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WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Silvia Carreno-Castillo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

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Women in Engineering

“boundary”metaphors that yield a rich lexicon of terms related to the complicated characterization andcategorization of ideas and values associated with engineering11, 14.Some of the faculty members’ language explicitly expresses the idea of boundaries: Two fulltime laboratory professors described they felt that their work was undervalued because theirclasses are not theoretical on their idea of boundaries within the school of engineering: “Here is a very strong tendency to consider lab classes as a lower degree or not as important as the theory ones, being a professor of laboratory does not mean we do not have the capacity to lecture a theory class, but we believe that we are not given the same opportunity that is given to the

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Technology

which can briefly be described as a study of the fundamental concepts,devices, and applications of electronic components and controllers utilized on industrialequipment. Laboratory sessions focus on instrumentation, programming, downloading,and wiring discrete input / output devices.Specific Course Competencies of the course include the ability to: 1. Identify major applications of programmable logic controllers in industry, transportation, construction, and environmental control. 2. Identify, discuss, and describe the purpose and function of the primary components utilized in open and closed loop process control systems. To assist in this outcome, each student will develop an

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-644: A CASE STUDY ON PILL-SIZED ROBOT IN GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT TO TEACH ROBOT PROGRAMMING AND NAV-IGATIONYi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology Yi Guo received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an University of Tech- nology, China, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. She obtained the Ph.D. degree from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1999. From 2000 to 2002, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida from 2002 to 2005. Since 2005, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Her main research

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FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Philip Schlosser, Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Elizabeth Riter, Ohio State University; Kuldeep Agarwal, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

, offeredthrough First-year Engineering Program provides a multidisciplinary approach through lectureand laboratory experiences to the wide variety of engineering majors offered. The AEV design-build experience was developed specifically to facilitate innovation through energy managementconcepts within the multidisciplinary nature of design – complementing the acquisition of life-long learning skills offered through the First-year Engineering Program.Each student is introduced to fundamental energy conservation and loss measurement techniquesin designing energy efficient AEVs. Each team takes a hands-on approach in designing,building, and testing AEVs and AEV components with the use of desktop wind tunnels anddesktop and classroom monorail track systems

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Sarah Tasneem

activity of successive decomposition in programming may result in significanteducational benefits in many areas, including those unrelated to computer science.This paper presents an approach to teach an introductory programming course focusing at first on thedevelopment of the steps of algorithm using pseudocode, instead on the syntax of the language itself.For beginners programming language syntax can be very discouraging and intimidating. Student’sinterests are withdrawn if they are introduced to the syntax at the very beginning. At this stage oflearning the goal should be capturing the essence of designing a solution instead of focusing on thecomplexity of the programming language implementation. Laboratory experiments are designed tosolve

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Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qing Zheng, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

Programs in Electrical and Computer EngineeringIntroductionThis paper discusses how integrated electrical and computer engineering (ECE) projectswith science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) components can inspirethe K-12 students to pursue the undergraduate degree programs in ECE. These projectsare presented through Engineering day and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)Day events hosted at the undergraduate baccalaureate degree institution by the ECEdepartment with ABET accreditation.In the fall of 2009, the ECE department at our university organized two Engineering Dayevents in its system integration laboratory [1]. The laboratory accommodated nearly 105high school students in six

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New Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

Tools: MS Word, Email, WWWJuniorYear ME 302 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design I Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4-6 pages each) Short Technical Reporting Brief narrative of procedure, measured data, Design Analysis Reports (2 @ 4- deduced and analyzed data, plotted results with 6 pp. Individual); Technical discussion and conclusions. Analysis, Economic Analysis, Recommendation for Action Tools: EES.Powerpoint ME 391

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Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2011-46: SOLAR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDWESTBill Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Bill Hutzel is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University. He manages the Applied Energy Laboratory that is used for teaching and applied research into High Performance Buildings.Tehri Parker, Midwest Renewable Energy Association Tehri Parker is the Executive Director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). Tehri has served as a member of the Focus on Energy renewable energy coordinating committee, an advisory group that developed Wisconsin’s statewide renewable energy incentive and training programs. She is also on the Milwaukee Shines Solar City

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Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

assessment, sustainable product de- velopment, and active learning. Page 22.137.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Active Learning through SAE Baja CompetitionIntroductionActive learning is described as finding ways of engaging students in the learning process toimprove the results of the process. Active learning has become popular as an organizedmethodology in engineering education in the last few years. It is an important approach toprepare better engineers. Competitions, course projects sponsored by industry, capstone projects,laboratory exercises simulating real-life

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SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

, accommodated andleveraged in real world problem solving and how we prepare students for this. The paper has Page 22.1583.2three sections that chronicle episodes in an eight-year investigation of interdisciplinary learningboth in engineering research laboratories and in an introductory biomedical engineering course.We begin by briefly reporting on a six-year study of the cognitive and learning practices in twotruly interdisciplinary communities and the design principles for classrooms that we extractedfrom these studies. Then the design and development of the classroom context and content arediscussed as they relate to the design principles. Finally the

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Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Kane, University of New Hampshire and Cypress Semiconductor; Thadeus Paul Kochanski, Vital Electronics Institute; Andrzej Rucinski, University of New Hampshire

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Electrical and Computer

2009 Conference on Microelectronics Systems Education (MSE’09) in San Francisco. At the University of New Hampshire, he is the found- ing Director of the Critical Infrastructure Dependability Laboratory, the Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Space Science Center. He was the Member of the US State Department/Fulbright National Screening Committee and he is the Fulbright Senior Specialist. Page 22.391.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Creating a Global Computer Engineering and Science Curriculum Based on Vital

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

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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First-Year Programs

laboratory in topics such as profile of the engineering profession andeducation, systems of units, data presentation and graphing, ethics, and problem solving usingcommon engineering concepts.A description of one of these challenges is presented next to demonstrate the challengedevelopment and implementation process, the developed instructive materials, assessment tools(pre-test and post test), and the preliminary results that were obtained in the implementation ofthe challenges. Similar instruction and assessment tools were developed for each of the otherchallenges in Figure 2. Page 22.471.6 Introduction to ME Objectives M1 M2

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Modeling and Problem-Solving

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

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Educational Research and Methods

American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Active Learning Environment for Enriching Mathematical, Conceptual and Problem-Solving CompetenciesAbstractClass projects involving problem-solving case studies are an effective way to develop andimplement an active learning environment. A term class project was initiated as part of aStrength of Materials course. The project included the creation of a laboratory setup and session,lecture sessions, tests, problem-solving case studies, presentations, and reports. Active learningprojects that engage students in structured course activities benefit students more than traditionallecture-based approach because students learn to construct their own version of knowledge

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

0 23 3 1quarter3rd 9 3 3 0 0 0quarterQuantity of InstructionOf the sixty institutions reporting, fifty-five indicated they offered a single course in KRD. Theremaining 5 offered two courses. Of those institutions, 3 were on the quarter system. Those 60institutions reported 3.7 h/wk total devoted to the course, broken up into an average 2.9 h/wk onlecture, 0.6 h on problem solving, and 0.2 h/wk on experimental laboratory. When only thoseprograms reporting course specific laboratory activities are counted, an average of 2.2 h/wk isspent in laboratory.In 1971, 3.06 h/wk of lecture and problem laboratory were reported, with 0.40 h

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

seven year review and assessment of Lawrence Technological University’s Alternative Energy Engineering Program initially funded through grants from the State of MichiganAbstractLawrence Technological University applied for and received two funding grants from the Stateof Michigan in 2003 and 2004 to develop curriculum and to establish courses in the field ofAlternative Energy Engineering. Lawrence Tech in 2003 was one of five schools in Michigan toreceive these initial funds. This paper reviews the decision making process originally used toestablish the curriculum, the engineering courses developed through these grants, theestablishment of an Alternative Energy Engineering laboratory, and the subsequent evolution ofthe

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FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ani Ural, Villanova University; Joseph Robert Yost, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University; Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

. Lecture notesare posted on WebCT before class and students are required to come with paper copies of thelecture notes. Lectures are delivered interactively using PowerPoint during class. Meetings takeplace in a variety of locations including the home-base classroom, electrical engineeringlaboratory, and structural engineering teaching and research laboratory (SETRL). The classschedule and course overview as delivered in fall 2010 is provided in Fig. 3 Day Week Monday Wednesday (#) Location Lecture # T

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

2002-2007. Amy Shen’s research program concerns complex fluids and the processing of these fascinating materials to create morphologies and structures that can find application in the nanotechnology, biotechnology, and energy related materials. Within this broad area, her laboratory takes advantage of the coupling of complex fluid microstructures with the spatial confinement that is possible by using microfluidic flow methods, to offer exquisite morphological control of soft materials.Nathan Sniadecki, University of WashingtonJunlan Wang, University of Washington Junlan Wang has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Washington since Dec. 2008. Before joining

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Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Reza Tafreshi, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Mahmoud Hammad El Zamli, Texas A&M University, Qatar

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #574Hands-On Design Projects in a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering CourseYasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University, Qatar Yasser Al-Hamidi is currently working as a Technical Laboratory Coordinator in the Mechanical En- gineering Program at Texas A&M University, Qatar. He is specialized in instrumentation, control and automation. He worked as a Lab Engineer in the College of Engineering, University of Sharjah before joining TAMUQ. His other experiences include Laboratory Supervisor/Network Administrator at Ajman University of Science and Technology (Al Ain Campus), Maintenance Engineer at AGRINCO and

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Manufacturing Process Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Denny Choate, Cannon County High School; Kenan Hatipoglu, Tennessee Technological University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Manufacturing

provides funding for a 3 year continuing award to support aResearch Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at the TennesseeTechnological University (TTU) entitled, “RET Site: Research Experience for Teachers inManufacturing for Competitiveness in the United States (RETainUS)”. One of the RET researchprojects accomplished by the project team and one high school math teacher was on thegeneration of knowledge-base for the 3D printing end-users. Analytical and experimental studieswere performed using the 3D printing software and equipment located at the RemotelyAccessible Rapid Prototyping Laboratory of Tennessee Tech University (TTU). The objective ofthis research was to generate a set of new information so that

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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Wahyu Lestari, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Shirley Anne Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona

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Materials

Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She is also the author of six books, and the most recent is The Power of eLearning: The Essential Guide for Teaching in the Digital Age, Allyn and Bacon Publishers, 2005. Page 22.645.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Evaluating Prerequisite Knowledge Using a Concept Inventory for an Engineering Failure CourseAbstractA unique laboratory-based course in engineering failure, entitled Aerospace EngineeringFailure, has been developed to prepare undergraduate students to design structures and materialsfor

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Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles; Peter Dusicka, Portland State University; Jeffrey W Berman, University of Washington; Edgar Bautista, California State University, Los Angeles; Michael Noddings, Portland State University; Linda My Hanh Nguyen; San Yu Aung, California State University of Los Angeles; Lang Anh Dam

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-2159: BRINGING CURRENT RESEARCH TO THE CLASSROOMUSING LINKED COLUMN FRAMED SYSTEM IN AN UNDERGRADU-ATE STRUCTURES LABRupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University at Los Angeles, a predominantly an un- dergraduate institution. He teaches courses in computer aided analysis and design and capstone design project course.He is a co-PI for a NSF/NEES funded research project on Linked Column Framed system.Peter Dusicka, Portland State University Associate Professor Dusicka focuses his teaching and research on infrastructure engineering. He is the director of iSTAR (infraStructure Testing and Applied Research) Laboratory where he leads a team of

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Int. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, and Implementations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yue-min Zhao, China University of Mining and Technology

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International

 Zhao Yue-min*, He Ya-qun, Duan Chen-long , Xie Guang-yuan, Tao You-jun, Ye Cui-ling School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, 221116 Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, Ministry of Education, Xuzhou, China, 221008Abstract: Taking the technology of the processing and utilization of coal resource and the cleancoal technology as its characteristic, the discipline of mineral processing engineering of ChinaUniversity of Mining and Technology (CUMT) has been developing more than a century, andis a national key discipline. It has formed a passel of world advanced research

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Topics Related to Telecommunications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washinton University

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Engineering Technology

Real Time Communication Systems With PCsAbstractCommunication system classes have been traditionally taught with a lecture-only format.However, the proliferation of new concepts and algorithms in communication systems makes itincreasingly hard for students to master them only through mathematical derivations.Furthermore, without a hands-on demonstration of how the algorithm is used in real-lifeapplications, students without strong mathematical skills can become frustrated and generate aretention problem in EET/CET/EE programs. To overcome this problem, the theory taught inlecture has been complemented with laboratory experiments and class projects. However, manytraditional communication systems’ laboratory experiments are related to various

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kalyan Mondal

believe that students become well prepared for the real world by learning the tradeoffsbetween different approaches to the design and mastering them in a hands-on laboratoryenvironment.Microcontroller Architecture and Assembly Language ProgrammingOur students take a course on microcontroller based design as the sixth-semester course afterthey have learnt about the architectures of Intel 80xxx series microprocessors and theirprogramming in assembly language. They also learned in their fifth-semester microprocessordesign course the disassembly, memory, and register viewing processes. So in this course weintroduce students with microcontrollers that get used in the design of many embedded systems.A hands-on laboratory is an integral part of this

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

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Chemical Engineering

determine what I wanted to communicate to the students; that is, Ineeded to establish learning outcomes. I selected the following objectives:By the end of the semester, students will be able to: 1. Use multiple perspectives to answer important questions about a complicated problem 2. Explain the chemical differences between dyeing with indigo and dyeing with other natural dyes 3. Create a process flow diagram, identify major process equipment and explain briefly how they work 4. Write a technically competent laboratory report on the processes studied 5. Show an understanding of what a professional is and the ethical responsibilities of a professionalEach week, the students spent two hours in class and two hours

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farzad Pourboghrat, Southern Illinois University; Narayanan Ramachandran, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Aishwarya Vasu, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Arjun Shekar Sadahalli, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Prashanthi Banala, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Giampiero Campa, MathWorks

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Electrical and Computer

Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangalore University in 2004 and was awarded a Masters of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2010. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is a Re- search Assistant at Embedded Control Systems Laboratory. His main areas of research includes power electronics and control systems.Aishwarya Vasu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Aishwarya Vasu received her Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2006. She received her Master of Science

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Computers in Education General Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-1618: AUDIO-VISUAL LAB TUTORIALS TO DEVELOP INDE-PENDENT LEARNERSDeborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

the Franklin Institute of Boston) in 1947. [1] Theseprograms very successfully educated engineering technicians and made them a valuable part of theengineering team.After Sputnik was launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union, leaders in the United States became veryconcerned that the Russians were surpassing the U.S.A. in engineering. As a result, moremathematics and science was pumped into the engineering curriculum. Something had to give andthat was experiential learning laboratories with most of the engineering classes. As a personal aside,when one of the authors majored in electrical engineering at Purdue University, only five or six ofhis engineering classes had laboratories with them. Later when he became a faculty memberteaching electrical

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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven John Kosciol, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

Page 22.1049.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Measuring Angle of Twist in a Torsion ExperimentIntroductionAt our university, every mechanical engineering student must take a sophomore level onequarter-credit hour course titled “Mechanics of Materials Lab”. Students take this laboratorycourse concurrently with a 4 quarter-credit hour Mechanics or Strength of Materials course. Oneof the five experiments in the laboratory course focuses on the study of elastic and plasticdeformation of a circular cross-section metallic rod in torsion.The objectives of the torsion experiment include determination of shear modulus of elasticity“G” and shear proportional limit “τp” of the material. In

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Sustainable Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

The course suitable for integrating the DSSC research results is a required seniorundergraduate course, Solar Cells and Modules for all students majoring in the BS degreeconcentration, Alternative Energy Technologies and as an elective for students from othermajors. During fall semester 2010, the students in the class participated in characterizingthe cells in the laboratory. In the lecture class theoretical discussion of the solar cell I-Vcharacteristics and internal resistance influence on the I-V curve were covered. TheDSSC’s I-V characterization was performed using an equivalent circuit model that isshown in the Figure 5. The series and shunt resistances of the cell are primarycontributors for the internal resistance. The Figure 6