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Computers and Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University College of Engineering

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Computers in Education

research and teaching interests, Dr. Sankar has published more than 100 papers in journals, book chap- ters, and conference proceedings. He has won many awards for research and teaching from the Society for Information Management, NEEDS and John Wiley and Sons, Decision Sciences Institute, American So- ciety for Engineering Education - Southeastern Section, American Society for Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, and the Project Management Institute. Page 23.1063.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Serious Games to Improve Student Learning in Engineering

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INTERACTIVE SESSION – Measuring the Impact on Communities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University

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Community Engagement Division

,fundamental, and extremely pervasive‖ motivation of humans to fulfill needs for attachmentthrough social bonds (Baumeister & Leary18, p. 497).However, reaping the benefits of connection to community can be especially challenging inintrovert-dominated19 engineering and similar STEM fields because sense of community hasbeen shown to be moderated by level of extraversion,11 thus making it substantially harder forintroverts to develop these connections. Service learning programs and other projects thatprovide motivation for interactions while allowing work that may be individualized can supportthe development of a sense of community in introverted students.Social capital can be defined as resources gained from relationships. In the context

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Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6686Seeing the Big Picture: The Role that Undergraduate Work Experiences CanPlay in the Persistence of Female Engineering UndergraduatesMs. Cate Samuelson, University of Washington Cate Samuelson is a Doctoral Candidate in Education and Leadership Policy Studies at the University of Washington. She also works as a Research Assistant at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD), where she conducts qualitative research and analysis on the Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE) project. Her research interests include P-20 school-community relations and community capacity

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Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zsuzsa Balogh, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Marvin E. Criswell P.E., Colorado State University; Michael A De Miranda, Colorado State University

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Civil Engineering

three times in the student‟spreparation: after their undergraduate work, immediately after a graduate level program, or afterMasters-Level graduation and the first few years of experience. This study addresses in somedetail how well the Masters-Level structural engineering education, supplemented with theknowledge increase expected from the initial professional experience, meets the expectations ofthe structural engineering profession in the United States. The outcomes of this research project include an assessment of the competency level(using Bloom‟s taxonomy [1]) expected to be achieved by the conclusion of the Masters-Levelprogram and after the initial five years of professional practice following the graduate program ineach of the

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Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Environments

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Tech - CEISMC; Cher C Hendricks, Georgia Institute of Technology; Norman F. Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology - CEISMC; Julia Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

the role as FLL Operational Partner for Georgia, I am involved in two NSF funded research projects that use engineering design and robotics in STEM education. The NSF projects are SLIDER:Science Learning Integrating Design, Engineering, and Robotics and the recently awarded AMP-IT-UP:Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrating Technology to Unlock Potential.Prof. Cher C Hendricks, Georgia Institute of TechnologyMr. Norman F. Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology - CEISMC Norman Robinson is a seventeen year STEM educator currently serving as an Education Outreach Man- ager for the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) since June 2011. Prior to his service at

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Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Charles Knight, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R Peralta, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

after working 60-90 hours, three hours a day, fivedays a week for four-six weeks. This is an increase in efficiency compared to the number ofweeks that students spend on math courses either at the high school or in remedial math classesat the college. Although other summer boot camps for minority students focused on strategies tobuild a sense of self-confidence, this one is focused on improving the student math skills in avery expedite way and this helps indirectly to build their self-confidence.I. IntroductionThis paper presents the strategies implemented and the promising results of a successful summermath accelerator program that the Department of Engineering has prepared for studentscategorized as not ready for Calculus.The project has been

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srujal Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel P. Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

and motivate more adolescent learners topursue careers in Engineering. Recently multiple initiatives have been undertaken to raiseinterest in STEM education in the United States2, 3. Many of these initiatives are outreachprograms to engage high school students in projects which focus on cultivating their aptitude inSTEM related disciplines. Most of these programs appear to be focused more on Science orMathematics rather than on Engineering and Technology (besides the use of computers) 4. Evenin those rare K-12 outreach programs where Engineering is the primary area of focus, it isusually introduced through problems or activities related to the application fields of Robotics,Manufacturing, Computer-aided-design (CAD) etc. Most of these

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Training and Workforce Needs in the Energy Sector

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hayrettin B Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #6261Nuclear Workforce Development Scholarships and Enhancements ProgramPhase I: Outreach and RecruitingDr. Hayrettin B Karayaka, Western Carolina University Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, PhD Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Western Carolina University Department of Engineering and Technology Belk Building 339 Cullowhee, NC 28723 Bora Karayaka is an Electrical Engineering faculty at Kimmel School, Western Carolina University. With his over ten years of industry experience, he has extensive experience in project management, and a clear understanding of deadlines, industry requirements, safety and

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Purdue University; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

(eitherimplicitly or explicitly) that the public does not understand or appreciate engineering becausethey are uninformed or misinformed and that, consequently, the provision of more information(in the form of scientific literacy or the benefits of engineering) will lead to increasedunderstanding and support for engineering. In that way, such initiatives are enactments of thedeficit model. The deficit model (DM) is a term from the field of Science and TechnologyStudies (STS) used to describe initiatives/projects that are based upon a belief in the public’slack of knowledge and scientific literacy and seek to remedy it by providing more, and correct,information. However, a large body of literature has now identified significant problems with thedeficit

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; David F. Bahr, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University; Kimberly R Schneider, University of Central Florida; John C Lusth, University of Alabama

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6352Three Training Programs for Preparing Undergraduates to Conduct ResearchDr. Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama Dr. Susan L. Burkett earned the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Univer- sity of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1985, 1987, and 1992, respectively. She joined the University of Alabama in 2008 as the Alabama Power Foundation Endowed Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 2005 to 2007, she served as program director at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education. She has funded research projects with the National

Conference Session

Delivery Methods in Mechanical Engineering Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 23.569.5welcomed the opportunity to complete some of the work for the course in a remotelocation at a time of their choice. The class met face-to-face for six weeks and online forfour weeks out of the 10-week quarter as shown in Table 1. The first in-class meetingtook place during the first week of school to discuss in detail the format and all therequirements of the course. The final two weeks the class also met in-class so thatstudents were able to completethe laboratories and the final design project. In betweenthese weeks the class met every two weeks face-to-face,and every two weeks online.Table 1. Schedule of Hybrid Mechatronics CourseWeek Class Format Topics1 In-class Introduction to Mechatronic

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...by Design

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanner J Huffman, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

State University and the current director for the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is working on several National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects in- cluding a project exploring engineering design knowing and thinking as an innovation in STEM learning. His areas of research include engineering design thinking, adult learning cognition, engineering education professional development and technical training. He has extensive international experience working on technical training and engineering projects funded by the Asian Development

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng.); Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

laboratory projects for teaching topics inprototyping, fluid mechanics, chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, separation science, heat andmass transfer, process control, biotechnology, materials science, and image processing.Microfluidicis is also an useful gateway for introducing engineering students to biotechnologyand biomedical fields, since many chemical and biotechnology processes done on the chemistrylab bench can be translated to microfluidic formats. Moreover, microfluidics is emerging as animportant commercial technology, and engineering students will be well served by gainingknowledge and experience in this field. A typical microfluidic system is centered around a credit-card sized plastic ‘lab on a chip’ thathosts a fluidic network of

Conference Session

Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Engineering Design Graphics

Information Graphics and Engineering DesignAbstractDocumentation for engineering design requires succinct project descriptions, often withinformation and data visualizations. In an effort to expose students to these types ofvisualizations students were asked to summarize each individual chapter of a technology-basedbook of their choice using a different visualization method. This exercise exposed students to awide range of methods and gave them tools for future engineering project document design. ThePeriodic Table of Visualization Methods1 website was used as a starting point for the types ofvisualizations students could explore. This site is an e-learning site focusing on visual literacy:the ability to evaluate, apply, or create conceptual visual

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Minorities in Engineering

from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CA- REER) award winner and is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota; Mohammad Khavanin, University of North Dakota

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

CoachingPeer mentoring and reciprocal peer coaching are integral components of our project, as weexpect the engineering peer mentors to provide real-time, instructive feedback as well asguidance on efficient study habits to students enrolled in calculus and who are consideringengineering as an academic major. Moreover, we use peer mentors to connect students to campusresources as well as to one another. Peer mentoring is regarded as a successful intervention toaddress issues of student retention in academic programs12. Peer mentoring, as defined byKram13 is “a helping relationship in which two individuals of similar age and/or experience cometogether … in the pursuit of fulfilling some combination of functions that are career-related andpsychosocial

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Weizhao Zhao, University of Miami; Ann G Bessell PhD; Nurgun Erdol, Florida Atlantic University; Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; William T. Rhodes, Florida Atlantic University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the viewer’s attention and conveying explanations more effectively22. On the otherhand, the Internet’s interactive feature is usually utilized well but its advantage to learningevaluation is often neglected. For example, the Internet provides the teaching-learning process anefficient and automatic means to receive un-biased feedback by designed assessmentfunctions19,26. A dynamic tracking system embedded in the Internet accessible interactivityteaching software is highly desirable to use the Internet’s un-biased and online feedback featureto influence evaluation.Educational Hypothesis and Project ObjectiveThe motivation to start the project was to match student’s learning style10, “I hear and I forget, Isee and I remember, I do and I

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Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida; Sarina J. Ergas, University of South Florida; Ramesh K. Goel, University of Utah; Dilek Ozalp, University of South Florida; Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6675Development of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Environmental Engi-neering CoursesDr. Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, DartmouthProf. Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida Dr Jeffrey Cunningham is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at the University of South Florida (USF). Dr Cunningham’s research and teaching interests are related to the fate, transport, and remediation of contaminants in the environment. His current students are working on projects related to the clean-up of soil contaminated by hazardous chemicals, the fate of

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

a complete reference list in written documents • Explain how research and information sources are related to making evidence-based engineering decisionsPortions of this content are taught at two different times during the semester. Initialconversations about high quality resources occur early in the semester, during the second week,when the students are being introduced to Model Eliciting Activities (MEA). MEAs are openended design projects in real-world, client driven scenarios 4. As an early step in completing andMEA, students need to find information to help define the context of the situation for which theyare designing a solution.Week 2 focuses on a discussion of trustworthy sources and data literacy through fact checkingand

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Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Golebiowska; Giovanni Kelly II; Yassir M. Samra; James P Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering

the efficiency of both virgin and waste vegetable oil biodiesel whencompared to standard petroleum fuel. Studies were performed on the purity of the biodiesel andfuel efficiency when varying the alcohol and base. This initial research project evolved into another independent project involving fourChemical Engineering students that focused on the conversion of glycerin into other usefulproducts. Some products that can be manufactured from glycerin are: bar soap, liquid soap, andcandles. These projects evolved into a collaboration between the Chemical Engineeringundergraduates, and graduate students from the School of Business to produce a cost andfeasibility analysis on the products from the biodiesel reaction. These products have the

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Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern UniversityElizabeth Marie Spingola Elizabeth is a junior at Ohio Northern University. She is the Project Manager of an organization at school that is designing and fabricating a model Mars Rover for a local museum. She is, also, has leadership roles in Phi Sigma Rho, the engineering sorority at ONU. Other organizations she belongs to include SWE, ASME, Flute Choir, JEC, and more. Page 23.238.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Bachelor of Science in Engineering Education: Differentiating from Traditional

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Design Based Energy Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Syed Mohammed Tahmid, Naval Air Systems Command; Bilal Saleh Gill; Kee M Park, Queensborough Community College; Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; SangHoon Lee, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Optimization and testing of a first generation cavitation heat pumpIntroductionMajor objective of this project is to enhance the educational experiences of engineering studentswhile working on a team project resembling a realistic work environment similar to that of andindustrial setting. During 2012 summer vacation, 23 undergraduate students from three differentuniversities (one private university, one city university and one state university) conducted 2012summer undergraduate research activity. Theme of the 2012 summer undergraduate researchactivity was renewable energy systems. The summer undergraduate research activity wasverbally advertized only throughout three mechanical engineering undergraduate classes of 2012spring semester. However, 23

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Instrumentation

operator.PLCs are used in almost every factory setting where there is assembly line technologyand automated processes. They are also used to control such things as dishwashers,lighting systems and computer peripherals.3In 1968 General Motors issued a request for proposals for an electronic replacement forhard-wired relay system. The winning proposal came from Bedford Associates 4 whostarted a new company dedicated to developing, manufacturing, selling, and servicingthis new product: Modicon, which stood for MOdular DIgital CONtroller. One of thepeople who worked on that project was Richard E. Morely, who is considered to be the"father" of the PLC.5PLCs are a form of computer that has the specific job of sequencing the steps in a processor the

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Implementing Transfer, Exchange, Research Programs and Professional Development; in Asia and Far East

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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International

; Processes-Plastics & Composites 3ECT-466 Microcomputer Architecture 3 MFG-438 Sustainable Manufacturing & Product Design 3ECT-408 Data Acquisition & Measurements 2  ECT-408 Data Acquisition & Measurements 2ENG-271* Technical Writing Laboratory 2  ENG-271* Technical Writing Laboratory 2 IET-408 Lean Management Methods 3IET-323 Project Management 3  IET-323 Project Management 3SET-499

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Training and Workforce Needs in the Energy Sector

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston (CoT); Radhakrishna Kotti, University of Houston (CoE); Jesus Arturo Villanueva

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

interests are in the area of power electronics which includes advanced converters for power supplies, power quality issues, active power filter development, utility interface issues, power conditioning systems for fuel cells, wind and solar energy systems. She holds one US patent with industry collaboration. She is an IEEE Senior member and is actively involved in funded research projects while engaged in teaching, research and consulting in the area of power electronics, motor drives, power quality and clean power utility interface issues.Mr. Radhakrishna Kotti, University of Houston (CoE) Radhakrishna Kotti received his B.TECH degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (J.N.T.U), India in 2010. Currently he

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; rebecca lyons; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kyle Heyne; Tripp Driskell, Institute of Simulation and Training; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Hal R Pomeranz; Eduardo Salas, University of Central Florida; Andrew Caleb Loignon, UNC - Charlotte; Shirley C Sonesh, UCF

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

project: An empirical evaluation. Applied Measurement in Education,22(3), 290-308.Page |3 January 7, 2013 NSF CCLI Phase 3 Grant 0817403, SMARTER Teamwork: System for Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, and Remediation for Teamwork 6. Loughry, M.L., M.W. Ohland, and D.D. Moore. Development of a Theory-Based Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 6 2007; vol. 67: pp. 505 – 524. 7. Ohland, M. W., Layton, R. A., Loughry, M. L., & Yuhasz, A. G. (2005). Effects of behavioral anchors on peer evaluation reliability. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(3), 319-326. 8. Kaufman, D

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington D.C. Dr. Zhang is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. She has served regularly on the organizing committees and program committees of many international conferences. Her research projects are supported from National Science Foundation, US Geological Survey (USGS), and UDC. Page 23.1076.1 c American Society for Engineering

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ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University; Greg Lammers, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

engineering education.Prof. Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University Dimitrios Peroulis received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2003. He has been with Purdue University since August 2003 where he is currently leading a group of graduate students on a variety of research projects in the areas of RF MEMS, sensing and power harvesting applications as well as RFID sensors for the health monitoring of sensitive equipment. He has been a PI or a co-PI in numerous projects funded by government agencies and industry in these areas. He has been a key contributor in two DARPA projects at Purdue focusing on 1) very high quality (Q>1,000) RF tunable filters in mobile form factors

Conference Session

Starting Them Early

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Zdanna Tranby; Scott K Van Cleave, Science Museum of MN; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, Science Museum of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

been engagement tools within clinical contexts as a therapeutic tooland for play therapy4. Puppets provide a concrete focal point that enhances children’scomprehension, interest, and engagement during a discourse activity5,6. So instead ofdiscussing their own insecurities, fears, or opinions, the puppet is used as a surrogate aschildren project their own persona onto the puppet. Puppets have also been used toencourage children in mathematical lessons7, promote engagement in science9, and teachphonics9. Puppets have been shown to: • Decrease children’s fears of the interview process • Lower anxiety levels • Help assess children’s knowledge • Help children to adjust to environment • Provide effective

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adam Paczuski; S.M. Krishnan

surgical procedures as there is a probability that the complexityof the constituent modules in the robotic system could lead to certain malfunctionsand failures. The objective of the paper is to review the failures and safetyconsiderations linked with robot-assisted surgery and to make recommendations toenhance certain safety features and protocols. The present project was undertakenas a research project by a sophomore student in Biomedical Engineering.Malfunctions and failures that occur during robot-assisted surgery may be broadlyclassified under operator errors and mechanical, electrical, and software failures.Reported electronic failures in robot assisted surgeries mention incidents of burns inpatients and the ability to burn flesh due to