Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona; Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Additionally, in a relatively dense network scenario, the maximum aggregatethroughput of 3 times 7.11/30.8 Mbps is likely to be seriously impaired. To aid the WLANperformance on a factory floor, it is thus advisable to take the following two measures: applymeans to combat the increased delay spread (in case of IEEE 802.11b) and (for all IEEE 802.11systems) carefully plan the frequency layout and access point placement.The newly emerging ZigBee technology has been designed specifically for sensor data andcontrol information at low data rates. ZigBee supports long battery lives. Nothing can be said yetabout the robustness and effectiveness of ZigBee. Yet for low-bit-rate applications in industrialenvironments, ZigBee seems to be a promising approach

Conference Session

Manufacturing Process Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

to use the floor spaceoccupied by the cost center if the common cost to be allocated is utilities, which is fairlyproportionate to the floor space occupied by the equipment.To do this, we look at the layout of the shop which is shown in Figure 6. Figure 7 shows how thetotal utility costs are allocated to each cost center or equipment based on the area occupied. Thetotal cost of maintaining the equipment is the total of the allocated utility cost plus the mortgagecost for each piece cost center as shown in Figure 8. To correctly allocate the total costs based onthe hours for which the facility is planned, we need to have come up with an estimate on the Taktrequirement for each cost center or piece of equipment, which is shown in Figure 9.Next

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

GUI Interface of Vibrating String Demonstration from Wolfram Research These kinds of programs provide many benefits: improve the learning process of Page 22.1371.9students, facilitate the students in completing homework assignments and projects, enableinstructors to provide better learning environments, improve course delivery throughmore emphasis on modeling and interpretation of engineering problems, demonstrate keyprinciples and solutions interactively and visually, and many others. The author has alsostarted implementing these interactive tools and programs in the course delivery. Thefuture plan for the course include increasing usage of

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and fuel. It did requiresignificant planning and preparation on the part of the faculty advisors. It also required severaldedicated lessons out of the beginning of the capstone design. While the cost in time wassignificant, both the faculty advisors and the students agreed that it allowed the design team toachieve greater efficiencies of learning and produce a much better final product.The structured learning experience at the beginning was initially viewed by the students asencroaching on their design time. Once they became involved with working on the hardware,they quickly realized how valuable the experience was. The lab experience relieved some of theanxiety and later frustration that had been experienced in the past.This year, the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Hodge, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students ask for additional information about assignments developedin the fashion explored in this paper. Many have visited the systems and are able toadd person experiences. Overall, the technique discussed in this paper is a usefulapproach and a good addition to an engineering educator’s tool kit.References1. http://www.enwave.com/downloads.html  2. http://www.enwave.com/district_cooling_system.html 3. http://maps.canurb.com/cases/toronto.pdf 4. http://www.toronto.ca/environment/initiatives/cooling.htm 5. http://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com 6. http://www.mytorontomeeting.com/Visitor/Plan-Your-Trip/A-Green-City.aspx 7. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0830/p13s01-stgn.htm 8. http://www.toronto.ca/environment/initiatives/cooling.htm 9. http

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

performance.- the large time gap between the two courses for a few of the students. It is known that in generalthe retention of course material by students is not great, so after a couple of years even if astudent did very well in a course, he/she might have difficulty applying the previously acquiredknowledge to a present course.To increase the reliability of the data interpretation we plan to continue collecting this data in thefuture. Having larger populations of students included in the study will allow for a better controlof the variables.The motivation of this study is to determine one approach that can contribute to increasedstudent learning in the upper level courses of “Vibrations” and “Dynamics Systems andControl”. Student grades are a

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H. Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Timothy A. Philpot, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Douglas R. Carroll, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

instructor’soffice. This office is adjacent to the laboratory, and the system was designed so that the camerascan be quickly repositioned for an experiment, while still being controlled and monitored fromthe office, and then moved back into the office. A combination of electrical, audio-visual, andmusical-instrument hardware was used to suspend the cameras, lights, and monitors. Certaincomponents from Pearl Drums and Gibraltar Hardware were found to be cheaper than similaraudio-visual hardware, still allowed for rigid but flexible positioning, and fit commonly availableEMT tubing and strut channel. The authors plan to use this setup for future recordings, and otherstudios on the campus are being modeled after it

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC; Anna Newsome, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the previous year and plans to dedicate more than six hours per week to FLL.Power Ratings by Type of Team and Percent Minority Page 22.1195.5Figure 3 shows the average power ratings of different types of teams in 2010. Not surprisingly,youth organization-based teams had the lowest power ratings, and independent teams had thehighest. Teams with the highest percent minority representation had the lowest power rating(Figure 4). These data held true for 2009 teams as well.Use of Power Rating to Assign Teams to Qualifying CompetitionsThe basic reason to assign power ratings was to give

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Sarah L. Codd, Montana State University; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carla M. Cortes, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 22.1711.14A respect for disciplines outside engineering and interdisciplinary connections is furtherencouraged by the requirement that all HMC students plan a coherent program of study ingeneral education with the assistance of a humanities and social science advisor. The goal of thisrequirement, according to HMC’s 2003 Self Study, is to help students develop “breadth in aseries of courses from different [humanities and social sciences] disciplines and depth in aconcentration of courses in a single discipline [outside their field of study]” (p. 11).Cumulatively, the humanities and social sciences requirements comprise about one-third of aHMC student’s course work.At MIT, like Harvey Mudd, the college-wide general education curriculum also

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dettman P.E., Western Kentucky University; Walter L. Collett, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

planning must be used to find the best places for these types of opportunities to beintroduced into the curriculum to enhance the educational experience of the student withoutjeopardizing any of the existing university constraints.Efforts are being made to find commonalities in certain courses across all 3 programs to expandopportunities for cross disciplinary activities. For example, all 3 programs have a 2 credit hourcourse titled Freshman Experience. In this course, they are introduced to the engineeringprofession, taught study skills, computer skills, and engage in various project based activities tospark their creative engineering minds. Up until the Fall 2010 semester, each of the 3 programshad their own Freshman Experience course so all of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Patricia Ryaby Backer, San Jose State University; Elena Klaw, Ph.D., San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Center assists faculty in aligning the service projectwith the learning objectives of the class; maximizing learning opportunities; including residentinput in the planning, implemention and evaluation of the project; developing outcome measures;and documenting, analyzing and interpreting outcome data.Renewable Energy Engineering Class Service Learning Project DetailsThe students go through several milestones throughout the semester for the Renewable Energyservice learning project. First, the students are assigned to a renewable energy technology (suchas solar cells or wind power). Students are surveyed on their preferences and teams are assignedthat balance the student’s choice while also diversifying student majors and level(undergraduate

Conference Session

Assessing Students and Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Nathaniel Bird, Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

student suggestions were addressable andwhich were not. University teaching involves a lot of time spent planning for classes alone. Thementoring helped to break me out of this vacuum and solicit and receive constructive feedbackfrom a seasoned professional based on actual student concerns. As someone new to theprofession this was appreciated, especially as not everything can or should be changed based onwhat students write on the cards.When presenting the index card procedure to my classes, I solicit feedback specifically on whathelps and what hinders their learning, and not just what they do or do not like. I have found thatsome mechanisms that I use in my course are not liked per se, but are acknowledged to help

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

management is, therefore of paramount importance tomembers of a college-level ROV team. Time management is also, unfortunately, a struggle formost college students (hence the popularity of “all nighters”) so learning and practicing good Page 22.1480.4time management is one of the great benefits of ROV team participation. The first challenge isfor the students to realistically plan their work on the vehicle, this is most difficult for new teamswhere few may have hands-on building experience let alone experience with ROVs. The advisorcan help at this stage by encouraging the students to be realistic about the time they can devote tothe project

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Siang Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada; Montell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research; Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

severalthe benefits of hands-on activities in promoting subprojects and areas as illustrated by thelearning in science courses relative to the traditional organizational chart in Figure 1.lecture-only approach at the elementary, middle andhigh school level [1][2][3][4]. Studies at theuniversity level have also suggested improvedlearning outcomes in engineering courses whenhands-on activities are a part of the lesson plan[5][6]. Moreover, these outcomes are in agreementwith what current theories of learning would predict[7]. Project-based learning involving hands-onactivities has been introduced into engineeringcourses to improve student motivation andengagement. A challenge has been to identifyprojects at the freshman level

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A. Meadows, University of Michigan; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, while male students were more often presenting moretechnical material. This observation led to the development of a research plan to assess whetherthis gender difference did indeed exist in student presentation groups, and what implications thismay have on active participation.Research MethodologyThere were two primary components to this research investigation. The first involved asystematic investigation of the roles adopted by students as a function of students’ gender andthe gender composition of their presentation group in the videotaped presentations. A codingscheme was developed for analysis of the archived videotapes of the group project presentations.Two independent judges were trained on the coding scheme and each judge evaluated each

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

“attribution of selected characteristics to an institution(i.e., to its practitioners, methods, stock of knowledge, values, and work organization) forpurposes of constructing a social boundary that distinguishes some intellectual activities asoutside that boundary.Faculty members expressed a clear idea about the types of intellectual and collaborative “work”done within their own department in order to contribute to the goals or expansion of their“disciplinary space”. A full professor described the strategic planning that his department hadengaged, and used in a first year class that works at the same time theory, modeling andlaboratory experiences by means of specific design projects: “At the beginning it was difficult to believe that students

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J Miller, University of Maryland; Robert Lent, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech; Gregory M. Wilkins, Morgan State University; Matthew M. Jezzi, University of Maryland; Kayi Hui, University of Maryland, College Park; Robert H Lim, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole A Bryan, University of Maryland, College Park; Helena Mimi Martin, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

underutilized as a wellspringfor STEM workforce development planning. Page 22.1209.2 While it is useful to test SCCT using nomothetic, quantitative methods, it is valuable tocomplement such research with idiographic, qualitative methods capable of elaborating specificself and environmental percepts that could inform educational interventions. For example, priorwork on SCCT has established that social supports and barriers generally have been linked topersistence in engineering majors (largely indirectly, through their relation to self-efficacy), butthe mostly nomothetic research on this issue has focused on global aspects of supports andbarriers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Review in an Engineering Design Course,” IEEE Professional Communication Society, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 264 – 279, September 2008. [4] Eschenback, E. A., “Improving Technical Writing via Web-Based Peer Review of Final Reports,” Proceedings, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. F3A1-5, 2001. [5] Brufee, K. A. “The Brooklyn Plan: Attaining Intellectual Growth through Peer-Group Tutoring,” Liberal Education vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 447-468, December 1978. [6] Smith, M.K., “'Jerome S. Bruner and the Process of Education,” The Encyclopedia of Informal Education, 2002. Available: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/bruner.htm [7] Harden, R.M., “What is a Spiral Curriculum?,” Medical Teacher, vol. 21, no 2, pp. 141 – 143, 1999. [8

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, Boston College; Michael J Cabral, Virginia Commonwealth University; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Marie F. Creager, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

amultidisciplinary team versus an interdisciplinary team. Faculty also will need to providethe structure and space in which this reflection can occur.Additional data collection about the first junior-year course is planned by the evaluationteam. We hope this additional evaluation work will show us what individual studentslearned from the experience and the course shaped the TLP students’ perceptions ofmultiscale design.Transporting the Technology Leaders Program to Other InstitutionsWith many of the major components of the TLP implemented at the University of theBlue Ridge, more effort has shifted towards transporting the program to other institutions.Transporting the program has been a significant goal since the program’s initialconception. Early

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; David J. Woehr, University of Tennessee; Hal R. Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

interface more accessible to a broader audience.DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL FOR TRAINING VIGNETTESThe use of critical incident analysisThe development of training vignettes is a central strategy for this project. Our plan was to use acritical incident methodology to identify a wide variety of team behavior to include in thevignettes. Originally developed by Flanagan,1 the critical incident technique gathers specific,behaviorally focused descriptions of work or other activities. Bownas & Bernardin2 assert that “agood critical incident has four characteristics: it is specific, focuses on observable behaviorsexhibited on the job, describes the context in which the behavior occurred, and indicates theconsequences of the behavior.” Thus, a good critical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Page 22.1567.7his or her own computer. Some students met virtually through the chat program or in personoutside of class to finish assignments or plan for upcoming tasks. Most of the students self-identified as prospective biomedical engineering majors. Preliminary results include the pre- and post-interviews that students completed on the firstand last days of their virtual internship. These interviews took the form of short-answer surveyquestions completed online. Our preliminary results with Nephrotex suggest that: Students made engineering content learning gains from the pre to the post interview. Students were able to solve engineering design problems better during the post interview. Most students enjoyed the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Angel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

tutor.” During each semester of the mentoring implementation, mentors invariably took on the role oftutors to satisfy student needs. Most documentation of these sessions alludes to more technicaldiscussions and review of concepts through concept mapping and other instructional strategies. Verylittle is actually said about any psycho-social issues (e.g. the difficulty of working and being in school,future career plans, life lessons, etc.) discussed during the meetings. It is unclear whether this situationrepresents a true challenge to the program or merely reflects the reality of what students in the programneed. It is equally unclear from the mentor documents whether this tutoring mode was more congruentwith the mentors’ range of experience

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Swartz P.E., University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

beendemonstrated with reasonable levels of success13. It is largely beyond the scope of this paper tointroduce active learning strategies, but the work of Prince13 provides a nice summary. The pointwill be made here, based on the author’s experiences, that the active learning strategies chosenshould be natural, considering the course content and the personalities of the students and theinstructor. If the teaching method is “forced”, in other words if an active learning exercise isbeing used just for the sake of using an active learning exercise, its effectiveness is lost.The instructor’s experience suggests that often a well-planned, effectively-delivered, “activelecture” can be just as effective as any “active learning strategy.” When the course content

Conference Session

Active and Project-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac M. Choutapalli, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Young-Gil Park, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

not important enough to merit much attention to featureslike improved accuracy and precision. However, in complex measurements, when the stakesbecome greater, the selection of measurement equipment and techniques and the interpretation ofmeasured data can demand considerable attention. CBI for MECE 3320 teaches students theimportance of measurements in these complex situations. The technique helps students developan experimental test plan and use the measurement system so that the engineer can easilyinterpret the measured data and be confident in its meaning. The study by Pandy et al. [1] whichshowed that the CBI approach, as compared to a traditional approach, increased the students’conceptual knowledge and the ability to transfer the

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Yaw D. Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

State University. Through collaboration andcooperative arrangements with other departments and colleges, and flexibility in the program,science and engineering students at The Pennsylvania State University with special interests inenergy are able to obtain dual or concurrent degrees, minors, options or general education inenergy engineering. The plans for this program were initiated in Fall 2005 and the major was approved to startin Fall 2007. The program is consistent with the University 2006 Energy Task Force report andthe recommendation for the University to “develop an exciting new undergraduate and graduatecurriculum in energy”. The undergraduate program in energy engineering is designed to reflectthe growing impact and demand for

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin John Wagner, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Barbara L Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

possible non-persisters and createan opportunity for intervention. Finding these differences in engineering technology learners,although subtle, will assist the school in planning similar interventions. The intermediation “canensure that students engage in substantive conversations and relevant experiences to inform theirdecisions to stay or move away from engineering. These conversations and experiences mightcome from, for example, advising, courses, or extra-curricular involvement.” (p. 391)Research by James-Byrnes6 suggested non-intellective factors influence the student’s academicsuccess. Their purpose was to “identify variables that can predict the academic success offreshman engineering technology students at Ferris State University in Big

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara A. Christie, Loyola Marymount University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

NXT Kits. The students present theirprojects the last day of the program. They share their results with the other students.Additional benefits of the group projects included improving team working skills andpublic speaking ability. Page 25.358.62. Career ComponentThe program manager, Dr. Barbara Christie, plans a Career Day during SECOP. Theguest speakers work for engineering -based organizations and all are African Americanand Latino leaders in mechanical, civil and electrical engineering fields. Several fieldtrips to different science and engineering-based companies exposed students to differentcareer opportunities. In the past several years the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

%. Page 25.362.8 3. In their self evaluations, the students ranked remote consequences as the least important among all the performance indices. The experimental group’s improvement over the control group was 11%. The same improvement (11%) between the two groups was noted by the results of the instructor’s grading on the assignments.The authors plan to extend this strategy to two other courses over the next three years. Themethod presented in this study may be used at other institutions in their courses with appropriatemodifications in order to prepare the students for using creativity to enhance their technologyliteracy.Bibliography1. Mumford, M. D. (2003). Where have we been, where are we going? Taking stock in creativity

Conference Session

Design Cognition II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don L. Dekker, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

any of them? What time of year do you want the flowers to bloom? How much tenderloving care are you planning to spend? How hardy does the variety have to be? Do you wantannual plants or perennials?If you choose vegetables, what kinds do you like to eat? How much tender, loving care are youplanning to spend? Do you want to use herbicides and pesticides, or do you want to gardenorganically?Although the list of questions is long, people do get through it and plant gardens. The following is alist of things that are necessary for the successful production of vegetables or flowers: (1) fertileground, (2) sunshine, (3) tools, (4) weed control, and (5) water and fertilizer. Many people plantand grow successful gardens every year.As with gardening

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Joseph Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experience and the pilot runof the course experience are both available, with some assessment data, the next course offeringcan be improved significantly. The designs of devices up to the mask designs will be sent formanufacture and used as actual samples for students to investigate. Time in the cleanroom tomanufacture devices would be planned for possible expansion outside lab time. Knowledge gapsinherent with students are more known now and can be treated within the course, through pre-requisites of the course, or by collaborating with instructors of common courses which precedethis course but are common to most students in engineering.Bibliography[1] L. McAfee et al., "MEMS and Microsystems Courses with National and International Dissemination