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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Joseph Cecere

programs byexchanging ideas to improve their capstone educational processes, and while applyingsustainability principles.COURSE OVERVIEWSenior Project - Construction (C E 488C) and Senior Project - Structural Design (C E 488D) aretwo capstone courses in the SDCET program at Penn State Harrisburg. SDCET major’s mustenroll in one of these capstone courses, depending on their focus in the program. These coursesare taken in a student’s senior year and are a year-long course. The course begins in the fallsemester for one credit, and then continues in the spring semester for three credits.The course is presented in a dual format with a one-period (50 minute) lecture discussion classand one laboratory class in the fall. The spring semester has two one

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Track: Pre-college - Technical Session 6

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre-College

Development in the school of engineering and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Dayton. She teaches undergraduate and graduate materials related courses including Introduction to Ma- terials, Materials Laboratory, Engineering Innovation, Biomaterials and Engineering Design and Appro- priate Technology (ETHOS). She was director of the (Engineers in Technical Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning) for approximately ten years. She has incorporated service-learning projects into her classes and laboratories since she started teaching in 2000. Her research interests include community engaged learning and pedagogy, K-12 outreach, biomaterials and materials

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jean-michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

Paper ID #27862Benefits of webcasts ”Muddy Points”Dr. Jean-Michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California Jean-Michel Maarek is professor of engineering practice and director of undergraduate affairs in the De- partment of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. His educational interested include engaged learning, student assessment, and innovative laboratories c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Benefits of webcasts "Muddy Points"Introduction and background:Classroom assessment techniques are simple formative activities designed

Collection

2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Jen Symons, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. Her teaching focuses on thermodynamics, heat transfer, renewable energy, and optimization of energy systems. She currently leads a research team working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and fundamental heat transfer. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland Joseph P. Hoffbeck is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. He has a Ph.D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He previously worked with digital cell phone systems at Lucent Technologies

Conference Session

Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cara N. Morton P.E, Washington State University; Anna Karin Roo, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the writing features that provides them with more agency with theirreaders. Researchers in ESP have explored the genres of the college application essay (Johns,2015), the laboratory report (Parkinson, 2017) amongst other workplace genres. These studiesreveal aspects what may be considered insider knowledge to others. Johns (2015) identifieshow the application essay or personal statement differs from the standard five-paragraph essay. Parkinson (2017) examines how the student laboratory report differs from the researcharticle on which it is based. Through genre analysis studies there is a greater understanding ofwhat is expected of an academic writer to achieve the required genre expectations. Even thoughESP tends to focus on the

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Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique José González-Carvajal, University of South Florida; Gokhan Mumcu, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #255433D Visualization-assisted Electromagnetic Theory TeachingMr. Enrique Jos´e Gonz´alez-Carvajal, University of South Florida Enrique Gonz´alez was born in Valencia, Venezuela, in 1987. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Carabobo, Naguanagua, VE, in 2012 and his M.Sc. in 2018 from the University of South Florida. He was an Instructor in the topics of Optical Communications and Guided Waves Systems Laboratory at his Alma Mater until the end of 2014, when he joined the University of South Florida. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree conducting research within the

Conference Session

Around the Water Cooler: Ideas and Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicolas Ali Libre, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Stuart Werner Baur, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Mark Fitch, Missouri University of Science and Technology; William Eric Showalter P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

year but the same trend was observed in the previous years. Figure 2. Demographic information of participating students in 2019 programHands-on activities in Civil and Architectural Engineering:At the camp, students will learn how math and science relate to the field of engineering. Byseeing first-hand what engineers actually do, campers can better decide on a career or disciplinethey want to pursue. Whether a student is interested in clean energy, cars and motorcycles,explosives, or building bridges or towers, the camp will educate them through hands-onactivities, computer laboratory visits and practical demonstrations. The civil and architecturalengineering program is no exception to this exercise. Both programs offer a tour through

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Hochstein, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

material properties of concrete.The first week of the semester in the reinforced concrete course is used to review both the materialproperties of unreinforced concrete and relevant laboratory tests, including compression, splittension, and flexure. The second week of the course is used to introduce the students to themechanical response of reinforced concrete beams, which includes a discussion of the differenttypes of failure modes and an overview of the internal couple method. During the third week ofthe course, the students learn how to calculate the flexural strength of reinforced concrete beamsthrough application of the internal couple method. The lecture titled “Is The Whole Greater Thanthe Sum of Its Parts? – Aristotle’s Insight into the

Conference Session

Mechatronics and Robotics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Huang, Trinity College; Hunter B. Gilbert, Louisiana State University; Musa K. Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island; He Bai, Oklahoma State University; David M. Auslander, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

2016-2019 at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany.Prof. Musa K Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island Musa Jouaneh is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering at the University of Rhode Island where he has been working since 1990. His research interests include mechatronics, robotics, and engineering education. Dr. Jouaneh founded the Mechatronics Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island, is the author of two text books on mechatron- ics, is the developer of mechatronics-based tools for engineering education, and is the recipient of several c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; David R Veazie P.E., Kennesaw State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

, respectively. He worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories in New Jersey as a Member of the Technical Staff and was a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow at the NASA Langley Research Center. In 1994, he joined Clark Atlanta University’s Department of Engineering, and was the Director of the Mechanical Testing Labora- tories (MTL) and Associate Director of the NASA funded High Performance Polymers and Composites (HiPPAC) Center. Presently, he is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Center for Advanced Materials Research and Education (CAMRE) at the Southern Polytechnic State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Barbara L. Christe, State University of New York; Scott C. Dunning, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

regarding class size, teaching load, laboratory availability,service expectations or research requirements.Policies and procedure requirementsEach accrediting group features policies and procedures that regulate the release of informationto the public. Prior to an accreditation visit, programs should review the latest requirements toensure compliance, especially on websites and in printed materials. These often change andprograms are expected to be up-to-date or make efforts to become compliant. For example,ABET requires three types of information to be available to the public: the program educationalobjectives, the student outcomes as well as headcount data, including enrollment and the numberof graduates. This information should be “easy” to

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer X Wu, Pennsylvania State University; Erin A Hostetler, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

working with a faculty for at least 6 weeks at theirhome campus and spending 2 weeks with a second faculty on the University Park campus.In addition to research, the two weeks at University Park were designed to expose students toopportunities and available resources through programmed activity. The first week at UniversityPark included an arrival weekend orientation with a program information session, group icebreakers, campus scavenger hunt and a half day leadership challenge workshop at a nearbyuniversity recreational facility. During the weekdays, the participants met daily for 1.5 hourswith research program staff for professional development workshops (e.g., safety training,research ethics, communication skills, etc.) and laboratory tours

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Caeley Ashtyn Joy Gibbs, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, 2016.[2] N. Rutten, W. R. van Joolingen, and J. T. van der Veen, “The learning effects of computer simulations in science education,” Computers & Education, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 136–153, Jan. 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.07.017.[3] Z. A. Syed et al., “Evaluation of Virtual Reality Based Learning Materials as a Supplement to the Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Experience,” p. 11.[4] A. Akbulut, C. Catal, and B. Yıldız, “On the effectiveness of virtual reality in the education of software engineering,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 918–927, 2018, doi: 10.1002/cae.21935[5] E. A.-L. Lee, K. W. Wong, and C. C. Fung, “Learning with Virtual Reality: Its

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Radana Dvorak, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Dr. Nicole Ralston Dr. Nicole Ralston is an Assistant Professor and co-Director of the Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research (MCPER) in the School of Education at the University of Portland in Portland, Ore- gon. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design from the University of Washington. An elementary school teacher at heart, she now teaches educational research and STEM methods to undergraduate and graduate students. Her research fo- cus involves bringing active learning strategies to STEM, best practices of research-practice

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eva Cosoroaba, University of Vermont

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Laboratory I” (EE 081) course adopted a version of “Specifications Grading”, as outlinedin Linda Nelson’s book of the same title [1], in Fall 2018. Though the main goal of this teachingand grading intervention was to raise the quality of student writing, it was anticipated that this typeof grading would bring secondary benefits. These include instilling good writing habits in generalfor follow up lab courses as well as provide more transparency and consistency in grading. Theprinciples of specifications grading are detailed in Section 2 of this paper alongside the adaptationsmade for this introductory electrical engineering lab course. The results of the intervention are laidout in Section 3, from both a student and instructor perspective. Section 4

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Liang Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ronghui Ma, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Timmie Topoleski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Deepa Madan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

assist teachers with student engagement, helping them to be successful throughout the STEM pipeline. A few of these key areas include enhancing student’s spatial abilities (k-12 and higher education), integrating ser- vice learning into the classroom, implementing new instructional methodologies, and design optimization using additive manufacturing.Dr. Charles D. Eggleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Charles Dionisio Eggleton is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Uni- versity of Maryland Baltimore County. He has twenty-two years of experience teaching theoretical and laboratory courses in thermo-fluids to undergraduate students and was Department Chair from 2011 - 2017

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Seoyeon Park, Texas A&M University; Rebecca A. Atadero, Colorado State University; Anne Marie Aramati Casper, Colorado State University; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Jody Paul, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Christopher Douglas Griffin, West Virginia University; Ronald R. DeLyser, University of Denver; Christina Paguyo, University of Denver; Scott T. Leutenegger, University of Denver

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the Freshman Engineering Program, in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Min- eral Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). She graduated Summa cum Laude with a BSME in 2006, earned a MSME in 2008, and completed her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2011, all from WVU. At WVU, she has previously served as the Undergraduate and Outreach Advisor for the Mechani- cal and Aerospace Engineering department and the Assistant Director of the Center for Building Energy Efficiency. She has previously taught courses such as Thermodynamics, Thermal Fluids Laboratory, and Guided Missiles Systems, as well as serving as a Senior Design Project Advisor for Mechanical Engineer- ing Students. Her research

Conference Session

Perceptions, Projects, and Practical Approaches

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Lambrechts P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ron Frattura

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

week or just 2 or 3 examinations throughout the semester, there was overwhelming support for weekly quizzesSome of the student comments were incorporated into this year’s course (until the virusshutdown forced strict on-line course presentation) while others are on the way to beingimplemented. The Civil Engineering Department has approved the laboratory component to beadded to the course and the modules for the lab are being developed. This still needs to beapproved by the University but is anticipated to start next year. The homework questions werefurther reduced by making some questions to be optional as extra credit questions. The authorsagree that the 75-minute lectures are long and try to break it up with a video or

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hector E. Medina, Liberty University; Jonathan Tristan Polk, Liberty University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

. S., & Williams, J. G., “Thermal-Hydraulic Design of the B&W mPower SMR,” The 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal – Hydraulics (NURETH-15), Pisa, Italy, May 12-17, 2013.2. Martin, R. P., Miller, J. K., & O’brien, J. E.. “A Scaling-based Applicability Assessment of the CAER Integrated Systems Test Facility.” BWX Technologies Inc. and Idaho National Laboratory. (n.d.).3. Ishii, M., Kataoka, I., “Scaling criteria for LWR’s under single phase and two-phase natural circulation,” Proceedings of the Joint NRC/ANS Meeting on Basic Thermal Hydraulic Mechanisms in LWR Analysis, NUREG/CP-0043, Bethesda, MD, (1982).4. Ishii, M., Kataoka, I., “Similarity and scaling criteria for LWR’s under single-phase

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Factors Influencing Curriculum Development: International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhi Fang, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

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International

, such as visiting the State Key Laboratory, and participating in the 30th Asianremote sensing conference.(3) Teachers’ active participation in class constructionThe head teacher and the counselor have actively participated in their class construction. Thehead teacher is responsible for lecturing professional knowledge and creating academicatmosphere, whereas the counselor for daily management and supervision. The classcommittee would also regularly collect students’ opinions and hold discussion among thehead teacher, the counselor and the students.(4) Development of colorful class activitiesFeaturing “promoting class construction through class activities”, the class committee hasheld a variety of class activities such as fun sports meetings

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Thomas M. Hall Jr., Northwestern State University of Louisiana; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; April Chit Cheung, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

student learningthat many find most important in guiding continuous improvement actions.Aside from collecting too much data, programs often fail to link course-level assessment ofCLOs to the program’s student outcomes, making it difficult or impossible to determine theextent to which student outcomes are attained. In other instances, it becomes difficult todetermine if students in the program have attained the desired knowledge or skill. Assessmentinstruments that are simultaneously used to measure attainment of more than one studentoutcome or performance indicator1 confound the data. For example, grades on a laboratoryreport are used as data for assessing written communication. If the same grade covers bothtechnical aspects of the laboratory and

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in the Sophomore Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

(Taxol) through the use of plant cell cultures from the Taxus Yew Tree. Throughout her time at Rowan and UMass, she developed a passion for undergraduate education. This passion led her to pursue a career as a lecturer, where she could focus on training undergraduate chemical engineering students. She has been teaching at UK since 2015 and has taught Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Computational Tools and the Unit Operations Laboratory. She is especially interested in teaching scientific communication and integration of process safety into the chemical engineering curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Student Performance in an Online Chemical Engineering

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Aerospace Student Projects, Engineering Design and Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kuldeep S Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Chandra Bhushan Asthana P.E., Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

integrate modern educational technology tools and inquiry-basedhands-on learning activities to reinforce science and mathematical concepts required to enterSTEM careers, especially high-demand and emerging field of drone technology.Students learned about potential college and career opportunities and why a background inadvanced science and mathematics is crucial to achieving these careers. However, a balancemust be met for providing a rigorous informal academic environment for the students whileallowing them to enjoy the program’s activities so that they will remember the experiencepositively and perhaps consider STEM-related degrees and careers. We met this challenge bysupplementing classroom instruction with exposure to laboratory and field-based

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Potpourri

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Heather E. Dillon, University of Portland; Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland; Nicole Ralston, University of Portland; Rebecca D. Levison, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #28288Students Taking Action on Engineering EthicsDr. Heather E Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She recently served as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland Jeff Welch is a doctoral student in

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello; Carlos Eduardo Martinez-Torteya, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

following the same design as that reported inthe previous study [4]. The textbook for the course was “University Physics” by Young andFreedman [9]. Students of the course also attended weekly laboratory sessions where “Tutorialsin Introductory Physics” by McDermott and Schaffer [10] was used extensively. All the courseactivities, including the tests, were conducted in Spanish.To measure conceptual understanding, we administered a version in Spanish [11] of theConceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) [12] as a pre- and post-test along with12 DC circuits questions from the Electric Circuits Concept Evaluation (ECCE) [13]. While allthe students enrolled in the course participated in the pre-test, only 63 students took the post-test.During

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson

laboratory pedagogies available in our engineering students’ educational milieu.The ChallengesAs previously described, engineers participate in the tasks of scientific discovery in many ways.These include the design of better sensor equipment and arrays, in data collection systems andthe computational algorithms that analyze such collected data. In our students’ summer researchexperience, it was not much different. The challenge we faced as a research team includedmultiple requirements. The feedback that we had received from earlier presentations of theresults of experiments made it clear that in order for a larger portion of the scientific communityto be interested in the potential “discovery” apparent from the empirical results we would have

Collection

2019 Fall Mid Atlantic States Conference

Authors

Marvin Gayle, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York; Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College; Danny Mangra, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

professional considerations, are considered. ET-540: Digital Computer Theory: Provide an understanding number systems; Boolean algebra; logic elements; multivibrators; clock circuits; decoders; counters; data registers. Laboratory hours complement class workThe course contents for these two classes were modified so that a prerequisite is not required.Also, it benefits students by allowing them to take these courses and remedial mathematics in thesame semester.Women in Technology Summer WorkshopThe goal of any diverse program is to have a group that represents the makeup of the largersociety. Therefore an effort had to be made to increase the female representation in theEngineering Curriculum. Women represented 50% of the population, and over

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Tariq Khraishi

,even whole degrees, on-line. A lot of them offer graduate courses and programs online. Some,even at the high-school level, are offering online degrees.LaMeres and Plumb (2014) found out that converting undergraduate digital circuits to onlinedelivery is as effective as in-classroom offerings. They even found the same result for anundergraduate digital systems laboratory using a remote lab approach. Reid (2006) in theElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at IUPUI studied the conversionof two courses (Digital Fundamentals and C++ programming) has gradually changed twocourses from a traditional lecture / laboratory format to an online format. They found that studentsuccess was comparable to success in a traditional format

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Kyle Trenshaw; Emily Weber; Rachel Monfredo

.). Classroom activities rangefrom simple and quick team-building exercises (e.g., building towers or bridges from notecardsor newsprint, etc.) that provide a low-stakes window into engineering principles and informalopportunities for students to interact all the way to more formal laboratory exercises withassigned teams and peer evaluations. The course culminates in a final open-ended team designproject to investigate the iterative nature of engineering design through a solar heating challengein which students present the struggles they faced and their resulting solutions orally. Together,these assignments and activities aim to enhance the skillsets highlighted by Landis and Peuker asimportant for students’ ultimate success as engineers.CHE 150 has

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kishore Chidella; Srikanth Gampa; Abdulrahman Almohaimeed

developing microprocessor based embedded systems students get hands-onexperience. Students form groups for team-projects; each group of students is encouraged to finda topic for their project. This approach is expected to motivate students to continue researchingin the related areas even after the semester ends. With the tests such as quiz, optional labs andevaluations (such as SPTE and ABET evaluations), students’ feedback are collected forassessment of the proposed approach. Based on the laboratory observations, the proposedapproach helps students involve more with the course materials and improve their academicperformance and helps in understanding the needs and standards of the industry. According tothe SPTE and ABET evaluation outcomes, the