Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Design in Engineering Education

be addressed in theparagraphs that follow.Relevant Definitions, Thoughts and Processes: Engineering design as stated by Dym et al. in2005 is: “a systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate, and specifyconcepts for devices, systems or processes whose form and function achieve clients’ objectivesor users’ needs while satisfying a specified set of constraints”(1) . This definition presents designas a thoughtful process that depends on systematic, intelligent generation of design concepts andthe specifications that make it possible to realize these concepts(2). Sheppard’s characterization ofwhat engineers as designers do: “They scope, generate, evaluate, and realize ideas” (3). In thecontext of engineering design

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; TAHAR MESSADI, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS; John Henry Kester III, University of Arkansas

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Environmental Engineering

ofsustainability.To provide a framework for the purpose of research methods it is useful to draw from thefoundational work of Pasteur16 (Figure 1). His quadrant points to the differences in research thatcan clearly be distinguished between basic and applied research.17 The y-axis represents the firstdistinction of defining the direct outcomes of the research. Basic research is associated with theadvancement of knowledge primarily and developing theories for why things are the way theyare. The y-axis depicts the relevance to the advancement of knowledge with basic researchassociated with a greater degree of relevance because of its theoretical implications. Whereas,the x-axis represents the second distinction of the ability of research findings to be applied

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara E. Marino, Loyola Marymount University

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Electrical and Computer

time, the light is to be illuminated for the 5seconds following the detected motion. The light should be extinguished when the input switchis in the “off” position or if no motion has been detected in the previous 5 seconds. Page 23.944.2The input switch is to be implemented using a DIP switch. The output light is to be implementedwith an LED. The motion sensor input is to be implemented using the PIR Sensor SwitchModule shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Seeedstudio Electronic Brick PIR Motion SensorDigital, analog, and computer solutions are possible.The Design and Programming of a Vending Machine:The objective of this

Conference Session

Online Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily A Hildebrand, Arizona State University ; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Caroline J Harrison, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

heuristic evaluationare shown to provide a baseline of potential human factors issues related to user interaction withthe CareerWISE website and to suggest some preliminary design recommendations.MethodsParticipantsFive expert raters conducted a heuristic evaluation of the CareerWISE website. The raters wereall female graduate students with a background in human factors and previous experience withthe foundations of the heuristic evaluation methodology.Materials and ProcedureThe procedure for this study followed the guidelines and heuristics (shown in Table 1)established by Nielsen11,12 for evaluating user interfaces. When completing a heuristicevaluation, it’s important to have the raters carry out tasks that are most common for typicalusers to do

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Galambosi, UNCC; Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

addition to flexibility and accessibility, it also offers no capacity constraints for theclassroom in the traditional sense such as class size. As it has been previously discussed inOzelkan and Galambosi[1, 2], distance education can also have a significant effect on increasingnot only enrollment but the number of degrees completed as well, so it can be a very importantstrategy to grow a degree program.Colleges at the UNC Charlotte, such as College of Arts and Architecture, Computing andInformatics, Education, Engineering, Health and Human Services and Liberal Arts and Sciencesall are offering now online courses and online programs that started in recent years. The SystemsEngineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) Program has also started its

Conference Session

The Civil Engineering Technologist and the Civil Engineer – What’s the Difference?

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe D Manous Jr P.E., Institute for Water Resources, USACE; Jon D Nelson, Tetra Tech, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

individuals with four-year civil engineering technologydegrees and currently working as CETs. The second group consisted of employers of peopleworking as CETs.The criteria for employee interview selection included individuals 1) approximately five to tenyears beyond graduation, 2) employed by firms that engaged in engineering design orconstruction, 3) who had not earned a professional engineering license, and 4) currently workingin a capacity as or similar to a CET. Twenty-eight interviews were conducted betweenNovember 2009 and February 2010 using a standard interview format (Tables 2 and 3) with eachinterview lasting approximately one hour. The majority of the interviewees met all of theselection criteria; however, there were several that met only

Conference Session

Design Based Energy Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Mohammed Tahmid, Naval Air Systems Command; Bilal Saleh Gill; Kee M Park, Queensborough Community College; Yeong Ryu, State University of New York, Farmingdale; SangHoon Lee, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

build up and ensures theheating of clean water.Cavitation Heat Pump System Initial SetupThe cavitation heat pump system (see Figure 1) initially consists of an electrical motor,cavitation heat pump, water tank, piping, gauges, and all necessary peripherals. The electricalmotor is interfaced with the cavitation heat pump using a rubber belt, which converts electricalenergy into thermal energy through cavitation induced by the rotation of the working fluid. Thecavitation heat pump decreases the pressure of water to a point below its saturation pressure,which consequently induces cavitation. Energy is released in the form of heat when the bubblescollapse, causes the water temperature to rise. (a

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Drew Witte, IUPUI; Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

offset use ofnon-renewable fuels to power the needs of society. To the extent this can be accomplished in acost effective way, communities can improve their resiliency, sustainability, and economics. Page 23.949.2  II. Student InvolvementBecause the “Old Blue” GPOXwas located an hour and a halffrom our campus, a group often students participated inday-long site visits to studyOld Blue, and made key designupgrades to the gasifier. Thefirst site visit was on June 21,shortly after Old Blue wasreceived at the facility ofcorporate partner SAIC (seeFigure 1). During the first sitevisit, students were given anassignment from SAIC:“Make an assessment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

excitinghands-on design challenges to analyze artificial organs. In more advanced core engineering courses andlaboratories, students will explore the function of artificial organs in the laboratory and investigate thevariables affecting their performance. The engineering goals of this project are: (1) to explore the function of human and artificial organs; (2)to apply current research methodology state-of-the-art medical devices for a hands-on investigation ofartificial organs; and (3) to introduce fundamental engineering principles through experiments with artifi-cial organs; (4) to investigate the factors affecting artificial organ performance and design criteria; and (5)to explore the complicated ethical issues regarding the technological

Conference Session

Delivery Methods in Mechanical Engineering Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David J. Dimas, The University of California, Irvine; Faryar Jabbari, University of California, Irvine; Jia Frydenberg, University of California, Irvine

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Mechanical Engineering

: A Public Research University PerspectiveAbstractThis paper describes an experiment at the University of California, Irvine (UCI)that uses a combination of technology and pedagogical approaches to improvelearning outcomes for engineering students while reducing course delivery costs.Like most public research universities, UCI faces the challenge of improvinglearning outcomes in the face of declining State and Federal funding. Thischallenge has many elements; 1) As class sizes increase, student participation ishindered and class enrollments often exceed classroom capacities; 2) A lack ofimmediate feedback on student learning hinders timely interventions that wouldotherwise help students succeed; 3) Operation of classes is burdened

Conference Session

Potpouri - A Mix

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franco Capaldi, Merrimack College; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin - Stout

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Mechanics

manner in which education is delivered. Despite this, it has been found that engineeringprograms have adapted to online educational methods at a significantly lower rate than otherdiscipline areas2. This may be attributed to the deficiencies of existing online learning systemsincluding 1) constraining student responses to quantities the system explicitly asks for, 2)constraining the way in which students must enter their answers, and 3) an inability to discernthe incorrect components of a student’s answer.A next generation online learning system has been developed at Merrimack College with thegoal of revolutionizing online engineering education by “understanding a subject” rather thansimply delivering content. The software delivers content in an

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University; Steve Haisley Patchin, Center for Pre-College Outreach - Michigan Technological University; Kimberly D'Augustino; Cody J Kangas, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs

completing the wind energy module created a lab-scale wind turbine and/or Page 23.953.2created new blades for an existing base using 3D modeling and design.2 These projects wereassigned by the instructor and used in various sections of the first-year engineering courses. Forexample, in the fall semester of 2010, all three modules were used in four sections. One sectionof students completed the biomechanics module (n=41), one completed the wind energy module(n=43), and two completed the aquaculture module (n=73).In general, these projects have been received favorably with the first-year students as shown inTable 1 below, which summarizes responses

Conference Session

Implementing Transfer, Exchange, Research Programs and Professional Development; in Asia and Far East

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey S. Cross, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Kikuo Kishimoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Hisakazu Mihara; Masahiko Hara, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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International

bubble, the number of Japanesestudents studying for degrees at US universities has gradually decreased to approximately onehalf and has decreased overall worldwide 1, which runs counter to global trends of increasingnumbers of students studying-abroad. To counteract this downward trend, recently, programshave been created in Japan with government and public-private sector financial support (e.g.Tomodachi 2) to financially support greater numbers of students to study-abroad in order tostimulate Japanese students to think independently or “outside of the box” and to sparkinnovation after they return to Japan 3. As noted by the Great Northeast Japan earthquake andTsunami on March 11, 2011, which disrupted Japanese manufactured consumer

Conference Session

Panel: Opportunities & Methods to Encourage More Women Toward Research Commercialization

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Babs Carryer, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Abby Thompson, Mississippi State University ; Louise C. Dunlap, DunlapBrowder

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, Women in Engineering

a brief review on the disparities in technology transfer by gender, followedby responses from each of the panelists in the three later categories above. The goal of this paperis to archive the wisdom from this session for future reference.Disparities in technology transfer by genderGender gaps have been noted in the technology transfer arena 1. Stephan concludes that,“women are less likely to disclose than are men, less likely to patent, and less likely to engage inentrepreneurial activity, such as starting a company or serving on a scientific advisory board,”although rigorous quantification of the bias was left for future studies 1. In the medical schoolresearch community, women were as likely as men to report inventions although women

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Patrick O'Connell, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

programmable controllers has shown promise in promoting creativity and the familiarmaterials help cultivate a more comfortable and productive experience17. A testing group wasassembled to assess if the first version of the PaperBots robotics kit functions as suggested bysuch findings and this paper examines the results of that case. Page 23.956.3PaperBots robotics kitThe first version of the PaperBots robotic module was custom shield for a Teensy, an Arduinobased microcontroller., and a reference image for the module is provided in figure 1. The shieldwas designed for single motor control as well as simple interface to the microcontroller usingrelatively

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Philip Mayhorn, Univerisity of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

educationalobjectives and student learning outcomes, which ultimately helps improve related courses over Page 23.957.2time. In this paper, we look at continuous improvement from a related but slightly differentperspective: specifically program office processes.UNCC’s Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) Program is a relativelysmall but fast growing program (Figure 1). The program offers two degrees: BS in SystemsEngineering which was introduced in 2008 and MS in Engineering Management which wasintroduced in 2000. The program’s enrollment is 119 students as of fall of 2012 with 85 of thembeing undergraduate students. There are four full-time

Conference Session

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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

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

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Graduate Studies

objectives were set forth:Students will demonstrate effective knowledge of 1. Common characteristics of primary literature and rationale for use; 2. How to read and synthesize primary literature like an engineer or scientist; 3. Information in and purpose of each research article section and how to evaluate the quality of each section; 4. Correct use of citations and references to others’ scholarly work; and 5. How to give, receive, and use constructive peer feedback on written materials.Twenty-two graduate students (1 master’s degree, 21 doctoral) enrolled in the course,representing the research efforts of nine separate civil engineering professors across four diverseareas of civil engineering (environmental

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

teaching method lacks theflexibility needed to challenge and encourage learning in today’s programs. “Differentiatedinstruction, often referred to as universal design, is a teaching and learning style that is the resultof neuroscience research on how the human brain processes and retains new information”. 1 Inaddition to providing five active learning strategies, four active teaching strategies that utilizedifferentiated instruction are presented. Each of these teaching strategies are expanded toinclude an application of the strategy that has been successfully implemented and assessed by theauthor.Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technolog Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, The American university of Beirut

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

analysis wasemployed and generated five factors: community influence, satisfaction, service quality,learnability and technical quality. Repeated measures ANOVA showed communityinfluence as the highest rated by participants, followed by satisfaction, service quality,learnability and technical quality. The findings are discussed providing evidence for theusefulness of implementing Moodle as a free open source course management system forboth teaching and learning.IntroductionMoodle, the most popular free open source course management system (CMS), wasdeveloped from a social constructivist perspective by Martin Dougmias in Australia 1.This free application provides instructors with useful features such as the ability to embedresources, activities

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clara Pérez-Molina, DIEEC - National Distance Education University; Maria José Albert Gomez, UNED; Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); GABRIEL DIAZ ORUETA, UNED; Elio Sancristobal, uned; Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education; Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Alberto Pesquera, UNED; Félix García Loro

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Graduate Studies

growing shortages of highly skilled workers in multiple areas ofengineering and information technology who have the knowledge to take full advantage ofwhat continually evolving technology has to offer and thus to ensure that their companies willstay competitive on the market. For this reason, Plovdiv University (Bulgaria) and theSpanish University for Distance Education UNED, along with several enterprises are workingin the PAC project, which has been funded with support from the European Commission.1. Introduction Universities, business and the employment world in general face continuous changesand needs of the today’s knowledge-based society, a society based on learning to learn to beable to address emerging developments in an ever

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 2

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia L. Frye, Washington State University; Devlin Montfort, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

students’ changing epistemologies. Furthermore,these broad surveys focus on generalized knowledge while leaving issues of domain specificityin epistemology largely unaddressed.Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore a group of sophomore-level civil engineeringstudents’ personal epistemologies as part of the results from the first year of a larger longitudinal,qualitative study. In this way, we can explicitly track changes in personal epistemology andidentify at what stages in students’ academic careers they take place. In this paper, we willexplicitly examine changes in students’ personal epistemologies over the course of theirsophomore year in the civil engineering program. The primary research questions for this paperare: 1

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Ann Holden, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kristina M Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

- tion, and computer applications of civil and environmental engineering. She is active in pre-college engi- neering outreach and improving non-motorized transportation infrastructure. Page 23.965.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Physics on the Ropes Course University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleIntroductionThere is still a large gender gap in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.In 2009, 17.7% of full-time, first-year engineering undergraduates were women.1 For example,in 2007 women earned

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University; Cindy Jong, University of Kentucky; Donna Joy Dockery; Mary Hermann, Virginia Commonwealth University; Teresa Jones Carter, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Women in Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pilot Study: An Exploration of the Experiences that Influence Women’s Interest, Pursuit, and Continued Involvement in STEM CareersAbstractWhile longitudinal studies that examine the effects of personal and environmental factors onwomen’s career motivation have been reported in the literature [1] [2], none have provideddepth or breadth of biographical interviewing over the time span of the last two decades. Manyintersecting variables have been identified by empirical research to account for women’scontinued underrepresentation in STEM careers, yet persistence, especially in computer scienceand engineering, remains an issue. Recent studies [3] [4

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Chuck Gardner, New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Anthony Joseph Taffaro Jr., New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

discuss artificial intelligence through computer science usingheuristics. Additionally, the students debate the ethics associated with artificial intelligence andwhen legal rights should apply to artificial beings.Teachers attend a week-long, immersive professional development workshop for Cyber Sciencethe summer prior to teaching the course6. Following the professional development workshopteachers gain access to all curriculum materials including lesson plans, master notes, andsupplemental documents which are found on NICERC’s website. Communication is maintainedthroughout the school year via the website allowing for any questions, concerns, or issues ateacher may experience when teaching the material.Narrative #1 – High School Teachers

Conference Session

Training and Workforce Needs in the Energy Sector

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sungwon S. Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

instructional videos.III. Real World Training Site (Butler Square)Following the basic introduction to energy benchmarking it was desired to give the studentssome real world exposure. Through industry relations, contact was first made with EnergyPrint.This company does benchmarking and dashboard energy analysis for companies and buildings.They agreed to help provide the students with data on an existing building as a training tool. Figure 1: Butler Square building (http://www.butlersquare.com/photos.htm#).Through them contact was made with the Butler Square building (Figure 1), a warehouse that has Page 23.968.4been converted to an office building

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caye M Drapcho, Clemson University; Lib Crockett, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Foundation awarded a three-year grant to the participatinginstitutions of Clemson University, Greenville Technical College and the SC AgricultureEducation Program to design and implement a three-tiered plan to prepare secondary, technicalschool and college students for the growing biomanufacturing/bioprocessing industry. Page 23.969.2Industrial production of biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and biofuel compounds has grownsubstantially worldwide in last 10 years. In the US alone, biofuel production in 2011 had reached15 billion gallons (57 billion liters) per year.1 As this trend continues, the need for skilledtechnicians, engineers and scientists to

Conference Session

Computers and Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mishael A. Clark, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

treatment phases were compared using McNemar's chi-square test. Results of thistest indicated no overall significant difference in reading patterns between control (no podcast)and treatment (podcast) phases. Students who read during the control phase and listened to thepodcast supplement during the treatment phase had similar reading habits during the treatment(podcast) phase.IntroductionFaculty in higher education institutions frequently complain that college students are not doingthe assigned reading in a course. In a study of student use of textbooks at two universities,Sikorski et al.1 report that the majority of students spent less than 3 hours reading the textbookeven though only a small minority who reported that reading their texts was not

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth E. Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

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Instrumentation

conservation as well asdevelopment of renewable energy resources must be vigorously pursued in order to find asolution to this dilemma. The entire public must be vested towards making a transition from afossil fuel based society to one that utilizes a far greater amount of renewable energy resources.According to Elder (2009) “Higher education has a critical role to play in this transition, much asit did during the space race of the 1960s. Our colleges can - and must - help students understandthe complex connections and interdependencies among our environment, energy sources, andeconomy - all of which underpin the green movement.”[1]The present situation is very similar to the 1960’s when the entire country was unified towardsplacing a man on the moon

Conference Session

Pre-Service Development Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University; Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

some of the ambiguity forstudents producing deliverables for a design challenge and provides the instructor with apractical approach to assessing student work. In addition to offering a new pedagogical approachto engineering design thinking, the following research offers empirical evidence of studentcognition as they go through an engineering design process. Finally, we provide definitions andstudent generated examples of the four modeling artifacts to include; conceptual models,graphical models, mathematical models and working models.The Need The case for infusing engineering ‒ specifically engineering design ‒ into K-12 settings hasbeen made by educators and policy makers 1-3 . Yet determining how engineering design will beoperationalized