Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Xiufang Chen, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3380: EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL REAL-ITY GAMES PROMOTING METACOGNITION AND PROBLEM-SOLVINGDr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Ying Tang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Northeastern University, P. R. China, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and Ph.D degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., in 2001. She is currently an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rowan University. Her research interests include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and modeling and scheduling of computer- integrated systems. Tang has led or participated in several research and education projects funded by National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Transportation

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Progress in Manufacturing Education III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin L. Devine, Illinois State University; Corinne Zimmerman, Illinois State University

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Manufacturing

a research project in which we measured the effectiveness of avery low-cost robotics-related manufacturing outreach activity that was conducted withelementary school students. Existing educational robot kits such as LEGO® MINDSTORM®and Boe-Bot® were not used in this study in order to reduce costs and to allow the research teamto investigate an outreach activity that is easy replicate because it does not require programmingexpertise or special equipment to deliver.The principal investigators in this study were a faculty member from the Department ofPsychology with expertise in cognition and child development and a faculty member from theEngineering Technology program with expertise in manufacturing and industrial automation.Graduate and

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Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

. Note the projection for computer networks (network systems and datacommunications).The proposed model also targets retention, breaking up long-term goals (e.g., obtaining abachelor degree) into milestones, where a milestone can be the completion of the 4 courses in thearea of computer networks. By doing so, the model provides a safety net to students, who areable to acquire skills demanded by the job-market early during their studies. Moreover, theprogram helps in avoiding high dropout rates during early semesters, where institutions havehistorically experienced higher dropout rates because of lack in incentive for students and limitedhands-on experience. The model is also articulated with the 2008 ACM and IEEE ComputerSociety Guidelines for

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P. Eng...., Grand Valley State University; Val Hawks, Brigham Young University

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-3744: AN EDUCATORS VIEW OF TRENDS IN MANUFACTUR-ING EDUCATION: LEARNING FROM THE PAST TO PLAN FOR THEFUTUREDr. Hugh Jack P. Eng...., Grand Valley State University Dr. Hugh Jack is a Professor of Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. His specialties include automation, design projects, and internet application development.Dr. Val Hawks, Brigham Young University Val Hawks is the Director of the School of Technology at Brigham Young University and faculty mem- ber in the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program at BYU. He has a B.S. degree from Brigham Young University, a M.S. from Lehigh University, and a Ph.D. from Gonzaga University. He

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald William Rhymer Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Educational Research and Methods

-specific impact. For the control group,both instructors taught their class using traditional lecture (narration was not used nor directly referredto during class time.) Note that the key conceptual sections of the text were still referred to in thecontrol group classroom, where a main point of the author would be highlighted by the instructor andthe students would be asked to draw conclusions. However, per the aforementioned definition, thestudents did not participate in narration. The research sections used narration for 3-5 minutes at thebeginning of approximately half of the lessons, primarily during the first half of the semester (thecourse focused on project work toward the end of the semester).During narration, the randomly chosenstudent

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

xue zhang; Debbie Vogel, Sprint; Mahesh K. Banavar, Arizona State University; Shuang Hu; Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University; Photini Spanias; Jayaraman J. Thiagarajan, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

university “ASU ID”) is customizable andincludes apps that we developed at our university from the ground up for STEM education. Wenote that previous attempts to create customized portals for universities have also been attemptedby mobile communications service providers to expand their student customer base on collegecampuses (example shown in Figure 1).The difference in our effort is that we include and customize not only the usualsports/entertainment and university service/access apps but we focus specifically on includingSTEM oriented apps (see Figure 2), some of which were created as part of an NSF project. Forexample we created an Android app for performing mathematical and signal analysis simulationson Android smart phones and tablets. We

Conference Session

Future Directions of Continuing Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York; Edward G. Borbely, University of Michigan; Nelson C. Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Continuing Professional Development

the New York State Education Department Office of Higher Education for several Institutional Capability Reviews for distance learning programs. Over the past five years, she has participated in an E.U.-U.S. project to develop international quality standards for continuing education centers. She is also a co-creator of the Bray-Scalzo Partnership Model for creating and sustaining successful partnerships. Scalzo is currently serving as a member of the Faculty Advisory Council for Teaching and Technology at SUNY and as Chair-elect for the Continuing Professional Devel- opment Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). She is also a member of the International Association of Continuing

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 25.1159.2The type of active learning in this research project differs from that of Dr. Felder in that itinvolves the use of hands-on activities. The hands-on activities are models that give a three-dimensional shape to the experiences and concepts that we know. The models allow the studentto touch, feel and play so that they can first solidify their knowledge of the concept and thenconnect it to a potentially new experience and concept. The hands-on activities were designedfor use in the fluid mechanics classroom to have the student move; first by getting up to get thematerials and second by having them build the model.The inspiration for creating hands-on activities for an undergraduate Fluid Mechanics coursecame from working with North

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Shubo Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur B. Ritter FAIMBE, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

inSpring 2011. The course is a graduate ECE course, and can also be chosen by undergraduatestudents as a technical elective. In Spring 2011, we have 15 enrolment, of which there are 3undergraduate students. The course discusses advanced topics in autonomous and intelligentmobile robots, and we introduced the micro-robots as a special topic during the second half ofthe semester. We used a modified challenge-based pedagogy.In a typical challenge-based implementation, a complex problem (the challenge) is presentedto the students. Students then generate ideas based on what they already know and what theywill need to know to solve the problem. This step can be materialized using the case studiesdeveloped under the project. In the second step, students

Conference Session

Main Plenary 3 - Opportunities for collaboration with engineering educators in India (ISTE)

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2012 ASEE International Forum

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R. Natarajan, Indian Institute of Technology

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ASEE International Forum

, Computer Applications, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, and Applied Arts and Crafts 3 Page 17.7.4WHY INDIA WILL BE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN THE COMING DECADES 4 Page 17.7.5 PROJECTED RELATIVE SIZE OF ECONOMIES Country GDP in US$ Terms GDP in PPP Terms 2005 2050 2005 2050USA 100 100 100 100JAPAN 39 23 32 23CHINA 18 94 76 143UK 18 15

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Edwin Schmeckpeper; Ashley Ater Kranov; Steve Beyerlein; Jay McCormack; Pat Pedrow

and discussion prompts; (2)transcript of student discussion as a response to the task and; (3) an accompanying analytical rubric that is used tomeasure the quality of the students’ performance in demonstrating the engineering professional skills. Since 2009,faculty members at Washington State University, the University of Idaho, and Norwich University have beenengaged in a three-year, multi-institution project to expand the set of scenarios as well as rigorously establish inter-rater reliability, content validity, construct validity, and criterion validity of the EPSA method and associated rubric.This effort is sponsored by the NSF Research in Evaluation of Engineering and Science Education (REESE)program [9].2012 ASEE Northeast Section

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft

their owncontrol and therefore rebel against the course even before the first session. This article looks at various culturalelements that inform and influence those feelings and discusses ways to begin to change those attitudes within thestudent bodies.Keywords: Diversity, Cultures INTRODUCTIONIt has been observed that students taking similar classes in college often project a wide range of academic skills,interest in the subject matter, and personal justifications for class attendance, among other things. Since people areinherently different, there is no shock or surprise generated by these observations; merely academic curiosity andfodder for research by those so inclined.Academic research can

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2012 EDI

Authors

Doug Goering

-on activities with a strong link to academic achievement. Goal is for Native students to graduate from HS college- and calculus-ready with a clear, powerful vision of a future in engineering.  ANSEP HS students construct their own PCs from kits. Success in a suite of HS classes is required in order to keep the hardware.  NHSEMP summer program HS students complete fun design-build projects in afternoons after math courses.2012 EDI April 17, 20121. Break Cultural Barriers at the K-12 Level  Pre-college programs bring students in from their local communities to a baccalaureate campus or community college

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2012 ERC

Authors

Thomas W Peterson

“Empowering the Nation through Discovery and Innovation” NSF Strategic Plan, April 2011 19I-Corps Projects are Team-Based• Team Composition: – Entrepreneurial Lead: Post-doc or Student to move it forward – I-Corps Mentor: Domain-relevant volunteer guide – PI: Researcher with current or previous award• Program Outcomes – Functioning network of Mentors/Advisors – Scientist and Engineers trained as Entrepreneurs Credit: © 2011 JupiterImages Corp. – Increased impact of NSF-funded basic research •30 Hours of Curriculum •$50,000 per award

Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Painter P.E., Tennessee State University

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Engineering Ethics

Education sets a high bar for engineering educators. It states 4:“…To educate students to cope with ethical problems, the first task of the teacher is to makestudents aware of ethical problems and help them learn to recognize them. A second task is tohelp students understand that their projects affect people for good or ill, and that, as “moralagents” they need to understand and anticipate these effects. A third task is to help students seethat, as moral agents, they are responsible for helping to develop solutions to the ethicalproblems they encounter…”These directives on inclusion of ethics in engineering education have garnered a great deal ofinterest in formulating exactly what elements of ethics belong in the engineer’s ethics

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia E. Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

database description, the item would be “expected” to appear inthat database. For example: publications at regional ASEE conference would not be expected inINSPEC or Compendex. The general description of the subject content of database wasconsulted to determine if a published item could be “expected.” The list of journals andconferences indexed in a specific database was not consulted.It was impossible to code items as expected or not expected with CiteSeerX. There was not, atthe time, a description about the types of materials collected by the Web crawler only a generalstatement about what subject content might be expected in the CiteSeerX database. Dr. Giles, thedirector of the CiteSeerX project, was contacted and his email responses were used

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Heidi Blackburn, Kansas State University, Salina

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Manufacturing

with the class.Classroom Introduction of the Knovel DatabaseFor both courses, students were first given a peer-led demonstration of the library homepage, thelibrary subject guides, and then basic entry and use of the Knovel database. The "peer-led"demonstration involved a student being asked to demonstrate on the computer projected to therest of the class, following step-by-step directions from the librarian. Other class membersfollowed along on their own screens. (The peer-led method is applied because of studiesshowing students are more engaged if a peer leads the demonstration, even if he or she has neverdone the activity.18,19,20,21)Next, the class participated in an activity relevant to their particular class subject. The

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander A. Kist, University of Southern Queensland

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Computing & Information Technology

completed at the Centre for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. From 2004 to 2006, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Australian Telecommu- nications Cooperative Research Centre (ATcrc) and RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. From 2005, he was the ATcrc networking program Project Leader. Since May 2006, he is a lecturer and since Jan. 2011, a Senior Lecturer in telecommunications at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. His research interests include green IT, teletraffic engineering, performance modelling, QoS provisioning, and engineering education. He is a member of the Telecommunication Society of Australia, Engineers

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Information and Network Security

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Gregory Stuart Rogers; Preston Jay Mendoza, National University

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Computing & Information Technology

AC 2012-3306: ISPR: AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PHYSICIANSRESOURCESDr. Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University Mudasser Fraz Wyne is currently serving as a professor of computer science and Chair of Department of Computer Science, Information, and Media Systems at the School of Engineering, Technology, and Me- dia, National University, San Diego, Calif., USA. He is a lead faculty member for the B.S. in information systems and previously for M.Sc. in database administration and M.Sc. in computer science programs. Wyne has a Ph.D. in computer science, a M.Sc. in engineering, and a B.Sc., in electrical engineering. He has been in academics for 20+ years and supervised more than 50 graduate and undergraduate projects

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-Hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario H. Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

Page 25.916.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Materials Education for Green Plastics Manufacturing Technology (GPMT)IntroductionA recent campaign, "Green Solutions for the Future,” identified the creation of green jobs,infrastructure projects, renewable energy research and development, and education as majorissues and challenges facing the nation.1,2,3 From using eco-friendly products to driving electriccars, there are many opportunities for consumers to lower their carbon footprints and energyconsumption. According to the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), over 200 million tons ofplastics are manufactured annually around the world. Of that, 26 million tons are manufacturedin the United States

Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fabiana Manzo, University of Houston (CoE); Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas

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Chemical Engineering

benzene, toluene, and m-xylene is consideredas a case study. The impact of heat integration was analyzed from an energy savings viewpoint.Heat integrated distillation columns are generally more complicated from a control viewpointbecause of the greater degree of interaction among the columns. Thus, different controlstructures, ranging from feedback only to more sophisticated ones such as feed forward andcascade, and tuning methods are devised and compared from a performance viewpoint whenproduct composition setpoint changes or feed rate and feed composition disturbances areintroduced.Furthermore, extensive use of Aspen Engineering tools was made to facilitate project execution.AspenPlus was used for steady state simulation while Aspen Dynamics

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonca Altuger-Genc, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yegin Genc, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

mandatory senior level Process Control course in PlasticsEngineering Department at University of Massachusetts Lowell. In the Fall 2011semester 33 undergraduate students were enrolled, 31 of them choose to participate in theself-directed lifelong learning experience. The course teaches principles of controlsystems, process block diagrams, feedback control, process monitoring, DOE, SPC/SQC,and Taguchi methods. The class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 1 hour 15 minutelong sessions. Following each class meeting, students were assigned homework. DuringFall 2011 semester a total of 22 homework assignments were given. The total weight ofthe homework assignments was 25% of the course grade. The course also included twoseparate projects, both of which

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

goals of this project include: (1) elucidate how firstyear engineering students utilize problem solving strategies, and (2) evaluate successful andunsuccessful problem solving strategies, as well as errors and misconceptions, in terms ofcognitive and metacognitive processes. Data collected from 36 students in Spring 2011 has beenanalyzed using a validated coding structure. The analysis identifies relevant events within well-structured word problems which had multiple possible ways of solving the problem but only onecorrect answer. To assess mental workload students experience as they solve problems, a taskload index (NASA-TLX) was administered after students completed each problem. The NASA-TLX is a survey with six subscales: three measuring

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Peter Vogt, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah

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Manufacturing

- quisition boards;E-learning platforms;e-teaching;Experimentation;LabViEW;Learning pro- cess;Remote laboratories;Student-centered learning;.[15] B. Kapralos, A. Hogue, and H. Sabri, “Recognition of hand raising gestures for a remote learning application,” (Santorini, Greece), pp. COST 292; aceMedia; K–Space; Muscle; Eu- ropean Association for Signal Image Processing –, 2007. complex problems;Distance learn- ing (DL);hand gestures;hand motions;International (CO);markov modelling;motion cue- ing;Multimedia interactive services;Omni directional;Remote learning;.[16] J. Dong and H. Guo, “Enhance computer network curriculum using collaborative project based learning,” (Vancouver, BC, Canada), 2011. California State University

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Computer and Informtion Technology-related Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suranjan Panigrahi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ken Burbank, Purdue University, Statewide Technology

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Engineering Technology

general structure of graduate programs in Engineering Technology Many graduate programs in Engineering Technology (or discipline specific Engineering Technology) offer two year M.S. programs and each program requires a total of 30 -33 credits. Some programs have options to complete the Masters program by completing courses only or combining the course work with research credits. Research can be conducted using either a thesis option or paper (directed project) option. In the thesis option, the student undertakes a research problem that requires extensive research, often for a total of 6-8 credits. In the paper or directed project option, the student‟s research problem is of lesser magnitude, typically with a total of 3-5 credit hours. Students

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

 the elements of at least one non‐US culture or  society with respect to energy.  This is done through the class project.    6.  Students will demonstrate a grasp of the global inequalities and diversities that exist with  respect to energy across the world.   These were the objectives specifically for the Global Dynamics General Education requirement.In addition to these were broader objectives regarding understanding: the basics of energy; themix of sources including pros and cons of each; the basics of electric power transmission anduse; and the environmental, economic, political, and social aspects of energy,  The course is divided into five major blocks.Energy Basics: This section of the course covers definitions of power and

Conference Session

Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford R. Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Lesley Rigg, Northern Illinois University; Melissa Lenczewski, Northern Illinois University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

journalpapers were initiated. Overall this has been and continues to be a very impressive and profitableundertaking for all of the parties involved and all of the constituent groups served.Developmental Issues EncounteredThe most important issue encountered in this project to date is the mode in which team taughtcourses are treated in the loading of a faculty member. To the faculty member, this is not a majorissue, however, to the departments, it is a major concern. At the start of the project, it wasdiscussed at a high level, and the governing board was told that it will be no problem. At thispoint in time, several courses have been offered using interdisciplinary faculty teams, typicallytwo-three faculty members. Again, at this point, the departments

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

assessments will help the instructor tailor the followinglecture(s) to address any remaining difficulties, and will also guide the revision of thelaboratories. Students’ responses to exam questions will then be used to assess students’understanding once again.(2) Modeling + Experiment: Computation is now a ubiquitous tool in science and engineering,complementing theory and experiment. There have been several successful efforts to introducecomputation in the introductory physics sequence and upper-level curriculum (for example,Matter and Interactions,8 the course developed by J. Tobochnik and H. Gould,9 and projects atLawrence University10 and Brigham Young University,11 among others12), using VPython,Maple, and other computational languages. However

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricardo G. Sanfelice, University of Arizona; Giampiero Campa, MathWorks; Manuel Abraham Robles, University of Arizona

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Design in Engineering Education

target for educational integration of the developed hands-on kit.The introduction of this real-life renewable energy challenge in such courses will provide a practi-cal application to solve using classroom control theory. Currently, the kit has been incorporated ina graduate course on hybrid control systems as a final project assignment. The current assignmentfocuses on extraction of solar energy using solar tracking algorithms, but a follow-up assignmenton wind energy analysis will be developed. In this assignment, the students are asked to performthe following tasks: • Task 1: Modeling of the mechanical components of the setup including the effect of the servomotors. In this task, the students derive a simple mathematical model

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey Samuel Frost, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

soon as possible or risk becoming uncompetitive.Identifying an emerging DfX and its stage of development may also be helpful to the academicrealm. Identifying the stage of development that a nascent DfX is currently in can suggest to adesign researcher that they explore how to “push” the guideline into the next sensible stage,ideally based on historical precedent or on a general understanding of DfX development.Furthermore, recent research in the field of Engineering Design theory has advocated for a TopDown approach to the development of a DfX system that incorporates multiple DfXs into asingle omnipotent process[5]. Yet, the literature currently lacks a convincing overview of how asingular DfX develops. Prior to embarking on a project to