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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunil Dehipawala; George Tremberger; Wenli Guo; Eva Hampton; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

the spins have opposite values 5.The Ising Model tutorial website from University of Norte Dame has been very helpful for our students tounderstand the magnetization simulation results in various temperatures using the Metropolis-Hastingsalgorithm 6 (Notre Dame 2006). The NetLogo Simulation (NetLogo Technology 2015 7) and Matlabsource code examples are available 6, 8.Basically a voting model of choosing a winner out of two contesting candidates would mimic anIsing Model when voting for candidate-A is assigned a spin value of +1 and candidate-B isassigned a spin value of -1. The assumption where each voter will convince his/her neighborsthat they should vote a certain way has a parallel analogy with the Ising Model in terms of theinteraction

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Michael Kinsler; Colin McGill; Giovanni Rodriguez; William Berrios; Jeremy Chow; Amelito Enriquez; Paul Grams; Xiaorong Zhang; Hamid Mahmoodi; Wenshen Pong; Kwok-Siong Teh

consists of a 12V DC CPU cooling fan to circulate air through a heated chambercontaining three heating elements (Fig 1a) into the 3D printer’s enclosure. The heating chamberis connected to the enclosure with a custom PLA duct (Fig 1b) and reheater duct (Fig 1c). ThePLA duct was printed using the PunchTec 3D printer and the reheater system was constructedfrom acrylic sheets. (a) (b) (c) Figure 1. (a) Heating element, (b) SolidWorks drawing for the vent, (c) Reheater. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Annette Sustersic, Pennsylvania State University; Caroline June Klatman, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

participate in this pilot research study. Twenty-three studentsagreed to participate in the survey and were present on the day of the study.MethodologyStudents received a background lecture in work-energy methods for computing deflections theweek before the study began, and were assigned relevant readings in their course textbook to becompleted before attending the study, similar to a flipped classroom. The study began with abrief presentation of the principle of virtual work for trusses after which students were dividedinto two groups, Group A and Group B. Group assignments were posted prior to studycommencement. Mid-term exam #1 grades were used to ensure equal ability levels were presentin each group. Informed consent, under approval of

Conference Session

Engineering Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Norman Love, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

to assess the level of knowledge of each student on the laboratory practice topic.The quiz consisted on 3 questions related to different parts of the experiment, which wereexpected to be learned by the students after the laboratory practice. The quizzes were graded andthe results were separated by group. The average grade for the traditional and experimentalgroups on the quiz can be observed in Figure 5 (A) and (B), respectively. Page 26.978.6 Figure 4: Methodology FollowedFrom the results, it can be observed a wide range of average grades for both the traditional andexperimental groups. For the traditional

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Carla Messikomer

Integrating Project Management Knowledge Modules in Engineering Education Vijay Kanabar, Carla Messikomer, Boston University, Project Management InstituteAbstractA survey of twenty-two programs by Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2013 revealed thatthere is an opportunity to strengthen undergraduate project management (PM) education inengineering schools and colleges. In response to this need PMI sponsored a “for academics byacademics” global curriculum project to baseline undergraduate PM competency. This newcurriculum framework was launched in February 2015. It was the result of five exploratoryworkshops involving eight-five faculty as well as a

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Shaikh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

significantly limited its widespread adoption but is still a well researched andstudied topic3. This method allows only discrete and limited types of responses (eg. A, B, C orD), so questions have to be restricted to multiple choice type of questions.The third method (ABCD voting cards) in which each student has 4 big voting cards (each withA, B, C and D printed on it) and votes for an answer, solves the bigger drawbacks of the clickermethod by simplifying the entire response process4. It ends up loosing anonymity (if studentslook at others’ cards) and is also restricted to multiple choice type questions. Additionally,students do not get a glimpse of the class response in this method, unless the instructor informsthem how the class voted. Counting of

Conference Session

Learning Through Service

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Gary E. Spivey, George Fox University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

of SurveysAs with our previous paper, we used two surveys to assess student self-efficacy with engineeringdesign and their perceived influence of service experiences on engineering learning objectives.Since the fall of 2012, all students in the GFU engineering program have completed the surveysin the first month of the fall semester each year they are in the program. Response data is shownin Tables 1 and 2. Student responses were grouped by their year in the program relative to SE: a. 2 yrs before SE (typically Freshmen) b. 1 yr before SE (typically Sophomores) Page 26.1202.9 c. Just before SE (Juniors) d. During SE (Juniors

Conference Session

Communication and Literacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad M Gotch, Washington State University; Quinn Langfitt, Washington State University; Brian F French, Washington State University; Liv Haselbach, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

our energy future. Retrieved from http://www.neefusa.org/pdf/roper/Roper2002.pdf13. Bittle, S., Rochkind, J., & Ott, A. (2009). The energy learning curve. Retrieved from http://www.publicagenda.org/media/the-energy-learning-curve14. Southwell, B. G., Murphy, J. J., DeWaters, J. E., & LeBaron, P. A. (2012). Americans' perceived and actual understanding of energy. (RTI Press peer-reviewed publication No. RR-0018-1208). Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI Press. Retrieved from http://www.rti.org/rtipress15. Langfitt, Q., Haselbach, L., & Hougham, R.J. (2014). Artifact-based energy literacy assessment utilizing rubric scoring. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. Retrieved from

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Skromme, Arizona State University; Dan Robinson

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

precisely. Moreover, many textbook definitionsare not accurate or complete for the case of series elements, leading to many misconceptions.For example, students may think that elements must have a node in common to be in series,when they need not! Both elements can be part of a series chain of elements, without directly Page 26.158.6sharing any node. A complete definition states that: a) Two elements are in series if one (andonly one) end of each element is attached to a common node, and no other conducting element isattached to that node (or, equivalently, that a node connects one end each of exactly twoconducting elements); and b) If elements A

Conference Session

Topics Related To Engineering Design Graphics Division

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward E. Osakue, Texas Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

plane of Fig. 7c is chosen tobe the top, though the front or right plane could the used. The top plane is the default inAutoCAD 3D space, so no switching of view direction is necessary. Fig. 7d shows the sketch ofthe profile for Fig. 7b on the front plane while Fig. 7e shows the sketch of the profile for Fig. 7con the top plane. This completes the planning phase for Example 1. a) b) c) d) Fig. 8: Example 1 segments a) b) c

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona; Simin Shoari; Behdad Kavianpour, University of California, Irvine

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

+ √y 2 =1 ( ab b2 −y 2 ) ( cb b2 −y 2 ) 2 x2 A2 + By 2 = 1 where √ √ A = ab b2 − y 2 , B = cb b2 − y 2 2 2 The elliptic disk Ax 2 + By 2 = 1 has the area of πAB. Thus the secondmoment with respect x − z plane, mxz , can be calculated as follows: +∞ +∞ +∞ +b mxz = y 2 dxdydz = πABy 2 dy = −∞ −∞ −∞ −b 2acπ +b

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

 c2  b2  1  b2  a2  E = Modulus of Elasticity (o = outer piece, i = inner piece) 2b   2  o    2  i  ν = Poisson’s Ratio (o = outer piece, i = inner piece)  Eo  c  b b a 2 2  Ei  Page 26.991.10Once the interface pressure is determined, the tensile and compressive stresses in the sleeve andbushing are calculated using the standard equations for thick walled cylinders: 3, 4  c2  b2  ob

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 2- Engineering Across the Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce Blandino P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. 11. Hubelbank, J., Demetry, C., Nicholson, S.E., Blaisdell, S., Quinn, P., Rosenthal, E., Sontgerath, S. (2007) Long-Term Effects of a Middle School Engineering Outreach Program for Girls: A Controlled Study. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI, June 24-27, 2007. 12. Gooden, F., Borrego, M., Edmister, W., Waller, T., Watford, B. (2010). An Assessment of Long-Term Impacts of Three On-Campus K-12 Enrichment Programs. Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, June 20-23, 2010. Page 26.249.913. McCormick, J.R., Talbert

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

objectionable difference in the quality of their soldering. Of course,failure to solder a board together earned an immediate grade of zero. To date, few have failed toshow up for class without a soldered and working Minty Boost®.Students are instructed to make the following adjustments to the Minty Boost® assemblyinstructions: a) Only solder in one end of the inductor to the board. We will be making current measurements in the inductor. b) Do not solder in the 2xAA battery holder so that tests can be performed on the Minty Boost® assembly. Instead, solder on leads to the holes marked + and -. These will be used later to connect a DC Power supply to perform various tests on the Minty Boost® USB charger.Instruction a

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

literature andthe ever-growing number of CAE software users in the injection-molding industry. Thereforethese high end skills are desired in students who are graduating from engineering schools6. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)Figure 1. (a) HAAS dual system control simulator hardware. (b) Swansoft CNC simulationsoftware showing machine control panel simulation for HAAS control. (c) Swansoft CNCsimulation software showing machine control panel simulation on a tablet pc for Fanuc control.(d) VERICUT CNC machining and program verification software (e) VERICUT CNC onmachine probing simulation.Ideally, CAE analysis provides

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

review Student Assessments of Assignments, San Learning in EGR 496 A Quizzes Good and Bad Diego. and B assignments Off site 1 review Capstone Review by Panel San EGR 496 A & B, External Project of Experts Diego, evaluation of selected Assessments, Off site 8 Projects by a panel of written

Conference Session

Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Warnock, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

academicsuccess. At the end of each semester, students receive a grade for each course they complete,which is converted to a numerical value (A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, F = 0) and multiplied by thenumber of credit hours to give the number of quality points. Quality points are divided by thenumber of credit hours to determine the GPA. Although this method allows courses withdifferent credit hours to be weighted differently, it does not allow for the relative difficulty ofcourses (i.e. lower level courses are treated as equal to upper level courses) and does not Page 26.589.3distinguish between subject areas so math, physics and engineering topics are

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

protect Clucky’s eggs from Foxy. In both the preliminary and follow-upphases the intended height of the tower was held constant through comparison with aplant (see Figure 1a) and a picture of a fox (Figure 2). Page 26.648.3 a) Dyad building a tower with foam blocks b) Dyad building a tower with Dado Squares Figure 1. The two design challenges adult-girl dyads engaged in.Table 1. Activity prompts for the two design challenges. Activity 1 - Foam Blocks Activity 2 - Dado SquaresPreliminary Phase Build a tower higher than this Build a tower as high as you plant

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

aggregate report of the profiles for students in two different sections with separateinstructors.Figure 3. Learning styles profiles for (A) Spring 2013 and (B) Spring 2014 material balancesstudents. Among students with a preference, active, sensing, visual, and sequential areconsistently predominant in the population, except in Spring 2014 where there is a nearly equalnumber of active and reflective students.In three particular instances, we observed a statistically significant difference (α = 0.05) instudent performance on an exam problem with respect to learning style. These instances occurredin the sensing/intuitive dimension (intuitors had lower scores), visual/verbal dimension (verballearners had lower scores), and the sequential/global

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert F. Richards, Washington State University; Fanhe Shamus Meng; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Franco Louis Spadoni, Washington State University; Angelo Laury Ivory

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

areFigure 2. Venturi nozzle (a) CAD model dimensions, (b) CAD model rendering.accurate, easy to use and easy to understand is of crucial importance. Measurementtechniques must be robust, simple to employ, as intuitive as possible to interpret, withrelatively low uncertainty. If at all possible, students should be able to easily grasp thephysical concepts underlying the measurement techniques.To measure the flow rates of liquid, e.g. water, we have chosen to use a positivedisplacement method: a “bucket and stopwatch” technique. Water flowing out of theoutlet of each experiment is caught in a 500 mL measuring cup. The time to fill the 500mL is measured on a stopwatch. Unfortunately, we could devise no simple positivedisplacement method to measure the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Greenwood, University of Michigan; Dimitrios Zekkos P.E., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

projects with online class projects isthat student enthusiasm, commitment, and learning will be enhanced by working on projects thatare directly viewed and critiqued by the professional engineering community. Specifically, doesreceiving professional feedback through online projects improve: (a) student motivation andenthusiasm, (b) student commitment, and (c) learning? Similar to conventional projects, web-based projects have two primary components: a written report that is made available online andan oral presentation in the classroom. Web-based projects were implemented in two courses atthe University of Michigan, “Soil and Site Improvement” (CEE542) and “GeoenvironmentalEngineering” (CEE549)8, that were taught in the Winter 2014 and Winter 2013

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Alex Birdwell, Northwestern University; Michael Peshkin, Northwestern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

://lightboard.info.     Page 26.325.3  Figure  2.  A)  Lightboard  studio  centers  around  a  glass  board  mounted  on  a  rigid  frame  and  lit  internally.  The  presenter  is  illuminated  by  lights  from  the  front  (hanging  on  left  and  right),  sides  (wall  mounted  with  black  hoods),  and  from  above.    This  picture  was  taken  from  the  video  camera’s  point  of  view.    B)  Schematic  showing  layout  of  studio

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesca G. Polo, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

only. If you were to switch the two cars, what effect would this have on A, if at all? Explain your reasoning. 2. Answer by observation only. If you were free to move support A, where would you move it to so that the beam would remain stable but force A would become as small as possible? Explain your reasoning. 3. Luke states: "Adding a 2,000 pound force B pointing down at P from the top of the beam has absolutely zero effect on force A needed to center the moments." Do you agree with Luke? Justify your answer. 4. Answer by observation only. Pivot P is moved from its original location to the right by five feet, closer to force A. List the steps

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Susan C. Schneider

– Memo Feedback Form for each report that you review and print aHARDCOPY of each review for submission in class. This form contains a series of relevant questions to be usedfor this review/grading. This form is available from the course D2L site in the writing assignment topic in content. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Writing Assignment #1: Power Supply Benchmark Feedback Questions1. Does the memo describe the performance benchmark to be discussed in this memo? A. Yes B. No2. Does the memo tell how the benchmark is interpreted as a quantitative measure of performance? A. Yes B. No3. How was the data acquisition

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Steven Shaffer; Martin Yeh; Thomas Iwinski

, but forassessments systems usually the problem is limited to: (a) identifying who is aninstructor and who is not, and (b) restricting access to course material for whichthe user is not associated. Careful design of access control lists will go a long waytoward solving these issues.Security can be a major issue with an online program submission system,precisely because students are executing program code, possibly on a server.Potential problems can occur from accidental or purposeful misadventure. Forexample, simple infinite loops are common in student code, and without a methodof interrupting these, a server could quickly get bogged down. As an example ofpurposeful mischief, in one early version of our work, a student submitted thefollowing

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

 expect to face any ACADEMIC hurdles?   a. If so, please describe them:  b. How did you plan to overcome the hurdles?  c. Did you actually experience these hurdles in your first year?   d. If so, how did you overcome them?     2. Did you expect to face any PERSONAL hurdles?   a. If so, please describe them:  b. How did you plan to overcome the hurdles?  c. Did you actually experience these hurdles in your first year?   d. If so, how did you overcome them?     3. Did you expect to face any FINANCIAL hurdles?   a. If so, please describe them:  b. How did you plan to overcome the hurdles?  c. Did you

Collection

2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Christopher M. Moore; Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

container homes have become very successful increating a modern, appealing interior design. Figure 6b features the interior of a cargo containerhome. The application of drywall, hardwood flooring, standard appliances and furniture, andlighting creates a home that is very similar to a modern home constructed using a standardmethodology (i.e. without using cargo containers). Figure 6. (a) Internal framing system for cargo container home9, (b) Cargo container home interior10.2. Educational adaptation“Materials and Methods of Building Construction” (Curriculum code; ArchE2103) course inMissouri S&T Architectural Engineering Program covers a variety of educational methodologiessuch as; traditional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Tim Curran, University of Colorado Boulder; Noah D Finkelstein, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

trained to perform the tasks ofdistinguishing images along such abstract lines, so an initial “proof of concept” experiment wasrun, n=6. The experiment used novice subjects. All images in this experiment were Von Kármánvortex streets. Images were shown for 2.0 seconds each. The format of this investigation was asfollows: Pre-test Training Post-testGroup A Match Name with Feedback MatchGroup B Match View MatchTable 1: Proof-of-Concept Groups and TasksPre- and Post-tests contained all the images; training was performed with only half of the images.Both groups demonstrated accuracy was better in the post-test than pre-test (50% is chance

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

the program educational objectives. Student outcomes are outcomes (a) through (k) plus any additional outcomes that may be articulated by the program: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine D. McGough, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno; Courtney June Faber, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students were divided into two perceptions—Sugar Cone A identifies anengineering problem as a problem with specific steps, and Sugar Cone B students describeengineering problems as having a purpose (namely, something that improves technology)6. TheWaffle Cone students identified engineering problems as anything that makes things work; forCake Cone students, engineering problems can be anything6.MethodsSeven second and third year mechanical engineering and bioengineering students completed anopen-ended engineering problem which applied statics concepts in a cell biomechanics context.The participants volunteer research participants from sophomore bioengineering and mechanicalengineering courses. The problem solving sessions occurred outside of class