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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jason T. Kirby; Talat F. Salama

but lack an accredited Master’s or Doctorial degree path.However, as detailed in the UAB / MUST agreement, this obstacle developed into a mutuallybeneficial opportunity; providing advanced courses to Middle Eastern students and aninternational education venue for UAB.Globalization of Engineering EducationUAB currently offers an international graduate program at Misr University for Science andTechnology (MUST, Figure 1) that culminates in a Master’s of Science in Civil Engineering(MSCE) degree. U.S. and Middle Eastern students enrolled in the program can complete theirdegree in as little as 14 months; instruction begins in mid-July and ends in mid-September of thefollowing year.The program is designed for online/blended instruction to

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Keith M. Gardiner

parallel concepts but perhaps with a slightlydifferent vocabulary (and spin). Adam Smith (1723-1790), the noted Scots philosopher left anexcellent trove of ideas relating to wealth creation and the societal importance of engineeringmethodologies for contributing to the quality of life. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832),1 a notedprecursor of socialist ideas under the banner of “Utilitarianism” followed with an objective oftenexpressed as the axiom “It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure ofright and wrong” In 1784 Samuel Gregg (1758-1834) opened Europe‟s largest cotton mill atStyal, near Manchester. David Dale (1739-1806) ultimately assisted by Robert Owen (1771-1858) followed in 1786 with a huge mill at New Lanark in

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ani Ural; Joseph Yost

Integration of Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Evaluation in a Freshman Project Ani Ural1 and Joseph Yost2 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PAAbstract Engineering analysis, design and research rely on computational and experimentalevaluation. In order to prepare undergraduate students for engineering practice and graduateschool, it is necessary to build knowledge in both areas throughout the engineering curriculumstarting from the first year. The engineering curriculum mostly focuses on laboratory courses

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Edward F. Glynn; Frank E. Falcone

discusses three aspects ofprofessional practice that are embedded in the course: (1) a mentoring program;(2) leadership exercises; and (3) communications skills. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityBackgroundDuring the 2010-2011 academic year the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering(CEE) at Villanova University began introducing a new curriculum in the civil engineeringprogram. One of the notable features of the new curriculum is a reduction in the total number ofcredits required for the BSCE degree. In order to make this reduction the faculty made aconscious effort to prioritize and consolidate material from the previous curriculum. Oneoutgrowth from that consolidation process was the

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Qinghai Gao

onlinecourses: who is doing the real course work? Especially when it comes to e-exams, onlineteaching makes it extremely difficult to deal with one serious problem: student dishonesty [1].To solve the problem many scholars [2][3][4] have proposed different methods, such as:●Design open-book exams●Use discussions, essay, and other written projects; reduce the percentage of exams●Use a large pool of questions to randomly generate exams for each student●Require students to take exams on siteIn order to reduce the possibility of e-cheating in our college, which uses Angel as the onlineteaching tools, we utilize the following measures to minimize the chance of e-cheating:●Divide a typical course into a number of modules. Inside each module we set up a

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James C. Peyton Jones; Connor McArthur; Tyler Young

, push-buttons, ultrasound sensors, lightsensors and more. Blocks have also been developed to allow the LEGO target to communicatein real time with a host computer over USB or BlueTooth communications. An examplesystem, consisting of a closed loop dc motor speed control system is discussed. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University1. IntroductionThe use of mobile robotics in education has been shown to yield numerous tangible benefits.Many researchers have found that student’s motivation to learn increases significantly withhands-on robotics-based projects, [1-3]. Others have successfully used robotics as a unifyingtheme in introductory courses, [4-7], and still others have used robotics as way

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bahar Zoghi Moghadam

quoted definition of sustainability and sustainable development. 9,11 Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University   At the 2005 World Summit it was illustrious that this requires the bringing together ofenvironmental, social and economic demands. The "three pillars" of sustainability, 10 this viewhas been expressed as an illustration (figure 1) using three overlapping ellipses indicating that thethree pillars of sustainability are not mutually exclusive and can be mutually supporting.4 Figure 1 : The Three Pillars of Sustainable Development5As it appears in the figure 1 one of the columns is environment. Water resources belong to

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rosalind Wynne

. Methods for creating a paradigm shift towards a natural learningcycle with emphasis on reflective learning activities such as establishing student ‘buy-in’ will bepresented.1 IntroductionReflective learning activities can help engineering students practice newly acquired analysistools as well as assist them in learning from their mistakes.1,2 The study presented in this articlewill provide the results of using reflective activities important to the learning process ofengineering students in an advanced technical and mathematically rigorous course. A briefcourse description is given to establish course expectations placed on the student as well as thepractical relevancy of the class. The teaching and learning model presented by Kolb’sExperiential

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Dean C. Millar

First Professional Degree.1 “Preparedness for Practice: Engineering deans and employer respondents were asked torate new engineers’ preparedness for practice in eight areas and then indicate the value theirorganization places on preparation in that area. Figure 1 shows the results for each area.” “With the exception of ‘Math and Science’ there appears to be a wide discrepancybetween the value expectations of the employer and the extent to which their employees are seento be well prepared. This would further appear to reflect on the mismatch between curricularemphasis and employer expectation. It must be recognized, of course, that math and science arewithout argument the key ingredients—at least in the lower division—of an

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Carol Siri Johnson

been the domain of women – reading, writing, and visual communication. Inorder to achieve this goal, both engineering programs and English departments need to recognizethe importance of teaching technical communication.Bibliography 1. Davies, Margery W. Woman’s Place is at the Typewriter: Office Work and Office Workers, 1870-1930. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982, pp. 178-9. 2. Johnson, Carol Siri. The Language of Work: Technical Communciation at Lukens Steel, 1810-1925. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing, 2009, p. 54. 3. Hagley Museum and Library, Acc. 50, Box 1992. 4. “Economic Focus: IR Spending has Hollowed Out Labour Markets, to the Detriment of Middle-income Workers.” The Economist, Sept

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gary P. Halada

-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityFall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityIntroduction:The inclusion of ethical, legal societal and other ‘broader’ issues in undergraduate engineeringdegree programs has been noted to be critical in preparing students for successful careers, notjust as engineers but also as productive and valuable members of society.1 In recent years, theemphasis for the need for engineers to develop more than just “hard engineering” skills hasgrown, especially in response to reports and studies showing the need for engineering educationto respond to trends in globalization of the engineering enterprise, professional mobility,increasing importance of

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Philip Samuel P.E.; Kathryn Jablokow

examines two of these challenges – (1) the psychological inertia of the designer, and(2) the paradox of structure in selecting and applying idea generation techniques – andprovides practical recommendations for managing both from a cognitive perspective. Inaddition, we propose a new classification scheme for idea generation techniques (bothdivergent and convergent) based on cognitive style and the level required for their mastery.1. IntroductionEngineering design faculty are familiar with the phenomenon of students jumping to specificsolutions before they have fully explored the design problem they are trying to solve. What ismore, in jumping to those solutions, students tend to focus on ideas with which they are mostfamiliar and/or which they

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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M. Nazrul Islam

involved in theclass. It investigates different teaching methodologies and concepts in drawing the attention ofthe students. The goal of the paper is to propose an efficient design of a lecture which caninvolve the students actively in the learning process.Student MotivationThe whole academic practice is focused around the students. Before we even design any learningmethodology, we need to study the students, their motivation and objectives. We wish to expectthat the students are attending the academic programs to learn a topic and get trained for real life.Unfortunately the reality is not the same as we, both the teachers and the parents, expect out ofthis group. An analysis on the student motivation yields the following observations. (1

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Dennis Silage

standard text. However, in this approach to teaching digitalcommunication systems the μ-law companding PCM system is also simulated and the speechprocessing is audible.An analysis of BER in pulse code modulation (PCM) with AWGN and a speech signal can alsobe presented with the audible performance as a tangible reminder of the effect. These audio .wavfiles as input have been shown to entice the undergraduate student and provide a memorableexperience. They now have the opportunity to go beyond the lecture course or even the digitalcommunication hardware laboratory with its traditional experiments 1.MATLAB/Simulink by The Mathworks (www.mathworks.com) provides the comprehensivedigital communication system simulation environment and a recent text 2

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Shawn P. Gross; David W. Dinehart; Aleksandra Radlinska; Joseph Robert Yost

associated with the use of overarching problems are discussed,and initial assessment results are described. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityIntroduction: curriculum restructuringAfter two years of intense committee work, discussion, and course development, the Departmentof Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Villanova University began offering itsrequired mechanics sequence in a new integrated format to sophomores beginning with the Fall2009 semester. As shown in Table 1, the classical sequence of coursework in subjects of Statics,Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Fluid Mechanics, and Civil Engineering Materials was replacedwith a series of three four credit courses. An overview of

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

spending more time on problem development, and the ease with which the FEED-Solution (F-S) approach can be taught to students.1. Design Maturation. Novice designers often neglect problem development, becoming fixatedon particular solution concepts that are later found to be unsatisfactory.5 Even then, novicedesigners may continue to hold on to their early ideas and try to “design out” their flaws insteadof starting over with a new design concept and/or returning to the problem definition to makesure they have understood it correctly - as an expert designer is more likely to do.At the same time, other studies in design education have shown that a systematic approach to theearly stages of design can be helpful to students,20 as long as it is not too

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jaime D. Alava; Keith M. Gardiner

contents of Engineering 5 in a paper at the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference during the spring of 2004.1 Figure 2 shows the mean ratings of bothprojects for each of the seven departments in the spring of 2004. Interestingly, the content ratingsfor both projects surpassed the delivery ratings for most, but not all department presentations. Sixyears later, during the spring of 2010, the same pattern appears to be true although, deliveryratings appear to be higher (Figure 3). It appears like the difference between content and deliveryis not as large. After analyzing the data, two questions arose: 1. Why are most presentations rated higher in content as opposed to delivery? 2. Are the delivery ratings in 2010 higher than in 2004? Fall 2010

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Frank T. Fisher; Hong Man

other academic settings is envisioned. The goals of this effort include: 1) invigoratingthe first year engineering curriculum with dynamic and engaging real-world examples of cuttingedge research in the area of nanotechnology; 2) introducing undergraduates at the earliest stagesto the enthusiasm, creativity, and excitement of the academic research environment; and 3)developing a methodology and mechanism with which faculty can utilize multimedia technologyto further integrate their research and teaching efforts. The modules under development will formthe basis of a sustainable and scalable library of materials documenting undergraduatenanotechnology research and readily available to all students. It is hoped that exposure toacademic research at

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ravi Shankar; Francis X McAfee; Michael Harris; Norman Silva; Georgiana Carvalho

help other faculty members.Notes: 1. Graduate courses have been used so far to develop new components in the areas of the semanticweb, and data acquisition & signal processing. These will become building blocks for future one-yearprograms as described above. These define new and challenging areas that smart phones will findincreasing applications in. 2. During the spring ’12 semester, we have planned to offer concurrentcourses in engineering, graphics, business, and an application domain (social science) for students inthose individual disciplines. However, the idea is to facilitate students’ cooperation and collaborationacross these disciplines to develop more realistic and authentic applications. 3. The students and /or theirparents have

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Paul G. Ranky

. They also have less need and desire to conform, expect instant gratification. They are often impatient, and therefore want it immediately… The important observation here is that all of these attributes should be respected, and that the education system should adjust to delivering these customer expectations at a high quality level. Based on 15+ years of continuous development, field testing, and over 12000 undergraduate and graduate assignments submitted, our advanced content library and tested pedagogical methods and tools satisfy the above requirements. In this paper we focus on our generic methodology, and illustrate some engineering applications ([1], [2] and [12]). As a generic, object-oriented engineering

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Diana Schwerha; AARON JONES; SHIJING LIU; Sertac Ozercan; Jie Zhou

. This presentation will also discuss recommendations on working with communitypartners to develop service learning projects for engineering students, designing do-able projects, andcreating evaluation metrics that help students improve their interaction with the community.IntroductionComputers are widely used in our daily life and play an important role in modern society. Older adultsare the fastest growing segment of computer users and they need computers to access websites, get healthservices at home, communicate with families and friends, and stay connected to the world. 1 Many olderadults do not have enough experience with computers, and they are interested in improving theircomputer skills. Therefore, effective basic computer training is

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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PATRICA A. S. RALSTON; JEFFREY L. HIEB

the Jefferson County Public School system, the Louisville Science Center, alumni,and increasingly, local industries. Through this partnership, young students will be exposed to the worldof engineering and technology. The goal is to provide students with a foundation that prepares them forand encourages them to seek a STEM field of study in college, by promoting and spreading the“Engineering Is Elementary” (EiE) and “In the Middle of Engineering” (IME) programs discussed in thefollowing sections. Through its participation in this partnership, Speed School specifically implementsfour of the six published ASEE guidelines: 1) working with hands-on projects at the elementary level, 2)engaging young science teachers by providing them with good

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Atin Sinha

gur e 1. Wo rkfl 625 ow DiagramScanning with the NextEngine scannerMetallic or shiny objects need to be prepped by spraying with a powder to give it a matt finish though itis not necessary for this project as the abs plastic part is made in the 3D Printer and has a natural mattfinish. The scanner works for two settings of distances of the

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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YILI TSENG

commodity clusters consisting of inexpensive PCsand network switches. They even can be built with retired PCs. All three approaches provide low-costsolutions for all institutions to offer their high-performance computing education.1. IntroductionTraditionally, engineering and science disciplines have relied on observation, theory, andexperimentation as tools to perform research to explore new knowledge. With the introduction ofcomputer hardware and software, numerical simulation based on mathematical modeling graduallybecomes an important tool. [1][2] Most engineering and science disciplines develop numerical modelingfor simulations in their respective fields. [1][2][3] After high performance computers are mature andcommercially available

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sofia M. Vidalis

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Svetlana Neretina

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Bhavna Sharma; Birdy Reynolds

is to increasethe supply of future engineers and the diversity of such engineers by increasing math and scienceperformance of traditionally underrepresented student. Authentic engineering design presents an effectiveplatform to attain this goal.A number of different RET models have been proposed and these vary primarily in the extent to whichengineering research or K-12 activities are emphasized. As shown in Figure 1, many RET sites eitherhave a strong focus on engineering research (Fig. 1A) or a strong emphasis on K-12 academic yeardevelopment (Fig. 1B). In those sites with a strong research component, teachers are placed within ateam and perform deep scientific research on a somewhat narrow engineering topic. The research labexperience is

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mira S. Olson; Patrick L. Gurian; Alisa Morss Clyne; Wan Shih; Wei-Heng Shih; Peter Lelkes

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tom M. Warms; KAVON FARVARDIN

programminglanguage, and to students for whom the first language was C++ and who learn Java in subsequentcourses.TracingIn the method, names of identifiers are placed on the left side of a vertical line and the identifiers'values on the right. The name of the function being executed appears above the vertical line. Boxesindicate output, underlines indicate input, and  represents the RETURN character. Valuesreturned by functions are enclosed in circles. Figure 1 shows a simple C++ program and its trace,assuming an input value of 23. When tracing a statement in a program, the student has availablethe result of tracing the previous statements in the program

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Pawan Tyagi; Christine Newman

of engineering students threatens US's role as world's leading innovator.1According to CNN news unprepared college students entering in science, engineering, and mathematicsdrop out after their first year itself. The alarming percentage of dropout is around 20%.2 Engineeringworkforce in American industries will need an unprecedented number of engineers in near future toremain competitive and to advance cutting-edge scientific development.1 To produce a large number ofhighly skilled engineering graduates it is crucial to make the high school students interested and preparedin the engineering disciplines.1,3 Early exposure of engineering disciplines provides unique opportunityfor the high school students to evaluate engineering profession as a