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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Eileen Haase PhD, Johns Hopkins University

students’ choosing. Each of the four mandatory modules are typically presented to students inan open-ended manner. There are videos with background information and some essential factsand equations posted on Blackboard, however, the goal of the course is not to have studentsfollow a detailed protocol to obtain specific values, but rather to design their own experimentalprotocol. The TAs and lab managers review and approve the protocol prior to the start of eachexperiment. The five modules are listed in Table 1 below. Table 1: Five Freshmen Modules Module GoalHuman Efficiency Calculate Human Efficiency by measuring output (exercise) and inputModel

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Mehdi Shokouhian, Morgan State University; Monique H. Head, Morgan State University

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thefuture materialization of an architect’s creative thought is an information chain, which finishes atthe building site by the realization of the building. Maturing thought crystallization is evidentalso in the educational process and this is determined by the level (intellect) of students, as wellas teachers [1]. In courses such as Statics, a fundamental engineering course which manyarchitecture students find to be difficult [2-4] is an opportunity to teach fundamentals andintegrate how engineers and architects work together. The difficulty has resulted in architecturestudents to perform poorly in Statics and other follow-on courses [5-6], which consequently hasoften discouraged students. On the other hand, studies on engineering students

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College

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relate to potential internship and professionalemployers. Although guided at arms-length by industry-experienced staff, the overwhelmingemphasis was for the Engineering Team to reach their own designs, experience their own failuresand successes in earning their own know-how, resolve their own communications and schedulingconflicts, and to respond to customer critical comments of prototype product performance.The spirit of this project is in line with previous successful efforts to expose students to“authentic” engineering experiences and environments through, for example, Service Learning[1], Learning Factories [2], Capstone Projects [3], hands-on 1st-Year Engineering Courses,Learning in Laboratory Settings [4], and Engineering courses featuring

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Vazgen Shekoyan; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger Jr, CUNY-Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

continued growth of their critical thinking skill. A recent complaint bya Stanford professor on the Edge.org blog and Huffington Post said “All the mathematicalmethods I learned in my university math degree became obsolete in my lifetime” 1, 2. Aprofessor with physics education research interest, Rhett Allain of Southeastern LouisianaUniversity, advocated the use of numerical calculation in introductory physics instruction onMarch 4 2017 via social media 3. A natural extension to include a flexible programminglanguage, Python 4, has been demonstrated with examples which include the crashing of anasteroid into the Sun via a spaceship momentum transfer process 5, 6, three body collisionproblem 7, video game analysis 8, etc. These two proclamations

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College

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work onphysics applications on students’ conceptual understanding, problem-solving ability and attitudeson physics and physics learning. Students spent time in groups outside of class exploring physicsapplications they encounter. We used students’ class tests, final exams, concept inventories andattitudinal surveys to evaluate the impact.Methods: In this study we used two different PH 201 sections of approximately 24 students ineach. One section, control group, received instructions using traditional lectures and recitations.Students in the other section divided into 5 groups with 4-5 students in each group. One of thetopics in mechanics such as 1-D kinematics, projectile motion, Newton’s laws, Momentum,Work-energy , was assigned to

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology; Pamela Ann Brown, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

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studentsoverpassed those of students from New York State and the country. We believe that this is apractical course model can be easily replicated by programs with the same interest.I. IntroductionUndergraduate research is a high-impact practice leading to student success, engagement,interest in higher education, and skills development [1] [2]. There are two well-known modelsfor incorporating research experiences in a program: Undergraduate Research Experiences(UREs) and Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) [3]. UREs representthe apprentice model. They feature individual students in faculty research laboratories andprovide the opportunity for one-on-one mentoring. On the other hand, CUREs are embedded intothe curriculum and are available

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Vasudeva Rao Aravind, Clarion University; Kevin D Croyle, Clarion University Of Pennsylvania

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computer based tutor deployed in their classroom,was expected to fill that gap. The population of 26 students was provided 30 problems to besolved in the classroom. The instructor was available in the class for the students to ask questionsor solve technical issues, if any.A screenshot of the tutor screen provided to the students is shown in figure 1. The left panel onthe tutor consisted of a summary of all the rotational kinematic equations of motion. The studentswere expected to use these to solve for the unknown variable provided on the right panel. If astudent has trouble solving the problem, he/she can request a hint by clicking on the ‘hint’button. The student can indicate that they are done with the problem by entering the value of

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Peter Raymond Stupak, Raritan Valley Community College

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Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUrespond to customer critical comments on performance. The goal was to give students authentichands-on product development and project execution experience to relate to potential internshipand professional employers.The spirit of this project is in line with previous successful efforts to expose students to“authentic” engineering experiences and environments through, for example, Service Learning[1], Learning Factories [2], Capstone Projects [3], hands-on 1st-Year Engineering Courses,Learning in Laboratory Settings [4], and Engineering courses featuring Mechanical Dissection asa learning tool [5].The current “Illuminated Umbrella” project is a continuation of the pilot “Authentic

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Rex Taibu, Queensborough Community College-CUNY; George Tremberger Jr, CUNY-Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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College-CUNY Dr. Rex Taibu has taught studio physics classes for several years. His teaching experience has shaped his research focus. Currently, Dr. Taibu is actively engaged in 1) promoting scientific inquiry attitudes in students through designing, implementing, and assessing in- novative inquiry based physics labs. 2) conducting research regarding the role of language in conceptual understanding. 3) exploring cosmic rays (detection, data collection, and analysis).Mr. George Tremberger Jr, CUNY-Queensborough Community CollegeProf. Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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David RB Kraemer, Johns Hopkins University

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writing data to the SD card.ResultsStudents used filtering operations, such as the 3-point moving-average filterdemonstrated in class, to smooth noisy data. Acceleration data can be numericallyintegrated to calculate the velocity (given an initial velocity), and the velocity data can be Spring 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 7-8, 2017 MSUintegrated to get position data. An example is shown in Figure 1, where straight-lineacceleration of an airport tram was measured. These data were integrated to get avelocity time history, and integrated again to get a position time history. The totaldistance traveled by the tram was then compared to an estimate of the length of the tramtrack

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Michael Mehari Shiferaw, Morgan State University; Sagar Sathyanarayanan, JSS solutions; Ravin Jajistar, JSS Solutions LLC

. This includes mathematical symbols and formulae. Rruns on a wide variety of UNIX platforms and similar systems including FreeBSD, Linux,Windows and MacOS. R is available as a free software under the terms and conditions of GNUlicense in its source code form. R is an integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation andgraphical display. Its applications include: • (1)Effective data handling, (2) Storage facility, (3) Graphical facilities for data analysis and display (hardcopy or on screen-display),(4) A suite of operators for calculations on arrays, (5) Coherent, integrated collection of tools for data analysis, (6) Simple and effective programming language

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Brianna Lawton, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

-being of human life. The above have been substantiated in the paper by the first author throughher undergraduate research experience in geotechnical engineering. Lastly, incorporatingundergraduate research into the curriculum will expand students’ network of professionals,consequently facilitating the connection of the classroom studies with the industry. This displaysthem with a broad prospective of topics, challenges, and innovative research that they can relateto and work to resolve.I. IntroductionResearch is defined as: 1. a careful or diligent search; 2. investigation or experimentation aimedat the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light ofnew facts, or practical application of such new or

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

expectation and a range of emotions 1. What will thiscourse be life? What am I going to learn? Is this going to be boring? Subsequently, as instructorsaccording to McClure (2015)1, if we want our students to learn effectively we must createconditions that promote intrinsic motivation. Various researchers have studied and tried to identifythose factors that contribute to student motivation1. While intrinsic and extrinsic rewards and socialopportunities play a part, the thing that motivates most learners is the usefulness of the informationand its potential for impacting others2. According to Hoyt and Lee (2002)3, research has shownthat students’ initial motivation to take the course, regardless of who taught it, is an importantpredictor of student

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Yongwook Kim, Manhattan College; Salvatore Florio; Qian Wang P.E., Manhattan College

nonlinear explicit dynamicanalysis for investigation of high-intensity and short-duration blast effects on structures using afully coupled interaction technique between computational fluid and structural dynamics.To engage undergraduate students in the research, the main strategies to overcome the challengesdiscussed in Section 1 are composed of the following steps:  Summer research by faculty  Undergraduate research course for credit  Hiring undergraduate students for research  Presenting and publishing research outcomes2.1 Summer Research by FacultySummer break is typically the best time to make most significant progress in research. There isno interruption by teaching assignments, but continuous and significant amount of time to

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Trent J. Williams; Kyle Shuman E. Shuman; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

of a total of 52 questions. The background section consisted of 17questions and the knowledge portion totaled 35 questions. The questionnaire, which was in anencrypted link, was emailed to students located in the multiple campuses of a large university inthe Northeastern U.S. A total of 424 undergraduate engineering students (after eliminating thenon-complete responses) completed the survey. The range of students’ academic year standingincluded: 153 freshmen, 122 sophomores, 91 juniors, and 58 seniors as shown in Fig. 1. Of thesestudents 332 were male and 92 were female. The respondents had multiple ethnicities as shownin Fig. 2. All participants took the survey at their leisure within a prescribed period of time

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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for open-ended STEAMchallenges created by the community, for the community to empower learners around the world.IntroductionBy 2050, global population is projected to reach ten billion, with 80% of the population living in cities,requiring twice as much energy compared to today’s civilization(1). Challenges such as creating anabundance of future of energy, water, and food belong are termed “wicked” problems(2), that requiretransdisciplinary collaborative approaches to address. However, many structural elements of the modernuniversity(3) (departments, grades, professional disciplines) were established to meet the needs of industryat the dawn of the industrial age, a time period when the average human life expectancy(4) wasapproximately forty

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College

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is constructed in addition to the displacement and resettlement of people caused bythe formation of Lake Nasser in the upstream side of the dam.4. History of Ancient EgyptThe following are the major eras in ancient Egyptian history [1]. These periods are significantbecause all visited monuments, temples, and note-worthy attractions are associated with one ormore of the periods shown below [2].• Pre-Dynastic History.• The Early Dynastic or Archaic Period (3100-2686 BC).• The Old Kingdom (2686-2181 BC).• The First Intermediate Period (2181-2050 BC).• The Middle Kingdom (2050-1786 BC).• The New Kingdom (1567-1085 BC).• The Nineteenth Dynasty (1320-1200 BC).• The Late Period (1085-322 BC).• Greek Rule (332-30 BC).• Roman and Byzantine Rule (30

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Anna Gornovskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Anna Sukhristina, Kazan National Research Technological University

Support has been created within university’sinternational department in additional to a general Legal Office. This office is quite uniquefor universities as legal issues of international activities are usually considered byuniversity’s general legal advisors who have neither enough time to focus oninternationalization needs nor adequate expertise in international law.The most important responsibilities of this Office are:Development, approval and implementation of efficient technologies, forms and methods foruniversity’s internationalization management; 1. Development of procedural and institutional aspects of this management and its regulatory support; 2. Analysis of legal aspects of networking involving international partners and

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Study Abroad

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Derek Guthrie Williamson, University of Alabama; Steven Jones, University of Alabama

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University Alabama as part of itsvisit to The University of Havana. Jones arranged, through the faculty in residence, a meetingwith The Director of International Programs Office CUJAE. Professor Jones, a member of thedepartment of civil engineering, had been engaged in a number international education andresearch efforts in locations around the world for several years. He conducted this first trip as anexploratory trip to determine if CUJAE had interest in collaborating with this U.S. institution.This trip was very illuminating and the following observations were made: (1)CUJAE had avibrant international program with over 100 collaborative relationships/MOUs with engineeringinstitutions from all over the world, (2) these relationships were for the

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros

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, challenges and opportunities for growth.Introduction“Among the states of northern Mexico, Tamaulipas is less developed in regard to policies andinstitutions supporting innovation, science, and technology. The northern states, andspecifically the border cities, are the best-positioned regions for innovation. This is confirmedby the sustainable competitive index, government programs, universities, and researchcenters.”1.Due to its distinctive characteristics – economic development, culture, language, etc. – theborder USA-Mexico is indeed a region with particular challenges, as well as opportunities,which go beyond any boundary. These particular obstacles enhance the importance of theregion known as the Rio Grande Valley to turn it into a

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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million people, amongst USA and Mexico, and hosts broadly diversemanufacturing industries. As a result, higher learning institutions are working towardsincorporating higher education as a dynamic regional element.The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), was created in 2013 by the TexasLegislature as an unprecedented and remarkable move to bring together the assets of the twomost important regional higher education institutions: The University of Texas at Brownsville(UTB) and The University of Texas Pan American (UTPA) 1. As a new institution, UTRGV isemerging as a regional research institution projecting to grow as a leader among minority-serving research institutions.As a young institution, with an innovative organization, and with two

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Gabriel Bánesz Ph.D., Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; Alena Hašková Ph.D., Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; Danka Lukáčová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia)

Tunnel.Solar Energy ConversionLink: http://kdt-4.karlov.mff.cuni.cz/index_en.htmlThis experiment illustrates characteristic curve of the photodiode Tesla 1PP75. Thechangeable variable which can be set in the experiment is electric voltage across the diode.On the graph (Figure 1) one can see the change of the electric current [mA] flowing throughthe diode in dependence on the value of the set electric voltage [V]. Additionally, it ispossible to find out from the graph when the diode is in a conductive mode. Anotherchangeable parameter is illumination intensity of the light source [%]. If the bulb is switchedoff, the experiment runs as well. In this case the photodiode responds to the illumination fromthe background (illumination of the room).Figure 1

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto; Bente Nørgaard, Aalborg Univestiy, Denmark; Kim A. Scalzo, State University of New York, HQ

professional development by establishing CPD-BQIP as the first ever international standard for managing quality in CPD programs at theorganizational level. IACEE is making this program available to CPD and CE organizationsfrom all disciplines.CPD organizations can use the tools and processes of the CPD-BQIP to: - Assess their quality with respect to the standard - Benchmark their quality against peer institutions - Share best practices among similar organizations, to allow continuous quality improvement -Data collection and reporting within CPD-BQIP have been automated via a web-basedplatform to enable better and more scalable access to the self-assessment and benchmarkingtools 1. This quality program allows engineers to have

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Curriculum I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Malcolm N Cooke, Case Western Reserve University

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. Referred to as higher educationmakerspaces and academic makerspaces, these facilities have been established at manyinstitutions. This trend has been prompted by developments in several areas, including calls fromindustry for more practical skills in engineering graduates as well as increased access to andsupport for digital manufacturing [1, 2].Higher education makerspaces combine elements of traditional machine shops (such as handtools, portable power tools, and standing machinery) with modern tools for design andfabrication (such as computer aided design software and laser cutters). In addition to the toolsand equipment, higher education makerspaces also promote collaboration and peer-to-peerlearning. These elements help develop a sense of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Michael S. Shapiro, IEEE.org

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“Digital repositories: Critical analytical study” 1 data highly relevant to this topic.None of this is surprising, because the phrase “Publisher Institutional Support Model” is one thisauthor made it up for the purpose of this article; not exactly a neologism, and certainly not one totry to render as an acronym (PISM?); just a newly coined phrase that describes the IEEE’s ClientServices Managerial focus. To a large degree, we’re skiing here on fresh powder.Fresh powder because not many “publishers” (sometimes referred to in the library acquisitionsworld perhaps ungracefully as “vendors”) could begin to offer holistic support to the corporate,academic, or governmental institutions they service with the same breadth, geographic range, orvariety of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Brady Creel, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sandra Nite, Aggie STEM, Texas A&M University; Jowaher E. Almarri; Ziyad Shafik, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Sahar Mari, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Wadha A. Al-Thani

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and recruit Qataris toward STEM-related education and careers.The need is great: Some industry leaders estimate that Qatar’s national demand for citizens intechnical professions is more than double the available workforce — Qatar’s national populationis estimated at approximately 300,000 citizens.1 This demand does not account for rapidlyemerging needs in defense and national security as Qatar invests in high-tech defense systemsand weapons; government ministries are actively recruiting Qatari engineers and scientists tosupport deployment, maintenance and oversight of these technologies. As a result, there has beena need to introduce Qatari youth to new notions of the diverse range of engineering disciplinesand to highlight their significance

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Michael McInerney, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Azad Siahmakoun, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wonjong Joo P.E., Seoul National University of Science and Technology

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optical and mechanical engineering. Travel and living expenses for both USand Korean students were also important considerations of this arrangement.The program curriculum and course offering is described in Table 1.Table 1: Shows schedule of courses, location, and quarter or semester of offerings. Dates At Rose-Hulman At Seoul Tech Spring semester Advanced Optics (only for (Mar-Jun) Korean students) Fall quarter OE580 Lens Design and (Sep-Nov) Aberrations OE592 Fourier Optics OE595 Optical Metrology OE520 Principles of Optics (optional

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Kevin Kochersberger, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christopher Kappes, Virginia Tech

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process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community with the aim of combining knowledge and action for social change…”10The primary purpose of utilizing CBPR as a conceptual framework for the engineering designprocess is to empower community members as agents of change, building upon community assetsin every phase of the design process in order to develop appropriate, sustainable solutions10, 12.Importantly, shown in Figure 1, CBPR proposes a paradigm shift in the traditional attitude andmethods of engineering design10, 13. CBPR challenges the model of traditional engineering designin which a team of engineering “experts”, most often from outside the community

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Randolph C. K. Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Gloria S.L Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alan S. L. Kwok

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) to meet the needs of Hong Kong as a knowledge-based economy [1], [2]. Thenew academic structure principally aims to prepare students for future challenges thatdemands skills/qualities such as adaptability, creativity, independent thinking and life-longlearning capabilities. It is expected that the combination of subjects offered, new teachingmethodologies and the assessment methods help students to develop those skills to becompetitive in the local and international job markets.The new senior secondary curriculum which is more diversified and broad, breaks the barrierof traditional arts and science streaming. The subjects suit different students’ interest,aptitudes, needs and abilities allowing them to reach their full potential. The new

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Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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QinQin Yu, University of California, Berkeley; Jakob Dahl, University of California, Berkeley; Alphonse Habyarimana, Kepler Tech Lab

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Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Kepler Tech Lab: Developing an affordable skills-based engineering lab course in RwandaPractical hands-on education remains one of the main challenges of science and engineeringeducation worldwide [1]. Numerous innovations have made it easier for teachers to incorporatehands-on lab activities into their curricula, including commercially available student lab kits,virtual labs [2], and maker space technology [3]. However, these innovations are often expensiveand inaccessible in lower-income communities.In addition to adapting existing technologies from developed to developing contexts, we need tofind novel approaches to incorporate hands-on activities into global engineering