Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University; Dyah A. Hening, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University

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Two Year College Division

engineers. Occupations in natural sciences related disciplines also have a highfrequency of being defined as STEM fields.Table 1 lists STEM definition used for this work based on the high frequency of occurrence ineducational and occupational definitions.Variables IdentificationMost of the literature regarding success measurement provides qualitative analysis. Palmer(2003) wrote a report that examined the differences between the subgroups of faculty and staffwithin the public 2-year sector. Page 22.161.3Palmer6 described the differences in the age reflecting the concern of the impending turnover forthe gradually aging faculty. In NSOPF 1993, the

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom C. Roberts P.E., Kansas State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

in the early2000’s Kansas was the epicenter for renewed evolution debates related to K-12 curriculumchanges. Science standards were changed to reflect “Intelligent Design” for 2 years before beingrescinded in 2005).The 2009 Transportation Conference survey results showed that contact with local (county andcity) officials (30%) was double that with state officials. However, consistent with statepercentages, fewer than 10% of the respondents had contact with local school board officials.In June 2010, the authors co-presented to the KSPE Annual Meeting using similar content to the2006 ASEE Midwest Section presentation. However, the entire morning of the conference wasfocused on legislative issues and the final presentation of the morning was

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren D. Thomas, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

former employers. One particulardepartment chair also emphasized the diversity challenges in optics hiring. Departments tend tostruggle to find candidates female candidates and diverse candidates. Challenges in recruitingdiverse faculty is also reflected in recruiting graduate students. Another common occurrenceamong departments interviewed is joint appointments within optics and some other related field.VI. Future work Page 22.200.8This paper represents some of the preliminary steps in a longer study to include an evaluation ofstudents in optics, bibliometric review of optics pedagogy, international perspectives on opticseducation, and

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Marrero

“active learning provides opportunities for students to talk and listen, read, write, and reflect as they approach course content through problem-solving exercises, informal small groups, simulations case studies, role playing, and other activities – all of which require students to apply what they are learning” (p 17) 2. Problem-Based and Inquiry-Based “small group, cooperative, self-directed, interdependent, self-assessed”; a dynamic approach to learning that

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wright Brown; Kofi Nyarko; Kevin Peters

relations with others.As the girls move into the high school Personal Assessment Activities -It is important forenvironment we want them to learn to utilize students to evaluate and understand their inner feelings,their own intra-personal intelligence dreams, relationships with others, strengths and weaknesses. The program encouraged the girls to recognizing their individual strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

PAUL FAGETTE; SHIH-JIUN CHEN; GEORGE R. BARAN; SOLOMON P. SAMUEL; MOHAMMAD F. KIANI

, is what we call in the trade a teachingchallenge. ABET has inculcated the concept of self-reflection and addressing how wesucceed in teaching base concepts. Grades and student feedback are neither alwayssufficient nor accurate in determining teaching success. Instructors must take an active,critical role. Accordingly, each of these courses have been analyzed regarding keyconceptual elements and refinement has taken place, further verifying that teaching is anevolutionary process based on more than the internal shifts that come with inculcating newresearch. Engineering has an important, integral knowledge base that can be made availableto a broader audience while fulfilling general education requirements. It can be arguedthat the

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

PATRICK BOBBIE; Sheryl Duggins; VENU DASIGI

is driven by the demand for increasedconvenience and access for students, there are important studies pointing to the enhancedpedagogical value of online education. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Educationsuggests that learning outcomes can be better achieved in certain groups of older learners in theonline mode than the traditional face-to-face (F2F) mode of learning [14]. The results are evenbetter for those taking the course in the hybrid mode. However, the study cautions againstattributing the improvement to the online medium per se. One way to look at the results is thatthe conventional F2F mode is missing something that the online mode provides, e.g., extra timefor independent reflection, which is perhaps particularly

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton; Maria V. Kalevitch

decisions in developing our new minor. In addition, a breakdown of the coursestaught within this minor and the reasons for choosing these particular courses for inclusionare provided. The emphasis throughout this process, as reflected in the resultant minor, isthe interdisciplinary collaboration between science and engineering faculty to create abroad program capable of addressing our future societal needs.II. Structure of Alternative Energy and Sustainability MinorThe Alternative Energy and Sustainability minor is comprised of a total of 15 credits. Thefirst 9 credits of the minor consist of three core courses which are required by all studentspursuing this minor. Two of the core classes offer an introduction to the issues of energygeneration and

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Barrie Jackson

application, while not appropriate for alllearning styles has shown to be effective for most students. This paper will discuss the Technology Engineering and Managementprogram, what we hope to accomplish and present some feedback from TEAMparticipants over the years. Introduction What I hope to achieve in this paper is a considered reflection on my personal experiencein the field of Engineering Education, what I have observed over some twenty some years as anadjunct Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. It is of interest to me the history of theevolution of Engineering Education to the point where research is the driving force of mostUniversities. Having been a practising professional for over thirty years, I am aware that

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bhavna Sharma; Birdy Reynolds

, such as a competitive jeopardy game on the four topic areas, which was moderated by twoundergraduate research students.Intern ModulesStudents were unfamiliar with the subject of sustainability at the start of the internship. Linking their selectedtopic to a content area served as a lens to situate their module and supported their emerging understanding ofthe subject. Students’ choice of a content lens reflected their interestsand tended to be their favorite schoolsubject. For example, one of the female interns enjoyed mathematics and used that as a lens for her unit onEnergy. Below is an excerpt from the module abstract (written by the student):The module focuses on linking sustainability and energy to mathematics. The module explores

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

B. Rajavel; M.G. Prasad

unflanged with an end correction of L  L  0.6a . 733 R 0  1  0.01336ka  0.59079ka2  0.33576ka3  0.06432ka4 ------ (6) R  R 0e(( 0.63930.1104ka )*ka*2i ) ------ (7) ~ 1  R  Z r  ( c / s)  ------ (8) 1  R  Where a is the radius of the pipe, s is the cross sectional area of the pipe, ρ is density, c is speedof sound,k is wave number and R is reflection coefficient. The physical and electrical analog forcalculation of source strength is shown in Fig 2

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott Bronikowski; Christopher Lowrance; Kenneth Viall

todetermine their own level of success in our courses. Certainly, we strongly encourage andmotivate our students to devote time to studying outside the classroom and offer our personalassistance if they encounter any problems. However, if they fail to take advantage of theseopportunities, then their grade will accurately reflect their level of commitment to the course.For future study, we plan to continue the longitudinal study with the selected courses and assessthe trends on final exam grades and instructor time. Our institutional survey results of allstudents will be analyzed with targeted questions related to the use of cadet time, theeffectiveness of the quiz method, and student preference for the method versus traditionalhomework assignments

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sean K. Turner

properly in the field. Designing new systems as well asunderstanding the financial attributes of the systems are both equally important in the success ofa Sustainability Engineering. In most cases undergraduate students have backgrounds that lackcertain fundamentals such as energy management, architecture design, sales, equipmentmanagement and alternative energy training.Solar AssessmentStudents at Rowan University are given a choice of clinic projects. This gives students anopportunity to pick projects that reflect their interests. We have been able to offer a number ofphotovoltaic (PV) system projects, which in aggregate offers a suite of sustainable energyprojects. Students are split into multidisciplinary teams in terms of some ME, ChE EE and

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bradley A. Hyatt

of ASC Member Programs.” International Proceedings of the 44th AnnualConference of Associated Construction Schools.Jones S. A., et al. (2009) The Business Value of BIM: Getting Building Information Modeling tothe Bottom Line.Montoya, M. A., Kelting, S. D., Hauck, A. J. (2008). “Pilot Study of an Integrated ConstructionManagement Curriculum.” International Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conferenc ofAssociated Construction Schools.O’Brien, W., Soibelman, L., and Elvin, G. (2003). “Collaborative Design Processes: An Active-and Reflective-Learning Course in Multidisciplinary Collaboration.” Journal of ConstructionEducation, 8(2), 78-93.Padmanabhan, G., and Katti, D. (2002). “Using Community-Based Projects in Civil EngineeringCapstone Courses

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Tahany Fergany; Amal Abd El?Raouf

ofcurrently available technology to dynamically adapt presentation of course material tostudents with different backgrounds and varying degrees of ability. To meet this goal, aninstructional deliverable system must be employed to accommodate the followingdifferent learning styles:  For active learners, allow self-motivated pursuit of information.  For reflective learners, provide the opportunity to investigate and understand inter-relationship of material. Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Annual Conference University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education   For sequential learners, provide the opportunity

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Steve Klosterman; Simon Pitts; Steven McGonagle; Carey Rappaport

; assess extent to which you are understood. 13. Connect – Across Disciplines, Skills and Cultures: Appreciate, engage, and connect with those who have different perspectives. 5 14. Negotiating and Compromise: Appreciating the need to identify potential disagreement or conflict, negotiate to find mutually acceptable solutions.GEL begins by creating self-awareness within the cohort. Through reflection and self-assessment, the candidates go through a series of exercises, including Myers-Briggs, theThomas-Kidman conflict style instrument and others to help them learn their natural style,personality and tendencies. Always revealing, the candidates rate themselves on a scale of 1-10,10

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Alan Hadad; Akram Abu-aisheh

founding of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Engineering Council for Professional Development (ECPD) as an accrediting agency in the mid 1930’s were reflective of the efforts of higher education to respond to this need for quality assurance in the educational preparation of engineers. In 1980, ECPD metamorphosed into the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).  At the technician level, the response was less organized and more diffuse, with the emergence of many post-secondary trade schools in the first half of the twentieth century. Such schools were highly focused upon the requirements of a specific industry, and were almost always private, for-profit entities outside

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Frank Caserta; Robert J. Lind; Loutfallah G. Chedid

the task reflects on the individual and how thisreflection matches with self-concept; 2) intrinsic or interest value, the enjoyment of doing thetask; 3) utility value, the perceived future value of doing the task; 4) relative cost, the price ofsuccess or failure in terms of effort, time, and/or psychological impact[8,10].Jones, et al. reported that students’ expectancy and value-related beliefs decreased over the firstyear[11]. Expectancy-related constructs (that is, the student’s judgment of his or her ability toperform a task in engineering or his or her belief in the possibility of success in engineering)predicted achievement better than value-related constructs (that is, the enjoyment of engineeringtasks (interest) or the identification

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

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Engineering Design Graphics

-engineering own knowledge and to seek advice, reflect on their own capabilities, Engineers Nova Scotia's continuing learning and development, and importance of being part of a knowledge and skills to assist in and/or undertake research, to invite peer review, benchmark Learning professional excellence commitment to undertake

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhao Chad Kong; Angie Martiza Bautista-Chavez, Rice University; Andres J Goza, Rice University; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Kurt Kienast, Rice University; Sam Oke; Juan A Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Brent C Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

22.814.3on anecdotal evidence from teacher feedback to improve students’ understanding of fundamentalengineering concepts8,9,10. The Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program at theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder developed a Creative Engineering course for students at anearby high school. This course focused on hands-on design based engineering in conjunctionwith the high school curriculum and demonstrated that students had increased confidence in theuse of engineering methods to solve problems11.Research on learning styles reflects the positive impact of integrating kinesthetic learningenvironments with traditional learning structures. A recent study showed that learning is aconglomeration of a variety of interactions12. The results

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University; Christopher D. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

was never presentedas strictly a classroom course and the faculty have always utilized a portion of classroom time fordiscussion, student presentations, workshop activities and laboratory research. In 2006 it wasofficially changed to 2 cr hr “lecture” plus 1 cr hr “laboratory,” mostly for administrativepurposes and because it better reflects the distribution of what actually takes place.The course content has been detailed elsewhere 13, but is summarized here. There are five majorelements of the course: 1. Faculty led presentations – The course is not a “materials science” class and so does not cover classical material science topics such as the structure of matter. Rather, it is focused on processing and characterization of

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention II: Curricular Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison A. Dingwall, Howard University; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

approximately ten months later, this paperdiscusses the participants‟ reflections on their experiences at the initial workshop andexpectations about their own institution‟s future curriculum reform efforts.The Curriculum Development for Student Learning WorkshopFor over thirty years, hundreds of educators from around the world have attended the ConnectingStudent Learning Outcomes to Teaching, Assessment, and Curriculum workshop at AlvernoCollege in Wisconsin. The workshop highlights successful curriculum design and assessmentpractices that focus on student-centered learning. Educators learn about its innovative, evidence-based and externally validated curriculum during an intense three-day experience. Using thetools and information gained from the

Conference Session

Professional Identity

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine M. Morley; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

and participant do not know each other well. They alsoencourage participants to become storytellers, since cultural norms dictate that people use photosto tell others about events that occurred in the past.Researchers have made other arguments about the value of using photo elicitation in studies,including: photos can help describe situations more easily,17 can extend “personal narratives thatilluminate viewers’ lives and experiences, especially when viewed in a group setting;”18 can helpprompt interviewers to ask specific questions they may not have otherwise considered includingasking for data that may be “invisible to the researcher but apparent to the interviewee”(Schwartz 1989); can help participants reflect on their beliefs and express

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Martin, University of Texas, Austin; Pat Ko, University of Texas, Austin; Stephanie Baker Peacock, University of Texas, Austin; Jennifer Rudolph, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and students improveand adjust their learning.32, 33, 34In the Generate Ideas (GI) stage, students try to create solutions to a novel and challengingproblem. It provides practice with the cognitive and affective sides of creative problem solvingand is the primary step where innovation is developed.35Since students reflect on what they know and determine what they need to learn, the GI stageexercises metacognition.36 When working in teams, the students share ideas and developdifferent perspectives on the problem.37 If students attempt to understand and solve the problembefore they receive instruction, it can help their learning30 and increase the probability that theywill create guiding questions.38Frequently, college engineering students are

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Poltavtchenko, Northern Arizona University; John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ofrevisions based on (a) conversations with the engineering faculty teaching the course, (b)analysis of several grading rubrics used for assessment of writing in the disciplines, andengineering writing in particular26, and (c) a pilot of using the designed rubric on students’writing projects. The heavy weight on formatting (25%) reflects the importance of being able tofollow instructions, an area that has been shown to be problematic for students. The final rubric(see Appendix A) included the following categories: completeness (20%), formatting (25%),data/results presentation (25%) and appropriateness of writing for intended audience (30%).Note that this rubric is only intended to measure the areas of organization, design/format andmechanics/style

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State University; Christopher Dawson, Mississippi State University

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Minorities in Engineering

paper, such as developing relationships, changing paradigms, and minority student groups,are more extensively discussed by Johnson, Fromm, and Van Aken, respectively10-12.Goals of This Survey Effort & Subsequent PaperThis effort strives to lay out a tangible guide to involve faculty / administrators from majority(and all) backgrounds to engage in diversity issues, climate assessment, and environmentimprovement in a meaningful and proactive fashion. Experiential reflections from the facultyauthors and student authors are included along with a summary of data from a survey of students.The full survey is provided in the appendix.The survey invitation was sent to 11 American Indian/Alaskan Native, 99 Asian, 714 AfricanAmerican, 82 Hispanic, and

Conference Session

Software Engineering Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Long, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Sue Young, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

a student’s project. e. Productive feedback or thoughtful reflection about the course and process. f. Any other tasks that the instructor deems worthy. 5. KG may be lost by: a. Coming in late to class. b. Showing up late for or missing scheduled presentations. c. Being rude. d. Any other thing the instructor deems worthy of penalizing with a loss. 6. KG can be traded to other members of the class. All trade must be accompanied by a formal contract, signed by both parties, and then a copy given to the instructor. Examples exchanges include: a. Tasks such as programming or other project based help. b. Use of tools not possessed by the individual or group

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

materials in the data set are: steels (8), cast irons (2), stainless steels (6), aluminums (5),coppers (3), titanium (1), nickels (4), magnesiums (2), special/precious alloys (5), thermoplasticsand thermosets (15), ceramics/glasses (6), and composites (6), for a current total of 63 with moreadded as properties are documented. Currently, 110 conceptually grouped materials to choosefrom are planned. The visual students should display the information graphically while activelearners will want to “try it out” by choosing different materials to compare or to see howplotting one material property versus another will change the way they examine the data. Verballearners will be able to describe the results of their explorations. Reflective learners will

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

the instructor making them aware of the iterations that took place during their design process. Reviewing case studies of strategic design thinking “can help students realize the power and utility of iterative design.”1 Reflection in various contexts can be very helpful as well32. 4. Risk-taking and iteration: Offering students with lessons about learning from failures, approaching and accepting them, can be very effective in allowing students to appreciate iteration and take more risks while designing. “Instruction and scaffolding for systematic design” was selected as an appropriate teachingstrategy to illustrate the role of iteration in spacecraft design with respect to cost and schedulingissues. In particular

Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

that contains a thermistor, a few resistors, andan operational amplifier. In general, the bridge circuit is used to detect small changes in theresistance of any of the resistors, which is reflected as a change in the output voltage. Thestudents are asked to derive the expression of the output voltage, Vo, as a function of the inputvoltage and the Wheatstone bridge resistive network, which contains the thermistor. The studentsare encouraged to refine their expression into the fewest terms possible to make MATLABprogramming and downstream design much easier to handle. The students are then required towrite a MATLAB script to simulate the thermistor and the Wheatstone bridge circuit. They are touse the thermistor formula (Equation 1) and the Vo(T