Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Sean Poust, University of California-Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

designed for the development of written, oral, and interpersonalcommunication skills. The course ran continuously as required course for over 20 years untilFall 2007. The course was recently redeveloped and reintroduced in Fall 2011, after a four-yearhiatus, and was phased-in as an optional elective course in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academicyears. It is a required course for the class of 2015. The course runs multiple sections eachsemester of up to 30 students each section, serving approximately 100 students each year. Thetotal number of sections is planned to increase in response to a growing chemical engineeringundergraduate body and the required status of the course. We anticipate running five sectionsserving about 150 students during the 2013

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

can also be programmed using theMission Planner. The user interface is shown in Figures 6 and 7. Page 23.237.7 Figure 6: Mission Planner flight plan user interface Figure 7: Mission Planner way point navigation modeThe flight computer and avionics circuit details are shown in Figure 8. The APM flightcomputer interfaces with the GPS, accelerometer, magnetometer, XBee, receiver, and pressuresensor. It also interfaces with all the control servo motors and the speed controller. The cameraand its transmitter are controlled using a separate radio on a different frequency. The electrichelicopter setup is shown

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Mark Cuson; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

were planning to declare a mechanical engineering major (but at this stage of their education many have not officially declared a major) and other students expressed interest in civil engineering, physics and mathematics.• Case Study Method Curriculum: The two-part case study was developed to involve two lab experiences – analysis of beams (referred to as Longboard - Trucks) and elasticity of materials (referred to as Longboard - Deck). The case study incorporated 12 engineering concepts drawn from the undergraduate engineering course text20 and 10 entrepreneurial concepts selected from a popular graduate-level textbook on entrepreneurship21. Each part of the case study involved 4-6 pages of text, 1-2

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University

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Community Engagement Division

difficult, I began a seminar program in which teams of people from partner schools (parents,teachers, etc.) learn from me and from guest lecturers how to fundraise and write proposals tofund playgrounds. These efforts have enabled three schools to complete their playgrounds. Myultimate goal is to upgrade all the public school playgrounds in my community.Truly addressing a community issue requires planning, assessment, evaluation, and action;reflecting on this process has enabled me to be a better citizen to my community and a betterinstructor for my students.ReferencesBoyer, E. (1990, re-released 1997). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of theprofessoriate. Princeton, NJ: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Boyer, E. (1996). The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University; R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

overview of the project and its plan of work is discussed elsewhere12.360-Degree Data CollectionThe data on this project was collected using a 360-degree or multi-rater type of collectionmethod. The 360-degree method is commonly used in performance evaluations, providingfeedback to an individual from multiple perspectives13. This method provides data for thisproject from many different perspectives forming a reliable and valid picture of faculty membercharacteristics and their work environment perceptions. Perspectives include that of self,colleagues, students, experts in education innovation (such as the director of a center for teachingand learning), and the reality (from administrators and published documents) and perceptions(from individuals

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

collect baseline data duringthe first year. They focused on evaluation planning efforts during the first year of the grant;findings from a survey and interviews administered to college faculty and administrators; andinstitutional data related to the goals of the Program. During years two and three, a follow-upsurvey was administered to all college faculty (see Table 1 for completion rates), in addition tofaculty interviews (see Table 2 for completion rates) and collection of institutional data(faculty gender composition by rank, promotion, attrition, time in rank, grant applications andawards, publications, leadership positions, recruitment, awards and worklife policies overtime) related to the goals of the program. Note that project personnel

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Cardenas, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

students’ subsequent questions garnered no response from theCounty. This caused frustration to the students, who had to scramble to come up with other waysto define design specifications and gather needed information. Although this resulted in spurringeven more learning in the students, the situation points out the importance of making sure allsocial actors are on board during a co-managed community-based educational project. Otherfindings included the importance of a required, pre-arranged site visit to the ecological resource,since the students did not have the motivation or time to plan such a trip themselves, even as theyrecognized the importance of such a visit.The HMC E138 student team worked with the Conservancy and the County to

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #7821A Conceptual Framework for Technology-Enhanced Problem-Based Learn-ing in Construction Engineering and Management EducationDr. Namhun Lee, East Carolina University Namhun Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina University, where he has been teaching Construction Modeling and Information Technology, Construc- tion Planning and Scheduling, Construction Estimating, Equipment Management, and Advanced Cost Estimating and Cost Analysis. Dr. Lee’s main research areas include: 1) Information Visualization and Decision Support Systems, 2) Building Information Modeling

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Scott Tracewell StJohn; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada, University of Central Oklahoma, Department of Engineering and Physics; Juan Camilo Orozco

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

to gather initial data to provide a baseline of comparison with studentsat the beginning of the semester in addition to the current end-of-semester survey. This will giveus the ability to gauge how the course has shaped student perceptions and confidence levels moreaccurately. We also intend to implement a peer evaluation process to reinforce groupparticipation and open communication, and are going to move up some of the deadlines for theearly phases of the group projects, as well as adding a day early in the semester for the groups toform and begin planning for their projects.The course program outlined in this paper takes an engineering student through a variety ofdifferent exercises and projects to inform, encourage, and involve the

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Tan, Purdue University, North Central; Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

the course. For example, any course learning outcome achieving anaverage rating score below 3.5 will raise a concern and require an action plan for improvement.Figure 7 displays a comparison between the student survey and instructor assessment. 6 Student 5 Instructor 4 3 2 1 0 O1 O2 O3 O4 O5 O6 O7 O8 O9 O10 O11 O12 Page 23.12.13 Figure 7. Comparisons

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael L Falk, Johns Hopkins University; Mike Reese, Johns Hopkins University; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

depicted on Figure 1 suggest a possible relationshipbetween students’ exposure to computing courses and positive student perceptions aboutcomputing utility, their ability to currently use computing, and plans to use computing in future Page 23.888.8professional and academic work.Table 4. Pre- and Post-survey scores of students perceived ability to use computation, perceivedutility in their studies and future careers, and intentions of future use of computation grouped bynumber of disciplinary courses students completed. Pretest Scores Posttest Scores

Conference Session

Partner Organization Plenary III

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Frank Bullen, University of Southern Queensland

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Partner Society Plenary

research to teaching which lead to measurable improvements ineducational outcomes and high quality publications. The Association is operational managedthough an Executive Committee elected by the members at its annual general meeting held atits annual national conference. As indicated earlier both ACED and EA have representationon the Executive group. It is the Executive that awards the annual conference on a Page 21.7.6competitive basis, plans the annual workshops and bids for funding from ACED. Theoutcomes for 2010 to 2012 are listed in Table 2. It is also worth noting that the tyranny ofdistance has not deterred its effectiveness, which is an

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Anna Friesel, Technical University of Denmark Ballerup Campus; Denis GENON-CATALOT, Grenoble Alpes University; Jean-Marc THIRIET, • Univ. Grenoble Alpes; CNRS, GIPSA-lab, F-38402 Grenoble; Michael Helmut Werner DUPE Hoffmann, Inst. of Microwave Techniques, University of Ulm, Germany

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

, skills, and competences, and todevelop better behavioural practices that will be of use to them in the planning, establishmentand subsequent running of their own business. The objective of the ELLEIEC project was toestablish the framework for the VCE, to create a small number of modules and undertakeexperiments to assess its effectiveness.The VCE offers three modes of study by which learners can develop their enterprise knowledge,skills, and competences:1. Mentor supported learning in which a student completes a module with the support of a mentor who may or may not be in the student’s institution. The mentor also undertakes the assessment of, skills, and competences at the end of the module.2. Self-study modules individuals can take at

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Danielle Marie Dowling, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

thebenefits of our classroom communication system. In the fall of 2011, we started the first leg ofour project by collecting data from our Design Team members. Informed by an analysis ofinterviews with and observations of our teachers, we formulated a set of design principles thatcalled for technology that (1) could use existing resources within any classroom environment,thus minimizing its technological footprint, (2) would make students’ thoughts readily visible sothat they could engage in discussion and collective knowledge building, and (3) would helpteachers focus on student thinking. The result was the “Thought Cloud,” a Web-based platformthat aggregates and shares students’ ideas. Before class, a teacher constructs a lesson plan, ormodule

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

industrial and student side.However, now that the course itself it better established, more instructor time should beavailable to coordinate such activities. A related stretch goal is to have the problemsthemselves proposed by local industry. This has not been attempted in part due to thelimited ‘laboratory’ available for the class, but will hopefully be an option for futureofferings as plans for addition of a kitchenette to one of the classrooms are underway. Page 23.929.9Bibliography   8  1. Armstrong RC, Brennecke J, Butts S et al. How is the Discipline of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Patrick O'Connell, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Currently PaperBotsprovides lesson plans and the associated templates allowing for teachers to print them up and thestudents to make items like cams and articulated joints from paper. These initial lessons provideactivities about design and mechanisms with no more cost than that of some cardstock and brassfasteners for the cam activity and similarly for the others16.Those existing lessons only require already available classroom materials but are limited inscope. The PaperBots robotics kit is specifically designed for use with classroom materials toaugment those activities with inexpensive electronics and a microcontroller to allow for studentconstruction of robots. The combination of these inexpensive materials, mechanical components,and

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Rawson, University of California, Riverside; Tom Stahovich, University of California, Riverside

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

former case, the student willlikely solve the related quiz quickly, while in the latter case, the student may struggle on the Page 23.974.10quiz. That is the motivation behind our Solution Pace feature which compares the student’s workpace on the quiz to that on the homework.Including features that characterize the correctness of the work, especially Quiz Score, canimprove the predictive power of the models. However, our goal is to predict performancewithout requiring manual grading. We plan to explore methods for automatically evaluatingsome aspects of correctness. For example, it would be possible to perform character recognitionon final

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Christopher H. Morrell, Loyola University Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

than the T-cohort.Because the students responded favorably to the revised method in their written comments, andbecause student performance was found to be statistically equivalent to that for the traditionalmethod, the first author plans to continue the use of the revised method but will makeadjustments in the course materials intended to improve their effectiveness. These adjustmentswill include the omission of more material from the notes to further encourage studentengagement during class. The idea, in this regard, is to find the right balance between what isprovided directly and what should be added as it is discussed.References1. Hibbeler, R. C., Engineering Mechanics: Statics, 12th Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis K. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

planning on further investigating this in future course offerings andassociated surveys. 2. InterviewsIn the fall 2011 offering, six graduate students participated in individual interviews, and fiveundergraduate students participated in one focus group. In addition, three faculty members whoadvised groups participated in individual interviews. In the spring 2012 semester, four graduatementors participated in individual interviews, and four undergraduate students participated in onefocus group. Interviews lasted between 20 and 30 minutes, and were audio recorded andtranscribed. The interview data analysis process began with a preliminary exploratory analysis,as described by Creswell6, to get a general sense of the data. Next, codes, or “labels”7

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Oren Masory, Florida Atlantic University; Zvi S Roth

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

andshow their project to them, we don’t give grades for these activities; therefore somestudents do not actually take these earnestly. We plan to design a more rigorousmechanism in the near future to encourage students having more interactions with end-users. At the end of the semester, each student design project is demonstrated in public,and is evaluated based on the following three categories: creativities, difficult levels, andcompleteness. Evaluations are done by classmates, observers and instructors. Theobservers may involve university staff members, end-users, and industrialrepresentatives. Results of the evaluations will be used for two distinguished purposes: 1.Assign a grade for the project, and 2. Rank the projects for Capstone

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darinka del Carmen Ramirez, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), México; Manuel E Macías, ITESM, Campus Monterrey

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

typical formal education, involving the presentation of material in a logically orderedprogression. Sequential learners follow linear reasoning processes when solving problems.However, the remote lab allows both sequential and global students to learn thanks to theactivities the instructor is able to perform in the classroom.Research has shown that learning styles affect learner performance at university7. Therecommendation is that lecturers should be aware of the potential problems and needs of studentswith different learning styles, and plan accordingly the learning opportunities they provide 8.Teaching transient state by using a remote lab experiment simultaneously provides with theopportunity to enhance the learning process by giving students

Conference Session

K-12 Robotics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; JoAnn M. Marshall, Cyber Innovation Center/National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the University of Georgia. Her professional career has been dedicated to non-profit organizations in the form of events planning, development, grant writing, and coordinating educational activities for K-12 students. Page 23.1083.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 STEM Applications: Integrating Informal Learning with the Formal Learning EnvironmentAbstractMany times only a select group of students are able to participate in after school activities due tovarious reasons. Because only a few students are able to participate from a given class

Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

structured computer use. It is ultimately expected that our findingscan be used as empirical evidence to encourage instructors to incorporate structured computer-use into their pedagogical practice.5.1 LimitationsThere is a need to quantify the amount of error when using active window as a proxy forattention. During observations, students were often observed listening and looking at theinstructor or projected slide (i.e., “checking in”), but continued to have their browser open as thetop-most, active window. Our observation protocol allows for a comparison between observedattention and active window and we plan to use that data to calculate error rate. Based on theobservations in this study, we anticipate that error rate will be less than 10

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

on the final exam. The primary limitation to success ofthe inverted course model was inconsistent buy-in from the students to watch the videos beforeclass. About 40-60% of the class watched the appropriate online lecture prior to the relevantclass time, but by the midterm exam about 90% of the students had viewed the majority of theonline lectures. Student performance was better with the inverted classroom on two of fourrelated homework assignments. The average student performance on the midterm exam wassimilar, although the “bottom” of the curve was improved during the inverted class (increasedfrom ~44-53% traditional to 68% inverted). Improvements in student learning were primarilyevident on the more difficult quantitative concepts. Plans

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Antonio Riofrio, Western New England University; Steven G Northrup, Western New England University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

not seek to provide a thorough survey oranalysis on curriculum shaping, but such can be found in other relevant work.2,6,7,8 The work hereby presented specifically addresses the instruction of a single, non-elective,junior-level undergraduate introductory course to Mechatronics in the Mechanical Engineeringprogram at Western New England University (WNE). WNE does not currently have aMechatronics program for undergraduates (there are plans to start one in the near future), but itdoes offer a master’s-level concentration. That said, the course addressed in this paper is not apre-requisite for this concentration. Prior to this course, the students have had standard freshman- and sophomore-level coursesin the ME curriculum such as Statics

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama; Garry W. Warren, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

College (BSCC), a state-supported community collegein Alabama. The Coach is developing a series of web-based writing instruction modules andwill help students learn to write for audiences of engineers through sequences of writingsamples, prompts, and heuristics. By emphasizing writing as a design process, The Coach isintended to provide engineering faculty with a valuable resource for developing students’rhetorical skills. The Coach’s development is founded upon the understanding engineeringcurricula are the most-appropriate venue for building stronger engineering writing skills.Technical issues prevented the planned launch of The Coach in 2011, but roll-out took placeon all three campuses in fall, 2012. This paper describes in detail the state

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

students even preferred a hybrid Page 23.1176.2course over the old traditional classroom 4. Our quasi-study supports this.The description of the traditional classroom for this department is a twice-a-week classconsisting of 75 minutes of f2f per class period. The instructor conducts the class in a traditionalmanner with transparency projectors or perhaps with the help of technology such as acomputer/projector and PowerPoint slides combination. Homework and tests are typically givenand received through paper handouts and take ups. Our plans were to migrate toward a hybridlearning environment, also called blended learning and the terms can be

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric L Huerta-Manzanilla, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of mutuality. A discussionof the results disaggregated by institution is presented to evaluate if a trend emerges whencompared with their persistence information.The two research questions posed can be integrated in a single inquiry goal as follow: Is itpossible to assess the relationship of social integration and persistence by estimating indexes likemutuality, using only academic records?The justification for such area of inquiry is that schools normally keep complete academicrecords. Thus, if such information can be used for evaluating an important aspect of academicdevelopment, like student’s integration, it may allow an interesting use of those hard-builtdatasets, for institutional strategic analysis, and for policy making and planning

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April M. Bryan, University of the West Indies

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Page 23.1212.2development, design is the activity most associated with the engineering profession1. This isespecially true for mechanical engineering. In mechanical engineering, as with otherengineering disciplines, design is defined as the process by which a product, process or bothare developed in order to satisfy a specific need2-4. While technical knowledge andcompetency is necessary for success, it is not sufficient as engineering designers often needto possess numerous other skills such as creativity, problem solving, visualization,communication, team-work and planning skills in order to obtain successful engineeringsolutions2,5-7. Many educators and practitioners acknowledge that while one only becomes anexpert engineering designer

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

and end users—indicate they are using a wireless mesh protocol for at least some of their wireless field devices,and 20% are only using wireless mesh systems. Over half of the WSN adopters are using energyharvesting for at least a few wireless sensor nodes, and 9% use energy harvesting to power themajority of their wireless field devices.Compared with ON World’s previous survey in 2010, data reliability has dropped to only abouttwo-thirds as much of a concern compared with the previous 2010 survey. Costs, battery life, andstandards confusion are ranked slightly higher as inhibitors in our current survey compared withthe previous survey6. Seventy percent of end users indicate they are planning WSN or additionalapplications.Looking forward