Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman; Jason Keith; Ahmad Sleiti; Eileen Cashman; Peter Lehman; Richard Engel; Michael Mann; Hossein Salehfar

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Kit (right).CurriculumThe H2E3 project curriculum modules are designed for use in existing engineering courses andwill use hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to teach concepts and principles already integral tothe curricula of courses. The goal is to allow teachers to replace existing lessons rather than toadd lectures or activities to already tightly scheduled courses. Draft versions of curriculummodules will be designed for students in the following types of courses: • introduction to engineering • introductory thermodynamics • advanced thermodynamics • manufacturing engineering • upper-division engineering laboratory • energy and societyCurriculum components will consist of course-specific lesson plans, computer

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elyce Winters, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Jennifer Dellaposta, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christine Szaraz, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

they have questions or concerns. A plan is created for each student tohelp them achieve the goal of entry into an engineering, applied science or other appropriatemajor, and advising sessions provide AOI students with a clearly defined picture of the programand a list of criteria they must meet. Pre-major students relate that this personal guidance isespecially valuable to them, and in addition to being a source of factual information the advisorand undergraduate office are perceived as sources for support and encouragement.First-year students are a focus of the AOI program, as freshmen are vulnerable academically andsocially during the transition to the responsibilities of higher education. Walter, et al. state“Some freshman are clear

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Daniel Kirk, Florida Institute of Technology; Tein-min Tan, Drexel University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

near and long term professional plans? If yes, how does he/she know them? If no, why do you think he/she does not know? • Is your career progressing along path you envisioned? • Are you career aspirations aligned with Boeing's strategic goals and vision? Page 15.388.5 • How is success now measured differently at Boeing than when you were in college? Are you aware of how success is measured and how much does it mean to you? • What could have been more effective during your K-12 years to prepare you for college? • What could have been more effective during your college years to prepare you for Boeing? • At

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Uday Manepalli, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

tools necessary to solvenew problems that arise”. Previous studies, on the other hand, reveal the hourly requirement oftransportation-related courses in the civil engineering curriculum offered for undergraduatestudents as decreasing2,3 and entry-level engineers lack significant exposure to transportationengineering methodologies2. In terms of practice, young graduates face a wide range ofincreasingly complicated problems from growing congestion, heightened awareness of trafficsafety and worsening air quality to environmental preservation and social equity concerns4.In a survey4 of 360 participants of transportation engineering and planning courses offered at USuniversities, while assessing the match between the knowledge (topics) and the

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

provide guidance, help in seeding the new culture, and in developing emerging professionals; ≠ Initiation and maintenance of regular well-planned interaction with industry; and to seek industries’ input, assistance, and feed back; ≠ An engineering “up-front” approach, where engineering is the intellectual centerpiece of the curriculum and to be used from the beginning, i.e., not simply be the traditional introductory and/or survey type course offered as an independent exercise during the first year; ≠ An integration of basic math and science onto themselves, but most importantly, intertwining the theory to serve engineering principles and engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Lawrence Chatman, Camden County College

engineering design projects in this course.1. Project 1 - Report on Electric Toothbrush: in this project, engineering design teams are assigned to study current electric toothbrushes in the market and prepare a report to the CEO of their company with the ambitious plans of manufacturing a competitive (cost effective, environmentally friendly, high performance etc.) electric toothbrush [5]. The report has to provide detailed information including but not limited to the design, operation, ergonomics, aesthetics, safety, and cost issues related to the current products. The result will be recommendations for product improvements.2. Project 2- Toothpaste and Manufacture: extended from Project 1, the engineering design teams are

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

generally involves environmental or Earth-systemissues, although it is not exclusively devoted to them. Previous problems have included:developing a plan to provide adequate fresh water for western North America for the nextcentury and beyond; creating a legal, regulatory and scientific framework to preserve theviability of global fisheries; and deciding how (and whether) to rebuild New Orleans in theaftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Students are given broad latitude in structuring their approach tothe problem, and they have great freedom in organizing themselves and their solution to addressthe problem as they see fit.By the spring semester, Terrascope students have thus developed a deep interest, and some levelof expertise, in a specific complex

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Barbara Silver Thorn, Marquette University; Karla Bustamante, Itesm chihuahua

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Page 23.1400.31 U.S. Department of Education, International and Foreign Language Education Service,http://www2.ed.gov/programs/fipsenortham/index.html2 http://www.nareti.com/host institution(s), forwarding applications for which they recommend travel awards. The hostinstitution determines final acceptance. Accepted students then work with international officestaff and NARETI faculty at the host institution regarding travel logistics, curriculum options,and specific research/internship opportunities.Program assessment: An evaluation plan and specific assessment tools were identified so as toassess the program objectives (Table 2). These assessment tools include: (1) a healthcareawareness survey, (2) two case study reports, (3) a global

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Kris Jaeger, PhD has been a member of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a selected group of full-time faculty expressly devoted to the First-year Engineering Program at Northeastern Uni- versity. Recently, she has joined the expanding Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU to continue teaching Simulation, Facilities Planning, Human-Machine Systems, and Senior Capstone Design. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of several honors in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several award-wining engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyonDr. Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Kristina Rojdev, NASA; Daniel Carrejo, NASA; Anthony J. Colozza

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

within the allotted budget for the project. If standard salaries for all the work completed would Page 24.927.5have been included in the proposed budget, the total costs would have exceeded the NASA budget forthe project. By using a Capstone Design team approach for the design, development and test activities,the Capstone team was offered the opportunity to work on an exciting and challenging project whileproviding a cost effective method to accomplish these initial project elements.The Capstone team began planning the initial design activities during the Fall 2012 semester andcompleted final prototype demonstration, project presentation

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yazan Alsmadi, Ohio State University ; Kaichien Tsai, Ohio State University; Mark J. Scott, Ohio State University; Longya Xu, Ohio State University; Aimeng Wang

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

circuits and as well as applying them tomotor drives.In reply to question two, 60% of students requested adding a few free lab periods to thelaboratory course where they can have the opportunity to practice alone without being guided bya lab procedure. Other suggestions were: • They prefer to have additional challenging problems with an additional extra credit where they can improve their debugging skills. • They recommended having an optional recitation class during the week where students can ask questions.V. Future WorkStudents’ comments and suggestions are being considered in the future work plan of the PowerElectronics and Motor Drives Laboratory at OSU such that they can be integrated with thecurrent developed lab. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

with the PI and co-PIs or senior personnel. The lab sessions will serve as practice for the graduate students to exercise the implementation of good teaching practices. Typically, graduate students (even those with teaching assistantships) lack the experience of designing educational activities, as these are usually designed by senior instructors/faculty members, whereas teaching assistants are only responsible for the implementation. This training will provide graduate students the educational training that they will need as they progress in their careers, especially if they plan to secure an academic job.(iv) To develop a multi-platform nanotechnology educational app—i.e., an app that will be able to run on

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Alejandro Teran, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM); Hoa Thi Pham, International University - Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City

Tagged Divisions

International

, Harman reported the existence of 368 higher education institutions providingfor over 1.5 million students and in 2013, Nguyen et al .report 419 institutions enrolling 2.2million students, reflecting the large growth in higher education occurring in Vietnam.11The country is undergoing a social and economic planned transformation, and like China, isforging its own path in the development and application of a “socialist-oriented marketmechanism.” The higher education system is under a major structural and policy reform, moving Page 24.972.12Vietnam from a Soviet model of higher education towards a western-styled system. The reformis being planned in the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Clarke, Florida International Univeristy; Debra Lee Davis, Florida International University; Raymond Chang Lau, Florida International University; Tariq M. King, Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

StructureThe CEN4072 course topics as stated in the catalog description are: test plan creation, test case Page 24.1115.5generation, program inspections, black-box testing, white-box testing, GUI testing, and the useof testing tools. The prerequisite for CEN4072 is data structures. The students in the course areevaluated based on three exams, a team-based project, and class participation. Details on the courseproject are provided in the next subsection.The material presented to students during the course is centered around black-box and white-boxtesting techniques.3, 18 The black-box testing techniques presented include: random, equivalencepartition

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mandy Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Page 24.1124.1423. Golde, C. & Dore, T. At cross purposes: What the experiences of today’s doctoral students reveal about doctoral education. 1–58 (2001).24. Nerad, M., Aanerud, R. & Cerny, J. in Paths to Profr. Strateg. Enrich. Prep. Futur. Fac. (Wulff, D. H. & Austin, A.) 137–58 (Jossey-Bass, 2004).25. Dees, J. G. The meaning of social entrepreneurship. Duke Univ. Fuqua Sch. Business, Cent. Adv. Soc. Entrep. 1–5 (2001). at 26. Magner, D. Critics urge overhaul of Ph.D. training, but disagree sharply on how to do so: How graduate school alters students’ career plans. Chron. High. Educ. 46, 19 (2000).27. Carnevale, A., Rose, S. & Cheah, B. The college payoff: Education, occupations, lifetime

Conference Session

Programming, Simulation, and Dynamic Modeling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anthony William Duva P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Michael Jackson, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

plan &summary and both student and faculty experiences when the balance of theory, simulation andprojects was implemented in the course. Valuable information from students’ survey will bepresented and analyzed. According to the students’ survey in our three classes, the majority ofstudents strongly agreed with that the teaching approach “the balance of theory, simulation andproject” was the best one for teaching the course “Design of Machine Elements”.1. IntroductionThe trend in engineering education is swinging from an emphasis on theory to a balance betweentheory and applied design activities [1-4]. There are certainly some gaps or differences betweenthe academic settings and the industrial settings for mechanical engineering programs

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; David L. Whitman P.E., University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

(e.g., use of retention measures in annual rankings).1 Thewell-known Tinto Model of Institutional Departure2 has pointed to the major reasons whystudents leave academia; namely, academic difficulties, irresolution of educational andoccupational goals, and lack of integration into the intellectual and social life of the institution.Tinto and many others have subsequently offered a number of suggestions for institutionalpractices designed to retain students. Among them are: more targeted recruitment, reduction ofexperience of racial discrimination and prejudice on campus, improved chance for earlyacademic success, better and more frequent advising, more active experiential instruction, moreinformed career planning, improved social acclimation

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

place for people to examine much as a museum does. To that end, a plan was initiated tolocate unused or underutilized display cases on campus that could be filled with oldtechnological artifacts. These display cases would give today’s students a realistic look at antiquetechnologies in a way that is superior to pictures and textual descriptions. The objective was toenhance the student’s understanding of the history of past technologies and how they are relatedto today’s technologies. This paper reviews the continuing efforts to promote technologicalliteracy by using a wide variety of approaches ranging from the old to new. It discusses how anold method using display cases can become an effective technique and looks into the future toother means

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

prompt in the form of a series of questions that direct the participants toidentify problems, consider stakeholder perspectives, and outline a plan to learn more about theproblems. An example scenario and discussion prompt is found in Appendix A.Student performance with respect to the set of ABET professional skills is determined by scoringthe discussion using the analytical Engineering Professional Skills (EPS) rubric. The EPS rubricis segmented into five dimensions defined by the ABET Engineering Criterion 3, StudentOutcomes (3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, and 3j). The five dimensions of the rubric are then further divided intothe specific areas for scoring shown in Table 1. The complete rubric is located in Appendix B.Currently, the research team is scoring

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Ann Holden, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kristina M Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

cancalculate their speed. They compare this value to what they estimated earlier.Evaluation of the ProgramLiz – here we should add a short discussion of what we did forassessment (and is in appendix)-assessment plan-assessment questions for curriculum leaders – I did take out the results of this, but did leave inthe questions-assessment questions for participants-final assessment reportIn post-weekend surveys given to the attendees, most indicate that the program has given them adeeper understanding of STEM fields. 100% of them agree that people in engineering or physicswork with others to solve problems, and that someone who studies engineering would have manypossible careers. In the physics analysis of the ropes course, students’ work showed that

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University; Becky Carroll, Inverness Research, Inc.; Shannon Weiss, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

American Museum of Natural History; exhibit development projects at the Golden Gate Bridge, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science and the Exploratorium; as well as the TexNET and Playful Invention and Exploration networks. On the formal side, projects include the Rapid City Math Science Partnership, the Maine Physical Sciences Partnership, the Appalachian Math Science Partnership, the Wyoming Middle School Mathematics Initiative, the Gilbert Systemic Science Plan (LSC), and the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative.Ms. Shannon Weiss, David Heil & Associates, Inc. Shannon Weiss specializes in the design and implementation of evaluation and market research projects related to DHA’s core areas of emphasis in

Conference Session

RET Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American; Mounir Ben Ghalia, The University of Texas-Pan American

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

them to work on this problem. The design problems are open-ended,where the goals are ill-structured, and there is no effective design plan specifying the sequence ofactions to take in producing a design model. The results possess multiple solution methods, non-engineering success standards, non-engineering constraints, and collaborative activity systems, wherethe importance of experience and the use of multiple forms of representation are required (Jonassen,Strobel & Lee, 2006). Page 23.1039.2Methodology used to introduce the teachers to the research problem: The followingmethodology is used to introduce the teachers to the research

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Materials

each page to start and stop recording the solution steps of aproblem. I found that with a bit of pre-planning, I could record the audio-video solution of aproblem without any major pauses or mistakes. When a student emailed me seeking help insolving a problem, I found it very easy to prepare a Pencast PDF file using the SmartPen andemail it back in response. In the past, I had to labor in my textual email response finding suitablereplacements for mathematical symbols and operations, and textual descriptions of concepts thatwould be much easier with sketching one or diagrams on a paper in a one-on-one meeting. Now,with a Pencast, I could do all this and more because it was both an audio and video recording. Astudent could not only replay the

Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; David L. Whitman, University of Wyoming; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

others have subsequently offered a number of suggestions for institutional practicesdesigned to retain students. Among them are: more targeted recruitment, reduction ofexperience of racial discrimination and prejudice on campus, improved chance for earlyacademic success, better and more frequent advising, more active experiential instruction, moreinformed career planning, improved social acclimation and student-institution match, and anadequate level of need-based financial aid.3 4 5 6 7Since the well-known mammoth Astin study in 1993,8 which found that engineering studentsgraduated at only a 47% rate in 1993, and in spite of many efforts to counteract this low rate ofpersistence, graduation rates among undergraduate engineers have not increased

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

 reflection.  Given  this  genuinely  “felt  difficulty,”  the  inquirer  will  want  “some  way  out—the  formation  of  some  tentative  plan  or  project,  the  entertaining  of  some  theory  which  will  account  for  the  peculiarities  in  question,  the  consideration  of  some  solution  for  the  problem”  (12).    Where  do  these  “suggestions”  come  from?    Dewey  says  from  “past  experience  and  prior  knowledge,”  in  other  words,  “analogous”  situations  and  experiences  present  in  the  imagination.    In  terms  of  pedagogy  this  suggests  that  education  should  strategically  aim  (A)  to  tap  into  as  broad  a  pool  of  ideas  students  have  with  them  and  (B)  to  create  conditions  to  broaden  and  expand

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

, #1060226, and #0856834), we have been able to givescholarships to transfer students to help with their financial support. 4 During the 2012-2013academic year, scholarships were also sponsored through a grant from the ASU Women &Philanthropy group (http://www.asufoundation.org/womenandphilanthropy).Through the AcademicSuccess and Professional Development class, the students receive academic support through theGuaranteed 4.0 Plan.5 The METS Center provides mentoring and tutoring help, as well asinformal counseling.6 We stress academic success in our meetings such as: join two studentorganizations, one in your academic field and in one such as SHPE, SWE, NSBE, or ASISES;visit and get to know the professor of each of your classes; get into a study

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole D. Berge, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

partnership are on going. Mentor-menteerelationships have been established (with the authors of this paper serving as mentors) and acommunity of practice has been initiated via the development of an online group using Edmodo.This group provides the science teachers with access to engineering faculty and has become avaluable platform for discussion on the development and implementation of EFFECTs.Step 5: Implementation and EvaluationTeachers have shared their experiences with implementing EFFECTs through an online surveyand a focus group discussion held in January 2013. One of the outcomes of the focus group wasthe need for a follow-up workshop, which is being planned for teachers to interact withengineering faculty and revise/refine their

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas at El Paso; Sharie Kranz, Coronado HS-EPISD; Catherine Tabor, El Paso ISD and University of Texas at El Paso; Jeremy L Ramirez, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provides an overview of IM. In thethird section, we describe the professional development program and early results from teacherobservations. We conclude with a summary of planned extension activities.1. From Media Computation to iMPaCT-Math Page 23.1332.2iMPaCT-Math (IM) is an approximate acronym for Media-Propelled Computational Thinkingfor Mathematics Classrooms, which fairly reflects our ambition and our stance – engagementwith graphical programming challenges that focus student attention towards exploringmathematics principles will propel students towards exploration of science, computationalthinking and engineered design.IM consists of

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland; Linda Ann Galligan, University of Southern Queensland; Harry Ku, University of Southern Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, particularlyfor 1st Year and “large class size” courses. One aim was to enhance student learning andretention in both on-campus and external modes, while the other one was to improveproductivity and response time for assessment marking.A variety of diversified courses from different engineering disciplines were trialled andexperimented in the project, i.e., ENG2102 Problem Solving 2, MEC1201 EngineeringMaterials, MEC2202 Manufacturing Processes, MEC3203 Materials Technology, andELE3107 Signal Processing. More specifically, the following issues in relation to the TabletPC were investigated in the project: Initial investigation and trialling the capability of the Tablet PC; Plan and develop action plan for implementation to utilise the Tablet PC

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Eric Diep, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Scoping the projectshowed that it would be unreasonable for the team of three students to develop entire system inone semester, so a three phase, multi-semester development process was planned for the project.Phases I, II, and III correspond with the video capture, mocap, and analog data collectioncomponents of the project, respectively.The Phase I of the project was to develop a video recording and analysis component that iscapable of recording from multiple video input devices simultaneously and also playback all therecorded video frame by frame in a synchronized manner. The objective for the Phase II is tocreate a markerless mocap system integrated with Phase I. The Phase II is meant to addresscurrent problems associated with using marker