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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexa Kottmeyer

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STEM learning and instruction. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Scaling for the Future: Development of a Sustainable Model for Teaching MATLAB Programming to STEM Students Bradley J. Sottile1, Stephanie L. Cutler2, and Alexa M. Kottmeyer2 1 School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The Pennsylvania State University 2 The Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education, The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractAn undergraduate programming language course in MATLAB has experienced explosiveenrollment growth over the last decade at the Pennsylvania State University’s University Parkcampus. To adapt to the huge growth in

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Matthew Jason Bilsky, Lehigh University; Christian Thomas Davis; Kiana M Wright , Lehigh University; Kumar Swagat, Lehigh University

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Preliminary Investigation into the Use of Audience Video Recordings to Assess Student Engagement During Large Lecture Classes Matthew Bilsky, PhD,1 Christian Davis1, Kiana Wright2, and Kumar Swagat1 1 Lehigh University, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics 2 Lehigh University, Material Science and EngineeringAbstractTwenty-first century higher education is moving from a faculty-centered teaching model tostudent-centered learning. With this change the question has become are the students learning?This study presents a method for direct, authentic, and formative assessment of the studentengagement level during various lecture techniques in large classes. The basis for this study is thatstudent

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Charles M Ouellette, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996; Luke Thomas Plante, United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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number of keystone events addressing the potential for a “SilentSpring” and the “tragedy of the commons”, for example [1]-[2]. Shortly after the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and theestablishment of Earth Day, Saarinen [3] emphasized the need to understand the link betweenhuman activity and environmental impact as future decisions grow in significance. These conceptsare not new as Thomas Malthus [4] emphasized the stresses the human population may place onresources essential for continued survival may result in collapse due to essentially exceeding theEarth’s carrying capacity. Although technological improvements provide a means to continuallychange projected resource exhaustion, the

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University; Kristen A Lee, Menlo College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

design and enhancing creativity in engineering design settings. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #20989Dr. Kristen A Lee, Menlo College c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of Progressive Learning of Ethics in Engineering Students Based on the Model of Domain Learning Esparragoza, Ivan1, Kulturel-Konak, Sadan2, Konak, Abdullah2, Kremer, Gül3, and Lee, Kristen4 1 Penn State Brandywine 2 Penn State Berks

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Thuong N Nguyen, York College of Pennsylvania; Justin Reichner; James Moscola, York College of Pennsylvania; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania

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. Figure 1: Main page of the ABRS websiteDesign SummaryThe backend server for the ABRS project uses a cloud-based solution. The benefits of thisapproach include no initial hardware setup, high reliability, and reduced cost. Heroku3, a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider, was selected for the ABRS project. Heroku providesseveral advantages over other providers such as Amazon Web Server (AWS). Heroku is easy touse and provides a streamlined mechanism for deployment. Heroku also offers a free tier that iswell-suited for this project. One limitation of Heroku’s free tier is that the ABRS web applicationcan only run 18 out of every 24 hours. However, this does not impact the ABRS system sincerentals are only permitted during daylight

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Joseph Michael Mahoney, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Disorders, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, Ergonomics, and Safety and Health at Work. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Case Study of a Video Game Design & Development Course for Mechanical Engineers Joseph M. Mahoney1 1 Penn State Berks, Division of EngineeringAbstractAnecdotally, it has been observed that many engineering students are not motivated to learn orapply computer programming in their courses. Possibly, this is due to computer science topicsbeing pushed upon them rather than students learning them as needed. A senior-level video

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Janusz Kusyk PhD, New York City College of Technology, CUNY.; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

future interdisciplinaryassignments while eliminating potential grading bias. This type of assessment methodologycould benefit students, by introducing them to advantages coming from broader knowledge, andeducators, by letting them develop cross-disciplinary assignments that are resilient to instructor’sgrading bias while stimulating students interests.KeywordsAssessment, common assignment, grading bias, interdisciplinary courses.IntroductionStudent learning outcomes are commonly defined as “any change or consequence occurring as aresult of enrollment in a particular educational institution and involvement in its programs”1.Assessment is the process of defining, selecting, designing, collecting, analyzing, interpreting,and using information to

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Tak Cheung; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Steven Barton, Benjamin N. Cardozo High School; Colin Denis, BASIS independent Brooklyn school

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

sub-minute data binningcapability of the QuarkNet detector, future muon fluctuation volatility analysis by high schoolteachers and students for solar event analysis projects is discussed.KeywordsMuon detection, fluctuation volatility, solar eruption, magnetic cloud, high school research projectIntroductionQuarkNet is an association of physicists, college physics professors and high school physicsteachers dedicated to infusing the standard curriculum with contemporary physics. It providessummer programs for teachers and activities for students 1. Each center is based at a college withsome connection to high energy physics. Surprisingly, New York City has not had an activeQuarkNet center for a long time. In 2016, Queensborough Community College

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Aiwu Zhang, Brookhaven National Laboratory; David Jose Buitrago, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough COmmunity College; Garrett Stoddard, Stonybrook University ; David E. Jaffe, Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Education, 2017 Design and construction of a cosmic ray detector array for undergraduate research at the City University of New York R. Armendariz,1,2 D. Buitrago,1 T. Cheung,1 D. E. Jaffe,3 M. Kennedy,2,4 G. Stoddard,2,4 A. Zhang3 1. Department of Physics, Queensborough Community College 2. Department of Physical Sciences, Suffolk County Community College 3. Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory 4. Department of Engineering, Stony Brook UniversityAbstractCosmic ray detectors are being built by undergraduate engineering and computer scienceresearch students, high school teachers, and college

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Khosro A. Shirvani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

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mechanical properties of metals in their own built testers has been conducted.Specifically, the following two design-build projects were assigned to teams consisting of 3-4students: - Project 1: Design-build a tester for studying the axial load/displacement behavior of wire samples (modulus of elasticity, yield strength, ultimate strength, elongation at break, etc.) - Project 2: Design-build a tester for studying the torque/twist behavior of rod samples (shear modulus, shear yield strength, etc.)Each project was expected to be completed in five weeks followed by a week of testing,demonstration, instructor feedback, and final reporting. There were three distinct phases for eachproject.Problem Statement, Conceptualization, and

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2012 ERC

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William Heetderks

Bioengineering Institutional TrainingDisciplinary Multidisciplinary Interdisciplinary Integrative Program in Complex Biological Systems (UCSF) Challenge 1 – Design and build a fluorescent microscope fromThis HHMI-NIBIB component parts, using it toInterfaces Program, analyze an unknown spectrum.using Boot Camps incomputation and Challenge 2 – Given a set ofmolecular biology and yeast samples, deduce whatTeam Challenges in molecular perturbation occurredbiomedical imaging, prior

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2012 ERC

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Farnam Jahanian

. 22Each sector that becomes cyber-enabled becomes vulnerable to attack. Healthcare,education, and finance are already at risk, and physical infrastructure –manufacturing, energy production, and transportation – will be next. This trendtoward increasingly cyber-physical systems, the integration of computation,communication, and control into physical systems, will continue to offer newchallenges.Consider, for example, the recent STUXNET worm. Discovered in July 2010, this worm targeted SCADA systems that were configured tomonitor and control a kind of centrifuge used in Iranian nuclear fuel processing facilities.1. “We monitored sensitive transmissions about operations by agents in every Federal law enforcement agency in the Department of

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2010 ERC

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Anthony Boccanfuso

Strategies for Effective University‐Industry Strategies for Effective University‐Industry Research Collaborations ASEE ERC March 14, 2010 1 Why Partner? Why Partner?© 2009 Anthony Boccanfuso  Some Facts  ¾ Industry funding typically represents 5 Industry funding typically represents 5‐10% 10%  of a university’s R&D portfolio¾ NSF survey shows that 60% of all successful NSF survey shows that 60% of all successful  small firms have a strategic business  partner and 40% have strong ties to partner and 40% have strong ties to  university researchers¾ 55 60% f h l h R&

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2010 ERC

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Lori M. Bruce

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2010 ERC

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Greg Cirincione

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2010 ERC

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Chris Conrardy

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2010 ERC

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Arun Majumdar

)  Lithium Ion Laptop Battery: $2000/kW­hr Lithium Ion Car Battery: $1000/kW­hr 1  1 Sampling of New Programs Wayne Gretzky “I skate where the puck is going to be, not where it has been” “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”BATTERIES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR TRANSPORTATION (BEEST)  Where We Are Now  Where We Need to Go  §  Broad range of vehicle types

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2010 ERC

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Arun Majumdar

)  Lithium Ion Laptop Battery: $2000/kW­hr Lithium Ion Car Battery: $1000/kW­hr 1  1 Sampling of New Programs Wayne Gretzky “I skate where the puck is going to be, not where it has been” “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”BATTERIES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR TRANSPORTATION (BEEST)  Where We Are Now  Where We Need to Go  §  Broad range of vehicle types

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2010 ERC

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John J McGrath

research at the FDA: 1)Faculty at FDA; 2) Graduate Student Fellowships; 3) PostdoctoralFellowships; and, 4) Undergraduate Student Research Experiences.Number of Awards Anticipated: 3 to 10Funding Anticipated: $500,000Due Dates: April 27, 2010; March 15, 2011; March 15, AnnuallyThereafter CBET/DOE Initiative• Details Expected to Be Public Soon13  FY 2010 NSF Initiatives FY10 Budget Request to Congress è Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) è Science and Engineering Beyond Moore‛s Law (SEBML) è National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) è RE-ENERGYSE è Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) è CAREER Awards è Broadening Participation è Science & Technology

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2010 ERC

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Steven McKnight

 to Know •  What are your research and educational objectives?  –  This is what directs your proposal to the appropriate  program •  What is your approach?  –  Outline — just a few sentences •  What is the specific research contribution you will  make to the knowledge base (the intellectual  merit)? •  If successful, what will be the benefit to society (the  broader impact)?Thank You!Backups 12 Steps to a Better Proposal 1.  Know yourself ‐ strengths/weaknesses 2.  Know the program from which you seek  support 3.  Read the program announcement and GPG 4.  Formulate clear and appropriate research  and education objectives 5.  Develop a viable plan 6.  State your objectives up front in your  proposal 7.  Frame your

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2010 ERC

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Lueny M. Morell

 advance thinking and foster network to discover  discovery and nurture new  – Leading collaboration on ground opportunities to  breaking programs improve business and life  – Identifying the next set of technology  breakthroughs 20  ©2009 HP Confidential  ©2009 HP LABS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM Program Intent – IRP creates opportunities for breakthrough collaborative  research between HPL and university researchers WW – Goals for our RFP program  1.  Provide opportunities for HPL researchers to collaborate with current  partners and explore new research relationships

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2010 ERC

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Thomas W Peterson

Directorate for Engineering FY 2011 Budget Request Thomas W. Peterson Assistant Director for Engineering March 16, 2010March 16, 2010  ENG Use of ARRA Funding •  Young Investigators •  Education and Workforce Development •  High Risk / High Reward •  Translational Research ENG Use of ARRA Funding •  Young Investigators  –  80 additional CAREER awards  –  15 additional BRIGE awards  –  16 additional GRF in addition to the 80 Women in Engineering (WENG) GRF Fellows  funded annually by ENG  –  1 additional IGERT in the area of energy •  Education and Workforce Development  –  40 Postdocs in Industry  –  17 additional REU/RET awards  –  76 additional Education awards

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2010 ERC

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Sohi Rastegar

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2010 ERC

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Heidi Ries

, Colorado State U,  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U Colorado  (Boulder) •  Mechanisms: ? •  Objectives:  create and speed the commercialization of  renewable energy technologies, energy management  systems, and energy efficiency  30 References 1 AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program Guide to R&D  Funding Data Historical Table 1 available at  http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/guihist.shtml 2 “Federal Government is Largest Source of University R&D  Funding in S&E;  Share Drops in FY 2008”, Ronda Britt,  NSF 09­318 available at  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09318/ 3 Map of DOE Laboratories from  http://www.science.doe.gov

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2010 ERC

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Heidi Ries

, Colorado State U,  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U Colorado  (Boulder) •  Mechanisms: ? •  Objectives:  create and speed the commercialization of  renewable energy technologies, energy management  systems, and energy efficiency  30 References 1 AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program Guide to R&D  Funding Data Historical Table 1 available at  http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/guihist.shtml 2 “Federal Government is Largest Source of University R&D  Funding in S&E;  Share Drops in FY 2008”, Ronda Britt,  NSF 09­318 available at  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09318/ 3 Map of DOE Laboratories from  http://www.science.doe.gov

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2010 ERC

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Daniel Schmoldt

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2010 ERC

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David Shaw

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2010 ERC

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Robert J Trew

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2015 ERC

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Matt Hourihan

) Basic (6.1) l  NSF: CEMMSS cross-agency initiative Source: DOD R-1 and historical data. Medical Research is boosted appropriated outside RDT&E title. © 2015 AAAS Agency Notes (Cont.) DOE Office of Science Budgetsl  Defense S&T flat, including DARPA Budget Authority in millions of constant FY 2015 dollars l  8.3% cut to basic research $2,000 $1,800 $1,600 $1,400l  Energy: Large increases, again, for $1,200 renewable and efficiency

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2015 ERC

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Mary Galvin

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Note that College costs increasing significantly faster than inflation Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers (MRSECs)•  1972 NSF established DMR with MRLs•  MRSECs must have 2 or more Interdisciplinary Groups (IRGs)•  Flexibility to develop new areas, support for ‘Seeds’•  Education and REU•  Shared experimental facilities•  Competition every 3 years – 6 year awardsPO: Dan Finotello MRSEC FY14 CompetitionØ  12 awardsØ  Columbia – new MRSEC – one IRG assembling materials from molecular clusters and another on 2D materialsØ  Three 1 IRG MRSECs went to 2 IRGs Ø  Brandeis – new IRG materials for artificial muscles, self-pumping fluids