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Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Khabari, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

also by highschool students through Wentworth’s outreach programs. The outreach program for high schoolstudents has been designed to teach students nanotechnology along with other STEM subjects atthe Summer STEM Discovery Program. The principle aim of this project is to give students, atundergraduate level, a fundamental understanding of nanoscale science. Wentworth Institute ofTechnology has received multiple government and private funding to initiate an undergraduatenanotechnology education and the establishment of a nanotechnology laboratory. The laboratoryis used to supplement the nanotechnology courses, undergraduate research at senior levelsthrough senior design offerings, and for teaching across engineering disciplines. This

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Biological & Agricultural Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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lourdes gazca, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, American University, Puebla, Mexico; Enrique Palou, American University, Puebla, Mexico

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Biological & Agricultural

. Page 22.207.2  Observed coursesThe first course we observed was Introduction to Engineering Design (EI-100), which is a first-semester 3 credit required course for almost every engineering program of UDLAP since springof 2001. UDLAP’s Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Food, Industrial,Mechanical, and Mechatronic engineering students have in EI-100 a great opportunity for amultidisciplinary collaborative experience. EI-100 is a team-taught course that uses active,collaborative and cooperative learning. Course content and classroom activities are divided intothree, two-hour sections (Modeling, Concepts, and Laboratory) per week. Students have sixdifferent EI-100 facilitators (an instructor and teaching assistant for each

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard T. Schoephoerster, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, University of Texas, El Paso; Ricardo Pineda, University of Texas, El Paso; Ahsan Choudhuri, University of Texas, El Paso

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College Industry Partnerships

). Page 22.913.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011   Integrating Professional Practice into the Engineering Curriculum: A Proposed Model and Prototype Case with an Industry PartnerAbstractWe present a case for a dramatic shift in the university-industry relationship for engineeringprograms, following recommendations from two 2008 reports on the future of engineeringeducation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching report1 EducatingEngineers: Designing for the Future of the Field established the “imperative for teaching forprofessional practice” in engineering education by providing the “engineering equivalent of theclinical

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Roemer, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah; Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah

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NSF Grantees

examples into the Numerical Methods lectures, laboratory tutorials, and homeworkassignments. These examples are expected to not only increase students’ understandingof and appreciation for numerical techniques but also improve comprehension of fluidscontent in the junior year. The new laboratory experiences equip students for thesustainability-themed design project by teaching CAD skills, manufacturing techniques,and microcontroller-based actuation and sensing. Finally, the design project enablesimmediate application of the engineering science principles (i.e., Numerical Methods andThermodynamics) being taught in the new course sequence, where the hands-oncomponent is expected to enhance learning and improve retention in the

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Collaborations, Accreditation and Articulation Issues for International Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuemin Zhao, China University of Mining & Technology; You-jun Tao, China University of Mining & Technology

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International

, and it has been important base for personnel training and scientificresearch of mineral processing in China, and has a higher international outstanding academicand influence. The major has achieved outstanding achievement in undergraduate teaching,experiments and practice teaching. It has two national content courses of ‘mineralprocessing subject’ and ‘concentration plant design’, six of them are top-quality coursesof Jiangsu; Laboratory of mineral processing is the key laboratory of ministry of education.And in 2009, it was awarded as national experimental teaching demonstration centers withmining engineering and safety engineering, and it has formed a training system of mineralprocessing to adapt the new century. Nearly 60 years

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Information and Network Security

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Kundan Nepal, Bucknell University

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Computing & Information Technology

AC 2011-657: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, DATA COMMUNICA-TIONS, AND SIMULATIONMaurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University Maurice Felix Aburdene is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University. His teaching and research interests include control systems, parallel algorithms, simulation of dynamic systems, distributed algorithms, computer communication networks, computer- assisted laboratories, and signal processing.Kundan Nepal, Bucknell University Kundan Nepal is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Bucknell University. His research interests span the areas of reliable nanoscale digital VLSI systems, embedded computing using

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Experiential Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.; Joe Harris, Digilent, Inc.; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

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Electrical and Computer

, Digital Systems, Design of Fault Tolerant Systems and Testing of Digital Systems. Her current research interests include Fault Tolerance of Electronic Systems, Programmable Logic Devices and new educational methods to teach digital system design and analog electronics.Clint S Cole, Digilent, Inc. Clint graduated from Washington State University in 1987 with a BS degree in computer science, and worked for Hewlett-Packard and Physio-Control before co-founding Heartstream in 1991. Heartstream pioneered the design of ultra-portable, low-cost defibrillators that are now deployed in millions of settings around the world. After Hewlett-Packard purchased Heartstream in 1997, Clint returned to WSU to complete a MSEE

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariusz Jankowski, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

computing. Dr. Jankowski has received awards from the Ames Laboratory, Wolfram Research, and University of Southern Maine for his scholarly and pedagogic work. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, Maine Science and Technology Foundation, and Wolfram Research. Page 22.1219.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Recent advances in computational technology in the classroomAbstractRecent advances in computational technology have made it significantly easier to create interactive demonstrations with pro-grammable tools that are fully

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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David Lanning; Jim Helbling; Wahyu Lestari

-on laboratory demonstrations and projects. Topics include aerospace propulsion, astrodynamics,aerodynamics, stability and control of aircraft and spacecraft, structures and materials, and computer-aided design (CAD). Each of these topics includes either computer or traditional laboratory componentsto keep the students engaged. Some examples of the accompanying hands-on work include the designand construction of balsa wood gliders following the lecture on aerodynamics, and the designing of trussbridges using CAD tools, which are subsequently formed from ABS plastic using a rapid-prototypingprinter. These particular activities end with a friendly competition between students using both their balsaglider, flown for maximum glide distance, and

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

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College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

changes in our environment and to better prepare ourstudents to be future academic leaders.IntroductionPreparing Future Faculty (PFF) programs typically meet three standard requirements: 1. they focus on the full spectrum of faculty roles and responsibilities with regard to teaching, research, and service, and how these responsibilities may be interpreted in different institutions; 2. they provide participants with multiple mentors and feedback not only on their research but also on teaching and service; 3. to accomplish these goals, they involve a cluster of institutions, with one doctoral degree-granting institution partnering with a variety of other institutions.The 12-year-old Preparing

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Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Branislav Rosul, College of Dupage; Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet ; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet; Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College

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Engineering Technology

Uni- versity he transferred to United States in 1987 where he continued his work in the Controls and Robotics area at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He obtained Masters and then Doctorate in the area of Robot Control and Modeling of Multibody Systems in 1997. In 1992 he started his career at College of DuPage. First, as an instructor in Electro-Mechanical Technology and then, as a coordinator in Electronics Tech- nology. In addition to practical engineering experience Dr. Rosul has significant teaching and research background. As a PI and co-PI Dr. Rosul has extensively worked with NSF on several projects. Dr. Rosul also served as an ABET evaluator for IEEE society.Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

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NSF Grantees

Atmega328, Pic18 Micro-controllerThe software is installed in all labs; whereas, the hardware is kept in a few labs. New machinessuch as a CNC milling center, injection molding, water jet, and 3D printers have been purchasedin recent years. Funding will be used to establish the robotic laboratory that forms the core ofthe MTC.4.2. Timelines and ActivitiesWe estimate that it will take three years to fully implement the product design/MechatronicsTechnology Center. The timelines and activities are shown in the following Table 2:Table 2: Timelines and Activities Summer 2010 Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Professional development; Professional & curricula Teach new courses; Train Train

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

., should be made available.Coincidentally, a system of community colleges exists in the country that typically provides allstudents services and teaches most supporting classes needed by engineering degrees. Many ofthese community colleges have laboratories used both for vocational and pre-engineeringprograms. These laboratories tend to be well equipped and grossly underutilized [1]. A logicalconclusion, then, suggests itself: The resources available through the community college systemmust be coupled with those of four-year programs to offer engineering programs. The solutionhas three main advantages. First, universities offering 4-year engineering programs can reach astudent population previously outside of their geographical scope without

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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KENNETH WADE JACKSON

embodiment could provide a moreholistic situation and might be useful for better engaging students with physicalreality. Secondly, increasing laboratory work might also be useful. Unfortunately,there seems to be a lower value placed on teaching laboratory courses as evidencedby these courses being frequently assigned to graduate assistants. Havingexperienced both analytical and experimental work, there is no doubt in the author’smind that analytical and deductive engineering courses take less time to teach andare easier to assess than their iterative and inductive counterparts. Those who haveworked in engineering laboratories know well how difficult it can be to get stubbornobservations to cooperate and agree reasonably well with our

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald P. Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Jason M. Keith, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey A. Nason, Oregon State University; Roger C. Lo, Department of Chemical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach; James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College; Sergio Mendez, California State University, Long Beach

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Chemical Engineering

electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction, and the chemicalcomposition with FTIR spectroscopy. We demonstrated control over the mesoporosity,crystallinity, morphology and surface chemical composition. To quantify the photocatalyticactivity of the TIO2 particles, we measure the photodecomposition of a fluorescent dye underultraviolet irradiation. A parametric study was performed to find the optimum conditions formaximum photocatalytic activity.Teaching / Education InterestsIn the chemical engineering curriculum, students are taught about the fundamentals of heat andmomentum transfer. The teaching process involves classroom lectures and often correspondingundergraduate laboratory experiments. Another tool that can be used to reinforce the

Conference Session

Sustainability, Diversity, and STEM in Contemporary Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey R. Seay, University of Kentucky; Wesley Allen Whipple, University of Kentucky

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

linking them with undergraduates workingon a multidisciplinary project to manufacture biodiesel from vegetable oil and convert theglycerol side product to marketable specialty chemical products. The high school seniorsparticipating in the project have worked with undergraduate researchers in chemical andmechanical engineering to operate a small scale biodiesel plant and glycerol conversion reactorat the Paducah Extended Campus of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering. Inaddition, the students operate a quality control laboratory and conduct research experimentsdesigned to improve the biodiesel manufacturing process and optimize the process for utilizingthe glycerol side product. Feedstocks utilized for the biodiesel process include

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Technology

., Proceedings of the 3rd national Conference, Teaching Informatics, University of Peloponnese.5. Piaget, J. “To Understand Is To Invent”, N.Y.: Basic Books, 1974.6. Sergeyev, A., Alaraje, N., “Partnership with industry to offer a professional certificate in robotics automation”, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE 2010), AC 2010-9687. Sergeyev, A., Alaraje, N., “Promoting robotics education: curriculum and state-of-the-art robotics laboratory development”, The Technology Interface Journal, Vol. 10, #3, 2010. Page 22.9.8

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas R. Marrero

  9   Bibliography  1. Henson, K. T. “Foundation for Learning-Centered Education: A Knowledge Base,” Education (Chula Vista, CA), vol. 124 (1), Fall 2003, pp 5-16.2. Wurdinger, S.D. and J. A. Carlson, “Teaching for Experiential Learning: Five Approaches that Work,” Rowman & Littlefield, New York, 2010.3. Joye, D. D., A. Hoffman, J. Christie, M. Brown, and J. Niemczyk, “Project-Based Learning in Education: Through an Undergraduate Lab Exercise,” Chem. Eng. Ed. 45(1) 53-2011.4. Davies, W. A., R. G. Prince, and R. J. Aird, “An Engineering Applications Laboratory for Chemical Engineering Students,” Chem. Eng. Ed., 25 (1) 16 (1991).5. Jones, W. E., “Basic Chemical Engineering Experiments,” Chem. Eng. Ed., 27(1) 52 (1993).6. Kelly, J. H

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Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-882: USING MATERIALS SCIENCE FOR COMMUNITY OUT-REACH, ENGINEERING EDUCATION, AND INNOVATIONAmy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland Dr. Amy Hsiao is associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and chair of the Master of Engineering Management program at Memorial University of Newfoundland. With also a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Business Administration, she teaches Entrepreneurship, Production and Operations Management, and Materials Science at the undergraduate level and Organizational Be- haviour and Engineering Management Topics at the graduate level. Her research interests are in materials characterization and magnetic materials processing (on the Engineering side

Conference Session

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

AC 2011-761: ADVANCED ENERGY VEHICLE DESIGN-BUILD PROJECTFOR FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSClifford A. Whitfield, The Ohio State University Graduated from The Ohio State University with B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD. in Aerospace Engineering and currently working as a Lecturer-BE and a Senior Research Associate for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the Engineering Education Innovation Center’s First-Year Engineering Pro- gram at The Ohio State University.Philip Schlosser, Ohio State University Dr. Schlosser teaches First-Year Engineering courses and Freshman Seminars at The Ohio State Univer- sity. He graduated from Ohio State University with B.Sc. degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering and

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Lauren Seabury, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Lee; Gregory Alan Payne; John A. Hoopes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Civil Engineering

initiated the fluid mechanics course, as the principles of hydraulics were Page 22.373.2needed in the curriculum and no one was available to teach this course in the EM Department.Fluid mechanics courses are also offered in the Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Chemical& Biological Engineering (CBE) Departments.As a basic, introductory course to the phenomena, concepts, principles and methods of fluidflow, CEE 310 is organized with two lectures and one two hour discussion/lab each week, threeexams, weekly homework and quizzes, and laboratory experiments. After defining andillustrating the nature and properties of fluids, the concepts and

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Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

viaformation, nurturance and sustaining an important targeted school-university urban educationalpartnership. Our university has partnered with large urban school districts to plan, deliver andsustain a targeted inservice teacher professional development and a middle and high schoolSTEM curriculum intervention. The partnership goals are to assist inservice middle and highschool science teachers in: (1) designing and implementing integrated science and engineeringcurricula and (2) development of instructional methods and strategies that enable teachers toeffectively (a) teach challenging content and research skills in middle and high school asdemanded by state/national science standards; (b) generate knowledge and transform practice inhigh school STEM

Conference Session

Computational Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thad B. Welch III P.E., Boise State University; Sam Shearman, National Instruments

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Computers in Education

within university communication systems classrooms,teaching laboratories, and their natural follow-on coursework (e.g., SDR, CR, DigitalCommunications, Wireless Communications, and Satellite Communications).This paper will discuss the utilization of National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW-based virtualinstrumentation with the USRP and a UHD-based software driver to rapidly create real-timecommunication systems demonstrations for the classroom and/or laboratory settings. Thecombination of the USRP, UHD, LabVIEW, and Windows support enables implementation andexploration of both foundational and more advanced concepts related to signal processing andcommunications.1 IntroductionUniversities have been teaching software defined radio (SDR) courses and

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Lessons for New Engineering Educators

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

challenge and encourage learning in today’s effective teaching programs.“Differentiated instruction, often referred to as universal design, is a teaching and learningstyle that is the result of neuroscience research on how the human brain processes and retainsnew information”. 1Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas is like acknowledging that students at any givenage aren’t all the same height: It is not a statement of worth, but of reality”.2 In adifferentiated classroom and laboratory, the teacher proactively plans and carries out variedapproaches to content, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differencesin

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Clifton B. Farnsworth, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

material on the white board versus PowerPoint to build board contentwhile using questioning techniques, etc. Then the faculty completed the same lessonusing Camtasia screen recorder software (voice over PP and/or a talking head). Thefaculty team assessed the quality of these techniques and determined what was missingfrom the ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Model within the distance education products. Basedon the assessment by the faculty, the team determined what adjustments in teaching stylewere needed to increase the quality of instruction using the available distance educationplatform. The ultimate goal was to provide the best quality instruction no matter themedium. The real challenge will be laboratory lessons where the students usually need tosee the

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Donald D. Joye

engineer, should never be lost as part of the educational process,and cannot be reproduced by “virtual” laboratory experiences, useful though some of them maybe. Another compelling reason for hands-on experience in laboratory is preparation for research.This is often overlooked in these arguments, but lab can be a place where the student makes uphis or her mind that research may be interesting or not interesting to pursue. In my own personalexperience I can remember one lab in particular that was not particularly exciting, but stirred myinterest in research, because it was set up like a research project. Similar anecdotal stories havebubbled up from our students in my teaching experience at Villanova and elsewhere. In our laboratory

Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch, West Texas A&M University; Rhonda B Dittfurth, West Texas A&M University; Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in History (emphasize in Education and Material Culture)from West Texas A&M University; Bachelors of Science in Mass Communications/Journalism (emphasize in Public Relations) from West Texas State University. Outreach Coordinator for the WTAMU Department of Engineering and Computer Science, duties in- cluding the design and conducting of outreach to area primary and secondary schools, organization and coordination of a summer engineering camp along with workshops for secondary teachers and profes- sional engineers. Part time instructor for the WTAMU Department of Communications, duties including teaching of a basic communications class.Dr. Freddie J Davis P.E., West Texas A&M University

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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Computers in Education

the students to effectivelyconceptualize electromagnetic radiations and be able to relate theory to practice. Students’experiences are also presented to demonstrate what they learned.References1. RF Circuit Design: Theory and Applications, 2nd Edition, Reinhold Ludwig and Gene Bogdanov, Prentice Hall, 2009, pp.1-96.2. Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics, David K. Cheng, Addison Wesley, 1993, pp. 272-330.3. Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Prentice Hall, 2004, pp. 35-924. Lab-Volt, Data Acquisition and Management Software, Antenna Fundamentals Manuals. Lab-Volt Ltd., 1996.5. Khan, Hamid, “Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness and Laboratory Productivity by Computer

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Industrial Collaboration and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet; Nick L. Wilson, Morrison Container Handling Solutions

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Engineering Technology

toprogrammable logic controllers (PLCs), conveyor systems, machine vision and servo motors,control and sensor logic as well as other technologies and various industry standards withprimary focus on packaging machinery technology. In past two years, successfulimplementation of the program is evidenced through enrollment growth and, receiving of twoNational Science Foundation (NSF) grants, ―A Mechatronics Curriculum and PackagingAutomation Laboratory Facility,‖ and ―Meeting Workforce Needs for MechatronicsTechnicians‖. The program established a knowledge and resource center to address the needs ofthe packaging machinery industry and the Mechatronics Engineering Technology programthrough learning, engagement, and discovery activities. An endowment has also

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Session D: Panel Discussion on Fostering the Implementation of Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anna Dollar, Miami University; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Sunil Saigal, P.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Continuing Professional Development

underrepresented populations. She also teaches introductory engineering courses such as Problem Solving and Computer Programming, Statics, and Mechanics.Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagez Christopher Papadopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Ma- terials at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagez. He earned B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in Theoretical & Applied Mechan- ics at Cornell University (1999). Prior to coming to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering & Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has primary