Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder; José Marcio Luna, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico

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Electrical and Computer

not offer thiscourse yet; thus, if a student plans to transfer to UNM or NNMC, he/she can either take this classat the time of the transfer or enroll at UNM or NNMC while studying at CNM. It is expected thatECE 203 will be scheduled at CNM in a near future. ELVIS boards are integrated suites of 12 ofthe most commonly used instruments in the lab, including the oscilloscope, digital multi-meter,function generator, variable power supply, and Bode analyzer. Based on NI LabVIEW graphicalsoftware, NI ELVIS, with USB plug-and-play capabilities, offers the flexibility of virtualinstrumentation and allows for quick and easy measurement acquisition and display. Figure 5shows an ELVIS II board

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering ; Michael Richard Carlson

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Design in Engineering Education

technical report is reviewedand graded by a different instructor (Outcome G). One of the deliverables of each project is acontextualization document which reports what significance the final design may have on theenvironment, global, health, safety, economics, ethics, etcetera (Outcome H). Anotherdeliverable is a report on project management. Students are required to manage all aspect of theirprojects and submit the project management document describing how they managed theirproject including project planning, budgeting, scheduling, execution, managing the availableresources, monitoring and controlling the project (Outcome L).Lastly, students are engaged in entrepreneurial projects for at least their first semester (OutcomeM). They are required to

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

drives course. Courseassessments were conducted on a regular basis by an external evaluator, under a thorough evalu-ation plan that included formative and summative assessments. The assessment outcomes arepresented in Section III. Page 23.422.3II. Background Information and General RemarksThe power programs in the electrical and computer engineering departments at both institutionswere in need of a new educational approach for bringing timely topics such as renewable energyconversion and vehicle electrification concepts into the undergraduate classrooms. In this re-spect, power electronics as a key enabling technology was identified as a

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

fall2012. The plan is to limit each NZEH design to a fixed construction cost budget, and then tohave students do tradeoff analysis considering insulation levels, number and types of windows,type of heating/cooling system, solar water heating, and perhaps most importantly, overall size ofthe house. Construction cost data was developed from RSMeans along with consultations withcontractors and equipment suppliers. By constraining the project to be NZEH, the efficiencylevels that are economically justified are measurably higher than a more typical house designwhere current electricity prices are the basis for energy tradeoffs. Another way of saying this isthat putting in more insulation in the wall, for example, and reducing the electricity needed

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clare McInerney, Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre; Mike Hinchey, Lero-the Irish Software Engineering Reseaach Centre

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

the international and globalnature of the Scratch project.The Scratch competition complements the Teaching Materials/Curriculum. In module ten, entitled“Scratch Project”, students create a concrete piece of work at the end of their in-class course. Inthis module, students must plan and design their project and, if working in teams, they must assignindividual tasks. Students are encouraged to submit this final project for the Scratch competition.According to teachers we work with, many students spend time working on their Scratch projectsfor the competition outside school hours. This encourages an independent interest in computingand “I’m doing it because I want to” rather than “I’m doing it because the teacher says I must”attitude. By the

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Seth William Adams

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Engineering Technology

day prior to each weekly meeting and addresses the following three areas:current progress, problems encountered and their resolution, and plan for the following week.To stay on the top of industry requirements sponsoring the project and to receive valuableengineering feedback students conduct by-weekly web conference calls with industry liaison.The oral and written reports due near the end of each semester are to concern themselves withthe progress made in each semester. The one at the end of the first semester will be a progressreport, with a full final report due at the end of the second semester. To further improve thequality of capstone projects conducted in the EET program in the SoT at the Michigan Tech andmake students experience as

Conference Session

It's Elementary

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Higgins, Engineering is Elementary, Museum of Science; Jonathan Hertel, Engineering is Elementary

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

naming the steps of theengineering design process they focused on as they engineered their bubble wands. Other girlsadd “plan” and “improve.” “What was the most important part for us?” asks Linda. “Create!” thegirls cheer.Linda explains to the audience that over the past several weeks, each girl chose a goal for theirbubble wands, deciding what type of bubble (tiny, giant, double, etc.) they would engineer eachwand to make. They conducted experiments to learn what bubbles can and cannot do, andconducted testing to learn more about materials they could use in their final bubble wand design.As the Rihanna song the girls chose for background music plays, they demonstrate the range of

Conference Session

Materials Science Education for the Future

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eunice Yang, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Materials

the mini- presentations, class discussions, POGIL activities, classroomdemonstrations were helpful in assisting them learn materials science.The author’s experience in implementing this new hybrid curriculum was positive and plans to implementit again in Fall 2013 with some changes as follows. In addition to using the MCI to measure learning, theauthor plans to develop assignments or tests to measure how well students learned the basic “ConceptsBeing Taught” and how well the mini-presentations accomplished the “Purposes” in Table 1 and Table 2,respectively. Assignments that will require higher level of critical thinking such as case studies or open-ended project assignments are in consideration

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

throughoutvarious stages of the process and uploading them to the Internet. The contest also served as ameans of external validation for their work.The students surveyed the existing literature in solar trackers and developed their own design,with the objective of increasing tracking efficiency. Their design was a hybrid concept,combining active tracking and chronological tracking. This paper includes a detailed explanationof the design, adapted from the students’ senior project report.The Hybrid Solar Tracker ranked among the top 100 projects worldwide for the Phoenix ContactXplore Contest and won the award for Best Senior Project in the department. While there werefactors to be improved on, both in terms of planning and execution, this project was a

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

graduates in the department of engineering and technology at WCU,developing an emphasis in electric power engineering plays a vital role in educating the nextgeneration of the region’s power industry workforce.To that end, an undergraduate curriculum development effort was planned and is projected totrain, prepare for research, and educate the students enrolled in the Department of Engineeringand Technology for careers in the power industry. The curriculum includes three fundamentalpower engineering courses: 1. Power Systems 2. Power Electronics 3. Electrical Machines and DrivesThis paper describes in detail the first pilot implementation of the Power Systems coursecomponent entitled “Modern Power Systems Analysis” for Electrical and

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

agreement that consciously developing metacognitive habits significantlyincreases the ability to transfer academic learning to the workplace5-9 (The references given are onlya small representative sample.). This diagram summarizes metacognition: awareness dealing with problems Self planning while learning / teaching evaluating thinkingThe rest of this paper focuses on problem posing and problem structuring, with little explicitmention of metacognition. However, thinking about the essential qualities of problems is reflectivein nature, and hence metacognitive. Here is an example

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Rethwisch, University of Iowa; Soko S Starobin, Iowa State University; Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Melissa Chapman Haynes, Professional Data Analysts, Inc.

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school courses. Based on the results from the five-year assessment of PLTW strategic objectives, 80% ofthe PLTW students intended to pursue a postsecondary education (Walcerz, 2007). Further,Bottoms and Anthony (2005) found that the PLTW students were more likely to plan to pursue abachelor’s degree than those who enroll in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.While students’ intent to pursue postsecondary education may indicate as the evidence of thePLTW program success, there still is critical information that is unknown –whether those PLTWstudents actually attend college. Thus, the purpose of this study is to measure transition rates ofPLTW and non-PLTW students into postsecondary institutions. More specifically, this

Conference Session

Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; J.Kevin Taylor; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

3 0 1 Low-Medium17 Pop a Wheelie 2011 2* 1† 1 MediumTotals 52 9 33 NANote: Students who reported 'extensive prior experience' to people with disabilities (* = 1 male / † = 1 female)Comments that are specifically related to the Kinesiology student collaboration are providedbelow based on three themes: (a) the Etiquette Presentation (b) Planning and Scheduling, and (c)Improving Future Projects: Communication between the Disciplines. Names have been changed,but are consistent with the gender of the engineering student.Theme 1

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

experience in follow-oncourses. The course serves the departmental plan to better integrate instruction in electrical andcomputer engineering topics and to facilitate flexible degree content through more accessibleelectives, minor programs, and dual-degree options. In particular, many students are pursuingthe dual-degree option that is promoted in part by this course. Students seem to readily use thecontent for projects, senior design, etc. Future work is planned in providing additional courseresources such as on-line problem examples and design content in the laboratory. The OpAmplectures are being revised for more clarity and for added examples. The course is a prerequisitefor proposed upper-level course work in device physics, sensor

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

implementation and practicality as well as marketability to SW Florida. List and evaluate all advantages and disadvantages of this selection. Page 23.223.5 6. Develop a plan for implementing this technology considering SW Florida Utilities/Regional Planning aspects; identify challenges of implementation. 7. What are your conclusions and recommendations for implementation of this newer technology? 8. Finally, discuss how you think this assignment enhances your knowledge of Life- long learning. 9. Your final deliverable is a hard copy report following the appropriate

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Varun Kumar Karingula, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Jeanne Michele Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

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Engineering Physics & Physics

   For the last lab, the analysis of the pre-test results (Fig. 15), revealed that, on average, 48 % of theanswers to the ten questions were correct. In contrast, the Post test results (Fig. 16) showed that, onaverage, students, answered 78 % of questions correctly.  Students were satisfied with this new way of teaching. In fact, their feedback shows 82 %satisfaction. It should be noted that, a more detailed assessment study of the learning effectivenessof virtual physics lab is planned in spring 2013 semester. If this a l s o shows positive results,then further extensions of the virtual physics lab will be planned in the future.     Conclusion  This paper examined the potential of a game based virtual laboratory environment (both game

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

timeframe, so an instructor can eliminate or streamline various parts by doing that activity him orherself. In the Fall 2012 offering of the course, Part A and E were demonstrated by the instructorand the students completed the remainder of the steps themselves. A video of Part E is availableonline www-srv2.ece.gatech.edu/academic/Fall12/TESSAL/TESSAL_GuitarFreqResp.html. Forlogistics, it is a good idea for students to have a contingency plan of finishing the lab out of classduring TA office hours in case they run out of time in class. Knowing the fall-back plan,students are less worried about completing the lab during class time and tend to be a little moreexploratory in their approach. Very few students did not finish the lab on time

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng.); Kevin P Drees, Oklahoma State University; Tom C. Volkening, Michigan State University; Carol A. Brach, University of Notre Dame; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bruce Neville, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

toresearch a medical device, current status of FDA approval, and intellectual property relateddocuments for those medical devices. For a medical device that has recently been approved bythe FDA, they are required to develop a business plan for a possible commercialization of thatproduct. What type of assistance can an experienced librarian provide to the new librarian?How can Web 2.0 tools help students keep current with the latest developments in medicaldevices? Increased cognizance of alerting services available from resources such as ASCE, IEEEXplore,Web of Knowledge, ScienceDirect and Engineering Village, is the crucial first step intheir effective use by faculty and students.The experienced librarian can initiate conversations highlighting case

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Karen A. De Urquidi, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Karl Louis Wuensch, East Carolina University; William W. Swart, East Carolina University; Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

theBig Five personality indicator. Psychologists define the "Big Five" personality traits as broadfactors or dimensions of personality, discovered through empirical studies. 16 These factors are Page 23.875.4often defined as follows:17  Extraversion (sometimes called Surgency). This broad dimension encompasses specific traits such as being talkative, energetic, and assertive.  Agreeableness. This dimension includes traits like sympathetic, kind, and affectionate.  Conscientiousness. People high in this trait tend to be organized, thorough, and planning oriented.  Neuroticism (sometimes reversed and called Emotional

Conference Session

Distance Learning and Online Teaching Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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Engineering Technology

results in learning engineering concepts [22].Assessment ProcessIn general, the purpose of assessment at National University is to ensure that we are offeringhigh quality programs, students are learning, and that we are producing high quality graduates. Inaddition, the assessment also helps to improve the program and provide necessary input forbudget and other resources allocation within the school. Since assessment is handled at variouslevels, it is very critical to have a solid assessment plan that would effectively evaluate successand allow for the assessment to be completed within time. It should also provide input on howmuch learning students have accomplished in the program. As part of the program design, thePLOs, once they are finalized

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-tech)that have been specifically designed to facilitate active learning. During the fall 2014 offering weare planning modifications to accommodate the larger number of students, but we are committedto maintaining an active learning environment with minimal lecturing. The active learningclassroom is being used to test a variety of new PBL activities that we are planning to scale-up.Learning ProposalsTo empower students to become self-directed learners, especially in the field of ethics, they arerequired to write a “learning proposal” at the beginning of the semester, which includes anexplanation of why they are taking the course, an outline of what they hope to gain from theexperience, a list of objectives, and a list of ethical questions or

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Keith W Buffinton, Bucknell University; Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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ASEE International Forum

Beijing National AquaticsCenter (the Water Cube). Though many students had heard of these places or read about thembefore, learning them from images and books is very different from being physically at the site,which gives deep impressions that can not be achieved through other means. 3.3 Other learning opportunities present during the courseWhile the scheduled visits to the sites mentioned above were a critical part of the course, otherlearning opportunities, sometimes very valuable, took place outside of the planned activities. Forexample, students learned firsthand how severe the air pollution problem is in the Chinese bigcities. The air pollution caused by industrialization was visible everywhere. We in fact rarely sawany blue skies

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Junichiro Kono, Rice University

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Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8279NanoJapan International Research Experience for Undergraduates:Dr. Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa Dr. Cheryl Matherly is Vice Provost for Global Education and Applied Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Tulsa, where she has responsibility for the strategic leadership of the university’s plan for comprehensive internationalization. Dr. Matherly’ special area of interest is with the internationalization of science and engineering education, specifically as related to workforce development. She directs the NanoJapan program, funded by the National Science Foundation in order to

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alexander Friess, University of Maine; Muhieddin Amer, RIT-Dubai

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International

award process often extends over multiple years, making it very difficult to plan research activity. The few Universities that have a research component in their activities, generally receive funds directly from the sponsors, and allocate them internally (and thus without undergoing a comprehensive competitive selection process). It is thus significantly more difficult for faculty at non-government funded universities to develop a research portfolio within the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polin Yadak, Cañada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

students decided to change theirmajor, however after taking some other classes they decided to switch their major back toengineering and planning to take the next Physics course either in Summer or Fall 2013. Summer Physics Jam (with 2012 Physics Jam credit) Results Number of Participants 4 Number Completed 4 Completion Rate 100% Number of Physics Jam Students 1 Enrolled in Physics in Fall Semester Success Rate in physics classes 100% Table 5. Summary of Physics Jam (with credit) results

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University; Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Robin A.M Hensel, West Virginia University

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Engineering Libraries

onIntellectual Property to be completed in weeks ten to eleven. Paper or online pre- and post-assessments were provided for each session to see what was known at the beginning and the endof each session. Students also completed a graded plagiarism tutorial and quiz. The assessmentresults have been much better. This paper will focus on the changes in the information sessionsand delivery methods, provide assessment data for each area, and chronicle the steps taken to setup this successful collaborative effort with the engineering instructors.IntroductionThe opportunity to teach library information literacy skills to all freshman engineering studentsin ENGR 101, Engineering Problem Solving I, began in spring 2011. Planning effectiveteaching modules

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Anderson, Rensselaer

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Design in Engineering Education

design or lab notebook – needed for effective use of Forum and/or Wiki  Project planning, especially decomposing a large task into a set of smaller tasks and identifying task dependency – needed for effective management of issues (tasks)5.1 Using a Virtual MachineWe recommend taking advantage of Virtual Machine technology to allow for experimentationprior to a production installation. Using the VirtualBox 6 technology provided by Oracle allowsone to create a virtual machine, install the operating system and then take a ‘snapshot’. The usermay then add more software and configuration data and if that iteration is deemed incorrect, thesystem can be reverted back to that snapshot and the process repeated as needed until a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte P.E., Cleveland State University; Joshua Gisemba Bagaka's, Cleveland State University; Matthew W Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Manoochehr Zoghi P.E., California State University, Fresno; Philip W. Johnson, University of Alabama; Tara L. Cavalline, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael K Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

behavior. • CVE 312 Structural Analysis 1. Truss and frame analysis, influence lines and load position criteria, deflection analysis, analysis of indeterminate structures by compatibility methods, moment distribution method, slope deflection method. • CVE 403 Construction Planning and Principles of Estimating. Types and uses of construction equipment and study of construction procedures; study of different types of estimates, direct and indirect costs, insurance, taxes, and bonds; analysis of construction schedule planning by CPM or PERT. • CVE 322 Structural Steel Design. Design of structural steel components subject to tensile, compressive, bending and combined bending and compressive loadings

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

curriculumFIGURE 1. The WPI Robotics Engineering program is consists of Introduction to Robotics at thestructured around a core consisting of Introduction to Robotics, 1000 level (1st year) and a four-courseUnified Robotics I-IV, and the Capstone Project [11]. Unified Robotics sequence at the 2000 and3000 levels (sophomore and junior years, respectively). Figure 1 provides a visualization of theRBE curriculum. All courses are offered in 7-week terms with 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours oflaboratory session per week. Further, in keeping with the long history of the WPI Plan, thesecourses emphasize project-based

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

tracked. This program has proven to be successful in the ECE department forimproving female and minority enrollment and it would serve as a great model for the institute tomeet its diversity goals. Therefore, the primary purpose of this action plan is to grow the highlysuccessful ROSE-BUD program into an institution-wide ROSE-BUD MAPS program. As part of the professional development program, students will be taught professionalskills, including communication, teamwork, understanding ethics and professionalism. Theseactivities will provide an additional benefit for female and URM students because they can beginto develop social networks as soon as they arrive on campus. Some of the key activities willinvolve one of the three annual career