Engineering from National University of Singapore in 1997. She served as Assistant Professor and subsequently Associate Professor in Mechatronics Engineering at University of Adelaide, Australia and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore respectively. In 2006, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Singapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, specialized in Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Dr. Li has a unique cross-disciplinary educational and
replica of the Emona board, the art of actually makingrealistic and visible virtual cable connection remotely will add to improved pedagogy andunderstanding.The technology and issues concerned with the development and usage are discussed.Furthermore, the experience gained in developing, testing and using the system, as well asfeedback from students are also presented.Keywords: Telecoms, JavaFX, Emona DATEx, iLabs, Elvis Page 25.1117.2I. IntroductionIn the teaching of telecommunications engineering, practical experience substantiallyenhances the quality of the education. It substantiates a student’s understanding of a subjectand gives them the
/plates, composite material panels, and tires. She has also worked on numerous projects to create advanced engineering design and learning environments which include multi- modal user interfaces for space systems. As Vice President of Information Technology, Peters directs the development of advanced virtual reality applications, including scientific visualization applications and web-based multimedia education/training applications.Prof. Riham M. Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College Riham Mahfouz is the Department Head of the Chemistry Department at the Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC), where she teaches and serves as Course Coordinator for the following courses: prepara- tory chemistry, organic chemistry
engineeringdisciplines and the stakeholders in the success of the product design phase. Manufacturingengineers usually play a vital role in the conceptual design phase. In order to educate the nextgeneration of manufacturing engineers, we introduced and integrated the DFA methodology intoour Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MET) curricula at Minnesota State University-Mankato (MSU). A detailed description of this model, including advantages and disadvantages,future directions and recommendations, are included in this paper.Keywords: design for assembly, active learning, product development and designIntroductionDesign for assembly (DFA) is a systematic analysis process primarily intended to simplifyproduct structure and reduce the assembly costs of a
and Technology, a M.S.C.E. and a Ph.D. in civil/structural engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J. His research interests include fracture mechanics of engineering materials, composite materials and advanced construction materials, architec- tural/construction visualization and animation, computer applications in structural analysis and design, artificial neural network applications, knowledge based expert system developments, application based software developments, and buildings/infrastructure/bridges/tunnels. inspection and database manage- ment systems. Page 25.498.1
successfully into their courses.Background:Both the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)9 and the AmericanSociety of Engineering Education (ASEE)10 seek education standards which: encourage studentsto communicate, provide teamwork practice and encourage learning techniques for self-directedcontinuing professional development.Long lecture classes can be tedious for the student and a balancing act for the professor.Freshmen students are especially vulnerable as they may not be used to the 3 hour or more class,and they may lack the concentration necessary to carry them through. They may sit in traditionallecture rooms with sociofugal rows where they wait for information to be disseminated formemorization and later regurgitation in
AC 2012-5143: INTRODUCING A REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE OPTICALLABORATORY FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSProf. Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State UniversityDr. Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford Saeid Moslehpour is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Electrical and Computer En- gineering Department in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the University of Hartford. He holds a Ph.D. (1993) from Iowa State University and bachelor’s of science (1989) and mas- ter’s of science (1990) degrees from University of Central Missouri. His research interests include logic design, CPLDs, FPGAs, embedded systems, electronic system testing, and eLearning. Email: mosleh- pou@hartford.edu.Mrs. Harika
AC 2012-4179: REMODELING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR MOREEFFECTIVE LEARNING IN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS CLASSESProf. Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is currently conducting research on misconceptions and
AC 2012-4861: USING ONLINE QUIZZES AND DISCUSSION FORUMSTO ENHANCE LEARNING NUMERICAL METHODSDr. Bipin K. Pai, Purdue University, Calumet Bipin K. Pai has a B.S., aeronautical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1972; a M.S., mechanical engineering, University of Rochester, 1973; and a Ph.D., mechanical engineering, University of Rochester, 1978. He was Purdue University, Calumet, Director of Honors Program, 2005- present; Purdue University, Calumet, professor of mechanical engineering, 1991-present, full-time; Pur- due University, Calumet, Associate Professor of mechanical engineering, 1984-1991, full-time; and Pur- due University, Calumet, Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering, 1979
Page 25.827.14 Figure 6: Overall performance by Age GroupAlthough the concepts introduced in this study are generic, it appears that students in certainmajors tend to perform than other majors. For example, as shown in figure 7, Mechatronics andElectrical Engineering majors tend to perform better than Civil, Construction, and CivilEngineering Technology major students. This may be due to their interest in the field – whichindirectly dictates their motivation to participate in the study and learn the material. Overall Performance by Major 20 18 16 Average Score
Education 99(1), 71--79.6. Davies, T. (2000), 'Confidence! Its role in the creative teaching and learning of design and technology', .7. Fantz, T.; Siller, T. & Demiranda, M. (2011), 'Pre-Collegiate Factors Influencing the Self-Efficacy of Engineering Students', Journal of Engineering Education 100(3), 604--623.8. Gecas, V. (1989), 'The social psychology of self-efficacy', Annual review of sociology, 291--316.9. Gibbons, R. (1992), A primer in game theory, FT Prentice Hall.10. Hutchison, M.; Follman, D.; Sumpter, M. & Bodner, G. (2006), 'Factors influencing the self-efficacy beliefs of first-year engineering students', Journal of Engineering Education - Washington 95(1), 39.11. Parsons, S.; Croft, T. & Harrison, M. (2009), 'Does
AC 2012-5297: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: PROGRAMMING CONCEPT VI-SUALIZATION USING FLASH ANIMATIONSDr. Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University Lin Li is an Assistant Professor of the Computer Science Department at Prairie View A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 2004. Before that, he received his B.S. and M.E. from Beijing Institute of Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1996 and 1999, respectively. Currently, his research interests are in computer educational technology, green home, and network communications.Jaime Israel Juarez, Prairie View A&M University Jaime I. Juarez is a Software Engineer who graduated from Prairie View A&M
AC 2012-4334: GAMEMATH! EMBEDDING SECONDARY MATHEMAT-ICS INTO A GAME-MAKING CURRICULUMErin Shaw, University of Southern California Erin Shaw is a Computer Scientist at the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering. Her research focuses on modeling and assessing student knowledge in the areas of science and mathematics and experimenting with new technologies for aiding assessment in distance learning. As a Co-Principal Investigator on National Science Foundation sponsored studies, she researches new ways to assess student collaboration in undergraduate engineering courses and new ways to motivate secondary mathematics learning in the context of computer
arrays. Page 25.947.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Modernizing the Microcontroller Laboratory with Low-Cost and Open-Source ToolsInstructors in the area of embedded systems face an ongoing struggle to incorporate currentdesign and development techniques into their laboratory exercises. In addition to the difficulty ofkeeping pace with technological advances in the field, a significant investment is often made inthe design tools and development boards with the expectation that these costs will be amortizedover five years or more. Fortunately
AC 2012-3919: INVESTIGATING SWEDISH TEACHER’S APPROACHESTO THEIR TEACHING PRACTICEProf. Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University Arnold Pears received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and was a Senior Lecturer there1991 to 1998, before moving to Uppsala University, Sweden, to take a position there as Senior Lecturer in 1999, where he has remained. Pears is Associate Professor in computing education research at Uppsala University, and has a strong interest in teaching and learning research in computer sci- ence and engineering. He has published more than 25 reviewed articles in international journals in the area and is well known as a computing education researcher through his
, McGraw Hill, 1995.2. Navaz, H. K., Henderson, B. S., and Mukkilmarudhur, R. G., Bringing Research and New Technology into the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1998.3. Goddard, D., Taking Graduate Level Subjects to the Undergraduate Level via the Computer, A Concept and an Example, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1995.4. Hailey, C. E., and Spall, R. E., An Introduction of CFD into the Undergraduate Engineering Program, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000.5. Young, J., and Lasher, W., Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics in an Undergraduate ME Curriculum, ASME Proceedings Fluid Dynamics Division Summer Meeting, Forum on Instructional Fluid Dynamics
AC 2012-3630: REAL WORLD ULTRASONIC SIGNALS AND THEIR AP-PLICATION IN TEACHING SIGNAL PROCESSINGDr. Thad B. Welch, Boise State University Thad B. Welch, Ph.D., P.E. received the B.E.E., M.S.E.E., E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Postgraduate School, and the University of Colorado in 1979, 1989, 1989, and 1997, respectively. He was commissioned in the U.S. Navy in 1979 and has been assigned to three submarines and a submarine repair tender. He has been deployed in the At- lantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Arctic Ocean. From 1994-1997, he was an instructor and Assistant Professor teaching in the Electrical Engineering Department at the U.S. Air Force
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University Ali Eydgahi started his career in higher education as a faculty member at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985. Since then, he has been with the State University of New York, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and Eastern Michigan University. During 2006-2010, he was Chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, Founder and Director of the Center for 3-D Visualization and Virtual Reality Applications, and Technical Director of the NASA funded MIST Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. In Aug. 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of
the Texas Southern University, Houston.Dr. Kayode Peter AyodeleMr. Oluwapelumi Olufemi Aboluwarin Page 25.164.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 AN IMPROVED OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER ILAB WITH A REALISTIC LOOKING INTERFACEAbstractRealistic interfaces for iLab-based operational amplifier experiments have previously beenreported. Motivated by experiences and students' feedback gathered in the past, an even morerealistic interface for op-amp experimentation using iLab technology is hereby presented.The emphasis in the current work was on the design of a new client
. Kaushik Das, Texas A&M University, College Station Kaushik Das was born in West Bengal, India in 1981. He received a M.Tech degree in aerospace engineer- ing and a Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA, in 2005 and 2009, respec- tively. He is currently a postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. His research interests include computational mechanics, smart structures and materials, nano-structured materials, and microelectromechanical systems.Dr. Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.E., Texas A&M University
AC 2012-3167: INFORMATION ASSURANCE STUDENT GROUP: HOWTO TURN A CLUB INTO A VALUABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FORSTUDENTSDr. Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University Julie A. Rursch is currently is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. She will graduate with a degree in computer engineering with a focus on secure computing. Her research includes a unique approach to critical infrastructure modeling which provides emergency planners and first responders with resilient and flexible critical infrastructure evaluation in the face of non-recurrent, disruptive events. Her approach creates a new paradigm for modeling critical infrastructure sectors, analyzing real
percentage of USRP interns who indicated in exit surveys that theirexperience provided them growth opportunities in areas closely aligned to ABET a-k criteria.These are areas deemed critical to success in engineering and technology careers. Overall, thisdata indicates that USRP internship experiences are appropriately rigorous and challenging,providing student’s ample opportunity to grow in many of the areas considered critical inproducing a highly qualified pool of future engineers and scientists for the nation’s technicalworkforce.Table 2. Percentage of USRP interns indicating growth in key skill areas.Professional/Tech. Communication 98%Conceptual/Analytical Ability 99%Learning/Applying Knowledge 99%Professional Qualities
new technology, which can become skills for future careers [5].The study was conducted over two years with the class of 2012 and 2013. Each year the studentswere separated into groups to create an educational video that illustrates a fluid dynamics conceptthat both engineers and non-engineers can learn from. A list of possible subjects to focus on wasprovided, but students were not restrained to those topics. The project was first assigned to aclass of 2012 with 32 students. The students did not receive any additional resources, such asvideo editing software, to complete the project in the five week period. The next year the projectwas assigned to a class of 2013 with 35 students under the same conditions as the first year’sgroup. The desired
new technology, which can become skills for future careers [5].The study was conducted over two years with the class of 2012 and 2013. Each year the studentswere separated into groups to create an educational video that illustrates a fluid dynamics conceptthat both engineers and non-engineers can learn from. A list of possible subjects to focus on wasprovided, but students were not restrained to those topics. The project was first assigned to aclass of 2012 with 32 students. The students did not receive any additional resources, such asvideo editing software, to complete the project in the five week period. The next year the projectwas assigned to a class of 2013 with 35 students under the same conditions as the first year’sgroup. The desired
AC 2012-3680: LEARNING MATLAB IN THE INVERTED CLASSROOMDr. Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University Robert Talbert is Associate Professor of mathematics at Grand Valley State University. Formerly, he was Associate Professor of mathematics and computing science at Franklin College, where he was also the Director of that school’s 3+2 engineering program with Purdue University. His scholarly interests include cryptography, computer science, and educational technology with a special emphasis on using technology to support active learning environments in the university classroom. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University
andgraduation rates at each of the System’s sixteen institutions. Administrators at each institutionhave been charged to review the status of student retention at their institution and to take thenecessary measures to improve retention rates and to set retention goals. Taxpayers want toknow their tax dollars are well spent. In North Carolina, retention of students at the University ofNorth Carolina campuses is of utmost importance for institutional administrators to ensureefficient stewardship of taxpayers’ funds. Retention of students is becoming a fundamentalconsideration for all university faculty and staff at North Carolina higher education institutions.Due to the generally accepted higher costs of their programs, engineering and technology
AC 2012-4663: DOES NEATNESS COUNT? WHAT THE ORGANIZATIONOF STUDENT WORK SAYS ABOUT UNDERSTANDINGMr. Timothy S. Van Arsdale, University of California, Riverside Timothy Van Arsdale earned his B.S. in engineering from Walla Walla University in 2010. He is currently a Ph.D. student in mechanical wngineering at the University of California, Riverside.Dr. Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside Thomas Stahovich received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berke- ley, in 1988. He received a M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1995, respectively. He is currently Chair and professor in the Mechanical Engineering
of technological innovation in architecture,engineering, and construction education: integrating recent trends into the curricula, Journal of InformationTechnology in Construction (ITcon), Vol. 16, pg. 411-432, http://www.itcon.org/2011/24[5] Eastman, C., Teicholz, P., Sacks, R., Liston, K. (2008). BIM Handbook, Wiley & Sons[6] Bazjanac, V. (2008). IFC BIM-based methodology for semiautomatic building energy performance simulation.In L. Rischmoller (ed.), CIB W78, Proc. 25th conf., Improving the management of construction projects through ITadoption, Santiago, CL: 292-299. Universidad de Talca. ISBN 978-956-319-361-9.[7] Azhar, S., Brown, J., and Farooqui, R., “BIM-based Sustainability Analysis: An Evaluation of BuildingPerformance
AC 2012-4934: AUTOMATIC HANDWRITTEN STATICS SOLUTION CLAS-SIFICATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN PREDICTING STUDENT PER-FORMANCEMr. Han-lung Lin, University of California, Riverside Han-lung Lin has received his master’s degree at the University of Electro-communications in Japan. He is currently a Ph.D. student in computer science at University of California, Riverside.Dr. Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside Thomas Stahovich received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berke- ley in 1988. He received a S.M. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1995, respectively. He is currently Chair and professor in the mechanical