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Nischal Adhikari; Sima Noghanian

is “InSite-trial” and it can be different from theproject name.2.1 Importing Images from Google MapsImporting images into WI is explained here. The process is broken in to two major steps. Step Ais the procedure that needs to be done prior to importing images into WI and Step B are a fewbasic steps that should be done in the WI after the image is imported.A. Preparation Step a) Go to https://maps.google.com/ (Your computer needs to be connected to the Internet) 257b) Search the desired location for e.g. “Walmart near Grand Forks, ND” and select the satellite view for better observation.c) Check for “Legend” that is generally on the left-bottom side of the website. For example legend might

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Byron Garry; Suzette Burckhard

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0008 On-Campus Faculty Discussions on Best Practices in Engineering Education Byron Garry & Suzette Burckhard South Dakota State UniversityAbstractSouth Dakota State University has a multiple-year history of providing opportunities for facultyto engage in discussions on improving their abilities in teaching and learning. Due to interest forengineering-specific topics by members of the SDSU chapter of ASEE, an on-going series ofpresentations and discussions was started in Spring 2011.The ASEE Best Practices committee based their work on the

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Jon J. Smith; Sima Noghanian

utilized for adaptive antennaarray simulation and DoA estimation.There were two major factors behind the motivation of this work. First, development of antennaarrays relies heavily on software packages focused on the individual antenna element design.Each software package that is used requires a license and may not match software in otherinstitutions. Executing simulations and viewing their data within a common environment isneeded. Second, executing DoA estimation algorithms is too cumbersome to be implementedwithin these simulation tools.We propose a new program that treats array elements as single points and only utilizes theirrelative locations and orientations to ease calculation by algorithms. This program is written inMATLAB® as it is used

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Aurenice M. Oliveira

classroom examples were helpful to understand the material.” Some of the students’answers to an additional question in the survey: What about this class is helping you to learn?“Instructor working in class problems on the board”, “The i-clicker questions to review materialthat we covered in previous lectures”, “PowerPoint slides of notes posted on Blackboard”, “Thematerial in class is similar to what we practice in the lab.” Letter Grade (%) Fall 2011 Fall 2010 A (90-100) 30.4% 17.6% AB (85-89) 47.8% 47.1% B (80-84) 17.4% 20.6% BC (75-79) 0.0

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Naima Kaabouch; Deborah L. Worley; Jeremiah Neubert; Mohammad Khavanin

Characteristics of Student Peer Mentors in Higher Education: Findings From a Literature Review,” Mentoring & Tutoring, 2007, pp. 149-164. 21. C. Grattis, B. Hill, A. Lachowsky, "A Successful Peer Mentoring Program," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2007. 22. Brainard, Suzanne G., and Linda Carlin. "A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science." Journal of Engineering Education, 87 (1998): 369

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,” Research in Higher Education, Vol. 46, No. 8, December 2005, pp. 883-928.11. E. Seymour, H. Hewitt, Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences, Boulder, Colo., Westview Press, 1997.12. R. Marra, K. Rogers; D. Shen, B. Bogue, "A Multi-Year, Multi-Institution Study of Women Engineering Student Self-Efficacy”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 98, 2009, pp. 1 – 12.13. Humphreys, Sheila, and Robert Freeland. "Retention in engineering: A study of freshman cohorts." Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, CA (1992).14. Brainard, Suzanne G., and Linda Carlin. "A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science." Journal of Engineering Education, 87 (1998

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Han-Way Huang; Nannan He

wereshipped. More than 95% of mobile phones, 90% of hard drive controllers, 40% digital TVs andset-top boxes, 15% microcontrollers, and 20% mobile computers are using the ARM processors.To keep up with the embedded industry change, we have updated the contents of ourmicrocontroller courses with the goal to keep up with the technology change and make ourgraduates more marketable. We have taught the ARM Cortext-M4 MCU in our secondmicrocontroller course and plan to also teach the simpler version of the ARM Cortex-M MCU inour first microcontroller course.Three major issues must be addressed in order to teach a new microcontroller. First, we need tochoose an appropriate Cortex-M4 demo board for students to perform laboratory experimentsand design

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Jerry Gao; Lianbo Zhu

focusing more on textbook theories than onindustry professional skills. This paper studies the different approaches in developing students’professional skills in the classroom by working together with engineering firms. It is believedthat such a study can provide a vision for engineering management education that can betterprovide for students in the industry. These approaches can be applied to many similarengineering management programs.IntroductionConstruction has become a profession from the traditional civil engineering. In this industry, allnew hires are still expected to have the fundamentals of engineering theory and knowledge;however, it requires much less designing and computing capacity. Instead, it requires morehands-on professional

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Dilpreet S. Bajwa; Sreekala G. Bajwa

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0058 Industry and Students Perception of Capstone ProjectsDilpreet S Bajwa, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Sreekala G Bajwa, Agriculturaland Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.Email – dilpreet.bajwa@ndsu.edu , sreekala.bajwa@ndsu.eduAbstractCapstone projects are designed to help students learn technical, communication and interpersonalskills that will ultimately provide them with a broad knowledge base required at the start of theirprofessional careers. Engineering capstone experience prepares students to work in a productivemanner in teams. It is expected that the students will learn problems solving

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Kevin Craig

electronics. Theory and bestindustry practice must be in balance when mastering these skills. Presently, we devote separatecourses to each skill and somehow think that learning each skill very well will somehowmagically enable the student to critically think and integrate all to solve a real-world problem.This approach is ineffective. As a result, the ABET-required senior capstone multidisciplinarydesign course too often becomes a design-build-test exercise with the emphasis on just gettingsomething done. Students rarely break out of their disciplinary comfort zone and thus fail toexperience true multidisciplinary, model-based system design. Two courses were created toaddress this. Electromechanical Engineering Systems (2nd-year) and

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Han-Way Huang; Nannan He

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0040 Experience of Teaching Embedded System Design using FPGAs Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering and Technology Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001 Han-Way Huang, han-way.huang@mnsu.edu Nannan He, nannan.he@mnsu.eduAbstractAn embedded system is a product using one or more computers as its controller. Traditionally,the controller of an embedded system is an off-the-shelf microcontroller from microcontrollervendors. However, an off-the-shelf microcontroller may not provide the required peripheralfunctions or cannot achieve the desired

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David E. Fly; Muhammed Buğra Açan

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0043 3D Printed Internal Structure: Influence on Tensile Strength David E. Fly P.E. Assistant Professor Muhammed Buğra Açan, Student Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 328 Fryklund Hall Middle East Technical University Menomonie Wisconsin USA 54751 Ankara, Turkey flyd@uwstout.edu mba-mail@hotmail.comAbstractThis paper discusses the research project and associated laboratory measurements that wereassigned to a visiting international undergraduate

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Achintya N. Bezbaruah; Rajani G. Pillai; Hannah Hood; Holly Erickson; Eric Dobervich; Jane Laux; Jamie Varholdt; Adam Gehlhar; Michelle Weber; Harjyoti Kalita; Talal Almeelbi; Mary Pate; Michael Quamme; Mohammad Enayet Hossain; Seydou Cisse; Amanda Grosz; Navaratnam Leelaruban

, and fabrics. Itis projected that nanotechnology market will grow by 19% during 2013 to 2017[1] from its present market value of US$1.6 trillion [2]. There will a demand fornanotechnology workforce and the demand is projected to sustain over the years.Nanotechnology markets are growing in electronics, energy, healthcare, and 418construction [1]. It is felt that there is a need to introduce nanotechnology to thefuture generation of scientists and engineers while they are still in their middleschools.Project DescriptionSeven teaching modules involving various aspects of nanotechnology weredeveloped and introduced to the seventh grade students at West Fargo STEMCenter Middle School in West Fargo, ND. Pre

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Achintya N. Bezbaruah

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0047 WateRediscover: Promoting Scientific Research among Middle and High School Students across the Globe Achintya N. BezbaruahNanoenvirology Research Group, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108 a.bezbaruah@ndsu.eduAbstractWateRediscover is a program coordinated by Nanoenvirology Research Group ofCivil and Environmental Engineering Department at North Dakota StateUniversity to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) research among middle and high school students from across the world.It is aimed at

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Nannan He; Gale Allen; Cameron Johnson

decreasing and the emphasis on research and journalpublications for tenure and promotion is increasing. At MSU Mankato state and industry supporthas come together with faculty interest for the past several years in the areas of automationengineering and manufacturing. Courses in industrial automation involving PLC’s, sensors, andactuators have been taught since 2006 using hands-on active learning techniques. An effort isunderway to increase the technical depth and broaden the training by exploring deterministictiming and modeling in complex real-time automation systems using traditional PLC and PC-based PLC equipment and future, large multicore computer designs.1. IntroductionIn Spring 2006, a laboratory and courses were first created for training

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Annamalai Pandian

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0002Transforming senior students to Competent Engineers through Project Based Learning Dr. Annamalai Pandian Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI 54751 USAAbstractThis paper focus on transforming the senior level engineering students to competentmanufacturing engineers thru project based learning. The final project work for themanufacturing system design and simulation (MFGE-440) course is geared toward challengingthe students to develop a detailed