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Conference Session
Laboratory Development in ECE I
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John M Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert John Bowman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas A Mercer, Analog Devices Inc.
Tagged Divisions
Electrical and Computer
functionally replace the traditional fixed lab workstation and also establishentirely new modes of educational delivery10. Systematic evaluation of the impact on learningand the learner indicated that there were many opportunities to extend the student experience indesign/synthesis, experimental homework and curiosity-driven learning11. The availability of thenew Analog Discovery hardware is timely because it opens up opportunities for the wholeacademic community to build on the exploratory work described above.Over the last 20 years, all Engineering programs have steadily strengthened their project andcapstone courses to develop team-working and cross-disciplinary problem solving skills. Theoutcomes can be seen in many ASEE presentations and in the
Conference Session
Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, CIF Q2818015F; Jorge A. Lopez-Vargas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja; Nelson O Piedra, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja; Janneth Alexandra Chicaiza, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Tagged Divisions
International
Computer Science UTPL. He is a member of Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Web and Knowledge Based Systems of UTPL, and director of thesis projects third level (related to Semantic Web Services, Web 2.0 and Social Network Analysis). He has conducted research in Open Educational Resources Online, Knowledge Representation Models and Social Network Analysis. Lopez-Vargas is a scholarship holder of the National Secretariat of Sci- ence and Technology (SENESCYT). In the Projects Unit and Systems UPSI - UTPL, he was an Analyst / Programmer Academic Management System, until 2004.Mr. Nelson O Piedra, Universidad Tecnica Particular de LojaProf. Janneth Alexandra Chicaiza, Universidad T´ecnica Particular de Loja
Conference Session
Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dominic M. Halsmer PE, Oral Roberts University; Peter Wesley Odom, Oral Roberts University; Jessica Fitzgerald, Oral Roberts University; Taylor Gipson Tryon, Oral Roberts University
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
the “big picture” of engineering.6 One such effort integrates theintroduction to engineering course and the engineering graphics course around a reverseengineering project, making use of 3-D computer modeling and rapid prototyping of thedisassembled parts for reengineering considerations.7 Another study compares eight differentmethods for teaching design to first-year students and concludes that a reverse engineeringmodel is preferred.8An attempt to increase student interest is made by creating a game whereby students are awardedachievement levels for gaining particular insights during reverse engineering activities.9 Oneengineering educator went so far as to report that reverse engineering has “proven to be theinstructor’s fire keg that
Conference Session
Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Arthur Felse, Northwestern University
Tagged Divisions
Chemical Engineering
knowledge in the areas regulatory affairs, and safety which are becomingmainstream capabilities for engineers. To meet the demands for a rapidly changing, technology-driven workforce, the industry and educational advisory bodies have recommended thatacademic instruction should include industry practice training2. Many programs and universitieshave accomplished industry practice training through co-operative education, industry fellowsprograms, guest lectures, capstone projects, courses co-taught with the industry, and field trips3,4. This poster describes an effort to translate some industry practices into classroomeducation. Experiential laboratory, design projects, classroom lectures or seminars can be used toinclude industry practice
Conference Session
Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tristan T. Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey S. Bryan; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
analysis for ongoing CETL projects. His master’s thesis is an analysis of choice and player narratives in video game storytelling.Dr. Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Judith Shaul Norback, Ph.D. is faculty and the Director of Workplace and Academic Communication in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. She has developed and provided instruction for students in industrial engineering and biomedical engineering and has advised on oral communication instruction at many other universities. The Workplace Communica- tion Lab she founded in 2003 has had over 19,000 student visits. As of Spring 2013, she has shared her instructional materials with
Conference Session
Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Leadership CommunicationThe focus on communication has been a part of the Rose-Hulman Leadership Academy since itsinception. Recently we have adopted the “difficult conversations” approach as a way to givestudents’ development in leadership communication special attention. Specifically we saw thatwe had an opportunity in the Leadership Academy to move students beyond the communicationtasks and projects that are a part of our two required writing courses (Rhetoric andComposition—for first year students, Professional and Technical Communication—for third yearstudents). We wanted to provide to students concrete strategies they could use as they negotiated“difficult conversations” that are often a feature of leadership interactions.The book Difficult
Conference Session
Emerging Computing and Information Technologies
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Carlos R Morales, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Perry Lucas Cox; Matthew John Farrenkopf; Robert Eric Knorr, Purdue University; Erick Morales; Christopher Gaeta; Martin Jerome Durchholz
Tagged Divisions
Computing & Information Technology
servers. See figure 1 for an overview. Page 23.420.2 Figure 1. System overviewOn the production end of the pipeline, the team used a Blackmagic ATEM/2 switcher connectedto a document camera and a Panasonic AG-AF100 via HD-SDI at 1080p. This set up made atremendous impact on both the visual quality of the videos and increased the efficiency duringthe encoding and streaming phase of the project. The resolution of the videos (1920 x 1080)provided ample resolution for showing details.To maximize the quality of the encoding, the team insured the video produced at this stagewould be uncompressed and sampled at 4:2:2. This
Conference Session
Case Studies in Entrepreneurship
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland
Tagged Divisions
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
; factors affecting innovation and technology transfer(I&TT) in regional micro-manufacturers, and describes an intervening investigationinto the I&TT process in the SME sector within a University-Industry collaborationcontext. The research initially focused on the manufacturing factors such as increasingproductivity through work study and work-flow analysis, and introducing semi-automation and flexible manufacturing methodology. As the project progressed,however, several non-manufacturing factors were identified as major influences in theI&TT process within the targeted micro-manufacturer. The ability for firms to progressin improving the manufacturing factors is often dependent on these factors, which arecategorized as very personal
Conference Session
Minority Student Success
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, Ohio State University; Leroy L. Long III, Ohio State University; Joseph A Kitchen, Ohio State University; Michael Steven Williams, Ohio State University; Meg E. Stentz, Ohio State University
Tagged Divisions
Minorities in Engineering
Teaching Associate with the First-Year Engineering Program and continues to work on research projects in the Movement Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is also currently the Vice President of the OSU American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Student Chapter. His research interests include diversity, inclusion, retention and success with a particular focus on students in STEM fields.Mr. Joseph A Kitchen, Ohio State University An Ohio native, Joseph ”Joey” Kitchen earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (minor in International Studies) as well as a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from Ohio State University. He is now a doctoral student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs
Conference Session
Materials Division Poster Session
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Somnath Chattopadhyay, Georgia Southern University
Tagged Divisions
Materials
intensityfactor range (the so-called Paris Law), and use this to analytically estimate the number of loadcycles required to grow an existing crack from an initial size to a final size. The students aremade aware of the fact that Paris Law is applicable for stress intensity factor range higher thanthe threshold value ΔK th, a material parameter that is available in literature [1, 2] Page 23.193.2As a complementary exercise to the rotating beam fatigue test, an analytical activity has beenintroduced as a lab project to obtain the S-N curves for typical steels. In this activity thestudents construct S-N curve analytically using the crack propagation
Conference Session
It's Elementary
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Eduardo Alfonso Suescun-Florez, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Ryan Francis Cain, PS 3 The Bedford Village School; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Dr. Vikram Kapila is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and linear/nonlinear control for diverse engineering applications. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six philanthropic foundations, he
Conference Session
Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Julie L Taylor, University of Utah
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
difference may present challenges for engineers when they enter the workplace. Thus, thequestion becomes how do we adequately prepare engineering students for the diversity of values,ideas, and approaches to problem solving that characterize the workforce? The purpose of thisproject is to explore the concept of difference as represented through gender.A thematic qualitative analysis of data revealed that engineering students experience dissonanceand (re)negotiate their positionality of being an engineer in the presence of difference. Thesefindings not only have implications for how we model interdiciplinarity in the classroom, butmore importantly, results from this project show that acceptance of difference is conditional. Aseducators, we have more
Conference Session
Trends in Engineering Education
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alex Albert, University of Colorado
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
. In other words, the projected regression line based on thebaseline data for t=7 is 39.99% (b0+b1 (T)) and based on the post-intervention data is 54.96%.The difference between the two phases, then is 14.98% (54.96-39.99%). Similarly, from Table 3,it can be seen that the level change for Student Group 2 was 18.14%The slope change coefficient from Table 3 for Student Group 1 is 0.91. This value indicates thatthe value of the slope between the baseline and post-intervention phase changed by 0.91. Thismeans that the slope in the post-intervention phase is equal to the slope in the baseline phase andthe observed slope change which is equal to 1.26 (0.352+0.91). This indicates that with eachsubsequent test, the proportion of hazards recognized
Conference Session
Reception & Poster Session
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute
Tagged Topics
ASEE International Forum
Dhabi, UAE, where he also teaches interdisciplinary, project-based introductory design courses. Page 21.32.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Infusing Engineering Practice into the Core to Meet the Needs of a Knowledge-Based Economy Abstract A number of Middle Eastern countries are experiencing extraordinary rates of growth and development. Concurrently, they have been placing an increasing focus on building sustainable, knowledge-based economies. To function in such economies
Conference Session
Institutional Transformations
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Karen J. Horton PE, University of Maine; Amy Fried, University of Maine ; Mary Madden, University of Maine
Tagged Divisions
Women in Engineering
other campuses and other projects and then making it available to the University of Maine faculty and administrators would be a good place to start in terms of the dissemination of ideas for how to improve practice to influence faculty retention and career development.”As year two began, AIC meetings began to be structured to include evidence on campusconditions and broader findings about best practices.The committee began year two with two half-day strategic planning meetings, which provedpivotal. While the objectives of the grant were set, the strategies to achieve the objectives wereflexible and proved to be a key entry point for committee members. Findings from the facultysurvey conducted by the social science team prior to the
Conference Session
New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering
facilitates active learning (Princeand Felder, 2006), problem solving (Jonassen, 2002) and project-based learning (Hadim andEsche, 2002), which are encouraged as ways of exciting students. Also, besides facilitating understanding ET literature, this framework facilitatescomprehending ET datasets that involve diverse data formats (or modes) including drawings,spreadsheets, documents, graph sheets, pie charts, and various graphic as well as video formats.This study aims at demonstrating a novel tool of multi-dimensional multi-modal visual analyticframework to visualize the inter-related aspects of ET literature. This is accomplished by Page
Conference Session
Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edward E. Osakue, Texas Southern University; Jonathan J. Lewis, Texas Southern University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
standards are popular in the engineering andtechnological communities. Because English units system is used in training the vast majority ofour engineers, technologists, and technicians, they are probably ill equipped for the global stagewhere the SI units system is the measurement language of trade and science. For instance, whencompanies from different countries work on the same technical project(s), the use of a commonunit of measure is necessary. Since the SI units system is international, this is often the preferredchoice. According to Euler [5], all new USA standards (ASTM, ANSI, SAE, IEEE, ASME, etc.)are now written in metric. This is because, the lead engineers in these organizations recognizethe importance of trying to get the USA on track
Conference Session
Engineering Management In The Classroom
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brian E. White, CAU-SES; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Management
Paper ID #6547The Case for On-Line College Education - a work in progressDr. Brian E. White, CAU-SES Brian E. White received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Sciences from the University of Wiscon- sin, and S.M. and S.B. degrees in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. He served in the United States Air Force, and for 8 years was at M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory. For five years Dr. White was a principal engi- neering manager at Signatron, Inc. In his 28 years at The MITRE Corporation, he held a variety of senior professional staff and project/resource management positions. He was Director of MITRE’s Systems En- gineering
Conference Session
Four Pillars of Manufacturing
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert L. Mott P.E., University of Dayton; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University
Tagged Divisions
Manufacturing
, 1st ed, and Machine Elements in Mechanical Design 5rd ed, all published by Pearson/Prentice-Hall.Dr. Hugh Jack, 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 interests include manufacturing education, design, project management, automation, and control systems. Page 23.1202.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge Model – Illustrations of Mapping Curricula into the
Conference Session
Implementing Transfer, Exchange, Research Programs and Professional Development; in Asia and Far East
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy G. Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University
Tagged Divisions
International
projects are implemented in the Republic and many new enterprises are constructed on the territory of the Republic including large petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants. The state requirements for ecological and industrial safety at the enterprises have significantly grown in the last decade. However, the university graduates, and even experienced workers are not familiar with the latest regulations. Therefore there arises a need for special professional development courses. Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) has expertise in this field, and Institute of Additional Professional Education develops special programs in Ecological Safety. The professional development program in Ecological Safety was developed in 2006 and
Conference Session
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lifang Shih, Excelsior College; Jane LeClair, Excelsior College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus
Tagged Divisions
Electrical and Computer
involved with numerous projects for the IAEA.Dr. Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus Sohail Anwar has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Technology. He has also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Engineering Research and Innovation. He is serving as the Series Editor of the Nanotechnology and Energy Series, Taylor and Francis Group/CRC Press. Sohail edited Nanotechnology for Telecommunications and co-edited Advanced Nanoelectronics pub- lished by Taylor and Francis Group/CRC Press. He also edited Handbook of Research on Solar Energy Systems and Technologies published by IGI Global Press in August 2012. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the
Conference Session
K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nicole D. Berge, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
1for middle school proved to be important elements of the workshop. The workshop wassuccessful and generated positive response from the science teachers. Page 23.1315.3Most importantly, four EFFECTs were I. NSF EFFECTs Project Overviewconceptualized and initial drafts of decisionworksheets and active learning modules II. Workshop Goals: What is an EFFECT?were created during the workshop. All of III. Functional Framework: Demonstration ofthese EFFECTs were trial tested during the Example EFFECT in Environmental Engineeringfall 2012 term, and are in the process of IV
Conference Session
Computational/CS Initiatives
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David R. Wright, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
pedagogical applications of cloud computing and virtualization. Dr. Wright’s current responsibilities include teaching introductory programming and ethics in computing classes, providing logistical and or- ganizational support for large-scale research projects, and supervising graduate and undergraduate student research activities. Page 23.1363.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Weaving a Computer Science Tapestry: Results of a Workshop Promoting the Recruitment and Retention of Girls in High School Computer Science
Conference Session
Biomedical Engineering Poster Session
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tom Merrill, Rowan University
Tagged Divisions
Biomedical
tissue injurymodel to approximate first, second, and third degree injuries [2]. The context for this laboratoryis introduced by asking how are firefighting materials and equipment designed or selected. Thislaboratory follows the same approach as the previous laboratory: an overall learning objectiveand an “additional questions” handout is provided followed up with a tutorial for step-by-stepguidance. The intent is to provide clear aims for the student as well as structure to help buildskills and confidence.Course Student-Selected Projects Page 23.1384.4Collaborative learning was fostered by allowing teams of two or three students to take on a self
Collection
2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Kiran George
in the ComputerEngineering program at California State University, Fullerton is used as an example. However,the proposed methodology for instruction development can be applied to other courses inengineering as well. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference  Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education  400       +++ (a) Implementation Process1) As and when topics are covered during the course of a semester, the instructor for EGCP 281course assigns a project that involves a literature review on
Collection
2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Milica Markovic
ideal transmission lines is taught by following a similarsequence of three step set up, as shown in Figure 13. After these exercises, students easilyrecognize different configurations of impedance matching networks and make lumped element,transmission line matching circuits or a combination with ease.Initially, ideal transmission lines are used, and they are subsequently replaced by microstriptransmission lines to investigate how real-life parameters affect the circuit design, as well asdesign restrictions for specific application or implementation of impedance matching network. Atthe end of this sequence students undertake a patch antenna project, where they design, simulate,fabricate and measure a square- patch antenna. (a)Three step
Collection
2013 GSW
Authors
Lex Gonzalez; Gary Coleman; Eric Haney; Amit Oza; Vincent Ricketts; Bernd Chudoba; Paul Czsyz
(MGS), has been conducted as part of a joint researchactivity between NASA and DARPA in order to assess technology development and investmentby both agencies. The goals of the MGS study are technology, concept, and architectureassessment/forecasting for manned servicing missions within the next 5 to 10 years.The MGS research project is decomposed into five constituents; Team 1 - Hardware to GEO,Team 2 - Crew to and from GEO, Team 3 - Human Presence, Team 4 - Human/RoboticsSynergy, and Core Team - Project Definition and Synthesis. As a member of Team 2, theAerospace Vehicle Design Laboratory (AVD Lab) is responsible for the assessment oftechnology/vehicle requirements to transfer crew to and from GEO. This article summarizes the
Conference Session
General Topics in Graduate Education
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
A. Mark Doggett, Western Kentucky University
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
items that you have used or with which you have the mostexperience.Discussion Board/Forums 100% 25Facebook/MySpace 76% 19Online Presentations 64% 16U-tube videos 52% 13Google docs 52% 13Blogs 48% 12Online Projects 48% 12Web page creation 40% 10Tegrity/Captivate 36% 9Wikis 28% 7Podcasts 28% 7Twitter 20% 5RSS 20% 5Online Collaboration Tools 20% 5Other
Conference Session
Tablets, Mobile and Technology
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John Oliver Cristy, Virginia Tech; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions
Computers in Education
likeexperience with the benefits of a computer. The hardware also allowed for Bluetooth devicessuch as a keyboard to connect to the system. The software for textbooks included many featuressuch as note-taking, highlighting, and search that would have made the Kno fit many of therequirements of a fully featured device. There was even a planned SDK for developers to extendthe system including Google Documents, now Drive, and Microsoft Office Live support.Unfortunately, the project was cancelled in April 2011 in favor of a software only approach. Thecurrent Kno software is web-based and includes annotations and highlighting, however, no pensupport. There is also no easy, built-in way to view two pages at one time as the two screenedtablet would have
Conference Session
Information and Network Security
Collection
2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jason St. John, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas J. Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Raymond A Hansen, Purdue University; Natasha N. Nikolaidis, Purdue University; Robert M Trinkle, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
Computing & Information Technology
. Nikolaidis, Purdue University Natasha Nikolaidis holds a bachelor’s degree from Reed College and a master’s from Portland State University. She is currently an operations manager for the Office of the Vice President for Research at Purdue University. She is responsible for project management on large faculty research portfolios in a variety of disciplines, including biology, nanotechnology, engineering, information technology, and education.Robert M Trinkle, Purdue University, West Lafayette Robert Trinkle earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer & Information Technology from Purdue University, West Lafayette in May 2009. In December 2009, he accepted a position as Network Engi- neer in the department of