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Neil H. Schiller

question; Value of program?”, seven (7) out of the eight (8) testersreported that it helped them learn the material with two (2) of those attributing a grade increaseto using this program. One (1) tester did not find the program useful. Of the two (2) students Copyright ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference April 29-30, 2011, Farmingdale State College, SUNYwho credited the application with raising their grades, one earned a “C” and the other a “B”. Inthe user group, the 3 students who earned “A” did not attribute a raise in grade to the helpprogram, but did note that it helped them understand the material. These results suggest that thelower performance (struggling) students received the most

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Joseph A. Betz

Heuristic Models for Creativity Experiments in Architectural and Engineering Design Joseph A. Betz Professor of Architecture State University of New York, Farmingdale State CollegeAbstractMany cognitive processes contribute to the generation of creative problem solving. Oneimportant characteristic involves the combination and reorganization of certain kinds ofknowledge to form new and novel category solutions. It is posited that convergent and divergentforms of thinking are used to manipulate these combinations categories. One experimentdeveloped by Mobley, Doares, & Mumford (1992)[1] has been used to test

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Alfred A. Scalza

1 Group Dynamics: Predicting Member Performance Prof. Alfred A. Scalza, P.E. Department of Architecture & Construction Management Farmingdale State CollegeI. IntroductionThis paper sets out to study the effectiveness of groups in studying Engineering, Architectureand Construction Management. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) has set “working in a group” as one of it’s outcomes to be assessed. Students mustlearn to operate in a group as preparation for that which will be expected of them aftergraduation. In fact, group

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Daniel Schmalzel

10 Megawatts to a Better Education Daniel Schmalzel, Rowan University, New JerseyAbstractRowan University Engineering students have been given a unique opportunity to work towardsthe creation of a 10 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) system as one component of theuniversity’s commitment to carbon neutrality. Students are learning a broad range of skills thatapply to all levels of PV system design. For example, they are learning to assess site feasibilitythrough the use of specialized equipment and software including shading assessment andexpected power production. As they evaluate the quality of each site, the student team mustunderstand the flow of energy through every stage of the system

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Robert Marlor

A Faculty Adviser’s Perspective on Developing an SAE Baja Program Robert Marlor, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Engineering Technology Northern Michigan UniversityAbstractTo develop a successful Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Baja program, a new SAE clubfaces a variety of challenges. Acquiring the facilities and funding needed to build a race car isone large challenge facing a new SAE club. After startup, funding is needed to purchase partsand supplies for a new car each year. Another challenge facing an SAE Baja team is developingteamwork and leadership within the student

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James Roche

Energy Efficiency Studies as a Tool for Enhancing Student Involvement James Roche, Rowan University, New JerseyAbstractAn important growth area for undergraduate engineer education is to train students for roles inthe emerging sectors of sustainability and renewable energy. The method for incorporating suchnew topics into existing curricula is the challenge. At Rowan University, the method used is theEngineering Clinic approach, which draws from a portfolio of projects designed specifically toaddress a topic. In these Engineering Clinics, students are provided with hands-on experience ina project-based setting. During the Spring 2011 semester, students lead a

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Gay Lemons; Adam Carberry; Chris Swan

Cognitive Styles and Design Strategies of Engineering Students During a Hands-on Model-Building Design Task Gay Lemons Adam Carberry Chris SwanIntroductionDesign is a fundamental aspect of engineering and is important in preparing students forindustrial demands [4]. There has been a growing interest in the relationship between designstrategy and cognitive style. Cognitive style describes the way individuals solve problems, think,perceive, and remember information [6]. Investigating if a particular cognitive style results in amore efficient engineering design process (EDP) is

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Ralph Belton; Ahmet Zeytinci

The Role of Current Events and Flexible Course Syllabi: A Case Study Ralph Belton, Ahmet Zeytinci University of the District of ColumbiaAbstractThis paper describes a collaboration of Architecture and Engineering faculty to innovativelyexploit current events for teaching opportunities in the context of a flexible syllabus. Indeveloping course syllabi for our design studio classes the incorporation of current events toallow students to learn from and practice on real-world examples was very refreshing andeducational. The currency and sometimes urgency of real world events with respect to innovativesolutions require a flexible course syllabus complete with learning outcomes

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Amal Kabalan

it as a possible goal to achieve.The classroom experiment suggested in this paper will introduce the students to the concept ofusing solar energy to power cars. It will walk them through the experiment by first showing themthat a small solar panel can make a toy car run.Procedure Copyright ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference, April 29-30, 2011, Farmingdale State College, SUNYBefore starting the experiment the student will be a given sheet that has the following questions:Part I:What do cars nowadays need to move?A. Gas B. Wind C. SunWhat do cars emit when they move?A. Water B. Sun C. Carbon dioxideWhat could the effect of carbon

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Kalyan Mondal

#$FF,DDRB ; configure PORT B for output ldaa DDRJ oraa #$03 ; perform logical OR operation on DDRJ data staa DDRJ ; configure PJ1 ~ PJ0 pins for output movb #$FF,PORTB ; output a high ldaa PTJ anda #$FE ; perform logical AND operation on PTJ data staa PTJ ; send data to DAC and start itFig. 1 (a): An example of an assembly language code fragmentDDRB = 0xFF; // configure PORT B for outputDDRJ |= 0x03; // configure PJ1 ~ PJ0 pins for outputPORTB = 0xFF; // output a highPTJ &= 0xFE; // send data to DAC and start itFig. 1 (b): Equivalent C language

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Victoria Schuele; Ronald Edwards; Don Gillich; Andrew Kovanen; Brian Moretti

project sponsor at the end of the year. Additionally,cadets give a poster presentation at USMA’s annual Project’s Day held during the Springsemester each year.ConclusionThe pyroelectric crystal accelerator at West Point provides the cadets in the Department ofPhysics and Nuclear Engineering a unique opportunity for outside the classroom, discoverylearning. Cadets can apply classroom skills to real world applications while gaining valuableresearch, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. This project will help them to be moreproductive in future academic endeavors as well as in future career fields.1. Naranjo, B., Gimzewski, J.K., and Putterman, S., “Observation of Nuclear Fusion Driven by a Pyroelectric Crystal”, Letters to Nature

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Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

Classroom Teachers Can Help Students Learn and Teach Them How to Learn, Theory Into Practice, 2002.3 James M. Lang On Course Harvard University Press 2008 P76-774 Di Vesta & Gray, 1972; Kiewra, DuBois, Christensen, Kim, & Lindberg, 1989; Kiewra et al., 1991; Van Meter, Yokoi, & Pressley, 19945 Piolat, Olive and Kellog, Cognitive Effort During Note Taking, Applied Cognitive Psychology 2005, Vol 19,6 Kiewra, How Classroom Teachers Can Help Students Learn and Teach Them How to Learn, Theory Into Practice, 20027 Frey, B. A., & Birnbaum, D. J. (2002). Learners’ perceptions on the value of PowerPoint in lectures. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh.8 Davis, B. Tools for Teaching 2nd Edition Jossey-Bass 2009 (P267

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Iem Heng; Farrukh Zia

Type B (Peripheral Device) ConnectorsTable 2: USB 4-pin connector Pin Name Description Color 1 VCC +5 VDC Red 2 D- Data - White 3 D+ Data + Green 4 GND Ground BlackOne very useful feature of USB interface is that it provides 5V DC power with a maximumoutput current of 500 mA, for powering a USB peripheral device, thus eliminating the need for aseparate power supply for low power USB devices.2. Embedded Applications to Port CommunicationThis section describes the basic design of embedded system with a microcontroller or a customdesigned system in use with port communication. The basic design also makes it easy for thestudent to understand and use it to implement port communication as part of the

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Carlos D. Barreiro; John L. Schmalzel

theeffort of all the students that worked on the development of this project.References[1] Sukumaran, B., Jahan, K., Dorland, D., Everett, J., Kadlowec, J., Gephardt, Z., Chin, S.“Engineering Clinics: An Integration of Research into the Undergraduate EngineeringCurriculum”. Council on Undergraduate Research. March 2006. pp 115-121.[2] Delia C.C, Barreiro C.D, Jansson P.M, Schmalzel J.L., Whitten K. “EE Students ConductPhotovoltaic R&D for Industry in Electrical Engineering Curriculum”. ASEE AnnualConference, Vancouver, BC. March 2011. [3] Marchese, A., Chen, J., Schmalzel, J.L. “A Venture Capital Fund for UndergraduateEngineering Students at Rowan University”. Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 90, No. 4,pp. 589-596.[4] Marks, K., Pillon

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Grant Crawford; Elizabeth Bristow

Classification of Educational Goals,Handbook I: Cognitive Domain, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, 1956.[10] Baha, B. and Baha, Vocational and Engineering Education in Afghanistan, American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE) Conference, Philadelphia, USA, June 2008.[11] National Military Academy of Afghanistan Information Briefing, U.S. Army Staff Document, March 2011.[12] Engineers Without Borders - USA Strategic Plan, Engineers Without Borders - USA, Boulder, CO, 2010. Copyright ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference, April 29-30, 2011, Farmingdale State College, SUNY Appendix A – Afghanistan Packing ListBring with UsBags with:ClothesSturdy ShoesExercise

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John Syers

resource. As Figure 5 shows, the worst class average was a B. Only a fewcadets really struggle with error correction, so 25% is fitting. The more puzzling question is whydid 27% of people that took the survey decline to answer this particular question.As expected, most cadets only looked at the videos when they were actually working through thelabs in the classroom. It was promising to see that some cadets looked at the labs during the non-graded event.Initially cadet responses to the questions of personal and general utility were met withskepticism. All IT105 cadets are freshmen and some of them are still uncomfortable withproviding negative feedback. Comparing grades across all sections helped change myperception. Cadets performed better on the

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H.T.X. Truong; E.M. Odom; C.J. Egelhoff; K.L. Burns

ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference, April 29-30, 2011, Farmingdale State College, SUNY a. Rendered Umasankar shaft.  b. Umasankar shaft FBD. Figure 1. Stepped Shaft with Applied Loads and Moments, and with Dummy-Load, Q. Nodes used for FEA with Locations Beneath (after Umasankar & Mischke) [11] Step 1: Draw FBD and solve staticsWe assume all applied forces and moments are in positive directions: positive force is verticallyupward and positive moment is counterclockwise as shown in Figure 1b. For any given force onthe shaft that is downward, the direction is still assumed to be positive but then the force isassigned a negative

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Dorian Dale

Utility-scale Geoexchange Installation ConsideredThe Town of Babylon is in the process of evaluating the feasibility of a utility-scale geothermalinstallation for Parcel A of the Wyandanch Rising redevelpment. What should the configuration be - anopen or closed loop system that is centralized or a distributed system serving individual buildings? Isthe economy of scale offered by common distribution headers, with maintenance centralized to acommon plant offset by possible degraded performance? How might various hybrid configurationssuch as a reduced geothermal system supplemented with chillers/cooling towers or boilers compare?Can such a system be configured with other sources of alternate energy to create a municipally

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Peter J. Shull; Paula Ford; Kristen Carrier

 altogether  because  of  challenges  with  specific  classes.    In  this  work,  we  looked  for  systemic  reasons  within  our  engineering  technology  programs  that  significantly  affect  students’  persistence  in  the  major.    The  results  from  a  review  of  transcripts  for  a  7  year  period  for  all  engineering  technology  students  at  our  school,  showed,  not  surprisingly,  mathematics  and  English  to  be  the  biggest  academic  factors  in  student  persistence  in  major.    Given  the  overwhelming  influence  of  mathematics,  we  created  a  program  to  help  mitigate  this  issue.    Our  efforts,  funded  by  NSF,  focused  on  the  non-­‐academic  areas  of  personal  responsibility,  mentoring,  and  the

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Ashraf Ghaly

Interactive exploration in Second Life environment to envision the invisible Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E. Professor of Engineering, Union College Schenectady, NY 12308 ghalya@union.eduAbstractSecond Life (SL) is an Internet-based virtual world where three-dimensional modeling can beused to illustrate complex designs. It is an environment where the user can walk through and flyover designed features for best viewing experience. Union College offers a miniterm in Egyptdesigned to provide the students with the opportunity to experience engineering and

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Sean K. Turner

The Case for Sustainable Engineering in Undergraduate Engineering Education Sean K. Turner, Rowan University, New JerseyAbstractPrivate sector and government programs represent investments of billions of dollars in therenewable energy field, which is experiencing unprecedented demand. There are many reasonsfor this demand including that it is a constant growing field due to the need for alternativegeneration means to address peak loads and to meet carbon reduction goals, among others.Renewable energy technologies are important on a global basis due to pressures on conventionalfossil-fuel energy resources used to power the majority of today’s societal needs. This

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Scott Bronikowski; Christopher Lowrance; Kenneth Viall

bothcourse models, and this paper outlines the benefits realized by switching to a course structuredaround study problems and quizzes in lieu of assigned homework problems.IntroductionTraditionally, most engineering professors assign graded homework as a method of ensuringtheir students are practicing problems to gain an understanding of the course material.Homework also provides professors with a form of feedback assessment and a means of studentperformance evaluation. However, is homework absolutely necessary in engineering classes forour students to achieve these three objectives: comprehension, feedback, and student evaluation?Based on our observations and statistical data, we concluded that homework assignments can bereplaced with recommended

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Nicholas Monsu; Kevin Timko; William Caracciolo

Learning from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Preparing for the Future Nicholas Monsu, Kevin Timko, William Caracciolo Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractThis paper presents an in-depth overview of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disasterthat occurred in April 2010 off the coast of Louisiana. It contains a substantial review ofthe safety protocols that were and were not followed and how safety protocol problemscould be avoided in the future. The objective of this project was to learn from thisdisaster and to develop problem sets and demonstrations that emphasize sustainableengineering and could be used in a wide array of classes or labs

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Laurent Simon

learned at the undergraduate level areadequate to describe and regulate the processes. Familiarity with the topics is a pre-requisitebecause the issues that arise in biotechnology, for example, may be different from those relatedto a chemical reactor system. Experiences gathered so far have shown that, at least for thestudents, an understanding of the specific biological application is necessary to fully appreciatethe solution strategies. In this project, a series of problems, which include Laplace transforms,dynamic response and controller tuning, are written to facilitate the dissemination of biologicalknowledge and promote the learning of process control.Reference 1. Mitchell, Taran F.; Fernandez, Erik J.; Chalmers, Jeffrey; Good, Theresa

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Andras Gordon; Kathryn W. Jablokow; Sven G. Bilen

Bringing the Systems Approach to Introductory Engineering DesignAndras Gordon, M. Sc., School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University Kathryn W. Jablokow, Ph. D., School of Graduate Professional Studies The Pennsylvania State University – Great Valley Sven G. Bilén, Ph.D., School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State UniversityI. IntroductionSuccessfully addressing the challenges of the 21st century requires a shift in the way that weeducate engineering students. They need to employ the Systems Approach, which

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Pooyan Asadollahi; Ahmet Zeytinci

Sustainable development of infrastructures using underground spaces: role of academia By: Pooyan Asadollahi and Ahmet Zeytinci Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, the University of the District of ColumbiaAbstractThis paper presents how placing infrastructures under the ground can improve living conditionsand minimize environmental impacts. Status of tunneling education in the USA has beeninvestigated and compared with the industrial needs. Adjustments to the current CivilEngineering programs have been proposed. Furthermore, a curriculum has been suggested for aMS program in Tunnel Engineering. Finally, the paper briefly presents some examples thatacademic research

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Devinder Mahajan

non-food crop in which all the available carbon can be utilized to liquid fuels is theway forward to develop sustainable energy technologies. The “Thermochemical” pathway toprocess abundant cellulosic biomass affords an opportunity to develop atom economicalprocesses. Pyrolysis is one option being pursued. This two-step approach requires furtherupgrading to transportation fuels. Another option is thermal depolymerization that produces one-carbon product that can be reengineered to a variety of transportation biofuels such as ethanol,butanol, gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Approaches to achieve the next-generation synthesis ofthese desirable biofuels will be discussed.

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Ajay R. Shah

Role of Department of Environmental Conservation in Sustainable New YorkAjay R. Shah, P.E.Regional EngineerThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) plays a leadership rolein promoting statewide sustainability. Its mission, first written in 1972, is "to conserve, improve,and protect New York's natural resources and environment, and to prevent, abate and controlwater, air, and land pollution, in order to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the people ofthe state and their overall economic and social well being." DEC's powerful mission and thebroad scope of its activities have an important role to play in helping New Yorkers achieve asustainable world.This talk will focus on the DEC’s efforts in promoting