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Technical Session 2c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly; Ahmad Nafisi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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efficiently, and working as teams in a competitive in-class environment. Theevaluation method is a function of accuracy and speed. The grades from the test reflect theparticipants’ knowledge on the content, their ability in team working and their skills for fastinvestigation. The results are discussed for three separate electrical engineering courses. Theproposed method added some enjoyment to the class and reduced the stress of the quiz. Becauseof its completive nature, it discourages possible cheating.Class work assessmentAssessment is one of the three major tasks of all educators [1]. The other two are “Motivation”and “Education”. The classical assessment is based on grading the knowledge, indifferent of thespeed. Considering the time given for a

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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up for an absence from the laboratory session orto prepare for a lab practical exam. The results reflect the instructor’s observation of eachstudent’s predominant participation mode, and do not attempt to assess the impact of anoccasional F2F student performing a makeup lab remotely.Table 2 shows a summary comparison of outcomes between the two cohorts, with the top sectionshowing measured statistical performance outcomes and the bottom section showing the resultsof a student perception survey rating different aspects of the lab experience on a 5-point scale,where 5 is most favorable and 1 is least favorable. The statistical data in the top section of Table1 shows retention and success, amount of work completed, student time to completion

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Jean S Larson, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics

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starting with simple problems, we created a logical sequence of topics andexamples to be covered. To create a lasting impact, we decided to end the lecture with a slideoutlining elective courses and undergraduate research opportunities for students.Instructional strategies In order to promote engagement and facilitate retention of knowledge, we includedpractice, reflection, or review activities in each section of the module (Table 1). Table 1: Technical content paired with instructional activities in the module Section Detailed Topics Student activity 1. Defining • Hierarchy of civil engineering fields Working in pairs, identify real

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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b) somewhat beneficial c) just a little beneficial d) not beneficial at all11) When reflecting upon your experience in ME 100L, what is your overall opinion? (circle one) a) very favorable b) a little favorable c) neither favorable nor unfavorable d) a little unfavorable e) very unfavorable12) Feel free to write any additional thoughts about ME 100L below.Question 9 polls students about their confidence in programming the Arduino microcontroller.Arduino is an inexpensive, open-source prototyping platform that can be used in numerousapplications to read sensor data and write to outputs that physically manipulate a system12.Arduino is appropriate for many of the projects in the

Conference Session

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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havedifficulties identifying movement along particular contours and applying general Smith Chartprinciples. Multiple lecture videos have been prepared to illustrate Smith Chart methodsincluding basic “normalized impedance to complex reflection coefficient conversions” thatconvert between the complex normalized impedance plane and the Smith Chart. The mostdifficult hurdle is using the extensive grid on the Z version of the chart and the twice-as-denseZY chart. Multiple lecture videos describe examples and applications on both versions toillustrate RF network analysis and matching network design techniques. These videos arefollowed up in class to reinforce these difficult subjects.The author observed an improvement in student participation and insightful

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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level and accuracy of technical description that the students present, inaddition to guiding student’s inquiries into their topic. An assignment earlier in the semester thatinvolves researching and writing about the science and engineering behind an idea, product, orprocess provides the experience for navigating academic work and more applied treatments oftheir subject matter. Frequent meetings with the research teams is useful for monitoring studentunderstanding of their topic and for directing them towards resources.Figure 1 below reflects student’s perspectives as they begin their research. At this point,students have looked at the Grand Challenges website which identifies the challenge andpotential technological remedies. Students have not

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Rebeka Sultana, California State University, Long Beach

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number of students obtaining more than 70% of the total points of 50. Figure 2. Students’ performance in Midterms of Spring 2015 and Spring 2016.Discussion of the OutcomesThe purpose of the study was to improve students’ success rate by increasing the percentage ofstudents receiving points 70% or higher, while decreasing the number of students receivingpoints 60% or lower in the Midterms. The results from only the Spring 2016 semester shows thatdividing the course material and assessing the students by three Midterms instead of twoMidterms helped to reach the study objective. Overall, the class performance reflects thefavorable trend of increased percentage of students receiving points 70% to 80

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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? Did the company plan ahead for X success and future growth? What are the manufacturing costs for the game? (How do these costs compare to market X X average) What percentages of these costs are focused on the pieces, board, labor? (Do the costs adequately X X reflect the quality of the game?) What is the manufacturing

Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

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the new technologies wasconducted. The results reflected a positive student experience with the course delivery.Description of EE110EE110 provides the beginning engineer withfundamental knowledge and skills associatedwith the electrical or computer engineeringprofessions. Table 1 illustrates the labassignments that the students must completeduring class. It will introduce commonelectronic components, basic circuitconfigurations, and laboratory instruments.Bench practices and lab reports will beintroduced along with computer aided analysis.The objectives of the course expect students tosystematically solve problems; demonstrate safe habits, identify and apply electronic theory,circuits components, and equipment; and identify and apply basic

Conference Session

Technical Session 4b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jason Matteson, Northern Arizona University; David M Richter, Northern Arizona University

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studiesrequirements (such as philosophy) into their engineering courses, and that such courses can, inthe long run, enable more ethically reflective engineering choices.ContextOne of us teaches engineering design courses and courses in mechanical engineering. One of usteaches a variety of ethics courses in the philosophy department. We met two years ago on ateam drawn together to design an ethics module for a course shared across several engineeringmajors. We are now in the process of piloting a full course in engineering ethics that we believewill be adopted by the university as a liberal arts course for engineering majors. This paperdescribes the approach we have pursued, often pointing out how it may be different from othersimilar courses at other

Conference Session

Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Keith E. Holbert P.E., Arizona State University

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, and found that intensivecourses result in higher grades than traditional 16-week semester length course and that thesehigher grades reflect a real increase in knowledge, with the improvement benefit peaking atabout 4 weeks.12 In still other cases, no difference in performance was observed. For instance,Anastasi reported that academic performance was similar in summer and full-semester lengthofferings of three psychology courses.13 In addition, Shaw et al. found no statistical difference instudent achievement or engagement between six online psychology courses with half beingtaught in a 16-week semester while the other half were delivered in an 8-week term.14Figure 2 provides plots of the probability density functions (pdfs) for EEE 460 based

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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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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] undetectable redundant [UR] Table.1. Fault classes and their groupsAfter desired configuration is set up ATPG may be performed either in regular run mode or byauto mode as discussed above. Transcript window reflects every change we induce in the designprocess.In the process of ATPG TetraMax provides two types of pattern compression. Dynamiccompression is processed during execution of ATPG phase using auto mode. This is performedusing high merge effort during ATPG. And Static compression is performed after the patterns aregenerated; this is done using command pattern_compression. VI. Results and analysisNow, the results and analysis of results obtained

Conference Session

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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learning attributes below with examplesfrom Making and engineering, and how it may become reflected in the engineering classroom inthe future. This makes for an opportunity to further bolster relevance and context for theinstructor and the student learner.What is a Maker?A Maker undertakes projects of personal meaning, sometimes without prior expertise, generallyresulting in the creation of technical artifacts. The label Maker is a self-determined one assignedby affinity or involvement in a larger Making community. Make: magazine is a centralparticipant in championing making,15 celebrating people engaged in Making as well as startingMaker Faires. Different intellectual communities have focused on different aspects one can relateto Making. The

Conference Session

Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Julia Roche, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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EngineeringDynamics.” Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Laws, P., D. Sokoloff, and R. Thornton, Promoting active learning using the results of physics education research. UniServe Science News 1999. 13.2. Prince, M. and M. Vigeant, Using Inquiry-Based Activities to Promote Understanding of Critical Engineering Concepts, in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2006.3. Self, B. Increasing Conceptual Understanding and Student Motivation in Undergraduate Dynamics Inquiry- Based Learning Activities. Tech. ASEE, 2016.4. Self, B.P., J. Widmann, M. Prince, and J. Georgette

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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average 98.4%. It also can be seen from Table 2 that offsetsbetween different Shimmers are not a constant which reflects the intended random time delay atstarting the sensors.Strategies for Student Success and Project AssessmentThere were five research groups in the internship program, each consisting of one full-timestudent intern and three part-time student interns that were supervised by one SFSU graduatestudent and mentored by an engineering faculty. For this Civil Engineering group, severalsupplemental strategies were implemented to help students succeed in the program in addition tothose offered by the program. First, group orientation meeting was held in the first day of theinternship program to discuss the research direction and expected

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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for students. It is anticipated that the goal of creating at least50 problems will be reached and that the app will be available to students in other disciplines.AcknowledgmentsThis project was sponsored by the California State University through a 2015-16 CourseRedesign with Technology Grant [6]. Some of the Working Model 2D animations presented inthis paper were contributed by students in the dynamics courses taught by the instructor in2014[7 ] and 2015[8]. Mike Poku[2] contributed in the development of the app. Any opinions,findings, and recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the author and do notnecessarily reflect those of the sponsor.Bibliography 1. Design Simulation Technologies. “Working Model 2D.” Web. 10 Jan 2015

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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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). Post-school needs of young people with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 18, 1-11.22. Nicholas, D. B. et al. (2017). Research needs and priorities for transition and employment in autism: considerations reflected in a “special interest group” at the international meeting for autism research. Autism Research, 10(1), 15-24.

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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thesecomponents during assignment creation. Individual responses from the survey are notavailable in compliance with Cal Poly’s Policy on Human Subjects Research [7].Global Warming Potential (GWP) and Energy Consumption of a Graphing CalculatorNo LCA was readily available for a graphing calculator, so it was modeled as beingsimilar to a laptop, but scaled down to reflect a calculator’s smaller size and lowerpower rating. A TI-84 Plus graphing calculator (very common in the current generationof college students based on the survey) is 14.0% of the mass of the laptop in question[10] and contains 12.6% of the volume of the same laptop. Other graphing calculatorsare also similar in size, both in mass and in volume when compared to a laptop in thisway. Since

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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: researchfindings and future directions. Learning and Instruction, 20 (1), 270-279.[18] Lin, S., Liu, E., & Yuan, S. (2001). Web-based peer assessment: feedback for students with various thinkingstyles. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 17, 420-432.[19] Keppell, M., Au, E., Ma, A., & Chan, C. (2006). Peer learning and learning-oriented assessment in technology-enhanced environments. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 31 (4), 453-464.[20] Chen, N.-S., Wei, C.-W., Wu, K.-T., & Uden, L. (2009). Effects of high level prompts and peer assessment ononline learners' reflection levels. Computers & Education, 52, 283-291.[21] Guardado, M., & Shi, L. (2007). ESL students' experiences of online peer feedback. Computers

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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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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curriculum.AcknowledgementsThis project is supported by the National Science Foundation through the ImprovingUndergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program, Award No. DUE ########. Any opinions,findings, and recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.REFERENCES President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) (2012). Engage to excel: Producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_2-25- 12.pdf National Research Council and National Academy of Engineering (2012). Community