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rather thanfilters prospective engineering students for their further studies.Bibliography1. R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, "Modern Mechanics," American Journal of Physics 72. (2004). p. 439-445.2. www1.iclicker.com3. Otero V, Pollock S, Finkelstein N. 2010. A physics department’s role in preparing physics teachers: The Colorado learning assistant model,” American Journal of Physics. 78(11):12184. www.socialhwk.com5. http://groups.physics.umn.edu/physed/Research/CGPS/CGPSintro.htm6. www.colorado.edu/sei/class7. David Hestenes, Malcolm Wells, and Gregg Swackhamer, “Force Concept Inventory” The Physics Teacher, Vol. 30, March 1992, 141-158 Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV

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Nancy Warter-Perez; Sevak Ghazaryan; Jerardo Martin

443 Carbon Nanotube Composites: Using an Authentic Engineering Research Problem to Engage Middle School Students in STEM Nancy Warter-Perez, Sevak Ghazaryan, and Jerardo Martin California State University, Los Angeles/ Stevenson Middle SchoolAbstractSince 2008, the IMPACT LA NSF GK-12 Program (Improving Minority Partnerships throughCISE (Computer, Information Science & Engineering)-related Teaching) has been partneringgraduate teaching fellows with middle and high school science and math teachers within the EastLos Angeles area. The Cal State L.A. graduate fellows serve as visiting

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, synthesis, and finally evaluation. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 257 Table 2. Mapping course learning outcomes to engineering outcomes1,3Further, the characteristics of independent studies, research projects and thesis fit the highestlevel of student development in situational teaching model as shown in Figure 14. In this model,students begin their journey in an engineering program by obtaining direct guidance in earlyintroductory courses (for example, a course introducing the

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students’ understanding of physical phenomena as well asanalytical and creative thinking skills. Another study4 investigated the effects of computersimulations to the students prior to performing laboratory experiments helped students predictthe physical phenomena in subsequent laboratory experiments, and that the computer simulationsadded depth to students’ theoretical understanding of scientific principles. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 431Need of Innovative Teaching PracticeThe developed computer

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Mohammad Amin; Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Bhaskar Sinha; Debra Bowen

paper.Bibliography 1. Amin, M., Dey, P., Uhlig, R., and Khan, M. (2011) The Impacts of Direct and Indirect Measures of Assessment of MS in Wireless Communications Program, Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching, Volume 4, pages 181- 196, 2011. 2. Lumina Foundation and Gallup. (2013). America’s Call for Higher Education Redesign. The 2012 Lumina Foundation Study of The American Public’s Opinion on Higher Education, Lumina Foundation, Indianapolis, IN Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Shadnaz Asgari; Burkhard Englert

, our pilot offering of “Pattern Recognition” has been a challenging but rewardingexperience. As our next step, we plan to leverage on our current experience in teaching suchmultidisciplinary class and develop and offer a course on “Applied Data Analysis” which is tailored fora heterogeneous Engineering student body.Bibliography1. Joachim S, Petra BS. Thinking in design teams-an analysis of team communication. Design Studies 2002;23:473-96.2. Williams R. The Challenge of Multidisciplinary Education for Undergradutes. MIT Faculty NewsLetter 2007;19.3. Hendrickson CT. Encouraging Multi-Disciplinary Education and Inter-disciplinary Research. Third National Congress on Civil Engineering Education; 2001; Houston,Texas: American Society of

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Jeff Ashworth; Will Quinn

53 Research and Projects-Based Courses to Validate Practical Engineering Solution Techniques Jeff Ashworth and Will Quinn Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott CampusAbstractMany courses in engineering education are based on teaching the undergraduate student how to solveengineering problems without including the knowledge of what they are solving or why they are using aparticular technique. Professors sometimes propose a computer solution or technique the student doesnot understand; therefore, the student cannot evaluate the accuracy of the results. Without knowledge

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Ding Yuan; Nebojsa Jaksic; Jude DePalma

486 LEGO Mindstorms: EV3 versus NXT 2.0 A Laboratory Study in an Introduction to Engineering Course Ding Yuan, Nebojsa Jaksic, and Jude DePalma Colorado State University, PuebloAbstractThe LEGO Mindstorms NXT programmable robotics kit has been a successful tool for enrichingK-12 math and science education and for improving recruitment and retention in college-levelengineering programs since it was released in late July 2006. Many educational research papershave shown positive results from integrating the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kits intoappropriate

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Manoochehr Zoghi; Hernan Maldonado; Syreeta Martinez

492 Initiatives to Improve Student Success and Retention in The Lyles College of Engineering California State University, Fresno Manoochehr Zoghi, Hernan Maldonado, and Syreeta Martinez California State University, FresnoAbstractIt is widely known that the science, technology and innovation (STI) are important drivers of theeconomy, which affect nearly all aspects of our everyday lives. Engineering is in turn central tothe innovation and our modern society. Recently, however, there has been a great deal of concernregarding the future of engineering education in the U.S

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the results of teaching evaluations, whichindicate that students value this approach to course design. The above approach is known to beimplemented in upper-division courses, helped to improve course structure and defineexpectations regarding student learning more clearly9. It gives profoundly beneficial results forengineering education as a result of the features it incorporates. Up to now, a brief literaturereview demonstrates that majority of articles on project-based learning are course descriptionsfocusing on the implementation of individual courses, whereas research studies which focus on Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society

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., Gatton, T., Amin, M., Wyne, M., Romney, G., Farahani, A., & Cruz, A., (2009). Agile problem Driven Teaching in Engineering, Science and Technology. ASEE/PSW-2009 Conference, San Diego, CA.4. Sahli, M.A., & Romney, G.W. (2010). Agile Teaching: A Case Study of Using Ruby to Teach Programming Language Concepts, National University Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching, La Jolla, CA 3(1), 63.5. Dey, P. P., Romney, G., Amin, M., Sinha, B., Gonzales, R., Farahani, A., & Subramanya, S.R. (2012). A Structural Analysis of Agile Problem Driven Teaching, National University Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching, 5, 89-105.6. Romney, G.W., Dey, P.P., Amin, M., & Sinha, B.R. (2013). The Flexibility

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, andslows down the depletion of finite natural resources. On the other hands, the cost of renewableenergy generation is relative high. From an engineering and economic point of view, there aremany open challenges for research and development in order to accelerate the renewable energydeployment with lower cost. In response to the need, the systems council Chapter of the CoastalLos Angeles Section (CLAS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers (IEEE) hasheld one-day conferences since 2010 at California State University, Long Beach. Thisconference brings together researchers, practitioners, faculty and students from relevant fields topresent and disseminate ongoing research for green energies and their associated technologies.This

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gainthe desired Engineering intuition necessary for design and problem solving. The logical solutionto this educational gap is to include experimental laboratories; however, key aspects ofBiotransport Phenomena, e.g., wall shear stress and diffusive processes, are difficult (or too time-prohibitive) to incorporate into a hands-on laboratory experience.In the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo BME curriculum, a set of in-silico laboratory activities havebeen developed using an easy to use multi-physics Finite Element Package (FEA), COMSOLMultiphysics, to augment teaching Biotransport Phenomena. More specifically, in this upperdivision Biotransport course, there are six required FEA laboratories and one extra credit FEAlaboratory. These laboratory exercises

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Debra Larson

importance of faculty scholarship tokeeping California competitive in a global marketplace, and keeping faculty at the cutting edgeof their disciplines so they can participate as a member of the world's scholars leading toenhancements of their teaching and student interactions3. The Provosts recommended strategiesof reallocation, realignment, and reassignment to support and encourage increased faculty andstudent research and scholarship. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 215Like many of the CSU campuses, Cal Poly has

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Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

content to engage students and preparethem in the civil and construction engineering industries. This struggle results from the desire toinvolve students in authentic activities that teach how to develop constructible designs whileretaining the delivery of core engineering fundamentals. Implementing more engaging, authenticlearning activities would increase the retention of engineering students who switch majorsbecause instruction does not link theory to practice and would attract and retain a more diversestudent population in the engineering majors. Research and the demands of the industry and thecurrent global environment compel diversity8, 19, 23, 41, thus it is imperative that CPSLO increasediversity in its engineering departments while

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Gino Galvez; Eric Marinez; Alvaro Monge

in active projects in their major,providing mentorship from faculty, and enhancing their professional development by offeringspecific workshops targeted toward their research experience and to facilitate their transitioninto an existing minority program or internship. Specific objectives of the program are toincrease: Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 1421. Each student’s ability to apply content and skills learned in the classroom to research2. Their understanding of the research process3. The

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289A Service-Learning Collaborative Project in a Mechanical Engineering Technical Writing Class Stephanie Nelson and Brittany McCrigler California State University, Los Angeles/ iFixitAbstractIn collaboration with iFixit, a company that describes itself as “a global community of peoplehelping each other repair things,” Cal State LA mechanical engineering students taking an upper-division technical writing class designed and wrote repair manuals for older model cell phonesand PDAs. The students worked in groups to photograph the procedures and write the

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Fariborz Tehrani; Nell Papavasiliou; Frederick Nelson; Carol Bohlin; Mara Brady

todeployment of results. The course guides students in learning from historical perspectives andconsequences of engineering, in researching and communicating ideas using engineeringresources, and in using practical engineering tools to deliver a sustainable and resilient solutionthroughout the design process. These learning experiences provide a strong engineeringfoundation for liberal studies majors, and particularly future elementary teachers. Anticipatedoutcomes are manifested and measured at different stages. The primary desired outcome of theEngineering Literacy course is that students, many of whom plan to teach at the elementary level,gain a better understanding of engineering. Further, we anticipate that such improvement inengineering

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System Platform in an Undergraduate Experimental Engineering Course, ASEE National Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.4. Meyer, D. G., et al. (2008). Tablets for Timely Design Documentation. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Conference.5. http://www.blackboard.com/ accessed 12/31/20136. http://acscinf.org/docs/meetings/230nm/presentations/230nm67.pdf accessed 10/11/20137. Hesser, Tiffany L.; Schwartz, Pauline M. (2013). iPads in the Science Laboratory: Experience in Designing and Implementing a Paperless Chemistry Laboratory Course, Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, v14 n2 p5-9 Apr-Jun 20138. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/28961/title

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Shervin Zoghi; Eric Liguori; Manoochehr Zoghi; Fariborz Tehrani; The Nguyen

motivated, engaged and confident about their knowledge. A great deal ofviable ideas or concepts may result from the course projects. In modern education system,entrepreneurship contents will no longer serve as add-on. They will actually be the strength ofthe program that effectively boosts the knowledge level of both faculty and students.Student Perspective – Experience and Leadership InitiativesEngaging engineering and construction management students through various entrepreneurialavenues are crucial to fostering future innovators and leaders. Engineers and constructionmanagers must be able to understand the intricacies of market and business pressures11,particularly when conducting research and development (R&D) in a variety of areas. Many

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Carlye Lauff; Joanna Weilder-Lewis; Kevin O'Connor; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Mark Rentschler

ongoingattempts to reorganize the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Acknowledgements This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (CMMI Grant No. 1355599). Bibliography1. Dym, C.L., Agogino, A.M., Eris, Ozgur,E., Frey, D.D., & Leifer, L.J. (2005). Engineering design thinking, teaching, and learning. Journal of Engineering Education, 95(1), 103-120.2. Ulrich, K. T. (2011). Design: Creation of artifacts in society. Karl T. Ulrich.3. Bucciarelli, L.L. (1994). Designing Engineers. Cambridge MA: MIT.4. Barley, S., and Orr, J. (1997). Between craft and science: Technical work in US settings. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, N.Y.5. Stevens, R., Johri, A., and O’Connor, K. (2013). Professional engineering work. In B

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Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 84commercial space6,7,8 for their efforts to publish innovative ideas on VLabs. For researchers inany field, it is most helpful to observe experiences by others that corroborate one’s ownassumptions, theories and models. The CLaaS product features presented in the followingsections build on the general capabilities represented by virtualized and cloud-based computingresources to create a unified virtual computer laboratory system which higher level (DepartmentChairs and Professors) educators can use to create and maintain a variety of

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student outreach, recruitment, retention, and strategies that aim to increase graduation rates andreduce achievement gaps for women, under-represented minority students, and students from under-resourced communities.About ASEE Zone IV: Founded in 1893, ASEE is a non-profit multidisciplinary organization that promotesexcellence in instruction, research, public service, and practice to further engineering and technologyeducation. Zone IV, the largest of ASEE's regional groups, includes three sections: Pacific Southwest (Arizona,California, Hawaii, and Nevada), Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, andCanada-Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan), and Rocky Mountain (Colorado, South Dakota, Utah,and Wyoming).Program

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. Mattis (Eds.), Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (3-27). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publ, Inc.12. Jones, J. (2010, July). Closing the Gender Gap. Civil Engineering, 60-63.13. Berry, T., Fletcher, S., Metz, S. S., & Matt, D. (2012, October 26). Two time-effective strategies to improve undergraduate retention in engineering [Webinar]. In WSKC Webinar Presentations. Retrieved from http://www.wskc.org/web/wskc-webinar-presentations/home14. Burke, B.A. & Sunal, D.W. (2008). Proceedings from National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) annual conference: Women in undergraduate physics, chemistry. mathematics, and computer science: How can we sustain them

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Samuel Landsberger; Artin Davidian; Juan Garibay; Richard Valenzuela; Barbara Wheeler

. Landsberger, has received inover 20 years of teaching. A new Rehabilitation Machines Service Learning course has alsobeen created in Kinesiology, exposing students in that discipline to creative design for the firsttime (with projects often in collaboration with engineering students). Finally, a ServiceLearning modification has been made to the Introductory Engineering course that offersstudents the chance to participate in HERO Outreach and mentor K-12 youth in surroundingschools. Many take advantage of this option and, though wary at first, end up greatly enjoyingthe experience, and often volunteering for extra sessions.As illustrated below, students have completed surprisingly innovative and sophisticateddesigns for several projects distilled from

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Marissa Buell; Nehad Dababo; Rene Figueroa; Peter Moala; Amelito Enriquez; Kanjun Bai; Hamid Mahmoodi; Cheng Chen; Kwok-Siong Teh; Hamid Shahnasser; Wenshen Pong; Hao Jiang

, of 75.4Ω. It is hooked to a power supply that provides thecoil with an AC voltage of a square waveform. The receiver coil is comprised of a copper coilwrapped about a ferrite rod of radius 2.5mm and length 20mm. The output voltage is measuredusing a receiving coil with 1.43mH inductance and 4.1 Ω resistance, as shown in Fig. 5(b). Thecircuit successfully boosts the input AC power with very low voltage to 5V DC power.Project Assessment and Future ImprovementStudents who participate in the research on the design and optimization of an innovative powerharvest device for miniaturized biomedical implant are very enthusiastic about the selectedproject, and highly motivated to learn electrical engineering. A survey is conducted after theinternship

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flipped classroom model, with a new structure and tutorialcomponents were used in online classes in applied engineering and media at NU and will be discussedin further detail in the Results & Discussion section. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 34Engaging learning experiences in STEAM are challenging to design, develop, and implement; in thecase of online classes, the students are not physically present which presents additional obstacles. In anonline classroom, instructors must begin by

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6papers will be going out to conferences such as EMBS (IEEE Engineering in Medicine andBiology) conference, IEEE Healthcare Innovation Point-of-care technologies conference, andothers. This is inspiration to have the students write a conference-like paper in the class that canbe sent in almost as-is to a conference later. Because of the quality of the projects, we had a mini-expo in the lobby of the electrical and computer engineering building that was open to studentsand faculty where the students presented their project through demos and posters. Again thechallenge was that all students did an exemplary job and I had very little to separate the studentsgrade-wise.When I teach the course again, I plan on having more assignments including weekly

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). Improving laboratory effectiveness in online and onsite engineering courses at National University. Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching, 26-38.6. Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. (2013). http://www.abet.org/ Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Kathryn Bohn; Jeff Georgette; Brian Self; James Widmann

, our research had students use the IBLA method to first predict the results of the physicalmodel, then conduct the experiment and finally to complete a worksheet that asks probing questions totest the student’s conceptual understanding. Through the hands-on exploration of reality by use ofIBLAs, the students will develop conceptual understanding of the intended topics and hopefully breakany previous misconceptions. Although most of the research featuring IBLAs is focused on physics,researchers Prince and Vigeant have found evidence that promotes the success of IBLAs in engineeringfields. Their research demonstrated the improvement of student’s conceptual understanding from thetraditional lecture style to the participation in appropriate