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David W. Dinehart; Timothy Harrington; Matthew Bandelt; Adam Beckmann

provided by an oscillating fan. Students working on the crossand the final designs are shown in Fig. 1. Each design was reviewed, similarities and differenceswere highlighted, and the designs were critiqued by the club membership. Teamwork skills werediscussed. a. A group planning their design. b. Final designs Figure 1. Freestanding newspaper cross project.Meeting 2 – Material Properties and StabilityAt the second club meeting, different types of material were discussed and samples passedaround to all groups. The concepts of ductile and brittle behavior were introduced. Each studentwas given a bag with a gummie worm, Tootsie Roll, pretzel rod and Airhead to perform pulltests on. A group

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Ani Ural; Joseph Yost

Δε Unloading A Unloading P Permanent ε (in./in.) unloaded loaded P ε = δ/L (in./in.) deformation (a) (b) (c) (d)Figure 1: (a) Axial load experiment. (b) Internal material and normal stress. (c) Stress

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William J. Kelly

,but would be contingent upon the student reapplying to Villanova directly for one of thoseprograms. Part of the student’s admission evaluation would be based on their performance inthese two classes, especially if the student had a science background (BS) as compared to anengineering background (BS). The Piloting of the partnership occurred in the 2008/09 academicyear, where five students successfully completed the upstream processing course (CHE8588)and four of those students completed with B+ or higher grade both CHE8588 and CHE8589.These four students had some undergraduate engineering experience, whereas the fifth studentdid not.The CHE8588 course is currently running in the Fall of 2010 semester with 18 in-classstudents, 6 US De students

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Amy Fleischer; Aaron Wemhoff; James O'Brien; Ani Ural; LeRoy Alaways

. Michael. “Engineering by the Numbers.” American Society for Engineering Education, 2010. 2. Committee on Public Understanding of Engineering Messages. “Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering.” “National Academy of Engineering Press, 2008. 3. Bottomley, Laura, Lavelle, Jerome, Martin-Vega, Louis. “Broadening the Appeal by Changing the Context of Engineering Education.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2010 Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, June 10-23, 2010. 4. Pizziconi, V., Haag, S., Ganesh, T., Cozorrt, L., Krause, S., Tasooji, A., Ramakrishna, B., Meldrum, D., Lunt, B., Valdez, A., Yarbrough, V. “Engaging Middle School Students

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Bill Lorenz; Pritpal Singh

Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, Villanova University, October 15-16, 2010 A Novel Set of Core Courses for a new MS Sustainable Engineering Degree Program Bill Lorenz and Pritpal Singh College of Engineering Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania 19063 USA William.lorenz@villanova.edu, Pritpal.singh@villanova.eduAbstractA new MS Sustainable Engineering degree program has recently been launched by VillanovaUniversity’s Engineering College. The program is open to all engineering and science undergraduatemajors

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Donald D. Joye

A LIFELONG LEARNING EXERCISE (ABET REQUIRED) IN AN UNDERGRADUATE FLUIDS COURSE by Donald D. Joye Professor, Chemical Engineering Villanova UniversityAbstract Students were asked to investigate pump designs that would accommodate the pumpingof maraschino cherries from a tank into the container in which they would be sold. This is acomplex mixture of low viscosity liquid and large, soft solids whose integrity must bemaintained. The only pumps students knew about at the time were centrifugal and positivedisplacement (piston/gear) pumps typically used in the

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Mir M. Atiqullah; Norman Russell

Design, Building and Teaching with a Hydrostatic and Buoyancy Apparatus Mir M. Atiqullah and Norman Russell Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA.ABSTRACT A typical Fluid Mechanics laboratory includes various laboratory equipment andinstruments to cover standard topics. However laboratories may not include a hydrostaticdevice, assuming it is so straight forward that it does not warrant a laboratory instrument or alaboratory exercise. As part of the senior design class a group of students wanted to design andbuild a Fluid Statics device that will clearly verify the static force and

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Amit Bandyopadhyay

A Study in Learning Styles of Construction Management Students Amit Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., PE, F.ASCE State University of New York -FSCAbstractStudents take in and process information in different ways. College faculty members‘teaching methods are not all the same. However, rarely there are any efforts by facultymembers to harmonize their teaching styles with their students’ learning styles. Whenthere is a major mismatch between the learning styles of majority students and teachingstyles of the instructors both get frustrated. Although it is not possible for the instructorsto match individual learning styles of every student in the class, as long as there is abalance in teaching method in

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Bahar Zoghi Moghadam

Introduction an innovative method to enhance a senior level course in water sustainability Bahar Zoghi Moghadam Zoghimb@farmingdale.eduAssistant professor of the Architecture and Construction Management Department of the Farmingdale State College, 2350 Broadhollow Road, Lupton Hall, Farmingdale, NY 11735AbstractAn innovative project of water sustainability related was assigned to the senior students of StateCollege of the Sate University of New York. The assignment was related to the present concernof water sustainability. According to a recent review by International Circle of Blue, GlobeScansurveys

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Carol Siri Johnson

The Advantages of Literacy in Engineering Education: a Case Study from Lukens Steel 1910-1940 Carol Siri Johnson Humanities Department New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102This paper presents the emergence of the “stenographer typist” at Lukens Steel in the 1930s as asocial force that set high standards for written communication. Additional education wasrequired to gain the literacy and mechanical expertise to be able to create reams of flawlesslytyped text. Gradually, these new workers took nearly complete responsibility for producingwritten documents in the workplace. Concurrently, men could make more than double

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Dennis Silage

Teaching Digital Communications in a Wireless World with MATLAB/Simulink: Who Needs Equations? Dennis Silage Electrical and Computer Engineering Temple UniversityAbstractDigital communication is traditionally taught by examining the temporal and spectral responseand the bit error rate performance of a system in the presence of additive noise as only a set ofanalytical equations. This approach seems to provide little insight or motivation for theundergraduate student. Undergraduate courses in digital signal and image processing extensivelyutilize simulation as an adjunct to understanding, but digital

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Erick Froede; David Saint John; Richard Devon

Understanding Open Source Design: A White Paper In the Beginning Was the Noösphere: Community and Collaboration in Open Source Evolution of Technology Richard Doyle Professor of English and STS Erick Froede Senior in Mechanical Engineering David Saint John Ph D Candidate in Material Science and Engineering Richard Devon Professor of Engineering Design The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis paper seeks to

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Dean C. Millar

Engineering Education in the Next Decade A Proven Professional Development Program to Supplement Required Engineering Technical Coursework. Goal: Enhanced Success of Students’ Careers and Engineering Schools’ Accreditation Dean C. Millar Assistant Dean, School of Engineering University at Buffalo, SUNY AbstractStatement of Need:For students- Engineering undergraduate students are well prepared with engineering theory andfundamentals when they graduate but generally lack broader professional success skills

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engineering design through project oriented capstone courses.” Journal of Engineering Education, 86, pp.17-28, 1997.[2] C. Dym. “Teaching design to freshmen: style and content.” Journal of Engineering Education, 83, pp.303- 10, 1994.[3] S. Campbell and C. L. Colbeck. “Teaching and assessing engineering design: a review of the research.” ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 1998.[4] P. H. Gregson and T. A. Little. “Design contests for teaching electrical engineering design.” International Journal of Engineering Education, 14, pp.367-74, 1998[5] B. M. Olds, B. M. Moskal, and R. L. Miller. “Assessment in Engineering Education: Evolution, Approaches and Future

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M. Nazrul Islam

Student Involvement in the Class M. azrul Islam Email: islamn@farmingdale.edu Security Systems, State University of New York at Farmingdale, 2350 Broad Hollow Road, Farmingdale, New YorkAbstract: The main objective of teaching is to get the students learn the topic and train them for real life.Different Professors employ different techniques and methods to teach a class. Most of their focus is tomake the lecture interesting, illustrative and elaborate. But it actually does not matter how much effort aProfessor puts to developing the lecture materials if the audience is not paying attention to the lecture.The

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Leslie Guadron; Alen M. Sajan; Olivia Plante; Stanley George; Yuying Gosser

they were able to engage in responsive research. From constructing agene model to writing a complete research report and making a PowerPoint presentation onprotein structure-function, they became familiar with genomics vocabulary, major databases, andbasic bioinformatics tools. We conclude that expanding genomics education to engineering andnon-bio major students is to meet a demand and a challenge of current science and engineeringeducation.Bibliography1. Helmenstine, Anne Marie. "Chemistry Questions You Should Be Able to Answer." About.com:Chemistry. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. .2. Sartori, Marc B., and Carrie L. Pogany. "An Internet WebQuest on Genes." Genes: The Building Blocks of Life

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Philip Samuel P.E.; Kathryn Jablokow

design and development process by appropriate methods selection. Proceedings of the International Design Conference (DESIGN 2002), Dubrovnik, 1-8.[13] Lopez-Mesa, B. and G. Thompson, 2006. On the significance of cognitive style and the selection of appropriate design methods. Journal of Engineering Design, 17(4), 371-386.[14] Mann, D., 2002. Hands-On Systematic Innovation, Belgium: Creax Press.[15] Parkhurst, H.B., 1999. Confusion, lack of consensus, and the definition of creativity as a construct. Journal of Creative Behaviour, 33(1), 1-21.[16] Rantanen, K., and E. Domb, 2002. Simplified TRIZ: New problem-solving for engineers and manufacturing professionals. Boca Raton: St. Lucie Press.[17] Shah, J. J

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Frank T. Fisher; Hong Man

Virtual Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Nanotechnology Frank T. Fishera and Hong Manb a Department of Mechanical Engineering b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030Nanotechnology, the ability to leverage and exploit fundamental processes at the nanometerlength scale, suggests the potential for a technological revolution. To sustain and propagatetechnologies at the nanoscale, continued efforts toward understanding the fundamental principlesgoverning nano-science must be coupled with a focus on nano

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Qinghai Gao

appliedto achieve this goal. The main purpose of the paper is to ask college educators and policymakers to rethink the credibility and quality of modern college education which could beendangered by issuing college degrees to the students who never really took the requiredcourses.IntroductionAs the Internet usage becomes an indispensable part of our daily routine and everything goesonline, Distance Learning has been steadily gaining popularity. A significant portion of thestudents take online courses. To meet this needs and to attract remote students many colleges anduniversities now offer online courses as replacements or as supplements to the traditionalclassroom based face-to-face courses. However, one question remains for those who teach

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Eunice E. Yang; Beverly W. Withiam

students who’s GPAs were between 2.0 and 2.9 (on a 4.0 scale) felt that the lecture worksheets were helpful. Thirty-three percent of the students who’s GPAs were between 2.0 and 2.9 received course grades of B or better. For students whose GPAs were between 3.0 and 4.0, 89% of these students were either neutral or felt it was not helpful. Such results indicate the effectiveness of these teaching tools for those students who would have found Statics challenging. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University  IntroductionStatics is a challenging course and is part of the engineering curriculum for civil and mechanicalengineering programs. Statics applies the knowledge that students have

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Rosalind Wynne

performed to identifyindividual student learning styles and foster “buy-in”6 for the unconventional learning activitiesfrom the class. The students also participated in an exit survey to assess their opinion of thevarious exercises to determine learning effectiveness. In figure 1, the students evaluated ninelearning activity categories. The categories are as follows: A. In-class hands-on demonstrations such as the TV remote (IR light source) with a cell phone camera (IR detector) optical communication link demonstration B. In-class computer simulated activities that demonstrate key engineering concepts (e.g. pn junction, crystal lattice structures and transistors) C. In-class “Think-Pair-Share” activities to promote critical

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Kevin Dahm

also demonstrates that if assessment instruments are carefullydesigned, collection of data for program assessment need not be cumbersome: the sameraw data collected during the routine activity of grading student assignments can also beapplied to programmatic assessment. The strategy is summarized in a six-step methodthat is applicable to any engineering program, though the specific objectives to beassessed and courses in which to implement the strategy will be different for everyprogram.Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityTable 1: Grading rubrics for assessment of Junior/Senior Clinic projects.Project Element An “A” team (10) A “C” team (7) A “B” team (5)Project Goals

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Allison L. Felix; Joel Z. Bandstra; William H.J. Strosnider

modified to meet the treatment goals. Project treatment goalparameters and results from both the student and teacher projects’ are provided in the followingtable. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University Table 1. Treatment goals and outcomes for the bench-scale AMD remediation design exercise. [Fe] (mg/L) Turbidity (NTU) % Water Recovered Treatment Goals 1.0 100 90 Student Team A 8.0 785 88 Student Team B 11.0 218 88 Student Team C 12.0 555 31 Student Team

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Peggy Leonowich-Graham; Katie Blue; Steven Condly

a. Predictors: (Constant), Same sex class, Post-course SE, Encouragement b. Dependent Variable: After completing this course, are you more likely to major in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering?A significant ANOVA suggests that the predictors are making a significant contribution. Table 7. Coefficients Unstandardized Standardized Coefficients Coefficients Model B Std. Error Beta t Sig. 1 (Constant

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Keith M. Gardiner

. Hawken, P., Lovins, A., and Lovins, L. H., “Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution,” BackBay Books; 1st edition (October 2000) ISBN: 03163530008. Gardiner, K. M., “Discovery, Learning and Research in a Classroom Factory,” Proceedings, ASEE Mid-AtlanticSection Fall Conference, Temple University, 2007 (CD).9. Alava, J., and Gardiner, K. M., “The Development of the First Year Engineering Experience," Proceedings, Fall2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University (CD).10. Landis, R. B., “Studying Engineering – A Road Map to a Rewarding Career,” Discovery Press, Los Angeles,CA., Third Edition, ISBN 978-0-964-6969-2-1 Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova

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James C. Peyton Jones; Connor McArthur; Tyler Young

From Design to Implementation with Simulink and LEGO NXT James C. Peyton Jones, Connor McArthur, Tyler Young Center for Nonlinear Dynamics & Control Villanova University, PA 19085The use of mobile robotics in teaching has the potential to be revolutionized by a) advances inlow-cost, computationally powerful target hardware, and b) automatic code generation or ‘rapidprototyping’ tools which allow these devices to be programmed directly from high-level Matlab /Simulink-based designs. This paper describes progress on a National Science Foundation andMathWorks sponsored project aimed at bringing all these elements together for practical use andbenefit in the

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Jaime D. Alava; Keith M. Gardiner

The Development of the First Year Engineering Experience Jaime D. Alava (jda211@Lehigh.edu) Lehigh University, 39 University Drive Box B-102 Bethlehem, PA 18015 Keith M. Gardiner (kg03@Lehigh.edu) 200 West Packer Avenue Bethlehem, PA 18015AbstractThis paper describes how the mandatory engineering course, Engineering 5: Introduction toEngineering Practice, has changed since its initiation in 2003. The course accomplishes manygoals for freshman engineering students including, but not limited to an overview of theengineering disciplines

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Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

, few treat anything like FEED as acoherent stage-based set of activities, none teach design validation, and few even cover designreviews. Figure 2. The FEED-Solution (F-S) Model of the Design Process (Market Pull)B. Two Key Features of the FEED-Solution (F-S) ModelThe F-S model is very clear about the design process having an input (the trigger), a process, andan output (the design proposal). This is important when communicating the design to clients Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2020, Villanova Universityand partners, as well as to instructors. Before explaining how FEED is being implemented atPenn State, we will provide a few more details on two key features of the model, namely, thetrigger and the design

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Duy K. Dao; Shankar Krishnan

, Murray B, Marinello S. RR Interval Analysis for Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in ECG Monitors. 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, Vancouver, 2008. 5. Khan MG. Rapid ECG Interpretation. 3rd Ed. Totowa: Humana Press. 6. Sornmo L, Stridh M, Husser D, Bollmann A, Olsson SB. Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation: from electrocardiogram signal processing to clinical management. Philosophical Transcactions of The Royal Society, 2008. 7. Chang PC, Hsieh JC, Lin JJ, Yeh FM. Atrial Fibrillation Analysis Based on Blind Source Separation in 12- Lead ECG Data. ICMB, (2010):286-295. 8. Weissman N, Katz A, Zigel Y. A New Method ofor Atrial Electrical Activity Analysis from Surface ECG Signals Using

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Andrea L. Welker; Leslie McCarthy; John Komlos; Alfred Fry

Strategic Approach,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Available on line at http://www.asee.org/conferences/search/00510_2001.pdf.7. Hewlett, D. (2002) Focus Group Report: Information Literacy Program at Villanova University. Villanova: Office of Planning, Training and Institutional Research, Villanova University.8. Popescu, A. and Popescu, R. (2003) “Building Research Skills: Course-Integrated Training Methods,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 129, No. 1, pp. 40-43.9. Welker, A., Quintiliano, B., and Green, L. (2005) “Information Literacy: Skills for Life,” Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Conference, June 12-15