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Practical Teaching

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rex C Kanu, Ball State University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #7829A Study of Process Variability of the Injection Molding of Plastics Parts Us-ing Statistical Process Control (SPC)Dr. Rex C Kanu, Ball State University Dr. Rex Kanu is the coordinator of the manufacturing engineering technology program at Ball State University, where he teaches plastics materials and processing. Page 23.110.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Study of Process Variability of the Injection Molding of Plastics Parts Using Statistical

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Joseph Strathman; David C. Macke; Steve E. Watkins

Steve E. Watkins Missouri University of Science and TechnologyThe IEEE AESS Student Chapter at the Missouri University of Science and Technology(Missouri S&T) is developing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for student competitions, suchas the UAV Outback Challenge (www.uavoutbackchallenge.com.au/). This competition,sponsored by the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation, lends an opportunityfor student-led teams to improve designs for autonomous, search-and-rescue vehicles. Thesecond-generation UAV for Missouri S&T is based on a fixed-wing airframe designed incollaboration with an Aerospace Engineering Senior Design class to meet requirements of 1) aflight time of approximately one-hour, 2) a load

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Culture, Race, and Gender Issues

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

white engineering students are women) or women aggregated across races (18.2% of allengineering students are women). This study investigates undergraduate engineering students’educational experiences at the intersection of race and gender.Other kinds of aggregation also obscure important factors. In particular, educational Page 23.1405.4interventions commonly focus on underrepresentation in “STEM,” where science, technology,engineering and mathematics are combined. This masks the extent of problems in engineering, asits percentages of women and people are color are averaged with those of scientific fields likepsychology and the biological

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Topics in Energy Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #6733Economic Enhancements to a First-Year Net Zero Energy Home Design ProjectProf. Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Andrew Lau is an associate professor of Engineering and coordinator of first-year seminars. He earned his B.S.M.E. from Penn State in 1977, and his M.S.M.E. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1983. Page 23.448.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Economic Enhancements to a First-Year Net Zero Energy Home

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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John L. Krohn

Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2This last paper, “Incorporating Inquiry-Based Projects into the Early Lab Experience” byServoss and Clausen6 was presented at the 2012 ASEE Midwest Conference held at MissouriUniversity of Science and Technology describes a methodology with several similarities to theone independently developed by the current author and used in a sophomore level ChemicalEngineering lab course to address student attention and interest in the course.As further background to the method described here, a short history of the various approachesused within our department is in order. Mechanical

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Student

currently teaching courses in engineering, elec- trical engineering and elementary education. Dr. Bottomley has authored or co-authored more than 40 technical papers, including papers in such diverse journals as the IEEE Industry Applications Magazine and the Hungarian Journal of Telecommunications. She received the President’s Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Mentoring program award in 1999 and individual award in 2007. She was recognized by the IEEE with an EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Informal Education in 2009 and by the YWCA with an appointment to the Academy of Women for Science and Technology in 2008. Her program received the WEPAN Outstanding Women in Engineering Program Award

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Assessment of Student Learning 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. She also has interests in the diffusion of effective educational interventions and practices.Prof. Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY Please note I am Professor EmeritaDr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He currently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is in- terested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Koretsky is a six-time Intel Faculty Fellow and has won awards for his work in engineering education at the university and

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Crossing Boundaries - Service Learning and Interdisciplinary Teams

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James G Sullivan, University of Florida

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Construction

related to thesustainable environment iv. Collectively, these two ambitions promote collaboration, which mayin turn lead to new technology making its way to the market, or existing products being Page 23.803.2repurposed in creative methods iv. The 2010 competition ultimately consisted of seventeenteams, from North America, Europe and Asia. Each team constructed a sustainable house with afootprint less than 800 square feet in Madrid Spain over the course of 10 days and competed inten contests of varying subject matter iii.  Architecture  Engineering and Construction  Solar Systems and Hot Water  Energy Balance

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elif Ozturk, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Lauralee Mariel Valverde, Texas A&M University; Prentiss Dwight McGary, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and design and evaluation of learning environments informed by the How People Learn framework.Dr. Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M UniversityMiss Lauralee Mariel Valverde, Texas A&M UniversityMr. Prentiss Dwight McGary, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Indus- trial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He re- ceived his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 4

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chadia A. Aji, Tuskegee University; M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University

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Aerospace

is also very involved in retention activities at Tuskegee. In particular, she works closely with sources on campus to design strategies to assist incoming freshmen cope with first year mathematics classes. Dr. Aji is the recipient of the Tuskegee University Outstanding Faculty Performance Award for Research in 2010 from the College of Liberal Arts and Education.Dr. M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University Dr. M. Javed Khan is professor and head of the Department of Aerospace Science Engineering at Tuskegee University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University, his M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology and his B.E. in Aerospace Engineering

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jim Herold; A. Zundel; Thomas F. Stahovich

Analysis of Multivariate Observations. In Proceedings of the Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability, 281-297, 19675. Oviatt, S., Arthur, A., and Cohen, J. Quiet interfaces that help students think. In Proceedings of the 19th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology, 191–200, 2006.6. Romero, C., Romero, J., Luna, J., and Ventura S. Mining Rare Association Rules from e-Learning Data. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 2010.7. Van Arsdale, T. and Stahovich, T. Does Neatness Count? What the Organization of Student Work Says About Understanding. In Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Jean N. Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Student and Curriculum Development

they wouldn’thave considered on their own. Online tools create a short-term collective memory where ideascan be rapidly improved by many minds.” Industry has top level program goals that may requiremultinational team work and the synergistic support structure of extremely large teams where noone person understands all the systems of systems in detail.There is a growing trend of global, multi-company collaboration within the aerospacecommunity. With the growing maturity of information technology and ever-increasingcomplexity of modern engineering and education, many parent companies form partnershipswith specialty teams in order to facilitate rapid development across all subsystems of a project.For example, the Boeing Company purchases roughly

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Matthew R. O'Toole, Kettering University; Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Steven Nartker, Kettering University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

country.Developing the technology to produce and utilize biofuels is truly a multidisciplinary project,involving chemists to understand the fundamental chemical processes, chemical engineers toefficiently produce the biofuel, mechanical engineers to understand the effects of using biofuel inconventional engines, and mathematicians to aide with developing predictive models.At Kettering University an interdisciplinary group of faculty have been using biofuel educationactivities to motivate their students and develop student understanding of the opportunities andchallenges associated with producing and utilizing biofuels. Ongoing activities include projectsfor the classroom, undergraduate research, co-operative learning projects, and studentcompetition

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Libby Osgood P.Eng., University of Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University; Clifton R Johnston, Dalhousie University; Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island

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Community Engagement Division

perspectives of higher education service learning and volunteerism. Journal Of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 10(2), 207.17. D-Lab Fuel from the Fields: Charcoal Background Copyright © Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Accessed on November 2, 2012). Retrieved from http://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Charcoal_BG.pdf.18. Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., & Leifer, L. J. (2005). Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning. Journal of Engineering Education 94(1), 103-120. Page 23.26.15  

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The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Kremer, Ohio University

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Community Engagement Division

Difference (DMAD) is the unifying theme for the capstone Page 23.835.11design projects. Teams of five or six students partner with individuals or groups that have a realneed that can be addressed by an engineering project and that the customer cannot easily solveby some other means. Local and regional partnerships are encouraged and are the norm.Individuals with disabilities or physical challenges are common partners. Other projects focuson regionally appropriate technology to promote economic development. The relationships beginwith representatives from a community business or a local farm coming to class to pitch theirpotential projects to the

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; F. Carroll Dougherty, University of South Alabama

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #6125Transfer Student Transition: Lessons LearnedDr. Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama Dr. Jefferson earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Spelman College in 1997, a B.S.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997, an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Florida A&M University in 2005. She served as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Aerospace, developing models and test methods to examine the behavior of advanced non-metallic, nanostructured material systems. Dr. Jefferson

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Sally Sue Richmond, Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies

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Educational Research and Methods

State, she held faculty positions at Cabrini College and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She also held a number of positions in industry and government including an Electronics Engineer for the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA and a Software Engineer at Motorola in Horsham, PA. Dr. DeFranco received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, M.S. in Computer Engineering from Villanova University, and Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is a member of ASEE and has had numerous publications in journals and conference proceedings. She is also on the curriculum advisory board for a local technical high school.Mrs. Sally Sue

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Steven H Chin, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, international journal articles, book chapters in research and pedagogical techniques. He is the director of the Cyber Defense and Security Visualization Laboratory. Page 23.327.1Dr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Dr. Ying Tang received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Northeastern University in P. R. China in 1996 and 1998, respectively. She also earned a Ph.D. degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Paper ID #6010 2001. She is currently

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Novel Pedagogies 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #6066An Analysis of the Fidelity of Implementation of Research-Based Instruc-tional Strategies in the Statics ClassroomStephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech Stephanie Cutler is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Ms. Cutler’s dissertation will focus on how engineering education research is adopted into practice, specifi- cally how Research Based Instructional Strategies are implemented in the statics classroom. Ms. Cutler received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University and her M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with an emphasis on Human

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Abayomi Dairo; Nikola Jovic; Paul Cotae

36LOW COST FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING ACOUSTIC MODEM FOR UNDERWATER WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Abayomi Dairo Nikola Jovic Dr. Paul Cotae abayomi.dairo@udc.edu nikola.jovic@udc.edu pcotae@udc.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering Department School of Engineering and Applied Sciences University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Abstract: We focus on the underwater sensor nodes that have applications in oceanographic data

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Marie Brown, Northeastern University; Mario Alan Hulett, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.

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Community Engagement Division

Help chair.Mr. Mario Alan Hulett, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. Mario Hulett is a mechanical engineer in the Paint and Plastics Department at Honda Manufacturing of Indiana. He is a graduate of Georgia Southern University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Page 23.1353.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Variety of Community Partnerships in Related ProgramsAbstractThe National Society of Black Engineers’ Technical OutReach Community Help (TORCH)program aims to promote the value of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)education at

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Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

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Invited - Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8379Invited Paper - The iLab-Europe Initiative: Exploiting Possibilities Createdby a Network of Shared Online LaboratoriesMr. Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Danilo Garbi Zutin has graduated in electrical engineering at the State University of Sao Paulo (UN- ESP, Brazil, and obtained his Master degree in Systems Design (specialization in Remote Systems) at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in Villach, Austria. His research interests are in the field of remote engineering, online labs, remote control of devices and software development for online labs. Danilo Garbi

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7378Methods for Efficient and Reliable Scoring of Discussion TranscriptsDr. Jay McCormack, University of Idaho Jay McCormack is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Idaho where he is an instructor for the college’s interdisciplinary capstone design course. Dr. McCormack received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003.Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET Ashley Ater Kranov, Ph.D., is ABET’s managing director of Professional Services. Her department is responsible for partnering with faculty and industry to conduct robust technical

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #7760DaNI-K: A Vision-based Robot Control Experiment with a DaNI Robot andKinect Sensor BundleDr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo Nebojsa I. Jaksic received the Dipl. Ing. degree in electrical engineering from Belgrade University in 1984, the M.S. in electrical engineering, the M.S. in industrial engineering, and the Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the Ohio State University in 1988, 1992, and 2000, respectively. From 1992 to 2000 he was with DeVry University in Columbus, OH. In 2000, he joined engineering department of Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he is currently a

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lynette Frances Johns-Boast, Australian National University

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Invited - Curriculum Development

learning between the university and the workplace, and women in engineering. Prior to joining the ANU in 2005, she had 20 years’ experience in the information technology industry in Aus- tralia and the United Kingdom, including establishing a very successful small business which provides bespoke software and consultancy services to the Australian Federal Government in Canberra. Lynette holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Modern European Languages from the ANU and a Graduate Diploma in Information Systems from the University of Canberra. She is currently a PhD candidate in Higher Ed- ucation at the Centre for Higher Education, Teaching & Learning at the ANU. In 2012 Lynette received an Australian Council of

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lori Glover J.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Todd S. Keiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #6660Intellectual Property Issues in College-Industry PartnershipsMs. Lori Glover J.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lori Glover J.D. is the assistant vice president for Corporate Engagement at Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute in Worcester Massachusetts. She focuses on creating long term strategic partnerships for the univer- sity and is responsible for industry contract negotiation.Todd S. Keiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Todd Keiller joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute in October 2011 to run the technology transfer of- fice. Keiller brings over 30 years of licensing, business development, and

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INTERACTIVE SESSION – Measuring the Impact on Communities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Tamara Floyd Smith, Tuskegee University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7757Interactive Session: Measuring the Impact of Connection to CommunityDr. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washing- ton in 2004. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1993. She is currently professor and chair of the Department of Integrated Engineering program at Minnesota State University at Mankato. She was a 2011-12 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation.Dr. Julie P Martin, Clemson UniversityDr. Denise Wilson, University of

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephen A. Dyer

consider forthose interested in helping students (1) build basic skills in producing graphs quickly and (2) gainexperience in thinking about and understanding relationships, using graphs as aids.IntroductionThis paper is simply a call to acquaint students in science, technology, engineering or mathematics(STEM) with the skills involved in the display of quantitative information. For the typical STEMundergraduate, whether freshman or advanced, the art of thinking graphically seems largely nonex-istent. There are certainly some graphing aids available. Essentially every college freshman ownsa graphing calculator. They were required to use them in their middle-school and high-school mathcourses. But how many of those calculators provide enough

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Jayson Durham, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific)

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Ocean and Marine

Sensor-net Self-Organization and Control (SenSOC) and other next-generation capabilities within a broad rangeof potentially unanticipated operational contexts”9 which aids improved mission planning andrehearsal.9-10 Modeling and simulation environments such as AUV Workbench present engagingPBL opportunities to introduce students to interactive simulations based on vehicle test data andphysics based models thereby supporting science and technology research and education.The Introduction to Electrical Engineering course at Texas A&M University-Kingsville wasrecently replaced by a new freshman seminar course. Under the new course format, studentshave less time in the lab, as the new structure has two contact hours in the lab/class versus

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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Instrumentation

tied to licensed technology related to applicators and delivery protocols for cancer treatments. Page 23.765.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Instrumentation to Facilitate Learning in a First Bio-potentials CourseAbstractEngineering students in a new bioelectricity course, at both graduate and undergraduate levels,were provided the opportunity to measure bio-potential signals from their own person.Implementation of such an active approach was hypothesized to enhance the motivation to learnand to facilitate exploration of bio