Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; William Trotter Nichols

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-677: A VIABILITY STUDY OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMSYouakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Youakim Kalaani earned his Doctor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cleveland State University with emphasis in power systems. He is a licensed professional engineer, an ABET evaluator, and a member of IEEE, IAJC, and ASEE organizations. He has research interest in electric power, renew- able energy, and optimization. He is currently the director of the newly established Electrical Engineering program at Georgia Southern University.William Trotter Nichols William Nichols graduated from Georgia Southern University in May 2010 with a Master of Science in Applied Engineering. His graduate research

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Frances Ibes, Saint Catherine University; Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) are told the story of Mabel, who lives at the top of a great hill(Point A). One day she saw her grandmother coming from across the field at the bottom of thehill (Point B). Her grandmother stopped to wave at her in the same moment that Mabel wentracing down the hill to embrace her (for she hasn’t seen her grandmother in a great while). Ourchallenge to the students: How can we make sure that Mabel will meet her grandmother with agentle kiss, rather than racing by her, stopping short, or crashing into her?Transferable Educational Elements: The Engineering Design Process (EDP) is introduced as a Page 22.592.12framework for meeting a human

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Harry B. Santoso, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

State University, as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. His research interests include metacognitive processes and strategies involved in engineering design using Solid Modeling, learning style impacts upon hybrid synchronous broadcast engineering education, and team teaching in broadcast environments.Harry B. Santoso, Utah State University Harry B. Santoso received a BS and MS from Universitas Indonesia (UI) in Computer Science. Before pursuing his PhD program majoring Engineering Education at Department of Engineering and Technol- ogy Education, Utah State University, he taught some courses at UI, e.g. computer-assisted instruction. He has been an administrator of e-Learning

Conference Session

High School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona; Jane Hunter, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

87.5% 91.3% 77.8% 78.1% 78.7% 75.0% engineering careerThe other students in my classes 37.5% 34.8% 44.4% 31.5% 29.5% 41.7% share my personal interestsI can succeed in an engineering curriculum while not having to give 68.8% 69.6% 66.7% 69.9% 72.1% 58.3% up participation in my outside interestsI can relate to the people around me 65.6% 65.2% 66.7% 76.7% 73.8% 91.7% in my extracurricular activitiesI think I will succeed (earn an A or 90.6% 91.3% 88.9% 82.2% 82.0% 83.3% B

Conference Session

Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler; Clifton B. Farnsworth, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1012: USING THE EXCEED MODEL FOR DISTANCE EDUCA-TIONRonald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler Ron Welch is Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Until 2 Jan 2007, Ron was an Academy Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA). Ron received a BS degree in Engineering Mechanics from the USMA in 1982 and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and 1999, respectively. Ronald Welch@uttyler.edu.Clifton B. Farnsworth, University of Texas, Tyler Clifton B. Farnsworth is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

AC 2011-507: CERTIFICATE/CONCENTRATION IN ENGINEERING FORP-12 EDUCATORSAnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas AnnMarie Thomas is an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas, and co- director of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education. Her teaching and research focus on Engineering Design and K-12 Engineering Education. Prior to her appointment at UST, she was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design.Jan B. Hansen, Ph.D., University of Saint Thomas Jan B. Hansen is co-director of the Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education at the University of St. Thomas. Her current interests as an educational psychologist focus on outreach through the nonprofit

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline R. Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina M. Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven LaLonde, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

AC 2011-2271: ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE OR-GANIZATIONAL REFORM AND TRANSFORMATION AT A LARGE PRI-VATE UNIVERSITY TO EXPAND THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMENFACULTYMargaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Margaret Bailey is Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Kate Gleason College of Engineer- ing at RIT and is the Founding Executive Director for the nationally recognized women in engineering program called WE@RIT. She recently accepted the role as Faculty Associate to the Provost for Female Faculty and serves as the co-chair on the President’s Commission on Women. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, being the first woman

Conference Session

Extending a Hand Back: Older Students Inspiring Younger Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University; Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-763: A GUATEMALAN IMMERSION FOR TEACHING ENGI-NEERING DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSKristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. Kristine Csavina is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering in the U. A. Whitaker School of Engi- neering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Csavina received a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Dayton and the Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Arizona State University. Her research inter- ests range from motion analysis of human movement in movement disorders, orthopedics and sports to engineering education research in student learning, pedagogical approach, and K-12 outreach initiatives.Lisa Zidek, Florida Gulf Coast University Lisa A. Zidek is

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willard W. Neel P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

for these outward swinging arms is that the angle of thebowstring becomes more parallel to the bow arm when attempting to go past a 55 degreeangle causing the arm to be pulled out of the cord bundles which results in a decreased torquein the bow arm. Figure 4 The two principal ballista configurations: the out swinging (a) and the in swinging forms (b).Student Project DescriptionFor this project, the student began by reviewing the historical background literature to gain anunderstanding of the technical and historical aspects of the project. With the help of the Page 22.73.4authors, the student then re-derived the mechanics

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jian Yu, Auburn University and Tsinghua University, China; Chetan S. Sankar, Auburn University

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International

. Page 22.833.84.4.1 Evaluation of NIT Trichy Workshop Questionnaire I requested the participants to use 5 ratings “A, B, C, D and E” whichrepresent Strongly Disagree (SD), Disagree, Neutral (neither agree nor disagree), Agree andStrongly Agree (SA), respectively. We will assign values 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, which means A=1,B=2, C=3, D=4 and E=5. Because questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 12 are negative questions, theratings A, B, C, D and E, of these questions are assigned 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. The responsesfrom the 33 post-surveys are included here (Table 1). Table 1: Descriptive Statistics N Mean Std. Deviation Variance VAR00001 41 2.8049 1.0055

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziqian Liu, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Ocean and Marine

antenna shownbelow. The antenna and drive parts have a moment of inertia J and a damping B ; these arise tosome extent from bearing and aerodynamic friction, but mostly from the back emf of the DCdrive motor4. The equation of motion is J  B  Tcwhere J  600000 kg  m2 , B  20000 N  m  sec , and Tc is the torque from the drive motor.Now the applied torque is computed so that  tracks a reference command  r according to thefeedback law Tc  K ( r   )where K is the feedback gain.Laboratory assignment: Using Program CC: (1) Find the maximum value of K that can be used if you wish to have an overshoot M p  10% ? (2) Plot the step

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kyle D. Gilroy; Mohammad S. Islam; Robert A. Hughes; Svetlana Neretina; Brandon Lee; Ying Sun

dotsilluminated with visible (Fig. 1A) and ultraviolet (Fig. 1B) light. The six vials shown are aliquotsremoved from the reaction vessel at various time intervals. As expected, the quantum dots showthe intense photoluminescence characteristic of quantum confinement. 336Figure 1: Images showing solutions containing CdTe quantum dots illuminated with (A) visible and (B)ultraviolet light. The extraction times, from left to right, are 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 and 3.5 min, respectively.3.2 Absorption Spectroscopy: Figure 2A shows the normalized absorbance spectra for thevarious CdTe quantum dots produced. The spectra show absorbance peaks ranging inwavelength from 550 to 700 nm where there is an increasing red

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Mo Zhang, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patrick D. Pedrow, Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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NSF Grantees

multi-faceted, multidisciplinaryengineering issues. They are then asked to determine the most important problem/s and todiscuss stakeholders, impacts, unknowns, and possible solutions. Table 2 presents a summary ofsample scenarios, and Appendix B provides three full scenarios with instructional prompts. TheEPS Rubric, an analytic rubric, was developed to measure the extent to which studentperformance in response to a given scenario achieved the six learning outcomes associated with Page 22.38.2the ABET professional skills. This method is flexible, easy to implement, and can be used at the course level for teaching and measuring engineering

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jeffery S. Thomas; Malcolm E. Hays; Megan J. Meyer

stress. The problem can easilybe divided into the following exam questions. (1) Find the centroid location. (2) Given thecentroid location, find the area moment of inertia. (3) Given the centroid location and areamoment of inertia, find (a) controlling section modulus, (b) bending stress at a particular point,(c) maximum bending stress, (d) maximum tension bending stress, and (e) maximumcompression bending stress. Note that most of these questions were asked for in the originalproblem statement. To create multiple versions of questions 1 through 3a, one or more of thecross-sectional dimensions would need to be defined as a variable. To create multiple versionsof questions 3b through 3e, the bending moment could be defined as a variable. Both

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Diana Schwerha; AARON JONES; SHIJING LIU; Sertac Ozercan; Jie Zhou

: 606 A. I learned the basics of this topic; B. The training was organized in a way that I could understand it easily ; C. I think that the training was difficult to follow; D. I believe that I have a foundation to learn more about this topic; E. I believe that the handout was useful. They answered these questions using the following scale: 1 2 3 4 5Completely disagree neutral completely agreeQuestion C was reverse coded to ‘I think that the training was easy to follow’ during analysis. Since wehad small numbers of participants, we utilized non-parametric statistics for the analysis

Conference Session

Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

characteristic information forinitial comparative purposes, be misleading since they provide little insight into the variation anddistributions of the credit hours. To provide a more descriptive presentation of the credit hourrequirements in today’s curricula, simple plots are provided for each data set. Figure 1 providesa summary of the total credit hours required for degree. Figure 1(a) provides the percentage ofprograms requiring various total credit hours and Figure 1(b) illustrates the cumulativepercentage of programs requiring the same various total credit hours. The most commonrequirement is 128 total credit hours with the next most common being 132 total hours. Figures2-6 provide similar presentations of the credit hour requirements for

Conference Session

Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Kozak, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, Walker H. and Krathwohl, David R., Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook 1 Cognitive Domain David McKay Company, Inc. New York. (1956).3. Michaelson, Larry K., Knight, Arletta B., Fink, L. Dee, Team-based Learning: a transformative use of small groups Praeger Publishing, Westport CT. (2002).4. Hamer, O. Lawrence, The Additive Effects of Semistructured Classroom Activities on Student Learning: An Application of Classroom-Based Experiential Learning Techniques Journal of Marketing Education April 2000 vol. 22 no. 1 25-34 Page 22.1435.7

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Saleh, Queen's University

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Engineering Libraries

wereidentified as A1,B3, E4 .. etc.The response rate to the survey was 66% from 42 students representing the 20 project groups.The number of respondents who belong to the same project group varies as shown in Table 2.Table 1. Project assignment of the survey respondents Project# No. of respondents No. of groups Subtotal of respondents per project E 4 1 4 A, B, C, D, F, G 3 6 18 H, I, J, K, L, M, N 2 7 14 O, P, Q, R, S, T 1 6 6 Total

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Kelly Laas, Illinois Institute of Technology, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions; David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

Ethics Pre-Test PART 2    1. What repercussions may there be if Jill challenges Brian’s results to Dr. Brey?            2. The  paper  is  already  published,  so  what  options  are  there  in  terms  of  the  manuscript.  Is there anything they can do?        a. How can Jill find out what the options are?        b. Who is responsible if the results are determined to be false?        3.  If Jill brings up the issue to Dr. Brey and he sides with Brian, what can she do?          4. How may Brian’s lab notebook help with issues encountered in this scenario

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatice O. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical

problems at the interface of engineering and biology. a-4 Apply knowledge of math, science and engineering.b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data b-1 Design experiments for hypothesis testing. b-2 Measurement and data interpretation skills from living systems b-3 Basic circuit analysis and troubleshooting skills b-4 Statistical data analysis skillsc) An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs c-1 CAD skills c-2 Mechanical, fabrication and manufacturing skills c-3 Prototyping skills c-4 Needs assessment skills c-5 Project planning skills c-6 Medical devices design skillsd) An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams d-1

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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ding Yuan, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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First-Year Programs

(b) Building a LEGO robot (c) Programming (d) Asking for help (e) Testing (f) Demo Page 22.53.4 Figure 1: Students in the robotics labObservations and ResultsThe courses Introduction to Engineering and Problem Solving for Engineers are two of the first-year engineering courses. Most students in these courses were new to each other, to the facultyand to the campus. According to the Tinto model13, the more they interacted with theirclassmates and the faculty, the higher the probability they will succeed in

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College; David L Harris, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Joseph Keeter, Harvey Mudd College; Madeleine S Ong, Harvey Mudd College; Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

  12            Other   4            Undecided   4      2)  My  printed  circuit  board  in  Lab  1  worked:              a)  on  the  first  try   22            b)  with  minor  repairs  in  the  lab  session   12            c)  only  after  help  outside  lab  from  the  teaching  staff   3

Conference Session

FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University; David E. Hall, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

withmicrocontrollers does not mean that students will respond positively. Instructors used the “buzz”about the Arduino to motivate students, by indicating that the students were using a new andpopular technology. Instructor observations of student reaction showed that students were notuniversally inspired by or interested in the technology. This makes sense because the definitionof “cool” is not uniform for engineering students. Assessment was performed with an end-of-term survey of student attitudes toward thecourse and how it affected their career plans. Students were asked whether the use of theArduino platform changed their attitude toward computer programming and electromechanicalsystems. The complete survey is included in Appendix B. Results from

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Michael G. Jenkins

that a bicycle frame is not a truss and, therefore, probably cannot be analyzed assuch. Three methods are then employed to prove or disprove this hypothesis: analytical,experimental, and numerical. T ru ssMe mbe rs b ue J oin ts T 4 5mmS GB( top ) S GA

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Information Systems and Computing Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Computing & Information Technology

Page 22.1068.5 contents. Use the GIS join operations to integrate the data and symbolize the points to create an informative map. Turn in acompressed folder with a) your map (mxd file) b) data folder containing i. your point data (txt or shp files) ii. spreadsheet with your data log. iii. Any other layers you have included c) Jpeg file with the exported image of your map. d) A short paragraph describing the accuracy of the measurements you have included. Directions for Mapping Assignment 3 This project is similar to the preceding two mapping

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Scott Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

) (b)Figure 5. Word clouds that pictorially show the frequency of certain words by size to the open-ended question of “What are important personal traits needed to become an engineer?” on thea) pre-camp survey and b) post-camp survey.From grouping similar free responses in the 2009 survey, we were then able to then create asurvey question with specific phrases for the following year, and asked participants to rank themin order of importance (Figure 6). We wanted to see what young students thought were the mostimportant traits, even though all the choices are important and possessing a variety of traits isideal.From this sort of question format, we could then also measure changes in responses after thecamp in order to gather quantitative

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Patricia S. Buford

Proceeding of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2decade engineering education programs have transitioned from not only teaching thefundamentals of engineering theory, experimentation, and practice to also being relevant,attractive and connected2.Although many are familiar with the requirements, for clarification, the ABET accreditationrequirements are presented. Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain the following outcomes:(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze

Conference Session

ELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

m p e r a tu r e ( C ) (b )Figure 4. Output voltage Vo response of the thermistor circuit. (a) Typical response of Voversus T for the circuit in Figure 3 when no linearization procedure is used. (b) Typical responsewhen the linearization procedure is used.designed and meets the design requirements, the students are required to construct the circuit ona breadboard. They are instructed to use ±12 V to power the operational amplifier and to searchonline for LF353 pin layout of the chip.Week 3– Voltage Comparing Circuit and Alarm Circuit DesignThe overall objectives of the third week lab session are determine the voltages corresponding tothe

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jennifer Van Donk; Justin Lekos; Sarah Baker; Kevin Yamauchi; Adam Paicely; Brian P. Self; A. Matthew Robinson

30    Developing a Low Cost Prosthetic Foot for the Vida Nueva Clinic: A Multidisciplinary Senior Design ProjectJennifer Van Donk, Justin Lekos, Sarah Baker, Kevin Yamauchi, Adam Paicely,Brian Self and A. Matthew Robinson*California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo/*Hanger Orthotics & ProstheticsAbstractIn Spring 2010, five Cal Poly students joined to form the Piernas de Vida senior project team.Our intention was to address the growing need for low-cost prostheses in developing countries.In conjunction with

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University ; Philip Samuel, BMGI

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Design in Engineering Education

appropriate methods selection. Proc. of the International Design Conference (Design 2002), Dubrovnik, May 14-17, 2002.[14] Lopez-Mesa, B. and G. Thompson (2006). On the significance of cognitive style and the selection of appropriate design methods. Journal of Engineering Design, 17(4): 371-386.[15] Mann, D. (2002). Hands-on systematic innovation. Clevedon, UK: IFR Consultants, Ltd. Page 22.20.12[16] Messick, S. (1984). The Nature of Cognitive Styles: Problems and Promise in Educational Practice, Educational Psychologist, 19: 59-74.[17] Michalko, M. (2006). Thinkertoys: A handbook on creative-thinking