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Jin-Lee Kim; Talal Trabolsi

166 Lessons Learned from Advanced Information Technologies on Jobsite for Construction Education Jin-Lee Kim and Talal Trabolsi California State University, Long BeachAbstractThis paper presents survey results used to identify the need for the advanced informationtechnologies and construction activities that would benefit the most from the use of informationtechnologies on construction sites. A survey was designed and conducted to gather a consensusof the construction industry in order to identify the perception of such technologies and

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

with the predictions of simulation and analysis. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 18Our suite of tools can benefit both those who are beginning their study of electrical engineering andthose who need to improve their understanding of a specific concept.Prime Motivating Factors and Design StrategyLow cost devices such as tablets and smartphones, plus the proficiency of today's students with thesedevices, suggested web-based technology for providing assistance to students who are currently

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

and end of course evaluations.IntroductionThe use of computers, Internet, World Wide Web (WWW), public and private clouds and mobiletechnologies for delivery of educational material is growing at an unmanageable rate1. Today onlineeducation has become more popular because of its quality, accessibility and affordability. In a recentresearch report it was mentioned that 10 percent of adults in the U.S. strongly agree with the quality ofonline college/university education and another 22 percent support the online offerings2. Recently,National University (NU) has made significant innovative improvements on both technology andpedagogy for its online offerings. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone

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Thomas Korman; Hal Johnston; Kay Gore

students. Apartnership built through the use COINS seeks to educate civil and construction engineeringstudents at the lower division and to introduce students to core engineering fundamentals thatform a basis for the knowledge on which they can build in upper division courses and at the sametime increase interest and excitement about engineering by incorporating project-based learningearly in the curriculum. The benefits for students include better preparation of students, asdemonstrated by increasing deeper understanding of project controls and constructability issues,for upper division coursework by implementing project planning and control systemsengineering design and implementation, realize an increase of 25% in the retention of studentswho

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Armineh Noravian; Patricia Irvine

underrepresented students are less likely than their white male peers to have beensocialized to do hands-on activities or encouraged to use toys, tools, or gadgets that mightpromote their interest in engineering. The research question for this study is: What is the role ofproblem-oriented pedagogical strategies in increasing the diversity of students in technicaleducation among community college students? In this paper, we argue that success intechnology and engineering education requires technical capital, which is experience with“tinkering,” manipulating tools, doing hands-on work, and knowing the process of solvingproblems that require technical solutions. Thus, to increase diversity in technology andengineering education and careers, programs should

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

Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 400in the process. However, the poor performance of the K-12 education system in teaching STEM(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) has also been a concern in recent years. Asa result, engineering graduation rates have suffered in the past decades. Thus, the development ofnew generations of engineers remains a challenge in long-term (NAE, 2002) 21. Addressing thischallenge requires development of a solid foundation of engineering literacy throughout gradesK-12.This paper outlines an approach to address this challenge and to generate a more preparedgeneration of engineering

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Tina Smilkstein

Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 378how they could be used in medical technology. The group had six members and the tasks weredivided up in the following way:Group leader (EE): power transfer to contact lens / printing of circuits on lensCPE: Application prototype to put onto lens (built successfully but not to scale)Biomed: Materials appropriate for being printed on AND appropriate for use in an eyeEE1: Building of model eye to test contact lens.EE2: Energy scavenging through light and energy storage.This group printed out a prototype on a hard contact lens that received power wirelessly (in 7weeks!). This project interested

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Baird Brueseke; Gordon Romney

embodies features of the class/lab module. Additionally,recent advances in technology including new mobile devices, the ability of MOOCs to reachthousands of students (distance learners) and the wide spread use of social media as a ubiquitouscommunication method have reshaped the educational environment, reinforcing the need forCLaaS.A Computer Lab as a Service (CLaaS) in the cloud enhances the educational content deliveredby MOOCs; and specifically, cyber MOOCs. Together, VIC and its computer class/lab module,herein referred to as CLaaS, deliver new technology, provide provenance for new forms ofeducational content, protect developer IP and also protect academic revenue streams. This paperdescribes CLaaS. CLaaS allows the instructor to return her

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Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Mohammad Amin; Bhaskar Sinha

. Virtualization is part of the fundamental technology that has made cloudinfrastructures possible and facilitated the rapid adoption of cloud concepts. Virtualization,however, is not a requirement for cloud implementation15. Google, as an example deployed acloud architecture that does not use virtualization, but rather a bare-metal infrastructure in orderto optimize server functionality.Cloud Technology. Student learning is enhanced by agile use of technology2,3,4,16.Virtualization and deployment of cloud infrastructures go hand-in-hand with the use of agilepedagogy. Students in DAT 605 WCC were introduced to the NU SOEC private cloud,Virtual Education Lab (VEL)11, and a VM build of the Instant Rails stack14. In a subsequentDAT 605 WCC course, later in

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Nancy Warter-Perez; Sevak Ghazaryan; Jerardo Martin

it takes to break a lime (left) and an egg (right).Conductivity of graphite (SWNT flashlight) activity. Almost all mechanical devices starting fromhousehold appliances to space technology such as satellites are controlled electronically. Tocontrol such devices engineers and scientist use circuits ranging from simple electric circuits tocomplex computers, which can compute millions of calculations in a matter of seconds. Untilrecently computer circuit boards used copper, silicon and gold to transfer electrical current and Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Agustin Robles; David Alvarez; Jasmine Flores; Cham Htun; Cheng Chen; James Enright; Amelito Enrique; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shahnasser; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi

education for large numbers ofstudents in the U.S., especially Hispanic and low-income students. Preparing community collegestudents for their future civil engineering profession is of great significance to our society. Insummer 2013, four sophomore civil engineering community college students participated in aten-week summer research internship program at the School of Engineering of San FranciscoState University. Supported by the NASA CIPAIR (Curriculum Improvements and PartnershipAward for the Integration of Research) program, the four students were advised to usecommonly used structural engineering design specifications and seismic provisions to design athree-story steel plate shear wall. Design tools and software applications such as Excel

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Jose Macedo; Nick Sweeney

occurred due to several factors: thegrowth in computing processor power and speed, growth in memory capacity, significant costreduction of computer and machine vision technologies, the availability of powerful and easy-to-use PLC, machine vision and motion control software tools, and the development of industrystandards such as the IEC 61131.There is much interest in industry to recruit talented engineers with knowledge of automation ofproducts and processes. It is important to distinguish the difference between engineers who maywork in automation of products, known as mechatronics or embedded computers, and engineerswho may work on automation of processes, known as factory automation. There are similaritiesin the body of knowledge for both of

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Brian Arnold; Jodi Reeves

goal is to provide the same high standard and quality ofeducation to all students in both onsite and online courses, no matter what delivery model is used. Thispaper focuses on how we’ve adapted persistence techniques for improved student engagement,interaction, participation, ownership, and community to STEAM online courses in applied engineeringand media at National University.Literature ReviewWhen STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) education is delivered online,student retention and persistence issues increase since online delivery combines all of the traditionalchallenges of race, gender and K-12 preparation with a delivery model that relies heavily on studentownership of learning and proactive engagement. Even though

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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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Andriani Parastiwi; Taufik Taufik

and well-situated to contribute to the workforce and to stimulate the country’s economic growth.Polytechnic institutions are offering professional, career-focused programs in the arts, social andrelated behavioral sciences, engineering, education, natural sciences and technology that engagestudents in active, applied learning. Their curriculum is designed with the foundation of blendingtheory with practice to solve real world problems for the benefit of society. This in turn givesunique opportunities for students to understand how learning connects to careers or to solvingreal-world problems which are considered important to the cultivation of applied skills needed inthe workplace1. As a result, employment prospects for graduates from

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

staff to provide enhanced technology services to an underserved community. This visionwas then translated into a network infrastructure upgrade of the Cox Tech Center that met thediverse needs of its users. Problems were identified, and best practices and more effectivemethods of using newer technologies were deployed to address the deficiencies. This process ledto the implementation of an effective solution while using available resources. The organizationchart involved the Cox Tech Center lab, National University faculty, and the Capstone students.Their working relationships and the reporting structure is shown in Figure 1. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference

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Jody Hamabata

Course The Mini Rose Float Project," In 5th First Year Engineering Experience Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved from http://www.fyee.org/fyee2013/papers/1046.pdf2. Landis, R.B., “Studying Engineering: A Roadmap to a Rewarding Career,” 3rd ed. Discovery Press, 2007, 38-39.3. S.A. Sorby & B.J. Baartmans, “The Development and Assessment of a Course for Enhancing 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills of First Year Engineering Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, 89(3), 301–307, 2000.4. K. Kadam, S. Sahasrabudhe, & S. Iyer, “Improvement of Mental Rotation Ability Using Blender 3-D,” in 2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education (T4E), 2012, 60–66.5. N. Martín -Dorta, J. L. Saorín, and M

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

rural and urban communities globally using locally available, scavenged, orotherwise low-cost, high-quality materials, and labor reciprocally provided for the commongood. In this context, the architectural mantra, “design is the ultimate renewable resource,” theindigenous, belief that “we are all related,” and the holistically inspired development of “a senseof place” take on renewed meaning. Redesign, restoration, and recycling of the endangeredglobal commons, including shelter, it has been suggested, may represent an emerging,contemporary form of redemption. Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education

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Hen-Geul Yeh; Duc Tran; Paula Quintana

energy that is produced in a manner that has less of anegative impact to the environment than energy sources like fossil fuel which often produceharmful side effects. Types of green energy that often come to mind are solar, wind, geothermaland hydro energy. In fact, it is a significant area for the investment, and the ability to developtechnology that harnesses energy from wind, solar, water and other renewable resources definesfuture generations of technology. The engineers and scientist who are solving these challengestoday are using many advanced technologies to develop and deliver tomorrow’s solutions for asustainable environment. These technologies definitely need to be widely spread and fullyunderstood by young generations so that they can

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Moe Tajvidi P.E.

. Problem-Based Learning is not limited to engineering education; it hasbeen long used in other areas such as medicine education, nursing education and law education.There have been many efforts to improve the quality of teaching of soil mechanics andfoundation design courses, for example, using audio response systems to develop active learningenvironment within the classroom has been investigated3. In another attempt to incorporatelearning outcomes into an introductory geotechnical engineering course9, a listing of outcomesarticulated for several foundation design course topics has been developed which demonstrateshow the outcomes were linked to lesson plans and assignments. In this regard, exampleassessment methods and results are presented with

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Loukas Lazos; Elmer Grubbs

majority of enrollees are non-ECE majors. Enrollment has varied over the years from 30 to 40 students up to recent class sizesof 180 to 230 students per semester. It is taught twice a year in one lecture section and multiplelaboratory sections per semester. The C language was originally chosen, not because it isnecessarily the best, most useful language around, but because it serves as a good basic language,which allows students to rather easily transfer over to other languages as needed. It is also stillhighly useful in industry. The course used to be a traditional lecture course, using a standard text Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American

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Manoochehr Zoghi; Hernan Maldonado; Syreeta Martinez

Engineering, they are not just a number and thatthe College cares about the success of every one of its students.Curricular InnovationEstablished in 1922, LCOE offers nationally accredited B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering,Geomatics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,and Construction Management. All engineering programs are accredited by ABET (AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology, Inc.), whereas, the construction management program is 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

towards acommon goal, has become an industry trend1 . This recently adopted trajectory accurately reflects therealities of the twenty-first-century: any sustainable solution to the problems humanity is currentlyfacing requires an integrated and interactive mix of sciences, engineering, social sciences, andhumanities2. As a result, modern education needs to prepare future scientists and engineers to not onlyexplore the boundaries within their own disciplines, but to also understand the basics of other fields.The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) acknowledges the importance ofmultidisciplinary education and explicitly supports it3. In fact, the 2013-2014 criteria for accreditingEngineering programs requires the programs to

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, Pomona) Panadda Marayong (California State University, Long Beach) Marilyn Dyrud (Oregon Institute of Technology) 2 A Note from the Conference Co-ChairsThe 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference—was hosted by the College ofEngineering/California State University, Long Beach. Promoting the theme, "Student Success Is Our Success,”it provided an excellent opportunity where faculty/professional staff presented and shared innovative tools,pedagogies, and best practices for addressing the challenges of engineering education. Particular emphasiswas on

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Christopher McComb; Fariborz Tehrani

engineeringstudents at CSU Fresno though the results of a survey. This survey is analyzed using traditionalmethods, as well as Latent Semantic Analysis. Our results indicate that group members arebetter at embodying and communicating outcomes than the rest of the student body, and that theresearch and practice group provides an experience that allows students to internalize and takeresponsibility for their own goals.IntroductionExperiential learning is a key component in engineering education. The ASCE Body ofKnowledge (BOK) considers professional experience to be a required supplement to bachelorand master degrees1. The requisite pre-licensure experience is expected to directly fulfill thehighest level of achievement for most technical and all professional

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

template synthesized from α-cyclodextrin and polyamines13. Nanocasting two- Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 12dimensionally (2D) ordered porous arrays using monolayer colloidal crystal templates has the advantageof generating hierarchical structures at micro and nanometer length scales. Polystyrene (PS) beads withthe size of 1 micron were used to form 2D ordered arrays14. The arrays were served as the casting moldsto make Co3O4 hierarchical structures.The external force-assisted nanocasting

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Reza Raeisi; Max Gardner; Ricardo Rangel

also be presented. It is anticipated that the VLES, which is an opensource framework, can contribute towards adoption in more institutions as the developed coursemodules are scalable. The active participation of participants for empirical lessons throughaudio-video technologies has been tested as a pilot program and its impact has been positive. Inthe future, our intent is to propose the VLES concepts as a new addition to current secondaryeducation in the central valley to promote engineering and technology. Addition of the conceptto the current curricula in secondary education will inspire students to pursue Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines at earlier age.The project experience and data collected from the

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Clint Staley; Michael Haungs

hit the sweet spot between incorporating online educational technology andproviding quality face-to-face time with students. Published benefits of this model include higherstudent engagement, increased peer learning, lowered student frustration, and the ability of theinstructor to provide immediate, direct feedback to students.1,2,3,4Flipped classrooms are gaining respect as a middle ground between traditional instruction andMassive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). While the efficiencies and broad reach of a MOOC areattractive, the MOOC approach suffers very high dropout and failure rates.5 And MOOCs are notsuited to all students, as shown for instance in the difficulties faced by San Jose State Universityin their experiment with Udacity

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

responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,economic, environmental, and societal context(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineeringpractice.These are incorporated as part of the on-going assessment process in engineering programs atLCOE.References1. Friedman, T.L., The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers, 2007, 660p.2. Weaver, J., Rayess, N., “Developing Entrepreneurially-Minded Engineers by Incorporating