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Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20716Making People and Projects: Implications for Designing Making-Based Learn-ing ExperiencesDr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University Micah Lande, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering pro- grams and Tooker Professor at the Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches human-centered engineering design thinking, making and design innovation project courses. Dr. Lande researches how technical and non-technical

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Yongping Zhang P.E., Cal Poly Pomona; Xudong Jia, Cal Poly Pomona; Jon Bumps, Caltrans, District 8; Du Lu, Caltrans, District 8

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20717Learn by Doing: Lessons Learned from the Ten-Year Senior Projects throughUniversity-Agency PartnershipDr. Yongping Zhang P.E., Cal Poly Pomona Dr. Yongping Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Cal Poly Pomona. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering. Dr. Zhang currently serve on the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Transportation Planning Applications as well as Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household

Conference Session

Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, California State University, Long Beach

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. Pitiporn Asvapathanagul Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 1AbstractStudents lacked interests and motivations during a one unit engineering introductory class(CE101: Introduction to Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management, generaleducation [GE] class). Most student’s performance for group projects (term paper, presentationand prototypes combined with two assignments) was unsatisfied, which all combined worthmore than 50% of the class grades. Two hypotheses were created prior to improving studentgrades. Accordingly, several instruction strategies were implemented during spring and fall

Conference Session

Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Maria Pantoja, California Polytechnic State University san Luis Obispo; Drazen Fabris, Santa Clara University; Aaron Melman, Santa Clara University

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Neural-Electronics Parallel ComputingDr. Drazen Fabris, Santa Clara UniversityAaron Melman, Santa Clara University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Online Matlab/Octave tutorial to help non-computer science engineering students improve programming skills Dr. Maria Pantoja, Dr. Drazen Fabris and Dr. Aaron Melman Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo/ Department of Mechanical Engineering Santa Clara University/ Department of Applied Math Santa Clara University.AbstractThe goal of the project is to integrate interactive tutorials into engineering classes to supportstudents' knowledge

Conference Session

Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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prototypes. Visual quality, production time, and weight of the printed parts werecompared with reference to the machinery, material types, quantity, and printing parameters.Through this hands-on project, the students were trained in emerging manufacturing technologiessuch as 3D scanning, 3D printing and rapid prototyping, and additive manufacturing. Some ofthe difficulties encountered and the learning experience from the student team are also presentedand discussed.IntroductionOne of the most distinguishing factors that the human has different from other species is the wayof displacement. Because of human's gait, structure and position, the knee is one of the biggestand more essential joints in the human body, with a particular way of working

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey Thomas Yan; James LeRoy Dalton, Cañada College; Kattia Chang, Engineering Student at Cañada College; Bianca Corine Villanueva Doronila, Canada College; Victor Josue Melara Alvarado, Canada College; Christopher Thomas; Ian M Donovan, San Francisco State University; Kartik Bholla; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Kazunori Okada, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University

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for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly focus on Smart Structures Technology, Structural Control and Health Monitoring and Innovative Engineering Education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20673Dr. Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University Dr

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Nolan Tsuchiya PE, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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took ME 100L prior to the redesign and many students who took ME 100L afterthe redesign. This presented a unique opportunity to examine the long-term impact of theredesign on student performance in subsequent courses, where some of the skills they acquired inME 100L can be utilized. Surveys were administered to students in select junior- and senior-level courses to determine whether students who took the redesigned ME 100L transferred theirskills to other courses. For example, prior to the redesign students typically learned aboutmicrocontrollers for the first time in their senior year. However, there are ample opportunities forstudents to utilize microcontrollers in class projects in their junior-level courses as well. Theauthors also compare

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Qiushi Wang, Arizona State University; DONGDONG ZHANG, Chongqing University, Arizona State University; Zhenmin Tang, Arizona State University; George G. Karady, Arizona State University

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and Doctor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from Technical University of Budapest in 1952 and 1960, respectively. Dr. Karady was appointed to Salt River Project Chair Professor at Arizona State University in 1986, where he is responsible for the electrical power education and performs research in Power Elec- tronics, High Voltage Techniques and Electric Power. Previously, he was with EBASCO Services where he served as Chief Consulting Electrical Engineer, Manager of Electrical Systems and Chief Engineer of Computer Technology. He was Electrical Task supervisor for the Tokomak Fusion Test reactor project in Princeton. From 1969 to 1977 he worked for the Hydro Quebec Institute of Research as a Program

Conference Session

Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Sheree Fu, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Kleve, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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senior project informationcan be found at the bottom of the page. The navigation includes links to other sections anchoredon the page and to the following pages: Standards and Patents, Writing AIAA / Citation Help,and Get Help from a Librarian.MethodsTwo researchers recruited six undergraduate aerospace students to participate in Krug’s model ofdo-it-yourself usability tests, simple testing with minimal time, energy, and resources6,7.Because Krug’s testing methods do not attempt to scientifically prove a generalizable hypothesisor create a comprehensive list of website usability problems, only three participants per roundare needed. For the first round of testing, one undergraduate humanities major who works in thelibrary assisted with pre

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Deana R. Delp, Arizona State University

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assist ASD students, however somestudents will sign up for this assistance, while others do not. Beyond the college resources theinstructor must fill in the gaps to ensure student success. First, the instructor must recognize theASD student’s learning style. The needs of the student and the learning styles vary by individual.For freshman year instructors it may be difficult to determine these needs in a timely manner,since most students do not self-disclose their disability. Observation and communication with thestudent are key in this step. Many first year engineering courses utilize individual and groupwork with both written assignments and “hands-on” projects including writing, drawing,problem solving, scheduling, budgeting, and craftsmanship

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Oskar Granados, Cañada College; Maryam I Khan; Manuel Alexis Ramirez, San Diego State University; Madoka Oyama, Cañada College; Nathan Carlson, Cañada College

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engineering from McGill University, Montreal, MS degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and his Ph.D. from Drexel University Pennsylvania. He is currently a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at San Francisco State University and the Engineering graduate program coordinator. His areas of interest are communication networks, sensor networks, and IoT. Dr. Shahnasser has been a research faculty consultant to NASA Ames Research Center projects since 1990 and has collaborated on several research grants with that organization since then. He has received grants from NASA, NSA, Department of Education, National Science Foundation and various private companies carrying out

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrew W Hostler, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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10 week, hands-on, extra-curricularworkshop, taught by upper division students, that gives lower division students an exciting introduction topractical skills in the fields of Engineering, Robotics, and Marine Technology. The aim of this workshopis to guide students through a design, build and test cycle of an ultra-low cost underwater roboticsplatform- the BudgetROV. This workshop involves CAD design, machining, soldering, andprogramming at an introductory level appropriate to lower division students across all engineeringdisciplines. In this paper, we describe the curriculum for this workshop and discuss student feedback thatsuggests the workshop will help students find further project opportunities (such as summer internships)and will

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Estelle M Eke, California State University, Sacramento

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Represents F_sub_sp Fsp I_subA_alpha IAα I_subB_alpha IBα m_alpha_halfL 𝐿𝐿 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚(2) ma_subBt maBt m(0.3alpha) m(0.3α) m_subA_a mAaTable 2Student involvement is encouraged in the development of the Working Model 2D animation. Inthe last few weeks of the semester an optional project is assigned for which students receiveextra credit. Fall 2014 was the first semester that this project was assigned. Students were givenapproximately 10 days to complete the project. Very creative animations were submitted.However, there was no requirement that students show details of how their animations wereobtained. As a result, a set of guidelines

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Elizabeth Fife, University of Southern California

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problemsuch as environmental sustainability, health, security, and the potential and limits of newtechnologies to address these issues. Survey results indicate that initial positivistic views oftechnology are challenged through research on this project, and at completion of their research,students have gained a greater appreciation for the interplay between technology and society asimplementation, public policy, resource availability and other elements affect technologicalchoices and investment. In class discussion helps students see the linkages between whatinitially appears to be discrete issues as the overlap of political, economic and social factors thatdetermine outcomes in many cases is similar.As part of each team’s final report, they consider

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Brandon J Leung, San Jose State University; Yuting Huang, Canada College; Fernando Lorenzo, 3D Convenience; Sergio Rodriguez-Reyes, San Jose State University; Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley; ali attaran; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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Jose State University working towarsd a BS degree in Elecrtrical Engineering. He has a strong interest in nano technology and circuit design.Ms. Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley Janine Young is currently a junior at UC Berkeley, majoring in Chemical Engineering. Her research interests include materials chemistry, nanotechnology, and renewable energy.Mr. ali attaran Ali Attaran is pursuing his Master of Computer Engineering at San Francisco State University. His project focus is no developing and optimizing non-volatile memory arrays and look up tables with resistive mem- ory devices.Dr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of Engineering and Mathematics at

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State University ; Mackenzie Honikel, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University; Jeffrey Thomas La Belle, Arizona State University

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engineering, chemical engineering, computer science engineering, as well as biology and chemistry programs at ASU. BME at ASU teaches a 8 semester wide medical device design tract that initiates the students in design, regulations, standards, IP and other aspects from day 1. Dr. La Belle has develop and courses and taught at the freshman, junior, senior and graduate level on these topics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Longitudinal Assessment of External Experts and Teaching Assistants as a Class ResourceTo help with instructor teaching and student learning in STEM courses, variousmethods such as two-way formative feedback, flipped classrooms, and project-based

Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Seema C Shah-Fairbank P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Kenneth W. Lamb P.E. Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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of Civil Engineers (ASCE). She obtained her BS in Environmental Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2001. Prior to attending graduate school at Colorado State University (CSU) she spent 3 years working as a Design Engineer for RBF Consulting in Storm Water Management. Where, she worked on various flood control, hydrology and hydraulics projects. She is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California. She completed her graduate studies in Civil Engineering at CSU with a MS in 2006 and Ph.D. in 2009, where she specialized in sediment transport and river mechanics.Kenneth W. Lamb P.E. Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Kenneth is an Assistant

Conference Session

Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Gilbert Ramirez, Cañada College; Javier Robert Piccolotti; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Tim L Mitchell Jr; Matthew Ward Carlson, Cañada College; Shane Sharp, San Jose State University; Jesus Alexis Caballero, Cañada College

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states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly focus on Smart Structures Technology, Structural Control and Health Monitoring and Innovative Engineering Education.Dr. Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University Dr. Cheng Chen is currently an associate professor in the school of engineering at San Francisco State University. His research interests include earthquake engineering, structural reliability and fire structural engineering.Dr. Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University Xiaorong Zhang received the B.S. degree in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Patrick McDonnal, Indicate Technologies, Inc, Santa Clara, CA 95050; Jean L. Lee, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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associated with the demolishing of forests and thus can be viewed ashaving a significantly negative environmental impact [2]. Similarly, electronicassignment submission requires at least one of many electronic devices, which arerecognized to contain rare earth metals and involve significant amounts of processingfor extraction once their devices are no longer in use [3, 4]. They also operate onelectricity, which furthers their energy consumption once manufacturing is complete.Thus, it is difficult to determine which method is more environmentally impactful simplyby looking at life cycle phases qualitatively (what materials are used, processing, etc.This project uses life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantitatively evaluate theenvironmental impact of

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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hybridengineering courses5,19-24.Although the CALSTEP project aims to develop a comprehensive lower-division curriculum thatis delivered completely online, the focus of this paper is the development of the course materialsfor the online Graphics course, the results of the implementation of the course at Cañada Collegein Fall 2016, and a comparison of these results with those of the pilot implementation in Fall2015 as described in a previous paper14.2. Developing an Online Engineering Graphics CourseAmong the issues and concerns identified by faculty when designing and implementing onlinecourses include issues include time commitment25,26, use of technology tools27, implementingeffective pedagogical strategies28,29, and the switch in faculty role to

Conference Session

Technical Session 2c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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all group members will receive the same grade b) I fully participate in group work when I will be evaluated primarily on my individual contributions to the project. 5-point Likert c) I fully participate in group work when I will be evaluated both on scale my individual contributions and the group's overall product. d) If I do not understand what my group member is doing or why a solution works, I get my group member to teach me. e) If I do not understand what my group member is doing or why a solution works, I always figure it out before the project is submitted.4) On a scale of 1 to 5, please rate your level of agreement with the 5-point Likert following

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Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20713Lecture Videos to Supplement Electromagnetic Classes at Cal Poly San LuisObispoDr. Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University Dean Arakaki is an Associate Professor in the EE department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He teaches courses in electromagnetics, RF systems, wireless communications, and antennas. He received the Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2000 from Penn State University, University Park, PA. His current interdepart- mental projects include algae biofuel and neutrino detection projects with

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Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jean-michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California

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design projects in teamsof four students in the laboratory portion of the course. They use LabVIEW to develop thesoftware that runs the prototype medical instruments they design and implement for theircapstone design project. Students enroll either in the Fall offering or the Spring offering ofthe course based on their study plan.Both courses are taught using the flipped classroom approach with narrated video lessonsprepared by the instructor using PowerPoint (Microsoft) and Camtasia Studio 8 (Techsmith).The ~15-20 min-long video lessons present the course content and a few applicationexamples. The students are asked to view the video lessons posted on the course LearningManagement System (LMS) Blackboard Learn (Blackboard Inc.) before coming

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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laboratory curriculum is the focus of this paper.(Online delivery of the circuit theory class has been established for over 4 years now at MPC.)Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEMEducation program (NSF IUSE), the present work is being performed for a project known asCreating Alternative Learning Strategies for Transfer Engineering Programs (CALSTEP) andinvolves faculty from three community colleges in Northern California. The primary goal of theCALSTEP project is to facilitate access to key lower-division laboratory courses, or courses witha strong laboratory component, in the engineering transfer curriculum, and thereby help addressa national shortfall of STEM graduates2,3. The specific courses

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrea Magdalene Vasquez, Harvey Mudd College; David Kwan, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; Sarah Silcox; Joseph John Sinopoli, Harvey Mudd College; Gordon G. Krauss, Harvey Mudd College

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has shown that using a written feedback process instead of an oral question andanswer (Q&A) feedback process increases fluency and usefulness of comments in anintroduction to design course, E4, at Harvey Mudd College.1 This study further examines writtenfeedback in the same setting and quantifies the degree to which students of different gendersbenefit from providing and receiving written feedback compared to oral feedback. The peerfeedback process is examined for design review presentations during a preliminary conceptualdesign project for first and second year college students in a conceptual design course. Theauthors of this study are able to note the differences in these topics as a function of the gender ofthe commenter. The study

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Eva Schiorring, Canada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College

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College Tom Rebold has chaired the Engineering department at Monterey Peninsula College since 2004. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT, and has been teaching online engineering classes since attending the Summer Engineering Teaching Institute at Ca˜nada College in 2012.Eva Schiorring, Canada College Eva Schiorring has almost two decades of experience in research and evaluation and special knowledge about STEM education in community colleges and four-year institutions. Ms. Schiorring presently serves as the external evaluator for three NSF-funded projects that range in scope and focus from leadership de- velopment to service learning and experimentation with alternative

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Michael R. Caplan, Arizona State University; Courtney Michelle DuBois; Samantha Brenna, Arizona State University ; Neal Arthur Shulman, Arizona State University; Jerry Coursen

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on molecular cooperativity in drug targeting, bio-sensing, and cell sig- naling. Current projects align along three main themes: local drug delivery, endothelial dysfunction in diabetes, and cooperative DNA diagnostics. Recent awards include the Jeanette Wilkins Award for the best basic science paper at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society. Dr. Caplan teaches several classes including Biotransport Phenomena, Biomedical Product Design and Development II (alpha prototyping of a blood glucose meter), and co-teaches Biomedical Capstone De- sign. Dr. Caplan also conducts educational research to assess the effectiveness of interactive learning strategies in large classes (˜150 students).Miss Courtney Michelle DuBoisMs

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alexander Sebastian Furlanic, San Francisco State University; Philip A. Thomas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Panfilo Jesus Armas, SFSU; Rene Parra Medina, San Jose State University; Jackie Lok; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University

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Integrated Circuits Conference, International Symposium on Low Power Electronics Design, and International Symposium on Quality Electronics Design.Dr. Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University Prof. Jiang graduated from the University of Connecticut in with a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering. Before joining San Francisco State University as an assistant professor, he worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP. As a licensed professional engineer in the states of Connecticut and California, Dr. Jiang has been involved in the design of a variety of low-rise and high-rise projects. His current research interests mainly focus on Smart Structures Technology, Structural Control and Health Monitoring and

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Reza Raeisi, California State University, Fresno; Vidya sagar reddy Gopala P.E., California State University, Fresno

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have been progressivelyutilized as general purpose GPU (GPGPU). They are used to improve the performance of manyapplications such as multimedia 16, EDA 17, numeric algorithm 18. This paper is written tomotivate and inspire engineering students in taking up projects in this particular domain. Thisdomain of study is at the research level in many universities and thus there is very limited scopefor teaching in class. However, as the topic is booming in the market there is always a scope fordoing wide range of study or projects in this domain. We would like to share our survey on thisdomain as it may be a guide or motivation for many engineering students. The increasingcomputational power of GPGPU’s makes it a solution for high performance

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alvaro Monge, California State University, Long Beach; Panadda Marayong, California State University, Long Beach; Shadnaz Asgari, California State University, Long Beach; Birgit Penzenstadler; Praveen Shankar, California State University, Long Beach

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tenured full professor. CSULB is a teaching-intensive institution and thus, he has taught classes at different levels from introduction to programming and data structures; to junior level classes in database design; senior level classes on database, web development, and senior projects; and finally to graduate classes in database systems. In 2014, Dr. Monge joined a team at Google that created NCWIT’s EngageCSEdu, an online living col- lection of peer-reviewed teaching instruments that use research-based techniques that retain and engage students, particularly effective in broadening participation in computing. Dr. Monge’s research inter- ests have evolved over time. Through his participation in an NSF sponsored