Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lauren D. Thomas, Virginia Tech; Candace A. Cobb, Norfolk State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2011-2203: INTEGRATING CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND AS-SESSMENT IN A LASER SYSTEMS COURSEPatricia F. Mead, Ph.D., Norfolk State University Patricia F. Mead, Ph.D., earned the doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Electrophysics from University of Maryland, College Park, in 1994. She joined the faculty of Norfolk State University (NSU) as Professor of Optical Engineering in summer 2004. Since her appointment, Dr. Mead has been active in the development of innovative curricula for Optical Engineering courses, and she serves as Education Director for the NSF funded Nano- and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST). Dr. Mead also

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Arun R. Srinivasa, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

signs hang together 60% of students included a force in outside a doctor’s office. between the two parts within the Each sign is denoted by a overall system. 29% of students solved different letter. Each cable is for the value of the variable and put it labeled with a different on the FBD instead of leaving it in number. Which is the most terms of T for example for a cable. correct free-body diagram for the system containing signs B and D and the cable connecting them? (Figure 6 displays the sign configuration.)2 0.91 A person pulls a block across Most students answered the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Students' Treatment of Measurement Uncertainty" (Ph.D. diss.,North Carolina State University, 2001),16 Giulio D'Agostini, "Teaching statistics in the physics curriculum: Unifying and clarifying role of subjectiveprobability," American Journal of Physics 67, no. 12 (1999): 1260-1268.17 W. Tyler Estler, "Measurement as Inference: Fundamental Ideas," Annals of the CIRP 48, no. 2 (1999): 611-632.18 Herbert B. Callen and Theodore A. Welton, "Irreversibility and Generalized Noise," Phys.Rev. 83, no. 1 (1951):34-40.19 H. Nyquist, "Thermal Agitation of Electric Charge in Conductors," Phys.Rev. 32, no. 1 (1928): 110-113.20 V. B. Braginsky, M. L. Gorodetsky, and S. P. Vyatchanin, "Thermo-refractive noise in gravitational waveantennae

Conference Session

Physics Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

required to list a table for distance (x) and electric potential (V). Format output file as described below, x V Page 22.110.7 7 • Test your C++ program; make sure that it is running without an error. Then, create out files. • Write a MATLAB program, that will read the files generated by running your C++ program and plot x versus V. • Use the axis command to set both axes.(b) The electric potential of two or more charges is calculated by using superposition

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

for the first time, what he didn’t realize was that thereal challenge for the students was the difficulty in understanding the inner structure of thesedata tables. As a result, a few students failed to learn this course very well. The final exam scoresof the whole class are shown in Fig. 1(a). In the fall of 2010, the author taught this course for asecond time and issued a final exam which shared 90% of the problems used two years ago. Fig.1(b) shows the scores of this final exam, and it indicates that the students’ performance hasimproved significantly. 80 80 Fall 2008 Fall 2010 60

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

what many others teaching in a moretraditional college classroom setting have found, they also give rise to a potential gender-related Page 22.260.10bias in the instrument itself. This issue has also been raised by others within the PER communityand is worthy of further consideration. Perhaps a study that looked at individual FCI questionsalong with a set of comparably-crafted free-writing questions would provide additional insight.VII. REFERENCES 1. Jones, T. H. & Paolucci, R. (1998). The learning effectiveness of educational technology: A call for further research. Educational Technology Review, (9), 10 – 14. 2. Arons, A. B

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College; Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Thomas E. Doyle P.Eng., McMaster University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

development and enhancement.” Proceedings of the ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition, Austin, TX, June 14-17, 2009.[7] McDonald, D. and P. Duesing. “Laboratory development in power generation, conversion,and dissipation.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City,Utah, 2004.[8] Furman, B. J., F. Barez, J. C. Wang, P. Hsu, P. Reischl, and T. R. Hsu. “MechatronicsEngineering laboratory development at San Jose State University.” Proceedings of the ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997.[9] Rosato, A. D., Ian S. Fischer, Jonathan Luke, Rajesh N. Dave, Robert Pfeffer, and DorisYacoub. “On laboratory development for a Curriculum in Particle Technology.” Proceedings ofthe ASEE Annual

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Ludwigsen, Kettering University; Janet Brelin-Fornari, Kettering University; Joseph Neal, Kettering University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

who completed surveys, lower case letters denote those exposed to the previousexpository curriculum and upper case letters denote those involved in Crash into Physics. Groupb and c are the same set of students that were administered both tests; otherwise, the groups aredifferent sets of students. Page 22.389.6Table 2: Sample Group Sizes, Background and Scores a b c d E F GSample Size 96 47 47 25 28 32 56% Never Taken Phys 95.8 93.6 91.5 68 89 84

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Meghann Norah Murray, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

) Voltage (V) Figure 5. Current-voltage characteristics of an OLED displayed in semi-log and log-log form. This is the same data as that of Figure 4 plotted in a different format.Figure 5 shows the same data as the previous figure, but plotted in semi-log and log-logforms. Plotting the data in these (semi-)logarithmic forms is a useful activity forstudents. It allows them to glean useful information regarding the functional dependenceof the current on the voltage. If the current depends exponentially on the voltage, I = Ae BV with A and B constants, then a semi-log plot should yield a straight line withslope B. If the current has a power-law dependence on the voltage, I = CV n with C andn constants, then a log-log plot yields a straight

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Alex Pantaleev, State University of New York, Oswego; Carolina C. Ilie, State University of New York, Oswego

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Engineering Physics & Physics

discussion we would have in class about it. Q3. I found that the online preparation assignments and the discussions we had in class about them helped me learn the course material better. Q4. When an answer I submitted was discussed by the class I felt: excited, embarrassed, apprehensive, interested, I don't think my answers were presented to the class Q5. In your opinion, which of these options would motivate students to prepare for class by doing the reading assignments? A. Daily quizzes over the reading B. Pop quizzes over the reading C. Online preparation assignments (as done in this course) D. Nothing, just

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rana Mitra, Southeastern Louisiana University; Maarij M Syed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, only a small number of engineering students study physics either as a second major orat an advanced level in institutions of higher education, such as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology(RHIT). Engineering technology students in general at Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU) also lacksufficient knowledge of physics, and their performance in classes such as Engineering Statics oftensuffers as a result.With these challenges in perspective, an effort is being made to encourage student interest so that they(a) can discover how to apply physics principles in real-world situations, and thus enhance theirbackground for an engineering/technology discipline, and (b) can be retained in the physics departmentat RHIT, with physics either as a first

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Siang Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada; Montell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research; Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2011-20: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR IN-COMING FRESHMEN ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH ROBOTICSRESEARCHBaha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma Chair and Professor of Engineering and Physics DepartmentMr. Wei Siang PeeMr. Kevin RadaMontell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research A freshmen engineering student. Attended Choctaw high school. Likes to fix computers and solve tech- nical problems in his spare time.Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central OklahomaEvan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma Page 22.1545.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University; Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong Hwa University; Lee king-lien, Department of Electro-Optic Engineering,National Taipei University of Technology; CHAO-CHIA CHENG, NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIV

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2011-1533: HOW DO THEY THINK? ENGINEERING COLLEGE STU-DENTS’ CONCEPTIONS OF ELECTRICITYChih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University Associate prof. and director of Graduate Institute of Science Education and Center for Science Education.Wen-Cheng Chen, National Dong Hwa University doctoral student of science education Page 22.782.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011How do they think? Engineering College Students’ Conceptions of ElectricityAbstractThe present study was a follow-up research1 in which we had found that Electro-Magnetics wasconsidered as the most difficult