Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Yukio Yoritomo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Maxx Joseph Villotti, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aric Tate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly Searsmith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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), who were responsible for responding to students’writing and facilitating weekly writing labs. Mentoring was provided by two graduate studentsfrom the WAE program—one from Physics who was also served as a returning course TA andone from Writing Studies—and by a technical research writer in the Physics department who is aformer English professor and writing program administrator with expertise in professional andtechnical writing pedagogy.II.2 Best Practices Promoted by Writing StudiesAs detailed in Yoritomo et al. [11], working with several decades of Writing Studies literaturethat defines writing as a sociocultural process, we have honed in on three fundamental principlesfor our needs-based intervention: “i) writing is a complex and social

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

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traditionalhomework in engineering education occurred [1-4], but the overwhelming majority ofengineering faculty members believe that homework is an indispensable component in thecourses they teach. As an analogy, students majoring in English need to write many essays forpractice, and they cannot master the skill of writing just by learning various writing skills andreading novels. In the same way, engineering students cannot grasp the necessary knowledge andskills without the struggling process in solving homework problems [5].Almost all the publishers of the textbooks provide the solution manuals to the instructors, andunfortunately, these materials are leaked to students through the internet. Some websites eveninvite students to provide quiz and exam

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Itzel H. Armenta, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Jorge Eugenio de la Garza Becerra, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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fundamental misconceptions. For example, depending on thephysics textbook, gravitational force and weight might convey the same meaning, but they maydrastically differ. Some books, like Giancoli's [16], refer to weight, expressing it always as mg inthe free-body diagrams used as illustrations, while Young [17] calls it Weight and symbolizes itwith a W. Mazur [18] calls it gravitational force, naming it such according to the object on whichforce is applied in his discussions.As most teachers probably have experienced, there is a real-life misconception around the dailyuse of the words mass and weight. It is essential to think about how these discrepancies affectstudents’ learning, as seen when a word evokes an unexpected or unreliable meaning

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ben J. Stuart, Old Dominion University; Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University

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Paper ID #28577ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF THE CONVERSION OF CHEM-ICAL ENERGY TOMECHANICAL ENERGY USING MODEL ROCKET ENGINES ¨Dr. Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University H¨useyin Sarper, Ph.D., P.E. is a Master Lecturer with a joint appointment the Engineering Fundamentals Division and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a professor of engineering and director of the graduate programs at Colorado State University – Pueblo in Pueblo, Col. until 2013. He was also an associate director of Colorado’s NASA Space Grant Consortium between 2007

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University; David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

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solving process.IntroductionUnlike physics courses, the emphasis of many engineering courses is on problem solving, ratherthan understanding the fundamental laws in nature. Although there are debates on theeffectiveness of traditional homework in education [1-4], the overwhelming majority ofengineering faculty believe that homework is an indispensable component in the courses theyteach. There are four instructional goals for homework: practice, preparation, extension andintegration [5-7]. As an analogy, nobody can write good essays just by reading a few examples.Therefore, engineering students cannot grasp the knowledge and skills without the process ofstruggling with homework problems, which is confirmed by research results [8].Unfortunately

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Daugherity, Abilene Christian University

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physics programs must be deliberate and creative in finding ways to incorporateprogramming throughout the curriculum. This paper describes one way of introducingprogramming to first-semester freshmen in engineering and physics.SettingAt Abilene Christian University, the engineering and physics programs both operate within thesame department. All entering engineering and physics majors are required to take anIntroduction to Engineering and Physics class with accompanying lab. The course hasundergone significant revision since its inception in 2012, and now includes a variety of topics.The lecture portion emphasizes fundamentals such as vectors, units, estimation, design, problemsolving, Excel, programming, and careers. The lab is largely based

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

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qubits are represented mathematically and how various operators affect them. They uselinear algebra and matrix techniques that are familiar to students to develop a novelunderstanding of that which is quite unfamiliar – quantum mechanics.IntroductionThe College of Engineering & Science at the University of Detroit Mercy offers a junior levelphysics course. Modern Physics with Device Applications is required for electrical engineers andis an elective for other engineering students. The calculus-based general physics sequence is theprerequisite requirement of the course. All engineers are required to take Engineering Computingand Problem Solving in their freshman year. This course introduces them to the fundamentals ofMATLAB so students are

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Paper ID #32382Horizontal Propulsion Using Model Rocket Engines (Part A) ¨Dr. Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University H¨useyin Sarper, Ph.D., P.E. is a Master Lecturer with a joint appointment the Engineering Fundamentals Division and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a professor of engineering and director of the graduate programs at Colorado State University – Pueblo in Pueblo, Col. until 2013. He was also an associate director of Colorado’s NASA Space Grant Consortium between 2007 and 2013. His degrees, all in industrial engineering, are

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Calvin S. Kalman, Concordia University; Franco La Braca, Concordia University; Mandana Sobhanzadeh, Mount Royal University

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. Forexample:• Given — research question: “Measure g”• Given — data to collect: “period and length of pendulum”• Given — feasibility analysis• Given — apparatus design• Given — construction• Given — components already built and tested• Not given — data, must collect• Given — analysis methods• Not given — statistical uncertainty• Given — what the correct answer is, what the instructor wants to see• Given — format for write-up, data tables, and graphs• Given — significance and context (making clarity of presentation and argument largelyirrelevant)As such, there is no time to go through multiple iteration cycles. In traditional labs, the support mechanisms fall into one of three categories: (1) peersupport, (2) TA support, and (3) procedural

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University; Drew Landman, Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ben J. Stuart P.E., Old Dominion University; Joseph Tyler Zongolowicz, NAVAIR; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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Paper ID #25051Impulse Calculation of Model Rocket Engines ¨Dr. Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University H¨useyin Sarper, Ph.D., P.E. is a Master Lecturer with a joint appointment the Engineering Fundamentals Division and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a professor of engineering and director of the graduate programs at Colorado State University – Pueblo in Pueblo, Col. until 2013. He was also an associate director of Colorado’s NASA Space Grant Consortium between 2007 and 2013. His degrees, all in industrial engineering, are from the

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Guenter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Lukas Eckstein, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Benjamin Gahleitner, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Mario Gasparic, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Moritz Reisenberger, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Sascha Savoric, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Christian J. Steinmann, HM&S IT Consulting; Alexander Tretton

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in fall 2019. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Simulation of multiple-degree-of-freedom oscillatory systems within anundergraduate project-based learning environmentAbstractCoupled oscillations can be found throughout the physical world on both micro and macrolevels, from oscillating molecules to lattice vibrations in solids, up to the oscillations ofmacroscopic mechanical or electrical systems. Despite the fact that the dynamics of suchsystems is governed by forces originating from a variety of potentials, the harmonic-oscillatorpotential approximation can be used for almost every system close to equilibrium, whichmakes it fundamental in many fields of

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Patricia Conry, Arkansas Tech University; Amber Harrington, Arkansas Tech University

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Paper ID #28614in Introductory Physics: Introducing EthicsDr. Jessica Patricia Conry, Arkansas Tech University Dr. Jessica Conry is an Associate Professor of Physics at Arkansas Tech University and the Director of the Arkansas Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Dr. Conry earned a BS in Physics from Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas and MS and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her primary area of research interest is fundamental laser physics including beam shaping, polarization, and propagation. Education research interest includes bridging the gap between

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Roslyn Montecalvo, American University; Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin is involved with Physics Education Research (PER) and has published widely on topics related to the assess- ment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as a learning and assessment tool in her introductory physics courses for non-majors. She has been an active member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) for about 30 years. Dr. Larkin served on the Board of Directors for ASEE from 1997-1999 as Chair of