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Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

design guide. This paper aims to present applicability ofmultiple building technologies in building components’ design education. Design guide is thebackbone of this educational model and needs improvement in order to be used for the educationof multiple building technology. Scaled model materials are evaluated due to their features andthese features directly affect the students’ performance in teamwork. Quantitative feedback arereceived from students by survey. Model materials and the effects over PBL environment areevaluated. Teamwork creates an effective working environment for the students to accomplishthe task on time. Improvements are required for peer assessment and rubric and flexibility onbuilding types is discussed.Keywords; Problem

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Lisa Anneberg; Luo Suyun; Zhang Hui

2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Analysis of an Evolving Global Engineering Education Program between China and the US Lisa Anneberg [lanneberg@ltu.edu], Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI , Luo Suyun [lsyluo@163.com] and Zhang Hui [zhanghui@sue.edu.cn], Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Departments of Automobile Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering.AbstractOur paper analyzes specific aspects of a Global Engineering program that has been evolvingsince 2003. Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI [LTU] and ShanghaiUniversity of

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Sarah Jurak; Emil Jurak; Ramazan Asmatulu

4 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)capability to replace the current carbon fuels and would be sustainable with an endless supply,but would not deliver the same BTU values as coal or oil. There are ethical problems associatedwith biofuels. The use of corn for biofuel decreases the corn supply for food and results inincreased food costs.22 In the U.S. over 30% of the corn crop was being converted into biofuelsin 2005.23 Another avenue of biofuel research is algal energy for biofuels. This source ofbiofuel would not directly affect the food supply but could

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Francisco Lourenco; Nian Zhang; Sasan Haghani

inFig. 3. W is the weight matrix, and b is the bias. This network also uses tapped delay lines tostore previous values of the y (t ) sequence. 5 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Hidden Layer with Delays Output Layery(t) Delay W Lines W + + y(t) b bFig. 3. Neural network

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Christopher M. Moore; Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

standards. Table 1 lists the dimensions of thestandard sized containers. Table 1. Standard cargo container dimensions2.Cargo containers also feature corner assemblies that interlock the containers to one another, asseen in Figure 2. The locking mechanism provides stability when multiple containers are being 2 © American Society for Engineering Education 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)used in the construction of a building. Cargo containers are designed to be supported from thefour corners they

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Erik Mallonee; John Barkley; Ramazan Asmatulu

, other energy sources must be used in orderto produce electrical energy. About 68% of all electricity generated in the United States isgenerated from the fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas, and petroleum4. This leaves only 32%of the electricity generated by non-fossil fuel sources. Extensive research in the area ofrenewable energy sources is ongoing, and relates to many fields, such as engineering,mathematics, physics, chemistry, education, business, and so on.There is both public and private interest in developing new technologies for alternative energysources. Due to this, there is a need for highly talented engineers to analyze and design new andinnovative technologies and ideas for harnessing alternative energy sources5-6. However

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R. Joe Stanley; Stuart W. Baur

Evaluation of High School Pre-Engineering Curricula through Missouri University of Science and Technology Student Survey Responses R. Joe Stanley, Ph.D. and Stuart W. Baur, Ph.D., A.I.A.AbstractProject Lead The Way (PLTW) is an example of a STEM education program that providesstructured curriculum to promote college preparation in these areas. There have been severalstudies that show the benefits of PLTW courses for K-12 students in the preparation for highschool students on statewide and national exams, high school academic performance, collegelevel academic performance in particular areas of study, high school student engagement, andother areas. This study examines the impact of PLTW courses on Missouri S&T

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Susan C. Schneider

3025 Writing Assignment 2”, Spring 2014.4. Helfers, Christing, Sarah Duerden, Jean Garland, and D.L. Evans, “An Effective Peer Revision Method for Engineering Students in First-Year English Courses”, Proceedings of the 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999, pp 13a6-7-12.5. Rose, Andrew T., “Using the Peer Review Process to Implement Writing Assignments in an Engineering Technology Course”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2001 – session 3650, pp 1 – 8.6. Guildford, William Hl, “Teaching Peer Review and the Process of Scientific Writing”, Advance in Physiology Education, Vol 25, No 3, 2001, pp 167-175.7. Sharp, Julie and Marilyn Dyrud, “Two Perspectives on

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Heather McCain

manufacturing can be difficult and trying to define quality for education is equally, if notmore, difficult. Philip Crosby (1979) defined quality as “conformance to requirements”.1 RussWestcott suggests that “Quality - I’ll know it when I see it”2 is used by customers to definequality. As a student at a university, conformance to requirements typically means followingthe course syllabus and completing the assignments for the course. As an instructor, quality of astudent’s work sometimes follows the “I’ll know it when I see it.”In manufacturing standard work is used to create consistency and define quality. Standard workis defined as documented and agreed-upon procedures and practices.3 In higher education,standard work are those procedures and

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Sreelatha A. Subramanyam; David Beams; James K. Nelson

Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)analysis and diagnosis. If one accepts that premise, provided that the necessary learning outcomes can beachieved, some laboratories can be virtualized, and can be effective in undergraduate education. To be effective, a virtual laboratory must: a) Allow students to make measurements in the virtual environment utilizing the same kinds diagnostic tools found in a physical laboratory(e.g., digital multimeter, oscilloscope). b) Provide realistic virtual representations of the same components used in the physical laboratory

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Goutham Chinni; Israel Belachew; Ramazan Asmatulu

energy [4-15]. Figure 1 shows the chart for the contributions ofthe biodiesel productions in 2008 in the world [16]. This chart explicitly reveals that among allcountries US holds the largest productions and consumptions of the biodiesel. Figure 2 shows thecomparison of ethanol and biodiesel usage from years 2000 to 2015 [17]. After year of 2006, theethanol and biodiesel usages were considerably increased because of the oil prices and largerdemands on the new oil sources. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)Figure 1: The chart showing the contributions of the biodiesel

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Mahbub Ahmed; Lionel Hewavitharana; Scott McKay; Kendra Ahmed; Mamunur Rashid

. Thepossibility of using the gas turbine setup using an alternative fuel is also discussed. The expectedcost (approximate) for each experimental setup is discussed as well.KeywordsLab development, lab experiment, low cost, thermal-fluidIntroductionThe creation of the new engineering program at Southern Arkansas University is one of the bestthings happening for the people of southern Arkansas. The program officially started in the fallof 2014. As a new engineering program, it faces many challenges, and the development of newlabs is one of them. Limited resources and budgetary constraints make lab development not easy.A well-equipped lab in mechanical engineering can easily reach several hundred thousanddollars. In 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Aleksandr Sergeyev; Nasser Alaraje; Scott Kuhl; Michael Meyer; Mark Kinney; Mark Highum

proposed to increase STEMinterest. The interdisciplinary nature of robots, which involve motors, sensors, and programs,make robotics a useful STEM pedagogical tool. There is also a significant need for industrialcertification programs in robotics. Robots are increasingly used across industry sectors toimprove production throughputs while maintaining product quality. The benefits of robotics,however, depend on workers with up-to-date knowledge and skills to maintain and use existingrobots, enhance future technologies, and educate users. It is critical that education efforts respondto the demand for robotics specialists by offering courses and professional certification inrobotics and automation. This paper introduces a new approach for Industrial

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Daniel Bullock; Edward Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner

reinforcement, the laboratory exercises would be performedfollowing the lecture during on the student’s personal time (i.e. not in class and not in a formallyscheduled lab period). The laboratory exercises are being strategically written such that a studentcould complete the activity in less than an hour. This implementation would preclude the use of atraditional 3 hour per week lab class. 2 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)The concept of introducing a “mini-laboratory” in a

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Timothy Burg; Pamela Mack; Ian Walker; Richard Groff

used at Clemson University and that we will usethroughout this proposal), it refers to the attempt to motivate students to be inquisitive about the 1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)broader implications of science and technology and give them tools to analyze the potential prosand cons of emerging ideas. The need for such learning is widely recognized; however, theapproach to teach the tools and the means to evaluate the level of competency is still evolving.In spite of

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Stuart W. Baur; R. Joe Stanley

attended the 2013 Missouri State PLTW Conference.Instructor observations from the survey indicated that: 1) hands-on projects promotereinforcement of PLTW course curricula, 2) PLTW courses provide useful college preparatoryexperiences for students and expose students to STEM related areas, and 3) school districtsreasonably support PLTW courses.IntroductionIn recent years, there have been numerous K-12 programs to promote science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs that have promoted the growth andinterest of science and math related fields. These STEM programs branch across a variety ofareas and grade levels. Project Lead The Way (PLTW) provides STEM education curricularprograms in high schools and middle schools in

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Sara E. Wilson

preparation for this accreditation review, the Bioengineeringgraduate program undertook to develop program objectives and outcomes to examine studentlearning at the graduate level. At the graduate level, thesis and dissertation research is asignificant component of the educational process. As such, this paper will focus on developingobjectives and outcomes related to research education and developing measures of studentlearning in research education, particularly at the doctoral level.While undergraduate programs in engineering are accredited via the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET), ABET does not accredit doctoral degree programs. TheHLC does accreditation of universities that includes all degree programs within that

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Cristinel Ababei; Anca M. Miron

essential skill for any computer engineering major becausevirtually any real digital circuit out there is designed using hardware description languages(HDLs) today. FPGAs are an increasingly pervasive technology and used as integral parts ofcomplex designs ranging from consumer electronics to communications, military, and spacesystems. Today, FPGAs represent the hardware platform of choice to implement and test digitaldesigns for a lot of circuit designers and educators. In this course, we worked with a Cyclone IVE FPGA chip, which is part of the popular DE2-115 FPGA development board3 (shown in Fig.1)that we used for all projects. Figure 1: DE2-115 FPGA development board used in this course.We decided to run this first portion

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Brian Sandford

from anelective to a required course for all students majoring in construction management. Feedbackprovided by a pre-test/post-test language proficiency survey indicates that the course providesstudents with statistically significant learning gains in Spanish in the areas of listening, reading,writing, presenting, and one-on-one and group communication.IntroductionAs early as 2005, the Leadership Council for the Pittsburg State University (PSU) Department ofConstruction Management and Construction Engineering Technology (CMCET) made therecommendation to the department to develop and begin teaching a contextual Spanish forconstruction course to its students. The Council is comprised of local, regional, and nationalconstruction businesses

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Puteri Megat Hamari

industrial-grade IC design tools were used as the primary toolset. 1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)This paper discusses the course content, hands-on exercises, final project design and theeffectiveness of using a state-of-the-art, industry-grade CAD tool in the introduction andinstruction of VLSI design to students.Course OutlineThe course material for EE584/484 covered everything from MOS transistor theory and CMOSprocess technology through circuit and logic design, to

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Byron Garry

2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) Developing a Sustainable ABET Continuous Improvement Plan Byron Garry South Dakota State UniversityAbstractA sustainable continuous improvement process was required for use in the ABET-ASAC andABET-ETAC accreditation process for our Operations Management, Construction Management,and Electronics Engineering Technology programs. Considering the state of assessmentrequirements in higher education, ABET accreditation standards, and the tools of quality andcontinuous improvement, our Department of Construction &

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Steve E. Watkins

members while avoiding extraneous issues to the profession. As a specific statement, 2 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)it should be useful for supporting specific ethical behavior. Obligations beyond self-interestshould be reflected and should include the interests of employers, customers, peers, and thepublic. 3 © American Society for Engineering

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Robert M. O'Connell

assessment. At the same time, the results of the midterm exams are also often used 1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)to provide feedback that helps students improve their learning in preparation for the final exam.This is the formative component of assessment.There are pedagogical difficulties associated with using midterm exams for both formative andsummative assessment. First, learning outcomes are usually expressed in terms of what studentsshould know and be able to do

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Bijaya Shrestha

in this article examines these issues.Keywords:Challenges, opportunities, paradigm, online, on-site, state, operator, agent of change, educator,student, transformation functionIntroductionWith the advent of computer technology and ease of getting internet access on this side of thedigital divide where things can happen and are happening in terms of computer access, a lot ofthings have changed in the ways education is delivered. We do not necessarily have to have aphysical classroom to hold a class anymore. Access to a formal classroom is at anyone’sfingertip today as long as there is an access and reliable connectivity to the Internet, and the © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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Shawn M. Hughes; Anh Pham; Kathy Huong Nguyen; Ramazan Asmatulu

of polymer fibers can change many physical properties ofthe nanofibers, which can determine their final uses in different industries. The goal of the © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)electrospinning process is to achieve a very large surface area to volume ration, which usuallyprovides several mechanical and other physical property advantages, such as strength, stiffnessand elastic modulus [1]. The outstanding properties of polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers canmake the fibers a perfect candidate for many industrial applications.Although the

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Norman D. Dennis; Edgar C. Clausen

excitement produce the largest gains in teaching effectiveness. Movies and clips of teachers who have been categorized into one of the nine positions in Lowman’s model were used to allow participants to visualize the attributes associated with each position. Participants were asked to self-assess their relative location in the Loman Model. Figure 2. Lowman’s Two Dimensional Model of Effective Teaching (ETW, 2014) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 3 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections) The “ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Model

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John Mirth; Andrew Findley

1 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)from the ancient Greek word, “tekhnē,” which is a word that indicates a combination of art andcraft, and from which our modern word “technology” is derived. The ancient approach to artwas best understood in a combination of form and function, rather than the separation of the twothat is often seen in the modern engineering curriculum. As such, one objective of the “EnduringDesign” course was to provide a modern forum for students to ponder this classical approach toart.The understanding of the creative arts has a potential for

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Charles E. Baukal

learn and called for more research into engineering education. Thisincludes how to determine pedagogical approaches that excite them. Duderstad recommended(2008, p. v) “a systematic, research-based approach to innovation and continuous improvementof engineering education.” 2 Goldberg and Somerville (2014) advocated for a completetransformation of the engineering curriculum to meet the needs of today’s engineeringprofessionals. 3The ABET requirements for the 2015-2016 accreditation cycle 4 include several StudentOutcomes related to problem solving. Outcome (a) includes “an ability to apply knowledge ofmathematics, science, and engineering.” That knowledge is typically used to solve problems.Outcome (e) includes “an ability to identify, formulate

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James R. Rowland

Engineering Education, May 2009, 34(2), pp. 113-122.[31] S. T. Shen, S. D. Prior, A. S. White, and M. Karamanoglu, “Using personality type differences to form engineering design teams”, Engineering Education: Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre, 2007, 2(2), pp. 1-13.[32] L. V. Berens, L. K. Ernst, and M. A. Smith, “Team dynamics: Defining the team essentials for team success”, Quick Guide to the 16 Personality Types and Teams, Telos Publications, 2004. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015[33] M. Barak, T. Maymon, and G. Harel, “Teamwork in modern organizations: Implications for technology education”, International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 1999, 9

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Jing Pang

Harmin and Melanie Toth, “Inspiring Active Learning: A Complete Handbook for Today’s Teachers”, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, Alexandria, Virginia, 2007.5 Sagini Jared Keengwe, “Handbook of Research on Educational Technology Integration and Active Learning”, IGI Global Book Series: Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 2015.6 Guoping Wang, “Principles and Practices: Multisim in Teaching Digital Systems Design”, Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Illinois/Indiana and North Central Conference, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2006.7 Shawki Areibi, “A First Course in Digital Design Using VHDL and Programmable Logic”, Proceedings on 31st ASEE/IEEE