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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

David Lanning

bring entire class sections (20-40 students) into the laboratoryfor demonstrations, during which some students play at least a minimal role gathering data forlater analysis1. The author also collaborated with another member of the College of Engineeringfaculty, who specializes in machine vision, to create a “virtual beam” that students can interactwith in real time, demonstrating beam stresses and deflections2. While these projects helpstudents with understanding new ideas and applying concepts to simple laboratory experiments,they do not address the apparent lack of retention of fundamental concepts from prior courses.This lack of retention of skills and knowledge from one semester to the next has been noticed bymany of the instructors in the

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christine Pauken

also links to websites thatdiscuss these topics. This permits students to be exposed to a greater variety of engineeringapplications that may be of interest to a subset of the students. In addition, the bioengineering students are required to take a 3 hour lab concurrentlywith the biology course. The lab contains modules on diffusion, biomaterials testing, restrictiondigest and electrophoresis of plasmid DNA, electrophoresis of fish proteins, polymerase chainreactions (PCR) bacterial DNA, fluid mechanics, microscopy, and homeostasis. The students arealso required to do a design project using the ideas of synthetic biology, in some semesters tobuild bacteria that are better sources of biomass fuels. Greater depth and details are given in

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ibraheem A. Kateeb; Khaled F. AlOtaibi; Larry Burton; Michael S. Peluso; Evelyn R. Sowells

Society for Engineering Education 450Biography:Dr. Ibraheem Kateeb is the section chair of Central NC section and a Senior Member of IEEE with over 25 yearsof experience in academia and industry. He received his Ph.D. from NCA&TSU. He is currently at NCA&TSU asAssistant Professor of Computer Systems Technology Department. His current research is on power and greenenergy, electronics and control/robotics. In the last two years, he published more than 27 journal and conferencepapers and has many projects and grants in power, renewable energy and smart grid related issues. Dr. Kateeb wasrecognized as the recipient of Academic Excellent

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Ibraheem A. Kateeb; Khaled F. AlOtaibi; Larry Burton; Michael S. Peluso; Evelyn R. Sowells

. He received his Ph.D. from NCA&TSU. He is currently at NCA&TSU asAssistant Professor of Computer Systems Technology Department. His current research is on power and green energy,electronics and control/robotics. In the last two years, he published more than 27 journal and conference papers and hasmany projects and grants in power, renewable energy and smart grid related issues. Dr. Kateeb was recognized as therecipient of Academic Excellent Award from CARTS International 2012 (Electronic Components Industry Association,ECIA) for one of his research papers.Khaled F AlOtaibi is currently a PhD candidate at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University USA.He received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

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Hugh Smith

processing course and their senior project). Also a number of alumni have reportedusing this technique in the jobs after graduation.The instructor notes that this process has made a noticeable change in student participation whendiscussing the selective repeat assignment in lecture. During these discussion, student questions Value (1-5) Survey Question 5 = strongly agree with the statement “I learned a lot from the two design assignments” 4.0/5 “I feel that the design assignments helped me to break down my

Conference Session

Investigating Student Pathways to and through Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce B. Main, Purdue University; Tram Dang, Purdue University; Beata Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Qian Shi, Purdue University; Cesare Guariniello, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University

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Cesare Guariniello is a Research Scientist in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Purdue Uni- versity. He holds two Master’s degrees, in Automation and Robotics Engineering and in Astronautical Engineering, from the University of Rome ”La Sapienza”, and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University. His research ranges from System-of-Systems design and architecting to space applications, cybersecurity, and defense and includes projects with NASA, the US DoD, the US Navy. Cesare recently expanded his research in the field of Earth Sciences, where he is pursuing a Master’s degree in Planetary Geology. He is a senior member of IEEE and AIAA, and member of INCOSE.Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Edgar C. Clausen; W. Roy Penney; Cole E. Colville; Alison N. Dunn; Noor M. El Qatto; Crystal D. Hall; W. Brent Schulte; Christopher A. von der Mehden

. 31-37. 4. Bjorklund, S.A., Parente, J.M., Sathianathan, D., 2004, “Effects of Faculty Interaction and Feedback on Gains in Student Skills,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 153-160. 5. Colbeck, C.L., Campbell, S.E., Bjorklund, S.A., 2000, “Grouping in the Dark: What College Students Learn from Group Projects,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 60-83.Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 15 6. Blair, B.F., Millea, M., Hammer, J., 2004, “The Impact of Cooperative Education on Academic

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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George D. Gray

conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 5 • Design Project I/IIThe laboratory component is an integral part of the CME program. Hands-on experiences areemphasized throughout the curriculum in various laboratory and lecture-lab courses. Studentsgain experiences in experimental methods in a number of laboratory course as well. Because ofthe hands on experiences and involvement with industry, the CME program has been involvedwith a number of regional and national engineering competitions. These include compositebridge building and solar car race competitions.The major contribution that this undergraduate CME program has

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Karen S. Hays

anindividual, one hour review of their project with the safety officer. Students describe their labprotocol, show the safety officer their work space and the chemicals with which they work.Then, the students with the safety officer conduct a hazard analysis. Assessments are made toensure that their personal protective equipment is adequate for their work. The need forrespiratory protection is assessed, and if needed, the paperwork is done, the doctor’s appointmentis made and the student is fit tested for the appropriate respirator. Students are given the “Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George D. Gray; Raju Dandu

prospective students, job fair / industry trade show participationand company lunchtime visits. Another unique approach to notifying new students involves anational high school program called “Project Lead the Way”. This is a two year program in pre-engineering studies for high school students. Wichita currently has three local high schoolsinvolved with this program and will be establishing articulation agreements for their graduatingstudents. Obtaining start up scholarship money is also very important to a new program and wehave been fortunate to have The Boeing Company donate $7,200 in scholarship moniesspecifically in support of the MET program. With this recent announcement, we believe thatsome of the other major aircraft companies will follow

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Suzanna Long; David G. Spurlock

director of continuing studies for Pittsburg State University. Currently, she ispursuing a Ph.D. in engineering management at UMR. Her research interests include motivation and career change;training and retention in science education; and the application of systems engineering to records managementsystems.David G. Spurlock is an assistant professor with the Engineering Management Department at the University ofMissouri-Rolla and has over ten years of industry experience in systems engineering and project management. Priorto joining the faculty at UMR, he taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he earned a Ph.D.in organizational psychology. He also holds an M.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University, and a

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

F. G. Edwards; E. W. LeFevre; W. M. Hale

,figural representation, and open-ended questions. Product Assessment includes: reports,research papers, and projects, in the engineering curriculum; but, also includes: diary/journals,portfolios, exhibits, and videos. Performance Assessment in engineering curriculum typicallyincludes: 1) oral presentation or lab demonstration. And lastly, Process-Focused Assessmentincludes: oral questioning and self-assessment checklist.Constructing a good examination takes time, lots of time, and although universities often placepublishing and research dollars above teaching, if instructors take the time to construct goodexaminations their student evaluations should improve (Felder, 1992). Some aspects of a goodexamination are given by Felder (2002) but, other

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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B. Terry Beck; David A. Pacey

measurement & instrumentation, machine design, and senior design projects. He is alsoDirector of the Undergraduate Program. Dr. Pacey received his B.S. (1974) in agricultural engineering andhis M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1989) degrees in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Daniel R. Miskin; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

Heat Transfer,” Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2006. 11. Penney, W.R., Lee, R.M., Magie, M.E., Clausen, E.C., “Design Projects in Undergraduate Heat Transfer: Six Examples from the Fall 2007 Course at the University of Arkansas,” Proceedings of the 2007 American Society of Engineering Education Midwest Section Annual Conference, 2007. 12. Penney, W.R., Brown, K.J., Vincent, J.D., Clausen, E.C., “Solar Flux and Absorptivity Measurements: A Design Experiment in Undergraduate Heat Transfer,” Proceedings of the 2008 American Society of Engineering Education Midwest Section Annual Conference, 2008. 13. Busick, A.A

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Md. Mamunur Rashid; Mahbub Ahmed; Khalil Dajani; Jobaidur Rahman Khan; Haider Bhuiyan

 Applied Problem Economic Solving EvaluationGeorgia Southern University  Highway Design I  Water Supply &  Heat Transfer Civil Engineering and  Fluid Mechanics Wastewater  Engineering Construction Lab Collection Graphics Management  Project Cost  System  Energy Science Civil Engineering Analysis and Dynamics of Laboratory Technology Management Rigid Bodies  Solid Modeling Mechanical Engineering  Soil Mechanics/Lab  Statics

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas O. Spicer; Edgar C. Clausen

designand ethics. The International Engineering Program8, 9 at the University of Rhode Islandcombines an undergraduate engineering degree with a degree in German, French or Spanish, andalso requires students to complete an internship in a country where the foreign language isspoken.The incorporation of professional skills is not necessarily easy to implement in many engineeringcourses. For courses involving the development of technical skills, there is always the tensionbetween covering the technical material (and providing experience in its application – homeworkand problem solving) and including projects that involve written or oral reports. If reports arerequired, they are typically part of a much larger assignment. The net result is that the

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Molly McVey

students were given extra credit for completing it. Howeverstudents were informed that the results of the survey would only be seen by the post-doctoralteaching fellow assisting with this project, and the instructor of the course would only see theaggregated results. Surveys asked Likert-scale questions about the effectiveness/usefulness ofeach course component, and how they prepare for class.Results and DiscussionLearning Objective AchievementExam results showed a significant improvement in performance on several learning objectives,particularly on exams 1 and 3. On exam 1, there was a statistically significant improvement on10/14 learning objectives. On exam 2, there was a statistically significant improvement on 3/13learning objectives, but a

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jing Zhang; Mengjun Xie

andvisualization. As discussed in [1] and [3], a simulation-based virtual laboratory have significantadvantages compared to traditional physical laboratory in respects of safety, informationrepresentation and experiment flexibility. However, the simulation is restricted by virtualenvironments and non-ideal effects of simulation models. These restrictions make it difficult toreplace the physical laboratory with a virtual laboratory. Development of hands-on capability forundergraduate students in electrical engineering is another important reason to keep the physicallaboratory.The role of laboratory in the education of modern power systems is also discussed in [4] for bothlecture-based education and project-based learning. This work presents details about

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Nicole Colston; Tyler Ley P.E.; Julie Thomas

 Remind students to wait for activity instructions and building challenges to explore be careful not to disturb their neighbors’ towers concepts of slope and imperfections  Encourage students to look around the room at in building materials different techniques used by others Materials Engineering & Science:  Project the microscope for group observation and Students engage in hand-held discussion microscope training and explore the  Pass around each item when introduced during the properties of a variety of materials video lesson  Allow students to find objects to explore and share with

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nicolas Ali Libre

and joined Missouri S&T as a visiting scholar and served as an assistantteaching professor since 2015. In that capacity, he had the opportunity of leading several scientificand industrial research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Libre ismanager of Materials Testing lab at Missouri S&T, teaches mechanics of materials and developsdigital educational resources for the engineering mechanics courses. Over the span of his career,Dr. Libre authored and co-authored 3 chapter books, 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over60 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 7 graduate students and mentored over 30undergraduate students. He has collaborated with scholars from several countries, including Iran

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Neville Tay; Xiu Jie Low; Vinay Patil; Eylem Asmatulu

SHM Systems," Transactions on Techniques in STEM Education, 2016, Vol.1, pp. 59-67.[21] Hughes, S.M., Alamir, M., Neas, B., and Asmatulu, R. “Effects of Heath Treatments andUV Exposures on Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Acrylonitrile Butadiene StyreneSpecimens,” SPIE Smart Structures/Non-destructive Evaluation Conference, Portland, OR,March 25-29, 2017, 6 pages.Biographical InformationNeville TayNeville Tay is a BS student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at WSU. He hasworked on different projects, such as building a lightweight emergency relieve unmannedvehicle and also carried out a study to determine the feasibility of a submergible aircraft. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2017

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Muhammet Ceylan; Aybala Usta; Fatma Barut; Nur Ergul; Ramazan Asmatulu

(e.g., active learning, visual learning,deep learning, team work, etc.) that are most effective in the laboratory. The obtained answersprovided in the figures guide us to get more high school students into the engineering educationfor their future careers.Additionally, the results also explained if the nanolab projects have any influence onnanoscience, nanotechnology and research and development in the fields. Furthermore, studentinvolvement in the nanolab sessions does not only contribute with the main objective of theprogram specified previously, but it also generates multiple secondary benefits, including [5]:  Constructing the learning environment.  Allowing students to discover by themselves about the early signals that affect

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Asmatulu; E. Asmatulu; B. Zhang

manufacturing process, which also raises a deep concern about the limitation of an economiccost-benefit analysis [13]. The Manhattan project (Lewiston, New York) and California (SiliconValley) are two examples where local citizens have spoken out on not wanting to live near thesehighly polluted areas [12]. Nanowaste can also be more dangerous than other conventionallyused waste materials because of its size, shape, surface energy, and surface reactivity.During the manufacturing, transportation, and waste disposal processes, nanomaterials cancontaminate the air, water, soil, and food supply (e.g., vegetables, fruits, and animal products).Nanoparticles can also remain airborne for hundreds of kilometers and penetrate human, animal,and plant cells, thus

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith E. Hedges

ago. This infrequency, lead the Haitians to become more concerned about annual hurricanes and heavy rains. The students found that the construction materials were frequentlyHey bar-tender inconsistent. There were several conditions were concrete beams and columns neglected reinforcement or when implemented used smooth bars. Some student teams pursued using interoperable BIM and on-line interactiveLet the games begin 3D visualization to share project data. This was a user-friendly means of(On-line interactive 3D) allowing novice BIM users an opportunity to access information

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner; Daniel Bullock; Carlos Castillo; Patricia Buford; Gill Richards

report was unable to distinguish a difference in the controland solo groups for all students or for the students that made an A or B in the companion circuitslecture course. The laboratory practicum proved to be a reliable and consistent metric forlaboratory skills and knowledge. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 9Figure 5: Biplot for first control semester Figure 6: Biplot for the second controlrepresenting the data points (x) and variables semester. The data scales are represented by(vectors) projected onto the first two principal the left-hand and

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Anne A. Fischer

process only occurs onthe boundaries. However, the computational resourcesrequired to solve the integral equations is fairly great. Thisfact may make this an unsuitable method for symmetricaldomains. In the research conducted for this project, Proceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education Figure 6 6increasing the boundary discretization by just a few nodes significantly impacted the amount oftime required to compute a solution. The manner in which the coding is implemented cangreatly affect this

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

engineering practice. This provides anopportunity for students to research engineering projects and determine what w/c is frequentlyused for certain structures (bridge beams, highway pavements, sidewalks, etc…).Concrete Curing ExperimentThe concrete curing experiment is a laboratory exercise in which four different curing treatmentsfor concrete are analyzed. The curing regiments used for this experiment include: Moisture curing in a water filled tank, Dry curing in the laboratory, Ambient curing outside the laboratory, and Box curing with insulation.Students cast thirty-six – 4”x8” concrete cylinders to be used to determine the compressivestrength. Each curing regiment consists of nine cylinders, of which three cylinders are

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ken Barnard; Greg Stephens; Raju Dandu

a goal to have a number of students send text message to their friends about EarthDay. Engineer Technology students had their solar boat project on display. Breakout sessionsincluded topics of interest for students which included topics such as Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) certification standards, energy efficient lighting systems,transportation, wind energy, green marketing, local foods, and energy savings. Finally, studentswere encouraged to play games, fly kites and play outdoor music.Faculties were encouraged to participate by being involved with student events, breakoutsessions, and a poetry reading. Since this was our first event, and Earth Day is often thought ofas a soft educational event, some faculties were

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brandon W. Olson

Integrate observation Theory & practice Self discoveryLikes Being innovative Think linearly Common sense Adapting Being involved Work with detail Strategic thinking Intuitive conclusions Timed tests Disorganization Text reading Long lecturesDislikes No thinking time Group projects No applications Standard routines No interaction Criticism Written work No option exercisesFavorite Why? What? How? What if?Question The learning personalities illustrated in Fig. 1 and Table 1 represent not just“preferences” on the part

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Douglas R. Carroll; Hong Sheng

animpossible trip for students who are in another city. There are no office hours when thefaculty member is traveling. The author’s experience is that the convenience of computerbased communication tools is more important to the students than receiving personal one-on-one help. It is not unusual to have half the class participate in a two-hour Webex®session. It has been possible to use the computer as a communication tool for severalyears, but until recently the hardware and software were not available to make it a goodteaching tool for lower division engineering courses. In the last few years, tablet PCs andthe associated software have become available which allow the screen to be used just likea chalkboard, and projected onto the students