Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

performance.- the large time gap between the two courses for a few of the students. It is known that in generalthe retention of course material by students is not great, so after a couple of years even if astudent did very well in a course, he/she might have difficulty applying the previously acquiredknowledge to a present course.To increase the reliability of the data interpretation we plan to continue collecting this data in thefuture. Having larger populations of students included in the study will allow for a better controlof the variables.The motivation of this study is to determine one approach that can contribute to increasedstudent learning in the upper level courses of “Vibrations” and “Dynamics Systems andControl”. Student grades are a

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H. Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Timothy A. Philpot, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Douglas R. Carroll, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Mechanics

instructor’soffice. This office is adjacent to the laboratory, and the system was designed so that the camerascan be quickly repositioned for an experiment, while still being controlled and monitored fromthe office, and then moved back into the office. A combination of electrical, audio-visual, andmusical-instrument hardware was used to suspend the cameras, lights, and monitors. Certaincomponents from Pearl Drums and Gibraltar Hardware were found to be cheaper than similaraudio-visual hardware, still allowed for rigid but flexible positioning, and fit commonly availableEMT tubing and strut channel. The authors plan to use this setup for future recordings, and otherstudios on the campus are being modeled after it

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC; Anna Newsome, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the previous year and plans to dedicate more than six hours per week to FLL.Power Ratings by Type of Team and Percent Minority Page 22.1195.5Figure 3 shows the average power ratings of different types of teams in 2010. Not surprisingly,youth organization-based teams had the lowest power ratings, and independent teams had thehighest. Teams with the highest percent minority representation had the lowest power rating(Figure 4). These data held true for 2009 teams as well.Use of Power Rating to Assign Teams to Qualifying CompetitionsThe basic reason to assign power ratings was to give

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Sarah L. Codd, Montana State University; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carla M. Cortes, Northwestern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 22.1711.14A respect for disciplines outside engineering and interdisciplinary connections is furtherencouraged by the requirement that all HMC students plan a coherent program of study ingeneral education with the assistance of a humanities and social science advisor. The goal of thisrequirement, according to HMC’s 2003 Self Study, is to help students develop “breadth in aseries of courses from different [humanities and social sciences] disciplines and depth in aconcentration of courses in a single discipline [outside their field of study]” (p. 11).Cumulatively, the humanities and social sciences requirements comprise about one-third of aHMC student’s course work.At MIT, like Harvey Mudd, the college-wide general education curriculum also

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dettman P.E., Western Kentucky University; Walter L. Collett, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

planning must be used to find the best places for these types of opportunities to beintroduced into the curriculum to enhance the educational experience of the student withoutjeopardizing any of the existing university constraints.Efforts are being made to find commonalities in certain courses across all 3 programs to expandopportunities for cross disciplinary activities. For example, all 3 programs have a 2 credit hourcourse titled Freshman Experience. In this course, they are introduced to the engineeringprofession, taught study skills, computer skills, and engage in various project based activities tospark their creative engineering minds. Up until the Fall 2010 semester, each of the 3 programshad their own Freshman Experience course so all of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Patricia Ryaby Backer, San Jose State University; Elena Klaw, Ph.D., San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Center assists faculty in aligning the service projectwith the learning objectives of the class; maximizing learning opportunities; including residentinput in the planning, implemention and evaluation of the project; developing outcome measures;and documenting, analyzing and interpreting outcome data.Renewable Energy Engineering Class Service Learning Project DetailsThe students go through several milestones throughout the semester for the Renewable Energyservice learning project. First, the students are assigned to a renewable energy technology (suchas solar cells or wind power). Students are surveyed on their preferences and teams are assignedthat balance the student’s choice while also diversifying student majors and level(undergraduate

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Nathaniel Bird, Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

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New Engineering Educators

student suggestions were addressable andwhich were not. University teaching involves a lot of time spent planning for classes alone. Thementoring helped to break me out of this vacuum and solicit and receive constructive feedbackfrom a seasoned professional based on actual student concerns. As someone new to theprofession this was appreciated, especially as not everything can or should be changed based onwhat students write on the cards.When presenting the index card procedure to my classes, I solicit feedback specifically on whathelps and what hinders their learning, and not just what they do or do not like. I have found thatsome mechanisms that I use in my course are not liked per se, but are acknowledged to help

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Ocean and Marine

management is, therefore of paramount importance tomembers of a college-level ROV team. Time management is also, unfortunately, a struggle formost college students (hence the popularity of “all nighters”) so learning and practicing good Page 22.1480.4time management is one of the great benefits of ROV team participation. The first challenge isfor the students to realistically plan their work on the vehicle, this is most difficult for new teamswhere few may have hands-on building experience let alone experience with ROVs. The advisorcan help at this stage by encouraging the students to be realistic about the time they can devote tothe project

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Siang Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada; Montell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research; Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

severalthe benefits of hands-on activities in promoting subprojects and areas as illustrated by thelearning in science courses relative to the traditional organizational chart in Figure 1.lecture-only approach at the elementary, middle andhigh school level [1][2][3][4]. Studies at theuniversity level have also suggested improvedlearning outcomes in engineering courses whenhands-on activities are a part of the lesson plan[5][6]. Moreover, these outcomes are in agreementwith what current theories of learning would predict[7]. Project-based learning involving hands-onactivities has been introduced into engineeringcourses to improve student motivation andengagement. A challenge has been to identifyprojects at the freshman level

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A. Meadows, University of Michigan; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, while male students were more often presenting moretechnical material. This observation led to the development of a research plan to assess whetherthis gender difference did indeed exist in student presentation groups, and what implications thismay have on active participation.Research MethodologyThere were two primary components to this research investigation. The first involved asystematic investigation of the roles adopted by students as a function of students’ gender andthe gender composition of their presentation group in the videotaped presentations. A codingscheme was developed for analysis of the archived videotapes of the group project presentations.Two independent judges were trained on the coding scheme and each judge evaluated each

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Carreno-Castillo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

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Women in Engineering

“attribution of selected characteristics to an institution(i.e., to its practitioners, methods, stock of knowledge, values, and work organization) forpurposes of constructing a social boundary that distinguishes some intellectual activities asoutside that boundary.Faculty members expressed a clear idea about the types of intellectual and collaborative “work”done within their own department in order to contribute to the goals or expansion of their“disciplinary space”. A full professor described the strategic planning that his department hadengaged, and used in a first year class that works at the same time theory, modeling andlaboratory experiences by means of specific design projects: “At the beginning it was difficult to believe that students

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Miller, University of Maryland; Robert Lent, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Gregory M. Wilkins, Morgan State University; Matthew M. Jezzi, University of Maryland; Kayi Hui, University of Maryland, College Park; Robert H Lim, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole A Bryan, University of Maryland, College Park; Helena Mimi Martin, University of Maryland, College Park

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Women in Engineering

underutilized as a wellspringfor STEM workforce development planning. Page 22.1209.2 While it is useful to test SCCT using nomothetic, quantitative methods, it is valuable tocomplement such research with idiographic, qualitative methods capable of elaborating specificself and environmental percepts that could inform educational interventions. For example, priorwork on SCCT has established that social supports and barriers generally have been linked topersistence in engineering majors (largely indirectly, through their relation to self-efficacy), butthe mostly nomothetic research on this issue has focused on global aspects of supports andbarriers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Review in an Engineering Design Course,” IEEE Professional Communication Society, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 264 – 279, September 2008. [4] Eschenback, E. A., “Improving Technical Writing via Web-Based Peer Review of Final Reports,” Proceedings, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. F3A1-5, 2001. [5] Brufee, K. A. “The Brooklyn Plan: Attaining Intellectual Growth through Peer-Group Tutoring,” Liberal Education vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 447-468, December 1978. [6] Smith, M.K., “'Jerome S. Bruner and the Process of Education,” The Encyclopedia of Informal Education, 2002. Available: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/bruner.htm [7] Harden, R.M., “What is a Spiral Curriculum?,” Medical Teacher, vol. 21, no 2, pp. 141 – 143, 1999. [8

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, Boston College; Michael J Cabral, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Marie F. Creager, University of Virginia

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NSF Grantees

amultidisciplinary team versus an interdisciplinary team. Faculty also will need to providethe structure and space in which this reflection can occur.Additional data collection about the first junior-year course is planned by the evaluationteam. We hope this additional evaluation work will show us what individual studentslearned from the experience and the course shaped the TLP students’ perceptions ofmultiscale design.Transporting the Technology Leaders Program to Other InstitutionsWith many of the major components of the TLP implemented at the University of theBlue Ridge, more effort has shifted towards transporting the program to other institutions.Transporting the program has been a significant goal since the program’s initialconception. Early

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; David J. Woehr, University of Tennessee; Hal R. Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

interface more accessible to a broader audience.DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL FOR TRAINING VIGNETTESThe use of critical incident analysisThe development of training vignettes is a central strategy for this project. Our plan was to use acritical incident methodology to identify a wide variety of team behavior to include in thevignettes. Originally developed by Flanagan,1 the critical incident technique gathers specific,behaviorally focused descriptions of work or other activities. Bownas & Bernardin2 assert that “agood critical incident has four characteristics: it is specific, focuses on observable behaviorsexhibited on the job, describes the context in which the behavior occurred, and indicates theconsequences of the behavior.” Thus, a good critical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Page 22.1567.7his or her own computer. Some students met virtually through the chat program or in personoutside of class to finish assignments or plan for upcoming tasks. Most of the students self-identified as prospective biomedical engineering majors. Preliminary results include the pre- and post-interviews that students completed on the firstand last days of their virtual internship. These interviews took the form of short-answer surveyquestions completed online. Our preliminary results with Nephrotex suggest that: Students made engineering content learning gains from the pre to the post interview. Students were able to solve engineering design problems better during the post interview. Most students enjoyed the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

tutor.” During each semester of the mentoring implementation, mentors invariably took on the role oftutors to satisfy student needs. Most documentation of these sessions alludes to more technicaldiscussions and review of concepts through concept mapping and other instructional strategies. Verylittle is actually said about any psycho-social issues (e.g. the difficulty of working and being in school,future career plans, life lessons, etc.) discussed during the meetings. It is unclear whether this situationrepresents a true challenge to the program or merely reflects the reality of what students in the programneed. It is equally unclear from the mentor documents whether this tutoring mode was more congruentwith the mentors’ range of experience

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy E. Study, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2011-1339: LONG-TERM IMPACT OF IMPROVING VISUALIZATIONABILITIES OF MINORITY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STU-DENTSNancy E. Study, Virginia State University Nancy E. Study is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology at Virginia State University where she teaches courses in engineering graphics, facility planning, and cost estimating. She has been active in the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE since 1999, has presented a number of papers at the EDGD midyear meetings and annual conferences, and has served as Associate Editor of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal since 2006. Nancy has a B.S. from Missouri State University and M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University. Her re- search

Conference Session

Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

process of Ask-Imagine-Plan-Create-Improve), effectively working in teams, and keeping STEM notebooks. EiE units are correlatedto the all but one of the science curriculum goals for grades 2-5. The exception is Food andNutrition in fourth grade. Supplementary materials, including lessons and activities fromTeachengineering.com are used in this unit. The complete correlation is outlined in Appendix 1.By providing teachers with application based engineering curricula that reinforce the scienceconcepts, EiE helps not only students but teachers better understand both the how and the why ofscience. For example topics in Physics, such as electromagnetism or electric circuits, require acomfort with concepts that are difficult to touch or manipulate. But

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rayshun J. Dorsey, WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc.; Ayanna M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

through the usageof a real live Space Shuttle Launch Control Center Simulator.Classes were instructed by a retired NASA engineer as studentswere exposed to the same Orbital Simulations used in NASAastronaut training. Students were engaged in simulations thatinvolved working as a team and solving real-world astronaut problems. Students worked inteams to complete payload retrieval missions operating a simulationof the shuttle robotic arm. Aviation classes consisted ofprofessional pilot instructors using Microsoft simulatorX and aDreamFlyer flight simulator that included activities such as how toread flight charts and maps, flight planning, airplane inspection,landing procedures, airplane safety, mission completion and more.Each module ended

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

" = incidental component (< 5%) Page 22.1393.9Future plans:This course has been and will continuously evolve to satisfy instructional needs of non-chemicalengineers. Immediate future plans are: (i) inclusion of a web-based virtual lab module to conductexperiments and analyze data, (ii) inclusion of CHE lab tours and mini field trips to give studentsa better perspective on engineering concepts, and (iii) expanding the ethics component.References:1. AIChE100: A Century of Achievement-Vision for the Future: 1908-2008, Chapter 25. http://www.aiche.org/uploadedFiles/About/Centennial/Books/100/AIChE_A_Century_of_Achievements_Chap 25.pdf. Last accessed

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

with using the software, creating the videos tookapproximately 30 minutes to complete and averaged between 5 – 7 minutes in length.Assessment of student access and performance indicates that the students utilized the videos,appreciated the additional learning tool, and saw a trend in improved exam scores. Theinstructors will continue to create these videos for additional worksheet and possible homeworksolutions and plan to expand the assessment from both a qualitative and quantitative standpoint.References1 O’Neill, Geiger, Csavina, and Orndoff, “Making Statics Dynamic! Combining Lecture and Laboratory into anInterdisciplinary, Problem-Based, Active Learning Environment,” 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition,Honolulu, Hawaii, June

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Anne Macdonald, University of Technology, Sydney; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

learning multi-disciplinarydesign. The authors therefore plan to introduce the concepts of BIM and associated softwaretools at earlier stages of the curriculum.Another hurdle to be overcome, in terms of introducing any new technology at University level,is that faculty members do not always remain up-to-date with technical software applicationsused in industry. This may be alleviated with closer integration between industry and academia.Many of the institutions surveyed by the authors are keen to develop strong industry links andalready have visiting tutors and lecturers from industry, and this could extend to the teaching ofBIM processes and technologies.The authors aim to determine the most effective curriculum strategies that should be adopted

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

whiteboard,where the session moderator can upload documents or presentations and draw over them or on ablank page using a regular mouse and virtual tools while explaining what they are doing using astandard computer microphone. Users can use a web cam and microphone for online chattingand discussion, or a text box for asking question if non-audio questions are preferred. This toolhas also been used for the few UF EDGE courses that have group projects, allowing for teams ofcombined distance and campus students to successfully setup their own online meetings, tocollaborate and work on projects through the teleconferencing tool. Elluminate Live has servedan additional role for college of engineering faculty to plan and collaborate on research

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Darling, Ph.D., Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

healthcare centers in moreurban areas. To mitigate this problem, the Ghana Health Service has implemented theCommunity Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) program, in which community healthofficers (CHOs), individuals with basic healthcare training, are positioned in rural communitiesto assist in preventative and emergency healthcare. The premise is that healthcare workersembedded in a community, even if working alone, can disseminate information regardingpreventative measures (nutrition, hand-washing, water quality, sanitation, malaria prevention,etc.), provide basic and some emergency medical care when transport to a healthcare center isimpossible or impractical, and relay information about the health of the community to the Ghana

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marisa K. Orr, Purdue University; Nichole M. Ramirez, Purdue University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Journal of Educational Research, 1997. 90(5): p. 269-277.15. Creswell, J.W., Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research. 3rd ed. 2008, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.16. National Center for Education Statistics. CCD - Build a Table. 2010; Available from: http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat/.17. Bowen, W., M. Chingos, and M. McPherson, Crossing the finish line: Completing college at America's public universities. 2009: Princeton Univ Pr.18. United States Dept. of Education, Table No. 265: Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees conferred by degree granting institutions, by sex of student and field of study: 2005-06. 2007, National Center for

Conference Session

Understanding Students and Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown, Washington State University; Nadia Frye, Washington State University; Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State University; Paul M. Smith, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

limits the applicability of SoC and LoU because theyhave not been tested and validated to be applied to complex and rapidly changing innovations.Innovation Configurations can be utilized more freely by the implementer to characterize thesetypes of programs and still used to identify Stages of Concern and Levels of Use. For example,an Innovation Configuration should identify how someone is using an innovation, how they havechanged the innovation and how they plan to change it in the future, which ties directly to Levelsof Use and makes identifying those levels simple4, 5. Innovation Configurations also provides anunderstanding of how each individual operationalizes a complex interaction innovation likeIDeX. Innovation Configurations look at the

Conference Session

Technology in the ECE Classroom

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul J. Weber, Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

agreed with the statement. Values ranged from 1 (“Very Strongly Agree”) to 9 (“VeryStrongly Disagree”) in increments of one. The questions with their abbreviations for the resultswere as follows: 1. Because of the EOLQs, I…Studied more than I would have if there had not been EOLQs. (Studied More) 2. Because of the EOLQs, I…Studied more often (not necessarily more in total) throughout the semester than I would have if there had not been EOLQs. (Studied More Often) 3. I feel that the EOLQs…Were beneficial to my learning. (Beneficial to Learning) 4. I feel that the EOLQs…Supplemented the other homework assignments well. (Supplemented HW Well) 5. I plan to use a study method similar to the EOLQs in future classes (if the

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Kane, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.; Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Robert F. Giles, University of Michigan; Hongwei Liao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

many are transferable to other fields ofengineering, in which the students major. Due to careful design of the assignment, all studentteams completed the in-lab work within 2 hours as scheduled, which is among the key factors forstudent satisfaction with the lab. We collected feedback in several formats and found that manystudents see this lab as interesting, enjoyable, and valuable for their learning and their futurecareers.Our investigation of the student feedback relates to studies on interdisciplinary learning6 , 7, 8 andlearning in groups or teams9, 10. We plan to continue our research of the outcomes of this lab forstudent learning in their courses of major

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Peyton Jones, Villanova University; Connor W. McArthur, Villanova University; Tyler A. Young, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

”, www.mathworks.com/ matlabcentral/fileexchange/13399/, 2009.19. McNinch, L. C., Soltan, R. A., Muske, K. R., Ashrafiuon, H., Peyton-Jones, J. C. “An Experimental Mobile Robot Platform for Autonomous Systems Research and Education”, Proceedings of the 17th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, (2009): 412-41820. McNinch, L. C., Soltan, R. A., Muske, K. R., Ashrafiuon, H., Peyton-Jones, J. C. “Application of a Coordinated Trajectory Planning and Real-time Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm”. Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, June 30-Jul 2, Baltimore MD, (2010).21. NXT OSEK/JSP, website, http://lejos-osek.sourceforge.net/22. VU-LEGO Real Time Target, website, http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral