Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jessica Falcone, Georgia Institute of Technology; James McClellan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

signalprocessing course that have also focused on filter banks. Examples are touch-tone telephonedecoding and music decoding. One advantage of using the hearing application for a lab project isthat it motivates further study of advanced digital signal processing courses where labs related tospeech processing and the auditory system are enthusiastically pursued by the students. a) b) Figure 2: a) A cochlear implant signal processor serves to separate the sound content in an acoustic signal into distinct frequency bands. Similar to chiming the keys on a xylophone, a cochlear implant activates distinct frequencies in the cochlea through electrical stimulation of auditory nerve

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

learning points taken from each.Question 1: Have you ever worked with lathes, mills or drill presses? Page 15.121.3 - Hands-on experience with machine tools - Inputs that are required to operate machine tools - Consumables - Costs - Operator training - Part geometries - Secondary operations - SafetyQuestion 2: What are your learning expectations of this course? - General discussion of manufacturing familiesQuestion 3: Which is a larger tolerance zone? a. ± .005 b. + .000 / - .012 c. + .006 / - .002 - What is a tolerance - Why

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiraag Nataraj, Conestoga High School; Sanjeev Reddy, Radnor High School; Mark Woods, Villanova University; Biswanath Samanta, Villanova University; C. Nataraj, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, 2006, pp. 721-726.7. Bagnall, B. Maximum LEGO NXT Building Robots with Java Brains. Variant Press. 2007.8. Sahin E. Swarm Robotics: from sources of inspiration to domains of applications. Swarm Robotics WS 2004, Sahin, E. and Spears, W.M. (Eds.), LNCS 3342, 2005, pp. 10-20.9. Garcia, E., Antonia, M., De Santos, P. G., and Armada, M. The evolution of robotics research from industrial robotics to field and service robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 2007, pp. 90-103.10. Ercan, M. F., Partawijya L., and Fung, Y-F. Collective search and exploration with a robot swarm. Proc. IEEE International Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 2006.11. Cheng. K. and Dasgupta, P. Dynamic area coverage using faulty multi-agent

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

is not another source of sound present. Both sources produce asound, with amplitude of A, a wavelength of λ, and these sources are in phase (meaning,the sources start to produce the sound at the same time)Assume that the amplitude of the sound reminds constant.Answer the following questions:1) If the distance “a” (from source #1 to the microphone), is equal to the distance “b”(from source # 2 to the microphone), the amplitude of the sound wave that Mic receivesis (circle one answer), I) Zero II) A III) 2 times A IV) 3 times AExplain which kind of interference is taking place in the position of the microphone.2) If the distance “b” is equal to the distance “a” + λ/2 the amplitude of the sound wavethat Mic

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

challenge of making theSAE Baja all-terrain vehicle as shown in Figure 12. Page 15.39.64. Student PerformanceFinal grade distribution is given in Table 1 below. Table 1: Student final grade distribution for Production Engineering Grade Fall „06 Fall „07 Fall „08 A 37.5% 81.8% 40.0% A- - 18.2% 40.0% B+ 25.0% - - B 12.5% - - C+ 12.5

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Smith, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to build a mobile device that would travel the furthest distance using paper, circular candies and straws as materials. Figure 1 (a) shows the final competition of vehicles who traveled the furthest with a gust of air. 4) Magnetic Accelerator Students were given an introduction to the properties of magnets. The students were then instructed to build an accelerator using 2 magnets, tape, a ruler and small steel balls (Figure 1 (b)). As they increased the number of magnets on the ruler this increased the speed that the ball traveled. (a) (b)Figure 1. (a) Students lining up for the Puff Mobile race, (b) Students explainingand testing their Magnetic Accelerator

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Pitts, Morgan State University; Ricardo Camilo, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

students enrolled in the following two existingundergraduate manufacturing courses: (1) Industrial Robotics and Automation and (2) AdvancedMaterial Handling Systems. An array of assignments and projects will be assigned andfacilitated to allow a framework of design that can be researched and presented in these subjectareas.In the Industrial Robotics and Automation course, students are exposed to topics including (a)robot geometry; (b) robot motion and drive systems; (c) motion control, performancespecifications, and precision of movement; (d) robot tooling, sensors and sensing capability; (e)designing for automation process stabilization; and (f) control systems and industrial logic.These topics deal with the study, programmability, and general

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

into curriculum. At this point in the discussion, manymainstream faculty metaphorically throw their hands up and say, “I do not have the time tochange everything, including all of my teaching and testing methods.” We claim that eachprofessor does not have to re-invent the wheel. In fact, by a limited literature search many topicsnow have active learning templates that are easy to follow and integrate.Two diverse student populations from two geographically distant campuses were surveyed.Faculty from two different universities, a mid-size HBCU population, University A and a largestate school, University B, implemented the following three easy-to-employ active learningtechniques: 1) Process Oriented class worksheets, 2) Concept-in-Context

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; David Elton, Auburn University; Gary Welling, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Pitts, Auburn University; Daniel Butler, Auburn University

inconventional engineering laboratories. A collaboration was established between two universitiesin the U.S. for this collaboration: California Polytechnic State University and Auburn University.California Polytechnic State University is a predominantly undergraduate institution, whileAuburn University is a Tier 1 research institution. The new teaching methodologies emphasizethe use video technology (both video conferencing and video production).This paper provides progress on this extensive investigation including a) new activities that havebeen conducted at the universities (teamwork activities and archiving of video modules), b) newactivities that have occurred between the universities (video conferencing and sharing of studentlearning modules), and

Conference Session

Women in Biomedical Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University; Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT; Gilda Barabino, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Science Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2009, NSF 09-305 (Arlington, VA; January 2009). Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.13 A National Analysis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities," Dr. Donna J. Nelson, Norman, OK. January, 2005. Available at http://chem.ou.edu/~djn/diversity/briefings/Diversity%20Report%20Final.pdf14 Handelsman, J., N. Cantor, M. Carnes, D. Denton, E. Fine, B. Grosz, V. Hinshaw, C. Marrett, S. Rosser, D. Shalala, and J. Sheridan, Careers in science. More women in science. Science, 2005. 309(5738): p. 1190-1.15 Svarovsky, G.N. and D.W. Shaffer, Engineering girls gone

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian German, Georgia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

and briefly describe at least three of these challenges and describe how they were solved by Kelly Johnson and his engineering team. Some of these challenges were discovered during the evolution of the conceptual studies that preceded the SR-71 design, and others were identified after the aircraft was initially fielded. Your descriptions should be concise; target approximately 1-2 paragraphs for each challenge. b. Provide a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) of the resulting SR-71 configuration. Create a table that summarizes configuration parameters of interest to a performance engineer, e.g. wing parameters, weights, sea-level static maximum thrust, etc. Make sure that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University; Tom Brown, Eastern New Mexico University

Evaluation ≠ Critical Communication and Credit ≠ Collections ≠ Product Advances and Market Trends ≠ SummaryEffectiveness and AssessmentAdams argues that “the hypothesis of the model regarding team effectiveness is thateffectiveness (E) is defined as a function of team performance (P), members’ behaviors (B) andmembers’ attitudes (A) and can be represented by the equation E = f (P, B, A).” 2 Theeffectiveness parameters mentioned above are measured through the final report and weeklypresentations and a questionnaire. The questionnaire was specifically developed to gatherinformation about the students’ time management, work hours, social life, scholarship effect ontheir education, and the S-STEM

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

real world techniques for thedrive stepper motor to students. The STP-DRV-4035 micro stepping drive from AutomationDirect4 and the 1746-HSTP1stepper controller module5 are used for this lab. The experimentalsetup of the stepper motor drive and a sample PV550 screen are shown in Figure 1. (a) Stepper motor drive setup (b) Sample PV550 screen developed to control a stepper motor Page 15.400.5 Figure 1. Experimental setup of the stepper motor drive and PV550 screenIn order to control the stepper motor properly, the I/O data tables of the stepper controllermodule must be

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001). 7. Sepahpour, B., and N. L. Asper, “A Promising Model for Integrating Design in Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001). 8. Byam, B. P., “An Enhanced Educational Experience for Capstone Design Projects: Using SAE Student Groups in An Industry Sponsor Role,” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2002). 9. Porter, J. R., Morgan, J. A. and B. Zoghi, “Integrating Project Management into the Capstone Senior Design Course,” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

reports, and writing assignments both within thedepartment and from the humanities department are assessed. Figure 1 lists the courses in thecurriculum used for assessment as well as which rubrics are used in the assessment process.Courses were chosen from freshmen to senior year in order to assess student progress in meetingprogram outcomes and to allow early identification of any problem areas; a strong curriculum isbuilt on good foundation courses with a focus on program outcomes. Page 15.141.2 COURSES a b c d e f g h i j k Year 1Elements

Conference Session

Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Joseph, Pace University; Mabel Payne, Consultant

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

and context.This suggests that in any cooperative education experience multiple modal and contextualassessment methods are needed to evaluate learning as well as learning transfer within andbetween academic knowledge and the skills developed in the work place. Moreover, Bradford etal6 reported “a solid research” finding: To develop competence in an area of inquiry, students must: (a) have a deep foundation of factual knowledge, (b) understand facts and ideas in the context of a conceptual framework, and (c) organize knowledge in ways to facilitate retrieval and application.They further emphasized that “[a]ll new learning involves transfer based on previous learning,”but that this transfer of learning across knowledge domains is

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan; David Lorch, University of Michigan; Cinda-Sue Davis, University of Michigan; Guy Meadows, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

academic year or during the summer between the first and second year, and ≠ A $3,000 financial incentive for full participation and for maintaining a B average.These components were designed to incorporate a variety of research-based best practices andprovide students with resources necessary to overcome challenges that can often result in studentattrition.5,6,7 In particular, the six-week intensive summer transition program provides studentswith the opportunity to learn resources and best practices for success in college and to beaffirmed in their capabilities.8,9,10 The transition program provides challenging learningopportunities, encourages students to work collaboratively across racial groups, and fosters anatmosphere of trust within

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Alfred Ducharme, University of Central Florida; Cameron Ford, University of Central Florida; Kim Small, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

research methodology, application of technology in classroom settings, and research related to human performance. Page 15.1387.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 YES: A NSF S-STEM Scholarship Program Experience at the University of Central FloridaAbstractAccording to a study conducted by J. D. Angrist (MIT) and colleagues1 involving 1,600 studentsat a large Canadian university (the equivalent of an American state university with heavilysubsidized tuition), the combination of participation in (a) a scholarship program and (b)academic support services resulted in higher grade

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Gigi Secuban, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. ≠ 80% of the students who earned a grade of A in GNEG 1111 (which we believe indicates a reasonable work ethic) and attempted a MATH class in the Fall Semester of 2007 earned a passing grade in that MATH class. 52% of the students who earned a grade of B in GNEG 1111 (which we believe indicates a mediocre work ethic) and attempted a MATH class in the Fall Semester of 2007 earned a passing grade in that MATH class. 22% of the students who earned a grade of C or worse in or withdrew from GNEG 1111 (which we believe indicates a poor work ethic) and attempted a MATH class in the Fall Semester of 2007 earned a passing grade in that MATH class. ≠ 75% of students who attempted CHEM 1103 in the Fall

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

thoseuniversities.A quick review of the ASEE literature alone documents and reviews numerous summer campprograms with a broad array of scope and emphasis. The literature typically indicates four typesof summer camp programs. These are loosely grouped here as: a) Introduction to Engineering programs that expose the student to the broad and many Page 15.1319.2 aspects of engineering, while hoping to kindle interest and enthusiasm in these students to become engineers, and try to help them understand the value and importance of engineering.3-7 b) Topical programs that concentrate on a specific technical area or field. These can

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciano Boglione, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

testing. Only manufacturing hasbeen outsourced to a commercial vendor located in Canada, in line with common practices of thisindustrial sector.The pedagogical approachThe opportunity provided by ECETDHA demanded a review of the current syllabus in order tomaximize the students’ understanding of the class topics through the execution of a real–worldproject within the standard 14 weeks.The experiential learning approach 4 is considered with great favor by the author as a guideline 5a) for teachers to facilitate the student’s understanding of a subject; and b) for students to learn Page 15.369.3through experience how to handle unforseen challenges

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2010-598: A CONSUMER AND LABORATORY DEVICES APPROACH TOTEACHING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF BIOELECTRICITYJames Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University JAMES D. SWEENEY is Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1988 and 1983, respectively, and his Sc.B. Engineering degree (Biomedical Engineering) from Brown University in 1979. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

informationtechnology.The main motivation to update this course was to provide better programming experience andreal engineering applications experiments to the students taking this course, and at the same time,making the material easier to understand. To make the learning experience for the students moreinteresting we implemented the following policies: a) Increasing interactions between instructor and students in class and lab b) Enhancing communication with students during class and lab sessions c) Supporting students software learning and project development while using microcontrollers for the first time d) Enhancing active learning and instruction e) Practicing program debugging and documentation f) Improving class assessment and evaluation

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

intended to offer guidance to others who might consider similarmeetings.OverviewThe broad outcomes to be achieved by the annual series of FOEE symposia include (a)strengthening the capacity of the attendees to engage in engineering education innovation, (b)facilitating the transition of the attendees into agents of change advancing the U.S. capacity forengineering education innovation, and (c) directly contributing to the advancement of U.S.engineering education. Specific attendee outcomes to be achieved include (a) developing a broadawareness and in-depth knowledge of important and relevant findings from the engineeringeducation and related research communities, (b) building familiarity with relevant effectivepractices drawn from engineering

Conference Session

Business Meeting

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

: “a. There is no interest in having program criteria for multidisciplinary engineering programs. b. While there is general satisfaction with the program evaluators being provided by the various societies, working with ABET, there was also the opinion expressed that this constituent group has a minimal role, if any, in the selection, training, and evaluation of the program evaluators. Further, few of the faculty (members) in multidisciplinary engineering programs are selected by the professional societies to be program evaluators. c. There may be a need for supplemental materials both for multidisciplinary programs preparing to be visited, and for the multidisciplinary program evaluators. d

Conference Session

New Collaborations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Rauh, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jody Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

: a. check page numbers to verify if it is a duplicate b. choose a citation with an abstract and issn/isbn over one without (more info = better search results later) c. choose a citation with Digital Object Identifier (DOI) over one without d. view zotero in entire browser window when looking for duplicates e. change view to display more title information and year 3. 2007 CV SEARCH – Using the CV, search for each citation listed in the 2007 folder. If the citation is in the Zotero 2007 folder, drag and drop it into the CV folder, delete it from the 2007 folder, and highlight the citation on the CV with the corresponding 2007 color. When completed, move any remaining

Conference Session

Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Erich Bauer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

involve a larger amount of intentionalinteraction than hyperlinks” (p. 3). Online learning similarly is described as “learning that takesplace partially or entirely over the Internet. This definition excludes purely print-basedcorrespondence education, broadcast television or radio, videoconferencing, videocassettes, andstand-alone educational software programs that do not have a significant Internet-basedinstructional component” (Means, B., Toyama,Y., Murphy. R., Bakia, M., and Jones, K., 2009)7.It then becomes important to understand what a Learning Management System (LMS) is andhow it can be used. Carliner (2004)1 explains that LMS “refers to software that performsadministrative tasks” LMS can also perform several functions for both online and

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalind Wynne, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

separation]. Ref: HW#4 Page 15.1219.10 problem 4.7” b. “[I] did not realize that gop [optical generation rate] and tau [recombination lifetime] were in different units. Reference: HW#4 problem: 4.7” c. “I used the value of 10-7 [u]s for tau instead of 10-1 us . Reference: Textbook: pg 143: Example 4-5 and pg. 131: Formula defined.” d. “I forgot how conductivity changed [when excess electrons and holes are created in a semiconductor]. Ref: Text: Pg. 124 and 102.” e. “I ran out of time and didn’t know how to do it [determine the quasi Fermi level]. Ref: Textbook pg 142-143” f. “For some reason I didn’t use no*po=ni2 [the

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Jing Chen, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

.. (1998). Introduction to engineering design & problem solving, 2 nd edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.6. Eide, Arvid R., Jenison, Roland D., Northup, Larry L., Mickelson, Steven K.. (2008). Engineering fundamentals & problem solving, 5th edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.7. Fleddermann, Charles B.. (2008). Engineering Ethics, 3 rd edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.8. Holtzapple, Mark T., Reece, W. Dan. (2005). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.9. Horenstein, Mark N.. (2002). Design concepts for engineers, 4 th edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.10. Jensen, James N.. (2006). A user’s guide to engineering

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noelle Comolli, Villanova University; William Kelly, Villanova University; Qianhong Wu, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

student design is shown in Figure 2. Page 15.1205.7 (A) “kidney”  with filters  inside  Peristaltic  pumps  (B) Figure 2. A working model of one student group’s design of an artificial kidney. Picture (A) is the design drawing by student group and picture (B) is a design hooked up to the peristaltic