Conference Session

Examining Problem-based Learning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University; Danielle Dowling, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in and reflect upon the engineering design process. His research includes investigating how teachers conceptualize and then teach engineering through in-depth case study analysis. Hynes also spends time working at the Sarah Greenwood K-8 school (a Boston Public School) assisting teachers in implementing engineering curriculum in grades 3-8.Dr. Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University Ethan Danahy is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department Computer Science at Tufts University outside of Boston Mass., having received B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science in 2000 and 2002, re- spectively, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 2007, all from Tufts. Additionally, he acts as the Engineering Research

Conference Session

K-12 Teachers: PD, Implementation, and Beyond

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yan Sun, Purdue University; Nikki Boots, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

contributed from its particular perspective to ourunderstanding about preparing elementary teachers for integrating engineering into elementaryclassrooms. Collectively, these studies made it clear that, given the innovative nature of EEE andelementary teachers’ unpreparedness for engineering teaching, both elementary teachers’ EEEadoption and EEE expertise development is a process over time. However, a comprehensive andsystematic investigation of this process is missing in the research literature of elementaryengineering education. The present study was intended to fill up the gap by investigating elementaryteachers’ EEE adoption and EEE expertise development and by constructing an EEE adoption andexpertise development model.Adopting theoretical

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

Building/BIM Class. Proceedings of Associated Schools of Construction 2009 Annual International Conference. Page 25.263.13 7. Vico Virtual Construction Software. http://www.vicosoftware.com/construction-software- products/tabid/84567/Default.aspx.8. Chen, D., and Gehrig, B., (2011). Implementing Building Information Modeling in Construction Engineering Curricula, The 118th ASEE Annual Conference &. Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26 – 29, 2011.9. Sabongi, F.J., (2009). The Integration of BIM in the Undergraduate Curriculum: An Analysis of Undergraduate Courses. Proceedings of

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Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2012-3715: RENEWABLE AND EFFICIENT? MECHANICAL ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND EN-GINEERINGDr. April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah April A. Kedrowicz is the Director of the CLEAR (Communication, Leadership, Ethics, And Research) Program at the University of Utah, a collaboration between the College of Humanities and College of Engineering. The program was developed in 2003 through a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, with the goal of integrating communication (speaking and writing), teamwork, and ethics into the curriculum of every department in the College of Engineering. Kedrowicz has been the Direc- tor of the program since its inception and has developed a

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Sargianis, Museum of Science, Boston; Sharlene Yang, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

literacyamong elementary school students. EiE has created a research-based, standards-driven, andclassroom-tested curriculum that integrates engineering and technology concepts and skills withelementary science topics. EiE lessons not only promote science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) learning, but also connect with literacy and social studies.The EiE curriculum consists of 20 different units, each with its own corresponding TeacherGuide. Each unit focuses on one field of engineering (e.g., mechanical, civil, environmental,etc.), integrates with one science topic commonly taught in elementary school (e.g., simplemachines, states of matter, basic needs of organisms), and is set in a different country around theworld, including the

Conference Session

Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; Jane A. Petrus, Louisiana Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4443: SUMMARY RESULTS FROM SEVEN YEARS OF LAT-ECHSTEP: A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND STU-DENT RECRUITING PROGRAMDr. Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University Kelly Crittenden earned his B.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Louisiana Tech University. He currently serves as an Associate professor of engineering within the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech. Crittenden’s primary focus is on multidisciplinary engineering education, curriculum development, and product development.Dr. James D. Nelson, Louisiana Tech UniversityProf. Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech UniversityMs. Jane A. Petrus, Louisiana Tech University Jane Petrus is the Student Success Specialist for the

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

and their Programming application combined with the core area of ProgrammingDevelopment in two (or System integration and “the ability to managemore) architectures architecture is a IT-specific complexity” and “extensive curriculum requirement capabilities for problem solving across a range of information and communication technologies and their associated tools” are both

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges II: Assessing Non-traditional Approaches

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Kenneth J. Williamson, Oregon State University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Goran Jovanovic Ph.D., Oregon State University; Chih-hung Chang, Oregon State University; Adam Z. Higgins, Oregon State University; Craig M. Gates, Oregon State University; Richard Mark Roehner, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

objectives of the studio implementation include: 1. Provide an environment where a large number of students are engaged in active learning. 2. Design a learning environment that allows strategic and tactical implementation of active learning pedagogies and which allows relatively easy scaling to meet changing enrollments. 3. Provide a scaffolded support structure for GTAs which promotes their integration in class organization and achievement of learning objectives and that allows them to develop their teaching skills, knowledge of how students learn, and increases the value they place in teaching.Studio Architecture and Implementation DesignIn the studio-based curriculum design, classes are divided with studios

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

materials as they progress through theengineering curriculum. Moreover, by introducing engineering through the lens of the NAEGrand Challenges, we ought to be able to capture and motivate a broader, more diverse array ofstudents. The Elective Units are electronic in format, learner-centered and designed for on-linedelivery. These materials are thus readily translated and integrated into the freshman engineeringcurricula at most any college or university.The ENGR 102 HS component of the proposed work addresses national interest in theproduction of skilled STEM professionals (including K−12 teachers) and citizens knowledgeableabout STEM. In this innovative arrangement between the College of Engineering and highschools in Arizona, students gain an

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Aerospace

) 6. Novak, G. M., Patterson, E. T., Gavrin, A. D., Christian, W., ‘Just in Time Teaching,’ American Journal of Physics, October 1999, Volume 67, Issue 10, pp. 937 7. Reichner, R., Bernold, L., Burniston, E., Dail, P., Felder, R., Gastineau, J., Gjertsen, M., Risley, J., ‘Case Study of the Physics Component of an Integrated Curriculum,’ Physics Education Journal, 67 (7), July 1999 8. Paulson,D.R.,. Faust,J.L. (2010), Active learning for the college classroom. Pre-College Science Education. Los Angeles: California State University. Retrieved: September 20, 2011. http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/ 9. Howell, K.C.(1996). Introducing cooperative learning into a dynamics lecture class. Journal of

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Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H. Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

introduce our students to the design of reconfigurable logic and togive undergraduate students the opportunity to do research in the extremely active area of FPGAdesign.The University of Texas at Tyler currently has an FPGA Design class that exists as a seniorelective in the electrical engineering curriculum. The class introduces the students to the processof FPGA design, from coding in the high-level descriptor language VHDL to using the tools tosynthesize and debug a design. However, actual research in this area had been restricted tograduate students. This paper describes an effort that began two summers ago to involveundergraduate students in FPGA research at our institution. Other institutions have reported thebenefits of introducing FPGA

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2012 EDI

Authors

David Munson

, and are better prepared to contribute to the naval enterpriseThe Value of NEEC: Navy• Providing engineers that understand multidisciplinary engineering in a time of need.• Contributes to Navy STEM initiative.• Strengthen Naval Engineering faculty cohort.• Provide a centralized focus for Naval Engineering Education at an Undergraduate level.• Connect the Navy with capable students who understand what naval engineering is all about!• Engage students in important Navy problems through project- based education. Conclusion• Contact us with any questions• Potential partnerships?• Website: www.GoNEEC.org• Contact: Steve Ceccio• Find our social media networks: – Facebook: www.facebook.com/GoNEEC – Twitter

Conference Session

Off the Beaten Path

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann , Louisiana State University; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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New Engineering Educators

StateUniversity COE for more than a decade starting in 1993. During the study period, theCollege moved from a series of separate freshman courses to a dual offering of integratedcourse sequences in the Introduction to Engineering Program (IEP) and the FreshmanEngineering Honors (FEH) Programs. These courses were an adaptation of DrexelUniversity’s E4 curriculum undertaken by the NSF Gateway Engineering EducationCoalition. In 1988, the College’s retention rate to the junior year ranged between 40%and 50%. Retention rates of nearly 58% to almost 84% were achieved throughintroduction of the FIP and the FEH programs. They concluded: “Systematicallyexploring educational practices that improve retention and then integrating them into theplanning and

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith A. Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Muktha Jost, North Carolina A&T State University; Tyrette Sherlone Carter, North Carolina A&T State University; Shawn Raquel Watlington, North Carolina A&T State University; Terrie Ruth McManus, Ragsdale High School, Guilford County Schools; Solomon Bililign, North Carolina A&T State University; Terry White Worrell, Guilford County Schools; Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Earth systems science research, NASA research, and NorthCarolina science and mathematics standards-based curricula. Twenty high school science andmathematics teachers from the Central Region of Guilford County Schools participated in theInstitute both summers. This arrangement provided an opportunity for the teachers to exploretogether how STEM concepts can be integrated between mathematics and science courses.During the second summer, the high school teachers served as mentors for twenty middle schoolscience and math teachers from the same school district region. This arrangement provided anopportunity for the teachers to explore together how STEM concepts are taught and understoodby students as students matriculate from middle to high school

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Bodenhamer, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Steven Michael Corns; Cihan H. Dagli, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Systems Engineering

programmed to accept various forms of communications; the onesemployed during this project were basic data transfers, which are commonly referred toas “text-messages.” The text messages could activate feedback sequences that correspondto turning on-off vibrating motors through the controller. This allows for variousfeedback sequences to be programmed and deployed to the vest for training purposes. Forthe current manifestation of the two-capstone course sequence, the two concepts underdevelopment are an integrated multi-person location tracking sensor system and anupper-body posture monitoring and recording sensor system.The courses focus on the introduction of students to systems engineering, familiarizingthe students in the multitude of processes

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial and Innovative Mindset

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

establishing the revolutionary EDI/EFT payment system implemented by General Motors. He is a two-time award winner of the Best Paper in Cash Management awarded by the Bank Administration Institute.Mr. James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West LafayetteMr. Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Benjamin Ahn is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests relate to higher education reform, graduate teaching assistants’ roles in engineering classes, undergraduate engineering syllabus and curriculum development, and professional engineering practices in universities and industries.Dr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette Matthew W. Ohland

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

]. LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEEDSPost-Sputnik (1957) there was surge in attention paid to science education in the US. During the late twentiethcentury there was an awakening emphasis on the skills needed by individuals seeking careers in the industrialworkplace – business-awareness, communication, project management/planning, presenting and reporting,teamwork plus integration were being reported as areas of weakness in engineering education by learnedprofessional society groups [6]. Concurrently, in the early eighties, this triggered the establishment of aManufacturing Technology Institute (MTI) under the aegis of the Corporate Technical Institutes at IBM [7]. MTIwas created as an IBM ‘university’ to revitalize and broaden the skill-levels of the

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

undergraduate research programs, among them greater retention in the curriculum and greaterlikelihood of enrolling in graduate school. On the other hand, Seymour et al. [11] argue that moststudies of undergraduate research did not include proper control groups, used biased samples orfailed to provide sufficient details of their evaluation methods.The sections that follow provide an overview of our efforts to improve the learning environmentfor undergraduate engineers by incorporating research in a multidisciplinary team environmentand discuss the early accomplishments that our working group has achieved.MotivationThe faculty main goal was to let each student experience being an engineer by introducing anopen-ended research problem, and thereby forcing

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Robert Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

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Community Engagement Division

their quality of life. The room was filled with a palpable excitement.Upon returning to GFU, work began on a postural assist device. This work was done byinterested students as an extra-curricular activity. Other similar service projects had beenattempted at GFU, some completed, but all were difficult to sustain. The university has agrowing engineering program (50 full-time students in the first complete four-year class in 2003,and over 180 in 2011), but there simply was not enough critical mass to maintain the inertia ofmany of these project ideas. As time went on, the faculty began to look for a way to add service-learning activities directly into the curriculum. The faculty investigated what resources wereavailable to support a course that

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Briana B. Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University; Fong K. Mak, Gannon University

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Mechanical Engineering

be as simple as a note to include material on a certain subject in an assignment the next time it is used, or as large as a recommendation to the curriculum committee to create a new course to better deal with some of the subject material. Page 25.755.5 Whatever suggestions are recorded by the instructor, it is essential that the appropriate parties in the department review these suggestions; to that end, programs needs to somehow incorporate the review of FCARs into the overall assessment process as a regularly scheduled activity.3. Expectations Regarding Faculty UseThe Faculty Course Assessment Report is not a magic

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenifer M. Shannon, Pennsylvania State University, Berks; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

learned into revisions of first drafts. Themost student-appreciated aspect of this pedagogy was the division of a full scale formallaboratory report into smaller, more focused writing assignments.BackgroundThe significance of a student’s ability to communicate technical information is manifested by itsinclusion as an ABET required student outcome, namely, an ability to apply written, oral, andgraphical communication in both technical and non-technical environments 3. The ABETgeneral criteria has been used by this University’s curriculum committees to develop programspecific student outcomes. The general criteria and student outcomes are mapped to individualcourses in the Associate and Baccalaureate Engineering Technology Programs. In this manner

Conference Session

From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Brian Charles Dougherty, Rose-Hulman Ventures

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

his sabbatical to study entrepreneurship in Indiana and assist start-ups as Educator/Entrepreneur in Resi- dence at Indiana Venture Center. He has been Advisor/Director for several high tech firms and has been involved in national efforts to integrate entrepreneurship and engineering education. Since his retirement from full-time teaching, Mason has co-authored an updated edition of Forecasting and Management of Technology, teaches part-time, continues his research and writing on innovation and entrepreneurship, and works in an advisory capacity with several emerging firms. Mason received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and his B.A. in economics from Geneva College.Mr. Brian Charles Dougherty

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Civil Engineering

an engineering specialty” as the “basic professional degree for engineers.”  1985 NAE report:24 Offer broad engineering education, stronger non-technical education, exposure to realities of the work world, personal career management, and greater management skills.  1974-1995 ASCE Education Conferences: The 1995 conference recommended professional degrees (more formal education), integrated curriculum, faculty development, and practitioner involvement.Other Lessons LearnedThis paper highlights nine LLL as a result of contemplating the process used to develop andbegin the implementation of the civil engineering BOK. The LLL reflect insights provided by adecade of various Raise the Bar activities and the

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University; Aashish Priye, Texas A&M University ; Yassin A. Hassan, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

have instituted in a recent update of our undergraduate chemicalengineering curriculum to ensure that sutdents possess a suitable fundamental background in thisarea. Page 25.473.4Next, students learn the fundamental aspects of buoyancy driven convective flows. This contentis designed to integrate with previous coursework in the transport sequence. The importance ofthe dimensionless Rayleigh number, a parameter that expresses the ratio of destabilizing buoyantforces to the restoring effects of viscous and thermal diffusion, is highlighted using the design oflava lamps as a relatable illustrative example. Once the mathematical

Conference Session

Linking K-12 to Post-secondary

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Letrece Dillihunt, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Derrick Wayne Smith, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Phillip A. Farrington, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and outreach program, which seeks to extend engineering designeducation into high schools and eventually middle and elementary schools. The goal of the Page 25.716.3ENGINEER program is the development of the engineering supply chain by strengthening therelationship between the university and area K-12 schools. ENGINEER is currently composedof two projects: The Integrated Product Teams (IPT) course and the Innovative Student Projectfor the Increased Recruitment of Engineering and Science Students.10 Over the last severalyears, engineering colleges throughout the country have developed cornerstone(freshmen/sophomore) design classes in an effort

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Department and the Secretary of the committee  Ronald H. Robnett, professor of Engineering and Business Administration and a fiscal officer in the DIC (MIT’s sponsored research office)  C. Richard Soderberg, a theoretically oriented mechanical engineer and head of that department  Julius Stratton, physicist and director of Research Laboratory for Electronics, the postwar incarnation of the Radiation Lab Page 25.1322.3Among the other items the committee discussed was an unsolicited letter from the head of thePhysics Department, John Slater, expressing his unabashed preference for a curriculum moresolidly

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Xu, Del Mar College; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Allen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

AC 2012-4348: A LEARNING MODULE USING ENGINEERING DESIGNPROCESS AND LEGACY CYCLE FOR A FRESHMEN-LEVEL ROBOTICCLASSMr. Yan Xu, Del Mar CollegeDr. Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, KingsvilleAllen Babb, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Allen Babb is currently an undergraduate senior working towards an B.S. in electrical eEngineering. His work on his senior design topic, the unmanned aerial surveillance device, eventually evolved into the study of the construction and autonomous control of a Quadrotor UAV. Since then, Babb has gained a keen interest in control theory application in embedded systems, as well as a good understanding of fuzzy logic control algorithms and conventional PID controlers.Prof. Mohamed

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado, Boulder; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-4310: PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE AICHE CON-CEPT WAREHOUSEMr. Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University Bill Brooks is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. As an undergraduate he studied hardware engineering, software engineering, and chemical engineering. Brooks has been involved in the development of several educational software tools, including the Virtual BioReactor, the Web-based Interactive Science and Engineering (WISE) Learning Tool, and the AIChE Concept Warehouse. His dissertation is focused on technology-mediated, active learning techniques, and the mechanisms through which they impact student performance.Ms. Debra

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon L. Servoss; Edgar C. Clausen

integral part of Lab I, but internal standards were not used in GC analysis.Membrane separation was a protein separation process that was briefly described in Figure 1.Two membranes (50 kDa cutoff and 100 kDa cutoff) were tested for their ability to separatebovine serum albumin (BSA) protein from solution. This experiment grew out of facultyresearch efforts, and had not been used previously in summer workshops or teachinglaboratories.The acetic acid extraction experiment involved determining the distribution coefficient for theextraction of acetic acid in aqueous solution with ethyl acetate. This experiment was previouslyused as an end-of-semester Lab I project several years ago.GradingThe grading scheme for the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 semesters

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick J. Surface, University of Kansas; Bryan Anthony Strecker, University of Kansas; Jonathan M. S. Mattson, University of Kansas; Christopher D. Depcik

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. In keeping with the spirit of the EcoHawksprogram, it was decided that any control system would have to integrate all of the existingelements while providing for the capability of adding further projects. This system would ideallybe able to monitor the flow of energy throughout and between the EcoHawks’ componentprojects, such as between roof-mounted solar panels and the Beetle, while calculating theefficiencies of this energy transfer. The solution was the implementation of a Smart Grid system. To this end, the EcoHawks applied for and received an EPA grant (P3: People, Prosperity andthe Planet) to build a stand-alone model of a scale Smart Grid, schematically shown via Figure 5,in order to demonstrate both the laboratory and vehicle as