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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Michael Mefenza; Franck Yonga; Christophe Bobda

RazorCam: Embedded Platform for Image Processing FPGA-based High Performance Smart Camera Michael Mefenza, Franck Yonga, and Christophe Bobda {mmefenza, yfrancku, cbobda}@uark.edu RazorCam ProjectThe RazorCam project is the development of a cooperative smart camera system to develop a flexible and extensiblehardware/software environment to prototype and verify video applications. The fisrt step of this project was to developa hardware platform

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Steven Colgrove; Adam Svoboda

Collaboration Software Steven Colgrove, Adam Svoboda: K-State SalinaThe Problem Currently there are several different collaboration tools available online. These tools canbe useful when working on group projects, but each come with its own unique set of strengthsand weaknesses. Generally, tools such as TeamViewer and Remote Desktop do a good job ofsharing a screen, but force the users to share a single mouse cursor, which can be frustrating.Additionally, they require the user to share an entire computer desktop instead of a singlewindow, which could be a major security issue.The Goal The goal of this project was to create a piece of software that would allows users to

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Dustin Ewing; Aaron King; J.W. Clark; Steven Pihl; Raju Dandu

BULK VELOCITY METERING APPARATUS Dustin Ewing, Aaron King, J.W. Clark, Steven Pihl, and Dr. Raju Dandu Kansas State University SalinaAbstract This project details an engineering design presentation addressed by MechanicalEngineering Technology Students at Kansas State University Salina, for a local company. K-Tron, a leader in pneumatic conveying and feeing systems, presented the need for a moreeffective and consistent method to effectively test the saltation velocity of materials theircustomers desire to convey, before beginning the design process. Saltation velocity is defined asthe actual gas velocity in a horizontal pipeline at which particles in a homogeneous mixture

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Wade Winfrey; Kale Morris; Coady Morris; Raju Dandu

Conference Camera PPM Gimbal Wade Winfrey, Kale Morris, Coady Morris, and Dr. Raju Dandu Kansas State University SalinaAbstractThe K-State Salina Unmanned Aerial Systems Department has a camera which needs to bemounted to a variety of UAVs for onboard video capturing. The Toshiba IK-WB21A is aconference camera which includes a gimbal with stepper motors that are not designed for thespeeds required to perform in-flight video. The Unmanned Aerial Systems Department wants acamera mounting system with smooth pan and tilt actions that provides the operator withimproved situational awareness. To do so, new servos are needed to create a smooth continuousmotion for 360 degree

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Tom C. Roberts; Shagun Sharma

STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS Tom C. Roberts, P.E., Shagun Sharma Kansas State UniversityIntroductionFrom Fall 1995 to Spring 2013, more than 2,650 students completed a one hour Personal & ProfessionalDevelopment course in the College of Engineering at Kansas State University. The course originatedfrom a late 1980’s series of Saturday morning professional development workshops designed for key stu-dent leaders. The workshops were combined into an elective one hour course (DEN 275) named“STARS” in the early 1990’s. Enrollments were low (10 to 15 students per semester) and decreasedwhen the university changed from semester to hourly

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Fred Guzek; Kathy Brockway; Troy Brockway; Sue Guzek

Broadening STEM Students’ Perspectives, and Recruiting with Blended Learning and Study Abroad Fred Guzek, Kathy Brockway, Troy Brockway, Sue Guzek College of Technology and Aviation Kansas State University SalinaAbstract:In order to encourage students to consider STEM careers, and to broaden the perspectives ofstudents in STEM curricula, a multidisciplinary team of four faculty members created a six creditcourse in International Project Management for a class of students with a variety of academicinterests. Graduate students seeking Professional Master of Technology degrees were integratedwith undergraduate students majoring in Aeronautical

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Asad Esmaeily

STATICS Online Asad Esmaeily, PhD, PE Exploring the Efficiency of Teaching “STATICS” OnlineDevelopment of an online course in “Engineering Statics” is reported in this paper. In an attempt toexplore the possibility of offering “Statics” as an on-line course it was offered as a hybrid course duringthe Fall 2012 semester at Kansas State university. The course was a combination of traditional classlectures and online lectures.Quizzes on the material taught during traditional class lectures and the online recorded lectures showedno major difference in students’ performance. Students preferred online lectures due to their flexibility.Success of the

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Darrell Schielke; Joshua Jensen; Byron Ronnebaum; Raju Dandu

K-TRON Shear Eliminator Darrell Schielke, Joshua Jensen, Byron Ronnebaum, and Dr. Raju Dandu Kansas State University SalinaAbstractAirlock systems are used to move material between areas with different pressure and minimizethe change in pressure when material is moved. Airlock’s have a tendency to cause shear in thematerials they move. K-Tron Salina has designed an airlock system and shear protector toaddress the problems of the airlock. K-Tron’s system is not totally effective. Using ourknowledge of the design process and skills learned from K-State Salina, we attempted to create asystem capable of eliminating shear from the airlock system and reduce the burden on

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Scott Bell; Tim Frey; Angie Miller; Eugene Vasserman

 Developed quality lesson plans for programming activities Used art/music context for learning programming2  Took over most of the teaching by week 4 Utilized pair programming3, 4  Received field service credit Thumb drives with Scratch allowed work at home  Majority of teaching by week 4 Pairs developed a final project of their own design  Post-camp interest in using Scratch in future jobs  Less afraid of programming concepts

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Abu S. Asaduzzaman; Ramazan Asmatulu; Ravi Pendse

Thinking in Parallel: Multicore Parallel Programming for STEM Education 1,* A. Asaduzzaman, 2 R. Asmatulu, and 1 R. Pendse 1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and 2Department ofMechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, KS 67260 *E-mail: Abu.Asaduzzaman@wichita.edu; Tel: +1-316-978-5261AbstractAcademic research and engineering challenges both have increasing demands for highperformance computing (HPC), which can be achieved through multicore parallel programming.The existing curricula of most universities do not properly address the major transition fromsingle-core to multicore systems and sequential to parallel

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Thomas Mertz

Teaching and Assessing Quality and Continuous Improvement Thomas Mertz Engineering Technology Department Computer Systems Technology Kansas State University – SalinaAbstractThis paper describes an attempt to teach and assess students’ commitment to quality, timelinessand continuous improvement in a computer software course. The paper discusses continuousimprovement and describes the course, the projects assigned to the students and the gradingmodel used to assess them. A summary is given of the students’ performance and theirperspective of the experience.IntroductionCriteria 3i of the 2012-2013

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David C. Paulus; Daniel M. Settlage

Online Engineering Education Using Blackboard Collaborate David C. Paulus, PhD, PE and Daniel M. Settlage, PhD University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, Fort Smith, ARAbstractOn average, students in online learning conditions perform modestly better than those receivingface-to-face instruction. Blackboard Collaborate was used for live online lectures for mechanicalengineering students that enrolled in a face-to-face machine analysis course. At the end of theclass, the students were given a survey to assess their attitudes and opinions about usingCollaborate. All the students found it easy to use and access; however, the top students generallyreport a greater level of satisfaction with using

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Julia L. Morse

complained that additional lab discussion on the machine, tooling,material, and inspection issues that affect part quality were irrelevant and thus a waste of time.After recognizing that the existing lab deliverables overly-emphasized part production tasks of amachinist or operator, lab assignments were modified to be framed as engineering team scenarioswhich required the production of a part, but for the purpose of testing, development ofengineering recommendations, and other reporting. Additional modifications to the courseincluded two new lab part designs that were real and useful take-home items, the reduction ofinitial course time spent on measurement instruments, and shifting of some lab demonstrationcontent to pre-existing video

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Muhammet Ceylan; Aybala Usta; Fatma Barut; Ramazan Asmatulu

Effects of Hands-on Nanotechnology Training on the Retention and Success Rates of Freshmen Students at WSU M. Ceylan, A. Usta, E. Barut, and *R. Asmatulu Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0133 *Email: ramazan.asmatulu@wichita.edu; Tel: (316) 978-6368AbstractRetention and success rates of freshmen students are of great interest in many universities, andmuch attention has been given to increasing these rates in the U.S. for more than two decades.Freshmen student retention and success rates at Wichita State University (WSU) are currentlyaround 70%, which is considerably lower than the