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Makerspaces in the Library: Using 3D printers, Laser Cutters, and Kits to Enhance Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sylvia Jones, Southern Methodist University

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Engineering Libraries

social impact for the funding he had received from the National Science Foundationfor research into digital fabrication. It is the extension arm of the CBA that is responsible foreducational outreach. Even though the originator of the FabLab concept had not envisioned anyconnection between digital fabrication and education, this connection has definitely now beenintegrated into its function.9 Page 26.882.4Among other things, FabLabs are a knowledge-sharing global network of labs that enableinvention by providing access to tools for fabrication. They are a “distributed laboratory forresearch and invention” that offer their members a place to “play

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Interest and Movitation: Formulating New Paradigms to Increase URM Participation in Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Miorelli, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Jerry Dwyer, Texas Tech University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

program. Most programs are partially funded bylocal foundations and federal grants; institutional support is also provided in the form of campusclassrooms, laboratories, and voluntary faculty efforts. The goals of the program, which includeincreasing the diversity of participating students, have not changed over the course ofimplementation. However, the recruitment strategies and program activities have evolved duringthe course of this project. Our best practices for inspiring minority students in STEM werebelieved to be:  Hands-on experiences completing real science and engineering projects;  Working in peer based teams for the solution of projects;  On-going support and encouragement from the instructor;  Real world examples

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Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Alan Nygate, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Computing & Information Technology

, draw conclusionsor make predictions.Bibliography 1. Krum, R (2013), Cool Infographics : Effective Communication with Data Visualization and Design, John Wiley & Sons 2. Lankow, J., Crooks, R., & Ritchie, J., (2012), Infographics : The Power of Visual Storytelling, John Wiley & Sons 3. Lerner, N. (2007). Laboratory lessons for writing and science. Written Communication, 24 (3), 191-222. 4. Leydens, J., Olds, B. (2007). Publishing in scientific and engineering contexts: A course for graduate students, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 50 (1), 45-56. 5. Locke, D. (1992). Science as writing. New Haven, CT. Yale University Press. 6. McCabe, J. (2007). Network Analysis

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Stephen A. Strom, Penn State Behrend

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Instrumentation

and Computer Engineering Technology program complete a3-credit Measurements & Instrumentation course. There are three main sections of the course: (1)Programming applications using LabVIEW, (2) Data acquisition, sensors, and signal conditioning,and (3) Design of measurement systems. Weekly laboratory activities mirror the lecture materials.Part of the requirements in the course includes an end-of-semester team design project where onepossible option is to design and implement software application for the Finch Robot. Students areprovided LabVIEW SubVIs for all of the robot’s low-level functions (audio buzzer, tri-color LED,left/right motor control, light sensors, obstacle detectors, temperature sensor, and tri-axisaccelerometer values) as

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Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl A. Bodnar, University of Pittsburgh; Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, Chemical Engineering Department; Joseph J. McCarthy, University of Pittsburgh; Steven R. Little, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering

chemical productdesign class and laboratory class (for a combination of three credits). The senior levelprototyping class did not require modification to the curriculum as it is listed as an elective. Weanticipate that with the nature of the first two classes in the sequence there will be a strongdemand by students for this elective level class.Introduction to Chemical Product DesignThis course is the first one in the sequence and is taken in the spring semester of sophomoreyear. The educational learning objectives for this course are students will be able to (1) utilizedocumented brainstorming techniques and then select the best idea for further study, (2) collectand analyze customer information in order to generate a customer value proposition

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Computers in Education

Experimental Design Course Projects Involving the Use of a SmartphoneIntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering senior laboratory course at the University of Idaho is a project-based course that focuses on experimental design and requires students to design, perform andanalyze their own statistically based experiments. A difficulty that arises each semester,especially in the Fall when there are 40 plus students, is finding enough appropriate experimentsthat can be designed, ran, and analyzed in the last two-thirds of the semester (the course is onesemester) with minimal funds. In the past, we used “canned” projects or Senior Capstoneprojects; however, the canned projects were not interesting to the students and it is becomingharder to develop

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel M. White, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Computers in Education

University. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is also an area in which she holds a patent. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories and the diffusion of educational interventions and practices.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryndol A. Sones, United States Military Academy

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Nuclear and Radiological

responsibility forassessment of certain Student Outcomes each time that the course is taught andthis data is integrated into a program level evaluation of the curriculum. Likeother programs, embedded indictors include tests, laboratories, papers,presentations, and projects. What follows are some unique ideas for assessing thestudent outcomes. Each of these is a graded event in the NE Capstone Course,NE495/496. They include (1) Student Outcome Essays to assess studentperspectives on their attainment of ABET Student Outcomes a-k, (2) CapstoneProject Elevator Pitch to convey a broad perspective of the engineeringenvironment ABET Student Outcomes h, (3) an Oral Examination to assessstudent dedication to continued learning Student Outcomes i, and (4) a

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura A Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #11842A Demo Every Day: Bringing Fluid Mechanics to LifeDr. Laura A Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania Dr. Laura Garrison received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas and her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University. She then worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and AT&T Federal Systems before deciding to pursue her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Penn State University in the area of experimental fluid mechanics associated with the artificial heart. After graduating, she worked at Voith Hydro for five years in the area of Computational Fluid Mechanics. For the last

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Problem-based and Active Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

examples of similar courses elsewhere.) The course originated more than 20 years ago andhas always required that students complete a series of open-ended projects related to the requiredjunior level coursework. There is no lecture, other than for organization, and the class meetsonce a week as a way to more formally answer questions and provide support for studentsworking on projects. Over the years the number of projects and the nature of the projects hasvaried. Over the past five years the course has been restructured so as to satisfy three objectives: 1. The course provides a mechanism whereby students can complete laboratory exercises that reinforce the theoretical material learned in the junior year. This includes the areas of

Conference Session

Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Randy Craig Hurd, Brigham Young University; Kip Schafer Hacking, Brigham Young University ; Tadd T Truscott, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for the jobs of the future. USCongress Joint Economic Committee.[6] VERNER , I.M. & AHLGREN, D.J., (2004) Robot Contest as a Laboratory forExperiential Engineering Education. Journal on Educational Resources in Computing,4(2), 1-15[7] FABIANE B., & VAVASSORI B., (2012). Exploring the educational potential ofrobotics in schools: A systematic review. Computers & Education, 58(3), 978–988[8] MELCHIOR, A., COHEN, F., CUTTER, T. & LEAVITT, T., (2005). More than Page 26.97.7robots: An evaluation of the FIRST robotics competition participants and institutionalimpacts. Center for Youth and Communities, Brandeis University.[9] BERK, L &

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale H. Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Instrumentation

and microcontrollers.In the LabVIEW programming portion of the course, students became familiar with developingcode to communicate with USB and RS232 connected devices. Students also developed userinterfaces for controlling serial communication and displaying information. The skills acquiredthrough these exercises were very useful for the Pitot-static probe project.PIC® microcontrollers manufactured by Microchip Technology were used for the embeddedprocessor part of the course. A custom trainer PCB for the 18F13k22 8-bit microcontroller wasused in the laboratory exercises to develop and debug C code. The free Integrated DesignEnvironment (IDE), MPLAB, and the C compiler, xc8, from Microchip Technology were usedfor all code development and

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University

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Computing & Information Technology

University to meet the needs ofthe growing number of face-to-face and distance education students6. Laboratory experiments areuseful in teaching students skills needed for employment, and to reinforce theoretical conceptsintroduced during lectures. However, the students sometimes do not receive timely feedbackbecause it is extremely time-consuming for the instructors to grade the hands-on exercises. Thestudents usually do not have the opportunities to fix the mistakes they made in previous labs dueto lack of timely feedback. These challenges were addressed by the creation of an automatedgrading and feedback system, called BroadReach Extended, for locally designed hands-onexercises in Information Technology (IT) courses. By introducing the automatic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of automation, control, and automated system integration. Page 26.459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Design and Preliminary Evaluation of Portable Kit for Programmable Logic Controller EducationAbstractPLC control programming is a complex cognitive skill that requires hands‐on experience todevelop proficiency. Successful automation/control engineers must know how to write PLCprograms to control and troubleshoot the process being

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Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynne Cowe Falls, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Gord Aker P.Eng. PCC, Logical Leadership

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

leadershippotential. This is accomplished by opening learning opportunities for them that otherwise did not exist. Page 26.486.7Their contributions to the school are also recognized and honoured reinforcing the positive nature of theirdecision to step up into a student leadership role that may negatively impact their academic achievement.Furthermore, students participating in the program graduate with a superior and more balanced educationthan those focused solely on classroom and laboratory academics. Their opportunity to not just learnabout leadership but to apply it in a real leadership role provides an unparalleled experience for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas at El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Ryan Wicker, University of Texas, El Paso; Zhonghua Hu, University of Texas at El Paso

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

manufacturing-fabricated me- chanical structures.Zhonghua Hu, University of Texas at El Paso Zhonghua Hu was born on April 2, 1983 in Shanghai, China. He got his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering on the summer of 2005 from Tongji University, Shanghai, China and Master of Science degree in Industrial Manufacturing and System Engineering at University of Texas on the winter of 2012. He started to pursue his Ph.D degree in Electrical Computer Engineering at University of Texas at El Paso from fall 2013. At UTEP, he worked as a research assistant at Industrial Systems Engineering Laboratory. Page 26.517.1

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Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidan F. Browne, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Wesley B. Williams P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Keith Loftus, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Christopher Benfield

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

for remote robot teleoperation: Applications in training and simulation." In IIE Annual Conference and Expo, pp. 977-982. 2008.[2] Pereira, Carlos Eduardo, Suenoni Paladini, and Frederico Menine Schaf. "Control and Automation Engineering Education: combining physical, remote and virtual labs." In Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD), 2012 9th International Multi-Conference on, pp. 1-10. IEEE, 2012.[3] Soares, F., C. P. Leão, V. Carvalho, R. M. Vasconcelos, and S. Costa. "Automation and control remote laboratory: a pedagogical tool." International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education 51, no. 1 (2014): 54-67.[4] Sekar, Ramnath, Sheng-Jen Hsieh, and Zhenhua Wu. "Remote diagnosis design for a PLC- based automated system

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Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Per G. Norström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

A, D, R 3Experiments/laboratory exercises B, H 2AssessmentIt showed to be difficult to analyse the reports with respect to how students see themselvesassess their pupils on the subject technical systems. All of them state that assessment shalltake place, but a careful reading of the evaluation criteria showed that 8 out of 12 reportscontained only the general assessment criteria stated by the National agency of education(Skolverket). These are intended for the contents of the technology subject as a whole, and notto be used for specific tasks or projects.Four out of 12 students made their own assessment criteria based on their teaching activities,presented in the

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saryn R Goldberg, Hofstra University; Jennifer Andrea Rich, Hofstra University; Amy M. Masnick, Hofstra University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

performance in an engineering Statics courseIntroductionIn science classrooms at both the high school and college level, it is becoming increasinglycommonplace to use writing to strengthen students’ conceptual understanding of the coursecontent. Since the 1980s, studies of student writing in science classes have shown thatconceptual knowledge is increased and concretized through multiple modalities of writing, suchas journaling, summary or explanation, laboratory reports, and news articles.1, 2, 3, 4.What is less clear is the relationship between integration of writing and increased competency innon-conceptual areas of science, or in areas where concept and application (quantitative) are bothrequired. In these

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Max Kross, Engineering Education Innovation Center

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Computers in Education

Nimunkar8 used electronic notebooks in a biomedical engineering design programfor sophomore through senior level students. Their results demonstrated that both faculty andstudents enjoyed the electronic platform for its anytime access and ability to be accessed in thefuture. We hoped that through our implementation we would also see benefits related to accessand availability. The platform chosen for this project allowed students to access the electronicnotebooks in the course, but it also has the capability for long term access which is describedlater in this paper.Cardenas9 also reported on the use of electronic laboratory notebooks. For her work, students

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ethan Sclarsky, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; Tyler Marquis Cooper, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Andrea Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University

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Materials

Medical Device Implants in the United States. Hyattsville, MD:National Center of Health Statistics, 1988.5. Black J, Shalaby SW, LaBerge M. Biomaterials Education: An Academic Viewpoint.Journal of Applied Biomaterials. 1992;3:231-6.6. Vanderbilt N, Texas, and Harvard-MIT Engineering Research Center.http://www.vanth.org/curriculum/curr_bio_domains.asp.7. Saterbak A, editor Laboratory Courses Focused on Tissue Engineering ApplicationsProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Page 26.670.6Exposition; 2002.8. Pittsburg Tissue

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Curriculum and New Course Development in ET

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ahmad, Northwestern State University

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Engineering Technology

) applications. Orthographic projection, geometric construction, sectioning, dimensioning, auxiliary views, and text.  Introduction to Engineering Technology: Specific information for engineering technology students about degree requirements, scholastic resources, careers in engineering technology, job opportunities, academic skills for success in engineering technology, scholarship, and preparing for the future.  Occupational Safety and Health: Principles and practices of accident prevention and safety program operation in industrial facilities and school laboratories; effective safety organization, management and supervision; teacher, administrator and management liabilities; Occupational Safety

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Tatiana V. Goris, Purdue University, Columbus, IN; Ana M. Djuric, Wayne State University; Petros J Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Nathan John Luetke, Old Dominion University; Moustafa R. Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Basim Matrood, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

teaching Page 26.1000.1 CAD based courses, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. He is involved with the Thermodynamic and Fluids laboratories and is interested in incorporating renewable energy systems into the lab environment.Prof. Moustafa R. Moustafa, Old Dominion University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Paper ID #11530 Professor Moustafa joined the Mechanical Engineering Technology department in August of 1979. Since then, he continuously taught, advised, guided

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Microcontrollers, Programming, and Data Acquisition

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering (ONU 1997).Dr. John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University John-David Yoder received his degrees (B.S., M.S, and Ph.D.) in mechanical engineering from the Univer- sity of Notre Dame. He is Professor and Chair of the mechanical engineering at Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH. He has previously served as Proposal Engineer and Proposal Engineering Supervisor at Grob System, Inc. and Software Engineer at Shaum Manufacturing, Inc. He has held a number of leadership and advisory positions in various entrepreneurial ventures. He is currently a KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial Ed- ucation Network) Fellow, and has served as a Faculty Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA and an Invited Professor at INRIA

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabelle Dutil, University of Toronto; Varuna Prakash, University of Toronto; Jun Nogami, University of Toronto; Scott Ramsay, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Materials

assumed that they were a different set of lecture slidesrather than a method to summarize and synthesize concepts to reinforce learning. This may havecontributed to their negative reception. d. Tempered glass lecture demonstrationThe tempered glass demonstration was highly regarded by the students who felt that theyunderstood the concepts much better after having seen the demonstration in class. They foundthis and other demonstrations to be very engaging and entertaining and better for conceptretention. Furthermore, students felt demos were more valuable than laboratory sessionsincluded in the course curriculum. Students did not consider labs helpful, since they watched theteaching assistant demonstrate an experiment rather than getting the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolas A. Brown, Florida Atlantic University; Khaled Sobhan, Florida Atlantic University; Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University; Ryne A Sherman, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

University, both in Civil Engineering.Prof. Edgar An, Florida Atlantic University Dr Edgar An received his B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Mississippi in 1985, M.S.E.E. degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1988, and PhD degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1991. From 1991 to 1994, he was a post-doc fellow in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Southampton, UK, working on the European Prometheus project. He joined the Department of Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University as an assistant professor in 1995, became an associate Professor in 1999, and became a full professor in 2005. He is currently the director of the Advanced Marine Systems Laboratory, and

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Wu, California State University, Fresno; Yupeng Luo, California State University, Fresno

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Design in Engineering Education

knowledge, modeling skills andanalysis abilities of using BIM in the sustainability domain were addressed by developinggrading rubrics for specific project deliverables.The joint course project was coordinated by instructors of two upper division electives enrolledmajorly by senior students with a few juniors, including CM-132: Advanced ArchitecturalDesign and CM-177: Sustainable Construction, with assistance from the industry partner who isthe general contractor of the selected campus laboratory project. The overarching joint courseproject goal set for students was to develop strategies, create designs, conduct analyses andprepare documentation in pursuit of LEED certification facilitated by BIM. Project teams weremade of 4-5 students from the two

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Zakzewski, The University of Scranton; Mark Robert Murphy Sr., University of Scranton, Director of Sustainability; Michael Mahon Ph.D., Abington Heights School District

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Community Engagement Division

experiences exposed students to the language of energy,standards, regulatory issues, energy distribution, metering and billing in ways not easilyreplicated in a traditional laboratory setting. The experience also equipped students todemonstrate real world experience on resumes and job interviews. The increase in energy relatedcareer choice is attributable, in substantial part, to the service-learning experience.Opportunities for ImprovementSeveral opportunities for improvement presented themselves during the project. The instructorshould have asked students to critically reflect on the social implications of sustainability, theeffectiveness of the service experience, and the impact of this experience on career selection.Finally, it is best to develop

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Nathan P. Siegel P.E., Bucknell University; Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; David E Cipoletti, Bucknell University; Kyle Montgomery, Bucknell University; Kerra Mercon; Laura Kathleen Poss, Bucknell University; Zachary Paul Ross, Bucknell University; Dan Robert Muccio

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Manufacturing

Page 26.1105.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015AbstractWe are working to create a culture of making at Bucknell University. We are doing this through a multi-path approach that makes tools widely and freely available, offers training in multiple ways, andencourages both curricular and co-curricular experiences in making. By taking existing workspaces oncampus, such as parts of the engineering project development laboratory and the sculpture studio, and re-imagining them as makerspaces, we are making tools and training more widely available without havingto start from scratch with a new facility. In addition, we are hosting “skill seminar” events whereuniversity community members can learn specific

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Timothy F. Wheeler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Randall G Bock, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

science and systems engineering; 2. Provide a comfortable setting for the student to begin his/her life as a Penn State student; and 3. (Perhaps most importantly) have fun while getting started on a career in engineering and, more specifically, space-related engineering.Secondary goals for the course include: 1. Recruit students to the activities of the Student Space Programs Laboratory (SSPL) in the EE Dept. SSPL is a faculty-led, student-run lab in which students develop capabilities for space projects and fly space missions. SSPL has built payloads for balloon, rocket, and satellite platforms [7]; 2. Provide training in the skills needed for the space-related work of the SSPL; and 3. Retain