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Baird Brueseke; Gordon Romney

-course-per-month format. Usage of a virtual computer lab for hands-on learning in both theonline and onsite curriculum became the signature differentiator for this MSCS program. Out ofnecessity, the delivery infrastructure evolved from a LAN to a private cloud as virtualizationfacilitated cloud deployment. The progression has been “hands-on”, “virtualization”, “need foraccelerated teaching”, “online”, “one-course-per-month” to “cloud”.The constant challenges of managing a sophisticated private cloud for National University ledthe authors to identify the requirements embodied in the class/lab module of the VirtualInstruction Cloud (VIC), a new model for distance education. CLaaS, or Computer Lab-as-a-Service is a trademark of iNetwork and

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David Naish

project. Because students were able to use software inany area of civil engineering, those who would previously have commented on the one-notenature of the course noted the broad knowledge gained. Additionally students noted theirappreciation for the fact that they could draw on their knowledge gained in other courses andapply them to new problems.ConclusionsIn summary, this paper presents an outline of a course in computer-aided design and analysisfocused specifically within civil engineering, although any discipline could incorporate thecourse in its curriculum. The purpose is not to analyze or assess the course quantitatively. Themodular nature of the course makes it particularly appealing as it can draw from multiplesubdivisions (focus areas

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Moe Tajvidi P.E.

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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Nancy Warter-Perez; Sevak Ghazaryan; Jerardo Martin

scientists and engineerswho work closely with their partner teachers to engage middle and high school students inscience and engineering activities related to the fellows' research. The program goals are toenhance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum, inform andinspire students about careers in science and engineering, and improve the graduate fellow'sability to communicate their research to a broad audience. In this paper, we present the middleschool math classroom activities developed related to one particular fellow’s research on carbonnanotube composites. Using lightweight carbon nanotube composites for a car chassis canincrease fuel efficiency, decrease emissions, and maintain the desired properties of the

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Galen Pickett; Prashanth Jaikumar; Michael Peterson

321 Student Success in Introductory Physics Galen Pickett, Prashanth Jaikumar, and Michael Peterson California State University Long Beach, Long BeachAbstractThe Department of Physics and Astronomy at CSU Long Beach have instituted several reformsin the last decade to support student success across the engineering and physical sciencefields. First, we have chosen a curriculum in our introductory courses emphasizing a small set offundamental principles and problem solving. We support the development of these problemsolving and critical thinking skills through a classroom

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Manoochehr Zoghi; Hernan Maldonado; Syreeta Martinez

frontloaded with non-engineeringmajor courses such as math, science and general education, which are offered by departmentsoutside engineering. In recent years, broad spectrum of instructional approaches have beendeveloped to address some of these issues such as collaborative learning, problem-based learning, 5writing across curriculum, freshman experience, introduction to design, and so on.4 Felder, et al.point out that the long-term benefits of these methods, however, have been at best tenuous mainlybecause they are typically carried out short term. Felder, et al.,6, 7, 8, 9 conducted further studies inrelation to student success and retention

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Nebojsa Jaksic

). Brainstorming, a group ideation method first introduced in196322, is well described in engineering design textbooks2, 3, 14, 15. However, there are somefindings that invalidate the use of this approach. For example, McGrath23 claims that a group ofpeople working together on a problem would accomplish less (fewer and lower-quality concepts) Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 160 24than if they would to work independently. Also, Lewis et al. conclude that

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Christopher McComb; Fariborz Tehrani

internshipprograms to fill this gap. In this regard, a research and practice group can effectively replicate theworking environment of civil engineers by incorporating multidisciplinary projects and diverseindividuals, including cross-generational members.Duarte et al. (2012) took a more bottom-up approach to enhance engineering education. In thisapproach, research groups were formed as student-led initiatives. Ph.D. students providedleadership, and recruited undergraduate students. The report shows that the sense of belongingand ownership in these groups facilitated acquiring personal and professional competencies.Further, the student-led characteristic of these extracurricular groups helped the faculty tomanage the time-consuming training of new students

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David Clague; Joshua Wilbur; Elizabeth Stasiowski; Alyson Telford

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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Armineh Noravian; Patricia Irvine

diverse life experiences of people involved; without diversity, we miss out on understandingvarious constraints, and developing novel designs, processes, and products that better meet oursocietal needs 2. However, the fact that the majority of students who enroll and graduate with anengineering degree are white males, it’s unlikely that we can anticipate a change in diversity inthe future composition of the engineering workforce 3,4. To encourage a diverse engineeringstudent population we must focus on the curriculum 5 and restructure engineering education sothat students experience early in their training what engineers do 6. Because over forty percent Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

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Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Mohammad Amin; Bhaskar Sinha

extremely important markettrends: infrastructure modernization and cloud computing” 1. One of the paper’s authors, Dey, asthe Lead Faculty for the Masters in Computer Science (MS-CS) program of National University(NU), facilitated the inclusion of agility through virtualization in the curriculum of the DAT 605,Web and Cloud Computing (WCC) course.National University Class-per-Month Schedule. NU offers WASC accredited onsite and onlineteaching modalities in a one semester coursedelivered in a single calendar month. This is truly accelerated, Internet-time delivery of coursematerial and becomes especially challenging to the engineering programs in the School ofEngineering and Computing (SOEC)), and the Computer Science and Information

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

Engineering Education 229engineering education and making empirically based assessments of student progress. It has beenurged to make design pedagogy the highest priority in new engineering education curriculumdecisions.1 “Design is what engineers do, and the intelligent and thoughtful decision of theengineering curriculum should be the community’s first allegiance.”1This evident gap in new engineers’ preparation plus the lack of research around professionalengineering are the motivation for this research, which attempts to understand differencesbetween universities and companies with greater specificity through direct observation andrecordings. Currently

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Jeff Ashworth; Will Quinn

56AE 420, Aircraft Preliminary DesignAircraft Preliminary Design (AE 420) is the first part of the aeronautical engineering capstone coursesequence. During this course, the students work in 6-8 member teams to design an entire aircraft to meetthe performance requirements specified in a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Code of Federal Regulations(CFR). An RFP invites industry to submit a proposal to compete in the design process. The studentsmust utilize all the knowledge they have learned in the engineering curriculum along with the designmethods learned in the AE 395N course. The objective of this course is to give the students theopportunity to utilize their knowledge to design an entire aircraft when given nothing more thanperformance

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

for grades K-6 classrooms. Fundamentalunderstanding of the engineering profession is an essential key for elementary teachers toimplement this curriculum. The presented approach is an initial effort targeted at increasing theengineering knowledge of prospective K-6 teachers. This step involves developing a course titledEngineering Literacy, taken by those undergraduates who typically plan to enter the credentialprogram for elementary teaching (i.e., Liberal Studies majors). Engineering Literacy is a three-unit combined laboratory and lecture course. Hands-on activities are coupled with lectures onengineering topics. Expected outcomes of Engineering Literacy are aligned with the generalbody-of-knowledge in both engineering and liberal studies

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Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

174modern work environment and to respond effectively to the rapid evolution of knowledge andthe ongoing iteration of problems in complex systems36, but such an instructional approach alsofosters the learning and participation of non-traditional and minority engineering students14, 15, 29,31 . However, based on the experience of the civil and construction engineering (CCE) faculty atCPSLO and feedback from their Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), a knowledge and skills gapexists in the CCE curriculum. This negatively impacts students’ preparation as well as theretention and the ability to increase diversity.While multidisciplinary project-based learning has been advocated in engineering for a numberof years, the initiation of the Accreditation

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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

students gain a strong fundamental understanding of basic electrical circuittheory, a learning-by-doing approach was designed for students who have recently taken a basicelectrical circuit course. Funded by a NASA CIPAIR (Curriculum Improvements andPartnership Award for the Integration of Research) grant, four underrepresented minority (i.e., 3Hispanic and 1 Pacific Islander) students from a community college were recruited to design,assemble, and test a printed-circuit-board (PCB) based circuit in the summer of 2013. The circuitis capable of taking in power at 1.6 KHz with a very low voltage level (~200mV) and converts itto 5 V DC power to power-up biomedical implants wirelessly. First, the students were asked torun the circuit simulator (i.e

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Selyna Perez Beverly

relationships with the femalestudents.A significant part of the retention component is facilitating and fostering interaction between femalestudents and female faculty. Burke11 indicates that female faculty mentorship is crucial for women’ssuccess in pursuing STEM degrees. As a result of WEPAN’s ENGAGE research13, CPP WE developeda program for female faculty and students to connect and learn about each other. CPP WE Chats withFaculty were developed and the following learning outcomes for the program were established:1. Students will learn something new about a female faculty that they did not know before.2. Students will feel more confident in their abilities as an engineering student.3. Students will feel comfortable approaching female faculty.4

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

have been very successful and have proved to be asexciting as they are challenging for both students and staff. Both the HERE Program staff andstudent participants are eager to continue the work. Multi-year participation in the HEREprogram benefits student alumni as they deepen their knowledge, hone design skills and gainteaching experience as they mentor the incoming students. Students learn best from their peers,so the new students entering the curriculum also benefit greatly through this mentoring.Rehabilitation engineering education program origins and evolution. The National Institute onDisability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Dept. of Education, originally supported thecreation of the HERE&HERO Programs in 1998 in conjunction

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Andriani Parastiwi; Taufik Taufik

engineering programs need to provide multidisciplinary learningin their curriculum. This is further emphasized by many studies that show that students withexposure to multidisciplinary experience have the required skills to take on complex jobsfollowing their graduation, and thus, they tend to be more successful later in their career4.Universities, including those with polytechnic emphasis, have since tried different approaches toaddress technological and market demands for interdisciplinary skills. Methods varyconsiderably in different institutions. However, many were observed to incorporate themultidisciplinary experience in their curriculum through capstone design or senior projectcourses. One example of an activity that incorporates the learn-by

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................................................................................. 537Integrating STEM into K-6 Teacher Education: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Faculty Collaboration......... 537Drones for Personal and Commercial Use: Implementing a New Design with Zero Emissions......... 538Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Scientists and Engineers .............................................................. 539Using Videos to Enhance Engineering Instruction............................................................................................... 539Faculty Participation in a Learning Community Improves STEM Student Success.................................. 540Training Mathletes Using Countdown Method ................................................................................................... 540WORKSHOP

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Mudasser Wyne; Alireza Farahani

session for ourstudents. The object is to have either graduate students or our adjunct to be available to helpstudents in lower level CS classes.ConclusionThis paper provides a summary of approaches adopted by SETM from the design, developmentand implementation of assessment plans for its CS degree program to prepare the program forthe ABET CS accreditation. Steps taken to make the program compliant with ABET criteria arepresented and some factures to enhance the online program are discussed.Bibliography1. Uhlig, R., and Viswanathan, S. (2006). Effective design, instruction and assessment of an on-line engineering course. Presented at the ASEE Mid – Atlantic Conference.(28-29) New York City, New York.2. Koile, K. and Singer, D. (2006

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John Murray; Erin Elder; Ryan Bingham; Glen Longhurst; Desmond Penny

InteractionsThe Integrated Engineering (IE) Program at SUU has, since its origin in 2005, included project-based, cross disciplinary, experiential learning combing elements of Electrical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering in the integrated curriculum. All IE students arerequired to complete two one-semester design courses during their junior year, plus two,advanced, one-semester courses focused on the design and implementation of a capstone projectduring their senior year. Students often develop capstone projects for regional private and publicsector organizations as well as within the university. Southern Utah University has recentlyincreased its emphasis on experiential learning on a university-wide basis. According to

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Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu; Rajan Chandra; Phyllis Nelson; Jolly Kuo; Shailesh Sujanani

benefit significantly from our short videos of problem solutions.IntroductionStudent success in electrical engineering is built on mastery of fundamental network analysis conceptssuch as Kirchhoff's laws, nodal and mesh analysis, and the Thevenin and Norton theorems. However,the course in which these concepts are taught comes early in the student's post-baccalaureate career.Many students at this level have not yet understood that mastery of these concepts is essential to successin later courses. Enabling students to access these learning materials when they need them, whetherduring the first course or later in their academic career, helps them to become more active participants inthe learning process. Development of new learning materials for

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Matthew Adle; Justin Bostwick; Kyle Graves; Synjin Hipolito; Yong Gan

manufacturing process reasonable; and mostimportantly, to manufacture heterogeneous material-supported composites with controlled architecturesfor thermoelectric energy conversion. It is important to understand the fundamentals of electric forceassisted nanocasting manufacturing process and to use this new approach to make organic- inorganiccomposites.Cooperative learning of scalable and low cost manufacturing process for making high performancenanomaterials has caught big attention. One of the education activities in California State PolytechnicUniversity, Pomona is to develop workforce for energy manufacturing. A fast, scalable and low costmanufacturing process for making high performance thermoelectric energy conversion compositematerials emerges as

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Clint Staley; Michael Haungs

for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 384Highly selective hiring and training. Using TAs to assist instruction is nothing new, of course,and is sometimes controversial. There is evidence, however, that TAs can improve face time forclasses having 30-50 students.6,7,8 What makes our model different in this regard is theselectivity of our hiring process and the very close teamwork between TAs and course instructorduring the inverted instruction sessions. The quality of TAs is essential to the model'ssuccess. We hire excellent students who are good communicators

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Kurtis Kredo; Dale Word

components supports our curriculum. We closewith a brief discussion of alternative components for programs whose curriculum may requirea different approach than the examples provided.Component Selection Guidelines and ExamplesWith an understanding of our motivation, we now present the high-level characteristics desiredfrom the components. These include traits desired of all components as well generalcomponent properties or technologies. We also include a concrete example through thecomponent selection used in our program. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Jose Valdovinos; Cheng Chen; Abbyanna Davis; Amelito Enriquez; Wenshen Pong

simulation results.Past research projects, such as the work from the professors of engineering in San FranciscoState published in 2012 which develop a probabilistic approach for reliability assessment of real-time hybrid simulation results2 especially when the true structural response is not available. Alinear elastic single-degree-of-freedom structure is used to determine the statistical distributionof actuator delay values corresponding to certain accuracy3. Nonlinear structural behavior isconsidered through the Bouc-Wen model4. The Bouc-Wen model is used in modeling thehysteresis phenomenon in the dynamically excited nonlinear structures it is used to help further Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV

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

service to the community, improving student learning, and at the same time,meeting all required learning outcomes of the academic program.IntroductionPrograms at National University (NU) School of Engineering and Computing (SOEC) areprofessional degrees that integrate communication methods, problem solving skills, simulationtechniques and mathematical fundamentals with hands-on experiences required to solve real-world industry problems1,2. They are designed for professionals and managers to promote thelearning and application of skills in their respective fields, and use curriculums that emphasizemultidisciplinary knowledge. These programs combine theory, lectures, hands-on work, projects,research papers and presentations. They also require

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Edward Smaglik; Terry Baxter; John Tingerthal P.E.; Chun-Hsing Ho; Mark Lamer

performance,an increase in the number of students for which English is a second language (ESL), a desire tobetter utilize faculty time, and a desire to improve the quality of the learning experience. Withsupport from the university’s Provost Office and e-Learning Center, five faculty membersembarked on a curriculum redesign to address these factors. This paper summarizes the historyand development of the blended approach to these two courses and discusses some preliminaryresults. After one semester of implementation, we found that student performance did notimprove or degrade significantly and that the redesign required a great deal of effort to put intoplace. Now in its second semester, the faculty have implemented some changes based onobservations

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Kathryn Bohn; Jeff Georgette; Brian Self; James Widmann

77Bibliography 1. Tongue, B. H. and Sheppard, S. D. (2005) Dynamics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Motion, John Wiley & Sons. 2. Meriam, J. L. and Kraige, L.G. (2006) Engineering Mechanics, Volume 2, Dynamics, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons. 3. Self, B. P. and Redfield, R. (2001) New Approaches in Teaching Undergraduate Dynamics. Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 4. Prince, M. and Vigeant, M. (2006) Using Inquiry-Based Activities to Promote Understanding of Critical Engineering Concepts. Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 5. Self, B. P., Birdsong, C. and Rossman, E. (2008) A new spin on