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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hy Tran; Catherine Clewett

2003-1488 Macro Analog to MEMS: A program for Science and Engineering Outreach to K-12 Students Catherine F. M. Clewett1, Hy D. Tran2 1 Albuquerque Country Day School (currently at New Mexico Tech), cclewett@nmt.edu 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, tran@me.unm.eduAbstractMicro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) are used as a vehicle to teach engineering andphysical sciences concepts to high school students and to encourage more students to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

context.1,2,3,4 The question that confronts those that teach design is how broad andinclusive is the context that is presented to the our student. Many schools have addressed thisissues in the capstone project class5 [This reference contains an additional 36 references ofvarious schools’ approaches]. Our answer is “as broad as possible” including engineering, Page 6.311.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationbusiness, industrial design and social sciences. To achieve this broadest possible

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

cooperatively, dividing up the readings and meeting outside of class to teach one another, increase student learning and their engagement with the class. Good advising is important, but more so are activities outside the classroom such as Page 7.806.2 study techniques; e.g., working in small groups outside of class. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education · Take small classes. Class size is important: small-group tutorials, small seminars, and one-to-one

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Uanny Brens Garcia; Douglas Bodner

motivates the VIS. In Section 3, wedescribe the VIS concept. Section 4 presents a specific VIS learning system in productionplanning. Section 5 discusses our deployment and assessment results to date. We conclude withplans for future work and dissemination of the VIS.2. Motivation and BackgroundImproving student learning has motivated new approaches to teaching in the engineeringcurriculum. This has led to innovative hands-on and project-based courses, and to the use ofeducational technology. While an exhaustive listing of new teaching approaches and techniques Page 7.1199.1is beyond the scope of this paper, several example efforts can be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice M. Margle, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Yu-Chang Hsu, Boise State University; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1340: TOYS’N MORE -INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF IN-TERVENTION STRATEGIESJanice M. Margle, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Janice M. Margle, Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State Abington, received her M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. She is Co-PI on the NSF-Sponsored Toys’n MORE grant and currently teaches introductory thermodynamics and introductory engineering design courses. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and has worked for NASA, the Navy, IBM, PPL, and private industry. She is active in promoting activities to increase the number of women and minorities in engineering and is a member of Penn State’s Women In Science and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; John H. Bailey, Eastern Arizona College; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College

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NSF Grantees

- neers. He’s the PI on two NSF S-STEM grants providing academic and career guidance to students in CSEM fields. He js a Professor of Electrical Engineering within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU. Prior to joining ASU, he worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has authored over 190 technical papers and three engineering texts. He has given more than 60 invited presentations - including 13 plenaries. Since 1994, he has directed an extensive engineering mentoring-research program that has served over 300 students. He’s an AT&T Bell Labs Fellow, Boe- ing A.D

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Walsh; David Kelso; John Troy; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

been considered an important, if subordinate, skill for engineers.Until the early 90s, two paradigms for teaching engineers to write dominated the pedagogicalscene. In the first model, engineering students were required to take stand-alone courses incomposition or technical writing, generally offered by faculty in English departments or at leasttrained in English composition. The theory was that students are best taught writing by expertsin the field and that once students have a good foundation in writing, they can build on thatfoundation in their majors. For years Northwestern University followed this approach;engineering freshman and sophomores fulfilled a writing requirement by taking English coursesin basic or intermediate composition

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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-Year Programs Division

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-1257: THE EVOLUTION OF A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERINGTRANSFER PROGRAM: 1995 - 2010Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University Dr. Shelley Lorimer, P.Eng. is the Chair of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Transfer Program (BSEN) at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. She teaches undergraduate courses in statics and dynamics, as well as courses in engineering professionalism. She is currently on a sabbatical leave with a provincial research organization called Alberta Innovates Technology Futures in the oil sands and hydrocarbon recovery group doing reservoir simulation. She has a Ph.D. in numerical modeling from the University of Alberta, also in Edmonton

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

Department of Engineering, which graduated its inaugural class in May 2012. At JMU, Dr. Pierrakos is the director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) and director of the Advanced Thermal Fluids Laboratory. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineer identity, engineering design instruction and methodology, learning through ser- vice, problem based learning methodologies, assessment of student learning, as well as complex problem solving. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability, and K-12 en- gineering outreach. Dr. Pierrakos is a 2009 NSF CAREER Awardee. Dr. Pierrakos holds a B.S. in Engineering Science

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Hani Sait; Hamzah Raja

improve differentfactors for students such as satisfactory, decent variety, and learning [1]. However, the cost israised, since it will need to have less student numbers in every section with expert facultymembers. This cost is nothing as compared to the experience and skills that students might gain[1]. With this, the department should enhance outline teaching method as their most noteworthyneed in any without bounds asset distribution choices. Six factors mainly affect the senior designcourse as shown in Figure 1, will be discussed in detail below.A. Periods of Capstone Howe, S. and J. Wilbarger recommended that a one-to-two semesters course with synchronousclass and venture segments stays well known [4]. However, some university like

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Michael Blocker; Benjamin Ahn, The Ohio State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

for students to obtain that experience.This paper highlights one engineering club at Iowa State University (a Midwestern university in the U.S.),the Cyclone Rocketry club, and focuses specifically on the club’s propulsion team. The paper presents thepropulsion team’s efforts to pioneer new rocket technologies, create several powerful rocket motors, andcollaborate with the university’s aerospace engineering faculty to create supplementary teaching materialsfor a new rocket propulsion course. Furthermore, the paper describes lessons learned and providesrecommendations for starting and running a propulsion team in a university setting. The paper benefitscollege students interested in creating similar student-led rocket clubs in their respective

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Gentry, University of California, Davis; Rachel Altovar

Paper ID #37234Students’ changing perceptions of programming skills inMaterials Science and EngineeringSusan P. Gentry (Assistant Professor of Teaching) Dr. Susan P. Gentry is an Associate Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. One of her interests is in students’ computational literacy and life-long learning of computational materials science tools. © American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology in the Classroom

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Sanders, California State University, Fullerton; Serop Kelkelian, California State University, Fullerton; Markus Wieser; Guenter Bischof, Joanneum

initial tensor componentsand the rotation to be applied, and the program displays the final results without any intermediatehistory) or not widely available (e.g., [20]). In response, the present authors have developedapplications that illustrate three-dimensional tensor transformations dynamically, in real time.This paper documents the development of these applications and serves as their public debut.Of particular relevance to the present work, we note that Pirker [21] has used virtual reality (VR)to create a virtual “educational physics laboratory” and has compared the efficacy of the VRexperience on mobile devices versus in the classroom. The results of Pirker’s study [21] indicatethat the mobile experience profits from more flexibility and

Conference Session

Impact of COVID-19 on Design Education 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #32640The Effects of COVID-19 on Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone De-signStudent Self-efficacy and ProjectsDr. Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University Joanna Tsenn is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She earned her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She coordinates the mechanical engineering senior capstone design projects and teaches senior design lectures and studios. Her research interests include engineering education and engineering design methodology

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lenz Kaspar Bayas, Boise State University; Lisa A. Giacumo, Boise State University; Chantel Early, Boise State University; Kendra Rishell Peterson, Boise State University; Arvin Farid, Boise State University; Briceland McLaughlin, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee P.E., Boise State University; Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Tammi Vacha-Haase, Boise State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

consulting approach in solving ”messy” problems or seizing organizational opportunities. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning from Boise State University where he also serves as a member of the Marginalized and Cross- Cultural Research & Design Learning Tech Group, or ”MarCC Lab,” under the direction of Dr. Lisa Giacumo.Dr. Lisa A. Giacumo, Boise State University Lisa Giacumo is an assistant professor of Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning at Boise State University. She teaches courses in instructional design, needs assessment, and e-learning. Her research interests focus on the use of data, instructional design, evaluation, and a systems-view to

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Audrey Rorrer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; David K. Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Harish P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deep Prajapati, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

a decade of classroom teaching experience at both the K-12, including mathematics and science, and higher education levels and has led multi-million dollar grants providing PD to school districts across the state of North Carolina related to STEM education.Praveen Ramaprabhu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Praveen Ramaprabhu is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Sciences at UNC Char- lotte, where he heads the Laboratory for Multiscale Computational Fluid Dynamics (LMCFD). Starting with his Ph.D. research at Texas A&M University, Dr. Ramaprabhu has worked extensively using ex- periments and careful numerical simulations to advance the understanding of turbulent mixing due to

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michel A. Kornegay, Morgan State University; Md Tanvir Arafin, Morgan State University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #33091Engaging Underrepresented Students in Cybersecurity usingCapture-the-Flag(CTF) Competitions (Experience)Dr. Michel A. Kornegay, Morgan State University Dr. Michel A. Kornegay (Reece) is currently an Associate Professor and a senior faculty researcher for the Center of Reverse Engineering and Assured Microelectronics (CREAM) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. In this center, she pursues research in the areas of wireless signal characterization and device authentication of IoT devices. She is also the director of the laboratory for Advanced RF/Microwave

Conference Session

Professional Development for Graduate Students

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dennis W. Hess, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Electrochemical Society. He has received the AIChE Charles M. A. Stine Award, the ECS Solid State Science and Tech- nology Award, the ECS Thomas D. Callinan Award, the ECS Edward Goodrich Acheson Award, and the ECS Henry B. Linford Distinguished Teaching Award. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Technical Leadership Skills Development Through Interactive Workshops Dennis W. Hess School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0100

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Collaboration and Communication in Problem-based Learning

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Emma Mercier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

dedicated toconstructing a free body diagram of the tailgate (i.e. an explicit prompt for P1); and a follow-upprompt requiring students to evaluate the performance of a different cable choice in place of theoriginal material with explicit direction to evaluate the factor of safety (i.e. an explicit prompt forP4). The scaffolded task also included a prompt to plan the type of loading used to solve theproblem (i.e. an explicit prompt for P2).Data CollectionData collection took place during one semester in four 50-minute discussion sections that wereheld in a laboratory classroom; each section was taught by three teaching assistants. Each week,groups solved the same ill-structured tasks in all sections. Only one task was solved during eachweek’s

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Edgar Reyes, University of Texas at Tyler; Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Andres C Garcia, The University of Texas at Tyler; Benjamin Lee Stilwell, The University of Texas at Tyler; Jongin Aaron Sithideth, The University of Texas at Tyler; Christian Puckett; Christopher Nobinger, University of Texas at Tyler; Cassandra Ellis

thermal fluid sciences and alternative energy systems.DR. MOHAMMAD ABU RAFE BISWASDr. Rafe Biswas is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler in the Department of MechanicalEngineering. His expertise and interests include process dynamics and control, fuel cell systems and thermal fluidengineering education. He teaches courses in system dynamics and control, process control, energy conversion, andthermal fluids laboratory at the Houston Engineering Center. He also has been advisor and mentor to several seniordesign project groups.DR. ANDRES C GARCIABENJAMIN LEE STILWELLJONGIN AARON SITHIDETHGraduating Mechanical Engineering candidate from the University of Texas at Tyler with ambitious leadership anddynamic interpersonal skills

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Ryan Carroll, Canada College; Brian Carrozza, Canada College; Yardley Ordonez, Canada College; Edgar Sanchez, Canada College; Andres Lee, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University

State University, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority and other underrepresented groups in mathematics, science and engi- neering.Dr. Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University Wenshen Pong received his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He joined the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University in 1998. He teaches courses in Civil/Structural Engineering. Dr. Pong is a registered Professional Engineer in California. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey Thomas Yan; James LeRoy Dalton, Cañada College; Kattia Chang, Engineering Student at Cañada College; Bianca Corine Villanueva Doronila, Canada College; Victor Josue Melara Alvarado, Canada College; Christopher Thomas; Ian M Donovan, San Francisco State University; Kartik Bholla; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Kazunori Okada, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

interest in both applications of hardware and software for areas such as robotics.Ms. Bianca Corine Villanueva Doronila, Canada College Bianca Doronila is currently a sophomore at Canada College in Redwood City, CA, majoring in Computer Engineering. She hopes to transfer to obtain her B.S. in C.E. and eventually pursue a career involving gaming design and enhancement.Victor Josue Melara Alvarado, Canada College I’m a Applied Mathematics transfer student. I wish to work on computer vision as I believe it’s really interesting the idea of teach a computer to see the way we do.Christopher ThomasMr. Ian M Donovan, San Francisco State UniversityMr. Kartik BhollaDr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental: K-12 Student Beliefs, Motivation, and Self Efficacy

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer B. Listman, New York University ; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Vikram Kapila is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU Tandon), where he directs a Mechatronics and Control Laboratory, a Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a GK-12 Fellows project, and a DR K-12 research project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and control system technology. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six philanthropic foundations, he has con- ducted significant K-12

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda Kay Gaede, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Thomas Morris, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Rishabh Das; Yu Lei; Thiago Alves, University of Alabama, Huntsville ; Hongyu Zhou, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Farbod Fahimi, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

target audience: civil engineers in the fall of 2017 andmechanical, aerospace, and chemical engineers in the spring of 2018. All of the teaching materials areavailable at http://ece.uah.edu/~gaede/capacity_building/teaching/. We are not aware of any otherinstitution that has offered this type of instruction. If such instruction exists, we can use it tostrengthen our offering.Lecture 1 The lecture material begins with the definition of cyber security. It then introduces theusage of embedded systems in the ICS that are used in dam control and monitoring, powersubstations, water distribution systems, oil/gas distribution systems, and petrochemicalrefineries. In each of these industrial control systems, the instructor helps the students

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wen Huang, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Computers in Education

are expected to serve as a practical reference for engineering faculties toapply new technologies in their instruction. Conversely, a well-designed learning activity willmotivate students to learn with higher interest and better master both engineering andprofessional skills. Lastly, an equal engineering class environment will contribute to the solutionof students’ retention in the engineering disciplines and promote a diversity of work force in theengineering field of the United States [8].Literature ReviewCollaborative learning “Collaborative learning” is an umbrella term for a variety of educational approaches (e.g.,discussion groups, peer teaching, learning community), which emphasize the joint effort of teammembers for a mutual

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BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Gatchell, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

AC 2007-2786: VANTH* BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING KEY CONTENTSURVEY, PART TWODavid Gatchell, Northwestern University David W. Gatchell is a research associate in the VaNTH Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies and in the department of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University.Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Robert A. Linsenmeier has a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and in Neurobiology and Physiology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. His primary teaching is in human and animal physiology. He is the Associate Director of the VaNTH Engineering

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Mitchell, North Carolina State University; John F. Flannigan, III, III, Sloan Construction Company; Renee M. Wooten, SAS Institute, Inc.; Eric P. Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

assignments include Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering at NC A&T State University in Greensboro, and Associate Professor and Deputy Department Head of Mathematics at the United State Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He worked for one year on educational sabbatical to the National Science Foundation. His teaching and research interests include control systems, high-speed packet and cell switching networks, multicast routing, and image and data compression of full motion color images. Tony L Mitchell retired after 20 years in the United States Air Force, winning the 1988 United States Air Force Research and Development Award for his work on computer network

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Corrie Clark, University of Michigan; Robert Sulewski, University of Michigan; John Wolfe, Limno-Tech, Inc

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-689: OPTIMIZATION OF GREEN ROOF SYSTEMS FORMULTIFUNCTIONAL BUILDINGS: A THREE-YEAR INTEGRATED CIVIL ANDENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE EXPERIENCEPeter Adriaens, University of Michigan Peter Adriaens is a professor within Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan. His expertise includes fate pathways of persistent organic pollutants (POPs); laboratory and field investigations on contaminant biodegradation in soils, sediments, and groundwater; and sensors for microbial and chemical constituents in environmental matrices.Corrie Clark, University of Michigan Corrie Clark is a PhD Candidate in Environmental

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

leisure4. Education repositories such as ED-CAST orMERLOT5 contain examples of these. Other professors have integrated digital videos to provideaccess to demonstrations6 or present laboratory preparation guidance or even allow for conductof a laboratory experiment from a remote location7.The authors recently implemented an alternative method of using recent technology to providestudents with a learning resource that they can use at a time and place of their choosing. Themethod is referred to here as “Video AI” (AI stands for “Additional Instruction”) and has beenimplemented in the United States Military Academy’s Department of Civil and MechanicalEngineering with measurable positive effects on both academic performance and studentperceptions of

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Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

area.Catherine Peters proposed that civil/environmental engineering curricula should “teach studentsthe fundamentals of sustainable energy, in addition to incorporating sustainable engineering andglobal warming issues14. To effectively engineer sustainable systems, energy flow must beunderstood. For example, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has estimated that about4% of all electricity consumption in the U.S. is consumed by water and wastewater treatment andtransmission, and that electricity accounts for 80% of municipal water treatment and distributioncosts2. Environmental engineers have the potential to lead systematic analysis of products andprocesses from a life-cycle perspective. Environmental engineers may be the best suited of allthe