Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

work againstexisting privilege trends, one must not only walk opposite the walkway direction, but also doso at a speed greater than the walkway (pp. 15-16).19 One might also notice that the walkwaydesign is fundamentally flawed, as do researchers on privilege inequality.20,21,22Third, one can identify social groups that have been marginalized, disenfranchised, orignored by powerful social institutions such as corporations, governmental agencies, anduniversities, and then uncover the problems that such groups deem important. For example,two of the authors work on a campus that is only 10 miles away from the poorestneighborhood in Colorado, Sun Valley, a place that generally does not benefit from thefinancial and social capital that circulates

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin M. Foley, Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan; Ashley M. Verhoff, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan; John J. Pitre Jr., Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan; Kathleen Marie Ropella, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #10334Workshops on Fundamental Engineering Skills: A Graduate Student-LedTeaching InitiativeJustin M. Foley, Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan Justin is a doctoral candidate in the Applied Physics Program at the University of Michigan. His disser- tation research involves spectral manipulation, including broadband reflectance and narrowband filtering, using subwavelength dielectric gratings. He is currently the president of the student chapter of ASEE at the University of Michigan. In addition to his research and education interests, Justin holds a position with the Office of Technology Transfer

Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

and reinforce that. Most professions have not developed a body of knowledge that specifies what an engineer should be able to do and at which level (baccalaureate, masters or equivalent, or experience) those skills should be attained. Because the civil engineering profession has developed an explicit body of knowledge, it is reasonable that the accreditation criteria should reflect and enforce those standards. Other engineering professions, while entirely reputable and respected, have not taken this initiative. • The new Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination contains questions in Hydraulics and Hydrologic Systems, Structural Analysis, Structural Design, Geotechnical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

John Murray; Erin Elder; Ryan Bingham; Glen Longhurst; Desmond Penny

268 The Design and Construction of a Tiny House: Small Is Beautiful John Murray, Erin Elder, Ryan Bingham, Glen Longhurst, and Desmond Penny Southern Utah UniversityAbstractThe Danish scientist and poet, Piet Hein said, “Art is solving problems that cannot be formulatedbefore they have been solved. The shaping of the solution is part of the answer.” Hein’sstatement sets the stage for a senior capstone project involving two Southern Utah University(SUU) students majoring in Integrated Engineering, and justifies their undaunted roving

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Jerald Henderson, University of California, Davis

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 24.64.14 more to writing at the sentence-level. “Noise” interferes with the reader's fundamental ability to decode textual strands that link together to form paragraphs. Instead of getting in the way of overall message flow, noise is a measure of sentence impurity. Excellent sentences are concise, clear, and correct. They channel clean signals. They are not full of static, glitches, and unwanted rogue waveforms. Some examples of "noise" would be dead wood (extraneous verbiage), jargon (buzz words and gratuitous frills), unnecessary passive phrasing, out of parallel phrasing, and inexact/incorrect/awkward phrasing (grammar, mechanics, punctuation, and spelling errors). Packaging: This

Conference Session

STEM and ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas; Andrew Tubesing, University of St. Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #9901Development of a Fundamentals of Electrical and Computing Systems coursefor in-service K-12 Teachers.Prof. Kundan Nepal, University of St. Thomas Kundan Nepal is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of St.Thomas (MN). His research interests span the areas of reliable nanoscale digital systems, mobile robotics and recongurable computingMr. Andrew Tubesing, University of St. Thomas Andrew Tubesing is Laboratory Manager for the Electrical Engineering program at University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN. He also serves on the faculty of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning Models

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #9256Attention Management as a Fundamental Aspect of 21st Century TechnologyLiteracy: A Research AgendaDr. Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 24.218.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Attention Management as a Fundamental Aspect of 21st Century Technology Literacy: A Research AgendaMihaela Vorvoreanu, Ph.D., Purdue University, West LafayetteAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to raise awareness about the importance of attention in today’sstimulus-rich environment

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine C Brannon, George Washington University ; Zoe Szajnfarber; Thomas Andrew Mazzuchi, George Washington University

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #9443Introducing the Fundamentals of Systems Engineering to Freshman throughVarious Interactive Group ActivitiesMs. Madeleine C Brannon, George Washington University Madeleine Brannon is currently pursuing a M.S. in Systems Engineering. She received her B.S. at the George Washington University in Systems Engineering with a minor in mathematics in 2013. She is a Graduate Assistant to Professor Thomas Mazzuchi and works primarily as a Teaching Assistant within the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering department.Prof. Zoe SzajnfarberDr. Thomas Andrew Mazzuchi, George Washington University Dr. Thomas A

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamarza Mulia, Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia; Elsa Krisanti, Chemical Engineering Department, Universitas Indonesia

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

concept of audience analysis was emphasized throughout the course5. Students wereasked to analyze the audience in terms of the audience’s objectives, needs, andcharacteristics. This approach was emphasized throughout the course since audience analysisis an essential step in creating an effective communication product. The focus of thecommunication course is mastery of the fundamental elements of effective communication:reading the communicative situation, understanding the audience, creating a well-craftedmessage, and projecting confidence and competence through an appropriate communicationstyle. For each topic, there is a short overview, followed by in-class activities, and take homeassignments. By the end of the semester, students are expected

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #9277Writing Abstracts of Homework Problem Solutions: Implementation and As-sessment in a Material Balances CourseDr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from WPI in 1992 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1998. He co-authored the book ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance,” published in 2007, with his father Donald Dahm. His second book, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics,” a collaboration with Donald Visco of the University of Akron, is expected to be released by January 10, 2014. Kevin has received the

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

incorporates (1) Fundamentals, (2) Materials, (3)Devices, (4) Circuits, and (5) Systems, which are of vial importance. The author has beenproviding such an integral Education since 1984 wherein he has received significant amount offunding over the years from Massachusetts Microelectronics Center, MA/Com., IntelCorporation,  Raytheon  Company,  and  Sander’s  Corporation  etc.  He  is  still  receiving substantialamount of funding from Skyworks Solutions and Analog Devices since the establishment ofMicroelectronics center at University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1986, the author being thefounding director. For in-depth microelectronics education, State-of-the-Art laboratory facilitiesare required to complement theoretical instructions in order to

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Teresa Piliouras; Pui Lam Yu; Kristin Villanueva; Holly Robillard; Yingxin Chen; Michael Berson; Jeanne R. Lauer; Garret Sampel; Daniel Lapinski; Maigh Attre

into the workforce are prepared to meet thenecessarily equate to a high overall level of technology demands of the job market. Workforce readiness hasproficiency – such as that needed to write software code, or to many dimensions and may be defined in many ways.configure and troubleshoot networked computer Some definitions focus on specific skills needed forenvironments. However, basic computer skills are a specific jobs, while others emphasize broader skill sets,fundamental requirement for workforce readiness in a knowledge, and behaviors. Models of workforce readinesstechnological society. differ in emphasis and details, but they

Conference Session

Engineering as a Professional Calling

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph M LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacquelyn E. Borinski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kimberly Danielle Haight, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Elaine Catherine McCormick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alisha A.W. Waller, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

that serves as a blueprint for the learning experience for that day. The teacher handsthe document to the students, who then carry out the workshop. Importantly, the teacher’swriting does not explain or tell; rather, it poses one or more problems and a set of activities toaddress and explore those problems. In this way, the teacher communicates to the studentsthrough his writing, once again teaching with his mouth shut. The teacher’s presence is stillrequired during the workshop, since some supplemental oral communication and consultation isinevitably required. Conceptual workshops were frequently used to teach students systems-thinking and model-based reasoning as a fundamental engineering way of thinking, whereasopen-ended seminars were the

Conference Session

FPD 11: Culminating Considerations

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Ziaur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington; Heather L Frost

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

mathematics aptitude measured using ACT and/or SAT Math scoresand not only enrolling in, but also performing well in advanced science (i.e. physics) andmathematics (i.e. calculus) courses in high school.1-3 Additionally self-efficacy, determinedfrom student survey responses to questions designed to gauge their confidence in theirquantitative abilities, parental educational attainment and geographic location (i.e. urban versusrural home) have been found to impact engineering student persistence and achievement. 4,5 Oneof the primary first year indicators is grade point average (GPA), which is indicative of students’quantitative and analytical capabilities, as first year engineering curricula are dominated bymathematics, science and fundamental

Conference Session

Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington-Seattle; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Burpee

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Engineering Ethics

Dilemmas of Macroethics: Links between Critical Thinking and Ethical LiteracyAbstractGlobal citizenship requires an understanding of global problems including the many ethicaldilemmas that muddy the waters in search of solutions to these problems. One way of lookingat and assessing a student’s ability to consider and evaluate global ethical issues is byexamining the student’s writing on challenging topics, especially in macroethics where ethicaldilemmas tend to be complex, unstructured, and downright knotty. Some challenges studentsface in analyzing ethical situations may be a result of deficits in underlying skills that preventthe student from comprehensive understanding of the problem at hand. This study explores thepossibility that

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Joshua M Coriell, Cyber Innovation Center

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

etc.) are being developed to provide schools with multiple module options.318-257-2319Example ModuleFigure 1 is the engineering design process graphic that guides studentsthrough each module. Annotated by each step in the process is a Because the school mascot is the medieval knights, the 7thsample of the STEM Discover Catapult module in which students build a graders have been asked to build trebuchets to throw prizes into the crowd at pep rallies and sporting events.trebuchet. Additionally, a creative writing opportunity is included (betweenSteps 5 and 6); students

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Marissa Buell; Nehad Dababo; Rene Figueroa; Peter Moala; Amelito Enriquez; Kanjun Bai; Hamid Mahmoodi; Cheng Chen; Kwok-Siong Teh; Hamid Shahnasser; Wenshen Pong; Hao Jiang

., LT-spice) to optimize the existing previously designed circuit.Then, they designed their own board and assembled the components. In the end, they thoroughlycharacterized the circuit that they put together. In the ten-week period, the students went over thecomplete board-level circuit development flow: from the design to the test. Their understandingsof electrical circuit theory was dramatically improved as manifested in their project report andfinal presentation. The feedback from the students demonstrates that the NASA CIPAIR is aneffective method to engage underrepresented minority students to learn electrical circuit theorywith the learning-by-doing method.IntroductionElectrical Circuit Analysis is a fundamental course that is of great

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Richard Steven Colon; Prabir Patra; Khaled Elleithy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Random Word Retrieval for Automatic Story Generation Richard S. Colon, Sr., Prabir K. Patra, and Khaled M. Elleithy If we consider the activity of creating literature, can a Abstract— Over the past forty years, significant research has computational system write a story such that a reader wouldbeen done on story/narrative generation in which the computer is not know the story was computer generated? Can the storiesthe author. Many existing systems generate stories

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Chemical Engineering

statistical analysis of their data andconsideration of relevant theory. The course is structured in such a way that students mustdetermine which statistical techniques are appropriate for processing their experimental data. Thecourse is also designed to meet the Writing Intensive requirements of our university, through acombination of individual lab reports, reflections on their ability to write in a technical context,and brief essays on engineering ethics and laboratory safety.Specific course logistics, including the sequence of activities, learning objectives, andconnections to student outcomes in junior- and senior-level courses, are considered here. Directassessment of student performance against specific learning objectives from the past three

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Smith P.E., University of Southern Indiana; Brandon S. Field, University of Southern Indiana

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Mechanical Engineering

Thermodynamics CourseAbstractFundamentals courses play an instrumental role in developing undergraduate students into skilledproblem solvers. As such, these courses bear the responsibility of (1) instilling discipline in prob-lem solving and (2) familiarizing students with central concepts of engineering. The two goals areinextricably linked. Success in problem solving is contingent upon understanding a remarkablyfew fundamental principles. Upon first introduction to new concepts, however, students usuallylack the experience to understand how foundational those principles really are. In fact they can beadept at compartmentalizing information at the expense of building up a foundation of knowledge.While this tactic may present a hope for short term

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

addition, during intense, annual multi-day retreatsat Cornell University (winter) and Norfolk State University (summer), trainees come together forfurther technical training, professional development, program self-reflection and redesign.Most of the education and training part of the program is delivered in four courses: (1) Technicaland Professional Writing (6 weeks); (2) Training in Independent Research (12 weeks); (3) BestPractices in Teaching and Learning (8 weeks); and (4) Ethics and Intellectual Property (4weeks). The sequence of short, focused modular courses provides a framework conducive to thecycle of (re-)design, enactment, and study of the proposed graduate training activities. It allowsfor students to learn and practice in the same

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt A. Thoroughman, Washington University; Alessandra Hruschka, Washington University in St.Louis; Patricia Widder, Washington University in St. Louis

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Education, 2014Engineering Virtual Studio: KEEN Modules to Foster Entrepreneurial Mindset in an Integrative, First/Second Year Online Course1. AbstractEngineering is a field that interacts with its surroundings by applying science to practicalproblems. In developing future engineers, teaching the technical fundamentals is only part of thetask; engineering programs must also develop engineers that are able to apply those skills intothe real world. Example problems are sometimes shown in classes, but lack the interactivitynecessary to instill the skill in students. Introducing students to entrepreneurship directlypromotes creativity and marketplace connection while indirectly instilling connection to realworld problems and promoting scholarly and

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas P.E., University of Texas, Pan American; Jesus Alejandro Valladares, The University of Texas Pan American

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Instrumentation Data Center [7], for later use. The instrument takes measurements every second, writes 1-minutes averages into the database. The time stamp is Standard Central Time. It is also possible to download selected hourly data from MIDC 2. A calculated time-series Clear sky Global Horizontal Irradiance GHICLEAR-SKY[k], in synchronism with the measured GHIMEAS[k] time series. The former is calculated in solar time; the latter are obtained in standard time. Reference [8] offers a variety of methods to calculate the clear-sky irradiance. We have chosen one due to B. Harwitz, due to its simplicity. ∑ [ ] =∑ (1

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Egelhoff, Montana Tech of the University of Montana; Edwin M. Odom, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Mechanics

the Machine Design textbooks and found they all provide the following: areview of free body diagrams, statics, and determination of reactions for simple beam-loadconfigurations, a section on the use of singularity functions, writing shear and moment equations,and strain energy methods. Finally, we also assume students have access to an equation solver.The authors use TK Solver™ and EES© but our students and colleagues have produced solutionsusing Mathematica, Matlab and MathCad. In deference to the faculty who might beinterested in this method, we selected a very complex shaft geometry and loading. Additionally,our complete solution provided in this paper may be more than is needed in a shaft designproblem. The typical textbook problem

Conference Session

Active Learning in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Dyer, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma; David Sandmann MSEE, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Page 24.891.10the students are not expected to produce ergonomically analyzed and tested interfaces they areencouraged through grading to put some effort into developing user-friendly interfaces. Anexample of well-executed code and poorly executed code is shown in Figure 4 below. The upperpanel shows poorly organized, non-functional code. Furthermore, the student did not write thecode so that it would execute until the user terminated it, something all the coding assignmentsrequired since monitoring data streams is a fundamental aspect of the course. On the other hand,the lower panel represents well-documented, functional code with an organized and easilyreadable layout. This student actually implemented a state machine for the project, though

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Hahler, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AMES evolved from a variety of reasons. Initial discussion andresearch led the developers to believe that a need for high school students to be fluent in specificmathematic concepts directly connected to engineering and science existed. Beyond the desire toimprove student’s grasp of the material, the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS)necessitated a curriculum that assisted teachers in executing these standards, primarilymathematical ones but also touching on language arts.The curriculum itself contains four major threads: Coordinate Systems; Vectors and Matrices;Fundamentals of Mathematics; and Conic Sections. Within each thread, a variety of units areincluded. For each unit, the outline is as follows: introductory activity/background

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Artem Bezrukov, Kazan National Research Technologcal University, Russia

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

their colleagues and subordinates. A general outcome of scientific activities in universities is the submission of papers tohigh-impact international journals. Publications in top scientific journals (all of them arepublished in English) are the main indications of a successful scientist. Native Russianspeaking scientists often have trouble writing in English for journals and conferences becauseof structural differences between the English and Russian languages as described previously.Furthermore many Russians with “unpolished” English” have a strange confidence that thescientific value of their submission will outweigh its linguistic incompetence and a nativespeaker in editorial board will ultimately “polish” it. The goal of this

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Brian Joseph Lane

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

setEnabled:TRUE]; // Since we are closed also disables the close button: [mCloseButton setEnabled:FALSE]; }The following are all of the methods that are called when “things” happen on the Bluetoothconnection. The rfcommChannelOpenComplete method is there to enable the close button oncea successful Bluetooth connection is established. Following the open complete method is themethod that took the longest time to get working. This method is required to tell the RFCOMMchannel which data to send and how long the data is expected to be. In this case one only needsto send one number to the development board so the code was mRFCOMMChannelwriteSync:"1" length:1. This conforms to the method by writing “1” to the current RFCOMMchannel and the data length

Conference Session

CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #10107Personnel Improvement Plan: a professionalism assignment for engineeringstudentsDr. Mohammad Habibi, Minnesota State University, MankatoMr. Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering Ron Ulseth, P.E. is Co-Director of IRE as well as an instructor of technical competencies in thermody- namics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. Ulseth has been teaching engineering fundamentals courses since 1988. He was a lead developer in the Itasca Community College Engineering program. Ulseth led a team of ˜10 engineering educators from around the United States to develop the Iron Range Engineering program. In addition to

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Daniel Katz

and sentially, this is a question of what would happen if space- the bending of light around massive objects, are also pre- time geometry were subject to quantum fuzziness. We dicted to within the limit of experimental accuracy by need to be able to write out Eqn. 4 explicitly for the YMG [5, 7, 8]. “quantum metric tensor” in order for it to help us de- termine the field operators’ algebra. The problem is that, in order to write it out explicitly we need to know the distance between the two fields. To know the distance, we need to know the quantum metric. But we were trying to