Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katrina Jolene Donovan, South Dakota Mines; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart D. Kellogg P.E., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Matthew Whitehead, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Deborah Jean Mitchell, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

scaleoutreach events. One such event was the first annual A+E Day for mechanical engineering (ME)students hosted for the first time in the fall of 2023 for the ME 110: Introduction to MechanicalEngineering class. The event was such a success that there are plans for a second A+E Day forME in the spring of 2024 semester. The “day” consisted of a three-hour lab block split into two90-minute sections that hosted 65 students across five modules – glassblowing, welding,blacksmithing (forging), casting, and glazing. The overarching theme of the kinesthetic moduleswas thermodynamics in materials processing, and the students all received a lecture on the subjectprior to attending lab. The verbal feedback from the students was positive, the ME students werealso

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Hicks, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cliff Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

asked and answered, responses to feedback questions on the topic, and perceptions ofsuccess of the interaction. Teaching staff were explicitly asked whether students hadmisconceptions about what their “real” problem was.These data allow us to then plan targeted interviews and observations towards interactionsidentified by TAs and students as unsuccessful to develop a more complete view of office hourinteractions at this level.MyDigitalHand collects two main forms of data: automatically collected data related to the timingor context of the interaction, and after-interaction feedback data requested from both students andTAs on how a session went in their opinion. Automatically collected data consists of time stampsas well as student-provided

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yixin Zhang, University of Toronto; Hanzhang Xing; Yaqi Zhang, University of Toronto; Xinyan Du, University of Toronto; Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

comprises the landing page, layeroverview page, and common elements like logo and navigation bar. The layer overview pagepresents four modules - the animation module, TCP layer, transport layer, and data link layer.The animation module features an interactive 3D model and an animation explanationsubpage. The other three modules contain the knowledge of each layer on the correspondingsubpages.3 MethodsSurvey Plan and EvaluationThe testing verifies the effectiveness of our design. The test plan includes internal testing andexternal testing. The internal testing focuses on the functionality of 3D animation andincorporates the 3D animation with the webpage. The external testing focuses on the userexperience of the website. Appendix C summarizes the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division (EED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara R. Etmannski, University of British Columbia

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy Division (EED)

thisanalysis is presented here along with representative student comments, and discussed. The fulllist of survey responses and coding notes can be made available to any interested party.3. Results3.1 Material DevelopmentThe early planning stages of the project included rethinking the traditional textbook format, andopting instead to produce annotated and comprehensive slides designed to function as both studyaids for students and instructional tools for educators. The foundational concepts of engineeringeconomics were systematically organized into twelve distinct chapters, each represented by aPowerPoint slide deck. The size of these decks varied, spanning from 20 to 40 slides, with anaverage of 30 slides and a median of 29. Each deck included a title

Conference Session

Systems Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shamsnaz Virani Bhada, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS)

partnership that could lead to more innovation. Socially-literate and engagedengineers can better translate community concerns into practical action. When trust is builtbetween practitioners and community stakeholders, it can lead to unexpected pathways forintellectual and practical exploration.Finally, a vector that we can plan for but not control fully is the implications on communities.However, we obviously see benefits as were articulated above – more culturally andcontextually-appropriate interventions, better system design – as well as the capacity to developmore asset-based approaches to work in communities. So often community engagement isframed as a way of repairing deficits. By leveraging community voice in full participation withall

Conference Session

Engineering Inclusivity: Challenging Disparities and Cultivating Resilience in Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Morgan Kainoa Peters, Purdue University; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University; Stephanie Masta, Purdue University; Darryl Dickerson, Florida International University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

?MethodsParticipant recruitment and context: As part of the external evaluation plan for the project, weinvited instructors of two associated large-scale (>2000 students per semester) required first-yearengineering courses to talk with us at two different points in the academic year (mid-year, andend-of-year) about their experiences of overseeing and improving student teaming in the courses.At this university, where engineering features prominently in the university’s identity andinternational reputation, students admitted to be undergraduates are not required to choose anundergraduate major as part of their application. Instead, they indicate interest in being admittedto the engineering college, and are administratively labeled as “first year engineering

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 11

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

influences from socializers mayinteract with students’ motivation to persist in STEM. Alternatively, future work couldexperiment with facilitating these interactions to improve motivation. Further empirical insightsthat unpack the dynamics of different socializer-interactions can build a deeper understanding ofthe impact of socializers to inform research and practice.References[1] J. P. Martin, D. R. Simmons, and S. L. Yu, “The Role of Social Capital in the Experiences of Hispanic Women Engineering Majors,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 227–243, 2013, doi: 10.1002/jee.20010.[2] National Science Foundation, “U.S. National Science Foundation 2022-2026 Strategic Plan,” 2022.[3] E. McGee and L. Bentley, “The equity ethic

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 5: Virtual Learning and Technology Integration

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon, University of Denver; Irvin R Jones, University of Denver

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

have “an ability to function effectively on a team whose memberstogether provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals,plan tasks, and meet objectives.” Thus, all programs are clearly instructed to include, and assess,teamwork.While it is easy to put students in teams, it is much more difficult to assess individualperformance and ensure that all contribute as desired. The most common course to require teamsis senior design. ABET again mandates this course saying that the curriculum must contain “aculminating major engineering design experience that 1) incorporates appropriate engineeringstandards and multiple constraints, and 2) is based on the knowledge and skills acquired inearlier course work [1].”As

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Derek David Riley, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. 3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences. 4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts. 5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. 6. an ability to develop and conduct

Conference Session

Innovations in Experiments and Modeling

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rajadayakaran Edison, The Johns Hopkins University; Kellen Roddy, The Johns Hopkins University; Man Kit Ao, The Johns Hopkins University; Panwa Promtep, The Johns Hopkins University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

stripping profiles.This will imply that there is a path from the bottom composition to the distillation composition viathe stages in the middle-section. Figure 4 shows interactive plots from this example.Summary and Future WorkWe are currently introducing these notebooks in our Process Design with Aspen Plus course. Basedon student feedback we will refine these notebooks and our code-base. We will require our studentsto use this code-base to design distillation columns before they start designing columns in AspenPlus. We plan to host these notebooks on a remote server so that it is accessible online. The codeis freely available for download via this Github link. The code base has been written such that itis easy to create new Jupyter notebooks. It

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jennifer L. Cole, Northwestern University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

other two points were omitted from Table 1. The first was “Courses should becarefully planned,” and in their paper, this included subcategories of preparation of the syllabus,ordering textbooks, and communicating dates for exams. These items could be included in point2, about communications, and that is where we have aligned our faculty’s comments. In abroader sense, careful planning would also involve deciding on learning objectives, the depth inwhich to cover topics, deciding on the sequencing, determining effective pedagogy for each classand so on, but these probably are beyond ethical requirements. The other point not included inTable 1 was “Faculty members must not come to class intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.” Weare sure that this is

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 20

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorothy Decontee Gocol, Florida International University; Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello, Florida International University; Monica E. Cardella, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

opportunities for student-led change by encouraging students to identify areas that need improvement and then conductresearch and develop plans for improvements. This involves defining specific and measurablegoals that align with students’ perspectives. The project underscores collaboration, fosteringco-creation, and student- led leadership, diverging from other top-down methods by elevatingstudents’ voices and promoting student agency by positioning students as leaders, rather thanrecipients, of institutional change projects.Against this backdrop, this paper asks: how might storytelling methods, that shift the role ofstudents from research participant to research collaborator, provide insight into students.experiences?Storytelling stands at the

Conference Session

Mr. Burns' Brainchild: AI in the Springfield STEM Classroom, Release the Hounds!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; Kimberlee Ann Swisher

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

incorporate input, process, output, and feedback. An example lesson plan alignedwith Georgia standard MS-ENGR-TS-3 is given . The lesson is found here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YdD24XDFRItQPckJDSn0L0l7OH6AiWL-aRIats-JA9U/editHer lessons depict the richness of the GauGAN’s NVIDIA Canvas where by it can be used tosketch and customize an image. The customizing aspect is very important because each studentcan highlight their input and make it visible to others. This aspect is critical in engineering andtechnology because visualization adds a sense of the design details. Students seem to benefit byinteractive environment where they can modify or manipulate variable to attain their interestedgoals. This is more engaging than only viewing

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Postcard Session (Best of WIPs)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Fuchs, Cornell University; Alexandra Werth, Cornell University; Jonathan T. Butcher, Cornell University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

practices: An ecological perspective," Scaling up assessment for learning in higher education, pp. 129-143, 2017.10. A. N. Kluger and A. DeNisi, "The effects of feedback interventions on performance: a historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory," Psychological bulletin, vol. 119, no. 2, p. 254, 1996.11. A. N. Kluger and A. DeNisi, "Feedback interventions: Toward the understanding of a double- edged sword," Curr. Dir. Psychol., vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 67-72, 1998.12. V. J. Shute, "Focus on formative feedback," Review of educational research, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 153-189, 2008.13. P. C. Schlechty, Working on the Work: An Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents. The Jossey-Bass

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohaned Samer Ahmed, Texas A&M Univeristy at Qatar; Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Marwa AbdelGawad, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

is all part of this understanding that students must attain. This is why visualaids seemed to be a necessity to enhance learning in the classroom.MethodsInitially, a storyboard was created that expressed a simple but comprehensive storyline thatexplained the role of dislocations in the process of strain hardening. The purpose of this storyboardwas to organize the effort of animating and to make sure students can easily follow the mainstoryline and that it is closely linked to the content covered in the lectures. In addition to this, the Figure 1: Plan for the current and future of the projectstoryboard outlines the figures and animations that will need to be developed such that the projectis done comprehensively

Conference Session

Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal Colon, University of Puerto Rico; Andrea Karola Rivera Castro, University of Puerto Rico; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Nayda G. Santiago P.E., University of Puerto Rico; Kaishmarie Alicea Romero, University of Puerto Rico

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

faculty and second in the number ofundergraduate engineering degrees granted to Hispanics (American Society for EngineeringEducation, 2023). Table 1 delineates the undergraduate engineering enrollment across variousacademic programs using data provided by the UPRM Office of Planning, Research, andInstitutional Improvement.Table 1. Summary of undergraduate engineering enrollment for the first semester of 2023-2024 Academic Program Total Female Male Civil Engineering 629 181 448 Electrical Engineering 586 69 516 Industrial Engineering 621

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 18

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr., Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

exploratory mixed-methods study on implementing assignment choice as a meansof students planning a path to meet the course learning objectives 7,8 . The choices in thecurriculum will be fully integrated into Canvas, the Learning Management System, and the coursegrade calculator available to students. A customized course roadmap will be used for the studentsto visually plan their path through the assignments and to their individual path to success. Thisapproach applies to students’ own motivation, whether intrinsic or extrinsic.BackgroundOur study delves into a comprehensive analysis of data spanning from 2012 to the present day.The initial five years of our dataset revealed a persistent trend within our CS-1 courses,characterized by grade

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Statics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Janet H Murray, Georgia Tech; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

students, test versus control sectionsIt is very important to understand that these are preliminary results, and that within the overallcourse experience, the intervention is very small (less than 25% of the homework problems aredone online, and the homework grade is only 5% of the overall class grade – see Appendix A fordetails) so it can only have minimal effect on overall class grade. Also, not every statics topic isaddressed in the software as of yet (as stated earlier, both 3D and V-M diagrams are stillmissing). Still, those results are encouraging and we plan to continue the analysis as the softwareis finally fully developed. We also plan to probe deeper into gender and ethnicity information.We are encouraged that our intended target

Conference Session

Collaborations, Accreditation and Articulation Issues for International Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Elizabeth Leibach, Northern Kentucky University

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International

22.946.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 International Articulation Issues an Engineering Technology Education Response to Global ChallengesAs part of Northern Kentucky University‟s (NKU) strategic plan in 2007-2012, the universitystated – that increasing globalization will require the university to become more international inscope. In accordance with this policy the engineering technology division has undertakeninternational student recruitment efforts and articulation agreements with universities abroad.This paper will discuss challenges in formulating such articulation agreements while maintainingthe integrity of existing accredited programs. The paper explains what

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill M. Zande, Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center

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Ocean and Marine

Japan,with more planned both domestically and internationally in the future to accommodate thecontinued and growing interest.To date, the competitions have impacted more than 9,000 students at formal and informaleducational institutions (middle schools, high schools, home schools, community colleges,universities, 4-H clubs, and public aquaria, among others).10 Figure 1 illustrates the growth inthe number of schools participating in the MATE competitions from 2001 (the year of the pilotregional) through 2010 (the most recently completed competition “season”).The extensive involvement of ocean and other technology-related organizations and individualshas been key to achieving the competition’s goals and promoting its growth and success

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Gail Ellen Gerdemann, STEPs at Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

the MaterialsStore. After writing up a design proposal, a budget, and rationale for why the design is expected to be successful,each team is ready to gather materials. One student from each group is assigned to pick up the materials thegroup needs. In the typical classroom with thirty students and one sink, a water distribution and disposal systemneeds to be planned. For this lab use Petri dishes (or other small wide pans) to reduce the amount of water neededfor each test; each group has a small container of water at their station and another empty container for disposingof waste water to reduce trips to the sink. Also have a large tub for the class for collecting waste water to bedisposed outside later. It works well to have the teacher be

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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Computers in Education

by providing the students with realizable concept ofelectromagnetic radiations. The versatility of the computer enables different types of antennameasurements to be made, and various parameters to be determined. This paper discusses theusefulness of computers in antennas laboratory exercises in a Telecommunications course. Italso discusses student design experiments, and experiments planned for the next step of thelearning experience.IntroductionExplosion of information transmission in the information age is evidenced by the dependenceon information in all spheres of life. In its electrical form, information may be in the form ofvoice, video, or data and transmissions of these require different ranges in the frequencyspectrum. As a result of

Conference Session

Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W Schmueser, Altair Engineering Inc.; Charbel Philippe Saleh, Altair Engineering Inc.; Prakash C. Shrivastava, Oakland University; Lori Lin Crose, Oakland University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-1388: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY/ALTAIR ENGINEERING TECH-NICAL BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CORPORATE INTERNSHIP PRO-GRAMDavid W Schmueser, Altair Engineering Inc. Dr. David Schmueser is the Business Development Manager of University Programs in the United States for Altair Engineering, with primary responsibility for identifying and implementing Altair’s advanced engineering software and grid computing technologies for curriculum and research applications. With more than 30 years of experience in engineering research, project technical management, and en- gineering instruction, Schmueser’s strategic role at Altair focuses on the development and execution of Altair’s university marketing and sales plan, fellowship program

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

the incumbent fossil fuel generator per our energy use plan. We have writtenproposals for funding to provide a more suitable replacement, based on the University of Idaho’shighly successful biofuels research, but none have yet been granted.Diversion LoadA diversion load, controlled by the main inverter/controller dissipates excess generation whenthe battery storage is full. We found this to be an effective way to maintain system stability withthe incumbent system. At 1.0 kW, this load is a little larger than its predecessor’s 400 Watts.This is sufficient to completely avoid disconnecting the baseline water turbine, yieldingautomatic control and security of the entire electrical system at all times. It was tested in thelaboratory as shown in

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

tostart than engineering degrees due to the generally larger student to program ratios.Keywords: engineering enrollment, engineering accreditation, engineering technologyenrollmentIntroduction“Improvise, adapt, overcome” is a credo that engineering and technology educational programadministrators at American universities may need to adopt. To maintain the quality of highereducation in the United States, administrators must strategically plan to optimize programswhich may be successful and discontinue programs which are not successful. They mustimprovise in a time when public funding of higher education is declining, adapt programs tooptimize their operations, and overcome the natural effect of diminished quality which isexpected during periods of

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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First-Year Programs

profession10-12. An effective realization of an epistemic game is in a computer-simulated virtual environment. Computer-based simulation games are an emerging and populararea of research and development in the learning sciences10, 13-15. One advantage of the virtuallearning environment, especially when role-play is involved, may be the immersive element ofthe activities13. In our own prior work, the epistemic computer simulation games Urban Scienceand Digital Zoo have been shown to successfully lead to professional values and epistemology inurban planning and biomedical engineering, respectively, in K–12 students11, 12. An additionaladvantage of the on-line environment is that student communication and work output can becaptured for later in-depth

Conference Session

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

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron L Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University; Cory R. Davis, Oklahoma Christian University; Robert Andrew Stevenson, Oklahoma Christian University

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First-Year Programs

bachelors in Mechanical engineering from the same school. For his senior design project he and his team entered the regular class of the SAE Aero Design East competition and won first place in the presen- tation portion. After completing his masters he plans on entering into industry for a few years and then considering returning to school to pursue his doctorate degree. Page 22.1333.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Student Learning Modules in Trigonometry and Integral Calculus using LEGO MINDSTORMS® NXTIntroduction and MotivationRetention of

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Walsh, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robert S. Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

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Graduate Studies

. The formal establishment of the department wastriggered by input from two major constituencies; overwhelming student demand, underpinnedby industrial pressure and support. The Biomedical Engineering and General Engineering Page 22.1427.2Department is the only degree granting program in the CSU system. It has consistently drawn alarge number of well-qualified applicants. In fact, the department has attracted the highestquality and most gender-diverse applicants in the College of Engineering each year since itsformation. The program has grown at rate in excess of that planned, and faculty hiring has notkept pace; the student to faculty ratio is

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jeff Kesling

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Instrumentation

of scientific and mathematical principles to the method of differential leveling asapplies to the Civil Engineer in the planning and design of the construction of buildings,highways, and bridges were investigated. Such planning and designing requires the surveying oflocations to determine what changes may need to be made prior to any construction or alteration.Differential leveling is the independent measurement of an unknown elevation relative to aknown elevation. One of the key elements to perform accurate differential leveling is the abilityto keep the rod and the instrument plumbed to the earth. Current state of the art is to use anautomatic level and graduated rod, both of which employ bubble-levels to determine plumb.The purpose of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terence J. Fagan, Central Piedmont Community College; Gerald D. Holt, Project Lead The Way

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering toteachers and young students as a potential career path8.”The issue of institution liability when sharing college infrastructure came up early and took moretime to solve than initially planned. After two months analyzing the question of the institution‟sliability for adolescent students, the school requested that the US FIRST team purchase liabilityinsurance. The liability insurance allows the adolescent student to use the college facilities. Onelimitation that needed to be addressed was the institution‟s computer usage, which was solvedwith the creation of a non-curriculum class. This allows anyone registered in the class access tothe college‟s computer system and software. The authors assume that protocol may differ atother