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Experiential Learning in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

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Biomedical

AC 2010-1038: EARLY CAREER BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCEFOR UNDERGRADUATESRebecca Willits, Saint Louis University Rebecca Kuntz Willits is an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University and has developed courses in Transport Phenomena, Biotransport, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, and Design of Laboratory Experiments. She was the 2009 Director of BE@SLU, an NSF-sponsored REU in Bioengineering.David Barnett, Saint Louis University David Barnett is the Chairperson of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University, as well as the Director of the 2010 BE@SLU program

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

permitted. The limited laboratory space and equipment does not providesufficient hands-on experience for all the students. Several universities have a situation similarto that of Rowan University, and this makes teaching core courses like civil engineeringmaterials very challenging. The author re-designed the course to ensure that every studentactively participates in the laboratory and understands the material behavior. The number oftopics covered in this class was divided into four major areas, timber, aggregates, asphaltconcrete and cement concrete. The course was modified to address the concepts required toconduct laboratory experiments and its practical applications. The objectives of the laboratoryexperiments were well defined, but it was up

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Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Instrumentation

that were all developed and built in-house with student participation.Topics: laboratories and experiments; innovative experiments; instrumentation emphasis inundergraduate programs. IntroductionDuring the undergraduate teaching process, instructors and students often get bored solving simpletextbook problems that require little, if any, imaginative thinking. These types of problems areusually significantly simple compared to real life situations, and more often than not, they havevery limited connections to the real world. They are also very limited in terms of their usefulnessin incorporating the individuality of the students involved, and they make it difficult to givestudents genuine

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2010 ERC

Authors

Michael Gibbons

ASEE and US News: Data Collection Procedures and  Rankings  Michael Gibbons  Director of Data Research & Programs  ASEE ASEE  ASEE Survey of Engineering  Colleges and Research n n Data Collected  Degrees Awarded  Enrollment  Faculty and Other Teaching/Research Personnel  Student Appointments  Other Data Points  Research Expenditures n n Data Structure  Demographics  Disciplines, Departments, Degree Programs Disciplines, Departments, Degree Programs  ASEE Survey of Engineering  Colleges and Research n Publications n  Profiles of Engineering Colleges book  College

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Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

retention and quality in an introductory Electronics and Network Analysiscourse offered at a university in northeastern United States. It also seeks to study the effects oftechnology-based instruction that complements conventional instruction. This progress, as wellas lessons learned in the first three years of Media Based Instruction in introductory engineeringcourses (namely Circuits, Electronics, Network Analysis, and C++ for Digital Computations) isevaluated with data. The efficacy of embedding conventional teaching with Media BasedInstruction is assessed.IntroductionThis paper explores the results of a study and feedback completed by students. The feedbackwas based on their outlook toward a media-based tool that was used in the instruction

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

education and help the students to understand the concepts and applications ofthis type of energy. Due to the high costs of the training units, it becomes a budget concern topurchase training units for laboratory sections. Some of the pre-built training units already on themarket have a price range from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollars per unit. If there are budgetconcerns for the program, the only option that remains is to teach theory without the benefit ofhands-on training. Taking these issues into consideration, the students in the IndustrialTechnology program have designed, built, and tested a multi-purpose renewable energy trainingunit for the alternative energy related classes. This prototype trainer is designed to be used forhands-on

Conference Session

Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Ram Prasad Diwakaran, Texas A&M University; Justin Zsiros, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-996: CONVEYING THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURINGPROCESS DESIGN USING SIMULATION RESULTS AND EMPIRICAL DATAMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and analysis of

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Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Praveen Malali, Old Dominion University; Pooja Bais, Old Dominion University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Sushil Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-710: UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS AND INSTRUMENT SELECTIONUSING A WEB-BASED VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTPraveen Malali, Old Dominion University Praveen Malali is a graduate student of Mechanical Engineering at Old Dominion University. He is also a teaching assistant in the thermo-fluids laboratory.Pooja Bais, Old Dominion University Pooja Bais is a graduate student in the College of Business and Public Administration at Old Dominion University.Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University Robert Choate is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western Kentucky University. He teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses, including Sophomore Design, Thermo-Fluid Systems Lab and ME

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Instrumentation

mechanical engineering.IntroductionThe application of modern instrumentation is important in engineering education to providestudents with critical skills for use in research and industry. Providing interesting andmotivational learning opportunities in engineering laboratory experiences builds students’enthusiasm while teaching critical skills in modern instrumentation and engineering problemsolving. It is relatively easy to provide students with interesting instrumentation activities todayby using low cost data acquisition hardware and software, and to explore interesting dataacquisition applications while implementing group, project-based instruction. Vehicleinstrumentation applications today embrace a large spectrum of applications with the

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the conventional machine tools that populate the typical manufacturing engineering laboratory. Many processes require quite different machine tools (e.g., manufacture of electronic devices or nano-scale products). Others at least require resolution, tolerances and control well-beyond the traditional norms (e.g., micro-manufacturing). A simple or universal solution to the equipment challenge does not seem to be available. University budgets everywhere are under great pressure, and coaxing out the significant new investments necessary will likely be at long odds. There are very few opportunities to compete for grant funding for teaching apparatus -- not nearly enough to serve the needs of even a significant fraction of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Roemer, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah

, sequentially:1) Newton’s and Faraday’s laws as applied to Cartesian particle dynamics, plus an introductionto elasticity, 2) the same concepts extended to rotational systems, 3) fluid dynamics, and 4)conservation of energy and heat transfer. Teaching of the fundamental technical and physicsemphases will be done through lectures, and their application will occur in the team-based designprojects. Laboratories will be used to teach about, test and characterize the mechanical andelectrical devices associated with the physics emphasis, and to teach the associated softwarepackages and manufacturing techniques to be used in modeling and constructing the student

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Gibbon, University of The Witwatersrand; Ian Jandrell, University of the Witwatersrand

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

saw them as being totally unrelated.As the authors believe that conceptual knowledge is best developed with “hands-on” experience,major changes were again made to both the laboratories and lecturing styles in 2007. Thesechanges were made to introduce a concept of “global learning” where the laboratory experimentsundertaken by individual students are directly related to the material being covered in thelectures5. The “global learning” concept is based the best teaching method of induction, asdefined by Felder and Silverman6, 7. The pass rate for the course improved to 80% in 2007 and74% in 2009, showing an improvement for two successive cohorts.Students entering the university in 2009 were the product of both a major curriculum change anda new

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Na Lu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert Swan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

, University of North Carolina, Charlotte MR. ROBERT H. SWAN, JR., is a Faculty Associate and the Director of Laboratories at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. Though Mr. Swan is relatively new to teaching, he has brought to the university over 25 years of work experience involving geotechnical and materials testing and engineering. He has owned and managed various testing laboratories with an emphases on performance testing of geosynthetics and soil-geosynthetic interaction. He is a proponent of test method and equipment development and Quality System implantation

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sumit Dutta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shreya Prakash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Estrada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eric Pop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

connected computer or web-browsing mobiledevice (Fig. 1). Web browser (AJAX client)The initial WS design is aimed as part of a large under- Figure 2. Photograph of hardwaregraduate electronic device course (~150 students), where used for our remote laboratory (top)individual lab access is prohibitive. With the WS access, and schematic of the remote instru-students benefit from doing real-time measurements, and ment WS and Web interface archi-can perform subsequent data analysis. Currently, the WS tecture (bottom).enables measurements of typical silicon transistors fab-ricated at the University of Illinois (Fig. 2 and Fig. 5),state of the art nanoscale transistors provided by Intel

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Easley, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Nicholas Beard, Louisiana Tech University; Glenn Fardsalehi, Louisiana Tech University; Nathan Wallace, Louisiana Tech University; Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

floor, organize a messy cabinet, and encourage a student who isdown, all in the same evening. Academically strong students who are good at troubleshootinghardware and software applications are desirable. The dream student is one that takes ownershipof the laboratory and in their role as a mentor.4. MarketingAs with any successful venture, promotion of the product is a key to success. Initially, the facultymembers teaching in the freshman program placed an emphasis on the availability of the helpdesk as well as the services provided by the help desk. In addition, strategically placed signageprovided additional exposure. The best advertising tool, however, proved to be word of mouth -students discussing amongst themselves their experiences with

Conference Session

Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

. Eng. Ed., 84(45) 351-359 (1995).3 Bulter, A., Moses, W.M., Introducing Experimental Design in Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, Proceedingsof the Annual ASEE Conference (2005).4 Waitz, I.A., Barrett, E.C., Integrated Teaching of Experimental and Communication Skills to UndergraduateAeorspace Engineering Students, Proceedings of the Annual ASEE Conference, Session 2302 (1996).5 McCluskey, R.J. and Harris, S.L., The coffee Pot Experiment: A Better Cup of Coffee Via Factorial Design,Chemical Engineering Education, Summer 1989, pp. 150-153. Page 15.804.8

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Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Reinhold Ludwig, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students interested in pursuing a minor in ECE. This paper reports onour method of teaching such a class that is particularly appealing to non-major students.In this paper we would like to share our experience thus far with colleagues who are teachingsimilar non-major classes. We intend to discuss the following traditional and rather non-traditional topics: 1. Analogies to mechanical engineering concepts 2. Current flow in DC circuits 3. Basic semiconductor (diode) theory - is it difficult? 4. Basic solar cell and thermoelectric engine 5. Laboratory materials 6. MATLAB and LabVIEW 7. Historical context 8. Video tutorials 9. Conclusions and assessment1. Analogies to mechanical engineering conceptsIn our

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

robotics labwill be used to teach students to program a real robot, in real time, in a safe, controlledenvironment without sacrificing the opportunity to operate on the robots commonly used inindustry. The proposed state-of-the-art robotics laboratory will also be capable of demonstratingthe current advances in the area of robotics during department open house and visits, and willcertainly serve as eye-catching demonstration during recruiting and “show and tell” events.The proposed robotics course will advance undergraduate research within School of Technology, Page 15.942.8fostering enhanced robotics-related senior design projects and allowing

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Harlow, Western Kentucky University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, designing telecommunication, data communication and information technology equipment.H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University Joel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamic systems and instrumentation areas of the curriculum. His industrial experience includes positions at Michelin Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design and manufacturing firms. Page 15.570.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Extracurricular Project Enhances Student Learning

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William Marshall, Alief Independent School District

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

that is the result of neuroscience research on how the human brain processes and retainsnew information”. 1Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas is like acknowledging that students at any givenage aren’t all the same height: It is not a statement of worth, but of reality”.2 In adifferentiated classroom and laboratory, the teacher proactively plans and carries out variedapproaches to content, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differencesin readiness, interest, and learning needs. According to Tomlinson, our teaching style “caninfluence a students’ IQ by 20 points in either direction, that’s a 40 point IQ

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Peggy Taylor, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Howard Tenenbaum, La Jolla High School, San Diego Unified School District; Seth Hodges, St. Michael Indian School, St. Michaels, AZ

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science teachers of classrooms throughout the nation, hires program faculty and organizes their professional development, manages administrative issues of the program, and develops and oversees program evaluation processes. Taylor has 12 years experience teaching high school chemistry, biology, and physical science. She has 7 years of experience teaching biology and education at the university level. Taylor coordinated an alternative teacher licensing program in which she supervised student teachers, managed program coursework and faculty, and developed a distance component to education coursework that has allowed teacher candidates throughout vast geographical areas to pursue their teaching

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth English, State University of New York, Buffalo; Deborah Moore-Russo, State University of New York, Buffalo; Thomas Schroeder, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Gilberto Mosqueda, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Sofia Tangalos, University at Buffalo-SUNY

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

that relate classroom topics to practical application. As a result of their comfort withthe use of information technology, contemporary students and teachers can find traditionalclassroom methods of lecture and guided laboratory experiments limiting. Recently, the need forincreasing the number of students graduating in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) fields United States has been recognized as a threat to continued economicdevelopment. This need, coupled with increasing technological literacy, has created anopportunity to leverage leading edge cyberinfrastructure in an outreach program targetingsecondary school teachers. This paper demonstrates the implementation of a targeted outreachprogram that engages pre- and in

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State Univ.; Marcus Duffy, Oklahoma State University; Lynn Franzmann, Stillwater; Rebekah Reece, Stillwater; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

middle school teachers (teaching Biology and Math) were selected toparticipate in research dealing with tissue engineering. Teachers worked for six weeks (fourdays a week) within the research laboratory on formation of porous structures usingbiodegradable polymers. Teachers were exposed to the technique of forming porous structuresusing chitosan and gelatin solution in various shapes using the apparatus available in thelaboratory. A low cost freeze drying system that is safe for operation by sixth grade students wasdeveloped. The overall cost of performing the experiment is also significantly cheap and lesstime consuming.An envisioned project for the current academic year under implementation in the sixth grade isfreeze drying chitosan-gelatin

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Eniko T. Enikov; Vasco Polyzoev; Joshua Gill

.: ABET, 2002. 7. Aburdene, MF and El-Sharkawy, M, “Integrated Engineering Workstations in Electrical Engineering Laboratories,” IEEE Transactions on Education, v. E-32, p. 404–408, 1989. 8. Kadlowec, J, Lockette, PV, Constans, E, Sukumaran, B, and Cleary, D, “Visual Beams: Tools for Statics and Solid Mechanics,” 32nd ASEE/IEEE Forntiers in Education Conference, Boston Mass., November 6–9, p. T4D-7 - T4D-10, 2002. 9. Felder, RM. “Reaching the Second Tier-Learning and Teaching Styles in College science Education”, J. of College Science Teaching, v. 23(5)p. 286-290, 1993 Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American

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Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Iyer, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

researchuniversities, 1998. State University of New York-Stonybrook, Stonybrook, NY. [6] Wyckoff, S. Changing the culture of undergraduate science teaching. J. Coll.sci.Teach.29:409-414, 2008 [7]Roppel, T. A., Hung, J. Y., Wentworth, S. W., and Hodel, A. S. An interdisciplinarylaboratory sequence in electrical and computer engineering: curriculum design and assessment results.IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 43, issue 2, 2000. pp. 143-152 [8] Biernacki, Joseph J, and Wilson, Christopher D. Interdisciplinary laboratory in advancedmaterials: A team-oriented inquiry-based approach. Journal of Engineering Education, 2001 [9] Iyer, Rupa S. and Fitzgibbon, William. Building the future biotechnology workforce: AUniversity of Houston Model. Journal of

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

support theirinstructional needs.The specific objectives of the project include:1. Strengthening the educational infrastructure for computer science and engineering by incorporating advanced technology into courses and curricula2. Improving the delivery of laboratory and lectures3. Enhancing learning and teaching efficiency using computerized assessment platform4. Deepening students’ understanding of abstract concepts and enhancing students’ comprehension skills from theory to practice5. Promoting active learning and stimulate students’ interests in computer science and engineering subjects6. Developing support materials to assist faculty in the use of technology to support their instructional needsIn the sections below, we describe

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ani Ural; Joseph Yost

the end of the FEM module,the students have gained proficiency in creating FE models, and have increased theirunderstanding of the mechanical behavior of the SMARTBEAM and have obtainedcomputational results that they can compare to experimental data.(a)(b)Figure 3: (a) Finite element model of the cellular beam. (b) Deformed shape and displacementcontour of the cellular beam under four-point bending.2.3 Experimental Measurements With a firm understanding of basic flexural theory and data from a finite element analysis,the students are introduced to measured experimental behavior of a SMARTBEAM inVillanova's Structural Engineering Teaching and Research Laboratory (SETRL). The testinvolves four point bending as is shown in Fig. 4. Three

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Shubo Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology

sized microrobot navigating inthe human’s GI tract. In particular, we built a simulation module in Webots 3D simulator, wherethe microrobot navigates along the GI tract and detects abnormality through an onboard camera.Using the case study and the laboratory module, we teach students building components of amicrorobot, and basic behaviors for robot navigation and detection.IntroductionIn the same way MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies provided new medicaldevices in the 80s, recent development in nanotechnology is enabling the manufacturing ofnanobiosensors and actuators to improve cell biology interfaces and biomolecular applications.As a consequence, nanorobotics and nanomedicine have evolved from pure science fiction to arapid

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Mohammed Safiuddin, State University of New York, Buffalo; Chilukuri Mohan, Syracuse University; Steve Macho, Buffalo State College

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

be “cross-listed” at each institution, and the “primary”faculty teaching a course at one institution will be considered to be Adjunct Faculty at the otherinstitutions. Each student will choose one “host” institution where the student will register forcourses, whether in a matriculated program or as an un-matriculated student seekingcertification.Course offerings and content will be proposed by the primary faculty members, with reviews andfeedback being provided by the relevant faculty from the other institutions. For courses requiringhands-on laboratory interaction, each academic institution with the needed facilities will utilizethe services of a “secondary” instructor whose primary role is to facilitate laboratory work.Students from other

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Antonio F. Mondragon-Torres

system should have some of the following characteristics:ultra-low power, security, robust, reliable, accurate, cost-effective. Throughout theMicrocomputers course, the instructor emphasized and gave examples on how to use the availabletechnology to think in terms of energy awareness, making smart products, communicateinformation using secure techniques, and how to perform computations on demand rather thancontinuously in order to save power. Unfortunately on a single course, and with no previous knowledge of microprocessors andmicrocontroller systems, we were not able to fully teach and cover ultra-low power applications,other than couple laboratory exercises and lectures to show how the microcontroller can enter asleep state and just wake up