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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Scott Bronikowski; Christopher Lowrance; Kenneth Viall

higher level of regimentation than at acivilian college. However, until one takes a detailed look at the daily activities of a West Pointcadet it is impossible to fully appreciate how hectic the schedule is. A typical day in the life of aWest Point cadet is shown in Table 1 below. (Note: all times are in military 24-hour format).Unlike some civilian colleges, where class attendance can be a matter of choice, cadets arerequired to have a valid excuse (such as a medical appointment) for each class they miss, lestthey face disciplinary action that would take away some of the precious little free time they have.Start End Minutes ActivityTime Time0520 0650 90 Exercise/Personal Hygiene/Personal Time

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Laurent Simon

Process Dynamics and Control of Biological Systems for Chemical Engineering Students Laurent Simon, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractEfforts have been devoted to introducing biological concepts and recent developments into theChemical Engineering curriculum. While some initiatives focus on the incorporation oflaboratory-based components into existing courses, other programs aim to enhance thecurriculum by adding biological applications to conventional problems [1]. The challenge is toselect areas of biological sciences where the theories

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Amal Kabalan

particular forms of renewable power. Delaware, for instance requires that by2019, 20 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable resources. Of that 20 percent, thestate mandates that at least 2 percent must come from solar technologies (1).Since solar technologies are going to be more common in the next few years, it is imperative tointroduce students in elementary schools to the idea of photovoltaic effect. For instance anyelementary student knows that in order for a car to move, it must be fueled with gas. However,will he know that in the future we might have cars running on solar energy? Exposingelementary students to such ideas and concepts will integrate this knowledge in their realm ofpossibilities. It will also make them consider

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ajay R. Shah

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Pooyan Asadollahi; Ahmet Zeytinci

links), public utilities (water supply, sewage, andcables), city center revitalization, and storage (car parking, flood control, and goods storage).The following examples effectively show the scale of underground infrastructures being (or tobe) constructed in the world: In Europe, the Lyons-Turin link tunnel is a 200-km-longinfrastructure (Figure 1). Inauguration of the base tunnel is scheduled for 2020 with a budget of Copyright ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference, April 29-30, 2011, Farmingdale State College, SUNYseveral billion Euros. In Singapore, the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) project consistsof two large tunnels with a total length of 80 km and 170 km (Figure 2). In the city of Austin,Texas, 33 km water/sewage tunnel

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Kalyan Mondal

computer engineers in this important area of embedded system design using amulti-disciplinary approach. Electrical and computer engineering undergraduate programsrequire at least one embedded system design or programming course to train the futureworkforce in this important field.Many interesting embedded system teaching paradigms have been presented in [1-3]. In thispaper, we present our experience with teaching a microcontroller based system design course tothe junior undergraduate students. In this course, our focus mostly has been in teaching input /output interface design through proper programming techniques. We used the technique ofcompare and contrast of multiple solutions for such interface designs as outlined in the rest of thepaper. We

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Iem Heng; Farrukh Zia

industrial andembedded computer systems, in situations where low cost, low speed and single devicecommunication is needed.In this paper we present a survey of the teaching material (section 1), hardware considerationsand laboratory exercises (section 2) that we have developed and used in CET 3510 course, tointroduce the students to the new interfacing and communication standards; at a level that thestudents can understand and incorporate in their laboratory exercises. Then, a rubric forassessment of student performance for programming assignments in the laboratory follows(section 3).1. Introduction to Port CommunicationIn today’s society, technology influences our daily lives in a variety of ways. We are constantlydependent on the use of technology

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Neil H. Schiller

can not make any partial erasures. The practical way to correct a small error is to cross itout, and then add a note explaining the change. In the process of developing content, I tried to keep in mind that I was attempting toteach my students a thought process. I wanted them to understand my thinking; what caused meto write something down. The Visible Knowledge Project 1 calls this hidden thinking process“Invisible Learning” and defines it as follows: “What do we mean by “invisible learning”? We use this phrase to mean at least two things. First, it points us to what Sam Wineburg, in his book Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts, talked about as “intermediate processes,” the steps in the learning

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ralph Belton; Ahmet Zeytinci

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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John Syers

explores the effects this instruction hason instruction in the classroom. The study uses a popular online video website as the means ofdistribution, and also seeks to determine whether this type of communication is preferable, orwhether another form of media should be used. Students were surveyed to gain their feedbackon the usefulness of this form of instruction. The results of this study will provide insight tofaculty on the relative benefits of investing time in preparing materials that will be primarilyused outside of the classroom.1. IntroductionThis study was formulated as a result of trends observed in IT105, Introduction to Computingand Information Technology. The United States Military Academy is somewhat unique in thatits core curriculum

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Grant Crawford; Elizabeth Bristow

terrorism withmilitary might and nothing else, then we will be no safer than we were before 911. If we trulywant a legacy of peace for our children, we need to understand that this is a war that willultimately be won with books, not with bombs.” [1]A by-product of the poor educational system is a shortage of engineers and the accompanyingpoor state of civil infrastructure that permeates the country. In addressing this problem, thenational leadership of Afghanistan is working to reinvigorate the country’s university system.Part of that effort has been the establishment of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan(NMAA); a four-year, bachelor degree granting institution modeled after the military academiesof the United States. Two of the primary

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Dorian Dale

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Sean K. Turner

emphasizes both project design and implementation as well as technicalcommunication skills. Students at Rowan University use engineering tools to complete projects Copyright ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference April 29-30, Farmingdale State College, SUNYdealing with real world issues in organized student teams, while also gaining experience withspeaking and writing skills through the assigned work.Society’s need for more engineers has shaped the way the Clinics are conducted at RowanUniversity. Students are challenged to apply a set of skills they have learned—and learn newones—to solve given problems. (1). In order to meet the demand of Sustainability Engineering,students will need to be trained

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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H.T.X. Truong; E.M. Odom; C.J. Egelhoff; K.L. Burns

Using Modern Engineering Tools to Efficiently Solve Challenging Engineering Design Problems: Analysis of the Stepped Shaft H.T.X. Truong1, E.M. Odom1, C.J. Egelhoff2 and K.L. Burns2 1 University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 2 United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CTAbstractThere is an inarguable elegance to the efficiency gains from the gear-driven compressor of anaircraft engine presently being developed or to a natural gas-fired power plant with a bottomingcycle that achieves 45% thermodynamic efficiency. But in considering the design as a whole itis easy to forget the most basic components. The

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jennifer Van Donk; Justin Lekos; Sarah Baker; Kevin Yamauchi; Adam Paicely; Brian P. Self; A. Matthew Robinson

often limited, and it is not uncommon for people to walk several milesevery day to get to and from work, the grocery store, etc. A growing number of people, however,have severe disabilities due to traumatic, dysvascular, and congenital defects. There are 300,000-400,000 known landmine-related amputees worldwide, of whom 20% are children. In total, it isestimated that there are up to 500,000 total amputees worldwide, and that 5,000-10,000 areadded to this number each year.1 Furthermore, the World Health Organization estimates that Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Angela Beck; Jim Helbling

1   Configuration of Senior Capstone Course Using Team-Teaching to Maximize Communication Skills and Minimize Team Conflict Angela Beck, Dept. of Humanities/Communications Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Arizona Jim Helbling, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott ArizonaSenior capstone courses instructed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott campus,incorporated team-teaching between Aerospace

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Youngwook Kim; Jagjit Singh

51    Application of Ultra Wide Band Radar for Multiple Human Tracking with CLEAN Algorithm (Education of Radar System through Graduate Project) Youngwook Kim and Jagjit Singh Electrical and Computer Engineering California State University at Fresno, USA Email: youngkim@csufresno.edu 1. Introduction Radar systems consist of RF hardware and a signal processing unit. The RF

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ricardo Medina; MURAT OKCAY; Gustavo Menezes; Arturo Pacheco-Vega

42    Implementation of Particle Image Velocimetry in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Ricardo Medina1, Murat Okcay 2, Gustavo Menezes1,*, Arturo Pacheco-Vega3,* 1 Department of Civil Engineering California State University-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032 2 Interactive Flow Studies Corp. P.O. Box 748, Waterloo IA 50704

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Michael G. Jenkins

experiential learning exercises reinforcesthe information assimilated during the exercises. Indeed the “cone of learning” shown in Figure1 clearly indicates that greater than 90% retention can be achieved if a learning experienceinvolves a “do-say” aspect. A laboratory experiment with a formal written laboratory report isan example of such a “do-say” exercise. This 90% level of retention is in contrast to only 10%retention achieved through reading only such as in reading assignments out of a textbook or aninformation search on the World Wide Web. The efficacy of active versus passive learning forincreasing retention of new information is shown graphically in Figure 1. Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV

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Mohammad N. Amin; Pradip Peter Dey; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Gordon W. Romney

is a new SMS in the inbox of the server phone, the ‘Smart Phone Book Search’ program checks the content of the message and takes the necessary action. In this implementation, a password ‘SEARCH’ was used to trigger detection of a search string by the application. When a client mobile phone sends an SMS message string with the leading word ‘SEARCH’, the ‘Smart Phone Book Search’ application initiates a search for the specified string information stored in the server mobile. Once the requested information is found, the server mobile phone sends an SMS containing all the retrieved information back to the client mobile phone. The System Block Diagram Figure-1 shows the block diagram of the ‘Smart Phone Book Search

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Peter Kinman; Daniel Murdock

concepts of signals and systems in different situations, gaining more fluency withthese concepts. Second, students rehearse the important techniques of communications,including modulation, demodulation, synchronization, and sampling. Third, students get morepractice and acquire more confidence in experimental methods.IntroductionA laboratory course was developed to complement a lecture course (“CommunicationEngineering”) that covers Fourier series and transforms, filtering, analog modulation anddemodulation, synchronization, sampling, and receiver architectures. The laboratory course usesthe Telecommunications Instructional Modeling System (TIMS) of Emona Instruments [1], seeFigure 1. This instrument incorporates a sampling oscilloscope and

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Collin Heller; Brian P. Self

that can be generalized andreused in a variety of situations. More recently, MEAs have been expanded through a four-yearcollaborative research project between seven universities. The purpose of the research is theimplementation of models and modeling as a foundation for undergraduate science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum and assessments within the engineeringdomain2.When developing MEAs, the original creators proposed six principles3,4 and characteristics ofMEAs: 1. The Model-Construction Principle requires that the students come up with a procedure or model for explaining a “mathematically significant” situation. 2. The Reality Principle puts the problem in context and offers a client who needs a realistic

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Satbir S. Sekhon; Albert Rendon; Samuel Gomez; Reza Raeisi

the surrounding environment include: a triple axis accelerometer, atemperature sensor, and a humidity sensor. A portable power source provides adequate power tothe device. A USB interface is used to read data from the microcontroller or vice versa and aJTAG is used for necessary programming. Also, an Ethernet port is used for remote monitoring.The final module is capable of logging temperature, humidity and acceleration at any desiredinterval and the saved data can be read via USB or Ethernet protocols. The above features willcome in handy to control the physical condition of the electronic system products of Pelco instorage, transit, or distribution.System Design OverviewThe block diagram of the module is shown in Figure 1. The system is

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jin-Lee Kim; Tang-Hung Nguyen

such asinteractive simulations and visualizations enhance student learning and improve quality ofengineering education.1, 2, 3, 5, 11 For example, interactive multimedia units provide motivation,increase learning rate, contribute to retention, and even help effectively manage large classeswhile supporting the teacher as facilitator. 1, 4, 9, 13 Visual simulations are particularly effective atdeepening understanding of abstract and highly mathematical subjects such aselectromagnetism.8 Likewise, three-dimensional animation and walkthrough computer modelsdemonstrate construction processes and complementary texts describe the various steps for dualcoding of information.7 In construction management curriculums, students learning aboutconstruction

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bradley A. Hyatt

courses werefirst reviewed in three primary steps in order to better accommodate active participation ofindustry members.The first step to update this course was to identify the currency of the course curriculum. Initialresearch was performed to identify important issues in theArchitectural/Engineering/Construction (AEC) Industry. In addition to the professionalexperience of the program faculty, an initial literature review showed three primary trendstransforming this industry: (1) sustainable design and construction (Beheiry, Chong, and Haas Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Stacy Gleixner; Elena Klaw PhD; Patricia Backer

difference in society.Need for Renewable Energy EngineeringThe burning of fossil fuels and the rapid deforestation of the globe have created an increase inCO2 gases in the atmosphere and a heating up of the earth’s temperature.[1] Data shows anexponential change in CO2 in the atmosphere in the last several decades.[1] This has beencorrelated with a warming of the earth’s surface temperature.[3] Coupled with the problem of Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  135 climate change, nations are also struggling with a

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Fariborz M. Tehrani

Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Year in School 5% 15% 77% 3% Major Core Major Minor None Elective Requirement this course fulfills 57% 40% 1% 1% Fresno State GPA 3.18 ± 0.79 Average grade for prerequisites 3.16 ± 0.98 Expected grade in this course 3.20 ± 0.67Table 6 shows the second part of general academic information, in which students state theirpreparedness for the current course. As indicated, students claimed to be fairly prepared for

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Rafael D. Alvarez; Raga M. Bakhiet; Theresa M. Garcia; Angeline V. Yang

and financial assistance  Providing essential support to increase persistence to graduationStudents who participate in the SPSD program are more likely to achieve a high level of success inSTEM academic pursuits—academically, personally, and professionally – by completing SPSDstandards. Upon graduation, SPSD students offer employers a talented, diverse pool of highly skilledSTEM professionals. The goals of SPSD are: Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  188  1. Expand the participation - in multiple STEM

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Shoba Krishnan; Ruth Davis; Marco Bravo; Melissa Gilbert

. Partnerships with the department of Education at our institutionassured the pedagogical considerations in these projects for middle school students were sound. We started “Sunflower” in the 2008-2009 academic year with a team of three femalesenior electrical engineering students. The project involved developing a sustainable, solar-powered water pumping system to meet the irrigation needs of Walden West using reclaimedstorm drain water and solar energy. The physical system components of the piping, pump,controls, and solar array are shown in Figure 1. Many aspects of the engineering design weretruly interdisciplinary as electrical engineers do not have formal instruction on hydraulics. Theteam had to work with mechanical engineers to research

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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James Guthrie

. The learning outcomes have been repeated below:Small Scale Structures – Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, a student should have the ability to: 1. Trace the load path for both gravity and lateral loads in a small-scale structure 2. Design beams and columns to meet strength and service-ability criteria specified in the building code using wood and steel. 3. Conceptually understand the design of horizontal diaphragms to meet design criteria specified in the building code for wind and seismic loads. Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education