Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-283: HERDING CATS: WEAVING COHERENT APPLICATIONTHREADS THROUGH A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMTO FACILITATE COURSE-TO-COURSE CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVEMATERIAL RETENTIONDonald Wroblewski, Boston University Don Wroblewski is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Boston Univer- sity, and has been the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Aerospace Studies since 1998. He is a two-time winner of the department award for Excellence in Teaching and one of two inaugural winners of the College of Engineering’s Innovative Engineering Education Fellow award. He has been active in both curriculum and course innovations. He has developed 7 new courses including an on-line Mechanics course and

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven John Kosciol, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2012-3063: USING A PAIR OF IPODS TO MEASURE ANGLE OFTWIST IN A TORSION EXPERIMENTDr. Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology ”Vinnie” Gupta is a professor of mechanical engineering, and a member of the graduate faculty of mate- rials science and engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, N.Y.). He is a recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching. At RIT, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in applied mechanics, computational techniques, and materials science.Mr. Steven John Kosciol, Rochester Institute of Technology Steven John Kosciol is Lab Manager of the Mechanical Engineering Machine Shop. He teaches the lab section of the course ”Manufacturing

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary L. Fletcher, Johns Hopkins University; Allan W. Bjerkaas, Johns Hopkins University

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Continuing Professional Development

a Group Supervisor in both the Submarine Technology Department and the Research and Technology De- velopment Center. Since the mid-1970s he has taught in the part-time graduate programs that Johns Hop- kins has offered for working engineers. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 1992. Bjerkaas has been the Chair for the Applied Physics and the Information Systems and Technology programs. In 2001, he became the Associate Dean for the Engineering for Professionals (EP) programs in the Whiting School of Engineering, a position he held full-time after retiring from the Applied Physics Laboratory in Feb. 2005 until he retired from the Whiting School of Engineering in Sept. 2010. He now resides in Fergus

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Kassim M. Tarhini; Gerald R. Frederick; Benjamin Koo

requirements for legal entry into the U.S. as a student, as specified by theImmigration and Naturalization Service, should be provided.Orientation programs should comprise two phases; a personalized orientation program focusing oncultural activities and student services provided by the university should be conducted, followed byan academic orientation program. These programs should be completed before classes begin. Thepersonalized orientation will assist international students in making a successful transition from theirhome countries to U.S. engineering institutions by familiarizing them with university services suchas the library, computer center, student recreation center, student union, major laboratories, culturalcenter and legal office. In

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

Manager Maestro QualityFigure 5: Role of RP & M in Concurrent Engineering Figure 6: RP & M ProcessApplication at GMI The current application at GMI involves three laboratories/functional areas/courses:polymer processing, computer integrated manufacturing, and metal casting. The application atGMI is as shown in Figure 6. Development of a new product will commence with conceptdevelopment and selection. At this early stage various groups of students from the threefunctional areas interface with each other and bring producibility issues to the table. A singlesolid model of the part to be built drives the entire process. The developed solid model is thenexamined and modified in order to meet the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed Gohmann

the related calculations does the physicalmeaning of the numbers become understandable. Some of the laboratory work involves plottinggraphs which is another unknown area for the students. Manually plotting stress-strain diagramsis emphasized as a learning tool which focuses the student’s attention on the meaning of the data.Laboratory time is devoted to teaching how to select scales for the axes, plotting experimentaldata, labeling the axes and general neatness in manual drawing. Reading critical data points fromthe resulting graphs is required.SUMMARY:What follows is a brief summary of the methods used.1. Exercise: Conduct beginning labs as if no student had ever done a lab exercise before at any level

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett; Kauser Jahan

for enhancingtheir problem solving skills and encourages them to pursue graduate studies.IntroductionThe College of Engineering at Rowan University was created through a $100 million gift fromHenry and Betty Rowan in 1992. The College of Engineering’s key features includecollaborative teamwork in inter- and multi- disciplinary laboratory and coursework and theincorporation of state of the art technologies and innovative teaching methodologies. Activitiesof the freshman and sophomore engineering clinic classes at Rowan have already receivednational recognition (1-8). The freshman clinic focuses on primary principles, measurements,and competitive assessment. The sophomore clinic focuses on formalized engineering designtechniques. The junior and

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

engineering skills has not been sufficient. Only a fewuniversities have testing engineering incorporated in their curriculum. To meetthis need, academic institutions must re-shape their curriculum to offer studentsthe opportunity to learn test engineering skills. Currently, test engineering skillsare usually gained through work experience and on-the-job training, but notthrough formal college education. To effectively meet the next generation’sworkforce need for test engineers, the EET curriculum must be current, relevant,and teach skills that are widely needed in industry. To meet this goal, the Schoolof Technology is stepping up to this challenge and collaborating with GE aviationto develop a test engineering curriculum. The graduate certificate

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Lobaugh

Session 2547 Revving up interest in Hands-On Engineering Michael Lobaugh Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeIntroduction: This paper provides an overview of the past, present, and future changes to a laboratory-based course providing hands-on experience in manufacturing. At the 2002 conference for theASEE, Mukasa E. Ssemakula presented a paper (session 3649)1, describing successes for acourse that helped students gain hands-on experience in a Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) program. Using this presentation as a springboard, a pilot program at Penn State

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh

Session 1368 Learning About Stress and Strain Transformations by Comparing Theoretical, Experimental, and Finite Element Results Alireza Mohammadzadeh Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State UniversityOne way of teaching a new physical concept effectively to students is to arrive at that physicalconcept via different approaches. Stress and stain transformations, together with combinedloading and von Mises failure criterion for ductile materials, are among those subject matters insolid mechanics in which students have

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sukesh Aghara; Irvin Osborn-Lee

recent hiring of a new faculty member with anuclear engineering background dedicated specifically to the development of the programit is expected to boost student enrollment in courses offered at PVAMU campus and theTTVN classes. Also a national recognition by numerous DOE laboratories of the need toincrease minority enrollments at such institutions is expected to influence students at theuniversities to consider nuclear engineering as a prospective career option. The uniqueness of the PVAMU program comes from the way it is setup. It isbased in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the NASA Center for AppliedRadiation Research (CARR) is an integral part of the program. The course curriculum isdesired to include specific topics

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2022 CIEC

Authors

N. Athula Kulatunga; Niaz Latif; Jesus De La Cruz

student receives a benchequipped with a software-loaded laptop, necessary mechanical measuring tools, cutting tools,hammers, ratchets, soldering tools, wring tools, and a clip-on meter. Students use the same benchfor two semesters, learning workshop etiquette. The facility also houses trainers for acceleratedlearning in house wiring, PLC, and industrial controller wiring. Students should have access to amachining shop and a regular electronics laboratory. Fig. 4 illustrates the DSSA facility at PNW. Fig. 4. DSSA facility and trainers at PNW. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Track 4: Technical Session 1: Creating Pathways to Engineering through Sponsored Summer Camps

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia; Stephan A. Durham, University of Georgia; Alison Leigh Banka, University of Georgia

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Paper ID #40775Creating Pathways to Engineering through Sponsored Summer CampsDr. Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia Racheida S. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia in the Engineering Ed- ucation Transformations Institute (EETI) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Lewis believes in creating a diverse engineering field and strives to do so through connecting with teaching, and mentoring future engineers. She has devoted her life to this mission through her leadership and lifetime membership in the National Society of Black Engineers. Ultimately, Dr. Lewis

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yves Ngabonziza; Hendrick Delcham

. Sorby, Developing 3-D Spatial VisualizationResearch. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. Skills. Engineering Design Graphics Journal, Volume 63,[10] Michael J. Prince, Margot A. S. Vigeant and Kathayran Number 2, 21-32Nottis. (2009). A preliminary study on the effectiveness ofinquiry-based activities for addressing misconceptions ofundergraduate engineering students. Education for ChemicalEngineers, 4: 29-41[11] Quentin de Radigues, Quentin Van Overmeere, RonnySantoro, and Joris Proost. (2011). An undergraduate studentlaboratory on electromechanical engineering. Education forChemical Engineers, 6:e56-e61.[12] Ertugrul, N. (2000). Towards virtual laboratories: asurvey of Labview based teaching/learning tools and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida; Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

patents and has over twenty-five years of experience in industry and academia. Research Interests Sylvia Wilson Thomas, Ph.D. leads the Advanced Membrane/Materials Bio and Integration Research (AMBIR) laboratory at USF. Dr. Thomas’ research and teaching endeavors are focused on advanced mem- branes/materials for alternative energy sources, sustainable environments, electronics, and bio-applications from the micro to the nano scale. Her research investigates the fabrication of inorganic and organic thin films and nanofibers for device integration. Thomas’ research group specializes in characterizing, mod- eling, and integrating membranes that demonstrate high levels of biocompatibility, thermal reflectivity

Conference Session

Engineering Programs and Institutional Factors

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela M. Kelly, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-school outreachprogram in engineering design for middle school students (ages 11-14), and how instructorsviewed the successes, challenges, and tensions of their students’ laboratory experiences. A challenge associated with NGSS and ASEE implementation is the meaningful integrationof science and engineering knowledge and skills in precollege teaching and learning. Researchhas identified issues that science teachers encounter with integrated STEM instruction, includinglack of relevant content knowledge, lack of administrative support, and weak self-efficacy inengineering pedagogy [4,10,11]. Research in STEM integration education has suggested thatinnovative instructional models and curricular resources are needed to demonstrate how scienceand

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vahideh Abdolazimi, Drexel; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University; Jason Henderson, Girard Academic Music Program

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Nanophotonics Lab. Her current research is focused on optoelectronics, fabrication and characterization of pH-dependent liquid crystal platforms with potential applications in nano-imaging systems. She was a Fellow of Drexel’s CASTLE (Center for Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence) and developed hands- on activities to teach advance engineering topics to high school students.Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Jessica S. Ward serves as the Director of Development for the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). During her tenure at Drexel University, Ms. Ward has successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of

Conference Session

It's Elementary

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Ann Marasco, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Calgary Page 23.385.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Developing a cross-disciplinary curriculum for the integration of engineering and design in elementary educationAbstractSeveral studies show that students have lost interest in the domains of science, mathematics,engineering and technology (STEM) before reaching high school and believe that these areas arenot innovative or creative. Using the CDIO educational framework, cross-disciplinary moduleswere developed to teach engineering design concepts as part of regular curriculum activities,such as English, social

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Roylance

the videotapes oflectures along with web-based courseware are made available to MUST. MIT faculty also travelto MUST for direct discussions with the MUST instructor of the subject to assist in lecturedevelopment. MIT provides assistance when MUST students or faculty have questionsregarding the content or homework as they are delivered at MUST. To prevent MIT facultyworkloads from being overloaded by these additional demands on their own regular teachingduties, an MIT teaching assistant at MIT funded by the MUST/MIT program is appointed to act Page 9.37.1as an intermediary between the two institutions. Proceedings of the 2004 American

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Omar Zia

Page 7.559.2education. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Conference &Exposition Copyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Education· Fachhochschulen (university of applied sciences) offering applicationoriented education.The curricula of the Fachhochschulen have a bias towards a practical approach,whereas the classical universities have a more theoretical (research oriented)approach.The degree from the Harz Fachhochschule is similar to an Engineeringtechnology Bachelors degree offered in the US.The Harz Fachhochchule serves students studying, automation, informationtechnology and business. It features extensive teaching laboratories providing thestudents with a “hands-on” learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10224NSF-NUE: Using Nanotechnology to Engage Students from High School throughGraduate SchoolDr. Raquel Perez Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Raquel Perez-Castillejos is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Insti- tute of Technology (NJIT). Her research (www.tissuemodels.net) focuses on the development of tools for cell and tissue biology using micro- and nanotechnologies. Raquel obtained her Ph.D. with the National Center of Microelectronics in Barcelona. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Miniaturized Systems (Univ. S˜ao Paulo, Brasil) and later

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jung Oh

theseassignments become enjoyable course work and learning projects they are attached to in apersonal way. This project is one of my teaching strategy tools to respect a variety oflearning styles, to connect chemistry into our daily lives, and to engage students learningwith their own talents and insights.Introduction and ObjectivesOne of the seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education by Chickieringand Gamon’s is to respect diverse talents and ways of learning1. I have used theVARK(Visual, Aural, Read/Write, Kinesthetic) learning styles survey by Bonwell andFleming2 to recognize different leaning styles among my students and observedkinesthetic style as predominant learning style among engineering technology students asreported earlier3

Conference Session

Tech Tools and Tips

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University; Jonathan Hubler, Villanova University; Kristin M. Sample-Lord P.E., Villanova University; Virginia Smith, Villanova University; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

Dr. Jonathan Hubler is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineer- ing at Villanova University, with expertise in geotechnical engineering. His research interests include geotechnical earthquake engineering, static and dynamic response of soils in the laboratory and field, soil liquefaction, and beneficial reuse of recycled materials in geotechnical engineering. Dr. Hubler teaches a number of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Soil Mechanics, Foundation Design, and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.Dr. Kristin M. Sample-Lord P.E., Villanova University Dr. Kristin Sample-Lord is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at

Conference Session

Promoting Technical Communication Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Kaitlyn Pigeon, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #31060Work-in-Progress: Online Tutorials to Help Undergraduates Bridge the GapBetween General Writing and Engineering WritingMr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Michael Alley is a professor of teaching for engineering communications at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 2018) and The Craft of Scientific Presenta- tions (Springer-Verlag, 2013). He is also founder of the popular websites Writing Lessons for Engineering and Science (www.craftofscientificwriting.com) and the Assertion-Evidence Approach (www.assertion- evidence.com

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

information to be represented as a combination of words, texts,pictures, and diagrams. This type of concept representation complements different learning stylesand focuses on the visual mode of teaching in the engineering disciplines (Bringardner, 2016).The first video created for this initiative introduced breadboarding and circuit buildingfundamentals. Once of the course laboratory exercises requires students to use fundamentaldigital logic to solve a problem, translate the equations to a digital interface - LabVIEW, andbuild a circuit using the National Instruments educational breadboard. It was common forstudents to struggle with breadboard wiring when trying to translate instructions from the labmanual text to the hands-on experience. This

Conference Session

COED Modulus Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

project proposals and the projects that they produce?Literature ReviewAs far back as 1998 researchers such as Edelson were conceptualizing authentic science practices2. Roughlyten years later, the researchers contend, “that laboratory-based school science teaching needs to becomplemented by … learning that draws on the actual world3.” This is authentic science practice3.Recently, researchers are showing that authentic STEM experiences4 include creating questions,investigating – which includes failure - and disseminating results to the community5. The majority of thetime at the university level, undergraduate research experiences are considered authentic scienceexperiences6. There is a large body of research on undergraduate research experiences7

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Reed, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Ludois, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Maria Hamlin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

BasedLearning. Editied by H.Schmidt & M. deVolder. Maastricht, Netherlands:Van Gorcum (1984) (pp. 16-32).6 Dunlap, J.C. “Problem-Based Learning and Self-Efficacy: How a Capstone Course Prepares Students for aProfession.” Educational Technology Research and Development, 53(1) (2005).7 M. H. Elahiniaa and C. Ciocanel. “A problem-solving approach for teaching engineering laboratories.”Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference. (2008)8 J. E. Mitchell, and J. Smith. “ Case study of the introduction of problem-based learning in electronic engineering.”International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education . 45(2), (2008).9 B. Canavan. “A summary of the findings from an evaluation of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

challenges engineering educators to structure learning so that competency is builtprogressively throughout a curriculum. The engineering community well understands the needfor proficiency in all modes of communication, with written communication considered of highimportance. For example, a panel of ten representatives from biomedical companies, assembledat Northwestern University in the summer of 2001, stressed the importance of communicationskills for entry-level biomedical engineers. Representatives from Abbott Laboratories, Datex-Ohmeda, and Nova Bionics said that entry-level engineers in biomedical engineering specificallyneed to be able to detail all project subtasks in project design, find and evaluate research relevantto a project, write

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Eman A. Aldakheel, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

  extensively  benefit  from  CBE  at  the  Software  as  a  Service (SaaS)  level  to  present  meaningful  examples  in  the  lectures,  CS  courses  can  move  deeper  and utilize also the lower levels of cloud services. Such capability can deliver valuable examples and laboratories for CS students to better understand large scale applications and their complexities. 1.  Introduction The accelerated development in Information Technology and the necessity for enhanced learning environments  by  harnessing  advance  technologies  and  resources  has  created  a  need  to  teach Computer  Science  and  Engineering  students  more  effectively  using  technological  advances. Cloud Computing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,7  appears to be one of the most beneficial

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Engage Students in Active Learning. National Center for Research in Teacher Learning, College of Education, Michigan State University. Online: http://ncrtl.msu.edu/http/teachers.pdf.9. R.A. Daugherty, Teaching Adults, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, T-8202. Online: http://osufacts.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2371/T-8202web.pdf.10. A. Bryant, “The Role of Active Learning through Laboratory Experimentation Pertaining to Memory Retention in First-Year Engineering Programs,” Proc. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. 2009.11. J.L. Voss, et al., “Hippocampal Brain-network Coordination during Volitional Exploratory Behavior Enhances Learning,” Natural Neuroscience