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Adaptation of Laboratory-based Courses During a Pandemic: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Ardeshir Raihanian Mashhadi, University at Buffalo; Tracy L. Mallette, University of New Mexico; Andrew P. Shreve, University of New Mexico

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #32979Participation and Learning in Labs Before and During a PandemicMs. Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New MexicoDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological En- gineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments project. She was

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2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Joseph Bihl, Wright State University; Terry Lynn Oroszi, Wright State University; Subhashini Ganapathy, Wright State University; Jeffrey B. Travers, Wright State University

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Diversity

understanding of course material, asevidenced by the quality of final projects and positive peer feedback during blinded reviews. Peerreview, in particular, emerged as a valuable tool, fostering constructive critique and reflection thatenhanced both individual and collective learning.The implementation of real-world, discipline-specific projects further demonstrated the relevanceof statistical methods in diverse fields such as health sciences and engineering. These projectsencouraged students to apply their knowledge to meaningful problems, including experimentaldesign and data analysis, resulting in practical, actionable insights. While further quantitativeassessment is needed, anecdotal evidence suggests that these methods have significantly

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2023 IL-IN Section Conference

Authors

Joey Reyes; Monica M. McGill

process was feasiblefor broader studies that we or others may conduct.3.2.1 DatasetOur dataset is drawn from an existing, publicly-available pool of over 800 articles from the K-12CS Education Research Resource Center [16]. This dataset was created by the authors’ curatingdata from articles related to K-12 CS education from each of the following journals andconference publication venues (2012-2020): ACM International Computing Education Research,ACM Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ACM SIGCSE TechnicalSymposium on Computer Science Education, ACM Transactions on Computing Education,Frontiers in Education, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, IEEE Transactions onEducation, Journal of Educational Computing Research

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NEE Technical Session - the Best of NEE

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Parks, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Laura Wieserman, University of Pittsburgh; Kurt Klavuhn, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

instruction as well as in the last week of instruction,in 12 engineering classes at an undergraduate institution. The surveys were analyzed todetermine if students perceived that they and others would and did adhere to the academicintegrity policy.MethodsOn March 11, 2020, faculty, staff, and students were informed that Spring Break was extendedby one week, and that classes would resume on March 23, 2020, in a completely online learningenvironment. The University prides itself on its “hands-on” and personal approach to teaching,so an online learning environment was new to most instructors and students. A survey wasadministered in 12 undergraduate engineering courses using the Blackboard Learn LearningManagement System within the first two weeks of

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Deng Cao, Central State University; Ashraf Yaseen

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

undergraduate education. At career days, we have met numerous young highschool seniors who eagerly expressed their interest in becoming an engineer or a computerscientist because they were so intrigued to know how iPhone or the Internet works. The newlyestablished Wireless Engineering option at Wright State University [3] has been seeing everincreasing enrollment since it started a few years ago.However, we feel that we have not provided the undergraduate students with the necessarylearning environment they are entitled to. Electrical engineering and computer science arepractical disciplines, and students learn by doing. Hands-on experience is an integral part of theirlearning. Students learn from equations and homework; they learn from computer

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Transformative Learning in STEM: Accessibility, Social Impact, and Inclusivity in Higher Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ingrid Scheel, Oregon State University; Rachael E Cate, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette, Oregon State University; Ean H Ng, Oregon State University; Stella Collier, Oregon State University; Christina Bianca Southwick, Oregon State University; Carly Hudson

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

ofbelonging (Q2). For the second data set, the questions prior to Q1 were about their generalexperience in the college with prompts such as “I can really be myself…'' and “Faculty want meto be successful.” As such, the response of students who somewhat or strongly agreed with Q1varied between 68-75% over the year. This was significantly lower than the first year’s results.The responses to Q2 highlighted themes which relate to Crick’s [6] model of engagementincluding the observable excitement of professors and teaching assistants about course content,enjoying engineering and computer science problem solving, and hands-on activities. Positivefeedback from the students to the participants of the pilot study may help faculty understand theirimpact on

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., University at Albany/SUNY; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; John Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

and Col- leges; ”Building Learning Communities to Improve Student Achievement: Albany City School District” , and ”Educational Leadership Program Enhancement Project at Syracuse University” Teacher Leadership Quality Program. She is also the PI on both ”Syracuse City School District Title II B Mathematics and Science Partnership: Science Project and Mathematics MSP Grant initiatives.Dr. Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University Dr. Mohamed Chouikha is a professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Howard University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stier

) Leadership and willingness to take initiative A willingness to learn and improve their knowledge and skills. Additionally, six items were included in the technical skills section. These items wereformulated based on the learning outcomes that had been established for the assessment processused by the IMS Sequence at ISU. The employers were asked to rate the following technicalskills with regard to importance: The ability to interpret and apply basic concepts of materials science such as strength of materials, structural properties, conductivity, and mechanical properties. Perform various non-destructive and destructive materials testing procedures. The ability to analyze and apply basic electricity and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wheeler; Dr. Rose Marra; Dr. Jack Mitchell; Dr. Charles Croskey

Page 6.890.5 Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationproportion to the scarce academic reward) on project work? This study led us to conclude thatSPIRIT students fall into two broad categories:i)Students with something to prove: Upper level students repeatedly cite “hands-on experience”as their reason for joining. They seek an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to themselvesand to prospective employers. They hope participation in SPIRIT will improve their resume. Itis often reported that discussion of the SPIRIT project dominates job interviews. Students in thisgroup further believe that their abilities are not well represented by their GPA. For thesestudents “ownership” of a challenging project

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Joseph George, Western Michigan University; Ajay Gupta, Western Michigan University; Alvis Fong, Western Michigan University

diverse disciplineshave created a need to develop educational material for AI-readiness of the workforce. In thiswork, we focus on the problem of designing and developing machine learning (ML) models withease. This paper thus undertakes an investigation into the automatic development of machinelearning models with minimal user expertise through the use of AutoKeras, an automatic MLpython library. AutoKeras streamlines the typically intricate ML development process whichtraditionally demanded the expertise of ML engineers. This paper will first walk through thetypical ML model development process. After this process is understood, AutoKeras’ role inmaking this process simpler and more accessible will be discussed and showcased with anapplication

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Faculty Development II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

class structure, teaching style, and course administration. For areturning instructor, the departmental grapevine will give students a sense of what toexpect. Students may also be in fraternities and sororities with access to files of oldassignments and exam problems. In addition, within smaller departments, where facultyteaching loads are often higher, there is an increased likelihood of encountering the samestudents on multiple occasions (for example, as both juniors and seniors). Page 10.380.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Susannah GAL, Wentworth Institute of Technology

promoting and assessing undergraduate learning. Susannah has taught classes in biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology as well as general biology, human biology and cancer biology for engineering and science students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engaging students in developing course improvements leads to both faculty and student insightsAbstract- Sometimes we learn new approaches to teaching from the occasional conversationwith colleagues, an article in a journal or attending a conference. In this article, I describeengaging students in reflecting on a past class, then suggesting new approaches to teaching thatthey feel would improve the

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #17124MAKER: Spirograph-Style Drawing Machine Controlled by ArduinoDr. Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Clark Hochgraf, Ph.D., teaches engineering, design thinking and making skills to students at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He finds joy in making technology accessible and useful to more people. As associate professor of electrical engineering technology at RIT, he teaches digital signal processing and microcontrollers using a hands-on, learn by building approach. He works with community organi- zations such as Rochester Roots and Rochester Makerspace to promote youth well-being

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny L. Hirsch; J. Edward Colgate; David M. Kelso; C. Yarnoff; Barbara L. Shwom; J. Anderson

: amock-up or prototype of a web site, a written report, and an oral presentation.In the second quarter of EDC, students apply what they’ve learned from the webprojects to new projects from a variety of disciplines. Again working for local clients andsupervised by a pair of faculty from engineering and communication, teams tackle suchprojects as a new cover for rollerblades, an enhanced pager system for volunteer firemen,a wheelchair for long-distance recreational use, a new storage system for a nearbyelementary school, and an improved sound system for one of the university conferencerooms.The first quarter of EDC: web design projectsThe winter quarter web design projects are intended to give students a sustained, hands-on experience in design

Conference Session

Statics Fanatics 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Damon Kirkpatrick; Michael Anderson, United States Air Force

students must declare a major by the end of the first semester of their sophomoreyear. Therefore, if a student takes the course relatively early in their academic course of study,they may not have declared a major by the time they take ME 220. The department wanted toimpart on the students the perspective that learning engineering principles would be valuablethroughout their academic experience and beyond graduation, no matter their major or careeraspirations. DFME also wanted to give students exposure to more facets of engineering beyondstatics and mechanics of material by incorporating a basic engineering design curriculum. Thiswas intended to pique student interest in the subject while some were still in the process ofdeciding on a major, with

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip D. Coonley, Duke University; Gautam Sai Chebrolu, Duke University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

employed hardware-based solutions in order to provide a hands-on approach to in-lablearning. 1,3,4,5,6,7 These hardware-based signal processing laboratories have had marked success inproviding hands-on, realistic lab experiences to undergraduate students in an Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) curriculum. 1,7 The development of such laboratories for a requiredintroductory signal processing course has demonstrated that application-based exercisesillustrating the fundamental signal processing concepts using a DSP hardware platform have beenwell received. 7 A secondary advantage of using this hardware is that it introduces students totools that they will be able to use in senior design courses and after graduation. However, with theadvent of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Michael Klein; Matt Walker; Kevin Organ; Dan Gerbus

. Page 8.607.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIEW, on the other hand, is a unique graduate experience at the University of Idaho in itsMechanical Engineering Department. Composed of a diverse group of graduate students andfaculty members with different specialties, IEW attempts to make the graduate student experiencemore than an act of technical skill development. Such development is accomplished through theresponsibilities that each IEW member accepts in addition to his/her scholastic duties. These rolesinclude the joint participation in large-scale team projects, while mentoring multiple

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

discussing results or designing solutions. Finally, we believethat the reflective practices that are valuable in any learning environment are especially valuablein situations with the potential for high inner conflict. Thus, conflict is only one of many aspectsof learning.In the next sections, we describe how we structured a software engineering course to facilitatelearning in the face of the types of conflict typical of large team projects.3. The CourseWe applied these models in a 9-week course in software engineering at the junior undergraduatelevel, open only to computer science or computer engineering majors. There were 22 students* –two of them graduate students. Nine were women and thirteen were men. The teaching staffconsisted of one lecturer

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, The University of Texas, San Antonio

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

operationalapproaches of effective Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) bridgeprograms that serve American Indian or Alaska Native, students. According to the U.S. CensusBureau, American Indian or Alaska Native refers to a person having origins in any of the originalpeoples of North and South America who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. Abridge program is defined as any organized enrichment effort that supports groups of students tosucceed during key academic transition periods such as from middle grades to high school orhigh school to college/university. Often, the analysis of issues in STEM education disparitiesfocuses on other underrepresented groups in STEM careers such as women, Hispanics, andAfrican Americans

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine

Solving, Innovation and Entrepreneuring,” a four-week intensive multidisciplinary course in a new one-year MSc in Entrepreneurship, Science and Technology program at the University of Nottingham during October 2000.3. MODULE 12 “Entrepreneurship,” a one-week condensed course in a University of Nottingham part-time MBA program co-taught by two business professors in Singapore for managers and engineers in business and industry in November 2000.With special attention paid to teaching explicit thinking and creative problem solving skills andprocesses, as well as multidisciplinary and whole-brain team development, the student projectscan result in viable invention – products or processes – that are patentable and can lead to theformation of a

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 2: Program Design

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

address the various skill levels of the students at regional campuses and support studentsand faculty with a variety of academic needs.IntroductionTraditionally, First-Year Engineering Experience involves two semesters’ worth of coursework.During these two years, students explore a variety of engineering disciplines in order to makeinformed decisions about the field they are interested in pursuing their Bachelor’s degree.Engineering is considered a practical and challenging degree that involves applied math andscience coursework. In addition, there are hands-on labs and open-ended projects in the first-yearcurriculum that provide students with critical thinking, problem-solving, and project management

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Paul Benedict Caballo Reyes, Florida Atlantic University; Justin Thomas Baker, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #19067A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Approach for Introducing Design of ControlSystemDr. Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Raviv is a Professor of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. In December 2009 he was named Assistant Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. With more than 25 years of combined experience in the high-tech industry, government and academia Dr. Raviv developed fundamentally different approaches to ”out-of-the-box” thinking and a breakthrough methodology known as ”Eight Keys to Innovation.” He has been sharing his contributions

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Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas O'Neal; Thomas Jacobius; Joseph Steig; Arnold Heggestad; Abigail Barrow; Phil Weilerstein; David Barbe

effective programs inentrepreneurship instruction,1,2,3,4 many students who are interested in entrepreneurship,particularly in engineering and the sciences, are not reached through these courses. To addressthese students' needs, and provide opportunities for building community and connectionsbetween the academic and entrepreneurial worlds, a new workshop series has been developed.Invention to Venture (I2V) is a one-day workshop in technology-driven entrepreneurship forstudents, faculty, regional entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders. The series is beingdeveloped at universities around the country.Invention to Venture is based on several successful models for start-up bootcamps, including theFlight School produced by Joseph Steig for Mass

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Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yazan Alsmadi, Ohio State University ; Kaichien Tsai, Ohio State University; Mark J. Scott, Ohio State University; Longya Xu, Ohio State University; Aimeng Wang

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

”implementation are presented.The rest of the paper is structured as follows: Section II reviews the challenges faced byeducators in power related fields. Section III focuses on the approach being adopted by the ECEdepartment at OSU. The implementation of the Open Space Laboratory is described in detailalong with the hardware employed. Section IV contains the assessment of the lab. The paperconcludes with closing remarks.II. CHALLENGESEducation in PEMC, like most engineering disciplines, faces many challenges. First, there is alimited amount of time to teach material and as technology progresses, the breadth andcomplexity of the material increases. Second, effective education in a hands-on environment,which is crucial for power electronics education10

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad N. Amin; Pradip Peter Dey; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Gordon W. Romney

program, students have the opportunity tolearn theory, principles, and hands-on activities in the field through twelve courses. At end of theprogram, all students are required to take two project classes (Capstone) which allow them toapply technology and solution theories in various new and innovative applications. Mostprogram learning outcomes are achieved in the two project classes: WCM611A and WCM611B.These projects are expected to complete within three months. Figure-7 shows the programmission, program learning outcomes, and project courses with their learning outcomes. Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William R. Smith; Ronald W. Missen; Ishuwa Sikaneta

intrinsicpredictive information for kinetics or equilibrium, but only provides constraints on any pre-dictions.The universal, systematic method we describe in this paper and implement on the web siteis not new, and has been described extensively elsewhere1, 2 . As an aid to the efficiency oflearning new material, i.e., CRS, it builds on a student’s existing knowledge of very basicmaterial (in addition to the concept of atomic conservation): the representation of a chem-ical species by a molecular formula, and the solution of sets of linear algebraic equations.For want of a better name, here we call it the matrix reduction method (MRM); it can beimplemented by hand-calculation, and, for convenience in complex cases, can be easily pro-grammed for

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Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

scale, disparate data. He is currently working on a project that ambitions to design a system capable of providing students customized motivational stimuli and performance feedback based on their affective states.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Tucker holds a joint appointment as Assistant Professor in Engineering Design and Industrial En- gineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also affiliate faculty in Computer Science and Engineering. He teaches Introduction to Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) at the undergraduate level and developed and taught a graduate-level course titled Data Mining–Driven Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Warren; Jason Yao

vehicle that allowsstudents to learn techniques such as photoplethysmographic signal processing; it also provides aplatform where students can acquire hands-on experience in practical device design. In addition,the real-time data that a pulse oximeter offers gives instructors flexibility when assigningprojects and homework to students of various educational levels (graduate and undergraduate)and backgrounds (e.g., electrical engineering or biology).Many commercial pulse oximeters display calculated parameters (i.e., percent oxygen saturationand heart rate) on their front panels, hiding the original unfiltered data from which thesecalculations were made. In this paper, we present an “in-house” pulse oximeter that provides rawsensor data for use in

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Mechanics and the Internet

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siamak Faridani, University of Oklahoma; Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanics

content is delivered in Adobe Shockwave format. Analysis toolsare also implemented as spreadsheet templates or interactive MATLAB GUIs. For using themultimedia content a student only needs a generic web browser and expensive engineeringpackages are not required. This technology pool empowers the instructors to deliver basicMEMS information and provide hands-on practices on MEMS while sharing the expensiveMEMS experiments with the universities all over the country as well as their own institutions.I. IntroductionEducation is traditionally one of government’s principal responsibilities within the past century.In particular, science and technology education is seen as critical by most countries if they hopeto keep high living standards. Because of

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Issues of Concern to New Faculty

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato

them before or after the lecture. The board notes then become Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002 American Society for Engineering Educationa complete historical record of all classes taught – an important source used for my self-assessments and changing the course material as my experience or audience changes. I keep theboard notes filed by lesson number in a binder with a copy of all evaluations done for each class.This gives me a one-stop snapshot of the class from all perspectives to aid in continuing toimprove my course and teaching style. Finally, the board notes serve as my lecture notes. I do not memorize them, nor do