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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Hugh Smith

verify that these conditions are handled correctly in their program.We have found this approach to be helpful in teaching networking programming. The studentsrecognize this benefit as shown through both the grades the students receive for the assignmentand their subjective input based on class surveys.In the future we plan on implementing this methodology earlier in the quarter and having thestudents use this methodology for multiple programming assignments. In addition, while itsclear that the students see a benefit in designing their network programs, it is also clear that thisis not translated into them designing in other courses. We are in the process of increasing the useof functional decomposition of problems in earlier programming courses

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Investigating Student Pathways to and through Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce B. Main, Purdue University; Tram Dang, Purdue University; Beata Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Qian Shi, Purdue University; Cesare Guariniello, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #40243Why Students Choose STEM: A Study of High School Factors That InfluenceCollege STEM Major ChoiceDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy.Tram Dang, Purdue University Tram Dang is a PhD student of Engineering Education at Purdue University as well as a tenured professor of physics and engineering at Santa Monica College (SMC), a two-year transfer-focused

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Larry N. Bland

needed to answer two questions: What are other engineering schools doing to increasetheir enrollment? And what do we need to change in our recruiting process? The search forthese answers prompted my university to fund travel to evaluate other universities’ processes,look for common themes, and develop an action plan for our department. This paper will lookat the methodology of my research, the results and conclusions.Methodology As I considered how to best answer these questions, I decided that qualitative researchmethods were most applicable to this process. Lincoln and Guba (1985) summarize well the keyqualitative process concepts of: natural setting, human instrument, tacit knowledge, qualitativemethods, iterative research, and case

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Edgar C. Clausen; W. Roy Penney; Cole E. Colville; Alison N. Dunn; Noor M. El Qatto; Crystal D. Hall; W. Brent Schulte; Christopher A. von der Mehden

experiments on student learning has not yet been quantified,anecdotally students remarked, after the completion of the exercise, that they really learned a lotfrom these assignments. It is planned to offer this exercise again this fall, at which time thestudents will be surveyed relative to the value of the exercise.NomenclatureAS area for convection, m2Cp specific heat of the aluminum plate or cylinder, J/kg Kg gravitational constant, m/s2h convection heat transfer coefficient, W/m2 KhCORR correlated heat transfer coefficient, W/m2 KhEXP experimental heat transfer coefficient, W/m2 Kk fluid thermal conductivity, W/mKL length

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 72. Starr, Paul, July-August 1996, Computing Our Way to Educational Reform, The American Prospect no. 27: 50-60 [On-line], http://epn.org/prospect/27/27star.html. 12 July 2004. 13 July 2004.3. Turner, Wayne C., et al, Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 1993.4. Geuting, Manfred: Planning Game and Social Simulation With-in the Education Range, Peter Lang, Frankfurt a.M., 1989.Biographical InformationMELISSA MILLERMelissa Miller is a sixth grade teacher at Lynch Middle School in Farmington, AR. She has

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

, projectscope, and project plan. After the presentation, the projects were better shaped with theinstructors’ help and each group started implementation. During the implementation period,meetings were held between the instructors and the students whenever it was needed. Theproblems occurring down the road were solved in these meetings. Finally, at the end of thesemester, the students would make the final presentations to report their achievements to thewhole class as well as to their sponsors.The students were enthusiastic and active in these real projects, and were eager to apply whatthey learnt from school to the real world 9. Fig. 4 illustrates an achievement after the studentsimplemented 5S principles (Sort, Straighten, Scrub, Schedule, Score) of

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kaylea Dunn

interpersonal skills essential (8)  Excellent organizational and planning skills (6)  Basic supervisory skills (1)  Attention to detail (4)  Strong work ethic essential to be successful (3)  Ability to communicate technical issues with a wide range of people (7)  Solve problems (6)  Work independently (1)  Business knowledge (2)  Theoretical understanding (8)Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 5  Writing skills (4)  Project management (2)  Time management skills (4)  Ability to travel (1)  Software

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Crystal A. Powers; Donald M. Edwards; Dennis D. Schulte

of the distance trials of all teams.Prizes - UNL Bookstore Gift Certificates for the top three teamsAll decisions by judges are finalOverall Sequence of Events 1. Use the design process to create the plans for your vehicle 2. Prepare PowerPoint slide(s) for a oral presentation the week before the competition 3. Prepare a poster presentation for competition day 4. Construct your vehicle and bring it to class on race day (don’t forget to bring extra materials in case your vehicle falls apart!) 5. Have fun, win the competition and the audience!! 6. Turn in your final written report on Friday of competition weekReimbursementUp to $16/team reimbursement is available. Included in this are funds to build the vehicle

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Wayne Helmer; Damon Mobbs

Way high schools in the USA.Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for EngineeringEducation 7Figure 6. Dimension Uprint10RepRap is a 3D printer that is also called a “self-replicating machine” - one that anyone canbuild (and duplicate). The RepRap project was conceived and developed by Dr. AdrianBowyer, a senior lecturer in engineering at the University of Bath, UK. It has been describedas a “small manufacturing plant in your own home.” The plans for the RepRap 3D printerand detailed tutorials are available for free on their web site. The RP unit again uses the FDMmethod. See Figure 7. The parts cost about $750. It

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kenneth J. Fischer; Christopher D. Depcik; Lorin P. Maletsky; Robert M. Sorem; Ronald L. Dougherty

requested at the design review. Then,the emphasis shifts to ordering materials and fabricating a functional prototype. In particular, adetailed budget is presented at the design review, with the students ordering parts (afterinstructor review and approval or modification) early in the third semester. With respect tomanufacturing, students are expected to perform as much of the fabrication themselves aspossible with departmental resources while taking advantage of the Engineering machine shop.In addition, they must plan and complete testing of their prototype in order to evaluate itsfunctionality. Of course, the students must also generate a final oral presentation and writtenreport for their client and the instructor.Discussion of Advantages and

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse

progression mayimprove their acquisition and practice of “ability to engage” skills across the undergraduatecourse sequence.Mourtos selected the following measures for the component of student recognition of the needfor lifelong learning: Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2 • Willingness to learn new material on their own. • Reflecting on their learning process. • Participation in professional societies’ activities. • Reading engineering articles or books outside of class. • Attending extracurricular training or planning to attend

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Alexandra Kondyli

Engineering curriculum. Figure 1. Course sequence for Introduction to Transportation EngineeringAfter completing this course, students are expected to: (1) obtain an understanding of the factors influencing road vehicle performance; (2) be familiar with elements involved in geometric design and the safety concerns that motivate vertical curve length and horizontal curve design; (3) implement basic traffic flow and queuing principles and have the underlying basis for understanding complex queuing systems; (4) conduct highway capacity and quality of service analysis at freeways and multilane highways, (5) design signal timing and phasing plans at signalized intersections and perform

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emmanuel U. Enemuoh; José Carrillo; Joseph Klein; Austin Cash; Drew Bergstrom

Design Corp. and AlionScience and Technology. His teaching interests include: Intro to Solid Modeling, Intro toEngineering, CADCAM, multidisciplinary senior design, machine design and engineeringprofessionalism.Joe Klein graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in May of 2018 with a degree inMechanical Engineering. His experiences as a project engineering intern at Polaris Industrieshave taught the importance of attention to detail and proper project planning. The fast-pacedenvironment exposed him to many different aspects of engineering during his 5-monthinternship including research & development, testing, manufacturing, quality control, anddesign.Drew Bergstrom is a senior studying mechanical engineering at the University of

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kenny Garner; Beth McMillan; Michael DeAngelis; Laura Ruhl; Andrew Wright

multipleunpaved roads that the trailers were pulled over. The group stayed at Molas Lake Campgroundnear Silverton, Colorado for the final two weeks of the course, and the battery was used almostevery day to charge cell phones, tablets, and laptops, as there was no power available at thecampsites. Even with this consistent use, the solar panels were not set up until halfway throughthe last week at the campsite. The batteries were nearly completely charged in less than a day,Figure5.TripodDesignTeamfinishingfabricationintheUALittleRockStudentShopdespite cloudy weather.The students utilized iPads in the field to collectdata and make measurements, supplementingthe paper-based projects. The Earth Sciencesdepartment plans to use the iPads and moretechnology

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Bilbeisi; John Phillips

toillustrate shear wall, and the proposed Valencia Tower to introduce the more commonlyunderstood vertical bracing systems of design. That each has a unique configuration in plan helpsto convey how both vertical and horizontal systems are necessary to stabilize what is essentiallya cantilever from the earth.Communications Tower Sondica Airport Tower Valencia Tower (unbuilt)Each student is responsible for the design of a vertical construct or ‘tower’ as an individualproject effort. The tower is proposed for an imaginary site that is 80’ x 80’ at 1/8”=1’-0” scale.There is a height limitation of 160’, though an additional 20’ below ground level is available fordevelopment as well. Any horizontal projections from the main tower structure

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rajeev Nair; Yimesker Yihun; Muhammad Rahman

) method is implemented as a pilot study in MechanicalEngineering (ME) Design course. The incorporation of PBLCAS focuses on the integration ofmechanical design concepts as learned through a semester long project and tied assessmentmethods. The advantage of such an approach is that students learn the various fundamentalaspects of the course through facets of the same project or learning experience rather thanentirely different and separate projects. Usually, in a traditional learning settings, providing abig, semester long project is unlikely. Planning of projects is a separate milestone that studentsattempt after the course contents are covered and projects are seen as one of many otherevaluation methods. However, tying most of the course

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Bilbeisi; Mohd Bilbeisi

practicing architects (1 per 3,420), and 7,941 (1 per 3,500) respectively.Missouri, which has no state-supported School of Architecture to feed its core of professionals,claims 2,092 licensed resident architects, or 1 per 2,900. (NCARB 2017; US Census Bureau2016)There are eighteen ABET accredited Architectural Engineering programs in the nation, thus thenumber of practicing professional architectural engineers nationwide is very small though thedemand for personnel with expertise in this area is exceptionally high. Graduates with a Bachelorof Architectural Engineering degree are recruited by firms from across the nation, and paidlucrative starting salaries. (US Dept of Labor Statistics 2016)The planning and development of new construction and the

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Neville Tay; Xiu Jie Low; Vinay Patil; Eylem Asmatulu

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference (Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, OK)Xiu Jie LowXiu Jie Low is a BS student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at WSU, andtransferred from Malaysia to this university. He is planning to join graduate school and work on3D printer technologies.Vinay PatilVinay Patil is pursuing his Master’s degree in Department of Mechanical Engineering at WSUand working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the same department. He is currently studyingon “enhancing the rate of evaporation of salt water using nanoparticles, flotation ofsuperhydrophobic particles and nanofuels”.Dr. Eylem AsmatuluDr. Asmatulu is currently an Engineering Educator in the Department of MechanicalEngineering

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yimesker Yihun; AmirHossein MajidiRad

Section Conferencepowerful tool for furthering scientific knowledge as it provides a great connection between theobserved phenomena and underlying causal processes (Feurzeig and Roberts 2012). Thus, formechanical engineering students, modeling and simulation training for instance, using ADAMSwill provide students the confidence and readiness to engage in internships early in their plan ofstudy and add value to the product development cycle. As it provides them the ability to see thereal world implementation of mathematics and dynamics equations with a visual modeling andsimulation results. Traditionally, to develop and verify the performance of a complex mechanicalcomponents/system, people go through multiple build-and-test hardware prototype

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. O'Connell; Gavin Duffy; Ted Burke; David Dorran

quality of the Matlab code that was needed to solve the problem. By the end of the termeach student had written and submitted one report. In addition, based on instructor and tutorobservations during project laboratory sessions, each member of the group was given a writtenassessment of his technical contribution to the project, his communication skills within thegroup, and his learning of Matlab. Thus, both assessment instruments, i.e., the student reportsand the instructor-written reports, assessed both group work and technical results. They werealso used both formatively and summatively, as in the Instrumentation course. The courseinstructor was reasonably satisfied with the assessment scheme used, but in the future he plans toProceedings of

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith E. Hedges

leaving your community andworld better than what you found it.”[11] Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education  8  Bibliography[1] Alexander, R. (Ed.). (1960, March 28). Sport: Poet of the depths [Electronic version]. TIME, LXXV(13).[2] Bilham. R. (2010, February 18). Lessons from the Haiti earthquake. Nature, (463), 878-879.[3] Creswell, J. W. (2005). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.[4] Connelly, F. M. & Clandinin, D, J. (1990). Stories of

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Andy Gill; Garrin Kimmell; Kevin Matlage

Engineering Education 2Special FeatureAt the University of Kansas, the Functional Programming group had grand plans to use what weknow and research (computer language technology) to help us enhance simple videos of whiteboardtalks. Unfortunately, before recording and producing these smaller talks and crafting our techniques,we found ourselves producing a 30 minute special feature. Here is our story.For over 20 years, the Partial Evaluation and Program Manipulation (PEPM) Symposium/Workshopseries has been bringing together researchers and practitioners working in the areas of programmanipulation, partial evaluation, and program generation. In Fall

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shaibal Mukherjee; Pallabi Mukherjee

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of otherdeveloped economies like European Union (EU), Korea, and China, the lead seems to beshrinking with time24. EU plans to use 3% of its GDP for research by 201024. In recent years,R&D expenses in Korea have grown annually by 10%. Although the basic R&D is smallcompared to its GDP, China has shown significant increases in investment in these areas. Withrespect to university-based research in the U.S., competition for federal funds continue toincrease steadily as more and more universities emphasize federally funded research. ScopeIn view of the aforementioned political, social and economic scenarios, it would be beneficial tostudy the recent changes in university annual research expenditures (ARE

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Timothy J. Annesley; David P. Miller

8course in late 2007, and a notable improvement in the design of manipulators and in code hasbeen the result -- less student time is spent trying to get a stable platform. The occasional customplatform does appear from students who feel the Create is too limiting, or because they arecreating a multi-robot system.Test scores from the class, especially with respect to programming, have improved since therotating task role system has been implemented. We plan to continue, and perhaps strengthenthe rotating slotting of students in specific roles for each task.The course itself (as with all courses at OU) distributes a student evaluation form during the lastweek of the semester. This course consistently rates above average for engineering

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Asmatulu; H. Misak; W. Khan

, an SII question was asked, in which thestudents would list their personal strengths, improvement areas and insights about theirbackground knowledge of recycling. The following SII questions were chosen for an additionalpost course assessment to facilitate continuous improvement: 1) What are the three strengths of this course? 2) What are the top three things that you have learned? 3) What are the three improvements for this course that would help you learn better? 4) How can these improvements be made? 5) What action plans can be put in place to help you learn more? 6) What have you learned about your own learning process? 7) Is there anything else you would like the instructor to know about the class?Based on the

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

talked about wood for 30 seconds, all he talked about is wood being like a bunch of straws. If weren't for mechanics of material's lab, I would not know what is he talking about”. – Hiep Nguyen, senior civil engineering student at UCDHSC, Spring 2007.In future classes, the authors plan to help students develop their own analogies. It is expectedthat these student-built analogies will add to the learning effectiveness. In addition, this maylead to additional analogies and demonstrations being incorporated into the class discussion.ConclusionThe authors have used the teaching aids presented in this paper as an effective method ofexplaining and demonstrating difficult topics in materials engineering. In addition, the

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramesh V. Narang

ANOVAmethod. Some found it interesting and useful while few thought it was too abstract and detailed.Students did comment that the class assignments (given in section 3.1) helped them to appreciatethe complexity of metrology. Overall student responses were positive and enthusiastic. Theonly consistent suggestions for changing the course had to do with (1) sufficient practice of theinstruments before gage R&R labs are formally conducted, (2) more examples on measurementuncertainty, (3) more experiments using GD&T, and (4) dissatisfaction with one of thetextbooks. Some also suggested to cover CMM programming in the course.5. ConclusionsBased on the course assessment, there are some significant changes planned for teaching themetrology course

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yahong Rosa Zheng; Sarat K. Chitneni; Daryl G. Beetner

andachieves necessary coverage in the limited number of hours. Some parts of the designed labmaterials will be used in a real-time DSP course and an embedded systems course in spring2007. A semester-long course using all the designed materials is also planned. As DE2 board isused in several of the CmpE courses at the University of Missouri-Rolla, this approach offersstudents more time on DSP education rather than taking time away teaching other unfamiliardevelopment tools. Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3FPGA BackgroundA Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a re-programmable

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William M. Baer

an assumptionof guilt on all students. In this adversarial position students are even more likely to focus on thefinal grade and less on whether or not they learned in the process. Students will learn best if theyare in a trusting and invigorating academic setting. A balance needs to be drawn betweendeterring cheaters and building environments of trust.21 Education focuses on eliminating plagiarism by arming our students with the skills theyneed to avoid plagiarism. Just like other topics, educating students about plagiarism requirescareful planning, preferably at a time when the lesson can be put into practice. Even the mostprepared students will likely have questions or concerns, which when carefully addressed canenhance the

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University at Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University at Salina

). Associated Press. Retrieved May 24, 2006 from Lexis-Nexis database. 6. Goodin, D. (2006, April 27). Intel CEO vows broad restructuring as part of plan to rebound. Associated Press. Retrieved May 24, 2006 from Lexis-Nexis database. 7. Intel commits $1 billion to further emerging markets strategy; World Ahead Program links work in accessibility, Connectivity, education. (2006, May 3). M2 Communications Ltd. Retrieved May 24, 2006 from Lexis-Nexis database. 8. Lammers, D. (2006, May 8). PC’s for Third World, by design. Electronic Engineering Times. Retrieved May 24, 2006 from Lexis-Nexis database. 9. Intel, Microsoft collaborate to bring pay-as you-go PCs to millions of new users; Microsoft and FlexGo