feature in each design is studied.The results show

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Topics in Energy Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Pan American; Emmanuel Benitez, University of Texas, Pan American; Leonel Aguilera, University of Texas, Pan American

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Photovoltaic system itself.The software being utilized for this project is a graphical user interface (GUI) designed inLabVIEW. The data acquisition part of the project is compound of a variety of sensors that sendinformation to the data acquisition interface, which is a minilab 1008 connected to the computervia USB. The data is read and processed through LabVIEW. The energy management system ismostly implemented through LabVIEW as well. In addition to our photovoltaic system, we haveintegrated a Solar Irradiance instrumentation laboratory, which provides real time informationregarding the solar resource at our site. This data is collected and displayed in our GUI.An energy management system was implemented in order to create a micro smart grid in

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Manufacturing

numbers to shrinkdramatically, but it did suggest that enrollment growth in this program would be limited. Inorder to best leverage available resources for the program, a complete redesign of thecombinations of course offerings, the physical resources, and the human resources wasundertaken. Although local industry had a vested interest, and supported the redesign, thisrestructuring project was initiated and completed by the program’s faculty.Course Offerings (within the major)Table 1 lists the major course offerings by semester and by lab as they were originally offered.This is a pretty traditional arrangement, and very similar to other programs in the system.Table 1. Initial Course offeringsYear 1 (old lab)Fall

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Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Xiaohui Yuan, University of North Texas; David Adam Harden; Yang Lu

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #7953Cross-Domain Integration of home automation, entertainment, and e-Healthusing Wireless Sensor NetworkDr. Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT) Dr. Xiaojing Yuan is Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Technology program of Engineer- ing Technology Department. She is the founder and director of the ISGRIN research lab and actively incorporating undergraduate research activities as part of final project requirements in several undergrad- uate junior and senior level courses dealing with sensors, instrumentation, and microprocessor hardware and software. Her research interest includes wireless

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ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

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Electrical and Computer

studentoutcomes. The College of Engineering at Temple University has four academic departments,including the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and a newly establishDepartment of Bioengineering (BE).The Director of the General Engineering degree program has the responsibility to insure allaspects of the Program including continuous improvement of the interdisciplinary curriculum.The Director is also the single interface between the Program and industry for co-operative workstudy assignments, internships, capstone design projects and professional employment. Providingan identified Director on point assures that the General Engineering degree maintains visibilityand creditability within the College.Faculty advisors from both ECE and ME

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. Pinelli, NASA Langley Research Center; Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Kimberly Marie Brush, NASA Langley Research Center; Jeannine B. Perry, Continental Research Associates, Inc.

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Women in Engineering

Education at the NASA Langley Research Center. She is completing her PhD in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership with a focus on Higher Edu- cation Administration at the College of William and Mary. Her dissertation is focused on the preferences of women in an engineering internship as compared to those of men, specifically focusing on the elements and skills that support women’s persistence into an engineering field.Ms. Jeannine B. Perry, Continental Research Associates, Inc. Jeannine Perry joined Continental Research in 1984. As Sr. Project Director, she meets with each client to discuss their needs and outline the research project goals. She is then responsible for planning and monitoring all phases of the

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Online Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E Jarvie Eggart PE, University of Maryland, University College

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Computers in Education

examples from professional practiceoccurred in the Power Pont lectures, along with greater details, The Power Point lectures couldbe considered richer in extra examples beyond the text. In both sections, a group research projectwas assigned capture the interest of the kinetic/tactile learners. Students were not made aware ofthe different format of the sections.Student Grade and Instructor Ranking ResultsA total of 78 students took the class over the two semesters. Summative assessments (gradedevaluations) were used to compare student teaching Students overall class grades were examinedto see if the different lecture delivery resulted in a measurable difference in learning. Classgrades were composed of 10% discussion participation, 10% project

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #7541Extending the Dimensions of Manufacturing EngineeringDr. David L. Wells, North Dakota State University Dr. David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineer- ing and production engineering systems design for conventional manufacturing, electronics assembly, biomedical products and micro-manufacturing. His instruction is characterized by heavy reliance upon project-based, design-centric learning. Course projects are drawn from real industrial applications with

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Moriarty, National Science Foundation; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Elena Rose Yasinski, Carnegie Mellon University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #5796Job Shadowing: Improving Interest and Persistence for Women in Engineer-ingDr. Mary Moriarty, National Science Foundation Dr. Mary Moriarty is a Program Director in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation (NSF). She is on rotation at NSF from the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College and has over 15 years of research, evaluation, and project management experience. Dr. Moriarty specializes in the evaluation of programs that serve underrepresented populations, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Her experience includes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas David, Iowa State University; Suman Debnath, Purdue University; Munadir Aziz Ahmed; Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Iowa State University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the “Power-pole board” to implement various power electronic circuits.Our pedagogical approach seeks to combine industrial-grade technology with collaborative andinteractive learning strategies. A problem-solving flavor is added in our teaching approach, asopposed to more traditionally structured lectures. We include research-based sequential assign-ments and collaborative design projects to encourage student engagement inside and outside ofthe classrooms, and to promote student self-discovery. This educational approach provided addi-tional hands-on experiences to motivate students and help contextualize the course materials, andopportunities to explore a selected set of topics in greater depth.Here, we describe our experiences in: (i

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University; R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Science from the University of Oklahoma, and a Ph.D. in Education (Adult Development Organizational Learning) from The University of Idaho. His educational research interests are focused on improving construction management processes to facilitate the efficient management of construction projects. His over 25 years of construction industry experience includes work in commercial, industrial, petrochemical, light commercial, and residential construction. He has held positions as project manager, project engineer, superintendent, field engineer, carpenter, and laborer.Dr. Sondra M Miller, Boise State University Dr. Sondra M. Miller is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering within the College of

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William Pepper; Caleb Crawshaw; Chester Ewing; Eddie Rego; Raju Dandu

Heater Scraper Tool William Pepper, Caleb Crawshaw, Chester Ewing, Eddie Rego, and Dr. Raju Dandu Kansas State University SalinaAbstract What Bergkamp Inc. offered to us was a project that incorporated many different facetsof the design and manufacturing processes. The requirement was to design a heated scraper toolfor cleaning dried asphalt from road paving equipment that included a 3-inch wide blade thatcould be heated to a minimum of 400°F and a long handle with the proper safety equipment. Ourfinal design included all these features by using propane to heat the blade to a temperatureaveraging at 512°F. Additionally, this design is easily manufactured, with

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2012 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Alex Huang

•NSF Translational •IPPF Research Fund •Shepherds (Innovation •NCSU Chancellor’s Innovation Culture Champions) Innovation Fund •Innovation Roundtables •Innovation Partners •Project Champions •Innovation Training such •Leveraging with existing ecosystem on campus or nearby as Bootcamps Etc. •Trade off between spin-off vs

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittney Hope Jimerson, North Carolina A&T State University ; Eui Hyun Park, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech; Steven M. Culver, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

also the Chairperson of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department for sixteen years from July 1990. He has been an IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) Fellow since 2000. Dr. Eui Park has also initiated and developed a successful Human-Machine Systems Engineering program at NC A&T and has also conducted STEM outreach programs, the Para-Research Program, Partnership in Education and Research, REU, and RET, for the past sixteen years. His fields of research are Human-Machine Systems Engineering and Quality Assurance. He has been a principle investigator in 24 awarded funded research projects totaling over $12 million in the past ten years.Dr. Vinod K Lohani, Virginia Tech Dr. Vinod K Lohani is a

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda M. Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, Student

a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching in- terests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the de- velopment of engineering education assessment tools. She is a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CAREER) award winner and is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).Prof. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux