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Monica Palomo P.E.

.) areinterested in identifying water issues that their consumers face. To collect information, thecompanies have sent surveys attached through their monthly water bills. Public agencies haveused the data to develop internet resources and water education programs for K-12 instruction sothat consumers can learn about Southern California water issues. In addition, informationprograms have been developed to educate communities about new water programs or innovativeengineering solutions (like the water-to-tap).The objective of the course change was to pilot the enhancement of the curriculum with anassignment that would mimic local community outreach efforts in Southern California wateragencies, and as a result, providing contact between engineering students

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Paul Nissenson

section were granted access to the video tutorials and both sections performedsimilarly on quizzes and exams. Surveys given at the beginning and end of the course gaugedstudents’ opinions on the course material and format. Students in the hybrid section held a muchmore favorable opinion of hybrid courses by the end of the course compared to the lecture-onlystudents and had a lower absence rate from in-class meetings. Feedback about the hybrid sectionwas overwhelmingly positive and both sections felt the video tutorials helped them learn thematerial.1. IntroductionDuring the past decade, numerous technologies have been developed that make it easier forinstructors to extend their reach well beyond the classroom, allowing students to learn at a

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Michael Kinsler; Colin McGill; Giovanni Rodriguez; William Berrios; Jeremy Chow; Amelito Enriquez; Paul Grams; Xiaorong Zhang; Hamid Mahmoodi; Wenshen Pong; Kwok-Siong Teh

have issues with interlayeradhesion if they contain more than a few layers in z-axis height. This is primarily caused by thetemperature gradient between the layer on the print surface and the layer freshly deposited fromthe extruder. At lower z-axis ranges, the heated print bed is able to heat most layers evenly.However, beyond a certain number of layers, the temperature varies and can fail to meet theminimum temperature required for proper inter-layer adhesion. Coupled with the temperaturegradient, this can lead to delamination when the printed object is complete, as well as warping ofthe print surface of both the main and support structures of the print. Maintaining an elevatedenvironmental temperature reduces the possibility of warping and

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Eric J. White; George Jing; Sandrine Fischer

LaTeX markup (“\alpha”, “f_{0}”, etc.). Symbols may be displayed either by their label(“force”) or their letter (“F”).Equations are defined by two fields: a label (“wave speed”), and a string representing LaTeXmarkup that is rendered by the browser (“v = \omega/k”). Individual symbols, which are relatedto equations in a many-to-many relationship through linking tables, are linked to the equationeither when it is created or at a later time. When generating output for a selection of exercises,symbols and equations are joined through linking tables into a sub-graph specific to thatselection.Exercises are defined by three fields: a label, their text, and an optional figure. Because SQLite isa file-based database, images can be directly uploaded

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Mehdi Khazaeli; Camilla Saviz

. Quevedo, A. V., D. A. Guerrero, M. Palma, and S. Vegas, 2013. “Improving Generic Skills among Engineering Students through Project-Based Learning in a Project Management Course,” Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.15. Chan, C. K. Y. (2012). “Assessment for community service types of experiential learning in the engineering discipline,” European Journal of Engineering Education, 37 (1), 29-38.16. Cummings, A., J. Huff, W. C. Oakes, and C. B. Zoltowski, (2013). “An Assessment Approach to Project-Based Service Learning,” Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.17. Cheville, A. and S. Welch, (2009

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Gordon W. Romney; Baird W. Brueseke

deployment of theinternet present challenges to vetting of educational content that extend far beyond peer reviewsof academic journal papers. Vetting, in this context, implies the process of examination, review, Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 471validation and authentication of instructional content relative to a standard of excellence and fact.Five identified aspects of the vetting process are: 1) the creator of the content; 2) the content; 3)the qualifications of the assessor: “vettor”, reviewer

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Engineering Majors: The NECA StudentChapter Case ................................................................................................................................. 89Lessons Learned Using Mastery Learning in a Junior Level Engineering Course ....................... 101Cooperative Learning of Nanomaterials Manufacturing and Characterization through HighImpact Practices .......................................................................................................................... 108Teaching Brain-Inspired Visual Signal Processing via Undergraduate Research Experience ..... 117From One to Many: Building an Effective Teaching Team for Capstone Courses ...................... 132Netshape - Metal Casting, Rapid Prototyping and CAD