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Matthew T. Siniawski; Adam R. Carberry; Rafiqul I. Noorani

A Project-based Approach for a Design and Manufacturing Laboratory Course Matthew T. Siniawski1, Adam R. Carberry2, Rafiqul I. Noorani1 1 - Loyola Marymount University / 2 - Arizona State UniversityAbstractAn upper-division design and manufacturing laboratory course for mechanical engineeringstudents was redesigned to incorporate a semester-long project. The goal of the project was toprovide students with an experience applying the design process to develop a simple product, amanual bottle opener. During the design process, students individually generated a conceptualdesign, created a 3D computer-aided design (CAD) model of their design

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Bridget Benson; Bryan Mealy

Work In Progress: Teaching Introductory Digital Design Online Bridget Benson, Bryan Mealy Electrical Engineering Department California Polytechnic State University San Luis ObispoAbstractAdvances in technology have created unique opportunities for teaching digital design courses.Students in the course no longer need to be present in the laboratory in order to obtain practicalhands on experience and master the course material as students can complete laboratoryassignments at home using relatively inexpensive commercial off the shelf developmentplatforms and free software design tools. In addition, eLearning tools such as Moodle, YouTube,chat rooms, and

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Milica Markovic

other questions show that studentsoften engaged in higher-level Bloom’s taxonomy activities, which were scored high oninstructor’s importance scale. One of the challenges electromagnetic instructors face is to decreasethe amount of challenge. In order for students to be engaged there needs to be an optimal amountof challenge so that the students don’t get discouraged and give up.Student Instructional Effectiveness Report (SIR II) is a survey developed by Educational TestingService Company for student evaluation of faculty teaching effectiveness. The survey consists of45 questions. Students answer questions on the scale from 1 to 5. 12 questions shown in Figure 20have been monitored in class and laboratory from Spring 2011 to Spring 2012. The

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Alex Dekhtyar; Anya L. Goodman; Aldrin Montana

Teaching Bioinformatics in Concert: an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Project-based Experience Alex Dekhtyar, Anya L. Goodman, Aldrin Montana Department of Computer Science, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, dekhtyar@calpoly.edu/ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, agoodman@calpoly.edu/ Department of Computer Science, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, amontana@calpoly.eduAbstract In the Spring of 2012 we piloted a novel approach to interdisciplinary instruction in thearea of bioinformatics that enables undergraduate students in life sciences to work “in concert”with computer science students to solve

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Andrew Siefert; Jonathan Hoy; Keith Christman; Kevin R. Anderson

SUBMITTED TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION PACIFIC SOUTHWEST SECTION CONFERENCE UCR, APRIL 18-20, 2013 Using Arduino Microcontroller Based Robot Projects to Teach Mechatronics in a Hands-On Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Andrew Siefert, Jonathan Hoy, Keith Christman, Dr. Kevin R. Anderson, P.E. California State Polytechnic University at Pomona Mechanical Engineering Department Mechatronics and Robotics Laboratory

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Harmonie A. Hawley; Brian O'Dell

; the third site was aquadrangle on campus; the fourth site was near a food truck parked and in operation on campus;the fifth site was a car parking garage to simulate traffic inputs; and the sixth location was insideof a building on campus to evaluate indoor air quality.If field experiences are not practical, other forms of teaching field exercises could be evaluatedfor implementation into an existing laboratory or classroom curriculum. Virtual simulations offield labs can be used1,3,5,9,13. Ramasundaram et al.9 discuss the benefits and problems in usingan environmental virtual field laboratory developed by the authors. Virtual field experiences Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest

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Jin-Lee Kim

toolkits designed specifically for the needs of the construction industry including internship programs for undergraduate students. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 101Proposed Laboratory-based Teaching Framework for SustainabilityThis section describes the proposed laboratory-based teaching framework for sustainability. Theframework will make a stepping-stone of the BIM-based teaching approach that has beendeveloped in the previous study.8 The BIM-based teaching approach integrates BIM

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Eniko T. Enikov; Jesus Acosta Iriqui

majors at the University ofArizona. The project illustrates the entire control systems design cycle from systemidentification, through analysis and design of dynamic compensators in classical (transferfunction based) and modern (state space based) control theory. Advanced topics such as systemidentification tool box of Matlab, design and testing of an observer/controller pair is alsoillustrated in an intuitive way suitable for undergraduate students. A summary of the mainlearning gains is also presented.The workshop will conclude with a question and answer session as well as individualizedexperimentation with the portable hardware.IntroductionHands-on laboratories are an essential part of the engineering curriculum since its inception.Their

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Sergio Mendez; Lisa AungYong

. Conducting the experimental measurements was the most useful in helping 62 31 3 4 0me grasp the concept of transient heat conduction3. Performing the COMSOL simulations was the most useful in helping me 5 8 24 49 14grasp the concept of transient heat conduction4. This teaching module increased my interest in transient heat conduction 20 44 25 10 15. I prefer this type of combined teaching module than only laboratory 13 14 33 37 3experiments.6. I feel that it is

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Kurt McMullin; Thalia Anagnos; Jan Hustler; Nancy Thomas

led by trained K-8 professional developers in partnership with engineering faculty from theInstitution of Higher Education partner. While working with the K-8 teachers, engineeringfaculty members also enhanced their pedagogical methods. Positive changes in teaching ofengineering courses by the university faculty members were observed, including increasedstudent-led inquiry, use of pre-assessment techniques, student-learning assessment, enhancedstudent probing, development of a university study-group to explore teaching of experimentaldesign, and development of pedagogical content knowledge for basic engineering courses.Findings include identifying key elements of successful professional development programs,examples of the enhanced teaching

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Paul M. Jones; J. Richard Phillips

Initiatives at CSULA, Arizona State Polytechnic University, and U. C. SantaCruz that feature adaptations of the Harvey Mudd (HMC) Clinic model. The goal of aprofessional practice program should be to prepare students for engineering practice in allits aspects: technical and social. Resistance to incorporating professional practice into anexisting curriculum takes many forms. This includes a natural resistance to change andinadequate rewards to faculty for teaching and advising team-based projects, especiallysponsored senior design (capstone) projects. For those institutions interested in aprofessional practice program, there are a number of other academic issues to beovercome. For example, there may be concerns about teaching credit for project

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Hao Jiang; José Carrillo; Alam Salguero; Ellaine Talle; Enrique Raygoza; Xenia Leon; Ben Lariviere; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shahnasser; Hamid Mahmoodi; Cheng Chen

Engaging Underrepresented Community College Students in Engineering Research Hao Jiang1, Jose Carrillo2, Alam Salguero2, Ellaine Talle2, Enrique Raygoza2, Xenia Leon2, Ben Lariviere 1, Amelito G. Enriquez2, Wenshen Pong1, Hamid Shahnasser1, Hamid Mahmoodi1, Cheng Chen1 1 School of Engineering, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 2 Cañada College, Redwood City, CAAbstractOne of the effective methods to engage and excel underrepresented minority (URM) students inthe STEM field is to “replace standard laboratory courses with discovery-based research”, asmentioned in the 2012 PCAST report [1

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Jim Helbling; Angela Beck

required to perform testing toevaluate analytical predictions under tight schedules, thus learning to ethically report test results.The goal is for students to assimilate these lessons regarding their professional responsibilities asthey transition from student to practicing engineer.Ethics and ABET CriteriaABET criterion 3f and 3h state that students must have “an understanding of professional andethical responsibility” and “the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context”, respectively1.In order to assist students in achieving these outcomes, the faculty teaching Aircraft DetailDesign at ERAU, Prescott campus, have adopted educational practices designed to

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Fabricio Braga Soares de Carvalho; Orlando Rocha Baiocchi; Robert Friedman

administrative and lab staff who are dedicatedto the educational success of nearly 440 matriculated and non-matriculated students in itsprograms. Over 600 students have completed Institute programs and have been awardedUniversity of Washington undergraduate and graduate degrees.The vision of the Institute derives from its unique public-private partnership in higher education,one charged with serving as a catalyst for generating energy and interest in computing &engineering disciplines. Its goals include developing and enhancing faculty teaching and researchwhile increasing students’ communication and collaboration skills; expanding and diversifyingstudent enrollment; continuously developing, assessing and improving its program offerings