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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Cameron Ian Cooper

-retention.IntroductionThis research follows a line of research started in 2008 [1]. The primary goal of this research is tounderstand the dynamics of a student body for the purposes of predictive modeling via neural networks.As evidenced, behavioral modeling of a student body in regards to success can be a difficult enterprise[2]. Student body data can become quickly obsolete and of little use for predicting student success.The initial stage of this research attempted to create a generalizable model for predicting first-semesterpersistence (i.e. identify students most likely to persist and conversely those students “at-risk” of notpersisting to their second semester of study). This model utilized the 2005 and 2006 freshman cohorts totrain and test a neural network

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Scott Grenquist

of(kilogram*meter) per (second2), in all their engineering calculations from that point on in their life. I believe that allowingstudents to substitute 1N for 1 (kilogram*meter) per (second2) is one of the greatest deficiencies in the instruction ofdimensions and units in this country today.Students should understand that the units of force are really (kilogram*meters) per (second2). Because the understanding offorce being (kilogram*meters ) per (second2 ) allows students to readily remember Newton's second law, it can also assist inunderstanding higher order derived dimensions. For instance, one equation that describes energy is that force times distanceequals energy. So, if the students know that force times distance equals energy, then

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Charles R. Sullivan; Mark J. Franklin

educational impact of theproject.Introduction Students are often most familiar with automobiles through the direct experience ofdriving them. Connecting study of vehicle efficiency to this experience helps to motivatestudents and to build more complete understanding. But class experiments including drivingautomobiles would pose serious logistical and safety problems. To provide students with suchan educational experience without these difficulties, we modified an open-source automobileracing computer game, The Open Race Car Simulator (TORCS) [1], to include a realistic modelof fuel consumption. The driving simulator, via three-dimensional graphics and a user interfacewith a steering wheel and pedals, provides students with a compelling

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Janet Baldwin

, rewind, and fast forward. The students would watch me writing on the “board”and hear me speaking. The intent was to have students take notes from the lessons, justas they would in class. They should also be doing the calculations and solving theexample problems with me. At any time during playback, the video could be paused orrewound to repeat. Shown in Figure 1 is a snapshot of a lesson video on 2-dimensionalequilibrium. Color is used very successfully for clarity, especially in the drawings. Inaddition, the page can be set up prior to recording, with pictures, videos, typed text, etc.The biggest difference between the online and face-to-face delivery was the access to theinstructor to ask questions and get further explanations. This was

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Paul C. King; Gerarda M. Shields

courses.INTRODUCTION Leading the IP curriculum development effort is an interdisciplinary team led by the partnership of alicensed Architect and a licensed Civil Engineer both full time professors at New York City College ofTechnology. This paper focuses on the curriculum development, implementation, and assessmentmethodology of the Integrated Projects courses.1. THE CITYPOLY – CITYTECH PARTNERSHIP1.1 Introduction to CityPoly High School CityPoly is one of four State-approved Career and Technical Education (CTE) demonstration sites inNew York City and has been named as one of 10 schools in New York City Chancellor Joel Klein’s 21stCentury Schools Initiative. The unique format of this CTE school is a 3 + 2 program in which studentscomplete a full 4 years

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Craig Johnson

. In a skills intensive course such asMET257 „Casting Processes‟, many „millennial‟ students (1) are ill prepared. Specific skillsinclude operational safety (e.g. use of PPE) and operations (e.g. sand preparation, molding).The content of MET257 contains basic foundry processes such as „green sand‟, and haslaboratory exercises in an on-site green sand foundry. A typical foundry process includesmanagement of the sand, as well as many tools (e.g. patterns, flasks) and equipment (e.g.furnaces, crucibles, test equipment). Overlaid on this complex environment are real safetyissues. A significant amount of time is allocated to both skill development and related safetyconcerns.An idea was developed to create videos that addressed these needed skills

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Kurt Colvin; Jim Kish

1 Bicycle Frame Building for Engineering Undergraduates Kurt Colvin, Ph.D., P.E. and Jim Kish Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo / Kish FabricationAbstractThe common safety bicycle design first appeared in Brittan in the 1870s. In the 130 years since,engineers and craftsmen have created hundreds of new bicycle designs, fabrication methods,materials and components. However, the simplistic diamond frame design has survived, is stillcommercially available and fully functional. The bicycle itself provides a rich learning platform inwhich to illustrate topics such as design

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Reza Raeisi; Sudhanshu Singh

computer but is not itself a general-purpose computeris termed as an embedded system. It is a special purpose computer which is designed to docertain dedicated functions. FPGA-based embedded system using soft-core processors areadapted more commercially and gained popularity in university teaching. Hence, we aremotivated to practice a new pedagogy in learning embedded system where students will have theoption of customizing their own peripheral subsystem. Along with this pedagogy we haveintegrated the µClinux, a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) into classroom/laboratoryexperience for students to learn embedded systems1. Embedded systems are preferred overgeneral computers because of the following advantages: 1. Real-time operation 2. Low

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Maria C Sanchez; Nell Papavasiliou; Hernan Maldonado

andsurveys. The authors intend to perform further investigation to verify the effect of the summercamp on recruitment and retention.IntroductionThe GIRLS SEE summer camp was conceived in response to the latent concern for the smallnumbers of female engineering students which would translate into low numbers of females inthe labor force in technology areas. A study showed that by 2007 the percentage ofundergraduate female engineering students had decreased to only 17 percent1. At Fresno Stateonly 14.2 % of the students receiving an engineering degree during the academic year 2007-2008were female2. In addition, as seen in Figure 1, retention of first year female engineering studentsat Fresno State is at its lowest level since Fall 2002

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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John M. Murray; Roger A. Greener; Heong-seok Kim; William T. Murray

25 Sustainable Design: Meeting the Thunder Beings of the West John M. Murray1, Roger A. Greener1, Heong-seok Kim1, William T. Murray2 1 Integrated Engineering Department, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, 84721, USA. 2 University of Colorado, College of Architecture and Planning, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.AbstractIn the American West, sustaining the life support system for future generations impliesacknowledgement that humanity is a part of the natural world rather than apart from it.1-10 In thiscontext, we are all related: the two-legged nations

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Johnnie Hancock

don’t trust digitalfiltering techniques based on Nyquist criteria and prefer that theirscopes sample at rates that are 10X to 20X over the scope’sbandwidth specification. The truth actually lies somewhere inbetween. To understand why, you must have an understanding ofthe Nyquist theorem and how it relates to a scope’s frequencyresponse. Dr. Harry Nyquist (Figure 1) postulated: Nyquist Sampling Theorem For a limited bandwidth signal with a maximum Figure 1: Dr. Harry Nyquist, frequency fMAX, the equally spaced sampling frequency 1889-1976, articulated his fS must be greater than

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Amelito Enriquez

and Elluminate Live! software that allows synchronous delivery through theInternet, as well as recording and archiving of all classroom lecture sessions. Identicalhomework sets and tests were given to the two groups, and their performance compared. Resultsshow that there is no statistically significant difference in the levels of performance of the twogroups of students. Online students also rated their experience in this online class to be betterthan other online courses they have previously taken.1. IntroductionOnline teaching is one of the fastest growing trends in educational technology in the U.S. A2008 study1 released by the US Department of Education indicates that online enrollments aregrowing at substantially faster than overall

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Wangping Sun

;  Project management skills. Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 78III. Available programs to educate global engineersThere are at least eleven formats available in engineering programs that educate globalengineers2,19,20,21,22,23,24,25. 1. Dual degree: students obtain two degrees - one from the home university and one from the university abroad. Students follow an integrated program, which includes substantial study at the university abroad. 2. Student exchange: students from the home and

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Jim Fischer; Claude Kansaku

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Ding Yuan; Jude DePalma; Nebojsa Jaksic

questions and the results are shown in Table 1 (1being the lowest and 5 being the highest rating). Nineteen students took the pre-lab survey while16 students took the post-lab survey. The average rating for all five questions improved. Sincethe learning community has been established for only one semester there is little data on gradesand retention. At this time we have observed that students’ performance has improved and thefailure rate has decreased. This will be more thoroughly assessed in the future.Table 1: Survey Results Survey Questions Average (before) Average (after) 1. How excited are you about engineering? 3.58 4.13 2. How

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Allison Kipple; Dieter Otte

compensation for participating in the course. Inaddition, a course coordinator has overall responsibility for the course and tracks students’progress throughout the semester. The result has been an improvement in instructor motivationand attitudes, the quality of student products, and student preparation for successful graduatecareers.Overall Course StructureAn example overall course structure follows. Each instructor has a three-week module to discussa specific topic related to sustainability at the graduate level. The remaining weeks are devotedto an overview of sustainability, soft skill development, and project presentations. • Weeks 1-2: Introduction; Panel discussion: “What is Sustainability?”; Student project selection and planning

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Amelito Enriquez; Kate Disney; Erik Dunmire

-costprograms including those in engineering. This paper addresses the factors that have led to thegradual erosion of the lower-division core curriculum and the effects that these curriculumchanges have had on community college engineering programs. It also explores the implicationson the future of the engineering education system, the cost to taxpayers, and the system’seffectiveness at producing the engineers that are needed to ensure that the United States remainsthe premier place in the world for innovation.IntroductionThe California Community College system has grown to be the largest system of highereducation in the world, serving close to 3 million students every year,1 by providing affordableand accessible education. Students are able to

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Amelito Enriquez

engineering profession and the engineering educationalsystem. Participants from both programs also expressed positive overall attitude and opinions ofthe program objectives, content, activities and implementation.1. IntroductionCommunity colleges serve as the gateway to higher education for large numbers of students inthe U.S., especially minority and low-income students. Yet for many students, the communitycollege gateway does not lead to success. Only one in four students wanting to transfer or earn adegree/certificate did so within six years, according to a recent study of California communitycolleges1. African American and Hispanic students have even lower rates of completion.According to the study, only 15% of African American students and 18

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Nebojsa Jaksic; Jeff Piquette; Melvin Druelinger; David Lehmpuhl; Helen Caprioglio; Juyun Cho; Paul Chacon; Michael Mincic

Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 122been compiled, but it stands to reason that due to the demanding nature of STEM programs theattrition data would be even more alarming.The learning community composed of a cohort from various STEM majors has been described inour earlier work10. After a two-year study of the cohort, it was observed that the cohort itself waschanging. New students were added while others were replaced, as indicated in Table 1.Furthermore, students are maturing, thus the educational needs of the cohort are changing aswell. While the tutoring needs are

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud

community during the Third Reich, however, gives us reason to pause and ponder.From an engineering perspective, the Holocaust is the ultimate in problem solving: how toeliminate 11 million people (the estimated number of Jews on the planet in the 1930s) in anefficient and cost-effective manner and how to dispose of the remains in a way that would notcompromise public health. The answer was the development of death camps in Poland, ―amethodical blueprint for murder,‖1 the result of a brainstorming session at the 1941 WannseeConference. Someone, however, had to design and construct the infrastructure to support thecamp system, as well as develop the instruments of death and disposal and methods for trackingthe population of Europe to identify those

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Debra Larson; Marissa Mourer

prospects into enrolled freshman for the following fallsemester.Today, the College reports 4028 undergraduate majors as of the Fall 2009 official 21-day countwith 1443 freshmen. This enrollment is an increase of 64% from 2005 and coincides with amulti-year growth in enrollment campus-wide that increased over the same time frame by 38%.These data on undergraduate enrollment for the College and the University are captured in Table1.Table 1. Official 21-Day Fall Head Count for College and University from 2005 to 2009 21-Day Fall Census College Freshman College Undergraduates University Undergraduates 2005 708 2454 13472 2006

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Edwin Odom; Don Blackketter; Larry Stauffer; Steven Beyerlein

interventions that, if needed,can connect students with additional help offered by institution-level offices. An internet searchfor organizations associated with the phrase ‘engineering student services’ reveals a variety ofinnovative, college-based services at institutions such as Olin College, University ofWisconsin—Madison, University of New Mexico, Kansas State University, Drexel University,Texas A&M, University of California—San Diego, University of California—Berkeley,University of Wyoming, Oregon State University, University of Washington, and StanfordUniversity. Table 1 itemizes common and less common functions of these centers.TABLE 1. Functions of Existing Engineering Student Services CentersCommon Functions

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

to rathersharp enrollment decreases in many engineering programs3. The declines in undergraduateengineering enrollment in recent years were evident for both men and women and for mostracial/ethnic groups. This enrollment decline may be further exacerbated by demographic shiftsthat are occurring in rural areas resulting in fewer students in the high school and feeder schoolpopulations. If one couples these enrollment declines with the traditionally high student dropoutrates in engineering curricula, it becomes increasingly difficult to ignore the mounting pressuresfor more targeted recruitment efforts and improved retention efforts. Despite considerableresearch to the contrary (see for example [1, 3-5]), many engineering faculty members

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

J. S. Shelley P.E.

classroom buildings. Polycominstructional broadcast systems have both instructor and student focused cameras. Three screensdisplay the content and instructor views at the front of the room and the distant students at theback of the room, as shown in figure 1. The instructor controls the camera views and contentimages from a control panel at the front of the room. A Blackboard website supports the course.The content storage tools for keeping the syllabus and course notes, the gradebook function,assessment and survey tools, and occasionally bulletin board and chat room features inBlackboard are used to enhance the in-class instruction. Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Kenneth W. Santarelli

aircraft and space flight hardware as the Air Force B1 and B2bombers, the Lockheed L-1011 airliner, the North American Aviation X-15, the Space Shuttle,the Space Ship One/White Knight, the world’s largest liquid rocket engine (Rocketdyne F-1), andmany others. As a result of the development, assembly, and test activities conducted in thisregion, industry is dominated by engineering disciplines at all degree levels. Regions adjacent to Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Paul van Bloemen Waanders; Andrew Kean; Glen Thorncroft; Brian Self

solve future problems of a similar type. By recreating and inventing some simpleengineering problems that can be solved using models, instructors can introduce students to thisprocess to prepare for professional practice.Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs) are a way to make students think critically about open-endedproblems. To ensure that new MEAs are held to a high standard they are subject to six basicprinciples: model construction, reality, generalizability, self-assessment, model documentation,and effective prototype. 1.) Model Construction: Requires the development of a model or decision algorithm. 2.) Reality: It must be set to a relevant engineering application. 3.) Generalizability: The resulting model should apply to other similar

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Lizabeth Thompson Schlemer; Faith Mimnaugh

individually? After reviewing literatureon both project based learning and exceptional coaching, we have found that much can be learned fromJohn Wooden, Phil Jackson and other coaches. This paper will organize some of the best practices insports coaching and draw parallels that will enhance student learning in project based instruction. Thepaper discusses the parallels between the instructor and the coach and highlights three broad categoriesof techniques: 1) Practice and games, 2) Teamwork and individual performance, and 3) Individualfeedback for improvement. Some of these techniques have been used to successfully enhance learning ina senior design course in Industrial Engineering at Cal Poly. The insights in this article will open up arich area of

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

James M. Widmann; Brian P. Self

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Brian Meadows; Charles Judah; Michael Berman; Derrick Jones; Ryan Rawson; David Alvarez; James Flynn; Sharlene Katz

produce a unique pulse width for a give temperature or batteryvoltage. This method was chosen since it had the most educational value, it is inexpensive, and itseemed reasonably realistic given the time frame.Figure 1 shows the basic topology of the telemetry circuit. Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 239 Figure 1. Topology of Telemetry CircuitTemperature and battery voltage curves were plotted versus the resulting pulse width and theequations from these curves were derived

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Jack Sun; Youssef Chedid; Kaveh Hajimohammadreza; Efrain Mendoza; Silvestre Sanchez; Kinal Vachhani; James Flynn; Sharlene Katz

converts the signal to the desiredfrequency before digital to analog convertors (DACs) convert the signal back to analog and sendthe signal back out to the antenna1.Figure 1 details a traditional hardware receiver. Figure 2 depicts an SDR system. In this case,the receiver front-end is merely a filter and gain stage while the software in the host computerreplaces the balance of the receiver after analog to digital conversion. As outlined in Figure 3,the USRP provides the analog to digital conversion and frequency down conversion. Figure 1. Traditional Hardware Receiver Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society