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Paul B. Crilly; Richard Hartnett

Using Speakers as a Pedagogical Tool to Explain Phased Array Antenna Systems By Paul B. Crilly, Ph.D., Richard Hartnett, Ph.D. Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT 06320 paul.b.crilly@uscga.eduKeywords: phased arrays, antenna arrays, antenna educationAbstract - This paper proposes to use an acoustic system as a pedagogical tool to explain RF antennaphased array systems. Our primary contribution is to use a configuration of n

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Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

), 75-76, 79, 199410 Bligh, F., and Piolat A., Note Taking and Learning: A Summary of Research, The WAC Journal, Vol. 16: Sept200511 Denman, M., How to Create Memorable Lectures, Speaking of Teaching, The Center for Teaching and LearningStanfrod University, Winter 2005 Newsletter, Vol., 14, No. 112 Davies, B., Physics lectures and student notes. Physics Education I1 (1), 33-36, 197613 Johnson, A.H., & Su, W.Y. Lectures – a learning experience? Education in Chemistry, 31 (1), 75-76, 79, 199414 Locke, E. A. An empirical study of lecture notetaking among college students. The Journal of EducationalResearch, 77, 93-99 197715 Boch, F., and Piolat A, Note Taking and Learning: A Summary of Research, The WAC Journal, Vol. 16: Sept200516

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William Lorenz; Ross Lee; Karl Schmidt; Pritpal Singh

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Clement Ekaputra; Zuyi Huang

Conference (A) (B) Figure 5. Effect of parameters Kp and Ki on controlling the current dynamics: (A) Kp was changed with Ki = 5; (B) Ki was changed with Kp = 10In the load change, a pulse disturbance was introduced to the MFC system by increasing ordecreasing of the inlet substrate concentration by 5% during Day 91. The pulse disturbance onlylasted for one day. For each disturbance stimulation, multiple Kp values (Fig. 6) and Ki values(Fig. 7) were tested using the same approach as the one for the set point change. As shown byFig. 6, a higher Kp value had a smaller overshoot/undershoot during the disturbance. As

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Danai Chasaki

to identify a match using Matlab or image matching software.d) Check the list of certificates in a web browser and identify bogus ones.e) Setup rogue access point, make unsuspecting user connect to it, and monitor traffic.Two examples of lab exercises: a) WEP password cracking, and b) Fingerprint analysis areshown below. Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityCont..! XX:XX:XX:XX Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityIV. Interdisciplinary AspectsWe collaborate with experienced instructors from both the math and chemistry departments andwe host two guest lectures. A math professor talks about password complexity and how

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Aparicio Carranza; Casimer DeCusatis

college edition”, Public Purpose, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, January 20108. L.C. Wilcox and M.S. Wilcox, “A review and evaluation of engineering education in transition”, IEEE Proc. 8th international conference on computer science and education (ICCSE), Sri Lanka (April 26-28, 2013)9. J. Bishop and M. Verleger, “The flipped classroom: a survey of research”, paper 6219, Proc. 120th annual ASEE annual conference and exposition, Atlanta, GA (June 23-26, 2013)10. A. Sams, J. Bergmann, K. Daniels, B. Bennett, H. Marshall, and K. Arfstrom, “What is flipped learning: the four pillars of flip”, published by the Flipped Learning Network (2014), www.flippedlearning.org/cms/lib07/VA01923112/Centricity/Domain

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Stephen N. Kuchnicki

% Seven E: 62% E: 50% E: 27% E: 71% E: 23% Midterms M: 38% M: 50% M: 51% M: 29% M: 75% B: 0% B: 0% B: 22% B: 0% B: 3%These results are taken responses given by students on a Lickert scale. Students are askedquestions such as “I feel confident in my ability to evaluate stress due to axial force loading”, andare able to respond with “Strongly Agree”, “Agree”, “Disagree” or “Strongly Disagree”.Responses of “Strongly Disagree” and “Disagree” were considered below expectations; theresponses of “Agree” comprise the part that meets expectations, and “Strongly Agree” responseswere deemed to exceed

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Doug Kim

. Rappaport (2002) Wireless Communications - Principles and Practice. Prentice Hall2.  Cisco Systems (2012) Challenges of unlicensed Wi-Fi deployments: A practical guides tocable operators. Cisco Systems3.  Carr, J.; Frank B. (2007) Active learning using guided projects in an upper year ECE course.Presented at 2007 ASEE Annual Conference4.  Border, D. (2012) Developing and designing undergraduate laboratory wireless sensornetwork. Presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference5.  Crilly, B (2013). A novel approach to teaching an undergraduate electromagnetics, antennaand propagation course. Presented at 2013 ASEE Northeast Section Conference Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University

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Linda Laird; Ye Yang

.    Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University   4. Attract and Prepare Women: Issues in recruiting women and for women in high-tech work places must be addressed if the women are to have long careers in software engineering.     Over-­‐arching  Goal:  increase  the  number  of  highly  skilled  software   engineers  in  the  workplace  through  a  Master’s  of  Software  Engineering  b y   recruiting  talented  US  liberal  arts  graduates,  especially  women

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Rachel A. Brennan

A New Program in Sustainable Engineering (Year 1): Multidisciplinary Teams Design Innovative Water Treatment Technologies for Developing Coastal Communities Rachel A. Brennan, Ph.D., P.E. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USAAbstractCurrently 2.5 billion people, over one third of the Earth’s population, are affected by waterscarcity and are without sanitation. The majority of humanity is concentrated in coastalcommunities: approximately half of the world’s population lives within 200 kilometers of acoast. In many developing countries, raw wastewater is discharged into coastal waters withoutbeing treated. These issues show a present and

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Shawn Gross

steel joist flex period as a 4.3/5.0 incontributing to their overall learning. This high rating is typical of all flex periods. To date, theCollege and Departmental administration feel the benefits more than justify the costs.Bibliography 1. Glynn, E. F., Dinehart, D. W., Gross, S. P., Hampton, F. P., and Wadzuk, B. M. (2007), “Teaching Engineering Mechanics in a Problem-Structured Environment,” Proceedings of the Fall 2007 ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 2. Wadzuk, B. M., Dinehart, D. W., Glynn, E. F., Gross, S. P., and Hampton, F. P. (2008), “'A Survey of Engineering Mechanics in Civil Engineering Curricula',” Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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Russell Trafford; Linda Head

buttons (A, B, C, D, E) and an on/off button3.Naturally when the lab instructor started generating the material for the course, this experiencecame back to him and he decided to use this technology to the advantage of the students so thatthe course material could be dynamically altered to help the freshmen feel more comfortablewith the software. This grand idea was brought to a halt when upon installing the driversoftware, it crashed his computer and every time the receiver was plugged in it also wouldcrash. This meant that the nearly 8 year old technology could not be used and should bereplaced by a more modern solution. When looking around for a new solution, two main factorswere necessary for a product to be used in our class. The first main

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Kenneth E. Dudeck; Joseph A. Ranalli

ABET Accreditation Model for a Multi-Option General Engineering Program at Multiple Locations By Kenneth E. Dudeck, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Penn State University, Hazleton,Joseph A. Ranalli, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University, Hazleton.AbstractThe first graduates of a new BS General Engineering program received their degrees inspring 2014. The General Engineering program is offered at three separate campuslocations within The Pennsylvania State University, each with a unique focused option.The program, detailed in previous work, consists of

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Nisha Kondrath; Mark A. Jupina

Combining Individual Lab Work Outside Of Class With Group Peer-To-Peer Learning In Class To Increase Student Ability In Electronics Design Nisha Kondrath and Mark A. Jupina Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085 While no single pedagogy will work best all of the time when instructing students, we seek to create a learning environment to educate students to become erudite self-learners in our rapidly changing world. Active learning strategies were employed both inside and outside of the lab environment in a two-course electronics sequence at the

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Gary A. Gabriele; Edmond Dougherty

A Deep Dive Faculty Workshop for Infusing the Entrepreneurial Mindset into the Engineering Core Curriculum Gary A. Gabriele, Drosdick Endowed Dean of Engineering Edmond Dougherty, Director, Engineering Entrepreneurship College of Engineering Villanova UniversityVillanova University’s College of Engineering (COE) has embarked upon a two-yearplan to substantially increase the number of full-time faculty who employentrepreneurially minded learning (EML) concepts in their undergraduate courses. Theplan is an extension of the College’s initiative to convert core curriculum courses to aninverted or flipped classroom format. The EML concepts come

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Ellyn A. Lester; Linda M. Thomas

Strategic Responses to Cyclical Environments: An Entrepreneurial ImperativeEllyn A. Lester, Assoc. AIA Linda M. Thomas, JD, PhDConstruction Management Program Program Director, Construction ManagementCivil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Civil, Environmental and Ocean EngineeringSchaefer School of Engineering and Science Schaefer School of Engineering and ScienceStevens Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of TechnologyEngineering education centers on accreditor-mandated core knowledge. The skills andknowledge required to tackle engineering problems are the focus. Only recently has engineeringeducation expanded to include the liberal arts and

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Peter Mark Jansson; Amal Kabalan

Creating a New, Junior-Level, Engineering Design Course in ECE Peter Mark Jansson and Amal Kabalan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Bucknell UniversityAbstract – This paper describes the goals, pedagogical aspects and implementation of a new,junior-level engineering design course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)curriculum at Bucknell University. The need to build a more continuous set of designexperiences between a multi-disciplinary first-year course which contained some limited designexposure and the senior year culminating design experience was a key driver for thedevelopment of this new course. The authors

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Edward M. Land; Michael Marcus; Harley Hartman; Anthony Derosa; Seth Klepper; Eduardo Rayner; Justin Stahl; Hansong Li

Exploring Collaborative Research and Development Opportunities, between Two Universities, for a Capstone Electromechanical Engineering Technology Course for a Microprocessor Controlled Hand Opening Assistive Device (HOAD)Edward M. Land, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Marcus, Penn State University and JHUVisiting Faculty member; Harley Hartman, Penn State University; Capstone Project TeamStudents, Penn State University, Anthony Derosa, Seth Klepper, Eduardo Rayner, Justin Stahl;Collaborating Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University, Hansong LiAbstractTo cooperatively and synergistically develop a purpose-built, Hand-Opening, Assistive Device,enabling a stroke victim or other neurologically injured

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Jacob J. Elmer; Noelle Comolli

Unifying Multiple Concepts with a Single Semester-Long Project: A Brewery Design Project for Heat Transfer Courses Jacob J. Elmer and Noelle Comolli Villanova University, 217 White Hall, 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085Abstract Student learning and retention of material can be significantly enhanced by assigninggroup projects that challenge students to apply concepts covered in class. However, a keychallenge in many engineering courses is developing projects that effectively relate the multitudeof distinctly different concepts taught throughout the semester. For example, most heat transfercourses cover several different modes of heat transfer, including conduction

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William E Kelly

Engineering Ethics ­ The NAE Online Ethics Center is a   Resource for Doing More    William E Kelly   Adjunct faculty member , Sustainability  Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering  George Mason University     Abstract The NAE Online Ethics Center (OEC) has extensive resources for teaching and learning engineering ethics and more recently responsible conduct of research.  With funding from the National

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Ralph C. Tillinghast; Amelia W. Wright; Leslie A. Stevens

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) As Emerging Disruptive Technology in Focused Academic Areas Mr. Ralph C. Tillinghast Dr. Amelia W. Wright Ms. Leslie A. Stevens Stevens Institute of Technology Fairleigh Dickinson University Stevens Institute of Technology rtilling@stevens.edu awright@wmrhsd.org lstevens@stevens.eduAbstract – With the increased availability of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) the currenteducational market could undergo a significant change. As indicated by its title, MOOCsrepresent open, free or significantly reduced cost educational course materials. These educationalmaterials span from Pre-K through post

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Arthur Rozario; Zhenkang Yang; Abe Yang; San Peng; Qing Guan; Ying Dong; Sunil Dehipawala; Andrew Nguyen; Alexei Kisselev; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

Incorporating EEG consumer technology and data analysis as entrepreneurially minded learning in a community college physics class for engineering-transfer majors Arthur Rozario*, Zhenkang Yang*, Abe Yang*, San Peng*, Qing Guan*, Ying Dong*, Sunil Dehipawala, Andrew Nguyen, Alexei Kisselev, Todd Holden, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractBuilding up an entrepreneurial mindset in engineering curriculum is an important learningobjective and should start at an early stage. A typical community college engineering-transfermajor must take physics class regardless of their different interests in

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Anurag Purwar; Pranav Korrapati; Q. J. Ge; Xin Ge

actuating dyad, and change circuit/branch.4.1 SynthesisIn the synthesis mode, the user can input N poses using touch-interface and editthem. As soon as sufficient number of positions (N ≥ 5 or N = 3, 4 with fixed-pivot or -line constraints) positions are entered, the possible dyad solutions that (a) (b)can either interpolate or approximate through given positions are computed anddisplayed. In Kinematics, the five position problem is known as Burmester prob- Figure 4: (a)lem for which there may be zero-, two-, or four-dyad solutions. Thus, up to a Synthesis icons,total of six linkages can be obtained by combining two dyads at a time. For more (b

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Alex Antunes; Angela Walters; Amanda Raab

hardware. One example isNASA’s SWEP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement)4, a government-wide acquisitioncontract that provides a large range of IT products, and product related services. In recent yearsover a million products have been offered from over 3,000 manufacturers4.III. Classroom ComponentThe course framework was a 200-level “CubeSat Engineering” course open to any engineeringor computer science major. The course was run for the first time in Fall 2014. Students wereformed into small teams to a) learn then b) build a picosatellite power bus using providedschematics. In allowing schedule risk for a full-semester build project, we had to deal with thelikely result that student teams might fail to complete their build. In order to

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Steven Magluilo; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Ivan Esparragoza; Gul E. Okudan Kremer

DashboardCreating a rubricPEAR includes several peer evaluation rubrics from the literature. PEAR also allows instructorsto create a custom rubric to better suit their course. Figure 2 illustrates the process of rubriccreation in PEAR. An instructor starts by opening the tool from his/her dashboard screen. Oncethe tool is open, the instructor first enters a rubric name and description. Then, the instructorpicks the professional skill area that the rubric will include (Figure 2-(a)). The number ofquestions in each rubric is given to avoid creating extremely long rubrics. Next, the instructorcan pick the specific questions that they want to include in their rubric (Figure 2-(b)). PEARincludes a large set of questions that are mapped against the MDL-based

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Kara Vance; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Gul E. Okudan Kremer; Ivan Esparragoza

11.425 3 3.808 5.211 .001 I3 Within Groups 420.962 576 .731 Total 432.388 579 Figure 1. 95% Condidence Intervals of the Extracted Intrest Variables over Class StandingSpring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University (b) How often have you been provided with feedback on (a) Have you ever taken a course or training on your individual teamwork performance? (1:Never to teamwork? (1: Never to 5: Many times) 5:All the time) (d) In classes that require a team

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Sunil Dehipawala; George Tremberger; Wenli Guo; Eva Hampton; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

the spins have opposite values 5.The Ising Model tutorial website from University of Norte Dame has been very helpful for our students tounderstand the magnetization simulation results in various temperatures using the Metropolis-Hastingsalgorithm 6 (Notre Dame 2006). The NetLogo Simulation (NetLogo Technology 2015 7) and Matlabsource code examples are available 6, 8.Basically a voting model of choosing a winner out of two contesting candidates would mimic anIsing Model when voting for candidate-A is assigned a spin value of +1 and candidate-B isassigned a spin value of -1. The assumption where each voter will convince his/her neighborsthat they should vote a certain way has a parallel analogy with the Ising Model in terms of theinteraction

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Vijay Kanabar; Carla Messikomer

Integrating Project Management Knowledge Modules in Engineering Education Vijay Kanabar, Carla Messikomer, Boston University, Project Management InstituteAbstractA survey of twenty-two programs by Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2013 revealed thatthere is an opportunity to strengthen undergraduate project management (PM) education inengineering schools and colleges. In response to this need PMI sponsored a “for academics byacademics” global curriculum project to baseline undergraduate PM competency. This newcurriculum framework was launched in February 2015. It was the result of five exploratoryworkshops involving eight-five faculty as well as a

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Steven Shaffer; Martin Yeh; Thomas Iwinski

, but forassessments systems usually the problem is limited to: (a) identifying who is aninstructor and who is not, and (b) restricting access to course material for whichthe user is not associated. Careful design of access control lists will go a long waytoward solving these issues.Security can be a major issue with an online program submission system,precisely because students are executing program code, possibly on a server.Potential problems can occur from accidental or purposeful misadventure. Forexample, simple infinite loops are common in student code, and without a methodof interrupting these, a server could quickly get bogged down. As an example ofpurposeful mischief, in one early version of our work, a student submitted thefollowing

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Deeksha Seth; Gabriel Carryon; James Tangorra

Strengthening 21st Century Skills in Undergraduate Students through Project-Based Design CourseDeeksha Seth, Gabriel Carryon, Dr. James TangorraDrexel UniversityAbstractThere is sufficient evidence to support that the need for innovators in the country appeals for amakeover in the engineering pedagogy at a K-16 level. Studies suggest that problem-basedlearning methods can aid in nurturing the development of 21st century (C21) skills namely: “(a)Creativity and Innovation, (b) Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, and (c) Communicationand Collaboration”. To that end, a project-based engineering design course is developed andtaught to undergraduate mechanical engineering students at Drexel University. The