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ECCD Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon De Los Rios, Lisbon Superior Engineering Institute (ISEL)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

America‟s energyproduction; not only because of the region‟s market liberalization, governments push for clean energy andinvestment in new sustainable technologies, but also because of the enormous untapped solar, wind, andbiomass (among other renewable energy sources) potential in the area. Even though there exists largedisparities in terms of availability of conventional sources, Latin America is endowed with abundantrenewable energy resources, which until now are grossly underutilized [10] (See Fig. 1, 2, and 3). A key aspect in explaining the fast evolution of DG sources is the development of promotion programs,subsidies and compensation mechanisms, points which countries in Latin America are beginning topromote and implement in order to

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robyn Akemi Nariyoshi; Said Shakerin, University of the Pacific

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Mechanical Engineering

education, and they can be easily replicated with a budget of $400 atother institutions.The first project was to create ten distinct flow visualization photographs using safe householdfluids and simple setups. In the second project, an interactive device was developed with whichgranular (sand) flow is demonstrated in a fun and mesmerizing manner. For the third project, aseries of modified Hele-Shaw cells were developed that exhibit the interaction between airbubbles and a viscous liquid (olive oil) in a museum-quality display.IntroductionThis paper is a documentation of an undergraduate research course S. Shakerin designed for R.A. Nariyoshi, who was a senior mechanical engineering student in the Spring Semester 2010when she took the course. Both

Conference Session

FPD XI: Assessing First-Year Programs, Experiences, and Communities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech University

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First-Year Programs

. Louisville, KY.4. Howe, S., "Where are we now? Statistics on Capstone Courses Nationwide." Advances in Engineering Education, 2010. 2(1): p. 1-27.5. Trevisan, M., et al. "A Review of Literature on Assessment Practices in Capstone Engineering Design Courses: Implications for Formative Assessment." in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2006. Chicago, IL.6. Howe, S. and J. Wilbarger, "2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design Courses," in American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2006: Chicago, IL. p. 21 pp.7. McKenzie, L.J., et al. "Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: A National Study." in American Society for

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Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Ayre, University of South Australia; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia

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Women in Engineering

when they are taken up7,13,14.This paper reports a recent study of the careers of all the female graduates in a single engineeringdiscipline from an Australian technical university (ATU), which found that a much higherproportion of them have remained in the engineering profession than the rates frequently cited inthe literature. The study‟s findings on workplace conditions, availability and use of family-friendly practices and intentions to leave the profession are compared with the findings of anational study of Australian female engineers across all engineering disciplines undertaken in2007 to seek potential explanations for the high retention and satisfaction rate of this cohort.Women in the engineering professionIn all western countries

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

and academic success of engineering students is a critical issuethat will generate a profound impact upon the nation‟s economy and prosperity.1 According tothe American Society of Engineering Education, enrollment in baccalaureate programs increased14% between 2000 and 2005, but the number of engineering graduates remained relativelyunchanged since 2005.2 The demand for qualified engineering graduates will grow 11% between2008 and 2018 based on the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections.3 Therefore,preparing a qualified engineering workforce is a national issue particularly since the scientificand technological leadership of the U.S. has “experienced a gradual erosion”4 of its position.Considering the critical role played by

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Bielby, University of Michigan; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Janel A. Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian A. Burt, University of Michigan; Eunjong Ra, University of Michigan ; Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1952: IMPACT OF DIFFERENT CURRICULAR APPROACHESTO ETHICS EDUCATION ON ETHICAL REASONING ABILITYRobert M Bielby, University of Michigan Robert Bielby is a doctoral student in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education focusing in higher education policy and quantitative methodology.Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Trevor S. Harding is Chair and Professor of Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo where he teaches courses in biomaterials, solidification metallurgy, tribology and life cycle design. Dr. Harding has published numerous manuscripts in the area of ethical development of engineering undergraduates through

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

program, it has not beenpossible to show which parts of the STEP effort have been most responsible for the increase inretention rates. Efforts have been undertaken in Phase 2 to do this, as will be discussed.Results of the current STEP project (Table 2) show that students who participated have higherretention rates than students enrolled in Western Michigan University in general (cohortsretention rates verses University Baseline). This initial STEP effort, concluding after the 2009-10 academic year, increased the first-year retention rate to an average of 66% (through the 2008cohort, as shown in Table 2; and 65% when including initial data analysis through 2009-10) fromthe college‟s historical baseline of 57%, which matched well with the

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emiko Hirose Horton, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Kumiko Miki, Nihon University

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Women in Engineering

FS v. i v. v. i v. CT CT CT CT u ni un u ni unFig. 2 Ratio of male/female faculty and students in engineering programs(Data from 2010 JSEE survey)Note: MF=male faculty, FF=female faculty, MS=male students, FS= female students,Univ.=universities, CT= colleges of technology Since 2006, MEXT has been granting funds to institutions of higher education inscience and technology (S&T) for their plans to promote the interests of science and Page 22.860.3technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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NSF Grantees

discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility." (Bringle &Hatcher, 1995). The service-learning program in question involves the integration of service-learning (S-L)projects into existing core required courses in five departments over the last six years. Lastacademic year (2009-2010) S-L projects in courses (ranging from 7% to 100% of the grade)were completed by 1150 students. Figure 1 indicates the spread of S-L courses over the last sixyears. Page 22.978.4Figure 1. Distribution of Courses with Service-Learning by Semester and Dept. 2004-2010Entering students have been sampled every fall with a pre survey, and then all students

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tao Hong, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

normally used to discoverthe latent factor(s) that determines the inter-correlations among the observed variables.For instance, in psychology, general intelligence is believed to be composed of twofactors: the fluid and crystallized intelligence. Under each factor, observed variables oritems were developed to measure these unseen (or latent) factors.The purpose of this study is to re-evaluate the psychometric soundness of the DET survey Page 22.1616.2using new data collected from a larger and a relatively more diverse group of elementaryteachers. Specifically, we aimed at obtaining further psychometric evidence of the DETinstrument by conducting the EFA

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jin-Lee Kim; Tang-Hung Nguyen

category 25.00% 20.00% 15.00% 10.00% 5.00% 0.00% Novice (S=1) Apprentice (S=2) Proficient (S=3) Exemplary (S=4) (a) Fall 2009

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thuyoanh Truong, California State Universtiy, Long Beach, Department of Chemical Engineering; William Ferguson, Department of Chemical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach; Roger C. Lo, California State University, Long Beach, Department of Chemical Engineering

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Chemical Engineering

technical information exchange. We hope that in the future these twocourses may excite more students to pursue advanced studies and careers in this area of growingimportance. Page 22.1062.6AcknowledgementsThe authors greatly acknowledge the financial support for the equipment of this work by thestarting fund from the College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach. Theauthors also thank Professor Sergio Mendez for his proofreading and suggestions.References1. M. A. Burns, B. N. Johnson, S. N. Brahmasandra, K. Handique, J. R. Webster, M. Krishnan, T. S. Sammarco, P. M. Man, D. Jones, D. Heldsinger, C. H. Mastrangelo, D. T

Conference Session

Fostering Student Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

various perspectives and an ability to evaluate multiple disciplinary approaches to problem-solving. Interdisciplinarity also includes an ability to recognize the strengths or weaknesses of one‟s own disciplinary perspective, but also recognize the shared assumptions, skills or knowledge among disciplines.”20The research design and methods of this study were influenced by specific qualities ofinterdisciplinary understanding at the collegiate level21-22. Boix Mansilla and Duraisingh (2007;2009) worked to determine a comprehensive definition of what constitutes a student‟sinterdisciplinary understanding based upon faculty assessment of student interdisciplinaryresearch. The study focused on four well-recognized

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines; John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder

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NSF Grantees

Page 22.336.2responsibility). Beginning in the 1970’s, education researchers and educators began to identifyconceptual shortcomings in students and the propensity for students to carry with them strongly-held misconceptions describing how the world around them worked.1 Based on this perspective,Halloun and Hestenes developed the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), an instrument to measurestudents’ fundamental conceptual understanding of Newtonian mechanics.2,3 The FCI led to atransformation in physics education in which a renewed focus on conceptual understandingreplaced some of the emphasis on routine problem-solving.As the positive effect of the FCI on physics education has become more widely known, ConceptInventories have emerged in many science

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Moallem, Simon Fraser University; Yaser M. Roshan, Simon Fraser University

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Electrical and Computer

converted to C code andrun on various microcontroller targets. Developing a host-target platform inMatlab/Simulink embedded coder requires two different steps 11 . In the first step, thetarget directory structure is built followed by appropriate target files, make files, andhook files. In the next step, the appropriate Target Language Compiler (TLC) files andS-functions of each block are created. TLC files are the script files that specify the formatand content of output source files. S-functions are computer language description of aSimulink block written in Matlab, C, C++, or Fortran. C, C++, and Fortran S-functions Page 22.450.4 Figure 3: 1-DoF robotic

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert Fithen

calculationcan be seen at the web site of Dr. Polik and the text by Holman2.Matlab ApproachUse of Matlab for this calculation is incredibly simple. A listing of the Matlab code is shownbelow, and a description of the code follows. % Written by Dr. Fithen % Arkansas Tech University N=1000000; % Radius Setup x = 5.5:0.01:6.5; %setup x axis on histogram r = 6+.1* randn(N,1); %generate random normal distribution figure(1) hist(r,x) % create histogram title('Radius') mr=mean(r); Sr=std(r); S=sprintf(' R_{mean}=%8.5f\n R_{std}=%8.5f',mr,Sr); text(5.45,N/80,S,'HorizontalAlignment','left') % print results on

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tyler J. Perlenfein; Jason B. Baxter

coating at 2000 rpm for 4 minutes. After deposition, a thin strip ofITO was exposed by swabbing with hot water (approximately 80 °C). The panels were then annealed at90 °C for 30 minutes in order to drive out the resident water in the PEDOT:PSS layer and to improve thecontact between this layer and the active layer.[4]Immediately after the panels had cooled to room temperature, masks were applied and the panels wereloaded into the thermal evaporator. Gold or silver electrodes were deposited at a rate of 1 Å/s in avacuum of 5x10-5 torr.After evaporating, data was taken on the cells over a period of a few days. Transient photocurrentbehavior was studied by light illumination for up to 30 minutes.Results:It was found that cells using a ZnO layer as

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio Celis, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Sciences (IWITTS)

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Women in Engineering

rates for both female and male students. TheCalWomenTech Project‟s numbers on the recruitment and retention of technology students—both female and male—have been compiled by an external evaluator.The Project has worked with the CalWomenTech colleges to distribute two surveys to thetargeted female technology students that ask them what recruitment and retention strategies theyhave experienced, which ones they find helpful, and which strategies they would like toexperience more (2009 survey n=60, 2010 repeat survey n=43). The results from these surveyshave allowed the colleges to see what strategies take the fewest resources and yield the highestreturn for their students. Most of the strategies female students indicate have been most helpfulto

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students, which are included among necessary entrepreneurial skill sets, andunderstand how and why these skill sets change over their undergraduate matriculation.Our research will report on an initial study of the impact of first-year engineering courses on thechanges in entrepreneurial mindsets of first year engineering students. Entrepreneurial mindset inour study is operationally defined as a more growth orientated mindset versus a fixed orientatedmindset. This operational definition and the accompanying mindset measurement instrument wasdeveloped and validated by Carol Dweck of Stanford University. Based on Dweck‟s researchresults we assume a growth mindset is a reasonable surrogate for a student engineer‟s creativeand innovative or

Conference Session

Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

our thinking. Instead of permitting engineering educationto lag technology and society, “Should the engineering profession anticipate needed advancesand prepare for a future where it will provide more benefit to humankind?”[3]So the question becomes, how do we train engineers to be more entrepreneurially minded?What is an Entrepreneurially Minded Engineer? Page 22.244.2According to Dawn Tabat, Chief Operating Officer of Generac Power Systems (and a group ofthe company‟s engineering executives), Entrepreneurially Minded Engineers (EMEs) “act like aproduct manager within their engineering discipline”. In other words, “EMEs are not justworking on

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

on the inter-relationship between theory andpractical experimentation.It‟s commonly accepted that laboratory exercises are a critical component to developingengineering skills. Lab classes represent a significant portion of curricula of all engineeringdisciplines. Lab exercises in introductory courses are commonly designed to illustrate anddemonstrate known concepts or scientific laws. Students also learn practical skills associatedwith the measurements techniques and experience in the use of modern instrumentation. Othergoals of the lab experience are to sharpen observational skills, work in teams, and develop acapacity for independent learning by encouraging students to make self-directed inquires andexplorations. Research in how students

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas

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College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

paper focuses on results achieved in developing leaders as evaluated through interviews with alumni. While the paper does discuss the classes created and implemented to build leadership abilities and attitudes in students, it does not emphasize the details of the courses, which can be found in the syllabi7.Description of Graduate Student PopulationGraduates from the master‟s degree programs in the School of Engineering at the University ofSt. Thomas are primarily working adults in the 30 to 50 year age group. Historically they havehad 10 years or more of industry experience before entering the program. However, this isdecreasing as more graduates of the bachelor engineering programs enter the graduate programs.Typically it takes students

Conference Session

SE Tools and Techniques

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Ringenberg, University of Michigan; Marcial Lapp, University of Michigan; Apoorva Bansal, University of Michigan; Parth Shah, University of Michigan

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

FormatTo facilitate the easy distribution and collection of the exam results, students took the examusing an online testing tool hosted inside a standard web browser. Only those students enrolledin the course were given access to the exam. Individual exam results were automaticallytabulated and sent to the course staff once each exam was completed. In addition, if a studentencountered a technical difficulty with the exam that prevented him/her from completing it, s/hewas given an opportunity to take it again and each attempt was logged separately. Fortunately,this only happened to a small number of students and there was no effect on the overall examresults.3.2 Testing SampleThe exam was initially given to a group of approximately 350 students in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Devasia, University of Washington; Jim L. Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Jae-Hyun Chung, University of Washington; Jiangyu Li, University of Washington; Amy Shen, University of Washington; Nathan Sniadecki, University of Washington; Junlan Wang, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees

these courses are core required ME courses (at the UW) that are Page 22.1112.3offered in typical ME curriculum at other universities. This integration into existing core MEcurriculum will facilitate the potential adoption of the proposed nanodevice modules at otheruniversities, and thereby, benefit the ongoing efforts to develop nanotechnology curriculum forundergraduate education. Course and Specific Nanodevice(s) Outcomes (Analysis/Fabrication/Design) Lead Faculty in Proposed Modules and Novel Concepts Course: ME 333

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn Purchase, U.S. Military Academy; Marc J. Sanborn, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

their collective ability tomeet established research standards. Such assessment is commonly performed through a reviewof the publication(s) associated with that field of practice. By evaluating multiple years ofpublication, the caliber of research can also be evaluated for trends. Several examples of suchself-assessment studies have been performed in the field of engineering education. Thisliterature review is subdivided into three sections: example studies of scholarship, suggestedscholarship standards, and description of scholarship standards.Example Studies of ScholarshipWankat (1999) published the results from a critical review of 20 issues of the Journal ofEngineering Education (JEE). His review included 231 articles published in JEE

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Changho Nam, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Aerospace

range of 35 ft/s ~ 40 ft/s, slow enough to allow the wireless video system to stream video. The aircraft should have good dynamic stability in all axes, and the neutral point should be far enough aft of the CG to facilitate a large static margin for good longitudinal static stability.The students decided that a flying wing configuration would satisfy these basic design criteria.The flying wing configuration allowed simplified analysis, design and fabrication as well asproviding a lightweight and aerodynamically efficient platform. A flying wing produces liftmore efficiently than a conventional aircraft configuration of wings, fuselage, and tail. Sinceweight is one of the primary concerns in the aircraft design, the flying

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; William J Calvo, Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program, Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY)

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NSF Grantees

developedlast year by chemical engineering students, refined through peer feedback and are currentlyundergoing pilot testing in our courses. The problem sets described in this paper were developedfor introductory chemical engineering course(s).The formatting, layout, style and focus of the problems are based on those of the widely usedtext, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 3rd, by R. Felder and R. Rousseau 6.Courses taught with a different textbook may still use the problems since they cover topics suchas units and conversions, material balances with and without reaction, single and multiphasesystems, and energy balances. To allow professors to integrate easily these problems into theirclasses, we have “mapped” them to specific chapters

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanna Long, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science & Technology; Hector J. Carlo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Scott E. Grasman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Laura J Collins, Center for Research and Learning

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NSF Grantees

- MayaguezDr. Scott E. Grasman, Missouri University of Science & TechnologyAbhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology Abhijit Gosavi obtained a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of South Florida in 1999. He has an MTech and BE, both in Mechanical Engineering, from IIT Chennai and Jadavpur University, respectively. He is an assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering in Missouri S & T. His research interests are in simulation-based optimization, production management, and industrial engineering education.Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University - Pueblo Dr. Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering at

Conference Session

Hardware Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Computers in Education

Digital Electronics course.The secret to presenting digital circuits successfully to students who have no technicalbackground is to avoid references to electricity or computers and stick purely with the 1’s and0’s. In such a setting, digital circuits are just implementations of mathematical expressions.There are no “volts” or “bytes” or anything that might confuse the simplicity of 1’s and 0’s. Bytreating digital circuits simply as implementations of mathematical expressions, and treatingwires as just pencil lines that connect logical elements in drawings, students can learn to designand build digital circuits comfortably.This paper provides applications of a lab station design that has been disclosed in an earlierASEE paper1, and discusses