Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Teaching Materials Fundamentals

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Paper ID #6148How to Write a Textbook in Ten Easy StepsDr. Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has nine years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials laboratory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials engineer- ing, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Teaching Materials Fundamentals

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Omowunmi Isaacs-Sodeye, Arizona State University

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Materials

Paper ID #7926The Effect of a Visually-Based Intervention on Students’ Misconceptions Re-lated to Solutions, Solubility, and Saturation in a Core Materials CourseProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Ari- zona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, misconceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept In- ventory

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

  fraction with mole  fraction. Application of  Identifies all relevant  Identifies relevant  Models of phase Principles: Phase  phase equilibriums and  phase equilibriums and  equilibrium are Equilibrium  writes an equation that  approaches modeling  missing or applied in a  accurately models each  each in a logical way  way that is haphazard  but makes errors in  and fundamentally  execution.  sound.  Solution  Completes a solution  Progresses from model  Solution is incomplete  that fully answers  equations

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; William H Guilford, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

Paper ID #7611Improved retention and recall with a peer reviewed writing assignmentAmy Michelle Clobes, University of Virginia Amy Clobes is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan. Clobes’s research focuses on the intermolecular interactions of cardiac myosin binding protein C with actin and the regulatory effects of nitrosylation on these interactions.Dr. William H Guilford, University of Virginia Dr. Will Guilford is an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

what they have studied and learned, integrate newknowledge with previous knowledge, as well as to help them become an active and aware learnerso that they can better understand how they learn. Their reflection topics included: the engineeringdesign process, engineering/math/science connections and technical writing. This paper features a description of the design project challenge and solutions. Alsoincluded is the grading rubric, which was provided to the students to use as a guide for thereflection assignment. In addition, a summary of the group design analysis and the individualreflection assignments is provided. Page

Conference Session

Misconceptions

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7438Using Writing to Link Procedures and Concepts in StaticsMr. Chris Venters, Virginia Tech Chris Venters is a Ph.D. candidate in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His primary research in- terests involve studying conceptual understanding among students in early undergraduate engineering courses. He received his B.S. in aerospace engineering from North Carolina State University and his M.S. in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech.Dr. Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa DuPree McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Iqbal Omar P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Amit Verma, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A NanoElectronics Concept Inventory: a tool to assess student learning of fundamental conceptsAbstractRecognizing that the understanding of fundamental concepts related to the operation ofnanoelectronic devices is essential for their modeling, design, and development, we havedeveloped a senior/junior level course to teach these fundamental concepts to students in theelectrical engineering major. It was followed by a design projects course in which studentsdesigned and implemented a nanoelectronic device. We developed the Nanoelectronics ConceptInventory to assess student learning of fundamental concepts in the first course. The assessmentcan be used to improve and

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

innovations does not take into account the process of people transformingtheir beliefs and values. Beliefs and values are not a product of dissemination; rather individualsrecognize them through experience. Transformative learning theory is specifically focused onunderstanding the process of revealing and challenging beliefs and values that happens with achange in practice. When we try to understand the impact of introducing an educationalinnovation, a more fundamental question that needs to be asked is how have people’s ways ofthinking changed about good educational practice, and not just how much their practice haschanged.The purpose of this paper is to draw on the literature of social and human change with particularfocus on the theories of

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lyn Gassman, University of South Carolina; Michelle A Maher, University of South Carolina; Briana Timmerman, UVA Curry School of Education, Charlottesville VA; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

Mapping, and Writing Goal Accountability. Rationale for and demonstration of eachof these techniques is offered in this paper as guidance to faculty who mentor their own students’development as disciplinary writers.IntroductionDisciplinary writing in the form of contributions to grant proposals, peer-reviewed journalpublications, and conference papers is a natural outcome of gradate engineering students’research activities and vital to the research productivity of these students’ faculty advisors.However, while students may possess content knowledge and technical expertise, many entergraduate programs with limited understanding of the disciplinary writing and publicationprocesses. Graduate students typically learn about these processes through

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Materials

. Page 23.1115.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Supplementing Instruction with Pencasts created with a SmartPenTwo years ago, I bought an Echo SmartPen developed by LiveScribeTM. The package1 included a4GB pen with two ink cartridges, two caps, a micro USB cable, and a starter dot paper notebookas shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Echo SmartPen Package1 from LiveScribeTMFigure 2 shows the major components of the pen. Ink cartridges are available in both fine andmedium points in black, blue and red colors. A tiny high speed infrared camera is focused at thetip of the ink cartridge to capture everything I would write or draw. The embedded dualmicrophones record the audio in the

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yanwu Ding

Integrating Matlab into Graduate Courses in Digital Signal Processing Yanwu DingAbstractDigital signal processing has been widely used in various disciplines of engineering. Students areexpected to be competent, not only in fundamental digital signal processing concepts andtheories but also in practical signal processing techniques for achieving broader applications. Inthe graduate curriculum of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(EECS) at Wichita State University (WSU), a graduate course, EE782 Discrete Time SignalProcessing, is offered. This course focuses on fundamental concepts and techniques of digitalsignal processing in

Conference Session

CEED - Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

engineering. The majors share a mostly common set of foundation courses including:calculus courses, physics and chemistry courses, a writing course, a computer-aideddesign/computer-aided manufacturing course, a programming course, a digital systems course, acircuits course, a measurements and statistics course, and a co-op preparation course. Eachundergraduate major is a secondary admission program. Criteria for secondary admission includecompletion of all foundation courses with a grade of „C‟ or better and maintaining an overallgrade point average of 2.70 or higher (on a 4.00 scale).All programs are accredited as co-op programs through ABET. During the co-op program, thestudent alternates semesters of academic, on-campus coursework with semesters

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Dick Blandford, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

considerable effort is made to ensure that all of the studentsmeet the faculty on an informal basis. Students are encouraged by faculty to "drop by" the officeand talk about the types of work done by professionals in the major to get a better feel for whatthe major is about.Computer science section Page 23.617.3The computer science section uses C# to teach the fundamentals of program structure. In thefour-week short class students typically write a program which has loop and if structures and anintroduction to graphics. The class typically writes a game or animation program for a project.At the end of this session students are expected to understand

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Milica Markovic

currently taught with transmission-lines theory first, and the textbook is AppliedElectromagnetics by Ulaby3 et. al. Typical student at the beginning of this class does not have anyMatlab experience, has some understanding of vectors, very basic programming knowledge andalgorithms, some basic understanding of fundamental electromagnetic from a physics class andsome experience in linear algebra.During the course of the semester, students write their own Matlab codes to visualize static electricand magnetic fields, potential distributions and equipotential surfaces due to various line, surface,volume charge and current distributions using Green’s function integrals23. Wave propagation isintroduced through Matlab-based Graphical User Interface (GUI

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

camp provides the opportunity for teachers and students to 1) betterunderstand the history of cyberspace, cryptography, and cyber security; 2) experience cyberapplications and programs; 3) discuss social and ethical implications of cyber; 4) explorepossible cyber career fields; and 5) gain an appreciation for the need to secure cyberspace. Thedynamic interactive camp curriculum consists of hands-on labs, a cryptographic treasure hunt,writing assignments, evening film sessions, and a Final Cyber Challenge. The Parallax Boe-Bot™ is used as the core teaching platform throughout.In the months preceding the camp, high school teachers, one science/mathematics teacher andone humanities teacher from each school, attend two professional development

Conference Session

Learning styles affect on students in graphic and design courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

graphics class at a major university. The questionnaireindicates whether a person prefers one or multi-modal learning methods that include (V)visual,(A)aural, (R)read/write, and (K)kinesthetic. A demographic instrument was employed to gatherdata that assisted in classifying students as being at-risk of leaving college or not at-risk. Theresearchers used the Fisher exact test to analyze the collected data. The Fisher exact test is mostcommonly applied to evaluation of a hypothesis with data framed in a 2x2 contingency tablewhere chi-square assumptions are not individually met.1 The null hypotheses are evaluatedbased on the probability of determining a collection of “observed frequencies even moreextreme” than the set summarized in the contingency

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Nripendra N. Sarker; Mohan A. Ketkar

setup forstudents to achieve fundamental knowledge on the logic gates, pin configuration of the chips andin building simple circuits on breadboard. However, too many connecting wires on thebreadboard make the circuit cluttered and almost impossible to trace bugs in case the circuitfails to work. The problems could be anywhere from a faulty circuit design to the connectionsbeing loose and the board itself getting bad due to aging. Two major undesirable outcomes wereobserved in using this traditional way of learning, i) dissatisfactions of the learners and therebyreluctance to learn the subject and ii) difficult to complete a planned syllabus on time. It hasbeen found that, as the circuits become more involved, it is a good idea to switch over

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Cindi Mason, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

responded and commented on thesereports. Butcher claims the reports call for, ―ingenious leaders — ingenious engineers‖ and callsthese engineers, ―well-rounded Renaissance Engineer[s]‖5. Turns, Atman, et al.,6 use thesereports as a gage of what an engineer needs to know. Dym, et al. present how engineeringeducation is being challenged to require students to consider additional design constraintsrequired as part of a ―new fundamentals‖7. In response to this challenge, the CoE hopes toestablish its leadership in reshaping the undergraduate experience to prepare the engineer of2020: making the educational experience more meaningful to the student and the student moredesirable to local and national industries. As such, the CoE proposes that to fulfill

Conference Session

Accreditation, Program Evaluation, and Education Resource's Impact in Latin America

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Mariana Archibold, CONEAUPA

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International

available online for member institutions through the LACCEI website. It is alsopresented as a one-day workshop at LACCEI annual conferences, other engineering educationconferences and LACCEI sponsored events. It was recently presented at the 2012 WorldEngineering Education Forum (WEEF, annual international conference of IFEES, theInternational Federation of Engineering Education Societies).25 Each section is self-containedand includes updated information from accrediting agencies. Interactive exercises in eachsection include writing a program mission statement, student evaluations, teaching/learningevaluations and alumni and employer surveys. Module A sections and a description of theircontent are listed below.Section 1. Accreditation Fundamentals

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Tanima Zaman, Ivy Tech Community College, Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

decision to execute collision avoidance routine and returns to theprocess of reaching the destination point. The motion of the robot is controlled by two pairs ofmechanically geared wheels driven by two DC Servo Motors. The figure below shows anexample of the path of travel for the mobile robot: Page 23.1275.3 Figure 1: The Path of Travel for the Mobile Robot.NI Robotic Starter Kit 1.0:National Instrument’s Robotic Starter Kit 1.0 is an active learning module that helps to buildrobotics fundamentals such as sensor characterization, motor control, kinematics, path planning,data acquisition and other industrial robotics concepts. NI

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder; José Marcio Luna, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico

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Electrical and Computer

perform lab sessions either by using the lab facilities intheir local institution or by using the equipment that is lent to them by their local institution. Thesecond option does not require students to come to lab sessions.Lab equipment for ECE 238. The equipment needed for lab sessions is shown in Figure 4. Itconsists of a Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA development kit. The board includes input and outputmodules such as switches, buttons, LEDs and a display. The description of the hardware iswritten in VHDL. The software tools to write, synthesize, simulate, and program the FPGAboard are included in the Xilinx ISE WebPACK Design Software4. This package is free andmeets all the requirements for the size and type of designs taught at ECE 238. Labs

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); David S Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Eisenhart Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition, he works part-time for Eastman Kodak as a Senior Design Engineer and is a TAC of ABET commissioner.Dr. David S Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology David S. Martins is Associate Professor and director of the University Writing Program at Rochester Institute of Technology. His article on the use of scoring rubrics won the Best Article of the Year 2008 in Teaching English in the Two Year College, and his articles have appeared in Communication Studies, the Journal of Medical Humanities, and in edited collections. He works with faculty across the curriculum to integrate writing into their design of high quality learning environments

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Jessica Uscinski, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Physics 100 is:  Strong  Moderate  Minimal  Not ApplicableGE-1 Critical reflections on the nature and history of beauty and MinimalAesthetic sensibilities artGE-2 Interchanging ideas and information through writing, ModerateCommunication skills speech, and visual and digital mediaGE-3 Systematic

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

 in  critical  thinking,  in  mathematical  reasoning  and  analysis,  a  firm  grounding  in  scientific  and  engineering  methodologies  and  knowledge  to  address  the  complex,  multidisciplinary,  and  multidimensional  problems  that  humanity  faces  now  and  will  in  the  future.  Of  course,  educators  in  all  fields  are  actively  trying  to  change  and  be  more  effective.  However,  most  engineering  schools  have  not  gone  through  fundamental  changes  since  1970’s.    Although  engineering  is  fundamentally  pragmatic,  hands-­‐on,  and  project  and  application  driven,  engineering  education  has  been  drifting  away  from  that  approach  since  1970-­‐80s.      By  the  end  of  1980’s  most  major

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

transmittinginformation successfully. Hence in order to be able to characterize and design the opticalcommunication systems, it is essential that students learn the fundamentals of individual networkcomponents, communication system concepts, and methodologies of system design. Page 23.653.2 The goal of the course is to introduce students to the field of fiber optics and optical fibercommunication systems. The contents of the course include fundamentals of fiber optics;properties of optical fiber; optical fiber testing; active components like transmitters, receivers,and optical amplifiers; passive components like splices, couplers, and connectors; applications

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University; Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; YoonJung Cho, Oklahoma State University; Kerri S Kearney, Oklahoma State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

students experience how concepts in different computer engineering courses are related toeach other. Other highlights of the PLP system are a ‘hands-on’ experience with real hardwareearly in the computer engineering curriculum, a focus on class-wide collaboration, and anemphasis on communication.Typical PLP-based courses have a large active learning component, with instructors working onPLPTool in the classroom and students working on large projects. PLPTool is a programmingenvironment/tool in which you can write assembly code, run it, test it, and visualize it as it runson the simulated hardware. Course grades are determined through documentation of the project

Conference Session

Training and Workforce Needs in the Energy Sector

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston (CoT); Radhakrishna Kotti, University of Houston (CoE); Jesus Arturo Villanueva

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

its curriculum to train productive and qualified power engineers. The academia needsto do further research to understand the industry trends and gather information as to what has Page 23.1069.2changed and what are currently common best practices in the industry. The challenge faced byacademia is to come up with an updated curriculum at both the undergraduate and graduate levelthat provides the knowledge base of fundamental concepts along with nurturing expertise incross functional disciplines[1].Currently in the industry there are quite a few visionary manufacturers who are contributing intosmart grid applications; some of the names include GE

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Cross-Cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros, Science and Education Research Council

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International

innovative mind in order to be inserted in and to keep up withthe work market. Knowledge in Basic Sciences, Basic Sciences of Engineering and Specifics ofEngineering are fundamental for the training of an engineer. However, the insertion in labormarket sometimes demands some practice or experience that should also be provided by theengineering schools. Taking this into account, the Engineering Education Research Team ofCOPEC – Science and Education Research Council has designed and is implementing a programfor an engineering school which main goal is to prepare engineers for the future work market, theengineer for the future. The idea was born due to the very competitive environment thatEngineering Schools are facing recently and the fact that fewer

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen T Frezza, Gannon University; Richard W. Moodey, Gannon University; David Arthur Nordquest, Gannon University; Krishnakishore Pilla P.E., Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

describes covert actions to includeoperations such as sensing, perceiving, imagining, understanding, judging, and deciding. Theovert actions include operations such as speaking, writing, drawing, calculating, grasping,shaping materials, and using tools. (6)Individual knowing is a precursor to the community endorsement necessary for knowledge andjustified belief to become part of the body of accepted knowledge. Both covert and overt actionshave an internal structure that Polanyi calls a from-to relation. A skillful achievement, whetherpractical or theoretical, is the to- term of this relation, and the subordinated particulars constitutethe from term. He suggests a movement metaphor for this relation when, in discussing the from-to relation in acts

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University; Fedra Adnani

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, Virginia State University (VSU). There are severalfundamental issues, and we provide some solutions to these fundamental issues by reforming theIntroduction to Engineering course.The first fundamental issue is the open admission to the general population of students withdifferent mathematical skills. The curriculum of the engineering programs is much morerigorous than the other majors at VSU. Specifically, all of the engineering programs at VSU areaccredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). To maintain theaccreditation, the engineering programs are required to follow a very vigorous curriculum.Therefore, the students with weak mathematical background have difficulty to satisfy therequirements and change their major