Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kim Cluff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jeyamkondan Subbiah P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

assignmentswere graded with pen-writing software such as PDF Annotator and the Dell ST2220T monitorand pen laptops. One of the advantages of using the pen-writing software is that annotationsmay be erased or easily revised, which is not possible on hardcopy items when using ink pens.Once an assignment has been graded and of course the document name has been identified to thestudent owner, the next step is to relate the new document back to the corresponding emailaddress. Both MATLAB and LabVIEW have fundamental string parsing and comparisonroutines. The last name token of the graded instrument can be easily compared and matched tolast names in the Excel email address file. All of the attachments are collected in a single folder.The instructor’s email

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Manoogian, Loyola Marymount University

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Biological & Agricultural

. Page 22.290.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Biology for First-Year Engineers, a New Course at Loyola Marymount University A new course “Biology for Engineers” was developed for first year engineeringstudents at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). The course is part of the sciencesequence for all first-year engineering students at LMU. The fundamental concept of thiscourse was to provide first-year engineering students with a basic background in focusedareas of biology as it applies to engineering applications. The course was first taught in2009 and again in 2010. It will again be taught in 2011. Topics for this course haveincluded, cell biology

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Biological & Agricultural

Senior Member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE, and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than thirty five papers at various assessment institutes. His posters in the areas of assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of cogni- tive science and educational methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance

Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Foutz P.E., University of Georgia; Christopher Ward

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Biological & Agricultural

particular typeof problem (Venters, McNair and Pareti 2014). Often, the instructor encourages this approach asthe best method to learn statics. However, merely working more problems is not learning theconcepts of statics although it appears to help with passing the course. Steif and Dantzler (2005)suggest early detection of student misconceptions is key to helping students learn statics, andVenters et al. (2014) indicate that writing-to-learn strategy helps identify and overcome thesemisconceptions. The self-explanation approaches have shown to help weaker studentsunderstand the fundamental concepts of statics (Litzinger et al. 2010).The principles of argumentation, an effectiveapproach for promoting student deep-levelunderstanding of content

Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

Page 12.184.4 be created to address any set of input/output data. The ability to deal with nonlinear relationships is enhanced through use of adaptive techniques such as neural networks (NN).5. Fuzzy logic can be blended with conventional control techniques. In many control applications, fuzzy logic may be used to enhance existing systems and simplify their implementation. Fuzzy logic is based on natural language and fundamental logic. Because fuzzy reasoning is based on imprecision in the data, rules can be generated in linguistic terms that are more readily comprehended.Membership Functions\A membership function (MBF) is a mathematical relationship that defines how each data pointwithin an input space is mapped to a membership

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

fundamental instrumentation electronics. Instructional modules andexamples are also available at various web-sites for demonstrating and simulating electroniccircuits and responses. Many instrumentation textbooks cover analog and digital principles forinstrumentation but in different orders and formats (e.g. Johnson, 2006, Northrop, 1997).Reinforcement of principles and introduction to practical instrumentation and control examplesare offered through hands-on laboratory exercises, demonstrations, and preparation of a final teamproject. Laboratory exercises include experiments with temperature sensing, fluid flow,stress-strain, displacement, load-cell, ultra sound, and optical sensors. Computer interfacing withinstrumentation is presented and includes

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia A. Modenbach P.E., University of Kentucky; Sue E. Nokes, University of Kentucky

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Biological & Agricultural

capitalize is that students will comeinto their declared major with a full year of fundamental coursework completed. By alreadyhaving some of those foundational courses completed (i.e. calculus, chemistry, physics), theapplications and examples introduced in BAE coursework can be more advanced, includingcomplex systems, than what was previously included in our introductory BAE courses. Since allstudents will have had the same set of courses prior to taking their first BAE course, we can alsobegin moving them toward higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy and preparing students with thetype of learning skills they will need in upper level engineering courses in a way that was notalways possible when they were first semester students.Lastly, the

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech; Nicholas M Holden, University College Dublin; Demetres Briassoulis, Agricultural University of Athens; Francisco Ayuga, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, BIPREE Research Group; Giacomo Scarascia Mugnozza, University of Bari, Italy

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Biological & Agricultural

) Page 22.1540.4Activity 2. Database of Multinational Examples for Core Courses Activity 2 has not yet been initiated, but will be in early 2011. The project proposaldescribes this activity as follows. While the BE curriculum is built on a foundation ofmathematics, science and engineering science, as are all engineering disciplines, key courses forbiosystems engineers include: • Biology for engineers, including specific consideration of: (i) plants; (ii) animals; (iii) microbiology; and (iv) molecular biology • Thermodynamics of biological systems • Unit operations in biological systems, including specific consideration of biological, chemical and physical processes • Fundamentals of

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anand Lakshmikanth, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Cundiff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Fulton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Biological & Agricultural

AC 2008-2065: A SPIRAL CURRICULUM APPROACH TO THEIMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUMENTATION IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMSENGINEERINGKumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Kumar Mallikarjunan is an associate professor in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is interested in understanding and implementing a spiral theme based engineering curriculum for the Biological Systems Engineering program, engineering ethics, and promotion of undergraduate research.Anand Lakshmikanth, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Mr. Anand Lakshmikanth, doctoral student in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been actively engaged in learning about

Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Josh Ramey, Colorado School of Mines; Judy Schoonmaker, Colorado School of Mines; Sarah M. Ryan, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

introductory biology course into an active learningexperience that resonates with a wide range of undergraduate students. Backward course designled to an innovative curriculum that (1) is based on biology’s big ideas, (2) has measurablelearning outcomes, and (3) encourages development of higher order thinking skills. Our studioclassroom design maximizes interactions; cantilevered workstations distributed throughout theroom encourage student-instructor and student-student interactions. Group discussions occur atwhiteboards as students solve problems, create concept maps, plan experiments and interpretexperimental data. Workstation computers and dual monitors support whole-class instruction aswell as student-led group explorations. The classroom design

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Silvia Husted, Unicersidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Judith Virginia Gutierrez; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Biological & Agricultural

Paper ID #16229Food Engineering Students’ Creative Experiences in a Capstone CourseProf. Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Aurelio L´opez-Malo is Professor and Past Chair, Department of Chemical, Food, and Environmental En- gineering at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. He teaches engineering and food science related courses. His research interests include emerging technologies for food processing, natural food antimicrobials, creating effective learning environments, and science, engineering and technology educa- tion for K-12.Mrs. Silvia Husted Silvia Husted is Science, Engineering

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirk D. Dolan, Michigan State University; Yinjie J. Tang, Washington University; Wei Liao, Michigan State University

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Biological & Agricultural

optimizedbioprocesses (both static and dynamic modes) using MATLAB tool boxes. Moreover, studentswere exposed to real experiments in the bio-reaction lab where data were collected. For allcourses, each student had a MathWorks-supplied license to use all necessary toolboxes. The class material is designed to teach bioengineering students multiple-scale modelingskills in both bioprocess engineering and systems biology so that they can have a holisticunderstanding of both scale-up fermentation engineering design and the microbial metabolism inresponse to bioreactor heterogeneity. Such skills are especially valuable for students looking towork in bioprocessing companies. Assessment was made through homeworks, projects, examson MATLAB/Simulink, comments

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

' needs. Thus, the heart of JiTT is the ‘feedback loop’formed by the students' outside-of-class preparation that fundamentally affects what happensduring the subsequent in-class time together.” JiTT can be viewed as a technology thatfacilitates the preclass reading and, to some extent, the concept tests in the Peer Learningenvironment. JiTT makes use of the web; however, it should not be confused with distancelearning or computer-aided instruction since nearly all the instruction still occurs face-to-face inthe classroom. JiTT content is typically classified into three categories: student assignmentssuch as warm-ups and puzzles in preparation for classroom activity; enrichment pages such asshort essay or URL links highlighting practical, everyday

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chehra Aboukinane; Daniel N. Moriasi, USDA-ARS; Ann L. Kenimer, Texas A&M University; Kim Dooley, Texas A&M University; James DUPE Linder, Texas A&M University

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Biological & Agricultural

Paper ID #8221Fostering Creativity in Engineering Education through Experiential and Team-based LearningDr. Chehra Aboukinane Dr. Chehrazade Aboukinane is an adjunct professor at the Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine in Rabat, Morocco. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biological Systems Engineering, master’s de- gree in Agricultural Engineering, and doctorate in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M University. Aboukinane worked for five years as an engineering consultant at Parsons Corporation before joining academia at El Akhawayn University and the Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine. She