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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest

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Instrumentation

disciplines. He is a senior member of IEEE and he served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for 15 years at various capacities. He served as chair of Manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department (MSDAD) of IEEE/IAS. Currently, he is serving a two-year term as the chair of the Instrumentation of ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education). He authored over 29 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Facility. In 2010 he as Co-PI received NSF-ATE grant entitled Meeting Workforce Needs for Mechatronics Tech- nicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory

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Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University; Samira M. Azarin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hill, University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy J. Karlsson, University of Maryland - College Park

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #22370Work in Progress: Identifying Current Standards and Addressing the Needfor Further Process Safety Education in Unit Operations CoursesMs. Tracy L. Carter, Northeastern University Tracy Carter is a PhD candidate in the Chemical Engineering department at Northeastern University and has been the instructor of record in the Unit Operations Laboratory for the past seven years. She earned the M.S. degree in 1998 and the B.S. degree in 1993 from Northeastern University. Her primary interest is in integrating chemical process safety into the chemical engineering curriculum.Prof. Samira M. Azarin, University of Minnesota

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Design & Development Projects and Practices

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Prashant Yadav

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Manufacturing

report describes our objectives, rationale, implementations,and assessment plans in developing a practical robotic ultrasonic welding process as aneducational hands-on project and laboratory exercises for undergraduate STEM students, andparticularly Engineering Technology majors. The project combines ultrasonic welding ofplastics, robotics, force sensors, rapid prototyping, thermal imaging and image processing in apractical demonstration of an industrially-important automated plastics manufacturingtechnology. An ultrasonic horn attached to the end of a robotic arm can be programmed to spotweld or seam weld acrylic parts. The process is monitored and optimized using a thermalimaging camera and a force sensor.Introduction and Background

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Baha Bachnak, The Pennsylvania State University; Nashwa Elaraby, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity

also one of the first technical courses that ECE students areexposed to. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is a versatile and adaptable technologywith many applications ranging from medical image processing to cryptography. By combiningan FPGA course and a digital logic design course, students can learn the basics and beintroduced to new implementation tools and platforms at the same time. This paper describes anumber of academic approaches to incorporate FPGA design in digital design courses andpresents a number of laboratory experiments and tutorials that pave the path for designing asophomore-level four semester credit hour (SCH) course. The results of a survey conducted togauge student interest of such a course are included as

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Chemical Engineering Education

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Lynn Heasley

. Wankat ASSOCIATE EDITOR  Graduate Education Donald P. Visco, Jr. 52 A Graduate Class in Research Data Management ASSISTANT EDITOR Lawrence O. Schmidt and Joseph H. Holles Joseph H. Holles  laboratory MANAGING EDITOR 9 The Drying of Apples in a Laboratory Tray Drier Lynn Heasley Shelby Mullen, Brent Rogers, Haley Worman, and Enrico N. Martinez PROBLEMS EDITOR 44 Pressure Swing Adsorption in the Unit Operations

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Hands-On Skills in BME

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Kathleen Bucholz, Duke University; Matthew Brown, Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, department of Biomedical Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

laboratories/experiences associated withthem. For the first experience, students developed and printed a 3D imaging phantom to use inall subsequent imaging modalities. This required students to familiarize themselves withFusion360 and the 3D printers, which satisfied both learning objectives 1 and 5. During the Xraysection of the course, the students brought their phantoms to a research imaging facility wherethey were able to create Xray images and CT images of their phantoms. For the CT portion ofthe course, students used visible light and simple backprojection to reconstruct a wooden block.For the ultrasound unit, students arrived in the lab to their phantoms obscured by milk and had touse the ultrasound images to identify which phantom was which

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Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Wayne Gammon-Pitman, Ohio State University; Tanya M. Nocera, Ohio State University

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Biomedical Engineering

, teaching and assessing upper-level Biomedical Engineering laboratory courses, with particular interest in improving student technical communication skills. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Improving Biomedical Engineering Students’ Technical Writing through Rubrics and Lab Report Re- SubmissionsIntroductionGraduates from ABET accredited engineering programs are expected to demonstrate an ability tocommunicate effectively [1-2]. Technical writing skills are particularly difficult to teach andeven more time consuming to assess [3], often limiting the number of opportunities students aregiven to practice and improve throughout their

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Electrical and Computer

working in the Office of Undergraduate Education, School of Engineering and Applied Science at SUNY-Buffalo. Previously, he held a position of post- doctoral research associate in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He formerly held a position of teaching assistant in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University. He also worked as a laboratory instructor of Telecommunication Engineering at Technological University of Honduras teaching courses of Transmission System to senior students. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Honduras and his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session on Conservation and Optimization

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Richard Chiou, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

internshipprograms as means of building practical industry experience. However, designing courses toinclude cross-disciplinary topics, such as smart grids (SGs), distributed generation or renewableenergy systems (RES) or to keep students from diverse backgrounds engaged can be quite achallenge for instructors14,19-28. In our view, these curricular and pedagogical challenges can beaddressed by bringing research topics, projects and integrated laboratory experiences into powerand energy courses. One of the advantages of these approaches is that the impacts on the existingcurriculum, space, equipment and financial requirements are minimal23-25, 28.This paper describes efforts being undertaken at our university to revise, revitalize and updatethe power

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors

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Mechanical Engineering

-4 (3 lecture hours-2 lab hour-4 credits)credits course which had 2 one-and-half-hour lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week.Main topics of the course were stress and strain calculations, failure theories resulting from staticloading, fatigue failure resulting from cyclic loading, and design of typical mechanicalcomponents. The textbook used for this course was Shrigley’s Engineering Design [1].According to the syllabus of this course, fatigue theory was covered in two-weeks out of the total14-week-semester. For this course, we had both lecture and laboratory, so we developed andimplemented an integrated active learning approach for teaching fatigue theory which includedfour different exposures to discuss and to explore fatigue theory

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Nahid Uzzaman; Dale Schinstock

Evaluation of Inexpensive Hardware for Control Theory Application Nahid Uzzaman, Dale Schinstock Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Kansas State University Email: nuzzaman@ksu.edu, dales@ksu.eduAbstractWith the increasing class size, it is necessary to increase the laboratory size associated with thatclass. However, that creates problems like cost and space issues. If smaller and cheaperlaboratory hardware is used these problems might be minimized by having hardware thatstudents can purchase and use at home. However, inexpensive hardware may lead to poormatches between theoretical models and experimental data

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Tim Ashcraft, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy; Matthew Miller, United States Military Academy; Michael J Benson, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

from course evaluations, andrecommendations for instructors seeking to implement similar projects in their courses.IntroductionIn recent years, inquiry and problem-based learning within engineering education has gainedmomentum and has proliferated across many engineering programs. A literature review revealednumerous examples of development and implantation of these techniques into classrooms [2, 4-6]. Kolb[7] has written extensively on the model of experiential learning and how this technique enhanceslearning and mastery of engineering concepts. Experiential or laboratory based learning fits within theactive learning dimension within their index of learning styles (ILS) described by Felder and Silverman [7-8]. The basis of ILS is that

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Zahira H. Merchant, San Francisco State University; Philip Scott Harvey Jr., University of Oklahoma; Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

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Civil Engineering

current research interests mainly focus on Smart Structures Technology, Structural Control and Health Monitoring and Innovative Engineering Education.Mr. Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University Alec Maxwell is currently an graduate student in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State Uni- versity (SFSU). Besides actively conducting research on innovative tools for engineering education in the Intelligent Structural Hazards Mitigation Laboratory at SFSU with Prof. Zhaoshuo Jiang, he also serves the community as the President of the American Society of Civil Engineers for the SFSU chapter.Prof. Zahira H Merchant, San Francisco State UniversityDr. Philip Scott Harvey Jr., University of Oklahoma Scott

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The Evolving Classroom

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Bucknell University; Suresh Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville; David A. Saftner, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

. However, Allendoerfer et al. [15] foundthat student perceptions of faculty support are significantly influenced by class size andinstitution type. Astin [16] noted that institution type does not have a strong influence on theeffectiveness of undergraduate education, but that the environment created by faculty andstudents plays a stronger role.The purpose of this study is to examine several educational factors (i.e., institution type, classsize, class meeting time, class length and format, laboratory format, and faculty attributes) thatmay correlate with the amount of knowledge gained in the conceptual understanding ofgeotechnical engineering topics. The study was carried out at six institutions with civilengineering programs: The Citadel

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MET and Mechatronics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Dai Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

University, West Lafayette Nancy L. Denton, PE, CVA3, is a professor in Purdue University’s School of Engineering Technology, where she serves as associate head for MET. She is on the Vibration Institute’s Board of Directors, chairing the Academic Committee and serving on the Certification Scheme Committee. She is a Fellow of ASEE and a member of ASME. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Tensile Comparison of Polymer Specimens Produced by Different ProcessesAbstractThe tensile test identifies key mechanical properties of materials, making it a commonelement in many materials science laboratory classes. In the sophomore-level mechanicscourse for the mechanical engineering technology (MET

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David E. Hubbard, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

Handbook (CEH) now contains reports withinformation on supply/demand, manufacturing processes, and prices for over 300 chemicals.7,8 Asmall number of academic libraries purchased the print loose-leaf early on, but CEH was mainlymarketed to industry and priced accordingly. IHS acquired SRI Consulting in 2010, whichincluded the CEH. Now available online, cost and licensing terms resulted in only a smallnumber of academic libraries acquiring the CEH. Another major commercial entity in thechemical pricing marketplace is ICIS (originally Independent Chemical Information Services andnow a division of Reed Business Information), publisher of ICIS Chemical Business, chemicalprice reports, and related products and services.9,10Bulk versus Laboratory

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Topics in Computing and Information Technology-III

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Landon A. Braden; Scott Alexander Kaiser, Utah Valley University; Reza Kamali-Sarvestani, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Paul Weber, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #22542Virtual Reality Implementation of a Scanning Electron Microscope in Nan-otechnology EducationLandon A. Braden Landon is an electrical engineering student at Utah Valley University. As a member of UVU’s nan- otechnology team, he writes lesson material and participates in experiments involving nanotechnology fabrication. He is also an amateur inventor.Scott Alexander Kaiser, Utah Valley University Scott is an undergraduate physics student at Utah Valley University. He is working as a research student to develop laboratory experiments for an associate level nanotechnology program.Dr. Reza Kamali-Sarvestani, Utah

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Engineering Career Attitudes

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Oluwatosin A. Bewaji, Texas A&M University; Madison Elaine Spier, Texas A&M University; Gustavo Mosqueda Elizondo III, Texas A&M University; Chiamaka Theclar Umah; Todd Sherron, Texas State University; J. Timothy Lightfoot, Texas A&M University; Carolyn L. Cannon, Texas A&M University; Robin S.L. Fuchs-Young, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

residency, fellowship and postdoctoral training at Harvard. Her research focuses on development of novel antimicrobials and polymeric delivery devices to treat infections with multi-drug resistant pathogens, as well as STEM and community outreach. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Paper ID #23942Dr. Robin S.L. Fuchs-Young, Texas A&M University Dr. Fuchs-Young is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine in the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University. The scope of her laboratory research includes studies of breast can- cer health disparities and the bio

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Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

overcome issues of student conceptual understanding. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Teaching Modal Analysis with Mobile DevicesAbstractAn inexpensive system capable of performing modal analysis of laboratory models and full-scalestructures was employed in both a laboratory and field experience in a 400/500-level bridgerating elective course. The system, comprised of an electromechanical shaker and an array of 12iPods, allows for an introduction to modal testing of bridges and other structures in an active andhighly physical way. A laboratory module employing the system is described. Indirect and directassessment of student learning is reported along with student evaluation of the

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Experiences in Manufacturing Engineering Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Pervej Jahan, Miami University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

assignments. The assignmentshave been designed based on the real life ergonomic problems in different areas ofergonomics. The students were challenged with five different assignments coveringdifferent sections of ergonomics, work design and safety. In addition, each student needsto submit a term paper or case study focusing on any specific application area ofergonomics towards the end of the semester. For each assignment, the students wereasked to study and investigate the ergonomic issues from their daily life accessories,classrooms and laboratories and offer possible solutions for the non-ergonomic designsand issues. For each assignment, the students need to prepare a report including the imageand brief description of the non-ergonomic design

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COED: Issues Impacting Students Learning How to Program

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Phyllis J. Beck, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Monika Jankun-Kelly, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

employed at the end of an assignment,reflection questions encourage students to recognize what they learned, identify errors, andconsider different choices they might make in the future. Throughout an entire course, students’writings become an artifact of the changes and growth that accompany learning and provideinstructors with a rare insight into students’ learning processes.Our team is currently investigating how intermingled writing and coding can improve theprocess of learning to program. We have incorporated WTL strategies into introductorycomputer programming laboratory assignments and are comparing student work from thoselaboratories with student work from traditional laboratories. In order to minimize additionalwork for the WTL students

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Cliff Mirman

technical graduates cannot keeppace with industrial demand. Educators struggle with three main issues; increasing the pipelineof students into our programs, providing the curriculum needed for tomorrows technicalworkforce, and the affordability of technical education with shrinking funding budgets. AtNorthern Illinois University (NIU), the solution to these and other associated issues is throughwork with industry as a partner and stakeholder.The NIU Department of Technology works with industry partners to develop and deliverprograms meeting the needs of our stakeholders. Through direct contact, we work with regionalcompanies to attract students and develop laboratories, curriculum, and internships, thus,providing cutting edge technical and problem

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COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Michael Derrick, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Vaibhav R. Shrivastav; Jing Zhang, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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Computers in Education

satellite design. Although my primary focus is with aerospace applications, I participate in many projects related to controls and heat transfer. Aside from my research, I focus heavily on the advancement of engineering education at the collegiate level. I work on revising and updating laboratory experiments to help improve student understanding of how concepts are applied and utilized. I also spend time writing design optimization MATLAB codes for various applications.Mr. Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and has taught at several other

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; David Andrew Story, Sonoma State University; David Anthony House, Sonoma State University; Robert Evan Rowlands, Gap Wireless

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #22478Aksense: A General-purpose Wireless Controlling and Monitoring Device forTeaching First-year Electrical and Computer EngineeringDr. Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University Farid Farahmand is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Sonoma State University, CA, where he teaches Advanced Networking and Digital Systems. He is also the director of Advanced Internet Technology in the Interests of Society Laboratory. Farid’s research interests are optical networks, applications of wireless sensor network technology to medical fields, delay tolerant networks. He is also interested in

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; Nm A Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Abolfazl Amin, Utah Valley University; Heechang Bae, Eastern Washington University

applications in engineering. Solving these realisticproblems helps students to enhance their conceptual understanding and motivate them to furtherpursue their learning in the use of statistics. This paper presents in detail several interestingproblems related to different uses of statistics, and how they are linked to convey the message oftargeted course objectives. Furthermore, this paper explains the details of such a teachingmethodology and addresses the educational outcomes obtained in our Laboratory Analysiscourse. This paper also discusses a series of problems that are currently used at our institution tohelp the students apply what they learn in the course. Properly integrating such a teachingmethodology in the curriculum to optimize students

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Technical Session VI

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2018 FYEE Conference

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Sheila Erin Youngblood, Cameron University

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FYEE Conference Sessions

yearengineering students experience ENGR 1411 (Introduction to Engineering) and ENGR 2113(Statics). An open-ended project is presented to ENGR 2113 students where they are tasked todemonstrate a concept learned in statics. This requires the student team to design and build inorder to demonstrate. Chapter exams were revamped into 50/50 competencies. These competenciesare content based versus chapter based which enhances a student’s connection within content.Finally, the development of the Engineering Learning Laboratory for Statics allows upperclassmento mentor and support first year engineering students.THE PROBLEMA study from 2014 found that students in a traditional style classroom are 1.5 times more likely to fail inSTEM curriculum than those that are

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Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Simon Jones, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Takashi Kawano, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

experimental test of the item being modeled, students will potentially lack theappropriate skepticism of finite element analysis and its associated assumptions.Vibrations courses often do not have a dedicated lab associated with them, and the only exposurestudents have to vibrations experiments is in more general laboratory courses on engineeringmeasurements [2, 3]. Some schools do have vibrations and structural dynamics courses withintegrated lectures and laboratories [4-9], but often the purpose of these labs is to illustrate themain concepts in the lectures with hands-on laboratory exercises or they primarily involveMATLAB/Simulink modeling and simulation. This approach can help motivate the coursematerial but can also afford students the

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Best Papers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan T. Lugowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. The numbered elements on the Figure highlight the key components. A smallbrazed plate heat exchanger (1) [8] has flow meters (2) connected to the hot and cold sides. Atotal of four integrated circuit temperature sensors (4) are used to measure the temperaturedifferential for both the hot and cold sides. All sensors are connected to a USB data acquisitionmodule from National Instruments.The heat exchanger apparatus has a number of subtle features based on experiences with thisequipment over time. The entire device is mounted inside a perforated stainless steel pan thatfits over the edge of a laboratory sink, see Figure 3, to contain any inadvertent leaks that occur.In addition, the HX apparatus has hose connections that quickly connect to the

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

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Robert Adams; H. Bora Karayaka

Session ETD 305 Mobile Lab Bench to Promote Engineering and Technology Education in Sustainability Topics – Year 1 H. Bora Karayaka, Robert Adams School of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USAAbstract“Demonstration” and “Discussion” are two important learning tools that effectively promotestudent retention and comprehension as outlined in the famous learning pyramid of the NationalTraining Labs (Figure 1). In a laboratory setting where resources are limited to accommodate allstudents, these tools together can be the

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A Technology Potpourri II

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Engineering Technology

is chair of the University Faculty Senate. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Programmable Logic Controllers and Data Traffic Handling SolutionsAbstractToday’s manufacturing industry depends on Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). Throughout theindustry, engineers are using PLCs to collect and keep track of vast quantities of data. There are manydifferent ways that industry uses to accomplish the task of retrieving and reporting useful data fromPLCs. End-to-end transfers use large application tools, others use open software, and yet others useproprietary solutions. Incorporating laboratory instruction on the handling of such transfers in aneducational laboratory and making such capabilities