Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Carzon, Franciscan University of Steubenville; Megan Elizabeth Mericle; Jessica Raley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Julie L Zilles, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

advancedcomposition courses.The comparison in Fig. 5 could also be used to reflect back on the framework and its effectivenessin representing the writing skills important to relevant career paths. For example, if one took theLearning Goals used in laboratory courses as representative of the writing skills essential tostudent careers, it would suggest that the framework includes irrelevant concepts. On the otherhand, the coverage of Learning Goals in advanced composition courses shows better alignmentwith the framework, perhaps reflecting their shared focus on development of writing skills.4 Conclusions and Implications • Analysis of course materials for instances referring to writing revealed a broad range of courses involving writing. This

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

reports” were tremendously beneficial for keeping thestudents on track. At the end of the semester there was no mad rush to get the work completed. Thestudents had time to reflect on their work, finalize the written report, and prepare for the final oralpresentations.Did we learn anything and what will we do differently next time? The students have an intense desirefor quality faculty input concerning their work. A superficial response or evaluation is taken morenegatively by the students than no response at all. We (as a faculty) have to develop tools andtechniques that allow for quality response to student work with a minimal time commitment form thefaculty. This is a classic “Catch 22" situation. It takes time to complete a comprehensive

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jason C. Ganley

experiments that illustrate principles in fluidic,thermal, and chemical systems. Students engage in two eight-hour laboratory work days eachweek. The course is designed to deliver experiential learning; students generate an experimentaldesign to achieve broad-based objectives, and perform extended experimental work with longlaboratory times. The active phase of learning that is naturally present in laboratory work isenhanced by providing latitude to the students in their experimental plans, and by allowing themto reflect on their lab experiences when repeating an early experiment at the end of the Session.KeywordsExperiential learning, unit operations laboratory.1. IntroductionThe curricula of most Chemical Engineering departments in the United

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams; Jeffrey W. Rieske

, interactive 2activities, high-performance computing hardware and software workshops and support, amongother things. Undergraduate research experiences also promote interaction among students andamong students and professors. Professor-student interaction increases the persistence ofstudents [4, 5] especially if students begin their research work early in their career. The global economy demands that engineers are able to successfully understand andnavigate within different cultures. Culture shapes the way we perceive the world. Differences inculture are more than just differences in language, food, clothing, and art. They reflect thediverse and

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jason Weiss; Farshad Rajabipour; Thomas Schmit; Sebastian Fait

portion of the course contained a substantial amount of homework and lab problemsinvolving equations and calculations while the second portion of the course contained morediscussions and conceptual descriptions.Based on these observations, the first author began to investigate how students learn fromdifferent lecture methods. One of the first writings that caused the author to think more abouthow lectures could be modified to address the needs of all students was based on the work ofDavid Kolb in his learning styles approach [4]. It was observed that Kolb divided the learningprocess into a cycle where the student use an experience as the basis for reflection that is thendistilled into concepts that are used by the student for the next experience

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Pat Ackerman; Kathy Brockway; Raju Dandu; Pedro Leite; Jimmy Splichal

WritingSeminars coordinated by participating faculty began with the English section of the Departmentof Arts, Sciences, and Business. A seminar on community service and expressive writing washeld in conjunction with an Expository Writing Course. The workshop provided opportunitiesfor elementary students who are not actively involved in their community to engage in proactivecommunity service projects, while providing opportunities for KSU Salina writing students toactively participate in interactive community service projects followed by critical reflection andapplication in classroom activities. Each week, middle school and college students cooperativelyperformed community service, writing about their experiences in personal journals. Collegestudents

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner

and their active participation level, itwas held that the practicum test grade reflected the laboratory skills and knowledge acquired bythe student. From the data presented, the performance of a student on the lab practicum wasdependent on his or her degree of active participation in the laboratory exercise. As a result ofthese preliminary findings, the basic circuits laboratory organization was changed from teamscomposed of multiple students (dual student participation) to individual-student lab participation(solo student participation). There were no corresponding changes implemented in the pre-labportion of the lab assignments.A follow-up study was initiated to evaluate the effectiveness of the change in the laboratorystudent organization

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Md. Mamunur Rashid; Mahbub Ahmed; Khalil Dajani; Jobaidur Rahman Khan; Haider Bhuiyan

students. Dee (2007) showed thatinteractions with students, teaching methods, and course preparation are important whereascourse workload is merely insignificant in measuring SET index.Students’ satisfaction is generally reflected in terms of their expected grades in a course.Landrum et al. (2004) found that “expected grade” in a course have more influence on instructorratings than the “actual grade”. In addition to “expected grade”, student provides higher rating toan instructor if they are motivated to learn and if they learn up to their potential (Wright et al.,2006).MethodologyThis study utilizes student evaluation data from several U.S. universities from the last severalyears. The evaluation data were collected from various engineering (civil

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu S.M. Masud; Don E. Malzahn

graduates will be successful. o This is measured by the percentage of WSU graduates, directly supervised by the supervisor, who are considered to be above average compared to all engineering graduates supervised by the supervisor.IAC MeetingsThe Industrial Advisory Committee provides qualitative assessment of ProgramEducational Objectives through their discussions of summary data presented tothem. • Objective 1: Program graduates will be employed in specified job areas. o This is reflected in comments made by IAC members based on graduates employed in their own organizations. • Objective 2: Program graduates will pursue graduate studies. o Again, this is reflected in IAC member

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

J. Collins

their information, plan and create their Power Pointpresentations. Given the time constraints of summer sessions, more recently theassignment has offered no face-to-face meetings, unless students arrange them on theirown initiative. Communication was conducted via message board, email, and file-sharing. Individually and collectively, all students were to integrate discipline-specificsecondary investigation with science literacy, information literacy, and virtual/face-to-face communication skills, which altogether, support life-long learning.All students were to search for information about how a particular chromatographytechnique/tool is used in their major fields, to write a summary reflecting the subject(chromatography) and the discipline

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Andrea L. Welker; Leslie McCarthy; John Komlos; Alfred Fry

appropriately quoted6. evaluate a website for authority, reliability, credibility, purpose, viewpoint, and suitability7. reflect on past successes, failures, and alternative strategies by maintaining a log of information seeking and evaluating activities8. communicate clearly and with a style that supports the purposes of the intended audience9. demonstrate an understanding of intellectual property, copyright, and fair use of copyrighted material10. select an appropriate documentation style and use it consistently to cite sources11. confer with instructors and participate in class discussions to identify a research topic, or other information needed12. define or modify the information need to achieve a manageable focus13. know how information

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

environmental impact. Plantdesign problems can be framed such that they draw from every required chemicalengineering course in the curriculum. Further, the course at Rowan has always beenteam-taught by a tenure track faculty member and an adjunct faculty member with anindustry background, in order to ensure that problems are genuinely reflective ofengineering practice. Despite these facts, the capstone design course cannot realisticallybe the sole vehicle for assessing achievement of programmatic objectives. The two mostprominent reasons are: • One program objective is that graduates will have the ability to function effectively on multidisciplinary teams. While students work in teams of 4-5 in Chemical Plant Design, neither the teams

Collection

2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

W. Riddell; E. Constans; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; P. Jansson; M. Simone; P. von Lockette

requirements. In most cases, cranes were able tolift the maximum weight required. A casual observation of the artifacts, and testing of theartifacts suggested that the project was a great success.However, at the sophomore clinic retreat in the summer of 2005, the faculty reflected on thestrengths and weaknesses of the course, as taught in the fall of 2004. This reflection suggestedthat students were not grasping design concepts to the extent that the faculty expected. Whendeveloping the project, the faculty envisioned student teams generating a number of alternativedesigns, optimizing and refining the competing design ideas, identifying the best solution, andfurther refining toward a final, optimal solution. Instead, student teams tended to pick a

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristián Eduardo Vargas-Ordóñez P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Manuel José Alejandro Baquero Sierra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College; Jacqueline Rose Tawney, California Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

foundational value withinthe engineering profession. According to Gilbert [3], compassion is a sensitivity to suffering in oneselfand others and a steadfast commitment to alleviate and prevent that suffering. Drawing from the ethicalframework proposed by Campbell [5], which defines care as "active compassion, empathy, and concernfor the well-being of other living (and in some cases non-living) things" [p. 112], this paper explorescompassion as an essential component of ethical engineering practice.While engineering ethics has traditionally emphasized the importance of reflecting on the broaderconsequences of technological advancements, compassion extends beyond cognitive reflection. Itembodies a motivational force beyond empathy and sympathy [3

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Malgorzata Ciszkowska; Robert Russo; Hong Li

a disposable contact lens type electrodes andelectrochemical detection. Our tear glucose sensing system is based on measuring a very lowcurrent, probably in a nano- or pico-ampere scale. This current would be directly proportional tothe tear glucose levels, and therefore, should reflect directly glucose levels in blood. Theproposed glucose sensing contact lenses with implanting the metallic sensor should be capable ofmonitoring very low glucose levels with the accuracy and precision that would satisfy medicaluse criteria; and this method is expected to be fast and simple. The cost of the proposed testingdevice would be significantly lower than for existing methods because only a monitor withcontact lens would be required, and the high

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Himani Sharma, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

small minority (3.8%) felt that the speakers did not effectively address sustainabilityconsiderations. It is worth noting that a majority of respondents felt that the industry speakerseffectively addressed sustainability which indicates that students value industry's responsibility inpromoting sustainable practices. This suggests that students are not only interested in learning aboutthe technical aspects of materials processing but also in understanding the environmental and socialimplications of these processes. Figure 4: Survey response when asked if the industry speakers address sustainability effectively in their respective fields (Q.4)The last question on the survey was a reflection prompt that students provided their commentson

Conference Session

Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A Adams P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos, Cuesta College

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

undergraduate research project project tasks appropriate for experience highlighting this experienceDissemination of results 1 day 4hrs: attend the symposium 4hrs: present at the symposiumStudent Feedback Data Collection, Methodology and ResultsStudent driven projects allow students the space to be creative and problem solve independentlywhich helps improve confidence and increase persistence in STEM. Student reflection, paired withmentor feedback and guidance, is important to successful active and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Stephen N. Kuchnicki

) using a predetermined set of stresses.Later in the term, a different problem that also requires evaluation of stresses from loads beforeapplication of a stress transformation or principal stress relation could be given. In this way, theact of evaluating stresses can be assessed separately and in contrast with the application ofstandard principal stress relations.Performance on both the midterm and final examinations using each schedule is compared,testing both for students’ ability to demonstrate knowledge of new concepts as they are taught,reflected in midterm performance, and their ability to retain these concepts on a cumulative finalexam. It is found that student performance on the midterms is improved when there are moremidterms rather

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David Hergert

received from the camera, the individual pixels must be converted to abarcode. A method to do this is described in by Lamarche [4]. The process begins with readingthe pixel from a current location. Assuming a user touches the screen on a barcode, the currentlocation of the touch can be found from in Objective C by:CGPoint centerPoint = [touch locationInView:[self view]]; float x=centerPoint.x; float y=centerPoint.y;Next the photo needs to be reflected to an image space. The code below shows how to do this,assuming imagData is the image space.CGImageRef imageRef = [view1.image CGImage]; NSUInteger width = CGImageGetWidth(imageRef); NSUInteger height = CGImageGetHeight(imageRef); CGColorSpaceRef

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

systemmaintenance procedures, equipment downtime and uptime and the severity of preventivemaintenance in the organization. In Lean Manufacturing, preventive maintenance is highlyemphasized upon, since losing any equipment due to unexpected downtime in a cell would resultto stopping the operation in that cell which is a cost. [9]Layout & Material Handling: The questions in this section evaluate the space allocated toinventory, type of plant layout, and material movement around the facility. A poor factory layoutand the resultant material handling can create difficulty and significant waste in a productionprocess. Layout also reflects the effectiveness of other factors such as purchasing and thecompany’s scheduling policy [8].Suppliers: In a Lean

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

W. Riddell; S. Bakrania; K. Bhatia; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; L. Weiss

course that allowed the students a moregradual introduction to parametric design8. In addition to being shortened, the Hoistinatorproject was modified9. An additional constraint that the crane be constructed as a truss wasadded. This change meant that the sophomores could completely analyze their design. Writingassignments and grading rubrics were adjusted to directly reflect the objectives listed in Table 2.The design process involved students brainstorming potential ideas for trusses. Each initial ideawas then used to define a family of truss shapes. A family would have the same number ofnodes, joints and member connectivity, but different members of the same family would havedifferent locations of specific joints. Student teams used MatLab

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

AIG’s revenues for 2008 after a steady growth patternduring preceding years. This drop reflects the decline present among all of the top companies inthe financial sector. While this is probably the most devastating loss in any industry in recentyears, it is important to note that performance in the finance sector is dependent uponperformance throughout all US industries. In reality, performance is not the true issue as muchas perceived performance. To illustrate, we can begin considering manufacturing industries bynoting GM’s performance since 2006. GM has faced large setbacks due to rising oil prices,increased cost of labor, and a lack of innovation relative to consumer needs. As a result of initiallosses, investors lose faith and the company

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

James Guthrie

in rigid diaphragm systems.Although the learning outcomes are somewhat general, the outlines for these two courses includea significant amount of structural content. The structural content in the course outlines includes:the development of vertical and lateral loads, gravity and lateral configuration issues, gravity andlateral structural systems, rigid and flexible diaphragm behavior, timber, steel and concretematerial properties, the design of timber, steel and concrete gravity systems, an understanding oftimber, steel and concrete lateral systems, structural material finishes and connections, tallbuildings, long span structures, cladding and deep and shallow foundation systems.These course learning outcomes and outlines reflect a rigorous

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

systemmaintenance procedures, equipment downtime and uptime and the severity of preventivemaintenance in the organization. In Lean Manufacturing, preventive maintenance is highlyemphasized upon, since losing any equipment due to unexpected downtime in a cell would resultto stopping the operation in that cell which is a cost. [9]Layout & Material Handling: The questions in this section evaluate the space allocated toinventory, type of plant layout, and material movement around the facility. A poor factory layoutand the resultant material handling can create difficulty and significant waste in a productionprocess. Layout also reflects the effectiveness of other factors such as purchasing and thecompany’s scheduling policy [8].Suppliers: In a Lean

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

W. Riddell; S. Bakrania; K. Bhatia; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; L. Weiss

course that allowed the students a moregradual introduction to parametric design8. In addition to being shortened, the Hoistinatorproject was modified9. An additional constraint that the crane be constructed as a truss wasadded. This change meant that the sophomores could completely analyze their design. Writingassignments and grading rubrics were adjusted to directly reflect the objectives listed in Table 2.The design process involved students brainstorming potential ideas for trusses. Each initial ideawas then used to define a family of truss shapes. A family would have the same number ofnodes, joints and member connectivity, but different members of the same family would havedifferent locations of specific joints. Student teams used MatLab

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

AIG’s revenues for 2008 after a steady growth patternduring preceding years. This drop reflects the decline present among all of the top companies inthe financial sector. While this is probably the most devastating loss in any industry in recentyears, it is important to note that performance in the finance sector is dependent uponperformance throughout all US industries. In reality, performance is not the true issue as muchas perceived performance. To illustrate, we can begin considering manufacturing industries bynoting GM’s performance since 2006. GM has faced large setbacks due to rising oil prices,increased cost of labor, and a lack of innovation relative to consumer needs. As a result of initiallosses, investors lose faith and the company

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

B.M. Wright; C.W. Swan; D.M. Matson

under construction.With two other principal water systems without filtration, each serving nearly thirty families, the studentsfocused the water testing on the sources, holding tanks and house taps of these systems with the hope ofproviding enough data for the community to apply for more funds from the municipal government.Student reflectionsThe following is a reflection from Daniel McGee (Civil engineering, Tufts ’07) “I think that we successfully taught a community to fish instead of just feeding them a meal. By showing them the problems with their water and by offering solutions, we allowed them to take ownership of the project and therefore take ownership of a solution. In that sense, I think that the project is

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Charles Thomas; Loren Byrne; Jeremy Campbell

the United States (i.e., unlimitedeconomic growth reflected by an ever-increasing GDP). We also explored the sometimes subtledifference between “belief” and “knowledge.” In support of this lesson, the major courseworkcomponent was for the students to pick a sustainability-related belief that they held and write a“This I Believe” essay, modeled after the long-lived project started by Edward R. Murrow in the1950’s and continued today by National Public Radio[3]. This introductory section also includedlectures whose purpose was to present a common definition of sustainability which was referredto throughout the remainder of the semester.The Science of SustainabilityAfter defining sustainability, we examined it through the eyes of the natural

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Christian Bach; Salvatore Belardo; Hassan Bajwa; Pushpa Kantharaju; Praveen Prasanth

to either develop or employ an already developed and validated instrument. In thiscase the instrument employed is a survey previously employed by Miller and Doyle (1987). Intheir excellent article in MIS Quarterly [3], the authors presented the survey instrument anddiscussed the results of a survey of 276 executives from various financial services firms in SouthAfrica. Their survey instrument, a seventy six (76) question survey which was validated fromother studies, was modified to reflect changes that have taken place since their study wasconducted over 20 plus years ago.Figure 1: Updated DeLone model [2]In the Miller and Doyle study, the authors focused on 21 South African financial service industryfirms. Their study consisted of 276

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Buket D. Barkana; Nelson Ngoh; Allen Cook

course.100% of the students agreed that this course is very good or good as a learning experience.One major concern of the faculty that was also expressed by the students was the prerequisiteknowledge and skills required from for this course. 33% of the students think that they have theprerequisite knowledge and skills for this course. They felt that if there was a physics instructorto have elaborated on the concepts and the calculations of the frequency, wavelength, withreference to waves and sound as well as on the concepts and calculations of the focal lengths,angles of reflection and refraction of light, they might have had the computations of the digitalsound processing and digital imaging easier than what they experienced in the