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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Margot Vigeant

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr.; Kate Peterson

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Michael Shares; Zachary Lemke; Caitlin Kneapler; Kirk Ingold; Brian Souhan

Rapid Prototyping of Metalenses using a Focused Beam Michael Shares, Zachary Lemke, Caitlin Kneapler, Kirk Ingold, Brian Souhan Photonics Research Center, D/Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996 michael.shares@usma.edu Metalenses offer an alternative to typical glass lenses allowing for unique physical characteristicssuch as negative indices of refraction [1]. These distinctive properties allows metalenses to be used invarious applications such as sensor substrates for humidity sensors, apertures for computational imagereconstruction, and sub-diffraction limited focusing [2-4]. Kapton film, a

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Abdullah Konak

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Julie Wang

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Tyler Moser; Rungun Nathan; Barbara Mizdail

Undergraduate Research Experience in First Year Seminar courses – A student’s perspective Tyler Moser1, Rungun Nathan1,2, Barbara Mizdail1 1 Penn State Berks, Division of Engineering, Reading, PA 2 Corresponding Author: rungun.nathan@psu.edu Engineering careers have changed significantly in the new millennium. While engineerstraditionally work in teams to address pressing issues, new fields and the rapid development ofthe internet have required engineers to apply never before seen magnitudes of information to newproblems. This requires the ability to rapidly grasp

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda S. Hirsch

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Brent Beckley

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Lunal Khuon; Vladimir Genis; Andrew Rich; Arlene Solnick; John Cornele; Melanie Whitehead; Michael Hunn

Providing Complementary Viewpoints of Healthcare Technology Through An Interdisciplinary Learning Experience Lunal Khuon1, Vladimir Genis1, Andrew Rich2, Arlene Solnick3, John Cornele3, Melanie Whitehead3, and Michael Hunn4 1 College of Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 2 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 3 College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 4 Draeger Medical Systems Inc., Telford, PAWe describe an interdisciplinary learning experience consisting of interactions

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Joe Tranquillo; Eric Santanen; Doug Allen

A Vision for the Institute for Leadership in Technology And Management Joe Tranquillo, Eric Santanen, and Doug Allen Bucknell UniversityThe purpose of this presentation is two fold: 1) to describe Bucknell’s Institute forLeadership in Technology and Management 2) to share the mechanisms by which aformal vision statement was developed for the program.The ProgramThe Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management (ILTM), first offered atBucknell University in 1993, is in an intensive, six-week, student-focused summerprogram that focuses on accelerating undergraduates on their path toward becomingleaders of technology-focused organizations. The learning environment is composed oftwo

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Brianna Derr; R. Alan Cheville

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kirk R. Barrett

during the storm, they multiplied the rainfall that fell during the storm bythe drainage area of the streamflow gauge, which is listed on the gauge’s web page.This assignment offered several advantages over traditional academic assignments.1) Students gained experience assessing accuracy and completeness of real-world data.2) The assignment more closely simulates real-world engineering than traditional academicassignments by requiring students to find needed information themselves, rather than havingeverything given to them in the problem statement.3) By analyzing multiple storms, students learned for themselves the importance and benefit ofdeveloping a solution that is easy to replicate and adapt– something important in real-worldengineering

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ashwin Satyanarayana; Mariusz Nuckowski

provides better rulesfor understanding the factors that influence better student outcomes.1. IntroductionEducation is a crucial element in our society. Business Intelligence (BI)/Data Mining (DM) techniques,which allow a high level extraction of knowledge from raw data, offer interesting possibilities for theeducation domain. In particular, several studies have used BI/DM methods to improve the quality ofeducation and enhance school resource management. Hence, the ability to predict students’ academicperformance is very important in educational environments. Predicting academic performance ofstudents is challenging since the students’ academic performance depends on diverse factors such aspersonal, socio-economic, psychological and other

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Oludare Owolabi

results andexam results, suggests that the online tutorial usage patterns of high achieving students are moreeffective in terms of overall course achievement. Other learning activities implemented thatprovide opportunity for interaction that support active learning as well as promote mastery of thecourse learning objectives are: (1) discussion forum, (2) hands-on project aimed at enhancing theunderstanding of three dimensional concepts/problems (3) field experiential learning activity and(4) videos. Virtual class rooms, online office hours, webinars and real-time collaborative softwarewere other tools implemented that helped learner actively engage in the course by facilitatinginteraction with the instructor, course materials and other learners

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ralph C. Tillinghast; Edward A. Petersen

and Mathematics (STEM)outreach is well documented. The methods by which this is accomplished vary and depend onthe specific needs of the student or STEM stakeholder being supported. Further the outreachprovider can vary in size from single high school students doing experiments with youngerstudents, to scientists and engineers (S&E’s) visiting classrooms, and to fortune 500 companiesdonating vast sums of money to build STEM infrastructure.1 Each of these has the potential toinfluence students and impact STEM careers. This paper looks to document what the authorsconsider a large STEM organization. The STEM outreach provider being described is one of theU. S. Army’s research centers, the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Lance Hoffman; Rachelle Heller; Costis Toregas

and September 2015, online surveys and a focus group were usedto assess the GW SFS program. Specifically, three surveys were developed andlaunched to gather information from the following stakeholders: 1) SFSApplication Reviewers, 2) GW Faculty who taught SFS classes, and 3) currentstudents and alumni of the GW SFS program. In addition, current students whowere enrolled in the Seminar class participated in a Focus Group in which theywere able to provide detailed responses to questions related to their experiencewith the program. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWU 5Overall, faculty reported that SFS students in their classes demonstrate a higherlevel of motivation, commitment to cyber-security

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jeffrey Birou; Alistar Erickson-Ludwig; Mira Olson; Kevin Scoles

 the model of an EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) class. In this paper, we present the academic sequence and structure of the Peck Scholars Program, intended goals and learning outcomes of the program, and challenges faced during project implementation. We also present a recent project developed in a capstone course, an automatic water delivery system for vegetable plots at an urban school.  I. Introduction   1​The Paul Peck Scholars (PPS) program​  is an application based leadership development program for undergraduate engineering students. Through this program, students learn that the essence of leadership and innovation lies in the ability to communicate effectively, apply

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Julius J. Marpaung; Jeff Burke; Josh Weibling

At the University of Houston, we focus on hands-on learning in our curriculum. We begin byintroducing Arduino and Matlab in our freshmen introductory level course, ECE 1331: Computerand Problem Solving. In spring 2016, students have the opportunity to program Arduino usingMatlab in conjunction with an LED matrix to design a game as other institutions [1-4] have alsoused Arduino in their classrooms with great success. Although Dr. Marpaung has received apositive feedback in regards to using a Zumo bot in classroom [5], he believes that he can alsoenhance students’ hands-on learning experience by offering them a different set of projectsinvolving an LED matrix. Lab Assignments Laboratory assignments are

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Oludare Owolabi

define the learningprocess. Its premise is that five types of thinking, or the five "dimensions of learning," areessential to successful learning. The framework ensures that instruction takes into account allfive of the critical components of learning which include 1) Positive Attitudes and Perceptionsabout Learning; 2) Thinking Involved in Acquiring and Integrating Knowledge, 3) ThinkingInvolved in Extending and Refining Knowledge; 4) Thinking Involved in Using KnowledgeMeaningfully; and 5) Productive Habits of the Mind. The author has taught the course twentytimes (20) at Morgan and each time he taught the class students were taken to construction sitewhere they were able to visualize and experience the application of principles of statics

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; George Tremberger; M. Chantale Damas; Alexei Kisselev; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

Integration of teaching topics to enhance undergraduate research experience in Synchrotron based X-ray absorption EXAFS for corrosion study and Electroencephalography EEG application projects Sunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan, George Tremberger, M. Chantale Damas, Alexei Kisselev, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractThe hypothesis of integrating teaching topics to enhance undergraduate research experience inSynchrotron based X-ray absorption EXAFS for corrosion study and ElectroencephalographyEEG application project has been studied. The procedures are (1) using electrostatic

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Lin Lin

Hands on Education in Integrated Curriculum Lin Lin University of Southern Maine1. Introduction:It has been demonstrated by numerous studies that the combination of theory and hands-onexperience is a critical component of engineering education [1]. To teach engineering studentshow to design an experiment, preform a test, collect and analyze data, draw conclusions, etc. arecritical. Hands on laboratory experiences can be delivered in various ways. They are eitherintegrated into courses that contain both lectures and lab components or offered separately as labcourses.Traditionally, mechanical engineering programs offer 2 or 3 mechanical lab

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda S. Hirsch

).EvaluationDuring the summer of 2008 girls completed the Middle School Attitudes to and Knowledgeabout Engineering Survey (MATES)36 and the Draw an Engineer Test37 at the beginning (pre-measures) and the end of the program (post-measures). The girls were also asked about whetherthey had heard about jobs in math, science and engineers before and/or if their parents, teachersor school counselors had talked to them about jobs in engineering. Possible responses wereNever, 1-2 times or Many times.In addition to attitudes towards engineering, the MATES measures knowledge about careers inengineering with a multi-part open-ended question that requires students to “Name five differenttypes of engineers” and to “give an example of the work done by each type”. Each

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rachael Bevill; Srineil Nizambad; Chung Hyuk Park; Myounghoon Jeon; Ayanna M. Howard

Multisensory Robotic Therapy through Motion Capture and Imitation   for Children with ASD    1​ 1​ 1​ Rachael Bevill​ , Srineil Nizambad​ , Chung Hyuk Park​ (PI)  1​  ​Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science,  The George Washington University, DC  {rbevill, skn5, chpark}@gwu.edu    2​ 3​ Myounghoon ​ Jeon​  (PI

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Eileen Haase PhD; Harry Goldberg

complexity of student heterogeneity:almost half of the students completed AP Biology in high school, while many only have a weakbiology background. At the start of the course, the students were asked to complete a survey usedto assess their learning preferences1. Almost two-thirds of the students (62%) were multimodal,learning through a combination of visual, aural, read/write, or kinesthetic modes. For the 38% ofstudents who preferred a single learning style, most preferred read/write (18%) modes oflearning. Only 3% of students had an aural learning preference, while 9% had a visual learningpreference, and 8% leaned towards kinesthetic (Fig. 1). We used this information to support ourview that a diverse learning environment with a variety of

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Paul Azzi; Conor Sheridan; Matt Spadafora; Chung Hyuk Park; Myounghoon Jeon; Ayanna M. Howard

Music-Based Emotion and Social Interaction Therapy for Children with ASD Using Interactive Robots Paul Azzi1, Conor Sheridan1, Matt Spadafora1, Chung Hyuk Park1 (PI) 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University, DC {pazzi, conorsheridan, mspad3, chpark}@gwu.edu Myounghoon Jeon2 (PI), Ayanna M. Howard3 (Senior Consultant) 2 Department of Cognitive and Learning Science, School of Sciences and Arts, Michigan Technological University 3 School of Electrical and Computer Science, College of

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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George Tremberger; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Rex Taibu; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

. IntroductionAn Intelligence test result analysis had identified test motivation as an important factor in lowstake intelligence testing condition and also as a strong predictor for test scores in college 1, 2.Recently personal qualities such as self- control, grit and growth mindset has been studied inrelationship to the more explicit cognitive skills such as intelligence and knowledge, and thereport recommended more measurements on personal qualities for education purposes 3. It wasreported last year that learning motivation could be traceable to a genetic origin 4, and thatSTEM attrition among college students when compared with other majors such as business is aconsiderably large 48% 5. Faced with an open admission policy in a community college

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rajarajan Subramanian; Grady F. Mathews IV

of student evaluations. This paper will ascertain the benefits and pitfalls ofusing online medium for Civil and Construction Engineering education. This paper will alsoexplore the possibility of blending the online tools with the class room setting mode to teachCivil Engineering courses. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUCurrent status of Online CoursesOver 6.1 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2010 term; anincrease of 560,000 students over the number reported in the previous year. The number ofstudents taking at least one online course was increased by over 1 million to a new total of 7.1million as per 2013 data. There were 412,000 more online students in fall

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak

would you make? What are your interests? What do you think you can use this 3Dprinter for in the future?” Students are then introduced to the idea of “Painstorming”, in whichthey are expected to identify problems or “pain” of common products and make creativerecommendations or design changes to ease the user’s pain. The last component of the workshopincludes mentor-taught business model lessons. This session usually covers the afternoon part ofthe workshop. Participants are then grouped into teams, and each team is coached by a PennState Berks Entrepreneurship student (Figure 1). At the end of the session, the teams presenttheir business concepts and models, and a winner is selected. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Benito Mendoza

the challenge of creating and administering internetworks. The most known example ofinternetworking is the Internet, which is is a network composed of individual networks alsoknown as autonomous systems (AS). Each AS is own and administrated by private entities orenterprises. The Internet consists of every AS or enterprise network around the world andbillions of end user devices connected using Internet service providers (ISPs) [1].Implementing a functional internetwork involves many challenges in the areas of connectivity,reliability, network management, and flexibility. Engineers, network administrators, andtechnicians that understand the technologies, standards, and equipment to keep enterprisenetwork operations running are in high demand

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Kimberly Riegel; George Tremberger; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, andconsistency in each college course, the expository facet in the teaching of physics to engineeringand technology students has been expanded to encompass areas concerning safety, energyefficiency, material integrity and client/customer needs. Included in the range of assessablestrategies is (1) the application of specific problem solving perspectives in which situations otherthan those detailed in required lecture textbooks are assigned and (2) the explicit writing oncause and effect relationships in the discussion section of a lab report with emphasis on the issueof correlation and uncertainty. The critical learning assessment rubric used in this study rankedstudents' abilities using the measures of