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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Robert Avanzato

of a model of the well-known Fallingwater structure (physicallylocated in Bear Run, PA) are shown below in figures 5 – 8. As can be observed, themodels are embedded in a realistic landscape that reflects the architect’s emphasis on therelationship between structures and the natural surroundings. Figure 7 depicts an avatar(this author) navigating the stairs in the Fallingwater 3D model. The ability to movethroughout the structure and to interact with the structure enhances the immersiveexperience and has instructional and educational benefits. A user in Second Life also hasfull control of the camera view and the user can translate, pan, tilt, and zoom the viewindependent of the avatar position. This build also contains a few animated

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Kenneth Markowitz; Aparicio Carranza

projects are the culmination of the Electrical Engineering Technology, which involvesthe students in professional level engineering design problems. The main areas completing asignificant project that reflects their Electrical Engineering Technology Program are: • Biomedical applications • Embedded Systems and Control Applications • Network Based Control Systems and Applications • VHDL, and Hardware-Software Co-Design • Alternative, Renewable Energy Sources, and Green Technology Electronics • Sensors and Instruments • Network Security Simulations and Design • A Real Time Wireless Data Acquisition System • Microprocessor and Applications • MATLAB Modeling of Control Systems • Remote Sensing • Digital

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Jenn Rossmann; Karina Skvirsky

0 Before After Before After PHOTOGRAPHY FLUID MECHANICS Figure 3. Student survey data reflecting student confidence in their awareness of and familiarity with the methods of photography and of the physics of fluid flow.ConclusionsThis interdisciplinary course has introduced sophomore students from a variety of majors totechniques of science and art, and to the interactions of these disciplines. While the benefits ofbroader contextualization and liberal arts instruction for engineering students are often lauded,this course offers non-engineering students an entrée into the

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo

it when the video cut back and forth between the entire experimental set-up to the details of handling/testing the sample. Many other student comments dealt with the production of the video, as opposed to the topical content. Monotone voices, cheesy music, and jerky editing should be avoided. Relative to content, it was expressed that explanations of equipment, instrumentation and software should be detailed, not generic.‖22In summary, this study found that the inclusion of short, topic-specific video programs in lecture-based teaching on the construction methods of ICF and SIPs increases learning to a statisticallysignificant degree, as reflected by student quiz scores. Further study on this topic

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

David A. Gray

context of control charts provides significant feedback that allows primary employees to evaluate their own process, and 3) The only way to improve the output of a process is to change it, ergo, “If you do not like your grade, change your process.” These three ideas paint a realistic picture of the college enterprise, and provide the students with context that allows them to evaluate their own progress and to make decisions directed toward improvement.Messiah College’s engineering department has long had concern for successful transition of first yearstudents into the academic rigors of our engineering program. Reflecting this concern, we

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Deepak S. Deepawale; Buket D. Barkana

τ e <<1 Inside Car 655 44.6 0.291 10.21 Inside Train 837 64.04 0.364 165.5Inside car and inside train noise signals are recorded inside the vehicles. The ACF parameters of thesetwo signals are found to be quite higher than that of the other signals. This can be related to the vehicleacoustics. With regard to the temporal aspects of vehicle acoustics, reflected signal with various delaysand amplitudes superimpose the direct signal inside the vehicle. The effective duration ( τ e ) of the ACFcan reveal the characteristic temporal aspects of vehicle acoustics.4. ConclusionIn this paper, we studied the acoustical

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Rajesh G. Bachu; S. Kopparthi; B. Adapa; Buket D. Barkana

providesa representation that reflects these amplitude variations. Short-time energy can define as: 3 ∞En = ∑[ x(m) w(n − m)] m = −∞ 2 (4)The choice of the window determines the nature of the short-time energy representation. In our model, weused Hamming window. The hamming window gives much greater attenuation outside the bandpass thanthe comparable rectangular window.h(n) = 0.54 − 0.46 cos(2πn /( N − 1)) , 0 ≤ n ≤ N − 1 (5)h(n) = 0 , otherwise

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Jennifer Zirnheld; Adam Halstead

of engineering is quite difficult. Thesurvey data reflects the students’ perceptions of their understanding more so than it does their actualunderstanding. However, it can be argued that the students’ perceptions of their levels of understandingof engineering are crucial to their abilities to make important decisions early in their engineering careers.Perception of understanding leads to confidence in decision making. Therefore, a student who believeshe understands engineering is more likely to be comfortable with the decisions he makes in engineeringthan is someone who does not believe he has an adequate understanding of engineering. Although somemay say that a more holistic view of engineering is preferable to a compartmentalized view, the

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Virginia Greiman; Jim Cormier

meta-cognitivestrategies related to reflecting on experience and self-awareness. 5Figure 6: The Grading Rubrics for the Discussion Topic Submissions 5. Evaluations and Student CommentsWe have accumulated data for same courses that are offered online and in a face to face setting. We someof the courses we analyzed there was a - 0.41 difference in course rating when compared with face-to-face. The online course has a lower rating, but not unexpected, for several reasons. They are:a) Large class sizes--Online classes have as many as 230 students. Face to face classes have a maximumof 35 students. b) The facilitators who manage groups of

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Robert A. Hilton

binary file. These improvement in the flash time of the chipKIT flash tool.checksums exist to protect against incorrect programming. TABLE I. ECU CAN BUS COMMANDS (ALL VALUES IN HEX)When a binary file is modified, these checksums need to be EID D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8updated to reflect the programming changes. This is done so Whole Bus FFFFE FF 86 00 00 00 00 00 00that modified binary files that were manipulated for the Silence

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Salamahn Mill; Dafe Ukaivbe; Weiwei Zhu

pixels for CCS pixels q.k =digital value of band k of pixel q In the base image, for each pixel in the CCS area, we will ED + = ( p.k − q.k ) 2search for its most similar pixel. In another word, we need to if ED ≠ 0 // Makes sure p and qlook for a pixel with the most similar surface reflectance // are not identicalvalues in the spectral space. This is called closest spectral fit if j == 1(CSF) [1]. Since the pixels in CCS area have been spectrally

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

David A. Gray

context of control charts provides significant feedback that allows primary employees to evaluate their own process, and 3) The only way to improve the output of a process is to change it, ergo, “If you do not like your grade, change your process.” These three ideas paint a realistic picture of the college enterprise, and provide the students with context that allows them to evaluate their own progress and to make decisions directed toward improvement.Messiah College’s engineering department has long had concern for successful transition of first yearstudents into the academic rigors of our engineering program. Reflecting this concern, we

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Edwin Schmeckpeper; Ashley Ater Kranov; Steve Beyerlein; Jay McCormack; Pat Pedrow

water projects for third world countries Offshore wind farm development Effects of the Tsunami on electrical power generation Student Discussions During the course of their discussions, the students will generally tend to self-organize, which allows them to more thoroughly cover the items mentioned in the discussion prompts. Over the course of the discussion period, the students learn from each other, and their ideas often evolve reflecting their acquiring a more mature understanding of the material in the scenario. When the student groups are less homogeneous, and are comprised of students with different backgrounds and experiences, a review of the discussion

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John W. Duggan; Michael Davidson; Leonard Anderson

modesof communication, including oral (the Final Presentation), written (text of Final Report), design calculations and designdrawings (also part of Final Report). Examples of Student WorkRange of Student ProjectsThe types of design projects selected by student teams for a recent graduating class are summarized in the followingTable. As can be seen, the design projects represent the spectrum of projects civil engineers routinely encounter in thereal world. The range is a testament to the diverse interest of students and a reflection of the types of project they hadencountered during their coop experiences.2012 ASEE Northeast Section ConferenceReviewed Paper [Type

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

content. Grade “GoingTodo, Doing, Rant triplets.” Make sure they arenot recording what they already know how to do. Make sure that they are Ranting appropriately.Rant means “Reflect, Analyze, NexT.” Count the triplets. More triplets, better writing, higherscore.The goal of introduction to engineering is to teach students what an engineering project is. Thecreative, fun part of this class is to move students from playing, to doing things first, to designand finally to problem solving. The notebook the forum in which this narrative can be seen. TheGoingToDo, Doing, Rant triplets map to the emergence of design in all of it’s art, science andbusiness aspects. Counting triples creates a student incentive to record more detail that leads tomore drawing

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

R. John Milne

customer arrival ratesand service times, simulation models can be used to calculate statistics such as average customerwaiting time and the probability that a customer waits more than a specified number of minutes.The primary course objective (as reflected in homework and exam problems) is for the studentsto be able to take a word description of a decision problem, formulate a mathematical descriptionof the problem in spreadsheet (Excel) format, set the appropriate parameters for solving theproblem, and apply canned software (Risk Solver Platform for Education) to solve the problem. 1To facilitate the attainment of this course objective, the author (instructor) uses a variety ofcommunication media

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

J. A. Rozzi-Ochs; C. J. Egelhoff; H.V. Jackson; S. Zelmanowitz

2012 Department ReviewAssessment Tools As per Table 4, a variety of tools can be used to assess student performance, to includeresearch papers, technical papers, journals, capstone project reports, laboratory reports and oralpresentations. Grading criteria were developed to reflect the infusion of IL in relatedperformance indicators. The IL components of the grading performance criteria (PC) evaluatedstudents’ ability to: (1) write a well organized paper, (2) develop a clear and concise theme, (3)identify the type and importance of information related to theme, (4) use of technical writingskills and (5) incorporate a variety

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Surgenor

future career as anengineer.” The results have been positive, but rarely mechatronics specific. Students offeredcomments such as “Teamwork is more important than technical ability” and “You need to bemethodical in the problem solving process”. The fact that the feedback was positive was notsurprising given course surveys from previous years. But the “non-mechatronics” feedbackoriginally caught the attention of the instructors. On reflection, the exercise highlighted to theinstructors that they had designed the course around the process of engineering problem solving,and this has become one of the dominant features of the course.Experience has shown that problems must be presented such that the students are “forced” to bemethodical. The team

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

exposure to the engineering profession (2-4), the designprocess (5), and the diversity of engineering disciplines; all while keeping their excitement, enthusiasm, and enjoyment levelshigh. Teaching first-year students about the engineering approach to problem-solving and design provides them with a frameworkwithin which to apply core scientific knowledge and mathematical skills they are acquiring in other courses. As part of ourIntroduction to Professional Engineering course, small groups of students work together on 2 intensive 6-week design projects.Students choose from a set of topics that reflect the diverse engineering disciplines within our faculty. The project descriptionswere developed in collaboration withEngineers without Borders

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Chirag Variawa

’ steps to help students and TA helped me resolve develop [them]. a problem two of my group members were having… ”Periodic self- At regular intervals, “The team meetings with 90%assessment of team students must be the TA helped us focus onfunctioning required to reflect on upcoming tasks, and past, present, and future helped us distribute tasks team goals accordingly” Table 1.0 – ESP II cooperative-learning goals vs. as perceived by studentsStudents believe that most of the cooperative

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Paul B. Crilly; Richard J. Hartnett

well as other instructors impacted by the course. Attendeesinclude faculty members both inside and outside of the program. At the conclusion, the draftdocument is revised to reflect the input of the EOCR attendees.B. EOCR Outline and ContentThe EOCR document provides the faculty a comprehensive snapshot of the course and includesthe following:1. Executive summary of course2. List of EOCR attendees3. Pending issues from the last EOCR4. Summary of course changes in statement-resolution format5. Course description including the objectives, a syllabus, a list of learning objectives, and a list of ABET a-k student outcomes, etc. 3

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Felipe Pait

, conference talk, at least as much for establishingthe professor’s voice as for the scientific content of the documents themselves.Authority comes from the Creation, which only reveals itself by reflection, by experiment, byconsideration of accumulated wisdom, and by recognizing and overcoming errors. Perhaps it isthe thorniest concept for the gentile, especially the Meridional, oppressed by centuries of forceddeference to political authority and to political intermediaries of the Word. Authority imposesitself by knowledge; by authorship while it renews itself continually; otherwise it dissipates intomere respect for the memory of the knowledge of the elderly. It differs from vulgar authority thatsubjects by the force of rules and the control of

Conference Session

Student Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Spencer Matthew Pollard, California State University, Chico; Abbas Attarwala, California State University, Chico; Jaime Raigoza, California State University, Chico

Tagged Topics

Student Papers

, I faced a steep learning curve. Reflecting on this experience, Ibelieve observing my own physics professors’ teaching strategies would help me refine myapproach. Also, having a physics instructor observe my teaching and provide constructivecomments and feedback could be invaluable. The feedback would allow me to identify areas forimprovement and refine my pedagogical methods. Together, these steps will guide thedevelopment of a more cohesive and impactful curriculum for future iterations of the camp. Infuture camps, we aim to assess the impact on students’ comprehension and application of QKDby using pre- and post-camp questionnaires and analyzing results with Welch’s t-test.ConclusionThe three-week quantum summer camp introduced college

Conference Session

Student Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Megan Elizabeth Batchelor, Mercer University; Chandan Roy, Mercer University

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Student Papers

reflects the constraints of natural convection, whereairflow is driven only by buoyancy forces.In contrast, forced convection dramatically improved heat transfer performance, as evidenced bythe significant decrease in thermal resistance with increasing airspeed. This enhancementunderscores the critical role of airflow in effective thermal management for high-powerelectronic systems.This experiment provided students with a comprehensive understanding of heat sinkperformance under varying conditions. The hands-on analysis reinforced theoretical principles,particularly the relationship between airspeed and thermal resistance. By combining natural andforced convection studies, this laboratory module enables students to connect heat transferconcepts to

Conference Session

Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tennessee Tech University; Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

test apparatus for an engineering laboratory course.” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/cae.22773 12. M. Chen. “Facilitating aerospace engineering senior design: Integrating lab curriculum redesign with student project and new technologies.” Engineering Reports, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/eng2.12938AcknowledgementsThis material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. 2152218. Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.

Conference Session

Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Amro Khasawneh, Mercer University; Sarah K. Bauer, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

% have completed a bachelor’s degree, and 15.79% have achieved a Doctoraldegree. These demographics reflect a sample primarily composed of young adults in the earlystages of higher education, with a diverse ethnic composition and a range of educationaloutcomes. Table1 present the summary of the demographic data.The paired t-test analysis was conducted to compare students' scores on the PGWBI scale beforeand after the service-learning trip to Belize. The dimensions assessed included Anxiety,Depressed Mood, Positive Well-being, Self-control, General Health, Vitality, and the TotalScore. Table 2 shows a summary of the analysis. Table 1. Demographic informationCategory Mean PercentageAge

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Moijue Kaikai; Erin D. Baker

Research- participatory action research through means operations, and multiple step problem solving. Whenof community reflective and progressive problem solving- implemented with the nine Upward Bound students, they hadinclude the improvement of practice through continual learning great familiarity with these areas in their past physics course.and progressive problem solving, a deep understanding of We got through the seven example problems within the

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Sapan Parikh; Amish Patel; Syed Rizvi

a communication and effective utilization of availablecertain extent because there is always much redundancy in the bandwidth. If data packet is routed through many intermediatedata. Finally, most applications in WSNs are mission critical, nodes, the advantage of reducing packet size is additive.which reflects the importance of applications [10]. A data packet consists of two main parts: packet header and A wireless Sensor Network is envisioned as consisting of payload. Packet header contains important information like thehundreds or thousands of sensor nodes distributed across address of sensor node, timestamp and

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Luis Rodriguez; Gail Coover; Dalelia Davis; George Johnson; Oumar Kaba; Angela Frey; Andrew Pham; Amihan Huesmann

thatintelligence is fixed, not changing over time or across contexts, an “entity theory.” Because theybelieve that ability is fixed, entity theorists [2] are highly concerned with messages and outcomesthat supposedly reflect their "true" abilities. When facing challenges, entity theorists tend todemonstrate lowered focus and task avoidance. Others tend to view intelligence as a quality thatcan be developed and that it changes across contexts or over time, an “incremental theory.”Incremental theorists tend to be more focused on improving rather than proving ability tothemselves or others [2]. When facing challenge, incremental theorists are likely to increase effortto further learning and to overcome obstacles. Although many studies have treated

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

R. Joe Stanley; Stuart W. Baur

Training Institute for the courses offered through the PLTWprograms. Missouri S&T began this role in 2006, where only the Pathway to Engineeringcourses IED, POE, DE, CEA, CIM were taught. The Biomedical Sciences Pathway courses,Computer Science Pathway (2014), Gateway to Technology, and the AE (2013) and EDDcourses, which are part of the Pathway to Engineering, have been added after 2008??? Thestudent survey results reflect PLTW high school course availability.Several observations can be made from the 10 question survey results. First, of the 120 surveyparticipants, 87.4% are currently S&T students. The survey respondents include 75.8% malesand 24.2% females. Second, from Question 5, survey participants who expressed having taken atleast