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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

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Olga Lepsky; Michael Werner

Teaching Algorithms by Tweaking Algorithms Olga Lepsky1 [Michael Werner2]Abstract This paper describes an approach to teaching algorithms that requires students to do experimentationand think about ways to improve/apply the algorithms. They program and benchmark the algorithms on inputs ofincreasing size and compare the results to the predicted complexity curve. They then attempt variations (tweaks) onthe algorithm to see if they can improve performance, or apply it to a different input. The approach was tested intwo computer science courses: Algorithm Design and Analysis, and Bioinformatics Algorithms.Keywords: Algorithms, Bioinformatics 1

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura P. Ford, The University of Tulsa; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Bruce K. Vaughen, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta, Canada; Luke Landherr, Northeastern University; David L. Silverstein, P.E., University of Kentucky; Troy J. Vogel, University of Notre Dame; Christy Wheeler West, University of South Alabama; Stephen W. Thiel, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #37520How We Teach: Capstone DesignDr. Laura P. Ford, The University of Tulsa LAURA P. FORD is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. She teaches engineering science thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, mass transfer/separations, and chemi- cal engineering senior labs. She is a co-advisor for TU’s Engineers Without Borders - USA chapter and is a co-PI for the Refining Technologies Joint Industry Project.Dr. Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University Jennifer Cole is the Assistant Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and

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Tricks of the Trade II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

. Ethics and Behavior 10:1 (January 2000), pp. 27–50.[10] McNeill, N., Cox, M., Diefes-Dux, H., Medley, T., and Hayes, J. Development of an instrument to collectpedagogical data from graduate teaching assistants within engineering laboratories. 2008 ASEE Annual Conference.[11] Reges, S. Using undergraduates as teaching assistants at a state university. In Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSETechnical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Reno, Navada, USA, February 19 - 23, 2003). SIGCSE '03.ACM, New York, NY, 103-107. DOI= http://doi.acm.org.www.lib.ncsu.edu:2048/10.1145/611892.611943[12] Gehringer, Edward F. Using independent-study projects in your research, teaching, and service program

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Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Leigh Weiss, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1292: WIND TURBINES TO TEACH PARAMETRIC DESIGNSmitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Smitesh Bakrania is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 2008 and his B.S. from Union College in 2003. His research interests include combustion synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications.Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University Krishan Bhatia is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 2004. His research interests include fuel cells, advanced powertrains and vehicle emissions.William Riddell, Rowan University William Riddell

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Reserve University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

modules of various physics topics developedand/or underway to be developed by the authors are presented and discussed. We believe it isworthwhile to develop new ways of teaching and learning physics, by taking advantage of theunprecedented developments of the last two decades in computer hardware, software, programminglanguages and Internet. The materials presented herein can be used as the starting point for otherinstructors considering using similar tools in undergraduate level physics courses. The authors alsostrongly believe that discussions and feedback from other educators will advance physics educationthrough introduction of new topics, laboratory experiments or new emerging computer applications indelivering lecture or in doing

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Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

Session 1630 Innovative Teaching and Learning Strategies Dr. John A. Marshall, Dr. June E. Marshall University of Southern Maine / Saint Joseph’s CollegeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and describe teaching tools and techniques thatwill help new faculty as well as experienced faculty become more effective teachers.Based on a review of the literature, the following excerpts have been divided into twomajor sections. The focus of the first section is the learning process, and the secondsection discusses innovative methods of teaching.Topics included in the “Learning” section include: 1) Focusing on Learning

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

problems of businessand life. Page 10.376.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Why, of all the human arts, does college teaching not improve? From Plato’s academy ofthe fifth century B.C. to the research university of today, professors have taught much thesame way, with indifferent results. A few students learn very well, many learn a little,and a few nothing at all.What is a better idea? Try learning. Learning is something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Resnick

Session 2548 Teaching the Programmer’s “Bag of Tricks” Brian J. Resnick, P.E. University of CincinnatiAbstractPrior to entering academia, the author provided supplemental programming education to the newhires for a manufacturer of an embedded system application. Over a twenty year period, heobserved the skill set of graduates from a variety of educational institutions, and discovered thatthey understood the syntax but were unable to conceive or express a solution to many of theproblems at hand. They had limited exposure to the problem-solving techniques

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rami Zarrouk; Andrew Love; Maurice F. Aburdene

Session 1520 Teaching Kalman Filters To Undergraduate Students Andrew Love Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Maurice Aburdene, Rami William Zarrouk Bucknell UniversityAbstractThe Kalman filter algorithm is one of the most common estimation techniques used today, yetgenerally engineers do not encounter it until they have begun their graduate or professionalcareers, even though the concepts necessary to understand it are introduced to sophomoreengineering students. This paper presents an approach

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Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

Session 2213 New Approaches to Teaching and Learning for Industry-Based Engineering Professionals C D Grant, B R Dickson Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland,UK.ABSTRACTIt is no longer possible for the profession and academia to assume that all chemical engineers canbe educated, trained and developed in the way that prevailed in the latter part of the 20th centuryi.e. by means of conventional under-graduate degree courses targeted at school

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Norman D. Dennis

1 2 3 Engaging Engineering Students through 4 Improved Teaching 5 6 7 Norman D. Dennis 8 University of Arkansas 910111213 Abstract1415 National enrollment statistics show that engineering programs historically lose more than 55% of16 their entering students to attrition of some form1. Whether this attrition is to other academic17 programs or from college altogether it is clearly a problem that must be reversed if we are to18 attract and retain the best and brightest minds to the engineering profession for the future. While19 there are a wide variety of reasons for the poor retention of

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Program Support Initiatives

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Jesse M. Kinder, Oregon Institute of Technology; Ben S. Bunting Jr, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #32736Development of an Institutional Teaching ModelDr. Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology Dr. Riley has been teaching civil engineering structures and mechanics concepts for over 12 years and has been honored with both the ASCE ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Civil Engineering Educa- tion Award and the Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award. While he teaches freshman to graduate-level courses across the civil engineering curriculum, his focus is on engineering mechanics. He values classroom demonstrations and illustrative laboratory and field experiences. He has served as

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Fisseha Meresa Alemayehu, Texas Tech University; Haileyesus Belay Endeshaw, Texas Tech University; Ricardo Cruz Lozano, Texas Tech University

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Design in Engineering Education

, Page 24.468.18 complimenting what was already being done in the context of reliability.” • R8.13: “The required laboratory courses (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) emphasize statistics and uncertainty analysis in Design of Experiments. Students in the Junior level Machine Design course are taught to consider the variability of materials, manufacturing processes, and unpredictable factors of products in service such as variable loading, and the necessity for a factor of Safety. They analyze the empirical nature of fatigue analysis, and apply fundamental concepts of uncertainty in designing components.” • R8.14: “We focus on teaching them how to deal with uncertainty through prototyping and

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New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Doanh Van

Session 2533 Teaching Design for Energy Sustainability Doanh Van, PhD., PE., CEM Union UniversityAbstract“Increasingly, investors are diversifying their portfolios by investing in companies that set industry-wide best practices with regard to sustainability”1. Sustainability has become yet anotheruniversal trend, besides total quality management, six sigma and total customer satisfaction, thatbusinesses and industries must adapt to remain competitive in the global market. Industries areadapting to Corporate Sustainability and, as a result, engineers

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa L. Hein; Dan Budny

Session 3280 Teaching With STYLE: Strategies That Work Teresa L. Hein, Dan D. Budny American University/Purdue UniversityAbstractThis paper will review two particular learning style models and their application to physics andengineering education. The first model to be described is the Dunn and Dunn Learning StyleModel. The Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model is employed with non-science majors enrolledin introductory physics at American University. The second model to be described is the KolbLearning Style Model. The Kolb Learning Style Model is utilized with engineering

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-5275: DEVELOPING AND DESIGNING UNDERGRADUATE LAB-ORATORY WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK EXERCISESDr. David Border, Bowling Green State University David A. Border, Ph.D., holds a principle research interest in electronic information systems. This field includes digital communication and networking and intelligent networked devices. His current work in- cludes wireless sensor networks. Prior research included work on signal bandwidth compression and signal specific data encoding techniques. His technology application interest includes networked systems. Typical teaching duties include junior- and senior-level courses in the Electronics and Computer Technol- ogy (ECT) program. Within this course set are the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor F. Medina; Valarie Akerson; Nina Wang

personal inquiry project related tocourse topics. Data was collected in the form of videotaped course sections, pre- andpost-interviews of the professor and students, and course documents such as lesson plans,syllabus, and student work. After data was analyzed it was found there were benefits toboth students and instructor in terms of knowledge gained and objectives being met forboth research and teaching. Challenges to using the project-based method were alsoidentified. A call for future research could be helping professors more easily transition tothe use of the project-based method.I. IntroductionEnvironmental Engineering Laboratory is a traditional part of the curriculum for graduateprograms in environmental engineering. The traditional

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Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

into existing SemiconductorManufacturing Technology (SMT) Degree offerings at the partner community colleges.Associate degree-seeking students enrolled at the community college travel to the MTFfor a scheduled laboratory period and co-share the Microelectronics Teaching Factorywith baccalaureate and masters degree-seeking students enrolled at ASU.BACKGROUNDASU East is a new campus of Arizona State University located in the city of Mesa,Arizona. It is at the former Williams Air Force Base in the southeast part of the PhoenixMetropolitan area; now known as the Williams Campus. Page 8.276.2Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati

and MEMS devices for chemical and biological assays. He was the teaching assistant for the Biochip Laboratory course discussed in this paper. Page 12.1112.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 NSF CCLI: A Problem-Based Microfluidics Laboratory Course for UndergraduatesAbstractIn the past decade, microfabrication (MEMS) and behavior of fluids on the microscale(microfluidics) have transformed many areas of engineering and applied sciences. Yet little hasbeen done to transfer the microfluidics research to the undergraduate curricula. To address thisneed, using support from a NSF CCLI award

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno

AC 2008-989: ENGINEERING PROJECT LABORATORY MODULES FOR ANINTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS COURSEStacy Gleixner, San Jose State University STACY GLEIXNER is an Associate Professor in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at San Jose State University. She teaches courses on introductory materials engineering, electronic materials, solid state kinetics, and microelectronic processing. Prof. Gleixner has an active research program in solar cells and micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). She can be reached at gleixner@email.sjsu.edu.Elliot Douglas, University of Florida ELLIOT DOUGLAS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew William Wooden, Purdue University Northwest; Jiliang Li P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Evan Laviolette, First Group Engineering, Inc.; Yun Liu, Purdue University Northwest

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Civil Engineering

and rock exploration, geotechnical and foundation engineering in particular.Mr. Evan Laviolette, First Group Engineering, Inc.Prof. Yun Liu, Purdue University Northwest Dr. Liu got his Ph.D from Purdue University. West Lafayette in 2016. He joined the Purdue University Northwest in 2017. He has taught Fluid Mechanics, Heat transfer, thermodynamics and Solar energy engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Effective Stress and Upward Seepage Laboratory DemonstrationAbstractUnderstanding the different ways students grasp information, specifically students inSTEM related fields, is necessary for effective teaching. The two main approaches forlearning/teaching are the inductive

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Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University

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Civil Engineering

of the TCP/IP, a mobile remote shake tablelaboratory is further proposed to meet the learning style of the new generation. In this paper, thedeveloped interactive remote shake table laboratories will be discussed in detail and acorresponding teaching module for the proposed mobile shake table laboratory is demonstrated.IntroductionHistory frequently reminds us how destructive earthquakes can be. For example, the Loma Prietaearthquake (magnitude 6.9) in 1989 caused an estimated $6 billion in property damage and tookaway 63 human lives.1 The Northridge earthquake (magnitude 6.7) in 1994 brought an estimatedof $20 billion property damage and claimed the lives of 57 people with more than 5,000 injured.2To design and build safer and more

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

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Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Abhishek Kumar, Wentworth Institute of Technology; John Peter Voccio

Paper ID #40647Introducing a Research Project to a First-year Mechanical LaboratoryCourseDr. Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middProf. Abhishek Kumar, Wentworth Institute of Technology I am an Assistant Professor in Wentworth Institute of Technology. I have completed PhD from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.Dr. John Peter Voccio Assistant Professor, Ph.D

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1996 Annual Conference

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R.J. Kennerknecht; R.H. Cockrum; G.K. Herder; E.T. Ibrahim

). Figure 1. An Overview of the ISC LaboratoryThe ApproachThe classic approach to teaching instrumentation to engineering technology students was toshow them different types of instruments and tell them what they are used for in engineering.This approach assumed that technology students could not design and build instrumentsystems because of a lack of mathematical abilities. By using these new techniques any studentcan design, build and test instruments with a minimum amount of mathematics skills. Theprograms used in this laboratory contain many function modules in their libraries whichsimply require the student to select the function and connect it with other function modulesgraphically on the computer screen and create a complete system. Figure 2

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University

styles at bothuniversities when the students are admitted to the engineering program. This will be used inconjunction with project results to evaluate impact of the newly developed teachingmethodologies on various types of learners. In addition, within a specific type of learner (i.e., fora given student), the relative impact of the project on the effectiveness of their learning acrossdifferent learning styles will be evaluated.Summary and ConclusionsAn innovative teaching method using advanced video technology that allowed for collaborationbetween partner universities and an international industrial partner (located in Japan) wasimplemented in a geotechnical engineering laboratory course. The main benefits of theinnovative teaching method

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher G. Braun

Session 3532 Being Efficient in Lab: Multi-media Tutorials for Laboratory Projects Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesIntroductionOne of the most time consuming teaching tasks is running a mainstream laboratory with alimited number of hardware setups. These setups can be complex and requireconsiderable effort from both faculty and students to master. With limited setups,students attempt laboratory modules long after receiving training on the equipment. As aresult, they are sometimes unable to complete the lab, even with detailed instructions, andfaculty

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Michael V. Gangone, The University of Texas at Tyler

Paper ID #35795Creating a Hands on Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Experience atHomeProf. Michael V. Gangone, The University of Texas at Tyler Michael Gangone is an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. His research interests are in structural engineering, in particular structural health monitoring of structures as well as engineering education. He teaches or has taught in a range of content areas within civil engi- neering including fluids and hydraulics, civil engineering materials, structural mechanics and design and geotechnical engineering

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Chemical Engineering in Silico

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 22.588.6Conclusions This work describes the results of integrating an ethics case study in Senior UnitOperations Laboratory over a two year period. The data obtained from post course surveysrevealed several findings. First, students feel that learning ethics is important, and that casestudies were a useful tool in doing so. Second, we need to consider if teaching ethics is useful,because it is often a function of how students are raised. Finally, choosing the “right” personnel(i.e. one that is engaging and possesses a relevant industrial background) for this project isimportant for delivering a positive experience for students.References[1] American Institute of Chemical Engineering , AICHE Code of Ethics, Accessed January 18,2011

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahman S. Motlagh; Alireza Rahrooh

Session 2547 The Fundamental Digital Circuits Laboratory at The University of Central Florida Bahman S. Motlagh, Alireza Rahrooh University of Central FloridaAbstractA course in Digital Circuits is an essential part of a well-rounded Electrical EngineeringTechnology (EET) curriculum. With hands-on experiments significantly improving theunderstanding and visualization of complex subject matters, a series of laboratory experimentshave been developed in order to enhance the teaching and learning processes of Digital Circuitsat the University of Central Florida. The

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida; Lorelie Imperial, University of Florida; Corey Payne, University of Florida; Chang-Yu Wu, University of Florida; Maria Korolev, University of Florida; Philip J. Brucat, University of Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #23830Board 160: General Chemistry Laboratory as Situated Engineering DesignDr. Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida Kent Crippen is a Professor of STEM education in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research involves the design, development, and evaluation of STEM cyberlearning environments as well as K-12 teacher professional development.Lorelie Imperial, University of Florida School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, University of FloridaMr. Corey Payne, University of FloridaDr