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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

, technology, and health (ESTH). Oerther earned his B.A. in biological sciences and his B.S. in environmental health engineering from Northwestern University (1995), and he earned his M.S. (1998) in environmental health engineering and his Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has completed postgraduate coursework in Microbial Ecology from the Marine Biology Laboratory, Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati, Public Health from The Johns Hopkins University, and Public Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington. Oerther is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE, DC, MO, and OH). He is Board Certified in Environmental Engineer- ing (BCEE) by the American Academy of

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. After serving as USAF pilot in KC-135 and KC-10 aircraft, he completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom and returned to the USAF Academy to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems

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MET and Mechatronics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John R. Haughery, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

, Jan. 2017.[9] J. McLurkin, J. Rykowski, M. John, Q. Kaseman, and A. J. Lynch, “Using multi-robot systems for engineering education: Teaching and outreach with large numbers of an advanced, low-cost robot,” Education, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 24–33, 2013.[10] Z. Nedic, A. Nafalski, and J. Machotka, “Motivational project-based laboratory for a common first year electrical engineering course,” European Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 379–392, 2010.[11] J. R. Haughery and D. R. Raman, “Influences of Mechatronics on Student Engagement in Fundamental Engineering Courses: A Systematic Review,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 2134–2150, 2016.[12] R

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amitabha Ghosh, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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students fromfreshman through junior levels using a carefully redesigned curriculum of engineering sciencecore courses (ESCC) and a blended set of applied laboratories. ESCC consists of six core coursestaught by teams of ME faculty with clearly set educational objectives and managed by acoordinator and trained teaching assistants. Though essay type examination questions candemonstrate positive learning outcomes, multiple choice questions are better to pinpoint areas ofconceptual difficulties. After designing and adopting ESCC in 2006, faculty agreed that carefullydesigned multiple choice questions should form an integral part for all examinations in coreclasses. We frequently discuss performance data on conceptual questions and archive them

Conference Session

Active Learning Methods in Action

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Jennifer Zoltners Sherer, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

Curriculum Study (BSCS). Dr. Spiegel also served as Director of Research & Development for a multimedia development company and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University. Under Dr. Spiegel’s leadership, the CIRL matured into a thriving Center recognized as one of the leading National Science Foundation Laboratories for activities to pro- mote science, mathematics, and technology (STEM) education. While at Florida State University, Dr. Spiegel also directed an award winning teacher enhancement program for middle grades science teachers, entitled Science For Early Adolescence Teachers (Science FEAT). His

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Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry L. Howell, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Terri Christiansen Bateman, Brigham Young University; David C. Morgan, Brigham Young University; Lynda Palma, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

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Community Engagement Division

-provided educational materials), in addition to thehundreds of university students assigned class projects in the exhibition and the tens of thousandsof patrons that visited over the course of five months. These results support the idea thatdisplaying engineering research artifacts in an art museum can facilitate expanded outreachopportunities. A summary of these activities is listed in Table 1.Two major guest lectures were presented in the museum auditorium, including a standing-room-only crowd for Dr. Robert Lang’s talk on the math and magic of origami, and a discussion onorigami in space by two scientists from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Figure 4). Figure 4. (Left) Banner outside the museum advertising the exhibition, with guest

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guisela Alejandra Illescas Ms, Universidad Galileo; Alberth E. Alvarado, Universidad Galileo; Jose Roberto Portillo, Universidad Galileo

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Mathematics

known that Active Learning methodologies involve the students in their own learningand there is no doubt about their effectiveness in sharing knowledge with today’s students.Actually, undergraduate students taking traditional lecturing-based courses are 1.5 times morelikely to fail than those enrolled in courses where active learning methodologies are implemented[1]. Thus, our university has centered its attention on investigating, applying, improving anddesigning new active learning methodologies. Examples of such methodologies are: The MathOperatory Skills Laboratory (MOSL), introduced in [2], as a remedial mathematics course forfreshmen engineering students; and, the Guided-Lecture Team Based Learning (GL-TBL)targeted to teach mathematics

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

the community colleges located in Long Island, NY. Students enrolled inthese programs have a large range of skills and aptitudes, in terms of math, sciences, experiencewith laboratory test equipment, computer-based-tools, programming.The general characteristics of student population at Farmingdale State College was taken intoconsideration also. A study of student population at Farmingdale State College shows thefollowing: over 90 % of the students are commuting on daily basis from the greater New Yorkmetropolitan area and they hold full time jobs; around 35% are first-generation college students(e.g., neither parent has earned a 4-year degree); 30% are minority; the student population includeslarge numbers of “New Americans” (i.e., they or

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Timothy J. Pettit, National University

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Engineering Management

establish Sustainable strategies for enterprises. He is an Affiliate Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy efficiency of IT Equipment in a Data Centers. As a means of promoting student- centric learning, Prof. Radhakrishnan has successfully introduced games in to his sustainability classes where students demonstrate the 3s of sustainability, namely, Environment, Economics and Equity, through games. Students learn about conservation (energy, water, waste, equity, etc.) through games and quan- tifying the results. He has published papers on this subject and presented them in conferences. Before his teaching career, he had a very successful corporate management career

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Kitana M. Kaiphanliam, Washington State University; Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Negar Beheshti Pour, Washington State University; Katelyn Dahlke, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

printing techniques and are highly visual and interactive, allowingstudents to see trends in pressure, flowrate, and fluid paths, as well as manipulate and measureflow rates and temperatures while collaborating with their peers. Due to their compact size, lessthan 10 by 10 inches for most modules, LC-DLMs have been employed in a variety of classroomorientations including traditional classrooms containing tablet arm chair desks and largerlaboratory spaces. Compared to traditional laboratory teaching equipment, LC-DLMs are simpleto transport, construct, and deconstruct. Examples of current vacuum formed LC-DLM cartridgesformed over 3D printed molds are shown below in Figure 1. A B C Figure

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chittaranjan Sahay P.E., University of Hartford; Suhash Ghosh, University of Hartford

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Manufacturing

include power pointpresentations, ready-to-implement instructor’s kit, in-class and homework problems, and well-documented hands-on laboratory exercises. These modules and be readily used in existingmechanical and manufacturing engineering programs, both undergraduate and graduate curricula.Courses that can directly benefit and have strong potential for implementation are MechanicalDesign, Machine Design, All courses in Manufacturing Processes, Freshmen, Sophomore andSenior Design courses, Surface Metrology, Precision Engineering, courses in Tribology, frictionand wear, etc. As a trial run, at the University of XXXXXXX, a 3-hour course module wasimplemented in the Junior/Senior Manufacturing Processes course. This included a 1-hourhands-on

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University; Robb E. Larson, Montana State University; Daniel Miller

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Engineering Technology

mandate change when appropriate and necessary. • Be staffed with qualified faculty, and, support continuous professional development. • Receive adequate budgetary support for laboratory and teaching equipment, computer access and software, appropriate faculty development, and other reasonable and necessary needs. • Be administered by supportive and qualified administrators. • Maintain access to library and other reference materials, computers and computer software, laboratory and shop facilities as necessary to support the educational process. • Continually assess the impact of University, College, and Departmental requirements such as the University Core Curriculum, service courses both inside

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Billy L. Clark, The Citadel; Robert Hudson Imhoff IV; Luiz Dos Reis

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Ocean and Marine

with creating a research project from inception.When completed, this water tunnel will serve as a tool for classroom and laboratorydemonstrations in undergraduate-level courses related to fluid mechanics, as well as a resource inperforming undergraduate research on a small scale. One of the capabilities of this device will beinterchangeable test section models. This will allow for a variety of applications to differentcourse topics and research ideas. The portability of the device will allow for use in a typicalclassroom setting rather than requiring a separate laboratory space, which should facilitate morefrequent use in demonstrations.This paper provides an overview of the primary aims of this senior design project, detailing theways in

Conference Session

Student Advancement in Mechanics of Materials

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick A. Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Edward J. Berger, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Angela Goldenstein, Purdue University

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Mechanics

instructor at the community-college and research-university level.Prof. Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Charles M. Krousgrill is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories at the same institution. He received his B.S.M.E. from Purdue University and received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mechanics from Caltech. Dr. Krousgrill’s current research interests include the vibration, nonlinear dynamics, friction-induced oscillations, gear rattle vibrations, dynamics of clutch and brake systems and damage detection in rotor systems. Dr. Krousgrill is a member of the American

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Ely, Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette; Jason E. Bice, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kendra A. Erk, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

granular materials. In 2008, he was awarded the Merck Research Laboratories Fellowship in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Material Science, and Engineering. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Ely conducted postdoctoral research in Duesseldorf, Germany at the Heinrich-Heine University where he extended current dissolution models to predict nano-particle dissolution kinetics. Upon returning to the States, he worked as a postdoctoral research assistant at the School of Materials Engineering at Purdue University where he spent two and one-half years modeling high performance electrochemical systems with complex microstructures including and beyond Li-ion chemistries at the atomistic, mesoscale, and continuum levels in order

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

Authors

John Allen; Keith Berube; Brett Ellis

Programming” (3 credits) ‒ novice-level programming in visual basic; 3. MET 234 “Mechanical Technology Laboratory I” (3 credits) ‒ instrumentation; 4. EET 330 “Electrical Applications” (4 credits) ‒ alternating current and direct current (AC/DC) circuits, amplifiers, and transducers. Noticeably missing from the curriculum are courses in microcontrollers, programmable logic controllers, or industrial automation.Project selection was driven by the two instructors and the students. The instructors solicitedproject concepts from industry, university labs, the general public, and the studentsapproximately 4 to 6 weeks before the beginning of the fall semester. During the first week ofthe fall semester, students rank ordered their top three project

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Adrian Bituin, ASPIRES Program: Canada College & San Francisco State University; Krystal Kyain, Skyline College; Yardley Ordonez, Chico State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Wen Li Tang, San Francisco State University; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

through automation.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.Dr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of Engineering and Mathematics at Ca˜nada College in Redwood City, CA. He received a BS in Geodetic Engineering from the University of the Philippines, his MS in Geode- tic

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Ricardo Jesus Colin, San Francisco State University; Alex David, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Danny Daneth Ceron Garcia

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

technologyThis paper mainly describes the computer engineering internship project, in which foursophomore students from Cañada college developed a mobile gesture recognition system byintegrating bio-signal processing, machine learning, real-time system design, and mobile andcloud computing technologies. The project was conducted in the Intelligent Computing andEmbedded Systems Laboratory (ICE Lab) at San Francisco State university and was supervisedby the lab director and a graduate student mentor. The research outcome of the project as well asthe results of the pre- and post-program surveys show that the internship program was a greatsuccess in allowing the student interns to gain valuable computer engineering researchexperience and strengthening their

Conference Session

Computing Research II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Computing and Information Technology

includes Writing as well.Kinesthetic (K) Some people learn only by doing. The author would like to include “Tactical LearningMode” also in this category. These learners need hands-on-training. Here one may want toquote the famous phrase: Practice Makes You Perfect. This last, final group prefers to learnthrough experience. It is like performing a Ballet, or playing a Piano or building a modelbridge, etc. It could also be laboratory experience, clinical experience, simulation, case studies,co-op experience, industrial internship experience, service-learning experience, practical trainingexperience, etc. This perceptual mode is referred to as Kinesthetic mode.Additional Resources In addition to the above mentioned ideas, the author has

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jidong Huang, California State University, Fullerton; Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, California State University, Fullerton; Doina Bein, California State University, Fullerton; Yu Bai, California State University, Fullerton; Salvador Mayoral, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

University of California, Irvine in 2013. As a graduate student, Dr. Mayoral worked on the shielding of jet noise by a hybrid wing body aircraft. In 2014, Dr. Mayoral joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University, Fullerton where he currently serves as an Assistant Professor. As the PI of the Wind Tunnel Laboratory, his research interests span the areas of aeroacoustics, ground effect aero- dynamics, and has recently expanded his interests into the hydrodynamics of marine life. Moreover, Dr. Mayoral is a CoPI of the NSF funded ”Advancing Student Success by Utilizing Relevant Social-cultural and Academic Experiences for Undergraduate Engineering, Computer Science Students” (ASSURE-US

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University; Debakanta Mishra, Oklahoma State University; Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #30772INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY CONTENT INTOCIVILENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUMProf. Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at Boise State University in the fall of 2013. He is the director of the Sustainable and Resilient Geotechnical Engineering (SuRGE) Research Laboratory. His research focusses on solving complex geomechanics issues related to problem- atic clayey soils via experimental and numerical modeling studies. Some of his research focus includes, microbiological and chemical modification of

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Oscar Sanchez-Mata, McGill University; Mathieu Brochu, McGill University; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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Diversity

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Materials

interests include physics and engineering education, collaborating with Prof. Genaro Zavala’s Physics Education Research and Innovation Group at Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico).Prof. Mathieu Brochu, McGill University Prof. Brochu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University, a Gerald Hatch Engineering Faculty Fellow on Additive Manufacturing and the Director of the Powder Processing and Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Laboratory. He is codirector of the NSERC network on Holistic Innovation on Additive Manufacturing and co-director of the Canadian Additive Manufacturing Network. Prior to Joining McGill in 2004, Prof. Brochu held key AM

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michael Elmore P.E., Binghamton University; Peter J. Partell, Binghamton University; Meghan Crist, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Education, 2020 Work In Progress: First-Year Engineering Students and Their Perceptions of Academic ProgressIntroductionFirst-year engineering students are often under extreme amounts of stress. In their first semester,they are making the transition from high school to a college or a university where the rigor of thecoursework is above and beyond what they have experienced in the past. Typically, first-yearengineering students are expected to be calculus ready and take a calculus course in their firstsemester. They also take a laboratory science course, either chemistry or physics, but sometimesboth. In addition to these two courses, students usually take an introductory engineering courseand round out their

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

University Dr. Bryner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. He teaches courses in thermal-fluid sciences, experimental engineering, and air-breathing and rocket propulsion. Prior to joining Embry-Riddle he worked for over ten years in the propulsion and energy fields doing design, analysis, and testing on both the component and system level. His current research interests are development of engineering laboratory courses and gas turbine engine component design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Fundamental Instrumentation Course for Undergraduate Aerospace

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Electrical and Computer

education has been mainly focused onproblems that are open-ended in nature (e.g. design problems) or enabling skills more broadly(i.e. ethics, communication). For an open-ended problem, multiple viable and correct solutionsexist. Students’ writings, portfolios, or design-based projects, laboratories, or fourth-yearcapstone projects are areas in which outcomes-based research has been extensively investigated[9]–[12].Most of the work done on closed-ended problem solving is related to aiding students with self-regulation and building their problem-solving capability, rather than aiding the feedback process.Examples of the former include models of problem-solving in engineering and informationprocessing [13]–[17]. These models provide guiding

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Brittany Weber, Renewable Energy Society; Katelyn Renee Dunnagan , Renewable Energy Society ; Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Sustainability staff quickly realized that such aproduct was not commercially available, and that they did not have the expertise to create such agrill on their own. Therefore, they called on the Renewable Energy Society to create a new typeof grill for the tailgating event. The requirements specified for the grill were vague, only that itshould be able to cook food for a crowd with no emissions. In 2003, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory published an article titled “Fourthof July- No Picnic for the Nation’s Environment”. This article focuses on the effects of thebiggest grilling holiday for the United States, the Fourth of July. The group noted that there areseveral of these types of holidays and the environmental effects might be

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Core Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

year, when the course sections aretaught by non-tenure-line faculty, and when there is little discussion or development of gradingmethods, laboratory instruction, or normalization of grading across sections. (a) (b) Figure 3. Physics course grades in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019 for FYrE and Control (Non-FYrE) groups.The FCI exam provides a complementary measurement of students’ mastery that does not haveas much dependence on the specifics of the course situation (e.g., grading policy, instructor,etc.). In particular, this assessment targets students’ understanding of the basic concepts of forceand motion that are considered essential for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shelby Ann McNeilly, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Dr. Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University Dr. Plumlee is certified as a Professional Engineer in the state of Idaho. He has spent the last ten years es- tablishing the Ceramic MEMS laboratory at Boise State University. Dr. Plumlee is involved in numerous projects developing micro-electro-mechanical devices in LTCC including an Ion Mobility Spectrometer and microfluidic/chemical micro-propulsion devices funded by NASA. Prior to arriving at Boise State University, Dr. Plumlee worked for Lockheed Martin Astronautics as a Mechanical Designer on struc- tural airframe components

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Shuvra Das

offering. The Wright State class has both a lecture and a laboratorycomponent. In the laboratory, students perform physical experiments to illustrate themathematical concepts covered in the lecture as well as Matlab-based modeling and simulationexercises derived from the theory learned in class. At Detroit Mercy we already had a freshmanlevel Introductory class on Matlab applications in Engineering. So, no laboratory component wasincluded in ENGR1234.Figure 1 shows a partial pre-requisite structure for some of the earlier mandatory courses inengineering prior to the introduction of the new course. As is clear from this figure, studentswho ran into early difficulties with the Calculus sequence gets held back from the engineeringclasses. Figure 2

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Ilse Nava-Medina; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

specifically, hypothesis-driven orfundamental research is generally not conducted or encouraged to a large extent as part the degree.Such a practice is not because engineering technology students do not have the aptitude forconducting research, but rather the constraints of coursework and the associated laboratory practicelargely prohibits it from a time/resource standpoint. Tackling a research problem as a high-impactlearning experience will be especially beneficial to engineering technology students since many ofthe solutions that they are tasked to seek out as part of their normal job responsibilities involve theactivities of inquiry, hypothesizing, reasoning, etc., in other words, essential components of research.This paper is an exploration of