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Michael R. Gardner; Nina K. Telang

improve student outcomes.[1] into an adverb. In the computing context, “grammar” can referHowever, the proposed SLA techniques have not been to how we combine inputs with operators (e.g. n-input ANDextended to bottom-up courses like Introduction to Computing. gates output one value; decoders take n inputs and have 2n The aims of this paper are threefold: (1) to make the case outputs; etc.) to construct a system.that SLA approaches can be extended to a computing course

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Nisha Abraham; Nina Telang

]. Theseyear course (Introduction to Electrical Engineering) results were similar to previously reported studies [2], [4],positively impacted exam scores and subsequent course [5], that have also shown a positive relationship between SIgrades [1], the program continues to experience low session attendance and overall course grades. However, weparticipation rates. Emerging questions of student have found that attendance in these (optional) SI sessionsbehaviors in relation to attendance at SI sessions

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David Ewing

The Effects of a First Year Engineering Class Using the SCALE-Up Method on Student Retention and Subsequent Student Pass Rates David Ewing The University of Texas at Arlington 416 Yates Street, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA E-mail: david.ewing@uta.edu Abstract method, originally developed at NC State [1] and utilized in Due to the increased demand for engineers, the many universities [2], relies on creating a highly active andUniversity of Texas at Arlington (UTA) created a new, first

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Peggy Kulesz; David Ewing

Solving (ENGR 1300) in order toArlington (UTA) designed to prepare students for the rigors reinforce our student’s problem solving, programming, andof the engineering majors by introducing them to professional writing skills. The reinforcement of problemengineering skills such as problem solving, programming, solving and programming this class offers has been studiedand professional writing. This embedded writing element, in other works [1-4]. However, in this work, we willtaught by members of the UTA English Department, explore the last goal of this class to improve engineeringdifferentiates this first-year course from many others. student writing to fully prepare them for their

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Arthur F. Garcia Jr.

solutions to each student individually.1. Introduction 3. The Spreadsheet Template Applied The scientific calculator has become obsolete as the As with other engineering fundamentals courses, thestandard calculation tool for engineering students. All Introduction to Engineering course at Palm Beach Statecollege students now carry laptops or electronic tablets to College primarily covers the following engineering topics:all classes. All college students are eager to use their laptop  charting (line charts, column charts and semi-logcomputers for solving engineering problems. Many charts)students are somewhat familiar with the

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Margo Cousins; Daniel Puperi

First-year interest groups and 1st semester BME design class exposure to improve engineering student outcomes Margo Cousins, Daniel Puperi The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering 107 W. Dean Keeton St., Austin, Texas 78712 E-mail: danpuperi@utexas.edu Introduction 1. Methods First year Biomedical Engineering (BME) students at The authors measured student outcomes among both theThe University of Texas at Austin have the option of

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Dani Fadda P.E.; Oziel Rios

that there are governing equations used by engineers to simulateother educational institutes. It is presented with its goals, goal heat transfer. When solved, these equations can predict theattainment measures, and feedback representing the student transient temperature of a part.perception. 1) With certain assumptions, the equations can be1. Introduction solved analytically. The analytical solution can be plotted as an X-Y plot where the plot title, axes labels, Mechanical Engineering

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Alireza Yazdanshenas; Joseph Oyedele; Emilli Morrison; Chung Hyun Goh

April 4-6, 2018 before advance any idea further. This method is This allowed for immediate optimization andespecially attractive to the energy industry, and an quick adjustments. Five subsystems wereexample is shown in Figure 1. developed: the Stirling engine, the thermal fluid This is done to save money and time and to heat exchanger, the combustion heat source, thepotentially improve an idea before even building a electric generator, and the processor unit.prototype. Therefore, it is of utmost importance, The heart of the system is the Stirling engine itthat engineering students get exposed to SI along converts the temperature difference in its powerwith new product development

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Amir Karimi; Randall Manteufel

difficulties with the specific topics related to quiz Figure 1 shows the students’ passing rates in MEquestions, a second quiz was given later to see if thestudents’ understanding of the material were 3293-Thermodynamics-I taught at UTSA between fallimproved. A survey was conducted near the end of semester 1994 and spring semester 2013 [1, 2]. Duringsemester to seek student feedback on their experience this period, one or two sections of the course waswith the flipped classroom concept. The paper offered every fall and spring semesters, and oneincludes the results of the student survey. section was offered during most summer

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Freddie Davis; Roy Issa; Kenneth Leitch; peter Hughes

thermalinvestigate the feasibility of using paraffin-oil mixture as a performance of the PCM-embedded wall with that of aphase change material (PCM) in residential walls. A PCM conventional wall in a controlled experimental laboratorymaterial with a melting point of 23°C (73°F) was designed setup that can test for different climatic conditions.and mixed. The mass of PCM required for a 1 m2 (10.8 ft2)wall (the size of the test apparatus) was determined to be 2. Project Initiation5.8 kg (12.8 lb) in a vertical 3.18 cm (1.25 in) thick sheet. The project discussed in this paper, design of a PCM-A wall containing the PCM and another wall designated as embedded residential wall, addresses the need to design aa “control” were

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Xiaohua Li

groups, giving students fullthree modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection and credits for completed projects and functional prototypes,radiation [1]. Instructors are often faced with the challenge yet honoring only the winning team(s) with bonus credits.of how to engage students and motivate students for thepurpose of improving teaching effectiveness. A previous well-defined project is essential to guarantee the success of such a competitive project-based learning. ATwo major approaches that had been discussed intensively successful project should satisfy the following criteria: (1)to enhance teaching-learning effectiveness in

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Walter W. Buchanan

that he hasFranklin Institute of Boston, and this occurred in 1947. [1] seen have the title “engineering technologist.” Almost allThe graduates were called “engineering technicians.” The of the graduates get some kind of title with “engineer” in it.next significant event in the history of engineering In fact many of the companies later do not realize theytechnology occurred as the result of Sputnik. In 1957 when these graduates came from an engineering technologythe Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space, the program. Examples of the different ways in whichworry in the United States was that we were behind the graduates with 4-year engineering technology degreesRussians in engineering and that

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Raj Desai

sinceapproximately 400 million new pallets are currently 3. The Conceptproduced annually, and only about 175 million are Students can develop entrepreneurial skills by workingrepaired or recycled. Annually, some 100 million pallets to generate, evaluate, develop, and market their innovation.are estimated to be abandoned, lost, burned, or taken Faculty members should be encouraged to participate asfrom the country [1]. Pallets consumed between 34% and student team mentors. At the beginning of the semester38% of the total hardwood consumption in the U.S. in students in the class generate ideas for potential products.1997, making pallets the single largest domestic

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Gholam H. Massiha; Shelton L. Houston

-edge tools to develop solutions to complex systems are a driver toward increased economic development withinproblems in a diversity of industries. It is designed for the state. Further, UL Lafayette’s ability to offer thisindustrial and engineering technologists, and other degree program directly contributes to the accomplishmentprofessionals engaged in developing systems to meet of several of the institution’s objectives articulated in therequired specifications. 2009-2014 Strategic Plan related to (a) increasing the number of graduates in high-demand professions, (b)1. Introduction

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S. Nasrazadani; S. Sekar; N. Padamati; X. Wang; F. Gamez-Rivas

graduate course on failure analysis semesters and another one on Corrosion every Spring(MSET 5150) during spring semesters. Partial requirement semesters. Students who previously experienced thefor the course is for students to submit a term paper based courses indicated their utmost satisfactions on the contenton their collected data related to a term project. Case and delivery of the subject matters. Some technicalstudies are given to groups of students to work on actual products of such courses are published in technical journalsfailed components received from area industries. Results of [1-6]. Failure analysis involves a number of steps such astheir findings are presented at the end of the semester in

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Zachary Hall; Gary Baxter; Neil X. Dong; Shih-Feng Chou

Prevention Strategies of Traumatic Brain Injury in Football Players Zachary Hall1§, Gary Baxter2, Neil X. Dong3, and Shih-Feng Chou1† 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX, 75799, USA 2 Project Rose Research Institute for Sports Science 1814 Roseland Blvd #100, Tyler, TX, 75701, USA 3 Department of Health and

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Martha Pieper; Shih-Feng Chou

few [1]. At TheUniversity of Texas at Tyler, the authors experienced set theoryembedded in the learning objectives of Manufacturing Systems(MENG 5318) course offered by the Mechanical Engineering Complement of (A U B): (A U B) c = {6, 8, 9, 10}, theDepartment to its graduate students. In Fall 2016 and 2017, most of Complement of (A ∩ B): (A ∩ B) c = {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10}the students in the class failed to apply some of the principles in settheory. Overall, set theory is an important topic to engineeringstudents where an understanding of the principal will ensure thesuccess in completing advanced level courses.1. Introduction A set is any collection of define, distinguishable objects. Theseobjects are called

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Mario Toussaint; Don Ploger

The University of Texas at Austin April 4-6, 2018Although non-engineers may not understand the details, it can move to the right, within the row, to the next column;they can see what the robot types, and can discuss how the and (3) it can move to the far-left column, within the row.robot makes decisions. We use a computer spreadsheet as During this process, the robot compared every positivea tool, and a robot as a metaphor. We apply these whole number starting with 1 and the square root of theengineering themes to elementary school education, given number, in this example 30, to determine whether allspecifically the topic of factors and

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Melghi Arasu; Sara Zoghi; Ben Zoghi

used in waves. The on and off switch is on the back of the lightcreating the Light Therapy boxes. therapy box.1. Introduction 2. Design of the Light Therapy Box Alzheimer’s disease affects over five million Major design requirements were portability,individuals in the United States alone and has fewer battery operated, and small physical size. Since mosteffective treatment options than other life-threatening Alzheimer’s patients are typically older, the compactnessailments, such as cancer. Since 2000, the Alzheimer’s would aid with their everyday use of the device. The deviceAssociation has reported an

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Colby Ryan; Alexis Crandall; Mitch Martinez; David Kennedy; Kristian Ecolango; Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

Space-Based Capstone: Public-Private-Academic Partnership in the Making Colby Ryan, Alexis Crandall, Mitch Martinez, David Kennedy, Kristian Ecolango, Dr. Jay Porter, Dr. Joseph Morgan Texas A&M University – Electronic Systems Engineering Technology Fermier Hall Room 111, 3367 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843-6667, US E-mail: ryan1440@tamu.edu Abstract 1. Introduction The Electronic Systems Engineering Technology 1.1 ESET Program(ESET) Program at Texas A&M University provides a Since 2013, the

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Miguel A. Angulo; Ozgur Aktunc

Using GitHub as a Teaching Tool for Programming Courses Miguel A. Angulo, Ozgur Aktunc Department of Engineering, St. Mary’s University 1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228, US mangulo1@mail.stmarytx.edu oaktunc@stmarytx.edu Abstract in academia as a teaching tool for software engineering GitHub has become the most popular code management courses [1]. Due to the popularity of GitHub, instructorsplatform in the software development industry. It allows have started to use it

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Okan Caglayan; Sreedevi Ande P.E.; Erik Coronado; Max Martinez; Samuel Handowski

week camp that provided service to a low-to-moderatethe first-year freshman and transfer students with a declared income student population in STEM major. The objectivesScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics of the camp were twofold:(STEM) major. The camp participants were from diverse 1. Address students’ academic readiness and self-STEM fields that included engineering, biochemistry, efficacy for a rigorous STEM degree.nuclear medicine science, biology, computer information 2. Strengthen incoming freshman students’ skills insystems, meteorology, and 3-D animation & game design. communication, effective collaboration, and dataThe

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Young Lee; Jeong Yang

that the earlier students elements [1]. Tools based on data flow analysis of object-learn secure coding concepts, even at the same time as they oriented software must analyze the object’s behavior asfirst learn to write code, the better they will continue using well as object’s status. This research aims to develop ansecure coding practices. This paper proposes web-based approach for performing dynamic data flow analysis forJava programming environment for teaching secure coding object-oriented programs synced with source code, classpractices which provides the essential and fundamental diagram, object diagram, and sequence diagram.skills in secure coding. Also, this tool helps students to We

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph; Kimberlyn Gray

in a large lecture hall comes with a variety of challenges. The Research has shown that students learn and perform addition of active learning into large classrooms has beenbetter in learning environments that are interactive [1]. shown to be highly effective overall [4] but it has beenTeaching a freshman-level introductory course in computer reported that is often less effective with freshman thanscience (CS) can be challenging, because most students are

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Daniel Puperi

previously described[1]. This module has beenacross the country have increasingly included an introduction expanded to include computational design and analysis in theto engineering or design course in addition to core math and lecture portion of the course because of the increase in creditscience courses. At UT Austin, a first-year design course and hours and, correspondingly, classroom time.drug-delivery design class module has been previously One of the major learning

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Oziel Rios; Dani Fadda P.E.

Our objective when creating this activity was to provide a valuable learning experience to achieve the course At the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), students learning outcomes while providing an engaging andtake a two-course sequence of introduction to mechanical enjoyable experience for the students.engineering courses. The first course is a 1 credit-hour An example of the mechanism the students were askedcourse taken in the Fall semester where students work on

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Oziel Rios

software and a 3Dprinter which are common in most engineering schools. 2. Description of Example ProblemContinuous improvements to the example are made based In this problem, a functional gage to inspect a circularon faculty observations and assessments, as well as an end- hole pattern of the component shown in Fig. 1 needs to beof-semester survey administered to the students. designed. The objective was to create an example to teach the concepts of datum simulators and bonus tolerances. The example also teaches the difference between MMC and1. Introduction

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Myles Sloan; Chung Hyun Goh; Fredericka Brown

, Engineer, Collegiate Design Series world recognized by Society of Automotive Engineering, built based on the 2018 BAJA SAE Rules [2]. The BAJA vehicle is composed of components that make up 5 main1. Introduction categories 1) chassis/frame, 2) drivetrain/braking, 3) A professional engineer (PE) has a higher level of steering and suspension, 4) powertrain, and 5) ergonomicresponsibility to provide an employer with his/her own hard- systems. The chassis, gearbox, and front suspension systemswon achievement [1]. An ABET-accredited

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Kenneth Van Treuren

engine as if they were a company trying to criteria [2, 3]. The B-52H re-engine is a real worldsell their product to a customer. The customer, the engineering challenge that has recently been in the news.professor, picked an overall winner based on the [4, 5] Figure 1 shows the current engine/nacelle on the B-information presented. Assessment of the course showed 52H. Figure 2 displays a typical engine cutaway for a highthat the students appreciated the competitive environment bypass turbofan engine illustrating the engine designgiving them insight into how a gas turbine company, such choices, the overall compressor pressure ratio, OPR, the fanas Rolls-Royce, GE, or Pratt & Whitney, might

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Sreedevi Ande P.E.

in-1. Introduction class discussions which helped students overcome their Students, who are actively engaged in learning, learn confusion or misconceptions on the topic(s) learned. Theymore [1, 2]. The purpose of a think-pair-share activity is to eventually were able to successfully solve the problem(s)put the teaching and learning into the hands of the students. by taking turns in explaining the concepts and problemResearch has shown that student-led reflection and solving techniques.organized discussion will lead to greater learning outcomes 3.1 Evaluation Results and Conclusionsthan simply