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Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Gilbert Ramirez, Cañada College; Javier Robert Piccolotti; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Tim L Mitchell Jr; Matthew Ward Carlson, Cañada College; Shane Sharp, San Jose State University; Jesus Alexis Caballero, Cañada College

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arecapable of being produced by direct 3D printing, and (ii) a remarkable dispersion of short carbonfibers in the polymer matrix, which displays relatively defect-free interfacial bonding. Through a10-week theoretically grounded, hands on undergraduate research experience, the communitycollege students were able to deepen their understanding of the mechanics and manufacturing ofcomposite materials, starting from scratch and against a steep learning curve, via meaningfulexperimentations, relentless trouble-shooting, and constant consultation with suppliers andindustry experts.1. IntroductionFiber-reinforced composite materials have gained popularity as a structural members in aerospace,automotive, construction, transportation, biomedical

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Nolan Tsuchiya PE, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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the types of student projects observed in these lower-level courses beforeand after the redesign. Additional questions in the survey probed students’ perceived usefulnessof ME 100L in their entire engineering curriculum. The survey results show that students’ whotook the redesigned version of ME 100L have a much higher opinion of the course compared tothose who took the older version of ME 100L.1 BackgroundThis paper presents a retrospective assessment on a recent effort to redesign a freshman-levelmechanical engineering orientation course named ME 100L (Mechanical EngineeringOrientation) at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Theredesign effort completely overhauled ME 100L in Fall 2014 as described in Section

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Reza Raeisi, California State University, Fresno; Vidya sagar reddy Gopala P.E., California State University, Fresno

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processes, wherethousands of threads are executed in parallel by their high computational power andprogrammability 1. The power consumption of the processor increases drastically in order toaccommodate a high throughput demands 2. Thus, reducing the consumption of power is acrucial challenge for next-generation GPGPU systems 3. Research has shown that the GPGPUwith DRAM as global memory expends around 20%-40% of the aggregate power consumptionof GPGPU 4. And leakage power makes up to 70% of total memory power utilization 3.Currently the DRAM based GPGPU’s adopt many techniques to reduce the consumption ofpower and to increase the computational power, but it reduces the bandwidth 11. Thus, there is atrade of between bandwidth and consumption of

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Technical Session 3d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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. This technology came about as a result of developments in a variety ofdifferent technology sectors. The seven main manufacturing steps of generation of an additivemanufacturing process2 are described below:1. Every AM process starts using any professional CAD solid model, with the obligation that the output must be a 3D solid or surface drawing. This project used reverse engineering equipment (laser scanning).2. AM machines accept the STL file format, which every CAD system can output such a file format. This file describes the external closed surfaces of the original CAD model and forms the basis for calculation of the slices.3. Sometimes, when the STL file is applied in the AM machine it may need some general manipulation of the

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Si Jung Kim, UNLV; Yi Liu; Zenan Yu; Hyoung J Cho, University of Central Florida; Lei Zhai, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida; Jayan Thomas, University of Central Florida

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CAREER (2014) award, finalist of WTN (Energy) Award (2014) sponsored by FORTUNE and TIME and VEECO’s 2010 best nanotechnology innovation award c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 An Exploration of Students’ Needs for an App Based Interactive Nanotechnology Education Si Jung Kim1*, Yi Liu2, Zenan Yu2, Hyoung Cho3, Lei Zhai2, Jayan Thomas2*1 Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 891542 NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 328263 Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816E-mail: Si.Kim

Conference Session

Technical Session 2c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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bryan james mealy, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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between our digital course offerings underscore known problems with knowledgeretention by students.Our New Digital Design ParadigmFigure 1(a) shows our previous approach to modeling digital circuits, where we classify alldigital circuit signals as either inputs or outputs. Figure 1(b) and Figure 1(c) shows how we nowseparate digital modules into “controlled circuits” and “controller circuits”. Note in Figure 1(b)and Figure 1(c) that the control outputs of the controller circuit provide the control inputs to thecontrolled circuit. Similarly, the status outputs of the controlled circuit form the status inputs ofthe controller circuit. Standard digital circuits such as registers and multiplexors (MUXes) areexamples of controlled circuits while FSMs

Conference Session

Technical Session 4b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jean M. Andino P.E., Arizona State University; Thonya Otsengue

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Reactors: Examples in Air Pollutant Formation and Control Jean M. Andino1,2 and Thonya Otsengue1 1 Chemical Engineering; 2Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287-6106Abstract Environmental and chemical engineering students are introduced to topics in chemicalkinetics, mechanisms, and reactors in many of their fundamental engineering classes. The use ofexample problems that enable students to better understand product formation from multi-stepreactions, as well as how the choice of a reactor (e.g. a batch versus a flowing reactor) influencesthe predicted product yields are important. Computational tools

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Technical Session 4b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jason Matteson, Northern Arizona University; David M Richter, Northern Arizona University

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20705Broadening and deepening engineering students’ perspectives on moralityand ethicsDr. Jason Matteson, Northern Arizona UniversityMr. David M Richter, Northern Arizona University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Broadening and Deepening Engineering Students’ Perspectives on Morality and Ethics Jason Matteson1 and David M. Richter2 1 Philosophy and 2Mechanical Engineering

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Technical Session 2c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly; Ahmad Nafisi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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efficiently, and working as teams in a competitive in-class environment. Theevaluation method is a function of accuracy and speed. The grades from the test reflect theparticipants’ knowledge on the content, their ability in team working and their skills for fastinvestigation. The results are discussed for three separate electrical engineering courses. Theproposed method added some enjoyment to the class and reduced the stress of the quiz. Becauseof its completive nature, it discourages possible cheating.Class work assessmentAssessment is one of the three major tasks of all educators [1]. The other two are “Motivation”and “Education”. The classical assessment is based on grading the knowledge, indifferent of thespeed. Considering the time given for a

Conference Session

Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Keith E. Holbert P.E., Arizona State University

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receiving the material via the Internetvs. live in-person (whereas the present paper examines when both on-campus and off-campusstudents receive the course via online delivery). In a study similar to that undertaken in thispaper, Stack observed that the academic performance of 64 online and traditional students wasthe same in an online criminology course.9Present StudyThis paper investigates student performance in multiple offerings of two different senior-levelengineering technical electives taught by the same instructor: 1. EEE 460 Nuclear Power Engineering, and 2. EEE 463 Electrical Power Plants.In 2015, the first fully online versions of these three-semester-hour courses were offered. Theonline lectures are produced in a recording studio

Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Seema C Shah-Fairbank P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Kenneth W. Lamb P.E. Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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familiar with. However, F2F instruction is not the most effective teaching strategies forengaging student learning (2014)1. This is because students learn from a variety of learning-styles based on how they receive and process information. Since the 1970’s research havelooked at various ways students learn and there are many models that can be used. To addressthe learning needs of engineering students Felder and Silverman (1988 and 1993)6,73 developed alearning style model (refer to Table 1).Table 1- Learning styles and definitions Category Preferred Learning Style Student Type Perception Sensory Concrete Thinkers, Practical, Oriented towards facts and

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Michael R. Caplan, Arizona State University; Courtney Michelle DuBois; Samantha Brenna, Arizona State University ; Neal Arthur Shulman, Arizona State University; Jerry Coursen

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Design and Development II (alpha prototyping of a blood glucose meter), Biomedical Product Design and Develop- ment III (alpha, beta, and gamma prototyping of student designed projects), a course in biomedical ethics, and oversees an off-site undergraduate clinical experience. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Curiosity and Connections (Entrepreneurial Mindset) in BME Sophomore DesignIntroductionA contemporary approach to meeting the educational needs of students focused primarily on jobprospects can potentially be enhanced by seeking to instill the entrepreneurial mindset.1 TheKern Foundation defines students as having the entrepreneurial mindset

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kenan William Pretzer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ali O. Shaban, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ian Hellman-Wylie, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Joey Navarro, Cal Poly SLO

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themselves, studentsexplore available paths for current through the circuit. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the proposedradial and bidirectional circuit topologies. 1 2 3 1:1 Power Transformer Infinite Bus Simulated 11 1:1 1:1 1:1 Transmission Line CB CB CB ABC 240 V 1:1 Y Y SEL-311L

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Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Rebeka Sultana, California State University, Long Beach

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number of students in Spring 2016 class. The Spring 2015 class had total of 20 studentswhere 2 students did not continue the class after the first Midterm. Spring 2016 class had 18students and 2 students did not continue after the first midterm. Furthermore, the same amount ofcourse material was covered in both the classes.ResultsSpring 2015 and Spring 2016 grading criteria is shown in Table 1. For comparison, Spring2016’s midterms total points are converted to the equivalent of Spring 2015 total midterm pointsof 50%. Figure 1 shows the total points students received in both the semesters at the end of allthe Midterms. Average Midterm exam score and standard deviation of Spring 2015 was 32 (totalscore of 50) and 7.06 respectively. Midterm exam

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Reza Raeisi, California State University, Fresno; Vidya sagar reddy Gopala P.E., California State University, Fresno

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inserted intoTetraMax for Automatic Test Pattern Generation and fault modeling of the design.Figure 1 shows a simple FPGA Digital Design flow as students will experience in DigitalSystems Testing and Testable Design course. Students are expected to design and develop digitalcircuits or a system in Verilog HDL language, and a corresponding test bench to test the same.Synopsys VCS tool is used to simulate the design and verify the pre-synthesis designfunctionality. Then the functionally verified design is fed to the Design compiler tool, whichanalyzes and elaborates the design to produce three major files: Gate-level netlist file, Standarddelay format, and design constraints file. The synthesized gate-level netlist file is again simulatedusing

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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

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and Implementation of a Versatile Gesture Control Interface Jeffrey Yan1, James Dalton1, Kattia Chang-Kam1, Bianca Doronila1, Victor Melara1, Christopher Thomas1, Ian Donovan2, Kartik Bholla2, Amelito G. Enriquez1, Wenshen Pong2, Zhaoshuo Jiang2, Cheng Chen2, Kwok-Siong Teh2, Hamid Mahmoodi2, Hao Jiang2, Kazunori Okada2, and Xiaorong Zhang2 1 Cañada College, Redwood City, CA 2 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CAAbstractGiven the important role of community colleges in undergraduate education, in order to increasethe recruitment of STEM

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Alexander Sebastian Furlanic, San Francisco State University; Philip A. Thomas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Panfilo Jesus Armas, SFSU; Rene Parra Medina, San Jose State University; Jackie Lok; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University

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the clocks of two different sensors will drift apart from each other. Other problemsrelated to time include delays from software and also content loss. It is possible that the contentbeing sent by the sensors can simply not make it to the desired location. All of these problemsrelating to time result in data being unreadable and meaningless. The solution to these problemsis termed time synchronization and it is clear why such synchronization is an important feature inWSNs. Time synchronization also allows movement, location, and proximity detection. Thegoals for these sensor networks can be achieved by a process that is formed by four steps: 1)send time, 2) access time, 3) propagation time, and 4) receive time. Send time is when thecollected

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Brandon J Leung, San Jose State University; Yuting Huang, Canada College; Fernando Lorenzo, 3D Convenience; Sergio Rodriguez-Reyes, San Jose State University; Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley; ali attaran; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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suggest that such an experience is very valuable in helping thestudents decide if they want to purse STEM research careers. Moreover, this experienceenhances students’ technical research skills such as scientific thinking, ability to analyze andinterpret results, and presentation skills. 1. IntroductionThe motivation behind this work was to offer research experience to undergraduate students andinspire them to pursue higher education and research careers. Research experience is nottraditionally offered in an undergraduate curriculum, especially for community college students.An effective approach to address this gap is to offer summer research experience forundergraduate students. An effective research experience for undergraduate students

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Qiushi Wang, Arizona State University; DONGDONG ZHANG, Chongqing University, Arizona State University; Zhenmin Tang, Arizona State University; George G. Karady, Arizona State University

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specialized educational programs for the U.S. studentsstudying abroad. [1] gives an example on the school level about how to initialize and set up astudy abroad program for undergraduate students. The paper discussed the concerns of cost,culture, and learning flexibility. [2] - [4] describes successful implements of study abroadprograms for undergraduate level US students. [2] points out that short-term summer-basedprogram is more targeted on cross-culture benefits. [3] emphasizes the importance of facultyinvolvement in the success of semester-long engineering study abroad programs. The keycontribution of [4] is that they provide exchange engineering students experimentalexperience besides classroom experience.However, most of the practice of

Conference Session

Technical Session 2c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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collaborations would be able to complete thework.To test student reaction to this setup, I created and distributed an online survey instrument. Thesurvey questions are reproduced in Tables Table 1-Table 3.The questions in Table 1 are designed to act as an assessment of how students have experiencedtraditional group work. Questions 1 and 2 try to determine whether students experience whatthey consider to be a fair distribution of labor from group work. Questions 3d-e are designed tosee whether students report taking full advantage of peer learning in groups, or whether theychoose depend on their peers’ expertise to get a good grade. 3a-c try to extract students’ grade-based motivation for actively learning and participating in group work. Finally

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Technical Session 3c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, California State University, Long Beach

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lectures are provided by guest speakers, entailing two CE and CEMadvisors, College of Engineering (COE) librarian, and several student chapters. Furthermore, 3-4 2lectures are for group presentations. The course outline and grading criteria for CE 101 arestandardized and employed for different sections. The students are evaluated from attendance(5%), assignment (15%), midterm exam (15%), final exam (15%), term paper (20%),presentation (15%) and prototypes (15%). Importantly, CE 101 is assessed for four differentstudent’s learning outcomes during Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), which are listed below. (i) outcome f: I. P.I.1. Awareness of ethical codes of

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Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

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will summarize the results of the flipped classroom and its implementationusing Google Docs and interactive video for EE110.Grading results and course surveys were used to assess and improve the effectiveness of theflipped classroom over several course offerings. Various technologies include: (1) using worddocument with links to YouTube videos followed by with quiz questions in the first offering; (2)adding Google Docs (or Google Forms) with embedded YouTube Videos and quizzes in the nextclass session; and (3) including both Google Docs and interactive videos in the third. End-of-Course Surveys consistently show that the students enjoyed the weekly hands-on labs. After thethird class offering, an additional survey of student experience with

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Yongping Zhang P.E., Cal Poly Pomona; Xudong Jia, Cal Poly Pomona; Jon Bumps, Caltrans, District 8; Du Lu, Caltrans, District 8

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Riverside and SanBernardino Counties in Southern California with 49 incorporated cities. It is the largest of 12Caltrans districts and covers approximately 28,650 square miles of land, four interstate highwaysand 32 state routes totaling 7,200 lane miles within its boundaries.(1)2. SCOPE OF WORKEach team is tasked to analyze a project location for operational and capacity issues using actualtraffic and surveying data available from existing highway projects planned by Caltrans. Eachteam then develops several alternative interchange designs which require an analysis ofoperational characteristics, present and future traffic volumes and patterns, environmental andcommunity impacts, and an estimate of construction costs. Each team makes a

Conference Session

Technical Session 2a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University

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concepts and visualizations. The authorrecalls electromagnetics classes in which the chalkboard was filled with complicated equationswith no connection to diagrams or industry applications. One of the author’s objectives foruniversity teaching is to provide students an understanding beyond equations while learningelectromagnetics. Animations and diagrams presented in the videos are repeated in class toreinforce each concept.Lecture Video EffectivenessStudent opinion on the lecture video effectiveness was quantified through an online survey inFall Quarter 2016. Questions include: 1) What percentage of the videos did you watch? (36 videos total) 2) How many hours per week did you spend watching the videos? 3) Where did you watch

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Patrick McDonnal, Indicate Technologies, Inc, Santa Clara, CA 95050; Jean L. Lee, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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assignment.IntroductionMany effective education systems require submission of a student’s work as a methodof evaluating a student’s understanding of the material. Currently, the main option forshowcasing a student’s knowledge is physical: a paper hand-in assignment.Alternatively, a student might be asked to submit an assignment online. Questions havebeen raised about the environmental impact of these assignment submission methods[1]. Many professors and teachers also want to give students assignments in the formthat will enable students to retain the information in the assignment with greatereffectiveness. Thus, learning efficacy is a secondary quantitative objective of this projectand its dependence on assignment submission method was investigated.Paper is often

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State University ; Mackenzie Honikel, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University; Jeffrey Thomas La Belle, Arizona State University

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2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20676Longitudinal Assessment of External Experts and Teaching Assistants as aClass ResourceMr. Aldin Malkoc, Arizona State University Aldin Malkoc, MS is a student in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Aldin is enrolled in the 4+1 program to receive his Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University in 2017 and will pursue a doctoral degree in Biomedical En- gineering from Arizona State University in 2017. The primary focus in his

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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practice, in an immediate andpractical manner, to those responsible for engineering studios, prototyping labs, and otheracademic makerspaces. By summarizing and applying our ongoing qualitative work inunderstanding Adult Maker and Young Maker educational pathways,1-4 we distill a workingframework for designing Making-Based Learning experiences for student learners. This work isforemost on people who Make, are in the process of learning, and participate in a community ofpractice5,6.While opportunities to nurture one’s interest in Making and tinkering are growing, the means tofoster divergent creativity in the classroom are limited due to real and practical constraints.Hands-on building experiences are becoming less available in K-12 schools and

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Andrea Magdalene Vasquez, Harvey Mudd College; David Kwan, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; Sarah Silcox; Joseph John Sinopoli, Harvey Mudd College; Gordon G. Krauss, Harvey Mudd College

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has shown that using a written feedback process instead of an oral question andanswer (Q&A) feedback process increases fluency and usefulness of comments in anintroduction to design course, E4, at Harvey Mudd College.1 This study further examines writtenfeedback in the same setting and quantifies the degree to which students of different gendersbenefit from providing and receiving written feedback compared to oral feedback. The peerfeedback process is examined for design review presentations during a preliminary conceptualdesign project for first and second year college students in a conceptual design course. Theauthors of this study are able to note the differences in these topics as a function of the gender ofthe commenter. The study

Conference Session

Technical Session 3a

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Estelle M Eke, California State University, Sacramento

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theanimations and researched other programs available to all students in the college of engineering.Civil and mechanical engineering students enrolled in the dynamics course have completed acomputer-aided design course such as autocad or Solidworks. Working Model 2D [1] wasselected as the adequate software as it builds on the students’ CAD skills. The availability ofWorking Model 2D animations complemented the app. The design of the layout was primarilythat of the author with minor suggestions provided by a graduate student assistant [2] in thecollege of computer science. The graduate student selected Visual Basic as an acceptablesoftware and developed the code. The free-body diagrams, kinetic diagrams, and the feedbackthat was to be given to the

Conference Session

Technical Session 2b

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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jean-michel I. Maarek, University of Southern California

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– 40 students/class). Short (< 20min) narrated PowerPoint lessons were posted on the Learning Management System. Thelatter kept track of whether the students viewed the lessons entirely (coded 1), in part (coded0.5), or not at all (coded 0). The sum of the codes expressed as a percentage of the maximumrepresented the “viewing score” for each student in each course.The viewing scores of 56 students who enrolled in both courses were highly and positivelycorrelated (p < 0.01) suggesting that students tended to watch the lessons with similarassiduity for the two courses. There was no correlation between the viewing score and thefinal exam score in the analog electronics course (p = 0.22) while there was a significantpositive correlation (p