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Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Don Ploger, Florida Atlantic University; Agnes Nemeth, Florida Atlantic University; Steven Alan Hecht Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

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Mathematics

. The technical details are available online at our website16.We also wanted the robot to fit into the K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics Page 23.1050.4(STEM) curriculum, specifically in math and science, so more students would benefit from it,rather than a small group who is motivated to participate in a robotics club. Studies in themathematics education research indicate that students may be able to recall certain facts, but failto use those facts in solving novel problems. Some students do not even recognize that solvingsuch problems is important. Students often “give clear evidence of knowing certain mathematicsbut then

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI

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Aerospace

Paper ID #6558Nationwide Student Movement on Space Solar PowerProf. Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI Peter J. Schubert, Ph.D., P.E. is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI, and serves as the director of the Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy. He has published 75 technical papers and ha 35 US patents. He has been the principal investigator on grants from NASA, DOE, DOD, USDA, and GSA. Page 23.923.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6102NSF ATE CREATE Renewable Energy CenterDr. Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons Dr. Kathleen Alfano is the director/PI of the NSF ATE CREATE Renewable Energy Center and has led the multi-college consortium CREATE (California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education) since its development in 1996-1997. She currently serves on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Emerging Energy Workforce. She served as a program director and co-lead for the ATE Program at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. in 2007-2008 and previously as dean of Academic Computing and

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2013 GSW

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Oscar N. Garcia; Garima Bajwa; Cynthia L. Claiborne; Shanti R. Thiyagaraja; Mohamed Fazeen; Eric H. Pruett

to run, and managedata and applications more efficiently from anywhere. This technology is gaining popularitymaking every sphere of society dependent on it in some manner. Security is required for anytechnology’s existence, so as researchers and academicians we certainly have a responsibility to  Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Educationlay the fundamentals and challenges of cloud computing and security in school via an organizedcourse. The following are the key topics and principles covered: A. Cloud Computing as a utility

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Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi

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Construction

Paper ID #8062Application Case Study of Mobile Computing to Decrease Paperwork at ”Neigh-borhood Stabilization Program (NSP)” Construction SiteDr. Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineer from Georgia Institute of Technology with concentration in Con- struction Management with a minor in Computer Engineering and strong statistical background. He has over 8 years of work experience in the A/E/C (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry with office and field experience in scheduling, estimating and project management in the United States and several

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Materials Science Education for the Future

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lindsay M. Corneal, Grand Valley State University

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Materials

Paper ID #6161Implementation of Materials for Energy Storage CourseDr. Lindsay M. Corneal, Grand Valley State University Lindsay Corneal is an Assistant Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. She received her B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor, a M.B.A. from Lawrence Technological University, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Materials Science and Engineering. Page 23.699.1 c American Society for

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7714Key Aspects of Cyberlearning Resources with Compelling ResultsMrs. Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi S. London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursing a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation. In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue, and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue in 2013. Her research interests include: the use of cyber- learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; assessing the impact of cyberlearning; and exploring ways computer simulations can be used to

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton

chemist, ageologist, an environmental scientist, four biologists and a physicist. Furthermore, the ScienceDepartment within RMU is also closely associated with the Engineering Department, which alsoincludes a diverse range of expertise within the engineering disciplines including manufacturing,nanotechnology, renewable energy sources, and energy storage technologies. The close relationsbetween the Science and Engineering Departments within SEMS led to this new interdisciplinaryminor and remain its largest strength. Many of these courses were developed with input from anumber of different faculty from both the Engineering and Science departments, and the minorcontinues to draw from this diverse pool of expertise. It is this interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Riham M Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #8044The Education Sector Revolution: The Automation of EducationMr. Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp. Mr. Hatem Wasfy is the president of Advanced Science and Automation Corp. (ASA) a company that specializes in the development of online virtual learning environments, and advanced engineering simu- lations. He has helped design several interactive learning environments that include a CNC machining course, a centrifugal pump maintenance course, an undergraduate physics course, and a welding course. He received a B.S. in 1994 and an M.S. in 1996 in Mechanical Engineering from the American

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Novel Pedagogies 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Harry B Santoso, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

-194.12. Davis, B. G. Tools for teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.13. Hartley, J., & Davies, I. K., “Notetaking: A critical review,” Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, vol. 15, 1978, pp. 207-224.14. Konrad, M., Joseph, L. M., & Itoi, M., “Using guided notes to enhance instruction for all students,” Intervention in School and Clinic, vol. 46, no. 3, 2011, pp. 131-140.15. Hohn, R. L., Gallagher, T., & Byrne, M., “Instructor-supplied notes and higher-order thinking,” Journal of Instructional Psychology, vol. 17, no. 2, 1990, pp. 71-74.16. Hosain, M. U., “Effective teaching using seminotes,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 120, no. 2, 1994, pp

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Toure Cort; Adityen Sudhakaran; Shankar Krishnan

3D Rapid Prototyping and Prosthetic Mitral Valve Design Toure Cort Adityen Sudhakaran Shankar Krishnan, Ph.D cortt2@wit.edu sudhakarana@wit.edu krishnans@wit.edu Wentworth Institute of Technology 550 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, USA 02115Abstract: Heart diseases lead to a large number of deaths globally. Some of thesediseases can be a result of mechanical, electrical, or biochemical complications within theheart. Among heart valve diseases, mitral valve diseases are common. A diseased mitralvalve negatively affects the amount of blood that fills the left ventricle, thus decreasingcardiac output. It is reported that over 2 million Americans

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University; Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University

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Instrumentation

-controlled ignition mechanism; (2) a programmable valve that allows control of oxygen flowduring the ignition phase and throughout the demonstration process; (3) temperature and pressuresensors inside the rocket chamber to monitor the behavior of the system and allow computationof resulting thrust; and (4) a data acquisition board for interfacing the various components. Thesystem can be assembled in five minutes and is fully controlled by software via push buttons in aLabVIEW™ programming environment. This paper documents the major system componentsand discusses test results.IntroductionScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are vital to Americancompetitiveness, yet relatively few students obtain a STEM bachelor’s degree. While

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FPD 1: Projects and Teamwork in First-Year Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas

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First-Year Programs

. Page 23.708.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Implementing First-Year Design Projects with the Power of ChoiceAbstract: This paper presents the re-design of an introduction to engineering lab course at aprivate urban institution in the Midwest. In the lab portion of the course students were providedwith a menu of three design projects, asked to rate their interest in the three projects, and splitinto small teams according to these ratings. In a given semester the three projects centered on atheme such as water balloon launching technology or small vehicle technology. The averageinterest rating for all projects was rated as 3.58-3.65 on a 1-5 Likert scale while the averageinterest rating of

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2013 GSW

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Ronald E. Barr

. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Education References1. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), http://www.abet.org/, Baltimore, Maryland, 2012-2013 version.2. Petersen, O., Williams, S., and Durant, E.: Understanding ABET Objectives and Outcomes, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 2007.3. Chambers T. and Simon W.: Closing the Loop: Demonstrating Positive Program Changes as

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Building BIM into Construction Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University; Sunitha Jain, Hill International ; James G Sullivan, University of Florida

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Construction

job training and placement. Page 23.1089.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Strategy to incorporate BIM curriculum in Planning and Scheduling classesAbstractArchitect-Engineer-Construction (AEC) employers have begun expecting that constructionprogram graduates have a working knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Thispaper is an attempt to adopt this new skill-set in educational institutions along with thefundamental techniques of Planning and Scheduling already being taught. To incorporate theBIM curriculum pertaining to the

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Issam Damaj; Ashley Ater Kranov

authors didn’t answer the question on how to clearly define the termSoE and how to develop a measurement framework for its assessment.In this investigation, we define the term SoE and develop measurable SoE indicators. Theinvestigation addresses issues related to SoE in general and for the Sustainability of TechnicalEducation (SoTE) in Particular. Here, technical education is concerned with Engineering,Engineering Technology, Computing , and Applied Science.This paper is organized so that the next section defines SoE and SoTE. The following sectionexplains the measurement framework. A later section provides a general evaluation. The lastsection concludes the paper and sets the ground for future work. Proceedings of the Spring

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2012 Public Policy Colloquium

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Jack M. Wilson

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center7 February, 2012 Engineering Deans Conference, Washington DCJack M. Wilson,MGHPCC Founding Chair 2009-2011President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Emerging Technologies and InnovationThe University of MassachusettsVISIONWorld-class Green High Performance Computing Center (1stin the Northeast)First multi-university HPC facility of its kind in the nationPlatform for collaboration in R&D that will strengthen MassR&D leadership in computing applicationsCatalyst for economic & workforce development in the state,region and Holyoke (Innovation District)Most significant state/industry/university partnership in statehistory

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Liusheng Wang, Jackson State University; Jianjun Yin, Jackson State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #6169Correlation Analysis of Scaffolding Creative Problem Solving Through Ques-tion Prompts with Process and Outcomes of Project-Based Service LearningDr. Wei Zheng, Jackson State University Dr. Wei Zheng is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at Jackson State University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and has over ten years of industrial experience. Since becoming a faculty member at JSU in 2005, he has made continuous efforts to integrate emerging technologies and cognitive skill development into engineering curriculum.Mr. Liusheng Wang, Jackson State

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2013 GSW

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Cherif Aissi; Mohammed Zubair

Friday Afternoon Session 1- Faculty Introducing Chaotic Circuits in Analog Systems Course Cherif Aissi Department of Industrial Technology University of Louisiana at Lafayette Mohammed Zubair Department of Electrical Engineering University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractFor decades, the engineering undergraduate education in the area of systems design has beenmainly focused in linear models. Today, it is important for students

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Harry R. Diz, Gannon University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #6044An Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project to Convert Agricultural Residuesto Solid Fuel PelletsDr. Wookwon Lee, Gannon University Wookwon Lee, P.E. received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Inha University, Korea, in 1985, and the M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He is currently on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Gannon University, Erie, PA. Prior to joining Gannon, he had been involved in various research and development projects in industry and academia

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Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, University of Michigan

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Electrical and Computer

service course in Electrical Engineering (EE) fornon-EE engineering majors relate the abstract concepts of Fourier spectra and transfer functionsof filters to the students’ favorite applications – creating and listening to the sounds of music.The projects include: (a) use of technology/software available on the Internet for the productionof sounds and editing of audio files; (b) lab measurements of the waveforms and spectra ofmusic, along with listening to the sounds; (c) soldering a multi-functional passive filter circuitand measurements of its transfer functions; (d) listening to the sounds of music without filters,through the software filters and through the real, soldered filters, and (e) comparison of theeffects of these two types of filters

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Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Remzi Seker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Instrumentation

Electrical Engineering Technology at UCF till August of 2010 when he moved to Daytona State College. He has presented numerous papers at various conferences and is the author of more than 100 technical articles. His research interests include digital simulation, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, system identification and adaptive control. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta PiDr. Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M UniversityDr. Remzi Seker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Seker is Professor of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach campus. His interest areas are cybersecurity, outreach, and edu- cation

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Topics in Energy Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

monitor daily electricity consumption has becomeincreasingly important with the ever growing demands for energy. Monitoring and quantifyingpower consumption enables engineers to notice problems with systems while in operation, andalso better plan future systems from the data gathered. As a result, power quality (PQ)measurement concepts are evolving from instantaneous metering to continuous monitoring andrecent developments in measurement technology make PQ monitoring systems more powerful.This equates to the construction and utilization of more flexible, compact and intelligent PQsystems.The goal of this project was to design, construct and test a monitoring system that is cost-effective, reliable and easily deployable in any environment. The

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Franco Capaldi

.[10] S. W. St. Clair and N. Baker, "Pedagogy and Technology in Statics," in American ociety for Engineering Education, 2003.Figure 1. Three dimensional interactive figures allow students to visualize problems,vectors, motion, and trajectories.Figure 2. Feedback is provided for all possible intermediate steps.Figure 3. Mastery Learning Topics

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-Perez and J. Dong, “An Active Learning Teaching Model for Engineering Instruction based onMobile Technology”, ASEE PSW Conference, April, Pomona, 2006.[8] J. Dong and N. Warter-Perez, “Collaborative Project-Based Learning to Enhance Freshman Design Experiencein Digital Engineering,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference,2009.[9] J. Dong and N. Warter-Perez, “Improving Collaborative Project-based Learning in Digital Engineering Based onProgram Assessment,” in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference,2010.[10] N. Warter-Perez and J. Dong, “Flipping the Classroom: How to Embed Inquiry and Design Projects into aDigital Engineering Lecture”, ASEE PSW Conference

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Design Based Energy Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez PhD, MBA, Western Michigan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Department ofIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering, teaching fundamentals of energy efficiency will be mainlythrough the thermodynamics and fluid mechanics courses. For a more comprehensive practice of thesubject from freshman thru senior level, a new freshman level product design fundamentals is introduced.The thermodynamics and fluid mechanics courses are reformed as a lecture and lab classes, and a newadvanced product design course is introduced. Prior to graduation, students would utilize this knowledgein their capstone design project for design of innovative energy efficient products.3. Energy efficiency testingIn recent years students of engineering technology programs of WMU have been offered capstone designprojects for innovative design

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Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Tanima Zaman, Ivy Tech Community College, Northwest

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #6116Undefined Obstacle Avoidance and Path PlanningProf. Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Akram Hossain is a professor in the department of Engineering Technology and director of the Center for Packaging Machinery Industry at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN. He worked eight years in industry at various capacities. He is working with Purdue University Calumet for the past 24 years. He consults for industry on process control, packaging machinery system control and related disciplines. He is a senior member of IEEE. He served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for fifteen years at var

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alex Dekhtyar; Anya L. Goodman; Aldrin Montana

topics covered in both courses are listed in Table 2. Table 2. Topics covered in the two courses.week CSC 448 topic BIO 441 topic1 Biology background Bio and software engineering background2 DNA analysis (codon bias, %GC, entropy) DNA sequencing technologies genome sequencing (HGP)3 String matching Genome annotation, UCSC genome browser, custom tools4 Suffix Trees Sequence comparison: dot plot, local and global

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Potpouri - A Mix

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franco Capaldi, Merrimack College; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin - Stout

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Mechanics

Paper ID #6223Outcomes of Using an Infinitely Explorable Online Learning SystemDr. Franco Capaldi, Merrimack CollegeProf. Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin - Stout Devin Berg is an assistant professor in the Engineering and Technology Department at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. His research interests are in the areas of engineering education and the design of medical devices. Page 23.952.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Outcomes of Using an

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Andrew Braham; Ashlea Milburn Bennett; Jeton McClinton

Using LinkedIn in the Classroom Andrew Braham1, Ashlea Milburn Bennett1, Jeton McClinton2 1 University of Arkansas, 2Jackson State UniversityAbstractIncoming students are increasingly comfortable using social media to communicate. Themajority of pre-university students report daily usage of social media websites. Therefore,faculty at universities should consider the use of social media in the classroom as the primarymode of out of class communication between faculty and students. LinkedIn is a professionalnetworking website that can fill this need. This research examined the use of LinkedIn for anupper level Civil Engineering technical elective at the