Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Sustainability

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University; Debakanta Mishra, Oklahoma State University; Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #30772INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY CONTENT INTOCIVILENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUMProf. Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at Boise State University in the fall of 2013. He is the director of the Sustainable and Resilient Geotechnical Engineering (SuRGE) Research Laboratory. His research focusses on solving complex geomechanics issues related to problem- atic clayey soils via experimental and numerical modeling studies. Some of his research focus includes, microbiological and chemical modification of

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Materials Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Oscar Sanchez-Mata, McGill University; Mathieu Brochu, McGill University; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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Diversity

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Materials

interests include physics and engineering education, collaborating with Prof. Genaro Zavala’s Physics Education Research and Innovation Group at Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico).Prof. Mathieu Brochu, McGill University Prof. Brochu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University, a Gerald Hatch Engineering Faculty Fellow on Additive Manufacturing and the Director of the Powder Processing and Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Laboratory. He is codirector of the NSERC network on Holistic Innovation on Additive Manufacturing and co-director of the Canadian Additive Manufacturing Network. Prior to Joining McGill in 2004, Prof. Brochu held key AM

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First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michael Elmore P.E., Binghamton University; Peter J. Partell, Binghamton University; Meghan Crist, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

Engineering Education, 2020 Work In Progress: First-Year Engineering Students and Their Perceptions of Academic ProgressIntroductionFirst-year engineering students are often under extreme amounts of stress. In their first semester,they are making the transition from high school to a college or a university where the rigor of thecoursework is above and beyond what they have experienced in the past. Typically, first-yearengineering students are expected to be calculus ready and take a calculus course in their firstsemester. They also take a laboratory science course, either chemistry or physics, but sometimesboth. In addition to these two courses, students usually take an introductory engineering courseand round out their

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

University Dr. Bryner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. He teaches courses in thermal-fluid sciences, experimental engineering, and air-breathing and rocket propulsion. Prior to joining Embry-Riddle he worked for over ten years in the propulsion and energy fields doing design, analysis, and testing on both the component and system level. His current research interests are development of engineering laboratory courses and gas turbine engine component design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Fundamental Instrumentation Course for Undergraduate Aerospace

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Electrical and Computer

education has been mainly focused onproblems that are open-ended in nature (e.g. design problems) or enabling skills more broadly(i.e. ethics, communication). For an open-ended problem, multiple viable and correct solutionsexist. Students’ writings, portfolios, or design-based projects, laboratories, or fourth-yearcapstone projects are areas in which outcomes-based research has been extensively investigated[9]–[12].Most of the work done on closed-ended problem solving is related to aiding students with self-regulation and building their problem-solving capability, rather than aiding the feedback process.Examples of the former include models of problem-solving in engineering and informationprocessing [13]–[17]. These models provide guiding

Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Brittany Weber, Renewable Energy Society; Katelyn Renee Dunnagan , Renewable Energy Society ; Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Sustainability staff quickly realized that such aproduct was not commercially available, and that they did not have the expertise to create such agrill on their own. Therefore, they called on the Renewable Energy Society to create a new typeof grill for the tailgating event. The requirements specified for the grill were vague, only that itshould be able to cook food for a crowd with no emissions. In 2003, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory published an article titled “Fourthof July- No Picnic for the Nation’s Environment”. This article focuses on the effects of thebiggest grilling holiday for the United States, the Fourth of July. The group noted that there areseveral of these types of holidays and the environmental effects might be

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Core Skills

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Paul S. Nerenberg, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University; Emily L. Allen, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

year, when the course sections aretaught by non-tenure-line faculty, and when there is little discussion or development of gradingmethods, laboratory instruction, or normalization of grading across sections. (a) (b) Figure 3. Physics course grades in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019 for FYrE and Control (Non-FYrE) groups.The FCI exam provides a complementary measurement of students’ mastery that does not haveas much dependence on the specifics of the course situation (e.g., grading policy, instructor,etc.). In particular, this assessment targets students’ understanding of the basic concepts of forceand motion that are considered essential for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shelby Ann McNeilly, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

interests in- clude innovative teaching and learning strategies, use of emerging technologies, and mobile teaching and learning strategies.Dr. Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University Dr. Plumlee is certified as a Professional Engineer in the state of Idaho. He has spent the last ten years es- tablishing the Ceramic MEMS laboratory at Boise State University. Dr. Plumlee is involved in numerous projects developing micro-electro-mechanical devices in LTCC including an Ion Mobility Spectrometer and microfluidic/chemical micro-propulsion devices funded by NASA. Prior to arriving at Boise State University, Dr. Plumlee worked for Lockheed Martin Astronautics as a Mechanical Designer on struc- tural airframe components

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Shuvra Das

offering. The Wright State class has both a lecture and a laboratorycomponent. In the laboratory, students perform physical experiments to illustrate themathematical concepts covered in the lecture as well as Matlab-based modeling and simulationexercises derived from the theory learned in class. At Detroit Mercy we already had a freshmanlevel Introductory class on Matlab applications in Engineering. So, no laboratory component wasincluded in ENGR1234.Figure 1 shows a partial pre-requisite structure for some of the earlier mandatory courses inengineering prior to the introduction of the new course. As is clear from this figure, studentswho ran into early difficulties with the Calculus sequence gets held back from the engineeringclasses. Figure 2

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Ilse Nava-Medina; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

specifically, hypothesis-driven orfundamental research is generally not conducted or encouraged to a large extent as part the degree.Such a practice is not because engineering technology students do not have the aptitude forconducting research, but rather the constraints of coursework and the associated laboratory practicelargely prohibits it from a time/resource standpoint. Tackling a research problem as a high-impactlearning experience will be especially beneficial to engineering technology students since many ofthe solutions that they are tasked to seek out as part of their normal job responsibilities involve theactivities of inquiry, hypothesizing, reasoning, etc., in other words, essential components of research.This paper is an exploration of

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Brian K Thorn; Daniel Tomaszewski; Andres Carrano

carbon dioxide [3].There has been limited work on the degradation of wood in landfills [4][5][6]. For the workconducted here, two characteristics of wood degradation in landfills are of major interest: thefraction of the carbon in wood that decomposes under landfill conditions, and the relativeamounts of CO2 and CH4 that are generated as wood decays anaerobically.Micales and Skog [7] report that 0% – 3% of the carbon from wood is released into theatmosphere as CO2 and CH4 once the material has been landfilled. Wang et al [4] observed thedecomposition of 4 wood species in laboratory scale landfills, and reported carbon conversionrates of 0.0%, .1%, 1.8%, and 7.8% for eucalyptus, radiata pine, spruce, and red oak,respectively. For this study we

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

presentation on career opportunities afforded by a degree in the specialty, followedby brief instruction on the principles in the field that will be demonstrated in later activities.Following the brief introduction and instruction, the students complete a number of hands-ondemonstrations, laboratory experiments, or competitions. (B, C, G) Page 12.824.3Networking opportunities – Throughout the week, students are given numerous opportunities tonetwork with university faculty, staff, and students as well as prominent community leaders,established business owners, budding entrepreneurs, and career engineers. They are introduced tothe importance of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

end-of-course surveys. Page 12.1523.4The development of the case for Criterion 3a shows one of the modifications to the seconditeration which was the inclusion of significantly more data for statistical verification of results.This additional data was made possible by faculty involvement from the entire PE staff andsenior graduate students. Additionally, a more detailed breakout of the rubric analysis wasgenerated to determine specific strengths and weaknesses that needed improvement. Table 1shows the rubric used to review the homework and laboratory assignments reviewed forCriterion 3a. Figure 1 shows the results from 2000, and Figure 2

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Mark Breitenberg, Art Center College of Design

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

engineering laboratories and encouraged to correspond withscientists and researchers while working on their final projects. Something as seeminglyinsignificant as a post field-trip luncheon with a group of engineers has been reported as ahighlight of this course.Course Development and HistoryThe “Nature’s Designs” course was taught at Art Center College of Design by Dr.Thomas for 4 semesters (Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005, and Fall 2005). It is anelective course which fulfills part of the science requirement that all degree-seekingstudents must complete. The course is based on one developed at MIT by Dr. Thomas,while she was an undergraduate, and Professors Triantafyllou and Yue. The MIT classwas designed as an introduction to the concept of

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

in electronics has a one unit laboratory associated with it. This work results from effortsto enhance the lecture portion of the course. The most recent course syllabus details coursemechanics and how the course schedules reading, homework, quizzes, midterm exams, a finalexam, and the course project.4Project AssignmentsThe projects focus on digital electronics subsystems. Table 1 lists project problems assigned todate. Complete assignments and a subset of student work appear online.4 Not as significant as theVLSI projects students would complete in a senior level IC design course, the design projectspoint in the direction of VLSI design by requiring similar and simpler analysis and simulationsupport. The projects have wider scope than

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Miami University

Course with Broader Appeal to StudentsAbstractThis paper features course material being designed at Miami University under the NationalScience Foundation’s (NSF) Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant tospecifically address the problem of students’ declining interest in electromagnetics (EM), whileapplications of EM continue to permeate many areas of electrical engineering both in theindustry and academia. The new approach to teaching introductory course of EM aims to sparkstudents’ interest to the subject via offering them several real-world problems from the selectareas of signal integrity engineering, radar, antenna analysis and EM field propagation in humantissue. The problems are intuitively relevant and presentation of

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia; Farhad Omar, University of Virginia; Alexander Hydrogen Martin, University of Virginia; James Durand, University of Virginia

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

3616.8 Table 3 Late Fall / Early Spring normal operational day (Ayman [14] with Modifications)Based on analysis in table 3 the Learning Barge will require about 3.7 kilowatt-hours ofenergy per operational day.After identifying each individual load and determining their power consumption, themost important analysis is to understand the solar radiation we receive each day. Table 4provides a thirty-year average, from 1961 to 1990, obtained from the National RenewableEnergy Laboratory (NREL) [1]. The average solar radiation, in the Money Point areawhere the barge will be located, from March to September is over four hours. However,the average of direct solar exposure is 2.5 hours or less in November

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Harb, Brigham Young University; Richard Rowley, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

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International

concerning innovation and creativity.• Instill Innovation across the curriculum (that is, within the teaching environment of all departments in the college).• Continue to support and further enrich the innovation-oriented classes that are currently in the curriculum of the college.• Establish an Innovation and Creativity Laboratory.• Establish an annual product innovation contest (with prize money) that encourages students to develop their own product ideas.In addition to the outcomes and recommendations listed above, SPIAC also crafted a matrix ofthe student characteristics exemplified at each of the four learning levels (shown previously inFigure 2) for each of the focus areas. Our intention is to use these characteristics as part of

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Computers in Education

the robot-vision system set-up in the University ofMaryland Eastern Shore Mechatronics and Automation Laboratory (UMESMAL). Alsothe dual water tank, rotary pendulum and flexible rotary arm utilize Simulink andRealtime Workshop from Mathworks Inc. for real-time control applications in theUMESMAL. The visual representation of control algorithms in Simulink is translated to Page 13.769.4Matlab m-files, which are subsequently translated to optimized ‘C/C++’ code andcompiled using a Visual C++ compiler for real time control solutions [18].Matlab “Image Processing Toolbox” has been utilized along with other softwareenvironments such as PCI-Geomatics, ArcGIS

Conference Session

Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Calvin Ashmore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bo Yeon Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Geoff Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel Upton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sneha Harrell, UC Berkeley; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janet Murray, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

better engineering education overlap withstrategies that have been shown to be particularly effective for the recruitment, success, andretention of women and minorities12. Of particular importance is offering students extendedexperience in experimentation, observation, and holistic problem-solving, throughinteractive methods. Engineering is an intrinsically “hands-on profession,” historically learnedby apprenticeship, but increasingly distanced from laboratory experiences 13. With previousgenerations of engineering students, it was common for extended experience opportunities tooccur prior to entering university. Backyard explorations and repair of the family car,disassembly and reassembly of common household devices or machines often served as

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Eger Bill; Phillip Aaron, University of Dayton; Charles Schreier, University of Dayton

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International

communication, leadership and business skills.Furthermore, globalization in industry makes international experience an important, but oftendifficult to implement part of the engineering curriculum.1, 2 Experiential learning can be implemented into the engineering curriculum in a variety ofways including co-ops, internships, project and problem based learning, laboratory experiencesand service-learning. However, integration of international experience into an already packedengineering curriculum can be a little more difficult to attain. Study abroad, internationalinternships and co-ops and international service-learning represent some of the ways in whichengineering academia has provided international experiences for some of its students

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

programs. In the first week of the camp,students visit science and engineering departments, research laboratories and institutions, andindustrial facilities to gain general understanding of different scientific fields, and application ofscience and technology in engineering practice. In the second week, students work in smallgroups with professors on specific project to learn more about specific disciplines though hands-on and exploratory activities. Exercises in mathematics, journaling, and presentation skills areintegrated into daily activities. Students stay on campus during the entire period of two weeks ofcamp. In addition to academic activities, various social activities, such as sports, games, andvisiting local Native American groups, are

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

class: hands-on experienceAs a part of this course, each student was required to complete a project (Table 3). Depending onthe number of students enrolled in the course, the project work involved working individually orin groups on an experiment and then writing an individual or a group report. At the end of theproject, each individual/group was required to make an oral presentation on his/her/their workcontribution and findings. The individual/group report was 10-15 pages in length with adequatetechnical content and literature survey.Guest Lectures and Laboratory Tours: The special feature of this course was lectures by a limitednumber of guest speakers (maximum two). In Spring 2005, one of the guest speakers (from ourDepartment of Electrical

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

engineering residential college, and peer mentoring, faculty mentoring,and mentoring by practicing engineers.The introduction to engineering course will include all freshman students in SIUC College ofEngineering. This lecture-laboratory course will provide an interesting description of eachengineering major and allows students to work with hands-on projects that will teach theusefulness of mathematics and basic engineering concepts. The SIUC College of Engineeringhas worked with other departments on campus to offer engineering designated sections of corecurriculum courses, such as math, sciences, English, and speech communication. The summermath course lasts four-weeks and accepts students who test below the pre-calculus level andprepares them for

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Kohl, Cedarville University; Keith Shomper, Cedarville University

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Electrical and Computer

concludes with some lessons learned through the Senior Design Capstone experiencefrom which this multi-threaded software was designed, written, debugged, revised and releasedfor experimentation in DLD. CedarLogic's 10,000+ lines of code is written in C++ and utilizesthe wxWidgets GUI library and OpenGL to render the graphics. CedarLogic can be freelydownloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cedarlogic .Background and NeedDigital Logic Design is a foundational course for many engineering and computer sciencestudents. The first author has been teaching a freshman level Digital Logic Design course forover twelve years. The course includes laboratory projects in which students physically wire upTTL gates on a breadboard, use the CedarLogic software

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Laura Bradbury, Division of Engineering Science, University of Toronto

particular lectures?Once an understanding of these definitions was established, a process and order was developedthat made sense to the students and their conception of their course work and learning: Page 12.1307.7 1) Ensure all course materials – including lecture notes, study notes, assignments, tests, quizzes, projects, textbooks and other handouts, and the final exam – are on hand for reference 2) Go through the lectures/tutorials/laboratories sequentially and identify, in the following order: i. Topic ii. Content

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

students have been able to participate inthe programs sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NASA Marshall Space FlightCenter, and Rolls Royce Corporation to name a few. One additional measure may beimplemented to further harness the benefits of the summer internship program. That is if anadditional seminar or class is included in the ME curriculum so that the students who haveparticipated in the program may present their research work (provided that their research is notsubjected to export or copy rights of the organization) and expose other students to the real worldengineering problems. It is believed that such class would prove to be extremely valuable forretention, especially retention at the Freshmen and Sophomore level

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

) budgeting that culminates in a written proposal and oral presentation requesting funds for development of a product. The third in a sequence of formal design courses that emphasizes completion of a client-driven project usingECE 460 – Engineering Design I (Senior – 4 credit) the design process. Student teams carry a project from inception to completion to satisfy the need of a client. Integral laboratory

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Josephson, Tuskegee University; Jaya Krishnagopalan, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University

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Computers in Education

Engineering Department. His research interests include adsorption, permeation of chemicals through polymeric materials, membrane separation and fire extinguishing agents. Page 11.1144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Spreadsheet Instruction Within A First Year Chemical Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper reports upon our experiences with incorporating formal instruction in spreadsheetsoftware (Microsoft Excel) in our department’s introductory chemical engineering course.Spreadsheet instruction was conducted in the department’s computer laboratory with all thestudents

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FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

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First-Year Programs

from avery wide range of backgrounds. Approximately 40% are non-traditional students, and many areworking. Their starting mathematics level can vary; however, it is a prerequisite of the coursethat students be ready to take calculus (i.e., they have completed our pre-calculus class or havetested directly into Calculus I). Approximately 80 students complete this course each year. Theclass is taught with multiple sections in a computer laboratory with 24 student computers and aninstructor’s computer. The room is arranged in a workshop style where the rows areperpendicular to the front of the classroom allowing easy interaction between students andinstructor.9 The class meets twice a week for 75 minutes to allow time for both the instructor