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E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner

Teams as a Predictor of Acquired Skills and Knowledge,” in Proceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2008.[7] B. A. Oakley, D. M. Hanna, Z. Kuzmyn, and R. M. Felder, “Best Practices Involving Teamwork in the Classroom: Results From a Survey of 6435 Engineering Student Respondents,” IEEE Trans Education, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 266–272, 2007.[8] E. C. Greco, J. D. Reasoner, D. Bullock, C. Castillo, P. Buford, and G. Richards, “Efficacy of Lab Reports for Electric Circuits Laboratory Assessment,” in Proceeding of the 2011 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, B.C., 2011.[9] D. A. Kolb, Experiential learning: Experience as the source

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Takao Ichiko

Systems Integration,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc.(ed B. Soucek) 1991. 2. T. Ichiko, M. Yamamoto, M. Hanano, “Tele-education Based on Images in Multimedia Computing Environment,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Communication Roman 94, Nagoya (pp240-245) 1994. 3. T. Ichiko, “Possibilities for Extending Handwritten Character Recognition on a Multimedia Computing Environment in Education,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Interaction with Complex Systems, North Carolina 1995. 4. T. Ichiko, “Conceptual Software in Hypermedia Environment - Cooperative

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W.S. Khan; M. Ceylan; E. Asmatulu; R. Asmatulu

reduces the environmental impact. Ultradur® High Speed is the BASF’sfirst engineering plastic to receive the "Eco-Efficiency Label" [12]. (a) (b)Figure 3: (a) Emissions of carbon dioxide for renewable intensive global scenario; (b) per capitaemissions of carbon dioxide for renewable intensive global energy scenario [11]. Figure 4: Ultradur® High Speed engineering plastics [12,17].BASF is using nanostructuring on ship hulls (Figure 5) to prevent the adherence of algae andmollusks in order to control the fouling process without the use of biocides. Ships with fouledhulls require 40% more fossil fuel to travel at the same speed as unfouled vessels [12-17].Proceedings of

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Robert M. O'Connell

possible answers: i) Excellent (A), Readingsare thoroughly outlined or summarized, and most assigned problems are worked to completion;ii) Good (B), Most readings are outlined or summarized, and many assigned problems areworked to completion; iii) Fair (C), A few readings are summarized, and some assignments arecompleted. Minimum passing effort; iv) Poor (D), Little, if any summary work, and very fewassignments completed. Below passing standard; v) Failure (F), Little or no evidence of readingor working assigned problems before class. Feedback from student course evaluation surveyssuggest that notebooks be collected approximately once every four weeks.Determining final grades: criterion-referenced gradingAssessment data for the technical content

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Alexey Yamilov

-based weekly assignment as means ofencouraging students to keep up with the material.Presentations served as a powerful tool to personally engage individual students. Roughly a halfof the presentation topics, c.f. Appendix B, were based on the students current/intended researchtopics. Presentation reviews served to both introduce students to the concept of peer-reviewprocess in scientific literature and to establish personal connection between the students in class.To accomplish the latter goal, students from different campuses were purposefully chosen toperform the reviews.Figure 1. Statistics of the hourly/daily access (number of visits) to web-based content (recordedlectures, posted homework assignments, etc.). Correlation between major

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Shannon L. Servoss; Edgar C. Clausen

internal standard with 0.5μl ethanol to determine that the internal standard is combining well with ethanol.Part B (week 2):1. Obtain the ethanol standard solutions of 10%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and 90% by volume. Mix 0.5 mL of each standard with 0.5 mL of internal standard.2. Process each mixture of ethanol standard and internal standard by following steps 1-9 from part A. Use the computer to determine the peak area for the ethanol and peak area for the internal standard on the chromatogram by integration. There should be a total of five chromatograms analyzed.3. Obtain the unknown ethanol sample and mix 0.5 mL of this sample with 0.5 mL of internal standard.4. Process this mixture by following steps 1.9 from part A. Use the computer to

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Darrin S. Muggli; Brian M. Tande

Distance Education allows Small Liberal Arts Colleges to Offer ABET-Accredited Degrees in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Darrin S. Mugglia and Brian M. Tandeb a Engineering Department, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS 66002, b Department Of Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-7101AbstractThe Benedictine College (BC) Engineering Model uses distance education as a means toestablish rapidly and economically engineering degree programs at four-year institutions that donot currently have the resources to offer an engineering degree or are

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Marcos Chu; Ruth-Miriam Garnett

become the professionals of tomorrow, where they are able to solvecomplex problems using the resources available to them at their schools and communities. Thispaper will explore the use of a robotics-based curriculum to teach students the engineeringprocess used by today’s professionals in the industry.Keywords: STEM Education, pre-engineering, engineering process Proceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering EducationFRAMEWORK In today’s engineering environment, problems that engineers are asked to solve are verycomplex. There are many feasible solutions to a given problem, and alternatives need to beevaluated in a timely fashion and with consideration of the given resources available

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J. Brighter; W. Childs; D. Mobbs; Z. Ross

Pump Cavitation Demonstration Device J. Brighter, W. Childs, D. Mobbs, and Z. Ross Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstract Cavitation is a physical phenomenon in which fluid, typically entering a pump, formsvapor bubbles due to the lowering of pressure, on the suction side, to below the saturationpressure for the fluid’s temperature. As these vapor bubbles proceed to higher pressure regionsof the pump, they collapse or implode which creates pressure waves in the fluid. These pressurewaves can cause noise, vibration and physical damage to the pump’s impeller surfaces andcauses the pump to operate less efficiently. Cavitation is typically discussed in fluid

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Andrew Matthews; Cagatay Mitil; Byron Okine; Derek Marzolf

Design and Testing of Wireless Power Transmission Andrew Matthews, Cagatay Mitil, Byron Okine, Derek Marzolf Dr. W. J. WilsonIn 1888 Nikola Tesla envisioned the Tesla Coil. This system allowed for the wirelesstransmission of energy. A small-scale prototype of the Tesla Coil has been created and can beused with low power-draw devices, such as an LED. The Tesla Coil utilizes resonance to achievegreater distance than our current near field devices. This study will analyze the importance ofresonance and the observed results of the wireless power transmission capabilities of theprototype device.Nikola Tesla patented his “System of Transmission of Electrical

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Ronny N. Galloway

on-site class will be discussed.AcronymsUSB Universal Serial BusLCD Liquid Crystal DisplaySWF An Adobe TM flash file format for multimedia network applicationsPNG Portable Network Graphics fileBackgroundThe author teaches in a Masters of Engineering Technology program in the College ofTechnology at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. The author participated in astudy group initiated by the Provost at Pittsburg State University during the 2012 Academicyear. The focus of the study group was course redesign, and all participants were challengedto read “Next Generation Course Redesign” [1]. Further all participants were encouraged topick a course for redesign according to one or more concepts in the reference. It was

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Hui Geng; Daryl G. Beetner; Yiyu Shi

Laboratory Experiments for Introductory and Advanced VLSI Courses Hui Geng, Daryl G. Beetner and Yiyu Shi Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractThis paper focuses on the experimental design of large scale integrated circuits (LSICs) bysenior and graduate level students at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Wehave designed a series of experiments to teach fundamentals of full-custom IC design, whichinclude front-end to back-end flow. These labs help IC beginners understand the entirefull-custom design process. Labs are executed in both an undergraduate and advancedgraduate course. The lab experience includes

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Rodney M. Clayton

Electron Beam Coupling Efficiency in EBF3 Rodney M. Clayton, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rolla, MOAbstractThis study examines the coupling efficiency of the electron beam to a metal substrate in theElectron Beam Freeform Fabrication (EBF3) system. EBF3 is a type of additive manufacturingfor metallic parts that uses an electron beam as an energy source. This type of additivemanufacturing is of significant interest to NASA because of its ability to manufacturecomponents for aircraft and spacecraft or repair parts while on long duration space missions. Tomake accurate models and computer

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David C. Macke; Adam Reab; Tyler Allen; Jeffery Keener; Steve E. Watkins

Solar-Powered Game Camera Support Systems David C. Macke Jr, Adam Reab, Tyler Allen, Jeffery Keener, and Dr. Steve E. Watkins Electrical and Computer Engineering Missouri S&T Game cameras provide an automated capability for monitoring wild animals, remoteproperty, etc. Ideally, the camera can operate in all outdoor weather conditions and can operatefor many seasons independent of user input. The current market for game cameras is based onsimple motion sensors that take photographs whenever triggered. This method leads to a largepercentage of images being completely unrelated to what the camera operator wants tophotograph. These cameras are powered by batteries that limit operational

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Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford; Weston Kightlinger

Solar Water Heaters for Showers and Sinks: An EWB-USA Project Christi Patton Luks, Laura P. Ford and Weston Kightlinger The University of TulsaAbstractThe University of Tulsa Engineers Without Borders USA chapter brought smiles to a smallcommunity in the Altiplano of Bolivia with their recently completed project: solar water heatersfor showers and sinks. The heaters warm the spring water from a bone-chilling 37°F to morethan 100°F in ambient air temperatures that do not exceed 62°F. The design and implementationwere completed by a team of university freshmen and sophomores. The heaters are constructedof PVC pipe that is painted black to promote heating and to prevent degradation. The

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Lisa Anneberg; Harold Josephs

Global Engineering Program Mission Statement Development Lisa Anneberg and Harold Josephs Lawrence Technological University, Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Southfield, MI 48075AbstractThis paper addresses the results of a poll of a small sample of visiting professors at a mid-sizetechnical university of science and technology located in China [SUES, Shanghai University ofEngineering Science]. A number of professors from a Midwestern engineering university haveteamed up with the technical university in China to provide a global aspect to engineeringeducation. Perceptions of the efficacy of the visiting professor

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Robert Fithen

Using Moodle for Algorithmic Grading of Homework Assignments Robert Fithen Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractThis paper will explore the use of Moodle to grade numerical based homework assignments.Particular interest will be paid to Moodle's ability to supply a different set of numericalparameters for every student in the course. In addition, Moodle's ability to adaptively gradethe homework makes it particularly attractive to faculty interested in reaching an onlineaudience. Implementations in a typical fluid mechanics course will be explored in detail.Moodle is a learning management system used for online or mixed technology type courses.It is freely available as a

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David C. Macke; Steve E. Watkins

Missouri S&T UAV Team David C. Macke Jr. and Steve E. Watkins Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUnmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies is a main focus for the IEEE AESS StudentChapter at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). The design teamis building a UAV for use in student competitions, such as the Outback Challenge, and forCollege and Pre-College demonstrations. The team has collaborated with the AerospaceEngineering Senior Design class to create a custom fixed-wing airframe to meet requirements for1) a flight time of approximately one-hour, 2) a load capacity sufficient for needed on-boardelectronics and

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Jianming Liu; Steven L. Grant

MMDAvatar– An Online Voice Chat Robot with 3D Avatar and Artificial Intelligence Jianming Liu and Steven L. Grant Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractThis paperproposes a web-based online voice chat robot, which supports speech recognition,speech synthesis, artificial intelligence and motion response with a 3D avatar. There are a lotof online chat robots which are based on Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML),however, they usually only support text chat mode. Recently, a voice toolkit calledMMDAgent is developed by Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, which

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Adam Carberry; Daniel Bumblauskas; Alexandra Coso; Ana Torres-Ayala

Student Satisfaction with ASEE Activities and its Impact on ASEE Student Membership Adam Carberry, Daniel Bumblauskas, Alexandra Coso, Ana Torres-Ayala Arizona State University, University of Missouri, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of South FloridaAbstractThe number of students participating in engineering education research, reform, and practice hasbeen steadily growing, as seen by the increased student membership of the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) within the last decade. A possible source for this increasedinvolvement includes the creation of graduate programs awarding engineering education degrees,but according to a 2010

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Brett Meyer; Timothy Wei; David Jones; Stuart Bernstein

Enhancing the Distant Classroom Experience using NUVIEW Brett Meyer, Dr. Timothy Wei, Dr. David Jones, Stuart Bernstein University of Nebraska, LincolnAbstractThe authors set out to create a synchronous distance learning platform to facilitate interactivelearning, and diminish learner remoteness in the contiguous and distant classrooms. Thisplatform would encourage student to student interaction, and student to instructor interactionbetween classrooms. The researchers based their concept of the multi-site platform on thepedagogical concepts of social presence, cooperative learning, and classroominteraction. The first function of the classroom is the application of technologies to includethe

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Alec Bowman; Chris Hedden; Gonzalo Garcia; Ryan Lykins

The University of Kansas Aerospace Engineering Flight Systems Research Alec Bowman, Chris Hedden, Gonzalo Garcia, and Ryan Lykins The University of KansasThe University of Kansas (KU) is a national and international leader in research anddevelopment of radars for remote sensing and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for EarthScience missions. KU has had a long history of design, manufacturing, and flight testing UAS’sdating back to 1999. As the most visible of our programs, the Meridian is also the largest UAVplatform ever designed, built, and successfully flight tested autonomously by an academicinstitution. The Meridian is an 1,100 lb UAS designed for Polar research and has been flighttested