Conference Session

Design in the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Matthew S. Bollom; Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

each of the six semesters of design. BME Design throughout the Curriculum Sophomore 1 BME 200 Sophomore 2 BME 201 Junior 1 BME 300 Junior 2 Senior 1 Senior 2 BME 301 BME 400 BME 402 Phase 1: Phase 2: Phase 3: Phase 4: Peer Guided-design Independent Capstone Design Mentoring Fundamentals LearningFigure 1: The BME design course sequence throughout the curriculum where each semesterstudents work in teams of four or five on client-based design projects. During Phase

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johné M. Parker, University of Kentucky; Stephen L. Canfield, Tennessee Technological University; Sheikh Khaled Ghafoor

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Computers in Education

engineering context in lattercourses. The three principles deemed critical for successful programming in engineeringcontexts3,4 are 1. Student Engagement: Engaging students’ current knowledge to construct new knowledge 2. Knowledge Transfer: Students ability to transfer early programming skills to new contexts, applications and environments 3. Self-directed learning: Students assuming control of their learning in programming to adapt to the rapidly evolving demands of computational techniques in engineering Therefore, Systems and Controls courses are ideal to investigate effective ways to address allthree areas of the DBER study and simultaneously augment students’ ability to use programmingas a tool in upper-level

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jenny Daugherty, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rodney L Custer, Black Hills State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

funded to study science teacher learning using anengineering-concept driven professional development program. This is particularly timely withthe recent publication of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)1 and the inclusion of anengineering dimension in science. The project research team has been investigating how toinfuse engineering concepts into science given the time, resource, and curricular constraints ofschool environments. Specific implementation issues have been identified as important asteachers incorporate engineering infused lessons into their instruction. One key issue is thatteachers new to engineering are often not clear on what they are being asked to do. Therefore, itis critical to create a common understanding of what

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology/CUNY

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Computing & Information Technology

abstractobjects (like the objects found in a graphic user interface window, such as buttons, textboxes, andlabels) that they will manipulate in subsequent and more advanced programming courses.The LC common assignment (described further in the section entitled “The CommonAssignment: A Game Design Document” below) is a crucial component enabling students toachieve and reinforce the learning outcomes for this course. As part of that assignment, studentsimplement the background story for a video game developed in the EG1 class as a computerprogram in Alice. The assignment is organized around several milestones, including: (1)preparation of a flowchart of the story; (2) creating the setting of the video game with Aliceobjects; (3) creating the characters for

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

the number and type of piecesneeded. There are two teams, and the teams will work independently and confirm each other’sestimates.The Engineering Team (2 teams) – These teams will work together and engineer adesign. The structure has to support a 100 pound concrete panel.The Construction Document Team (2 teams) – These teams work together and create theconstruction sequence, produce the construction drawings, and coordinate construction anddisassembly.A ten-week quarter does not allow a lot of time. The week-by-week project schedule was as Page 24.1335.3follows:Week 1 – Schematic Design. The individual teams participated in a design competitionto

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University; Jacqueline M Jackson, Jackson State University ; Cassandra L Hawkins Wilson, Jackson State University; Pao-Chiang Yuan, Jackson State University

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Computers in Education

found MIT AppInventor to be very accessible and quickly learned how to develop their own apps. MIT AppInventor can allow students without any background in information technology to see computingconcepts in a context that is of great interest to them.INTRODUCTIONThe trend of declining student interest in computer-related fields [1-3], combined with increaseddemand from the industry, challenges instructors to come up with new methodologies to attractstudents. Furthermore, with the diffusion of information technologies into almost all disciplinesof study, introductory computer courses need to have new approaches that can motivate studentsfrom all majors to feel comfortable with the computing concepts and tools.Emergencies often occur with little

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

that could be used to promote technological literacy.IntroductionThis story begins in 1999 when engineers and technologists were concentrating their efforts onaverting catastrophic failures on January 1, 2000. This event was widely referred to as “Y2K.”Computers in the 1900s typically used just two numbers to represent the year due to the limitedamount and high cost of memory. The dilemma became, when the new century begins would thesoftware consider the year to be 1900 or 2000. As a result, scientists, engineers, programmers, Page 24.1337.2and technicians gave significant attention to the problem. Newspapers, radio, and television

Conference Session

Data Analytics in Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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Computers in Education

 the  response  as  well  as  to  establish  metrics  used  in  assigning  a  grade.  The  qualitative  feedback  is  aimed  at  helping  student  teams  improve  the  quality  of  their  solutions.    The  mathematical  model  dimension  encompasses  the  assessment  of  (1)  the  quality  of  the   Page 24.1338.5solution  in  terms  of  how  well  it  addresses  the  complexity  of  the  problem  and  accounts  for  all  data  provided,  and  (2)  the  use  of  rationales  to  support  the  solution  method.  The  root  of  this  dimension  is  assessing  how  good  the  procedure  is  at

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vamshi Krishna Bolly, Purdue University; John Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; J. Eric Dietz, Purdue University

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Computing & Information Technology

Page 24.1339.4code of these utilities is readily available and can be customized as per the user needs andrequirements.Figure 1: Sample Java program to read from a HBase table.To perform data reads from the repository, appropriate and easy to use Java APIs areprovided for programmatic access. Figure 1 shows a sample program to read data fromHBase table and store it in an output file. It demonstrates the flexibility of performing readson a table and writing the results in user defined formats. Also, this helps the user incustomizing the data reads from the table and improves the query times. This inherently givesmore control over the data to the user.Also, HBase supports the MapReduce processing framework. Hence, queries can be doneusing mapper

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

. There is also a reset button that is used by the gameshow host to asynchronously reset the flip-flops to the initial state before each question. Ifcontestant 0 rings in first, the circuit turns on LED 0. Once LED 0 is on, the circuit leaves it onregardless of the inputs until the circuit is asynchronously reset by the game show host. Ifcontestant 1 rings in first, the circuit turns on LED 1 and leaves it on until the circuit is reset. Ifthere is a tie, both LED's are turned on.The circuit requires four states: reset, contestant 0 wins, contestant 1 wins, and tie. One way tomap the states is to use state 00 for reset, state 01 for contestant 0 wins, state 10 for contestant 1wins, and state 11 for a tie. With this mapping, the outputs are equal

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Dimas, University of California, Irvine; Faryar Jabbari, University of California, Irvine; John Billimek, University of California, Irvine

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Continuing Professional Development

to provide bi-directionalfeedback between students and faculty. Feedback from quizzes and polls was used by the facultyto modify content in subsequent lectures to ensure key concepts are understood. Time spent oneach quiz was recorded along with quiz grades and were correlated.Lecture Capture TechniquesIn this study, faculty used three methods to create content that was subsequently captured addingboth audio and video annotations with Camtasia. In order of difficulty from least to most, theseare (1) document camera used in the instructors' office, (2) handwritten text, equations anddrawings that were digitally captured via tablet computers and a stylus and (3) digitally typesetand drawn materials using text, drawing, and equation creation

Conference Session

K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Kip Hacking

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

not in land locked states, or are too expensive to implement. We have addresses these issues inour state by remanufacturing and re-sourcing the parts used by SeaPerch , making it more affordable forschools, and by developing a curriculum that promotes STEM by explicitly having learning objectives thathighlight STEM complements such as: functions, variables, arrays, and Booleans, computational thinking,basic circuitry, hydrodynamics to name a few.Study The following is a technical breakdown of the program, as it exists at present. Last year weimplemented our ROV efforts at 10 schools with approximately 300 students. Our efforts included 1.)Purchasing and providing each school the sufficient ROV kits to cover the number of students who

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen M. Williams P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert W. Hasker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Adam Redd Livingston, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kerry R. Widder, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Josiah A. Yoder, Milwaukee School of Enginering

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New Engineering Educators

chair asked the new faculty members to complete the following tasks: ● attend at least one week of the experienced faculty member’s course, ● invite the experienced faculty member to then attend at least one or two lectures of the new faculty member’s course, and ● have at least one de-briefing session between the new and experienced faculty members.Different constructs for reporting on and evaluating mentoring case studies have been presented.Sherwood, et al offered a mentoring case study construct in four areas: Motivation, CoursePreparation, Class Lectures, and Additional Assistance.2 Chism and Szabó proposed thatevaluation of an instructional development program can be performed at three levels: 1. Howsatisfied were the

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Nelson, Brigham Young University; Erick Hollenbaugh; M. Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

undergraduateengineering programs. They are largely the result of engineering programs seeking to bettermeet the needs of industry and have become so important that ABET requires universities toinclude them [1]. Nevertheless, capstone programs vary widely from school to school and asingle definition that applies to all programs does not exist. According to Fairchild and Taylor[2] , capstone projects are “culminating experiences in which students synthesize the skills theyhave acquired, integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, and connect theory and application in Page 24.1344.2preparation for entry into a career.” Durel [3] offers another perspective stating

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Matthew T. Siniawski, Loyola Marymount University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University

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Design in Engineering Education

hashigher value (2.94 + 0.87) than cost (2.03 + 0.78) on a 4-point scale (p <0.001). Students at thesmall, liberal arts college responded with generally higher ratings for both value and cost, with alarger average difference between combined value and cost (1.0 and 0.81, respectively), thanstudents at a large, public university. Additionally, students reported higher self-efficacy indesign-based objectives after the course, with an average self-efficacy increase of 15-20 pointson a 100-point scale.IntroductionStandards-based grading (SBG) is an alternative grading system that involves and depends ondirectly measuring the quality of students’ proficiency on well-defined course learning outcomes,i.e., standards.1-3 Student development toward

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower PE, The Citadel; Kaitlin Marley, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #9297Using Student Instruction to Increase Retention in EngineeringDr. Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel Ron Welch (P.E.) received his B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Military Academy in 1982. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1990 and 1999, respectively. He became the Dean of Engineering at The Citadel on 1 July 2011. Prior to his current position, he was the Department Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler from Jan 2007 to June 2011 as well as served in the Corps of Engineers for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; James P. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Laura Maria Roberts; William J. Endres, Michigan Technological University; Kevin David Hale

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

  • Pre-­‐test   Tutorial  on  Mitosis  (or   • Material  presented  in  least  preferred  (or  most   Punnett  Square)   preferred)  style   • Post-­‐test   • Present  results  of  Barsch  Inventory  to  the  student   Tutorial  on  Learning   • Present  strategies  for  different  style  learnerrs   Styles   • Post-­‐test  on  learning  style  strategies   ReBlection  and   Evaluation   Figure 1. Outline of learning styles moduleThe learning styles module teaches about two biology topics—Punnett Squares andmitosis. Four presentations

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David S. Hurwitz, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Mohammad Rabiul Islam, Oregon State Univeristy; Kelvin Daratha, Graduate Student at Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

directly contribute to the safety and efficiency of the surface transportation system.Project IntroductionA large body of research has shown that many graduating students do not possess anunderstanding of fundamental concepts in fields such as physics 1, mathematics 2 andengineering 3. Confounding the lack of conceptual understanding are differences between howacademics and engineering professionals think about and apply fundamental engineeringconcepts. Situated cognition experts contend that knowledge only exists in context and has verylimited meaning and usefulness when taught out of context 4, 5. An urgent educational needexists to better integrate engineering students within the context of engineering practice and todevelop, implement, and

Conference Session

Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

Page 23.897.2competencies so they could one day become engineers?The relationship between the mentor and the student may last for many years afterstudent’s graduation. Often it is difficult to define, in a clear manner, what mentoring isand how a professor can become a good mentor. The paper describes some attributes ofmentoring and sketches out how a faculty member might become a good mentor tostudents.II. How to Become a Mentor?So how does one become an effective mentor of engineering students? Perhaps we couldlist the attributes of good mentors and simply say “go ahead and do that.” But thisapproach is not without precedent. The National Academy of Sciences takes thisapproach in its book, Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, & Friend. (1) It

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Christi McGeorge, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth J. Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University

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New Engineering Educators

ADVANCEFORWARD project features three major components consisting of a multitude of programs: 1)campus climate, 2) advancement/leadership, and 3) research. To achieve the project goals, the Page 23.898.2campus climate component provides workshops for academic administrators and faculty on 1  climate issues and supports male faculty as advocates and allies. The research component isdesigned to assess if and how the incentives and programs lead to the achievement of the goalsand, ultimately, to institutional transformation. The advancement/leadership component of

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

Mentoring Team Conflicts in Capstone Design: Problems and SolutionsIntroductionTeaming is ubiquitous in design education, yet many project mentors have little or no formaltraining in teamwork or in mentoring teams, and have learned primarily through experience. As aresult, issues associated with teaching teamwork or addressing team dynamics are oftenchallenging for design faculty. Most capstone projects involve multi-person teams, andteamwork is often considered a critical outcome in design courses, but in a recent nationalsurvey, fewer than 50% of capstone faculty responding included instruction in teamwork as akey course component 1. Moreover, as the results from a recent Capstone Design Conferenceindicate, faculty

Conference Session

Implementing Active Learning in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Durwin Engle, Purdue University Calumet; Gregory P. Neff, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Engineering Technology

laboratories. Senior project students Jim Bova andSaleh Alkerri over three semesters designed and built a  PLC/Pneumatics trainer that will be replicated eight moretimes by student workers. The components for the trainers  have been donated by corporate members of the Packaging  Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI): B & RAutomation, Bimba Mfg., and Balluff Sensors. Students will  control pneumatic cylinders with sensors using IEC 61131-3ladder-logic diagram and structured text programming P  Figure 1‐ PLC/Pneumatics Trainer Project                                                             i

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University; Bryan G. Baker, Eastern Illinois University

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Engineering Technology

becomes much larger than thedifference between two different faces under the same illumination1. The accuracy of facerecognition degrades quickly when the illumination is dim or when the face is not uniformlyilluminated2. A person’s appearance will typically change dramatically if the intensity of lightreflected from the face is changed1. Add to this a change in the direction the illumination isoriginating from, resulting in shading and shadows being created, the angle of view a camera hason the subjects face, and a person can become unrecognizable to a facial recognition system.1 Hiremath and Prabhakar 2 noted that there are also variances in how light reflects fromhuman faces depending on the color, or skin tone of people from different

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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Educational Research and Methods

, and Washington StateUniversity are currently validating the EPS rubric by scoring 19 student discussions recorded andtranscribed during the 2011-12 academic year. This effort has produced a number of bestpractices for annotating transcripts, summarizing data and justifying ratings on rubric scoresheets, arriving at consensus scores between multiple raters, and assuring inter-rater reliability.In this paper, we examine a section from a scored transcript to illustrate the scoring methodologywhich includes rater practices and application of decision rules. Preliminary results are presentedwhich include inter-rater statistics.1. Engineering Professional Skills Assessment OverviewEngineering programs across the nation have struggled to define

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; John H Bailey, Eastern Arizona College; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona State University; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Russell Cox

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the last year. The challenges that remain and future plans are also discussed.I. IntroductionThe need for more engineers in the United States has been known for several years. This needdrew more public attention in June 2001 when President Obama put out the call and set a goalfor at least 10,000 more engineers to be graduated each year in the US.1 At the end of August2011, President Barack Obama’s Jobs and Competitiveness council made an announcement tohelp this short-term goal: more than 40 major companies agreed to double the number ofengineering internships to help universities improve their retention rate of engineering students.2The National Science Foundation joined this effort in September of 2012 by announcing acooperative effort with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amod A. Ogale, Clemson University and Hoowaki LLC; Sarah Kelley Hulseman, Hoowaki LLC; Andrew Hampton Cannon, Hoowaki LLC; Byron S. Villacorta, Clemson University; Ralph Allen Hulseman, Hoowaki LLC

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

INSPiRETM 114, a filmgrade isotactic polypropylene (i-PP). It has a melting point of 164°C, density of 0.9 g/cm3 and amelt flow index (MFI) of 0.5 g/10 min at 230°C.Micro-textured Dies and Processing Page 23.904.2Figure 1 schematically shows die patterns used to determine how the die shape influences thefilm texture. Figure 1. Schematic representation of die micro-geometries in the shapes of rectangular (left) and trapezoidal (right) features.The micro-patterned dies were 25 mm wide and had a 10 mm deep land. The rectangular featureshad straight sides and a flat bottom. The trapezoidal features have a narrow top and a

Conference Session

Mechatronics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Peter H. Meckl, Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering

Microprocessors and Microcontrollers; Number Systems, Binary 1 Arithmetic 2 Digital Logic; Memory and Memory Addressing Microprocessor Architecture and Internal 3 Operations PC Familiarization, Software 4 Instruction Set Overview, Addressing Modes Development Environment 5 Assembler Directives; Branching and Looping 6 Subroutines & the Stack, Passing Parameters Assembly Language Programming, 7 Peripherals, I/O Interfaces Digital I/O 8 Parallel I/O Ports 9 Serial Communications, UART, ASCII Conversion 10 Interrupts 11 Interrupts

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nourredine Boubekri, University of North Texas; Vasim Shaikh, University of North Texas

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Manufacturing

: Microlubrication, Minimum Quantity Lubrication, Milling, Tool wear, Steel, Design of experiments.1. IntroductionMetal working fluids (MWFs) are used to cool and lubricate the tool/workpieceinterface during machining. The MWFs perform several important functionsincluding reducing the friction-heat generation and dissipating generated heat attool-workpiece interface which results in the reduction of tool wear. MWFs flushthe chips away from the tool and clean the workpiece causing less built-up edge(BUE). Therefore, MWFs cannot be completely avoided; however, their exposureto machine operators is a cause of growing occupational health hazards. U.S.National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends thatoccupational permissible

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

convenience and value of many products can be substantially increased withreduced size and weight. With the trend towards miniaturization, micromachining becomesincreasingly important in fabricating micro parts. Micro parts may have overall size of fewmillimeters but it has many features that falls in micro range from 1 µ m to 500 µm. features sizeof 100 µm is common in micromachining. This means small as hair size, the average hairdiameter is about 100 µm1-5.The design and construction of tools, tool holders, cutting tools, and electrodes need to evolve asgreater demands are placed on them for machining these miniature parts. A study ofmicromachining process proves that micro cutting processes are not just a miniaturization of theconventional

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Burton, North Carolina A&T University (Tech); Robert Cobb Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Ibraheem A. Kateeb, North Carolina A&T State University; Li-Shiang Tsay, North Carolina A & T State University; Cameron Seay, North Carolina A&T State University; Tony E. Graham I, Department of Built Environment; Chafic Bousaba, NC A&T SU, CST Dept.

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Educational Research and Methods

forced a change in plans to equip the room with thin-client stations. All thirty stations were served by a single server running thirty images of aMicrosoft Windows 7 operating system 1. The system became operational a few weeks after thestart of fall 2012 classes. Back-to-back room scheduling gave no time for IT staff to service theinevitable station failures resulting from technology failures and students attempting to re-bootand re-arrange cabling of the thin clients.The fall 2012 semester of Linux instruction began in a classroom with no computer access at all,and with best hopes of having thin clients running a sluggish Windows 7 image with nopersistent storage. Enrollment was capped at 59 students, half of whom were freshmen takingtheir