Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenie R. Moses

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Computers in Education

course at a public researchinstitution in Illinois.This research study aimed to answer the following questions:a) Did the use of CITS or CTT predict students’ problem-solving self-efficacy or anxiety?b) Among students who used CITS or CTT, was problem-solving self-efficacy or anxiety related to students’ exam scores? Study Procedures One section of students (n = 37) enrolled in an advanced Circuit Analysis (Network Theory)course were randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups (CITS or CTT). Over the courseof a semester, students were encouraged to engage with the MLE tutors when studying and in theirspare time. Three course examinations and three surveys were administered to intervention

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darren K. Maczka, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

) and to provide more context around the participant’s access and experienceworking with computers growing up.Intake 1. Please tell me your major and how you came to choose that major. 2. Describe what programming is to you. (a) What does it mean to “be a programmer”? (b) Do you consider yourself a programmer? Why or why not? 3. Describe how programming is integrated into the curriculum in your major. (a) What did you learn from the curricular activities vs. on your own? 4. Tell me about the project you will be working on today. (a) Why did you choose to start it? (b) How long have you been working on it? (c) How often do you work on it? (d) When do you think it will be complete?Outtake 1. Think back

Conference Session

Computers in Education 8 - Video Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Markus Iseli, University of California, Los Angeles; Tianying Feng, University of California, Los Angeles; Gregory Chung, University of California, Los Angeles; Ziyue Ruan; Joe Shochet, codeSpark; Amy Strachman, codeSpark

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

for PathDist happens either when PathDist does not reduce(character got stuck on its path to the goal) or when PathDist drops steeply (character took ashortcut and misses some gems).The observable behavior of abstraction is defined as adding a command and changingparameters at once, or as neglecting distractors or details (see Table 2 below). Examining thevisualizations, we originally expected that (a) some students would add all commands and thenchange their parameters at once and that (b) other students would change the parameter aftereach added command. However, it could be seen that the second behavior (b) was prevalent, andthat the first behavior (a) would only occur if there was a misconception present. Figure 4 showsan example of the

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raluca Rosca, University of Florida

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Computers in Education

without any previous programming experience also had difficulties programmingwhile loops, as well as in understanding how MATLAB interprets an expression like A(b)when A is a MATLAB function or a matrix, and b is a variable or an index. Most of thosestudents had also difficulties interpreting the error messages and debugging their code.Audience Analysis: Students Interest and DemographicsFor the first offering, the Fall 04 tutorials, the number of students in attendance had a peak at 45and decreased as the semester progressed. Not surprisingly, there was a clear peak inattendance at the tutorial and office hours when homework involving MATLAB was due in oneof their 'for credit' courses, such as Control Theory or Thermodynamics. For example

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford; Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

with again amplifier is problematic as such a small resistance has significant noise current whichdegrades the receiver. Johnson–Nyquist noise13, also known as thermal noise is the electronicnoise generated by thermal agitation of charge carriers inside a conductor. Thermal noise isapproximately white meaning that the power spectral density is equal throughout the frequencyspectrum. The RMS value of the noise current in (8) is I n where k B is Boltzmann’s constant inJoules per Kelvin, T is the resistor’s absolute temperature in Kelvins, ∆ f is the noise bandwidth,and R is the resistance. To achieve the 70MHz bandwidth described above calls for a resistanceof 568 Ohms. The resistor has a thermal noise current of approximately 45.2nA

Conference Session

Computers in Education 1 - Programming 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pat Ko, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Jonathan G. Harris, Northern Gulf Institute; Jamie Lee Dyer, Mississippi State University; Yan Sun, Mississippi State University

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Computers in Education

model; we present the same information to all teachers, and rely on each teacher tocreate lessons and adapt the material to be appropriate for their students. The primary content themes and subthemes for the summer program are: 1. Energy and Mass a. Temperature b. Convection and Vertical Motion 2. Water in the Atmosphere a. Atmospheric Moisture b. Clouds and Precipitation 3. Distribution and Movement of Air a. Pressure and Wind b. Global Circulation Patterns 4. Atmospheric Disturbances a. Mid-Latitude Cyclones and Fronts b. Tropical Cyclones Every subtopic is split into a series of short lectures

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Patrick Hogan, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Computers in Education

instruction perspectives the above mentioned generations share severalcharacteristics with impact on how educational environments have to be shaped to stimulatelearner motivation and engagement. Of these, Millennials’ high confidence combined with asignificant external-driven achievement and pressure to quickly building strong resumes’ placenew requirements on an educational context. Educational organizations started to address theserequirements by creating an instructional environment in which: a) success criteria are clearlyset, b) feedback tools associated with the attainment of success are available, c) instructionalprocess provides multiple equivalent learning tools and strategies, and d) the content ismodularized and flexible allowing both

Conference Session

COED: IOT and Cybersecurity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Jones, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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Computers in Education

understanding of the inner workings of equipment can be seenin [22], [23]. VR labs, as used here, require the use of specialized hardware. The examples shown herehave been developed for the HTC Vive, but can also be used with the Oculus Rift or other VRhardware. The HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are two competing commercial VR systems that werereleased in March and April of 2016 respectively. The Oculus Rift consists of a head-mounteddisplay, shown in Figure 1a, with screens having 1080x1200 resolution per eye and incorporatesheadphones, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and a USB based stationary infrared sensor that tracksIR LEDs attached to the head mounted display [24], [25].Figure 1. a - Oculus Rift Head mounted display, b - Oculus touch controller, c

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saroj Biswas, Temple University

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Computers in Education

have evolved considerably over the years from handwriting onblackboard to the use of Tablet PC. One can categorize the various approaches of classroompresentation as: a) Blackboard, b) Transparency, c) Whiteboard, d) Digitized Whiteboard, and e)Tablet PC.Lord and Perry [5] summarized various options that instructors typically use in a classroomsetting along with their advantages and disadvantages. Traditional method of writing on theblackboard is still favored by many instructors since it is easy to keep pace with students’learning, as well as to ‘walk’ the students through the complex mathematical derivation that istypical in many engineering courses. The final paradigm in classroom presentation is the use ofTablet PC, which provides the

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University; Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University

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Computers in Education

connectivity amongCS majors and increasing the visibility of computer science across campus. In practice,attendance at LAN parties was modest and highly selective. Only those who (a) had a gamingPC and (b) were willing to transport their setup across campus became involved. This left uswith a small population of the most dedicated gamers where (a) most were male, with (b) analmost exclusive focus on “first-person shooter” games, and (c) a strong focus on highly-competitive “last man standing” tournaments. The consequence of this dynamic was that, whileeveryone on campus was invited in theory, in practice, a small hard-core group of malesparticipated; the appeal and “entry threshold” was simply too restrictive. Not only did the LANparty concept fail to

Conference Session

Computers in Education 4 - Online and Distributed Learning 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Thomas McDonald, University of Southern Indiana; Bradley Lane Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana

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Computers in Education

of testingin an LMS that could be done much better to suit our individual needs. In this paper, we discusssome of the types of questions that we use in Blackboard Exams and some of the computer toolsthat we use to create them. We discuss some of the successes as well as some tricks of the tradethat we use to address our objectives. Finally, we discuss some additional tools that we use tomitigate cheating. This paper covers subjects such as: 1) Different types of Blackboard questions a. Calculated Formula b. Multiple Choice c. Fill in the Blank d. Fill in Multiple Blanks 2) Software tools to help write questions (e.g.) a. Mathematica b. Excel c. Visio 3

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

starting point—for the purposes of thispaper Computers and Education because of its prevalence in the paper-paper citationnetwork- and draws a network of connected journals based on shared citations29. Journal-seeding illustrates the network of publications that send citations to each other,illustrating the venues through, which a scholarly discourse community is shaped. Todetermine the journals that merit inclusion in the network, a journal relatedness measure,the L Index, is calculated. The L-Index represents two dimensions of the relationshipbetween journals: the number of times Journal A is cited by Journal B and the number oftimes Journal B cites Journal A in the global position of journals indexed by Web ofKnowledge29. Represented

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Jacquot, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

∂v ∂i = − L' − R' i ∂z ∂t (1) ∂i ∂v = −C' − G' v ∂z ∂twhere L’, C’, R’ and G’ are respectively the inductance, capacitance, resistance and conductanceper unit length. The boundary conditions are v g ( t ) − A[ i( − L ,t )] = v( − L ,t ) (2) v( 0 ,t ) = B [ i( 0 ,t )]where A[.] and B[.] are respectively linear integro-differential time domain operators. It is alsoassumed that the initial functions for voltage v(z,0) and current i(z,0) are known functions of

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony J Petrosino Jr, University of Texas, Austin; Maximilan Kolbe Sherard, The University of Texas at Austin; Jason R Harron, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

environments.Group-based Cloud Computing: The Disease Model This study focuses on the use of a new agent-based modeling platform called Group-based Cloud Computing (GbCC). GbCC is an agent-based modeling program, powered byNetLogo Web [12], which extends the capabilities of traditional ABM and enables learners towork independently or collaboratively to participate in, modify (or author), and share models[13]. GbCC models lend themselves easily to achieving all of the higher-order uses of modelswhile also encouraging collaboration of many learners: (a) users can use the simulationindependently by changing slider values; (b) make changes to how models work using theNetLogo programming language; and (c) share their changes or data generated from the

Conference Session

Computers in Education 4 - Online and Distributed Learning 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sherif Abdelhamid, Virginia Military Institute; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

) (b) (c) (d) Figure 5: Linguistic features variability in the instructional videos across different computer science topics based on (a) lexical diversity, (b) transcripts readability, (c) count of difficult words, and (d) normalized count of similes.Finally, we realized that instructors who used more similes and metaphors in their videos had ahigher tendency to use more words that express cognitive processes (e.g., cause, know, think);see figure 6. Several studies have identified the underlying cognitive processes involved in usingfigurative language [41, 42, 43]. (a

Conference Session

Tablet PC use in Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

of promoting faculty development, and the TFLC wasbased on the authors’ experiences in a different University Faculty Learning Community. Thegoal for both the seminar and TFLC were simple: provide faculty with technical andpedagogical information, and then offer support for their attempts to incorporate Tablet PCs intothe classroom teaching.A major innovation developed for the seminar, and used in the workshop, was a multipleprojector approach to help faculty see each of the following: (a) the instructor’s Tablet PCscreen with controls, (b) the classroom projected content, and (c) a sample student Tablet PCscreen. As part of the TFLC, faculty participants were required to develop material for one oftheir courses using a Tablet PC and then

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Lagerstrom, Stanford University; Petr Johanes, Stanford University; Umnouy Ponsukcharoen, Stanford University

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Computers in Education

.) Page 26.1558.6Figure 1(b). Visualization of a single user’s behavior during a video watching session, showingcases of speed changing (vertical blue lines mark the time of each speed change). The passing ofeach minute marker as the student watches the video is represented by a black dot. (VideoLocation on the vertical axis represents the user’s location within the video in seconds, whileStudent Timeline on the horizontal axis represents real time in hours:minutes:seconds.)Figure 1(c). Visualization of a single user’s behavior during a video watching session, showingmultiple cases of jumping. Note that the black “watching” lines seem horizontal due to therelatively short timescale on the horizontal axis in this example (the whole horizontal

Conference Session

Software and Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M. Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

an opportunity for our students to reflect on their experience with test benches in lab.CPLD Design ProcedureThe following outlines how our students use ISE with a CPLD. Students first produce adescription of the desired logic circuit, our emphasis is on using schematics like that in Figure 1.The inputs A and B are to the left and the output F is to the right. Figure 1: Example circuit schematicNext, produce a test bench file that describes a sequence of input signals. While a test bench canbe made to evaluate the resulting outputs, our emphasis is on visual inspection of the simulationresults. In Figure 2 we can see that the circuit behaves like an exclusive-OR gate. Figure 2

Conference Session

COED: IOT and Cybersecurity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Computers in Education

File Systems” representsomewhat limited knowledge bases. Linux configuration files, automatic program startup, and Linuxscripting are contextually in proximity to one another. Each speaks to the "unobserved" way in which aLinux Developer gets useful work done. The number of configuration files discussed in this work issmall.In Table 3, two "knowledge-based" skills necessary for project completion are not class contentmaterial. Hidden from the student is specialized preparation work on the master eMMC memorymodules (Figure 1 shows an eMMC module plugged into the Odroid). The module preparation is: a) Install the Linux distribution. It is an “inflate and install” process. b) Add specialized software applications needed

Conference Session

Computers in Education 7 - Modulus 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Saira Anwar, University of Florida; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

asked to reflect on their experiences using the followingquestion:How often have you been in courses where some educational technology tools, especiallymobile applications, have been used? Tell us something about your experience. a. Please state the name of the application(s) or other technology tools (e.g., Clicker, CATME, Socrative, Any quiz software, etc.). b. What you liked about that application(s) and why? c. What you didn’t like and why? d. Were those applications academically relevant? If yes, why, if no, why not?Data AnalysisThe study focuses on exploring the students’ perceptions of using educational technology toolsin postsecondary STEM classrooms. To inform our study, we employed

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Wayne Gilreath, Guilford College; Chafic Bou-Saba, Guilford College

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Computers in Education

. Page 26.170.2All important files created or modified during this project can be found at a stable locationonline4 for users to review at any point in time, and will provide the proper configuration orsource code for the project step in question. Also included is a detailed 145-step guide for thecompletion of all steps in this project, and is more lengthy and explicit than what is covered here. Figure 1: Diagram of Raspberry Pi Model BBeing slightly larger than a credit card and armed with an array of ports for input and output, theRaspberry Pi comes in two models: Revision 1.0 boards (Model A) and Revision 2.0 boards(Model B). Shared features include a Broadcom BCM2835 system on a chip [a 700MHz ARM11family central processing

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petr Johanes, Stanford University

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Computers in Education

ground. But this force is only half mathematical formula for Newton’s the story, for there must be a force third law is a vector relationship: to halt the hammer in the process. What exerts this force? The stake! 𝐹"# = −𝐹#" Newton reasoned that while the hammer exerts a force on the stake, (F = force; AB = Object A on the stake exerts a force on the Object B; BA = Object B on Object

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University; Quintana Clark, Purdue University; Geovon Boisvenue, Purdue University; Stephen Paul Woodall, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

identity by maintaining constant awareness of any information posted about them online. Students can then decide if it is necessary to take action against a particular piece of content, such as asking a friend to remove a photograph from a Facebook album.4.2.Monitor online traffic. Students who create an online portfolio or blog should make use of Google Analytics to track data about website traffic. With this tool, they can: a) see the number of site visitors and their geographic distribution; b) track the effectiveness of social media cross-links to bring visitors to the site; and c) identify keywords that bring visitors to the site. Students can use these insights to increase and maintain website traffic by tweaking the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, U.S. Naval Academy; Joel Esposito, U.S. Naval Academy; Jenelle Piepmeier, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

-elimination tournament was not required to write a lab report for the project, andreceived a grade based entirely on performance.The Walking RobotIn this multi-week exercise, students were tasked with designing a 4+ limbed walking robot withlocomotion and structure designed to optimize (or at least emphasize) one of the followingconcepts: a. Speed (over level ground) b. Power (load capacity) c. Agility (obstacle clearance, foot placement ability (workspace)) d. Novel locomotionLecture material presented comparative anatomies commenting on joint placement and limblengths and the resulting effects on the speed and agility of the various animals. A variety ofgaits were also reviewed and students were

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 8: Modulus Topics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Safia Malallah, Kansas State University; Joshua Levi Weese, Kansas State University

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Computers in Education

introduce topics. In addition to in-class activities, this classrequires several assignments and group projects outside of class; each student is required tosubscribe to TopHat for attendance, lecture questions, discussion, and to help instructorsassess and measure student learning and understanding. A variety of participants were involved (n=80), comprised of 15 female students and65 male students. Of the total sample, 56% are classified as computer science majors and44% non-computer science majors. Approximately half of the class was sophomores(51.2%), while 22.5% were seniors, 17.5% were juniors, and 8.8% were freshmen. Thecourse had two sections (A and B) with 40 participants registered in each section wherestudents are not the same in

Conference Session

Virtual Instruction and Collaboration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

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Computers in Education

Figures 2 and 4 are performed by calling a number of other subVIs designed by theauthor. In the development of several of these subVIs, various computing and programming featuresof MATLAB were utilized. The block diagram of the two main VIs presented in Figures 2 and 4are provided in Figures 5(A) and 5(B). The specific details involved in the actual programming ofthese VIs are not the main focus of this paper and therefore are not included here.Creation of Web Published LabVIEW Virtual InstrumentsPrior to the utilization of the VIs described in the previous section, these VIs were converted intoHTLM files so that they can be accessed and ran by the author in various classroom locations oncampus. The four stages involved in the conversion of a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University; HsinPiao Hsu, Kainan University

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Computers in Education

section included threedemographic questions; the second section included 30 multiple-choice questions. Thedemographic questions were intended to determine (a) socio-economic status, (b) daily Internetusage, and (c) gender. Thirty items on e-commerce English content knowledge included (a) 10listening comprehension tests, (b) 10 reading tests, and (c) 10 writing assessments. The 30knowledge content items were reviewed by five professional faculty members and 10 universitystudents. The reliability of an instrument determines whether the instrument provides an accurateassessment of the characteristics measured (Gable & Wolf, 1993) 6. The internal consistencyreliability coefficient, Cronbach’s χ, was reported as .92 for the test questions. The

Conference Session

CoED: Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida

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Computers in Education

(b), and 4.2(c), respectively. The quiz questions SI Units Digitizing Designing a Laser Range Finder STEM Given: As an intern at the Vectronix laser range finder company, you are tasked to utilize the time of flight principle in order to estimate the propagation and reflection delay for a target that is 1.5 Km away. Partial If all overheads are ignored, then what is the roundtrip propagation delay between the laser and the target

Conference Session

Technical Session 3: The Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Johnsen, University of Georgia; Siddharth Savadatti, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

andinstructors.Virtual reality case studiesFluid statics (FS) case studyThe narrative of the case study designed to explore concepts of fluids at rest is built around awater tower serving the needs of a small fictional town (Figure 1-i). Residents of the town arecomplaining of low water pressures in their homes later during the day and the municipalengineer is tasked with identifying the likely cause (insufficient water tower height),implementing a proposed solution (designing a new water tower), and suggesting other possiblecauses and alternative solutions.Identifying the likely cause of low water pressure involves: (a) taking hourly pressure readings atthe base of the water tower, (b) interpreting the plot of pressure readings to recognize that thewater tower

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Embedded Systems

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel R. Burks, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Colin Widmer Castleberry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

value. Figure 11A-11C show trends in roughness,proficiency, and students’ cumulative grade point average. A Ra B RMS 0.30 0.35 RMS Roughness (A.U.) 0.25 0.30 Roughness (A.U