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2008 GSW

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Mohamad H. Ahmadian

• Analyzing and evaluating arguments, interpretations or beliefs • Synthesizing subject-matter insights and knowledge The Capstone CourseThe course enables students to: (1) complete two projects based on their field of interest, (2)prepare an effective written technical report, (3) plan and produce presentation materials whichmost effectively communicate the intended message for their technical oral presentation, and (4)apply concepts and practices of their field of experience to develop and effectively present their Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008

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2008 GSW

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Eddie Miller; Chun L. Huang

CAD/CAE software package. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationGAMBIT software is used to construct the structure (Figure 1) that can be imported into theFLUENT solver software that will allow us to analyze the fluid flow. Figure 1. Using GAMBIT software to build mesh FLUENT As an Educational Tool to CFD AnalysisComputational fluid dynamics grids the flow region and attempts to compute and predict flowproperties at each grid element. It gives an alternative to analyzing fluid flow properties

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2008 GSW

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E. H. Shaban

problems are faced in control as well. Both communication and control arerequired courses that every student must take and pass before they can graduate. The Communication course in the Electrical Engineering ProgramsMy experience in teaching undergraduate electrical engineers suggests that the communicationcourse as presently offered should no longer be a required course for graduation for a bachelordegree in electrical engineering. This paper provides discussion and reasons why thecommunication should be dropped from the requirement for graduation.An electrical engineering program has a communication course offering that has the followingpre-requisites [1]. These are: Fourier analysis and transforms, solution to ordinary and

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2008 GSW

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Walter W. Buchanan

will also help the public understand ways that could Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque Copyright @ 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationboth conserve energy and lower our dependence on hydrocarbon fuels. The students whoparticipated on these projects were excited about contributing to a worthwhile activity.The projects also helped educate the students about energy. [1] NASA Training Project Contributions to Student Success at the University of New MexicoThe NASA Training Project (NTP) recruited and provided academic and financialsupport to underrepresented students

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2009 GSW

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James (“Jim”) R. Morgan; Luciana R. Barroso

Session FA1-1 Helping Teachers Use Professional Learning Communities to Infuse Project Based Learning into the K-12 Curriculum James (“Jim”) R. Morgan, Luciana R. Barroso, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136 Kristin S. Huggins Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4226 AbstractThe experiences from National Science Foundation funded

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2009 GSW

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren

point to the fact that the world is headed for certain doom because of the perceivedshortage. “Airbus Seeks 500 Engineers: Company having trouble finding applicants inEurope,”1 “U. S. Aerospace Industry Facing Labor Shortage,”2 and “Brain Drain Could GroundAerospace Production: Industry Task Force Offers Dire Warning if Workforce ChallengesAren’t Met”3 are but a few of the headlines that reflect this need. However, other headlines justa few years earlier indicated otherwise or that the cause of the lack of engineers was unclear. In2005, Bill Schweber wrote that there is “No Shortage of ‘Engineering Shortage’ Talk”4. At thispoint in time, the media was saying there were too few students in math and science and that theperception of engineering

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2009 GSW

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Kendrick Aung; Ryan Underdown P.E.

with the camp manager Dr. UrbinaActivities related to recruiting and selecting students were started in early January and completedin April. 50 students from 8 school districts were chosen among the applicants for the camp. Thediversity of participants can be seen from the composition of final participants: there are 8Hispanics, 34 African Americans, 2 Indians, 5 Caucasians and 1 Native American. The durationof the camp is one week and the students underwent many different activities such as computerand technology, engineering design activities, science, mathematics and a field trip to NASAJohnson Space Center (JSC). Engineering Related ActivitiesThe curriculum of the go W.E.S.T. Academy was designed to spark

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2009 GSW

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Steve Weis; Michael Yakubovsky; Becky Bittle René Coté; Janet Kelly

to be used for insulation; and a team wind chimedesign, construction and test exercise. As a group, the teachers brainstormed ways that theseprojects could be used at their schools after each project. Preliminary results indicate that theworkshop was very successful, and some of the projects are being employed in classrooms. IntroductionThe research on professional development has shown that teachers respond positively to trainingthat includes content knowledge preparation in a hands-on context that includes problem-solvingactivity.1 Longer, extended sessions in which there are opportunities for in-depth discussion andactivity that includes pedagogical practices are considered more successful than the

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2009 GSW

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Charles Baylis; Randall Jean

Session FA2-1 A Course Sequence in High Frequency Electronics with Hands-On Laboratory Experiences Charles Baylis, Randall Jean Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems Program Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Baylor University AbstractThis paper describes the development of a course sequence in High Frequency Electronics atBaylor University. This sequence has been designed to provide students with a balanced learningexperience consisting of

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2009 GSW

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Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng; Richard Chou; Yongjin Kwon

Session FA2-1 A Course Sequence in High Frequency Electronics with Hands-On Laboratory Experiences Charles Baylis, Randall Jean Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems Program Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Baylor University AbstractThis paper describes the development of a course sequence in High Frequency Electronics atBaylor University. This sequence has been designed to provide students with a balanced learningexperience consisting of

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2009 GSW

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Mariah S. Hahn

engineeringfields, such as oil and gas, will be exposed to and likely be required to draw on an understandingof biological processes. In recognition of this, institutions considered to be leaders inundergraduate engineering education, such as MIT, have now made biology a required course forall undergraduate students.1 The Texas A&M chemical engineering department has recentlyfollowed suit. However, when biological concepts are conveyed to chemical engineeringstudents in a traditional manner, the students often end up lacking the ability to translate theseideas to engineering applications. This discrepancy arises in part from the different way in whichengineering students think and approach problems relative to their natural science counterparts

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2009 GSW

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Robert Fithen

engineeringfields, such as oil and gas, will be exposed to and likely be required to draw on an understandingof biological processes. In recognition of this, institutions considered to be leaders inundergraduate engineering education, such as MIT, have now made biology a required course forall undergraduate students.1 The Texas A&M chemical engineering department has recentlyfollowed suit. However, when biological concepts are conveyed to chemical engineeringstudents in a traditional manner, the students often end up lacking the ability to translate theseideas to engineering applications. This discrepancy arises in part from the different way in whichengineering students think and approach problems relative to their natural science counterparts

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2009 GSW

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Dr. Lynn Peterson; Dr. Carter Tiernan; Lynard Broussard

Session FA3-1 Girlgeneering vs. Entry to Engineering: Engineering Outreach Program Comparison of a Girls-Only vs. Co-Ed Engineering Summer Camp Dr. Lynn Peterson, Dr. Carter Tiernan, Lynard Broussard College of Engineering University of Texas at Arlington AbstractThis paper will provide a comparison of two one-week long engineering summer day camps thatwere held in Summer 2008 by the College of Engineering at the University of Texas atArlington. One camp was a coeducational camp called Entry to Engineering for studentsentering 6th

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2009 GSW

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Amir Karimi

Session FA4-1 Using Excel’s Goal Seek and Solver Functions as Effective Computational Tools in Solving Heat Transfer Problems Amir Karimi The University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractAn introductory course in heat transfer coves basic modes of heat transfer, namely conduction,convection and radiation. The analytical solutions to heat transfer problems are typically limitedto steady-state one-dimensional heat conduction, simple cases of one dimensional transientconduction, two-dimensional conduction, and calculation of radiation

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2009 GSW

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John H. Ristroph

: Copying andpasting computer solutions is even easier than the time honored tradition of manual cheating.This paper examines the foregoing issues by first exploring simple solutions and then progress-ing to more advanced methods. The presentation is based on Microsoft’s widely used Excel soft-ware [1], but other systems can be used as long as they support user-written routines known asmacros to extend their capabilities. For example, OpenOffice.org’s free Calc [2] system has mostof the capabilities of Excel, but it uses a different dialect of Basic for its macro language. EIOf-fice [3] is an integrated office system with a spreadsheet very similar to Excel that uses Java toprogram its macros. Most engineers are familiar with engineering economics

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2009 GSW

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Jerry K. Keska

according to a unique design. A statistical column (a key piece of hardware) had been previouslydesigned and it was built in the department’s mechanical shop (see Fig. 1). This piece was asubstantial element in the creation of the experimental station (see Fig. 2). For the lab, two majorgroups of activities were designed and developed: (1) a series of structured experiments, and (2) anopen-ended project (OEP). Both activities were designed in such way that the students could gainhands-on experience with sensors and measurement systems. They were also designed so the studentscould learn about data analysis using a computer-aided experimentation system for the application ofstatistical analysis, data validation using concomitant systems, the design

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2009 GSW

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Dr. Farzin Heidari

geometry into different sections andcreating each section of a drawing on a specific level according to its toolpath requirements. Each layercan be selected at a time for certain toolpath operation. Combination of all toolpaths for each layerproduces the part. ExampleThe following drawing was created as an example to represent the application of layers in a complex part.The drawing is divided to five different sections. Each section presents a layer and toolpath (Figure 1).The drawing will require three pocket operation, a face operation, a drill operation, and a pocket withisland option operation at different Z depth to create the part. The combinations of all toolpaths result inthe creation of CNC

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2009 GSW

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Melissa C Lott; Dr. Carey W King; Dr. Michael E Webber; Dr. Kathy J Schmidt

Session FB1-1 The Texas Interactive Power Simulator - an Analytical Tool for Direct Instruction & Informing the Public Melissa C Lott Mechanical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Carey W King Center for International Energy & Environmental Policy The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Michael E Webber Mechanical Engineering Department

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Jason Rinehart; Trinh Huynh; Douglas Dow; Saurav Basnet

effectively a brick. A was retrieved from GrabCad Library (grabcad.com).further analysis into many Internet of Things (IoT) devices by Maya from A. Design OverviewCSU San Marcos revealed the intricate tie between commerciallyavailable IoT devices and their company servers they require for operation The physical appearance was to be kept minimal while maintaining[1]. An ideal device would still have limited operability under conditions key functionality, including user input and output. Below, Fig. 1 is aof no internet, a rare occurrence among low price IoT solutions. photograph of the front of the Control Panel product. As far as motion cameras, a sector within home security, manyinexpensive options only

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Tyler Locke; Lucas Faria de Sa Tucker; Haridas Kumarakura; Don Heiman

A Simple Laboratory Experiment on Coupled Electrical Oscillators Tyler Locke1 , Lucas Faria de Sá Tucker1 , Haridas Kumarakuru1∗ and Don Heiman1∗ 1 Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 ∗ Corresponding authors: h.kumarakuru@northeastern.edu, d.heiman@northeastern.edu AbstractThe resonance properties of coupled LRC electrical oscillators was investigated and their joint behaviourcompared to that of a mechanical mass-spring system. The damped sinusoidal output of each uncoupledcircuit was recorded and curve fitting was performed to obtain values for the

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Anusha Srinivas; Peter Stupak

under “authentic engineering” conditions to interviewers and professional employers.skills used in industry that students can relate to The spirit of this project is aligned with previous andpotential internship and professional employers. on-going efforts to expose and engage students in “authentic” engineering experiences and I. INTRODUCTION environments through, for example, Hands-on projects and Project Based Learning [1-8] and

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kanwaljeet Singh; Christian Bach

, ultimatelybecome a component of most functions incompanies all over the world.[1]Many companies are applying RPA throughout the value chain to improve productivity. Thismeans that various tasks in all areas, such as production, sales, purchasing, finance, and humanresources, can be replaced with RPA [2]. Among them, the sector that actively introduces RPA isthe financial sector. It is designed for repeated back-office tasks that aren't generally client-facing.The duties are often operational in nature and cover a wide range of operations, including2021 ASEE-NE Conference Worcester Polytechnic InstituteStudent Paper October 21 -23

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Saurav Basnet; Amir Poudel

don’ts for successful completion of the final year project work- in terms of proposal submission and approval dates, required Recommendation 1: Prioritize the syllabus contents in terms of modifications needed in the methodology among others. their importance The students mentioned that even though they know what was to be done, they still had confusion on how those Actions: changes were to be carried out. As the students are • Request each faculty to slightly revisit their syllabus to currently being allocated external supervisors, this issue identify and priority the most important contents that

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Chinmay Mahabal; Feyza Achilova; Shakhnoza Kayumova; Eleanor Richard

youngpeople. In this work-in-progress paper, we examine some emergent patterns found in thejoint activity systems of a STEAM summer program; especially we describe two emergent,distinct patterns of collaborative interaction which we label as “type 1” and “type 2,” oneof which we find to be more conducive to the kind of collaboration that can foster“relational just” interactions. Within diverse engineering classrooms, research suggests that creating andmaintaining equitable and productive joint activity can be a continual challenge forteachers as part of a larger complex and difficult process (Shah & Lewis, 2019). Withinthis study, we choose to view learning activity through a joint activity lens due to the factthat research suggests this

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard; Margarent B. Bailey; Michael G. Schrlau

female and male students in undergraduate engineering programs.1. Introduction Initiatives designed to diversify engineering have generated many positive impacts, however,women, racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities are still severelyunderrepresented in undergraduate engineering majors and in the engineering labor force [1].The participation of women, in particular, remains relatively low. Of the engineering bachelor’sdegrees awarded in 2017, 18% were awarded to women and only 6% of the degrees wereawarded to women of color [2]. Within the science and engineering workforce, the disparities areeven greater. Only 28% of the college-educated workforce in science and engineering arewomen and only 15% are concentrated

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Andrea Mecquel; Rafe Steinhauer; Jeremy D.W. Clifton

(Work-in-Progress) Embodying Design: Increasing Self-Efficacy through Somatic EducationAbstractBackground: Self-efficacy is a known factor in academic performance—for example, see[1]—and student retention—for example, see [2]—in engineering. Bandura [3], [4] proposesfour modes to increase self-efficacy, one of which is physiological and affective states.Research suggests that all four pathways are correlated with academic outcomes amongundergraduate engineering students [1], yet there are no known interventions that specificallyattempt to increase engineering students’ self-efficacy through somatic education, includingtraining students to be more aware of physiological and affective states.Purpose

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Sarira Motaref P.E.

-life examples and allowing students to contribute tothe class materials by employing their strength, interest, and talents may enhance the students’engagement and improve their learning experience.To investigate this hypothesis, the evaluation data from an anonymous survey completed by theparticipants and instructor’s observations are presented and discussed. Because the evaluationactivities used to inform this paper are limited to “systematic collection of information about theactivities, characteristics, and outcomes of programs to make judgments about the program (orprocesses, products, systems, organizations, personnel, or policies), improve effectiveness,and/or inform decisions about future program development,” [1] the author did not

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kai-tak Wan; Mir Masound Ale Ali; Bjorn Kierulf; Adam Hametz-berner; Ahmet Coskun

tackle engineering problems. One example problem is depicted inFigure 1 for water. Isotherm (constant temperature) line for 230oC drawn using linear interpolationbetween data point entries in the property tables, indicates unrealistic pressure variation versusspecific volume around 200 bar, rather than expected smooth curve, due to large interpolationerror. Nonlinear interpolation is needed to eliminate such problems at least in certain data ranges,making such toolkits much more valuable. Figure 1. Error arising due to linear interpolation and insufficient data points. The toolkit, which is currently work in progress, in its present state has the potential to saveusers a significant amount of time when solving problems by

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kai-tak Wan

in our Statics course. A more novel pedagogy is necessary, however,due to the shift from the equilibrium approach to the abstract concept. This paper details a project thatcombines experiment and theory to give students an understanding of VW. (a) (b) (c) (d) Figure 1. (a) Sketch of a roly-poly comprises a top cylinder with fixed height H and a hemispherical base with radius R. (b) Horizontal force F applied at the center of base area tilts the roly-poly at an angle . Center of gravity is xc from the cylinder- hemisphere interface. (c) Vertical force is applied at one corner while the roly-poly lies on

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2021 Northeast Section Meeting

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Maqsood A. Mughal

Creating Interactive Scenes using Open Broadcaster Studio (OBS) Studio for Streaming Virtual Classroom over Zoom and other Platforms Maqsood A. Mughal Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA 01609 AbstractThe idea behind this project is to improve Many educators vision student engagementstudent engagement and create an during the lecture as fundamental forenvironment that increases student acquiring knowledge, skills, and conceptsparticipation in a virtual/hybrid classroom. [1][2]. In fact, for some educators, it is anOpen