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Solar and Wind Energy-System Initiatives

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linfeng Zhang, University of Bridgeport

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #14495Design and Implementation of an Experiment Setup on Solar ElectricityDr. Linfeng Zhang, University of Bridgeport Linfeng Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. He obtained his Ph.D. from Wayne State University. His current research is on the renewable energy, power system, and electronic devices. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Design and implementation of an experiment setup on the solar electricityAbstract PV module price has fallen 75% to below $1/w

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Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William G. Rosenblatt, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Peter Laursen P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University; Cole C. McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

analysis and design of structural systems with a focus on seismic behavior. Page 26.739.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Exploring the Relationship between Dynamics and StabilityStructural engineering students have long struggled, both in the undergraduate and graduatelevel, with structural dynamics and stability. The two topics are generally taught separately butwith a similar approach: first using a differential equation formulation; and then, as the problemsbecome increasingly complex, using a matrix-based eigen-analysis approach. Given that manystudents struggle

Conference Session

Active Learning & Laboratories in Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randy Dean Kelley P.E., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Brian E Moyer, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Roelof Harm deVries P.E.

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Mechanics

adjunct professor for Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and an automation consultant for Crossroads Consulting, LLC. Brian’s consulting, teaching and research focus areas include hardware and GUI software integration primarily using LabVIEW by National Instruments and kinematic and kinetic data collection and analysis methods for human body movement characterization especially as related to normal and perturbed (slipping) gait. Dr. Moyer earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 1993, a MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996, and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. Brian teaches courses in computer programming for engineers

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ajay P. Malshe, Purdue University; Kevin M Fitzpatrick, University of Arkansas; Salil Bapat, Purdue University

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Community Engagement Division

a Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics-photonics from University of Arkansas with emphasis on ’tribology and surface characterization’. He has master’s and bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and engineering with experience in semiconductors, thin films processing and materials characterization. He has been involved with Prof. Malshe in teaching the introduction to materials class at the University of Arkansas for last 5 years in the capacity of teaching assistant, co-instructor and instructor. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Community Engagement in Practice: Learning Applications of MSEM in Developing Alternative Housing Designs for

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Joseph Benin P.E.; Avinash Srinivasan

implementation of a 2.0 credit, highly-interactive and hands-on course titled Transition to Object Oriented Programming (TOOP). The paper specifically discusses the adoption of a home-grown Training Wheels platform within the Ubuntu operating system running as a virtual machine, C++ programming with Eclipse integrated development environment (also within Ubuntu), and finally the Arduino at Heart EMoRo robot.1 IntroductionEducation is a constantly evolving, ever-grounded process of systematic instruction thattransmits information for the reception of students. In the forming of constructive mindsand hearts. As advances in knowledge occur, both the methods and content of education 1must

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DB & Information Integration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Glotzbach, Purdue University; Nathan Bingham, Purdue University; Meiqi Ren, Purdue University; Dorina Mordkovich, Purdue University

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Information Systems

2006-2586: E-STADIUM: REAL-TIME GAME STATISTICS, HIGHLIGHTS, ANDENTERTAINMENTRonald Glotzbach, Purdue University Ronald J. Glotzbach is an Assistant Professor for the Interactive Multimedia Development area in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. He is also the Purdue football e-Stadium Project Manager for ITaP. Ronald’s research interests include leading-edge technologies that expand the boundaries of dynamic and interactive content delivered and collaborated on via the graphical communication tool that is the web. Related interests include web-enabling software, dynamic content delivery methods, programming graphics, and integration

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Visualization tools and uses in graphics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James A Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #6777Geometric Unity ConstructionsProf. James A Wronecki, East Tennessee State University Assistant Professor James Wronecki works in the Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying, and Digital Media at East Tennessee State University. He has a master’s degree in Industrial Design from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pa. Page 23.637.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Geometric Unity ConstructionsPresent computer-aided

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Remzi Seker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Instrumentation

Electrical Engineering Technology at UCF till August of 2010 when he moved to Daytona State College. He has presented numerous papers at various conferences and is the author of more than 100 technical articles. His research interests include digital simulation, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, system identification and adaptive control. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta PiDr. Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M UniversityDr. Remzi Seker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Seker is Professor of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach campus. His interest areas are cybersecurity, outreach, and edu- cation

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McCracken; Wendy Newstetter

. Page 5.531.5Bibliography1.McCracken, W.M. & Newstetter, W. Misconceptions of Design. Conference on Innovation and Technology inComputer Science Education. June, 1999.2 Newstetter, W. & McCracken, W.M., Design Learning as Conceptual Change: A framework for developing ascience of design learning, A Conference on Knowing and Learning to Design, April, 1999.3.Gero, J.S., Tham, K.W. & Lee, H.S. Behaviour: a link between function and structure in design, in D.C. Brown,H. Yoshikawa & M. Waldron (eds), IntCAD91 Preprints, IFIP, Ohio.4. Schon, D.A., Educating the Reflective Practitioner. Josey-Bass, San Francisco, 1987.5. Penn State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Product Dissection Course Materials, April, 1995.6

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Computer and Informtion Technology-related Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Rosen, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

development and implementation of various engineering technology courses, and enjoys finding innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other technologies to enhance Drexel’s Engineering Technology course offerings. Carr holds an M.S. in computer engineer- ing from Drexel University and is an author of several recent technical papers in the field of engineering technology education. Page 25.53.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Graduate Engineering Technology Course in Networks for the Industrial EnvironmentAbstractThis paper

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Methods, Cases, and Directions

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bidhan C. Roy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Osama M. Jadaan, University of Mount Union; Mitchell Dean Cornelius, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

studies in mechanical engineering and complete research within the biological and nanoscience area of interest. Page 25.77.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Big money in an infinitesimal world - A nanotechnology module within the current course in Engineering Economy Mitchell Cornelius1, Bidhan Roy2, Osama Jadaan2 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2 Department of General Engineering University of Wisconsin – Platteville, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, Wisconsin 53818, USAAbstract: For the past couple of years, the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hisham Alnajjar

theireffectiveness, reflect on the experience and offer other institutions a picture of what goeson in such an environment.IntroductionThe University of Hartford is an independent, mid-size comprehensive, primarilyundergraduate institution of about 6500 students (full & part-time). It is complex for itssize with seven baccalaureate schools/colleges—arts and science, engineering, business,engineering technology, and education/nursing/health professions, an art school, and aschool of music/dance/drama—as well as 2 two-year colleges. The COE enrolls about400 undergraduate students on full-time or part-time basis and offers ABET accreditedprograms in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. It also offers a practice-oriented Masters program in various

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald W. Garrett; Paul L. Stephenson III

Session 1463How a Course in Statistical Process Control Can Utilize Real-time Data from an Industrial Production Facility Paul L. Stephenson III and Ronald W. Garrett Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractEngaging students as active learners in applied statistics courses and getting them to thinkcritically about the workings of a full-scale production facility is a difficult task. Yet it isan important challenge that educators face when teaching a statistical process controlcourse.This challenge has been addressed at GVSU by giving students an opportunity toparticipate in projects and to interact

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1997 Annual Conference

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V.J. Deleveaux; C.O. Ruud

. 2Instructors 1) Select sponors that that are committed to enhancing engineering education. 2) Monitor the relationship with industry sponsor to ensure that expectations are being managed. 3) Maintain the role of a coach and consultant to the student; rather than supervisor or problem solver. 4) Monitor team progress by establishing regular meetingsStudents 1) Take full responsibility (ownership) early in the project.III. Course ConductBy the end of the semester the student solves a problem identified by an industrial sponsor andproduces one or more of the following tangible deliverables: recommendations, models, designs,hardware, and/or software.The course conduct described herein is really a

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

forward by the formation ofnumerous NSF sponsored Educational Coalitions the Freshman Engineering Design programshave become an integral part of the curriculum. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),as part of the NSF sponsored Gateway Coalition, a consortium of ten engineering institutions,has instituted such a program and developed numerous discipline and interdisciplinary courses.The basic intent of these programs is to move the traditional exposure to design concepts fromsenior year capstone courses into the entire undergraduate curriculum, beginning with enteringfreshmen. The overall objective is to introduce freshmen to the open-ended nature of designproblems, to give students “hands-on” experience, to expose students to teamwork

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce A. Finlayson

Session 3513 Problem-centered Course in Numerical Methods Bruce A. Finlayson University of Washington Introduction. The following educational elements were all included in one course: oral and written -communication, design, generation of multimedia lessons, use of sophisticated computer software, grouplearning, and learning by objective. An undergraduate elective course on numerical methods and modeling

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1999 Annual Conference

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Doug Graham; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

AC 1999-51: Dimensioning Through Understanding GeometryDoug Graham,Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet Page 4.199.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 1999 Session 3538 Dimensioning through understanding geometry Niaz Latif, Doug Graham Northern Kentucky University / Holy Cross High SchoolAbstractDimensioning practices and standards are usually taught in introductory courses in EngineeringGraphics. Knowledge of these practices is valuable to graphics students. It is also essential thatstudents learn to

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

S. D'Souza; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

students more critically When multi-degree of vibration is considered the importantaware of the limits of modelling.” As resources for education concepts to be taught are, multiple natural frequencies, modeare reduced and promotion is rarely affected by any time spent shapes, damped and undamped absorbers etc. Barrett-Leonardon developing laboratories there is the danger that more [3] extended the lab of Lyons to cover multi-degree of freedomsimulations will replace laboratories. However the need for vibration. There was a disadvantage with this extended

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Strategies II

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton; James A Obermeyer, University of Dayton; Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Corinne Mowrey, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

fall 2021 to spring 2023, Philip served as the inaugural director of the interdisciplinary Stitt Scholars Program and held a joint appointment with the School of Engineering (SoE) and the School of Business Administration (SBA). In that role, he developed curricular and co-curricular activities and experiential learning opportunities for multidisciplinary undergraduate students. He currently serves as the chair of the EMST Faculty Development Committee and the Secretary of the University Promotion and Tenure Committee.Corinne Mowrey, University of Dayton ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Evaluating the Impact of 8 AM Class Schedules on Student Performance and Perspectivesin

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Experiential Learning in ET Programs II

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #43988Real-Time Evaluation of Energy Efficiency of Hydraulic SystemsDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is a Professor of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical engineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His area of interest is engineering education, engineering design, fluid power, instrumentation and controlDr. Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University Professor in the Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and

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ETD Design III: Materials and Metallurgy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mir M. Atiqullah, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2729: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ON HIGH TEMPERA-TURE CREEP BEHAVIOR OF POLYMERSMir M. Atiqullah, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Atiqullah earned his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1996. He has taught engineering and technology for over 22 years in 5 institutions. Dr. Atiqullah teaches mainly Engi- neering Materials and Machine Design among others. His research interests include design optimization, mechanical design, high performance computing, materials testing as well as engineering education. He regularly directs undergraduate and graduate research and publishes in national and international levels

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Design I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlos A. Ortiz, Southern Polytechnic State University; Timothy W. Zeigler, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

1968 and 1969 respectively. Page 22.1202.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Providing Technical Flexibility to a Civil Engineering Technology ProgramRecent approval of engineering degrees at Southern Polytechnic State University has promptedthe Civil Engineering Technology (CET) Department to review its B.S. Civil EngineeringTechnology curriculum to differentiate its course offerings and contents from those of theEngineering Division. The new curriculum is believed to provide technical flexibility andintroduces the students to standard practices in different aspects of the civil

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Andrew Hale; Roger Rohrbach; Larry Stikeleather; John Parsons; James Young; Susan M. Blanchard

the late 1980s. The goal of the revised undergraduate curriculum was to providestudents with a broad-based, biologically oriented education while training them to be Page 4.343.1competent engineers. The four concentration areas were selected based on faculty researchinterests, student interest, and potential for employment.All students following the BE degree program take a series of required courses. These includeBAE 101: Introduction to Biological Engineering and Computing, BAE 202: Introduction toBiological and Agricultural Engineering Methods; BAE 235: Engineering Biology; BAE 315:Properties of Biological Engineering Materials; BAE 401

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Campbell; Yolanda Guran

1997 Annual Conference Proceedings_____________________________________________ Session 3548 Should We Teach Chip Design in Electronics Engineering Technology Programs? A Senior Project Course in ASIC Design Yolanda Guran, Eric Campbell Oregon Institute of Technology/Analogy Inc. 1. IntroductionTeaching circuit design up to chip layout seemed exotic for Electronics EngineeringTechnology(EET) programs for many years in the recent past. Many educators believed thatcourses like VLSI Design or ASIC Design should be destined only for

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley J. Pisarski; James L. Hales

-fivestudents graduated on April 27, 1975. Planned growth in the program brought the peak total full-time day enrollment close to 550 in 1982 with twenty-one faculty members. In the most recentschool year (1996-97) there were 257 students enrolled. The faculty consists of eighteenmembers. There are more than 1900 total graduates of the three programs working throughout Page 3.4.1the United States and in foreign countries.History of Cooperative Education at UPJ In 1976 the University of Pittsburgh received a grant to implement cooperative educationprograms. A decision was made in 1977 to extend the grant to include UPJ with the primaryintent to

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BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

. Page 15.21.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Consumer and Laboratory Devices Approach to Teaching Principles and Applications of BioelectricityAbstractCourses in Bioelectricity, or similarly Bioelectric Phenomena, are taught within manyundergraduate and/or graduate curricula in Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, andsometimes Electrical Engineering or Neurosciences. While most such offerings emphasizemainly the theoretical foundations of bioelectricity as applied to clinical devices and/or modelingof excitable cell function, we have supplemented this traditional approach in the courseBME4504C at Florida Gulf Coast University through the incorporation of experiments andprojects featuring

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #7655The Design of a Wi-Fi Enabled Cloud Monitoring DeviceDr. Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Ososanya is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. During her career, Dr. Ososanya has worked for private industry as a circuit development engineer and as a software engineer, in addition to her academic activities. Her Research Interests are in VLSI ASIC design, microcomputer architecture, Embedded Systems design, Biosensors, and Renewable Energy Systems. Dr. Ososanya has managed and Co-PI several research grants, and has

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2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Maila Hallare; Beth Schaubroeck; Kevin Treat

applying active learningstrategies in many STEM classes. At the Air Force Academy, our ODE course is in the process of beingmodernized with intentional curricular efforts that include the use of computational software,mathematical modeling from interdisciplinary applications, and data-analysis techniques. Here, we willshare a classroom activity that we implement on the first day of classes in our ODE course.Course Description. The introductory course is called Math 245 and every student in this course hasbeen provided access to the full MATLAB learning suite. MATLAB is the chosen computational toolbecause it is student-friendly, has many intuitive syntax and built-in commands, has extensivedocumentations and online learning resources, and powerful

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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DAVID B. SAINT JOHN; ERIC M. FURJANIC; Richard Doyle; Richard Devon

, researches, and publishes on design education, withcurrent interests in using the Cloud computing, global design, and rapid prototyping. 404 Self-Replicating Open Source Rapid Prototyping in the Engineering Classroom From its genesis as a lark in the home basement lab of the senior author in the fall of2010, the [Area] Reprap Project grew rapidly. It was offered a a group research project inSpring semester 2011 and 10 students quickly signed up and spent the semester buildingthree functional RepRap fused-filament printers. In Fall 2011, it has evolved into aninnovative course using a wiki as its textbook, a grading system based in “experiencepoints” (XP

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sridhar Santhanam

has been taught usually in atraditional lecture format. While there are many advantages to this mode of instruction, there arepromising active learning approaches that can be adopted to improve student learning outcomesand student faculty interaction.Recently, innovative changes have been introduced at other institutions in the manner in whichcontent is delivered in introductory Mechanics courses. Some of these innovations1,2 havecentered around the use of technology, in particular the use of software based interactive,adaptive eLearning modules. For instance, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has developedeLearning content for Statics1 through a non-profit venture called the Open Learning Initiative Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE