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Computer and InformationTechnology-Related Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Brian Dragone

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Engineering Technology

. The cervical region is made up of the vertebrae directlybelow the skull. The vertebrae are labeled from C1 to C7 with C1 being classified as the atlassignifying the topmost vertebrae. The thoracic region contains twelve vertebrae (T1-T12) whilethe lumbar region consists of five vertebrae (L1-L5). The body, or anterior segment, of a vertebrais cylindrical and attaches to the intervertebral discs in order to allow the spine to move. Thevertebral arch is formed by the laminae and pedicles, which, in turn, form the vertebral foramen.The foramen protects and encloses the spinal cord. (National Scoliosis Foundation, 2009) Figure 1. Schematic representation of spine scoliosis.Scoliosis. It is an affliction in which a person’s

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Systems Engineering Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University; Chyna Kristin Vaughn

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Systems Engineering

concerns, and analyzes several transportation alternatives based on SystemsEngineering comparative analysis. We illustrates that the most effective and highly desirablesolution to Metro Atlanta’s transportation problem is the development and implementation of aSpecialized HOV lane. Past and recent survey data highlight the key selection criteria for theutilization of an alternate method of transportation. This paper is a case study to demonstrate theapplication of systems engineering tools and methodologies acquired in a systems engineeringgraduate program.Systems Engineering MethodologyThis study is an example of the application of the systems engineering methodology. The processas shown in Figure 1 is a generic process taught as part of the

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative Energy Concepts

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ignacio B. Osorno, California State University, Northridge

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

included.There are several other software vendors that have solar cell simulations which are utilized in industry, such asETAP and PSCAD.Solar cell model-The solar model that is studied and analyzed is shown in fig. 1. It is quite a simple circuit andeasy to model. The modeling results are accurate and therefore they validate the goodness of the model.Semiconductor technology analysis is kept to a minimum since the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate asimple, yet effective way to teach the modeling of solar cells using Pspice and Matlab. IL I RS

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Teaching Dynamics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josue Njock-Libii, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Mechanics

these two requirements arenecessary. It is shown that increasing the height from which a basketball is dropped decreases itsrebound height relative to the original drop height but that increasing the internal pressure of abasketball increases its rebound height and, hence, compensates for the effects of increasing thedrop height. Therefore, it is possible to achieve the same rebound height with a given ball byusing various combinations of the internal pressure and the drop height. Accordingly, specifyingthe height from which a basketball is dropped during a ball-drop test and its internal pressureduring the subsequent fall is essential in order to interpret the quality of the bounces of differentbasketballs accurately and without ambiguity.1

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Outstanding Contributions: Mechanical Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen R. Turns, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Peggy Noel Van Meter, Pennsyvlania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

conceptsand principles, application of skills and strategies, and awareness and control of learning andproblem solving processes. In this paper, we describe each of these categories of knowledge, including importantcharacteristics, and how the knowledge relates to problem solving. We also discuss specificideas for how instructors can impact students’ acquisition of, and their ability to use, each type ofknowledge. Although this paper discusses how these methods can be applied to a specificthermodynamics course, the principles of instruction can be applied to a variety of engineeringcourses. A graphic overview of the organization of this paper and key points from each sectionare shown in Table 1.A Framework of Student Cognition: Three

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Tech; Glenda R. Scales, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 22.220.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Applying the Innovation in Engineering Education Framework: Assessing the Impact of Instructional TechnologyAbstractOne component in systematic educational innovation is examining the use and impact ofinstructional technology within the engineering undergraduate curriculum 1. Instructionaltechnology such as laptops, used in conjunction with software such as OneNote andDyknow, course management systems, and social networking platforms can providestudents and faculty access to shared learning spaces and allow for mobile learning.Regular use of these tools within the engineering curriculum by a cadre of faculty trainedto use them

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Research on Engineering Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Penn State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

students. The full study concentrates on threeattributes of the engineer of 20201: design and problem-solving skills, interdisciplinarycompetence, and contextual competence; this paper focuses specifically on effective strategiesfor teaching design and problem solving. The paper reports findings from the P2P quantitativestudy as well as the P360 six case study institutions of Arizona State University (Tempe &Polytechnic Campuses), Harvey Mudd College, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, University of Michigan, and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.Using the framework shown in Figure 1, we assume that learning is situated in social, cultural,and institutional contexts that strongly influence what is

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

level Architectural Page 22.222.3Engineering. More specifically, the content of the curriculum takes the following form. 2011 ASEE Annual ConferenceOur objective is to have four professional specialization areas are listed under architecturalengineering. These are: (1) building mechanical and energy; (2) building electricity; (3)Plumbing, fire protection and life safety; and (4) structural engineering.Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering, 2010-2011, Mechanical Option (132 CreditHours)FRESHMAN YEAR, FALL SEMESTERES 1000 Orientation to Engr. Study I

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Multidisciplinary Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Sciences, BasicEngineering, Introductory Architectural Engineering, and Professional level ArchitecturalEngineering. More specifically, the content of the curriculum takes the following form. Page 22.223.3 2011 ASEE Annual ConferenceOur objective is to have four professional specialization areas are listed under architecturalengineering. These are: (1) building mechanical and energy; (2) building electricity; (3)Plumbing, fire protection and life safety; and (4) structural engineering.New Methodology for teaching Architectural Engineering Program at UW:Our objective is to teach design courses, such as HVAC

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K.L. Jordan, Michigan Technological University; Susan Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Tammy L Haut Donahue, Michigan Technological University

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 22.224.3to learn how they work; there are rarely opportunities to enhance their vicariouscapabilities (learning through watching others). Also, many K-12 math and scienceprograms across the country lack the resources needed to prepare students to studyengineering11. This is just one of the many challenges these students face whenconsidering the pursuit of an engineering degree. This fact can be summed up as noted byBandura: “diversity in social practices produces substantial individual differences in thecapabilities that are cultivated and those that remain underdeveloped”1.Math and science skills are underdeveloped in urban communities which may leadminority students to pursue careers in athletics, entertainment, cosmetology, humanities

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

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Educational Research and Methods

for comparison. IRB approval, including camper and parentalinformed consent, were obtained prior to data collection.ResultsBioengineering summer camp participants ranged from 14-17 years old (M Age=15.5), and mostparticipants reported having just completed the 9th grade (n=7). Participants were predominantlymale (n=11) and African American (n=14). See Figure 1. All participants indicated that they (a)held US citizenship and (b) planned to attend a 4-year college. Further, most participants (n=11) Page 22.225.5stated they intended to pursue degrees in either bioengineering or STEM-related disciplines. SeeFigure 2. The majority of participants (n

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri

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Engineering Ethics

processes engaged by problem solving and models and methods for supporting those processes during learning, culminating in the book, Learning to Solve Problems: A Handbook for Designing Problem- Solving Learning Environments. Page 22.226.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Arguing to Solve Engineering Ethics ProblemsABET, Inc. (formerly know as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology,1997, p.1, p.2) includes in their criteria for accrediting engineering programs a requirementthat graduates must demonstrate an understanding of professional and

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Prafull Purohit, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

design with a strong emphasis on hands-on experience for the students.The last module in the sequence is being taught as a capstone course that is geared more towardsindustrial like applications and industrial design environment. This includes project managementtechniques, version control and project sign-off milestones.Based on the above guidelines, we are developing a design experience for the students based ona popular commercial computer architecture such as the ARM processor[1, 2]; the flexibility ofextending this architecture by creating hardware accelerator blocks by the integration of a highdensity FPGA; and by the addition of off-the-shelf sensor components that are interconnectedthrough the popular I2C communications bus.During the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydney Rogers, Alignment Nashville; Sandra Harris, Alignment Nashville and PENCIL Foundation; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; David McNeel, Education Consultant

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NSF Grantees

STEM fieldsand professional women from local STEM-related businesses to serve as “mentors.”4. Art2STEM ActivitiesArt2STEM activities are created and planned by the coaches. Session dates and times are thenentered into the project calendar for additional planning and tracking. Snacks and drinks areprovided at the beginning of the two-hour, after school club meetings. One of the early activitiesof each project phase is Rapid Prototyping, which will be described in this section6.In one session, students create hand-made models using Play-Doh. During this time, studentsform any kind of Play-Doh animals or creatures using their brainstorming and creativity skills.See Figure 1. Figure 1: Play-Doh ActivityIn the

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Keri Lynn Wolfe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lauren Elizabeth Sawarynski

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Complex ConceptsAbstractIn a sampling of several thousand slides from engineering and science, almost two-thirdshad a topic-phrase headline supported by a bulleted list of subtopics.1 Because slides areused so often by engineering educators to communicate research, to teach students, and tohave students demonstrate what they have learned, the question arises how effective thistopic-subtopic structure is, compared with other slide structures, for helping audiencesunderstand and remember the information. This paper compares students’ learning from apresentation that relies on this commonly used topic-subtopic slide structure versusstudents’ learning from a presentation that follows an assertion-evidence slide structure.In the assertion-evidence

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy S. Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Mark E. Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Michael L. McIntyre, Western Kentucky University

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Design in Engineering Education

Project Management Plan shown in Figure 1, the students define the attributes of theproject in an effort create a detailed statement of work. A more thorough description of thecomponents of the Project Management Plan is provided in the referenced documents.1,2I. Project Management Plan A. Project Requirements 1. High level overview of project 2. Identification of stakeholders a. Technical sponsor b. Faculty sponsors name B. Scope 1. Product description 2. Product acceptance criteria 3. Project deliverables 4. Project exclusions 5. Project constraints 6. Project assumptions 7

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Stephen Gent, South Dakota State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Spring 2010 students. Althoughthe sample size was small, the comparison of the survey results shows that the changes improvedthe course significantly.1. IntroductionIn the National Academy of Engineering’s The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in theNew Century1, strong analytical skills, practical ingenuity, creativity, good communication skills,mastery of the principles of business and management, leadership, high ethical standards, a senseof professionalism, dynamism, agility, resilience, flexibility, and an attitude of lifelong learningare identified as attributes that will be required of successful engineers in the 21st century. Manyof these attributes, including practical ingenuity, creativity, and communication skills, are

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jacquelyn E. Kelly, Arizona State University; Andrea Marta Eller, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University

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Materials

strong variance due to the nature of human behaviorbeing difficult to predict, a scatter plot was produced to explore the relationship betweeninstructor RTOP scores, number of slides, and time on activities. To better examine trends,linear trend lines were created to see if there were any clear trends from the longitudinal data.This graph is shown in Figure 1 below. It is shown that RTOP scores generally decreased overthe two week time frame. This is consistent with our experience, two fold. First, activitiescreated near the beginning of the semester were stronger and had been more refined than thoselater as the semester progressed. Second, the instructor became increasingly concerned abouttiming and worried that content may not be covered in

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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) – Indicates a Work in Progress Friday, April 1, 2011 (Morning)08:30 – 09:45 AM Concurrent Session Presentations Experiential Learning  Jim Helbling, et al., Configuration Of Senior Capstone Course Using Team- 1 Teaching To Maximize Communication Skills And Minimize Team Conflict  Mohammad Amin, et al., Investigation of a Masters Research Project for 13 Validation of Program's Goals and Student Learning Outcomes  Jennifer Van Donk, et al., Developing a low cost prosthetic foot for the Vida Nueva 30 Clinic: A multidisciplinary senior design project Instrumentation & Lab Studies  Ricardo Medina, et

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Specking; Edgar C. Clausen

Engineering Outreach: A Summer Program Approach E. Specking1 and E.C. Clausen2 College of Engineering /Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering2 1 University of ArkansasAbstractThree summer programs were created in the College of Engineering at the University ofArkansas to increase interest in STEM-related fields among rising 6th-12th grade students.Explore Engineering Program 1 (EEP1) and Explore Engineering Program 2 (EEP2) weredeveloped as five-day, daytime-only programs for rising 6th and 7th grade (EEP1) and 8th and 9thgrade (EEP2) students to develop interest in STEM concepts and engineering as a

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Robert I. Egbert

freshman engineering course, Engineering (EGR 110), entitled,“Studies and Careers in Engineering,” was offered for the first time. Like the course at MissouriS&T this, too was and remains a one credit hour semester long course. There were 33 studentsenrolled in this first class. For the first two years of the program this course was offered everysemester and since then it has been offered only every fall semester. Enrollment in the coursehas now grown to the point where approximately 80 students sign up for the course every fall.The learning outcomes for EGR 110 are as follows: 1. Students should gain an understanding of the study habits necessary to succeed as an engineering major. 2. Students should be aware of the campus resources

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Monty J. Smith; Lakshmi Sudhaker

and the frequency domain when analyzing system gain and phase portraits (Bode plots).A simple under damped externally driven bounded input bounded output stable differentialequation will be used in this study. Comparisons in the time and frequency domain will beshown with examples, and possible assets for future classroom presentations will be discussed.1. IntroductionModeling and simulation of mechanical and electrical systems (in a dynamic sense) often beginwith a simplified low order linear model representing disturbance phenomena from a localizedviewpoint. There is a strong correlation between understanding the vibration aspects of an openloop low order system (from combined electronics and the structural aspects) and the effects ofthe

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lawrence Whitman; Karen Reynolds; Zulma Toro-Ramos

from the National Academy of Engineering, of the NationalAcademies, entitled The Engineer of 2020 [1] and its follow-on Educating the Engineer of 2020[2]. These reports, written by two groups of distinguished educators and practicing engineersfrom diverse backgrounds, were developed in response to a concern that engineering students oftoday may not be appropriately educated to meet the demands that will be placed on the engineerof the future without learning institutions refocusing and reshaping the undergraduateengineering learning experience.A number of noted engineering education leaders have responded and commented on thesereports. Butcher claims the reports call for, “ingenious leaders — ingenious engineers” and callsthese engineers

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Wayne Helmer; Damon Mobbs

of these materials are solidified, joined, melted, welded, or hardened by one of a number of specific methods. The main RP types are: Selective Laser Sintering [SLS], Laminated Object Manufacturing [LOM], Stereolithography [SLA], or Fused Deposition Modeling [FDM]. See table 1. All of the technologies are “additive” methods rather than 2 “subtractive” methods. In additive methods the material is added to existing material to the build the parts. In subtractive methods material is taken away from the existing material to make the final product. CNC is a typical subtractive build method (but not usually considered a RP method

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Megan F. Dunn; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

that operate bysensing all of the fluid in the pipe or channel. In the operation of a venturi meter, upstream anddownstream pressure taps are connected to a manometer or differential pressure transmitter (seeFigure 1). This pressure differential is then used to determine the flow rate by applying aBernoulli balance from the entry of the throat of the meter. The angle of the discharge cone istypically set between 5° and 15° to prevent boundary layer separation and to minimize friction.Typically, 90% of the pressure loss in the upstream cone is recovered, making the venturi veryuseful for measuring very large flow rates, where power losses can become economicallysignificant. Thus, the higher installed costs of a venturi (over an orifice) are

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Rebeca G. Book

, engineering, mathematics) fields are important to our country.According to Rodney Akins, a senior vice-president at IBM Systems & Technology Group,“Only 5% of United States workers are employed in fields related to science and engineering, butthey are responsible for more than 50% of our sustained economic expansion.” He also goes onto point out “according to NSF, the percentage of United States students studying math, science,and engineering has decreased from 21% in the 1980‟s to approximately 16% today.” 1 So whyrecruit women? They make up 50.7% of the population from the U.S. Census numbers 2 andthey only comprise 10.7% of the engineering occupation field and 24.8% of themathematical/computer science field per the 2009 Bureau of Labor

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Julius Marpaung; Louis Johnson; William Flanery

. Since no prerequisite is needed to enroll in the Digital Logic Design course, thecourse instructor is responsible to provide and explain any schematics given to students. Students arethen expected to build the circuit based on the given schematic while being supervised by at least one oftheir teaching assistants.In Lab 1, students have to build a full adder using Xilinx’s schematic editor, program their FPGA boardand show their working design to their teaching assistant. In this lab, students learn how to design a fulladder using basic logic gates such as AND, OR, NOT, and XOR gates. Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

David Che; David Clark; Tom Magnone

1 Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum Renewal in a General BSE Program David Che, David Clark, Tom Magnone Geneva CollegeAbstractAfter many years of absence, in the spring of 2009 we started to offer the manufacturingengineering curriculum again to the students in the BSE program at Geneva College asengineering electives. The aim was to strengthen the manufacturing engineeringpreparation/background of our engineering students (especially those in the mechanicalengineering concentration) to meet the needs of local

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. O'Connell

teams of approximately fourstudents each. They were instructed, during a full class period at the beginning of the semester,(with regular reminders throughout the semester) on what was expected of them during groupwork. Those expectations included: 1- following a simple problem-solving scheme, whichincluded brief individual reflection, brief group brainstorming to decide a solution approach, andthen interactive work with discussion until the problem is solved; and 2- using goodinterpersonal team skills, which included participating respectfully, helpfully, and fairly. Sincethe courses were sophomore-level circuits courses, the assigned group work projects couldsimply be increasingly challenging problems from the textbook.During group work, the