Conference Session

Teaching & Learning in Graduate Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Young-Jae Lee, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

articulation and online delivery of undergraduate engineering degrees. In addition to conducting research on color image fusion and real-time implementation of algorithms, she is the immediate past chair of the Middle Atlantic Section of the American Society for Engineering Education and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She enjoys observing the intellectual and professional growth in students as they prepare for engineering careers.Dr. Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein, Morgan State University Dr. Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1974 and 1979 respectively. He has over 30 years teaching and research experience

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Whitney L. Anthony, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

courseinstruments that will be shared with the civil engineering department for assessment. Thiscooperative work has been so successful that the geography department is adding sections foranticipated enrollment of 750 in the 2015-2016 academic year in service to the entire college ofengineering.Addressing Gaps and RedundanciesOne of the initial goals of the curriculum re-design was to eliminate gaps between courses(course B expects its pre-requisite course A to cover a topic, but A does not or there is a time-gapbetween A and B greater than 1 year) and redundancies (courses A and B both discuss a topic).Two often cited examples were the discussion of shear and moment diagrams in 3 successivecourses (redundancies), and the teaching of graphics in the

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Stephen N. Kuchnicki

% Seven E: 62% E: 50% E: 27% E: 71% E: 23% Midterms M: 38% M: 50% M: 51% M: 29% M: 75% B: 0% B: 0% B: 22% B: 0% B: 3%These results are taken responses given by students on a Lickert scale. Students are askedquestions such as “I feel confident in my ability to evaluate stress due to axial force loading”, andare able to respond with “Strongly Agree”, “Agree”, “Disagree” or “Strongly Disagree”.Responses of “Strongly Disagree” and “Disagree” were considered below expectations; theresponses of “Agree” comprise the part that meets expectations, and “Strongly Agree” responseswere deemed to exceed

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2015 Public Policy Colloquium

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William B Bonvillian, MIT, Washington Office

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

Engineering in a First Year Seminar and Student Development Program Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University MarylandA new first year program for all incoming traditional students, entitled Messina, is beingimplemented in the 2015-2016 academic year. Prior to this Loyola University Maryland had afirst year program, Alpha, that was both voluntary (opt-in) by the students and involved a singlecourse for a single, usually fall, semester. The Messina program links two courses and groupscourse pairings by themes. A cohort of 16 students have one course in the fall and the second inthe spring (A/B), while a second cohort of 16 students will have the reverse pairing of courses(B/A).In this presentation I will focus on an

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute; Sami Ainane, The Petroleum Institute

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education [3,4, 5, 7, and 9].Most of the questions was directly involved with checking students’ knowledge and fewquestions was of Likert-type items from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Assessmentof Sustainability Knowledge and perception is given below. The percentages indicate resultsfrom the design engineering students from The Petroleum Institute.Sustainability Knowledge and Perception survey1. Why is it important to recycle? (Choose all that apply) a) Recycling decreases the amount of habitat lost due to resource extraction. (30%) b) Recycling typically takes less energy to process recycled materials than to use new materials. (35%) c) Recycling cuts down on the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soumik Banerjee, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering

the project. The second mechanism involvedcomparative analysis of the average performance of the students prior to and after the assignmentof the group project. The first questionnaire included the following questions:1) Which of the following has been the best source for learning concepts of thermodynamics? a) Text book b) Class notes c) Peer-to-peer mentoring d) Group discussion e) TA Recitation2) Which form of assessment has been the most useful in helping with self evaluation of performance in the course? a) In-class quizzes b) Home works c) Midterm exams3) Which form of assessment has been the most useful in helping with learning concepts of thermodynamics? a) In-class quizzes b) Home works c) Midterm examsThe

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Stephen U. Egarievwe, Alabama A&M University

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International Forum

Faculty Development and International Collaborations Using Vertical Education Enhancement Model Stephen U. Egarievwe1,2 and Ralph B. James2 1 College of Engineering, Technology and Physical Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762, USA2 Nonproliferation and National Security Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USAAbstractThis paper presents the international collaboration and experiences of an effective facultydevelopment initiative based on a vertical education enhancement (VEE) model. The VEEfaculty development program was designed to effectively improve performance and moralthrough

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #12614Results & Lessons Learned from a Chemical Engineering Freshman DesignLaboratoryProf. Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Problem-based and Active Learning

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

one-on-oneassistance with a project.Students keep a notebook of their work on the projects and turn in a formal report documentingeach project. Students must also present a demonstration of each final project to the instructor.As it is structured, this course provides a mechanism to assess ABET outcomes b, d, e, and h. Inthis paper, we present the logistics of the course, a sample of projects completed, and the courseassessment for ABET outcomes.IntroductionProject based learning is not a new concept and has been shown to be an effective teachingmethod1, 2. EE 380, Junior Projects, is a two-hour course required of all electrical and computerengineering majors which is typically taken the last semester of the junior year. (See [3] and [4]for

Conference Session

Innovations in Communications and Wireless Systems Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kelly Charles Seals P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

into GPS accuracy and position calculation, we pose these questions to ourstudents: (1) “How exactly do GPS receivers solve for position, (2) How accurate isGPS?, and (3) How is accuracy related to satellite geometry?Given N satellite positions {x i , yi , z i }, i=1, N (in Earth-Centered, Earth Fixed, or ECEFcoordinates), and N pseudo-range measurements {R i }, i=1, N, we are interested insolving for the user position {x, y, z} and receiver clock offset relative to GPS systemtime (b). Note that the pseudo-ranges {R i } represent the sum of true range from userposition to each satellite, and a range offset term (Cb), which is the propagation speed(speed of light) multiplied by the clock offset. ( x − xi ) + ( y − yi

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Bring-Your-Own-Experiments 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jun Nogami, University of Toronto; Scott Ramsay, University of Toronto; Scott D Ramsay, University of Toronto

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the coordination number and direction of contact in the hard sphere model of BCC(Figure 1d) Page 26.313.3 a) b) c) d) Figure 1. The five bases used in this experiment.a. Station 1At this station, students are presented two clear acrylic sided boxes (Figure 2). One box has theFCC (100) plane at its base while the second box’s base represents the simple cubic (100) plane.This station forces students to compare the structures and notice that they are equivalent planes

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Physics & Physics

further disjointed since the laboratory instructor was not completely “in tune” with what was discussed each day in class. b) The setup and tear down of the lab equipment took up a significant amount of time and the students gained very little insight from those processes. c) During the lab the students suffered from “cookbook syndrome”. It seemed that they were preoccupied with the rote following of instructions rather than intellectual thought. Students would not pause prior to an experiment to predict what might happen nor would they reflect on their results. It was not uncommon to see students collect nonsensical results, write them down, and move on without sensing that something was wrong. d) The primary

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Charles J Camarda, NASA

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and transformations as well as global business pressures.Traditional undergraduate programs are not equipping graduates with the skills needed for thecomplex challenges of the 21st century. 1 These pressures are leading industry to ask thequestions; a) how can we partner with academia and the government to advance personalizedlearning and b) how can we leverage our investment and intellectual capital to increase thequantity/quality and knowledge transfer of the current STEM workforce, education pipeline andlabor supply?Disruptive changes:  Ageing: Roughly a quarter of the nation's 637,000 aerospace workers could be eligible for retirement in 2015. 2  Globalization: Engineers work through global multidisciplinary and distributive

Conference Session

Educational Strategies in Architectural Engineering

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Laursen P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

successful effortsto improve student learning in structural dynamics based on forced vibration testing1,2 of large-scale and full-scale buildings.Figure 1-(a) Building to shake (b) Computational model (ETABS3).Course descriptionCourse objectives:  Reinforce dynamic structural analysis concepts relevant to engineers  Visualize structural response to dynamic loading  Demonstrate the physical existence of natural frequencies and mode shapes in real structures  Create analytical models that accurately represent the structures being investigated  Compare experimental quantities with analytical model quantities such as natural frequency and mode shapes  Experimentally determine the structural damping

Conference Session

Delivering Value in Publishing and Scholarship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University

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Engineering Libraries

Organization affiliation in USFig. 4 b. Authors Organization affiliation worldwideFig. 5 Analysis by Funding AgenciesMore interesting results were obtained by applying visualization techniques to the networks extracted using Page 26.36.6Sci2 Tool--co-authorship, bibliographic coupling, and co-citation networks. 5Co-authorship network represents the size and structure of the collaborators network for each author in thestudy. For this network, size of the nodes depends on the number of paper authored by a specific author, andthe thickness of the edges depends on the number of common papers

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Engineering Ethics

b) The Policy Track.Although a Winter and two Summer sessions are offered, the standard Academic Year iscomprised of a Fall and a Spring semester.All seniors in “all” engineering programs and concentrations are required to complete a “SeniorProfessional Seminar”. As in many conventional settings, the format, the requirements, and theset of activities of the seminar enable the seniors to make sound and informed decisionsregarding their transition into a professional environment or pursuit of graduate studies.However, as compared to its past version; what has made this re-formatted seminar much better Page 26.1366.2received and interesting to

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Bob P. Weems, University of Texas, Arlington; Bahram Khalili, University of Texas, Arlington

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Engineering Ethics

personal commercial or sales pitch.  Term Essay – Students write a 500-word essay on a contemporary issue related to computing technology or a 500-word proposal for funding of a start-up company.Students are given letter grades in the course (A, B, C, D, F) rather than being graded Pass/Fail.There are two reasons for this. First, the College of Engineering policy requires it, and, second,it emphasizes the importance of the course. Currently, grades are based on student performanceon four assignments (10-points each) and three examinations (20-points each). The assignmentsare discussed in more detail below. Examinations are primarily objective (true/false, multiplechoice, and fill-in-the blanks) and given at the one-third and two-third

Conference Session

Evaluation: Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Randy Craig Hurd, Brigham Young University; Kip Schafer Hacking, Brigham Young University ; Tadd T Truscott, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for the jobs of the future. USCongress Joint Economic Committee.[6] VERNER , I.M. & AHLGREN, D.J., (2004) Robot Contest as a Laboratory forExperiential Engineering Education. Journal on Educational Resources in Computing,4(2), 1-15[7] FABIANE B., & VAVASSORI B., (2012). Exploring the educational potential ofrobotics in schools: A systematic review. Computers & Education, 58(3), 978–988[8] MELCHIOR, A., COHEN, F., CUTTER, T. & LEAVITT, T., (2005). More than Page 26.97.7robots: An evaluation of the FIRST robotics competition participants and institutionalimpacts. Center for Youth and Communities, Brandeis University.[9] BERK, L &

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas G Schmucker, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

course is required of allBSCE seeking students. General goals of typical university introductory courses exist in CvEEN1000 as well, including: (a) build community within the student cohort and with the department,(b) introduce students to relevant campus and professional organizations, (c) acclimate studentsto university life, and (d) provide a broad understanding of a profession and its associated fieldof study. As such, the course satisfies several of the general university requirements forintroductory courses. For the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, the coursespecifically supports achievement of selected BOK outcomes including the areas ofcommunication, teamwork, contemporary issues, leadership, ethics, and the broader

Conference Session

Computer Tutors, Simulation, and Videos

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin Engebretsen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University

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Mechanics

exam problems not involvingtrusses; these results are shown in Table 1. For these non-truss problems, there should be noeffect of the homework condition explored here. It can be seen that the means in the two sectionsare nearly the same. Indeed, there are no significant differences from one instructor to the other.Thus, as judged by exam scores, all instructors are equally effective. This comparison acrosssections suggests inherent differences in the students in the two sections would not affect thesubsequent results related to the effects of instruction.Table 1: Comparison of students in each pair of sections (A and B) on all non-truss examproblems; shows no differences across sections and from one instructor to the next

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde; Nathan Delson; Sean Patno; Jason Hyunjin Cha; Elizabeth Cowan; Jessica Cho

Society for Engineering Education 584 a) SVT App b) Spatial Kids App Figure 2: Automated Grading FeedbackTrial Spatial Visualization Course Using SVT AppA spatial visualization course was offered in spring 2014 as a 1-unit pass/no pass course. On thefirst and last day of the course the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R)5 wasadministered and the pre- and post-test scores were used as an indicator of student learning. Theclass was split into sections of up to 20 students each. Each section met once a week for a threehour time period. They started with a

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bridget Benson; John Oliver

- the concept thatit doesn’t matter when a student achieves mastery of the material, only that the student eventuallydoes. The fact of the matter is, students do not have all the time in the world to master a concept,and for some students, 10 weeks may just not be enough time to achieve mastery of all thecourse’s learning goals.ConclusionAlthough our implementation of mastery learning did not play out as we anticipated, we are stillintrigued by the concept and hope to try a revised implementation in the future. Next time, weplan to stick more closely to Bloom’s mastery learning technique (Figure 1) and spend more timeon guiding corrective actions and enrichment activities and providing only one secondaryassessment.Bibliography1. Bloom, B. S

Conference Session

Innovations in Upper-level Biomedical Engineering Courses

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Taylor Brinton, University of Virginia; Colleen T. Curley, University of Virginia; Kimberly Kelly, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

approach: we taught students in a B. the drug takes effect lecture format about a standard one- immediately compartment model for C. the system is open pharmacokinetic analysis. Their quiz D. the drug accumulates over focused on the concepts important to time in the area of interest the connectivity of the models, E. the system is homogenous important assumptions, and the equations they would be using (Box 2. Which 2 of the following might occur if you 1

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; Jake Carlson, University of Michigan Library

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Engineering Libraries

, “Who will be responsible for data management?” has four potential answers: PI and/or co­PIs, Trainees (graduate students, postdocs or technicians), More than one of the above, and Not clear. The questions asked in the University Rubric are listed in Appendix B.  DART Rubric   32​The Data management plan as A Research Tool (DART) project​  seeks to evaluate the content of data management plans as a means to inform the development of library services in managing and curating research data. With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), librarians from Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, Penn State University, the George Institute

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment & Professional Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bolun Huang, Microsoft Corp.; Samantha Wang; Narasimha Reddy

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Graduate Studies

nodes, and edges corresponding to the hiring of one program’s graduates by anotherprogram. In the hiring graph, a directed edge from program A to program B indicates that Ahires at least one Ph.D. from B as its faculty member. Our hypothesis is that “schools tend to hirePh.D.s from peer or better schools”. We note that a lot of resources are placed in the hiringactivity, including assessment from domain experts, academic review, salaries and so on, andtherefore the hiring decision reflects the academic quality of the faculty member in acomprehensive way.Our rationale for employing the hiring graph has several reasons. First, this is based on ourhypothesis that “universities tend to hire Ph.D.s from peer or better programs”. This is

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Eric John Wilson; Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

]. It can also be used in Python scripts, web applications servers, or in combination with several GUI toolkits.  5. Example  Compared with NumPy there is a colossal list of things one can do with SciPy. The following listing is what we use SciPy for in this instance.  import numpy as np from scipy.fftpack import fft import matplotlib.pyplot as plt N = 600 T = 1.0/800.0 x = np.linspace(0.0, N*T,N) a = np.sin(50.0 * 2.0*np.pi*x) b = 0.5*np.sin(80.0 * 2.0*np.pi*x) y = a + b yf = fft(y) Y = 2.0/N * np.abs(yf[0:N/2]) X = np.linspace(0.0, 1.0/(2.0*T), N/2) import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot(x,y

Conference Session

ECCD Applications

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Samuel Daouda Diarra, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. The designed project is currently operating at the university-owned agricultural experimental research station.References:[1] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/water_use/index.stm[2] Derrel L. Martin, Tom W. Dorn, Steve R. Melvin, Alan J. Corr, William L. Kranz. “Evaluating Energy Use ForPumping Irrigation Water”, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Central Plains Irrigation Conference, Burlington, CO.,February 22-23, 2011, pgs. 104-116.[3] S. Lakeou, E. Ososanya, B. Latigo, et. al, “Design of a Low-cost Solar Tracking Photo- Voltaic (PV) Module andWind Turbine Combination System”, ASEE 06, 2006-1992:[4] S. Lakeou, E. Ososanya, B. Latigo, et. al, “Design of a Renewable Energy Based Power

Conference Session

Dynamics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Mechanics

their assigned topic.Typically, stages with a higher number of steps included multiple demonstrations of their topic Page 26.1639.4showing the various ways in which the same topic could be presented.During the final weeks of the semester, it was time for the students to come together as a class and (a) (b)Figure 2: (a) A student constructed projectile launcher and (b) a machine stage to demonstratepotential energy. Page 26.1639.5 Figure 3: Example of the

Conference Session

Course Development / Curriculum Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Computers in Education

number of developmentsoccurred to support the unique application of this custom robot platform that had beensuccessfully applied in K-12 STEM learning environments to equip it for teaching robotics at theUniversity level. The course innovations created for this course included: (a) the development ofa suite of 7 robotics labs designed for the CEENBoT, (b) the creation of an extensive C-programming library to interface with the CEENBoT’s electronics, and (c) the creation of abehavior-based control programming structure to equip the CEENBoT with an intelligencecontrol architecture on the robot’s limited memory 8 bit microcontroller. These will each beaddressed in turn.†First, a suite of 7 labs was custom-developed for the course around the CEENBoT