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Stephen A. Dyer

fit to a set of data.) b. Connect pairs of adjacent points with straight-line segments (i.e., perform piecewise- linear interpolation). c. Connect the data points via some more-involved interpolation scheme such a polyno- mial interpolation or cubic-spline interpolation. In order of decreasing preference, my choice is (a), then (b), then (c), if the data points correspond to measurements that (inevitably) include an error component. • Sign and date each graph placed in a lab notebook.There should be no hesitation in sharing some of the finer, but extremely important, points increating a graph, e.g., employing the proper use of “data ink.” Edward Tufte’s book The VisualDisplay of Quantitative

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Kellie Schneider; Heath A. Schluterman; Candace Rainwater

to Engineering course theme: a) improved my engineering problem-solving skills b) improved my ability to communicate solutions to engineering problems c) provided me with a meaningful experience working on a diverse team d) helped me appreciate the multi-disciplinary nature of engineering e) helped me appreciate the role of engineering in modern society f) assisted me in selecting my engineering major Statement 5 4 3 2 1 N/A Average a 72 219 73 42 17 1 3.68 b 69 229 78 32 14 1 3.73 c 111 211 62 29 12 0 3.89 d 84 217

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Franck Yonga; Martin Malchow; Michael Mefenza; Christophe Bobda

detection and following scenario. (a) (b) (c) (d) Figure2. The RazorCar system implementing a lane detection scenario. a – The track. b – The camera output. c – The Display connected to the FPGA. d – The car in the lane.Conclusion and Broader ImpactsIn this paper, we presented the RazorCar, a prototyping platform for FPGA-based autonomousdriving systems. Besides helping to validate the self-driving concept, this system could also serveas an excellent educational tool in university programs. The system is designed to allow theimplementation of complex driving scenarios at a high abstraction level by designers with nohardware experience. The goal is to raise the

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Charles McIntyre

interests and goals? 16. How well can you extract and transcribe (write down) important points presented by guest speakers?Fifty-three (53) students provided a response the supplemental questions. There were seven (7)blank responses (omit). Results of the supplemental questions are given in Table 3. Table 3. SROI Summary Report (Questions 7-16) Questions beyond #6 are optional, vary by department, and use the following key: A=5 B=4 C=3 D=2 E=1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please rate: A B C D E OMIT AREA

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Russell Feldhausen; Scott Bell; Daniel A. Andresen

” c l u s t e r “Beocat” eoc a t r o f “ B Tou Introducing HPC and Multi-Threaded Computing to Middle School Girls Using Scratch Russell Feldhausen, Scott Bell, and Daniel A. Andresen Kansas State UniversityIntroductionWe present details and outcomes from an outreach activity designed to spark interest in middle andhigh-school aged girls to consider a future in science. This

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Amaka Waturuocha; Laura Ford; Christi Patton Luks

defined the relevance of my project. The project and advisor were a package deal, as usual. I selected committee members who would give me a balanced dissertation committee. While most of my advisors are from my department, they have varying research interests, hence different contributions to make to my research. I have also included a recently retired industry professional in my committee. b. Write research proposals: At the start of my doctorate degree, I conducted a thorough literature search on my topic of interest, then identified a need and subsequently wrote a research proposal and presented the paper at the annual board meeting (ABM) of the JIP members. After the meeting the members voted 97% to fund

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Cindi Mason; Janet Twomey; Lawrence Whitman

7 = Math 243H: Calculus 2 Honors 8 = Math 344: Calculus 3 6 0 = No Math Freshman math grade 1=F 2=D 3=C 4=B 5=A 1 Age No conversion3.2 Data Preparation and PNN Model To

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Richard Zajac

theinstantaneous reading from its light sensor is greater or lesser than some predefined centralvalue. In this way, the robot strives to maintain a proper balance between light and dark (andthereby remaining poised over the line’s edge) while attempting to make good progress along itspath.Proceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3 Figure 2. Two-State Line Follower Algorithm as implemented in the NXT Graphical Programming Interface. Here, Motor C is the left motor, and Motor B is the right motor.In much the same way, STEM mentors must continually hover at the boundary between twostates

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Daniel R. Miskin; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

Force Produced by Impingement of a Fluid Jet on a Deflector Daniel R. Miskin, W. Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasAbstractAn understanding of fluid jets and the forces they can produce are important to engineers in thedesign of turbines and in fluids flowing through pipelines at elevated pressure. The purpose ofthis paper is to describe the experimental equipment and its use for measuring the flow rate atwhich an impinging fluid jet will lift a weighted deflector. The experimental results showed thatthe calculated jet force (𝐹𝑗 = 𝜌𝑄𝑣) ranged from 2.4-3.7 N (0.54-0.83 lbf) for flow rates

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Thomas O. Spicer; Edgar C. Clausen

%) to anonymously critique a“Pop Quizzes” as Pass/Fail No (6%) single one so that each week(didn’t turn one in)? Why? I’m not tempted to turn in a sorry excuse for a summary. b) To be honest they may need to be graded. “Senioritis” has set in for many students. Symptoms are

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Stephen A. Dyer; Frederick Burrack; Craig Weston; Kenneth Medema; Linda Head; Philip Mease

invariance, time-domainand frequency-domain representation of signals, sinusoids as eigenfunctions in linear settings,magnitude and phase spectra, corresponding characteristics of a signal when viewed in the timeand frequency domains (e.g., a signal that is continuous in its independent variable in onedomain is periodic in the other domain), the all-important sinc function, sampling, aliasing,quantization, and Fourier analysis by pictures. Upon completion of the course, the student will have the knowledge and skills to: a. describe the historical relationship of the electronic manipulation of sounds in the creation of music, and the relevance of that relationship for contemporary creativity. b. demonstrate an understanding of

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Kirk D. Kimery; Robert C. Murphree; Osman A. Martinez; Kevin R. Lewelling

Motor Drive Design for a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Kirk D. Kimery, Robert C. Murphree, Osman A. Martinez, and Kevin R. Lewelling University of Arkansas - Fort Smith 5210 Grand Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72913-3649Abstract This poster describes a novel BEV motor drive which accommodates fluctuations foundin normal driving conditions. A BEV is in testing phase at the University of Arkansas – FortSmith (UAFS) using a Baldor H21 drive and a 5-speed transmission. This H2 drive is designedfor conveyor belts and air handling applications. The H2 drive disables when speed/torquedemands abruptly change due to acceleration, hill climbing, and shifting gears. These abruptincreases in

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Lin Wang; Si Ma; Haifeng Yan

Developing a Practicum Plan for Undergraduate Students in Railway Design and Operation Major of Transportation Engineering Lin Wang, Si Ma and Haifeng YanSchool of Transportation & Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. ChinaAbstractBecause of the increasing complexity and advancements in the area of railwayindustry, there is a growing demand for graduates to be specialists with systematicviews, specialized skills and innovative abilities. This paper presents an overview ofthe present typical arrangements of practicum curricula in railway design andoperation major in transportation engineering education for the rapid development ofrailway industry in China

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Asad Esmaeily

address this need, a “project” component was designed and implemented as a part of the “Design ofReinforced Concrete Structures” (CE 544) course.ProjectThe project included the design, construction and testing of a reinforced concrete beam. The projectwas introduced to students by providing the drawing of a reinforced concrete beam, on which thedimensions, and initial reinforcement for flexure and shear was provided. (2 )-# 3 B a rs T o p -G ra d e 6 0 1 " C le a r C o ve r d = 1 6 .2 5 " d '= 1 .5 6 2 5

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Jessica Barnett; Erin Ogle; Kevin Garman; Kayla Wehkamp; Chris Shultz; Breanna Stout; Eric Spurgeon; Chloe Boudreaux; Philip Barnes; Phil Mahoney; Alison Cioffi

J. Barnett1 • E. Ogle1 • K. Garman1 • K. Wehkamp1 • C. Shultz2 • B. Stout1 • E. Spurgeon3 • C. Boudreaux1 • G. Brady1 • P. Mahoney1 • A. Cioffi1 1Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering • 2Department of Civil Engineering • 3Department of Mechanical Engineering • Kansas State University Introduction Task 1: Motion Machine 16 lb bowling ball with pins 10 ft. awayFountain Wars is an interactive competition where

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E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner; Scott Jordan

final labpracticum had been observed in previous studies[9]. The relationship between the final labpracticum grades and the Circuits I grades for the current study are shown in Figure 8. The labpracticum grades for students who earned an A or B in Circuits I (n=32) was statisticallydifferent from those who received a C or D (n=27) (Wilcoxon rank sum test, W=292, p<0.05).The Circuits I grade effect may have influenced the results for the Control/Partners and EEBoardgroups final lab practicum grade distributions, in Figure 4, had there been a mismatch in theirCircuits I grades. Since a matching existed between the Control/Partners and EEBoard groupsCircuits I grade distributions (Figure 3), this potential differential bias was minimized in

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Md. Mamunur Rashid; Mahbub Ahmed; Khalil Dajani; Jobaidur Rahman Khan; Haider Bhuiyan

theabstract. (a) (b) Figure 1. Correlation between the SET and SSE indices, (a) Civil Engineering and Construction Management, and Civil Engineering Technology - Georgia Southern University taught by Instructor No. 1, (b). Engineering – University of southern Indiana taught by Instructor No. 1. (a) (b)Figure 2. Correlation between the SET and SSE indices, Mechanical Engineering and MechanicalEngineering Technology - Georgia Southern University taught by (a). Instructor No. 2 and (b).Instructor no. 4.Proceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Emilio C. Piesciorovsky; Noel N. Schulz

Engineering Laboratories, Inc., “SEL-451-53.2 Smart Grid Laboratory Equipment Zone 1 is a Mho distance protection set at 80% of the 7 Relay Protection, Automation, and Control SystemFigure 1 shows the network (A), protection (B, E and

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Charles E. Baukal; Lynna J. Ausburn; John E. Matsson; Geoffrey L. Price

quantitative descriptive design based on survey methodology, which usesinstruments such as questionnaires to collect information from one or more groups of subjects.28In the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters, a total of 195 engineering students from twoMidwestern private universities were sampled to determine their learning strategy preferencesusing the ATLAS instrument. The surveys were completely voluntary and anonymous. Thesample from University A was representative of the entire population as the data were collectedduring an engineering seminar course required of all engineering students. The sample fromUniversity B was not representative of the population where cluster sampling was done during amonthly meeting of chemical engineering students

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John L. Krohn

follow, and regurgitate, in the report. Reports wereexpected to be, more or less, formal laboratory write-ups with a summary, introduction,procedures & set-up, results, and conclusions sections.This arrangement was continued for many years until shortly after the conversion to outcomesbased ABET assessment and the establishment of the student outcomes. As many others likelydid, the department struggled with defining performance criteria and assessment methods formany of the “soft skills” outcomes, but, among the more technically based outcomes, outcome b)always caused the most consternation. Initially, the department chose to put more emphasis onthe second part of the outcome “to analyze and interpret data” and only superficially

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Andrew Braham; Ashlea Milburn Bennett; Jeton McClinton

Using LinkedIn in the Classroom Andrew Braham1, Ashlea Milburn Bennett1, Jeton McClinton2 1 University of Arkansas, 2Jackson State UniversityAbstractIncoming students are increasingly comfortable using social media to communicate. Themajority of pre-university students report daily usage of social media websites. Therefore,faculty at universities should consider the use of social media in the classroom as the primarymode of out of class communication between faculty and students. LinkedIn is a professionalnetworking website that can fill this need. This research examined the use of LinkedIn for anupper level Civil Engineering technical elective at the

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Yanwu Ding

] Stanley, W. D., Kauffmann, P. L., and Crossman, G. R., “A MATLAB-Based Upper- Division Systems Analysis Course for Engineering Technology,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Washington, DC, 2003.[7] Van Rensburg, B. W. J. “Structural Engineering Education: Effective Teaching and Learning,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education International Colloquium, Washington, DC, 2003.Bibliographical InformationYanwu Ding received the B.Eng degree (with honors) from Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu, China, and the M.Sc. (with Best Thesis Research Award) and Ph.D. degrees fromMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON. Canada. She is

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Robert M. O'Connell

emphasizes TBL as a teaching and learning strategy, it includes acomparison of TBL to other group-based learning methods, such as problem-based and project-based learning [11, 12], as well as descriptions and discussions of lecture-based student-centeredlearning strategies [1, 13]. Thus, the course consists of five learning units, which are describedbriefly below.Unit 1: Introduction and limitations of lecture-based learningThe introductory portion of the unit states and discusses the four course aims and seven learningoutcomes. The aims of the course are to provide trainees with: a) an awareness of andappreciation for student-centered active learning; b) knowledge of some lecture-based activelearning activities; c) knowledge of the different group

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Madhulika Srikanth; Abu S. Asaduzzaman; Ramazan Asmatulu

concealed andglancing at the neighbor’s paper is easy.Proceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education a) b) c) Figure 1: Various cheating ways in the colleges: a) the shirt cuff method, b) the long sleeve method, and c) the calculator cheat sheet method.1.2 Smart Phone Applications Used by Students in Engineering FieldThere are several applications for solving various problems for engineers related to electrical,electronics, hydraulics, and calculus which are commonly used by engineers and engineeringstudents. With an access to the smart phone during the exams, the students can

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Michael C. Reynolds

into one Class,” Proceedings American Society for Engineering Education 2011 AnnualConference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-29, 2011.4 Klingbeil, N., Newberry, B., Donaldson, A. and Ozdogan, J., (2010) "The Wright State Model forEngineering Mathematics Education: Highlights from a CCLI Phase 3 Initiative," Proceedings of the 2010 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY, June 2010.5 Schneider, K., Schluterman, H., Cassady, R., “A First-Year Experience Course Sequence for EngineeringStudents at the University of Arkansas,” Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the AmericanSociety of Engineering Education, Lincoln, NE, Sept. 16-18, 2009.Proceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the

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Garth V. Crosby

. Belter, J. Fitzmaurice, M. Kelly, S.C. Koh, and H. Ogunleyeh, "Remote Wiring and Measurement Lab," in the Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, vol. 2, October 2001, pp. TC4-T16.[3] W. Durfee, P. Li, and D. Waletzko, "Take-Home Lab Kits for System Dynamics and Control Courses," in the Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, MA, vol. 2, 2004, pp. 1319-1322.[4] Available online: http://icampus.mit.edu/projects/project/?pname=iLabs; last accessed July 2013[5] B. W. Weiss, G. Gridling, and M. Proske, "A Case Study in Efficient Microcontroller Education," in ACM SIGBED Review-Special Issue: The first workshop on embedded system education (WESE), vol.2, no. 4

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Muhammet Ceylan; Aybala Usta; Fatma Barut; Nur Ergul; Ramazan Asmatulu

., “Mechanically Durable and Permanent Anti-fog Films via Layer-by-layer Approach,” Langmuir 27(2), 2011, pp. 782–791. 4. Asmatulu, R., Haynes, H., Shinde, M., Lin, Y.H., Chen, Y.Y., and Ho, J.C., “Magnetic Characterizations of Sol-gel Produced Mn-doped ZnO,” Journal of Nanomaterials, Article ID 715282, 2010, 3 pages. 5. http://nano.gov/), accessed in March 25, 2013.Proceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 6. Asmatulu, R., Zhang, B., and Nuraje, N. “A Ferrofluid Guided System for the Rapid Separation of the Non-magnetic Particles in a Microfluidic Device,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10(5), October 2010, pp. 6383–6387. 7. Asmatulu, R

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William Pepper; Caleb Crawshaw; Chester Ewing; Eddie Rego; Raju Dandu

Heater Scraper Tool William Pepper, Caleb Crawshaw, Chester Ewing, Eddie Rego, and Dr. Raju Dandu Kansas State University SalinaAbstract What Bergkamp Inc. offered to us was a project that incorporated many different facetsof the design and manufacturing processes. The requirement was to design a heated scraper toolfor cleaning dried asphalt from road paving equipment that included a 3-inch wide blade thatcould be heated to a minimum of 400°F and a long handle with the proper safety equipment. Ourfinal design included all these features by using propane to heat the blade to a temperatureaveraging at 512°F. Additionally, this design is easily manufactured, with

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Joseph Strathman; David C. Macke; Steve E. Watkins

Creating a Conference Poster Composite Wing Development Joseph Strathman,AuthorsC. Macke Jr., Dr. Steve Watkins David or Reserachers Electrical Engineering Department Department or Organization The Project The Plane and Wing 3 Main Wing Components Develop an

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Lee Gatton; Saeed Khan

University and Small Business Collaboration for Undergraduate Research Projects in Healthcare Robotics Lee Gatton# and Saeed Khan* # Gatton Research and Development * Engineering Technology Department, K-State SalinaAbstractThis paper will discuss the on-going research collaboration between a university’s engineeringtechnology department and an engineering research firm. The purpose and the reasons for thisjoint research project will be detailed from both the university’s viewpoint and the small businessviewpoint.This research project involves applying Social Assistive Robotic technology