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Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorna Treffert, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Student Division (STDT)

the faculty's efforts to legitimize the students’contributions impact how the students feel about themselves as researchers and how they cancontribute to the group.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under GrantNumbers 2346868 and 2144698. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National Science Foundation. We would like to express gratitude to Team Y for participatingin this study and for their willingness to open their meetings to us and provide feedback on theinitial drafts of this paper. We would also like to thank Dr. Nicola Sochacka for her insightfulfeedback and

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Best of Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Competency Mindset in an International, Faculty- led Program in Brazil focused on Sustainable Energy”, 2023 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Baltimore, MD, 2023. https://peer.asee.org/44647[7] Kane, A., C. Dietz, and C. Pfluger, “Reflections on an Immersive International Engineering Program Focused on Sustainable Energy in Brazil: A Students Perspective”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2023. https://strategy.asee.org/44075[8] Pfluger, C. “Lessons learned developing and running a virtual, faculty-led, international program on sustainable energy in Brazil”, 2021 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Empowering Change: Cultivating Inclusive and Sustainable Futures in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sydni Alexa Cobb, University of Texas at Austin; Ariel Chasen, University of Texas at Austin; Chandel Burgess, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

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

interactive effects of identity on theengineering workforce that are reflective of the environments and conditions of our field. Extensions of this work in progress will explore multiple regression methods to identifysignificant identity-based interactions related to engineering career success such as salary,employment, and degree attainment. We will also investigate the impacts across different disabilitytype categories provided by the National Survey of College Graduates. A particular emphasis inour forthcoming work will be on centering the experiences of women of color with disabilities asa comparative benchmark. This intentional focus aims to disrupt prevailing notions rooted inWhite, male, able-bodied centrism that have traditionally

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 17

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oluwafemi J. Ajeigbe, Texas A&M University; Talodabiolorun Anne Oni, Washington State University; Oluwafemi J. Sunday, Washington State University ; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Olufunso Oje, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

prior understanding offluid mechanics and heat transport concepts. A worksheet was given to each participant for useby them during the experiment. The experiment's steps were outlined in the worksheet for theparticipants to follow. The worksheet gave the participants a chance to consider and deliberateabout the ideas being covered. Afterward, each participant was given a post-test to examine howmuch they had learned during the instruction. They were then required to respond to thecognitive engagement survey. Participants received links to the online surveys administered viaQualtrics© at the end of the LCDLMs sessions. The cognitive engagement survey prompts askedparticipants to reflect on their LCDLM facilitated instructions and report how well

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Selma Awadallah, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Mohammad AlShaikh Saleh, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Adel Mohamed, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

engagement and industry interest. The feedback received fromparticipants has been positive, highlighting the relevance and value of such a course in the field ofelectrical engineering. However, through careful consideration and reflection on the courseoutcomes, it became evident that there is an opportunity to enhance its impact further by integratingit with the principles of power system equipment design. A full course titled "Special Topics inPower System Equipment and Asset Management" is under development in either Fall 2024 orSpring 2025. This course will cover the design principles of essential power system componentssuch as transformers, overhead lines, cables, and switchgear, factors influencing their operation,failure mechanisms, and

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

series versus parallel connections of componentsfor circuits with medium complexity, such as the one seen in Figure 1. Utilizing the research onspaced repetition, the faculty member began drawing small circuits with commonly confusedelectrical connections and creating a poll within Microsoft Teams asking the students todetermine what was connected in series and what was connected in parallel. While this had beenthe first time the faculty taught this course virtually, it was the third term they taught the courseoverall. Reflecting on performance of past cohorts, the faculty member noticed a reduction inmistakes on reducing networks of electrical components throughout the term. Figure 1: Resistor network with medium

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Wellness, Readiness, and Thriving

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California; Stephanie Nicole Bartholomew, University of Southern California

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Grant No.2306178. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendation expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] J. Trevelyan, “Transitioning to engineering practice,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 821–837, Nov. 2019, doi: 10.1080/03043797.2019.1681631.[2] Z. S. Byrne, J. W. Weston, and K. Cave, “Development of a Scale for Measuring Students’ Attitudes Towards Learning Professional (i.e., Soft) Skills,” Res. Sci. Educ., vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1417–1433, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11165-018-9738-3.[3] R. P. Aleman and et al, “Mind the Gap: Exploring the Exploring the Perceived Gap Between Social and Technical Aspects

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner

with traditional laboratory equipment, the higher attrition ratefor the study group did not appear to be equipment related and therefore did not circumvent thestudy protocol nor invalidate the results for this pilot study.It has been shown that students exhibit differential learning styles which contribute to theircomprehension and assimilation of instructional information especially in a classroomenvironment with a single dimensional presentation format [9] [10]. In order to mitigate alearning style bias on the dissemination of the laboratory procedures, the laboratory assignmentswere provided prior to the laboratory exercise and contained both explanatory figures anddiagrams. Students had time to study and reflect on the assignment and to

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Nisha Kondrath; Mark A. Jupina

-11,2015 Villanova University   their work more reliably and with fewer distractions. In the responses to question 12, a few students commented that they were able to learn much more about the course topics by building and investigating the circuits by themselves. They also enjoyed learning the course material through a multi-faceted approach, where in-class lectures and the textbook readings supplemented the hands-on learning approach. However, students’ comments for question 13 reflected the time commitment issue that was noted previously in the response of question 2. One student’s comments summarized the general concensus of many students in the following way, “I think the course format has a lot of potential

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Linda Laird; Ye Yang

. US News and World Report. (2013). The 100 Best Jobs. Retrieved August 8, 2014: http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs 9. Bull, C., & Whittle, J. (2014). Observations of a Software Engineering Studio: Reflecting with the Studio Framework. CSEE&T (pp. 74-83). Klagenfurt: IEEE. 10. Miller, C. (2014). Technology’s Man Problem. New York Times. 11. Fox, M.F., Sonnert, g., & Nikiforova, I. (2009). Successful Programs for Undergraduate Woman in Science and Engineering: Adapting vs. Adopting the Institutional Environment. Research in Higher Education. 50(4), 333-353. 12. Chung Min-uck. (2014). Daosim: the philosophy for future. National: http

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gary A. Gabriele; Edmond Dougherty

concise narrative. Judges were recruited to serve as the ‘Sharks’. Eachteam prepared either a physical model or an illustration that effectively conveyed theirconcepts. The opportunities presented were SCUBA goggles with built-in LED displaysto indicate depth; a scuba facility for malls, and a scuba training area for water parks. Theremainder of the morning was spent in review and reflection of their work.The final major project was started on Wednesday afternoon and continued through toFriday morning. This project was to provide the faculty an opportunity to develop ideasrelated to their own areas of research. This project allowed them a greater amount of timeto exercise the elements of opportunity finding, market investigation, and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Thomas Ask

concept of ‘bounded rationality.’ This conceptasserts that decisions need to be made with partial, sometimes fragmentary, information, wherefeedback is achieved only in the future. Therefore, value has to be attributed to decisionsimmediately. This concept further recognizes that not all alternatives are considered before adecision is proffered. In practical design one must sacrifice the optimum for the sufficient,perhaps stimulating reflection on Heidegger’s form of the dialectic in which one continually re-asks the same question in a never ending encirclement of the answer.Bounded rationality relates to the design process because it requires rapid distillation ofnumerous ideas and this process can discard or fail to consider good design

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Somer Chipperfield; Kelly Yoder; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak

awareness for their career. We also observed, thatstudents’ interest in global awareness increased with class standing as the MDL predicts.VI. AcknowledgmentThis work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Award NumbersDUE-1141001 and DUE-1044800. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.VII. References1. National Science Foundation (2006). Investing in America’s Future: Strategic Plan, FY 2006-2011. Arlington, VA.2. Reimers, F. (2009). Leading for Global Competency, ASCD 67(1). .3. Doscher, S., (2012) “The Development of Rubrics to Measure Undergraduate Students' Global Awareness and Global

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Steven Magluilo; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Ivan Esparragoza; Gul E. Okudan Kremer

collected to evaluate the reliability of PEARinstruments.AcknowledgmentThis work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Award NumbersDUE-1141001. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed in thispaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.References: 1. Alexander, P. A. (2003). The development of expertise: The journey from acclimation to proficiency. Educational Researcher, 32(8), 10-14. 2. Boud, D. and Falchikov, N. (2007). Rethinking assessment in higher education: Learning for the longer term, Routledge 3. Boyd, H. and Cowan, J., 1985, "A case for self‐assessment based on recent studies of student learning," Assessment and

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ellyn A. Lester; Linda M. Thomas

Assignment, which:  Allowed students to assess their own progress over the semester,   Challenged students to analyze their own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats on a broad scale,   Motivated students to conduct a thorough, detailed reflection on what they had learned throughout the semester, and how they might apply that knowledge in the future, and   Asked students for feedback on the course and suggestions for further improvementVII. AssessmentGiven class size, the n > 30 sample size needed for statistically-significant analysis was notpossible. Formal assessment will be pursued in the long-term. Two outcomes will be analyzed:  Practicing

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ruth Ochia P.E.

this paper is to provide details of theunified bioengineering “overview” curriculum. The curriculum development of Temple University’s (TU)department has been hiring faculty from a wide variety of Bioengineering program as an example to other programs thatbioengineering specialties and the difficulty came with the may wish to include a broader spectrum of areas within theirdevelopment of the curriculum that reflected this diversity. undergraduate bioengineering curricula.The bioengineering curriculum was modified using thebackward course design concept [1] by looking at the contents II. CURRICULUM NEEDSof the proposed senior capstone classes and redesigning theseven

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Holly T. Frederick

foundationalstep increases the depth of student understanding in an area tools provide students with the information that is necessarywhere they expressed an initial interest. Students have to move forward to the second level of the taxonomy whichresponded very positively about the experience and reflected that focuses on Comprehension by Bloom or Understanding asit provides a unique learning opportunity. The framework can defined in the revised taxonomy. If students can explainbe adapted to a variety of disciplines. concepts, the ideas are clearer to

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; John Wheatland; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke

. Goal Setting: At the beginning of each semester, students set academic and personal goals which they are encouraged to post in a visible place. More than half of the students (56%) reported posting these goals. At the end of the semester, they reflect on the goals and what factors impacted their ability to achieve these goals. b. Internships: The coordinator for student work experience provided a workshop for students on applying for internships and research experiences. Additionally, information on security clearances was provided. Internship strategies were also discussed during monthly meetings. Over 85% of the students obtained

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jeffrey Birou; Alistar Erickson-Ludwig; Mira Olson; Kevin Scoles

@Beeber have given the Peck Scholars students significant latitude in completing this project. While one constraint was for the project to be cost­effective, OEMS’s definition of “cost­effective” is dependent on each individual school’s resources; when presented with the combined $2000 that the Peck Scholars Program and SLA@Beeber set aside for the project, OEMS did not find that unreasonable. This trend is reflected in other areas of the project: as long as the Peck Scholars are addressing the five focus areas of OEMS’s sustainability plan (above), OEMS has let the students work fairly autonomously. Given the other commitments of the partner teachers at SLA@Beeber, opportunities for collaboration, input and constraints from SLA were minimal

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; George Tremberger; M. Chantale Damas; Alexei Kisselev; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

atoms. A typical Synchrotron-based X-ray Absorption data plot would show absorption at energy beyond the regular K-edge(or L-edge). When the incoming X-ray energy exceeds the K-edge energy, the remainingenergy would be given to the released photoelectrons. Furthermore, a photoelectron would showresonance when partially confined by the potential imposed by the neighboring atoms. Althoughthe quantum resonance for the superposition of the reflected electron wave and the out-goingelectron wave has no analogy in the first year physics courses, the vibrating string experimentprobing the wave velocity as proportional to string tension divided by mass per unit length andalso the product of frequency and wavelength would offer a working analogy where

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eileen Haase PhD; Harry Goldberg

study groups which met outside ofclass which could be viewed as a reflection of the student’s perceived value of this activity.Another popular class activity was celebrating Noble Prize week in October, which involvedannouncing each day’s winner, their research, and relevance to the course. Even though lectureswere recorded, last fall over 90% of the students (n=126) still came to lecture each day. Webelieve that the quality and value of the classroom experience prevented a drop in attendance, aproblem that seems to be of national concern.Weekly Team Based Learning (TBL)There has been substantial research documenting the value of team based learning on studentunderstanding and comprehension4,11. However, team based learning is only effective if

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott Bronikowski; Christopher Lowrance; Kenneth Viall

todetermine their own level of success in our courses. Certainly, we strongly encourage andmotivate our students to devote time to studying outside the classroom and offer our personalassistance if they encounter any problems. However, if they fail to take advantage of theseopportunities, then their grade will accurately reflect their level of commitment to the course.For future study, we plan to continue the longitudinal study with the selected courses and assessthe trends on final exam grades and instructor time. Our institutional survey results of allstudents will be analyzed with targeted questions related to the use of cadet time, theeffectiveness of the quiz method, and student preference for the method versus traditionalhomework assignments

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sean K. Turner

properly in the field. Designing new systems as well asunderstanding the financial attributes of the systems are both equally important in the success ofa Sustainability Engineering. In most cases undergraduate students have backgrounds that lackcertain fundamentals such as energy management, architecture design, sales, equipmentmanagement and alternative energy training.Solar AssessmentStudents at Rowan University are given a choice of clinic projects. This gives students anopportunity to pick projects that reflect their interests. We have been able to offer a number ofphotovoltaic (PV) system projects, which in aggregate offers a suite of sustainable energyprojects. Students are split into multidisciplinary teams in terms of some ME, ChE EE and

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

RAMAN LALL; TIMOTHY J. DONOHUE; JULIE C. MITCHELL

systems of differentialequations, fitting parameters to the models is complex and presents convergence issues as thesystems grow in size. In spite of such issues, the analysis of in vivo time series data is veryuseful in gauging the response of in vivo systems that have not undergone artificial isolation andpurification. In particular, such data accurately reflect the activity of cells and organisms andhow they respond to signals and stimuli. Living organisms must coordinate biological machineryacross several levels of organization, from gene expression to dynamic changes in proteinabundance to adaptive changes in metabolic profiles and physiological response. These changescannot always be deduced from in vitro measurements of rate constants and

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elimchili Lyaro; Jennifer Biddle; Jaclyn Stanfield

front of the SC. − Laser and ultrasonic receiver transducers shall be able to transform reflected energy or waves that come from hazard detection into appropriate voltages to be used by the main vehicle control system and the processing to calculate the hazard size. − Navigation system shall be able to send appropriate data to the processing system for the display to show the driver the exact location and distance to the selected exit. − System shall utilize a 64-bit ARM Cortex-R4F CPU with 64k cache. − System shall utilize FreeBSD UNIX operating system. − System shall have a minimum of 256mb of RAM. − Smart vehicle operational data transfer will be encrypted at 128 bit to protect unauthorized access. − The vehicle

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

transponder was inventedby the British in 1939 and the first application goes back to World War II, when Britainpioneered the use of radio-wave navigation and identification of friend or foe aircraft for nightoperations5.A very early demonstration of reflected power (modulated backscatter) RFID tags, both passiveand active, was done by Steven Depp, Alfred Koelle and Robert Freyman at the Los AlamosScientific Laboratory in 1973. The portable system operated at 915 MHz and used 12 bit tags.This technique is used by the majority of today's UHF and microwave RFID tags. The firstpatent to be associated with the abbreviation RFID was granted to Charles Walton in 1983 (U.S.Patent 4,384,288)8.RFID technology operation starts when tags awakened by low cost

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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D. Weber; G. Reluzco; D. Kaminski; B.W. Bequette

a multi-billion dollar energy company that is headquartered in Spain. It has been on a team of companies that are designing new forms of solar and other renewable energies. One development that they made was Concentrated Solar power. In solar energy, panels are typically placed at certain angles to obtain the best sunlight. However, in concentrated solar, solar panels are strategically placed to obtain the most amount of sunlight while still reflecting the light to a single tower that gathers all the light in. This single tower then transmits the energy to a water depot and the heat vaporizes the water, creating high-pressure steam. This high-pressure steam then enters a turbine, which

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Cecelia Wright Brown; Kofi Nyarko; Kevin Peters

relations with others.As the girls move into the high school Personal Assessment Activities -It is important forenvironment we want them to learn to utilize students to evaluate and understand their inner feelings,their own intra-personal intelligence dreams, relationships with others, strengths and weaknesses. The program encouraged the girls to recognizing their individual strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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PAUL FAGETTE; SHIH-JIUN CHEN; GEORGE R. BARAN; SOLOMON P. SAMUEL; MOHAMMAD F. KIANI

, is what we call in the trade a teachingchallenge. ABET has inculcated the concept of self-reflection and addressing how wesucceed in teaching base concepts. Grades and student feedback are neither alwayssufficient nor accurate in determining teaching success. Instructors must take an active,critical role. Accordingly, each of these courses have been analyzed regarding keyconceptual elements and refinement has taken place, further verifying that teaching is anevolutionary process based on more than the internal shifts that come with inculcating newresearch. Engineering has an important, integral knowledge base that can be made availableto a broader audience while fulfilling general education requirements. It can be arguedthat the

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

PATRICK BOBBIE; Sheryl Duggins; VENU DASIGI

is driven by the demand for increasedconvenience and access for students, there are important studies pointing to the enhancedpedagogical value of online education. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Educationsuggests that learning outcomes can be better achieved in certain groups of older learners in theonline mode than the traditional face-to-face (F2F) mode of learning [14]. The results are evenbetter for those taking the course in the hybrid mode. However, the study cautions againstattributing the improvement to the online medium per se. One way to look at the results is thatthe conventional F2F mode is missing something that the online mode provides, e.g., extra timefor independent reflection, which is perhaps particularly