Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

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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) technology. Thestudents were mentored by a graduate student and supervised by a dedicated faculty member incharge of the research project.Utilizing STT-MRAM for logic design requires the use of lookup table memories design bySTT-MRAM. The students were tasked to investigate various methods of STT-LUT mapping oflogic gates in a 4-bit adder benchmark and compare with the traditional all custom CMOSimplementation. After characterizing the impact of mapping one gate at a time on the adderperformance, multiple gate LUT mapping was performed. For multiple gate LUT mapping, thegates were selected using three algorithms: independent selection, dependent selection, andparametric-aware dependent selection. In terms of delay and power consumption

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Oskar Granados, Cañada College; Maryam I Khan; Manuel Alexis Ramirez, San Diego State University; Madoka Oyama, Cañada College; Nathan Carlson, Cañada College

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California and Japan have caused significantimpact on human society (20 killed, $20B in direct losses during the 1994 Northridgeearthquake, and 5500 killed, $147B in direct losses during the 1995 Kobe earthquake). Similarearthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater can have a more profound impact on the greater SanFrancisco Bay Area. Earthquake engineering research is important to explore new lateral forceresisting systems and to improve existing design methodology for more economical and efficientstructural design. Being a cost-effective experimental method for large-scale civil engineeringsystems, real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) has started to see increased applications in seismichazards mitigation. RTHS combines physical testing and numerical

Conference Session

Technical Session 1d

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Jean S Larson, Arizona State University; Claudia Elena Zapata, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University; Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University; Nasser Hamdan, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics

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Elena Zapata, Arizona State University Dr. Zapata is a recognized expert in the characterization and modeling of fluid flow and volume change behavior of arid and semi-arid (unsaturated) soil mechanics. She is the author of more than 40 techni- cal publications and multiple research reports in the areas of unsaturated soil mechanics, environmental effects in pavement design, and unbound material characterization. While Dr. Zapata possesses an excel- lent analytical and theoretical background in these areas, she has also significant experience in laboratory testing and instrumentation of resilient modulus and unsaturated soil characterization. Her contributions to pavement design has allowed for practical

Conference Session

Technical Session 5b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Eva Schiorring, Canada College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College

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grant from the National ScienceFoundation and later supported by a grant from the US Department of Education. JEP, which hasgrown to include 27 community college across California, promotes partnership by aligningcurriculum, sharing teaching resources and best practices, and helping students to access requiredengineering courses, often via online offerings at partner institutions. Leveraging these efforts,three of the JEP colleges, Cañada College, College of Marin, and Monterey Peninsula Collegecollaborated to develop and obtain NSF support for Creating Alternative Learning Strategies forTransfer Engineering Programs (CALSTEP). The goal of this program is the development andcontinuous improvement of a range of alternative delivery models that

Conference Session

Technical Session 1c

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Alvaro Monge, California State University, Long Beach; Panadda Marayong, California State University, Long Beach; Shadnaz Asgari, California State University, Long Beach; Birgit Penzenstadler; Praveen Shankar, California State University, Long Beach

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tenured full professor. CSULB is a teaching-intensive institution and thus, he has taught classes at different levels from introduction to programming and data structures; to junior level classes in database design; senior level classes on database, web development, and senior projects; and finally to graduate classes in database systems. In 2014, Dr. Monge joined a team at Google that created NCWIT’s EngageCSEdu, an online living col- lection of peer-reviewed teaching instruments that use research-based techniques that retain and engage students, particularly effective in broadening participation in computing. Dr. Monge’s research inter- ests have evolved over time. Through his participation in an NSF sponsored

Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Deana R. Delp, Arizona State University

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, while others do not.Some projects are much more defined with proposals, schedules, and budgets as a part of theprocess to the final design. With all these skillsets on display this is a good place for faculty toidentify the potential needs and/or strengths of a student with an ASD. Most students with anASD solve problems in creative, unconventional ways12. The ambiguous project may be an areafor the ASD student to research and thrive, while some ASD students will appreciate the moredirected project with rules and requirements. However, the scope of the guided project may beoverwhelming if presented all at once. A large project assignment should be broken down intosmaller steps/assignments with varying due dates. For example, the instructor

Conference Session

Technical Session 4a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

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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Travel Survey Task Force. From 2009 to 2015, Dr. Zhang worked as Senior Transportation Modeler and Project Manager for South- ern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and Senior Transportation Analyst for Wilbur Smith Associates in Chicago from 2007 to 2009.Dr. Xudong Jia, Cal Poly Pomona Dr. Xudong Jia, P.E., is currently the Director of UCCONNECT (Regional UTC) at Cal Poly Pomona and Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona. Dr. Jia has over 25 years of experience in the fields of transportation education, research and consulting practice. He is a leader in inspiring students to address real-life engineering problems by an innovative pedagogical private-public partnership (PPP) model

Conference Session

Technical Session 5a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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strategies to enable small communitycollege engineering programs to support a comprehensive set of lower-division engineeringcourses that are delivered either completely online, or with limited face-to-face interactions. Thebiggest challenge in developing such strategies lies in designing and implementing courses thathave lab components. This paper focuses on the development and testing of the teaching andlearning resources for Engineering Graphics, which is a four-unit course covering the principlesof engineering drawings, computer-aided design, and the engineering design process. The paperalso presents the results of the implementation of the curriculum, as well as a comparison of theoutcomes of the online course with those from a regular, face-to

Conference Session

Technical Session 2c

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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work and to those instructors teaching largefundamentals courses where engaging in dysfunctional group work could have a severelynegative impact on student learning. I also believe that the positive results presented here justifyfuture research to directly measure how IC compares with well-implemented group-work interms of promoting student learning.Bibliography1. ABET. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2017 – 2018; ABET: Baltimore, 2017.2. National Academy of Engineering. Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century; National Academy of Engineering, 2005.3. Oakley, B. A.; Hanna, D. M.; Kuzmyn, Z.; Felder, R. M. Best Practices Involving Teamwork in the Classroom: Results from a Survey of