Technical Session 1   Monday, March 11, 2013      10:20am – 11:40am

 

10:20am – 11:40am

T1-A

 

T1-B

 

T1-C

 

T1-D

 

T1-E

 

Technical Session 1
Instructional Division I
K-12Division I
Administrative. Division I
Civil Eng. Division I
Mechanical Engineering Division I

Moderator:

Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang 

 

 Atin K. Sinha

 Donna Reese 

Ken Brannan

 Robert Choate

T1–A: Instructional Division I                                                                                                                                                           

175 - Engineering of Beer: Hard Work of Too Much Fun?                                                                                                          
Monika Bubacz, Philip McCreanor, Hodge Jenkins

177 - The New Frontier of Education:  The Impact of Smartphone Technology in the Classroom                                       
Jessica L. Buck, Elizabeth McInnis, Casey Randolph

*178 - The Role of a Freshmen Programming Course for Engineers on Student Success                                                     
Priya T. Goeser, Wayne M. Johnson and Delana A. Nivens

131 - Sustainable development: Understanding How Things Break                                                                                          
Robert R. McCullough, Beth A. Todd, J. Brian Jordon

T1–B: K-12 Division I                                                                                                                                                                          

*137 - Engineering Conceptual Design Approach for Pre-College Students                                                                           
Otsebele Nare, Ziette Hayes, Michael Reynolds, and Shannon Davis

141 - Science Technology Engineering Program (STEP)  Summer Camp for K-12 Students                                                  
Atin Sinha and Wanjun Hu

*169 – Structures and Natural Disasters                                                                                                                                        
Andrew T. Brammer, Beth Todd, and J. Brian Jordon

170 – Solar Ovens                                                                                                                                                                              
Joseph L. Waters an, Beth A.Todd

T1–C: Administrative Division I                                                                                                                                                       

159 - Ten Years Experience with a Multi-University Collaborative Graduate Education Program                                       
Colin P. Britcher, Bernard M. Grossman

142 - The Use of a Fundamentals of Engineering Course to Enhance the Capstone Experience                                         
David W. Johnstone, Charles D. Newhouse

136 - The Future of Course Work: Customizing Community College Curricula to Meet Industrial Needs                          
Amber C. Thompson, William L. McDaniel, Jo James, Chester Peeler, Steve Hollifield

130 - Impact on Retention from a Change In Undergraduate Computing Curricula                                                               
Donna S. Reese, T.J. Jankun-Kelly, Lisa Henderson and Sarah Lee

T1–D: Civil Engineering Division I                                                                                                                                                    

183 - Logistical Impact of Intermodal Facilities                                                                                                                              
Tulio Sulbaran, MD Sarder

134 - Confessions of a novice Class Room Technology (CRT) user - Through the eyes of a new faculty member            
Alfred Kalyanapu

106 - The Impact of Non-Traditional Laboratory Report Formats on Student Performance of Course Objectives           
T. Kunberger

192 - Using the Toolbox Approach with Mathcad Prime 2.0 in a Computer Applications Course                                       
Kenneth P. Brannan, Kaitlin H. Marley, John A. Murden

T1–E: Mechanical Engineering                                                                                                                                                          

*195 - Introducing Statistical Analysis in Experimental Data Collection in an Undergraduate Fluid Mechanics Laboratory           
Bruce Carroll, John Abbitt

138 - Reynolds Transport Theorem Applied to Classical Thermodynamics                                                                              
David Calamas, Alan Hewitt, John Baker and Beth Todd

*114 - Determination of Building Envelope and Duct System Integrity through the Quantification of Air Flow Leakage Rates     
Justin Hayes and Robert Choate

151 - Simple Demonstrations in Basic Mechanics Courses                                                                                                         
Richard Kunz

 

Technical Session 2  Monday, March 11, 2013      2:15pm – 3:35pm

 

  2:15 pm – 3:35 pm

T2-A

T2-B

T2-C

T2-D

T2-E

Technical Session 2
Instructional
Division II
K-12 Division II
Administrative Division II
Engineering Technology Division
Mechanical Engineering
Division II

Moderator

 

Monika Bubacz

Sally Pardue

Atin K. Sinha

Jerry Newman

Don Van

T2–A: Instructional Division II                                                                                                                                                          

115 - Improving Student Interest in Engineering Curricula – Exciting Students about their Classes                                    
Adeel Khalid

117 Teaching Adult Engineering Learners – Ease and Challenges                                                                                              
Adeel Khalid and Beth Stutzmann

*200 - Transforming Undergraduate Laboratories for Sustainable Engineering – Expanding the use of case studies and project based learning in laboratory courses                                                                                                                                                         
Stephanie Luster-Teasley and Cindy Waters

152 - The Final Exam – To Have or Have Not                                                                                                                                 
Hodge Jenkins and Scott Schultz

T2–B: K-12 II                                                                                                                                                                                        

*162 - Using Engineering, Science and Literacy to Improve Math Understanding                                                                 
Cecelia M. Wigal, Kay Cowan, Louis Elliott, Betsy Darken

202 Teaching Physical Properties of Water using Hydraulics                                                                                                     
Tabatha Dye, Beth Todd, and Pauline Johnson

203 - Using College Student Competitions to Recruit Middle-School Students to Engineering: The Visual Display Competition at the ASCE 2011 Southeast Student Conference                                                                                                                                              
Steven M. Click

*225 - Overview of Next Generation Science Standards for K-12: What impact on K-12 Engineering Outreach?          
Sally Pardue

T2–C: Administrative Division II                                                                                                                                                      

160 - Novel First Year Engineering Summer Session                                                                                                                    
Gail D. Jefferson, Sally Steadman, Tom G. Thomas, Kuang-Ting Hsiao

161 - Transfer Student Retention                                                                                                                                                    
Gail D. Jefferson, F. Carroll Dougherty, Sally Steadman, Tom G. Thomas

116 - Advising Engineering Students – Demands and Challenges                                                                                              
Adeel Khalid, Jessica Williamson

*166 - Math Requirements and Expectations for Lower Division Engineering                                                                       
Christopher D. Wilson

T2–D: Computer Engineering and Technology Division                                                                                                              

174 - Newsvendor Problem Simulation of Operations                                                                                                                
Hassan Alfadhli and Leticia H. Anaya

199 - Engaging Students in Electromagnetics Through Hands-On Skills and Computer Simulation                                        
Zhaoxian Zhou

102 - Implementing the Design-Build-Instrument-Test Approach for Curriculum Integration in Engineering Technology             
Paul M. Yanik and Aaron K. Ball

179 - Building a Community of Successful Technology Scholars                                                                                                
Laura E. LeMire

T2–E: Mechanical Engineering Division II                                                                                                                                       

111 -  Residential emergency solar power in western North Carolina                                                                                     
George Ford and Sung Joon Suk

120 - Using Animations to Enhance Understanding of Energy System Concepts                                                                    
B. K. Hodge and Govinda Mahajan

103 - Biovolatilization, a Different way to Gasify Biomass                                                                                                            
David Domermuth

171 - Process Analyzing of the Vortex Tube and The Teaching and Learning of Energy Efficiency
and Sustainability 
                                                                                                                                                                               
Don Van, Joel Ingram, Kenneth Mayo and Kian Jost

 

Technical Session 3  Monday, March 11, 2013        3:50pm – 5:10pm

 

03:50 pm – 05:10 pm

T3-A

T3-B

T3-C

T3-D

T3-E

Technical Session 3
K-12.
Division III
Computer/
Software Division
Research. Division I
Professional Skills Division I

Moderator:

Sally Pardue

Randy Smith

Gillian Nicholls

Adeel Khalid 

T3–A:

T3–B: K-12  Division III                                                                                                                                                                      

*119 - K-12 STEM Outreach Pilot: Autonomous Quadcopter Assembled and Tested By Middle School Students          
Jamil Anaguano and Yosef Allam

127 - Understanding Barriers to Engineering as a Career Choice for Appalachian Youth:
 Investigating the “heart” of the Region
                                                                                                                                          
Matthew Boynton, Cheryl Carrico, Marie Paretti, and Holly Matusovich

147 - A Strategic Case of Infusing Sustainability and Integrative Education
in a Korean High School Pre-Engineering Course
                                                                                                                         
Yonghan Ahn and Hyuksoo Kwon

148 - Research Trends and Priorities in K-12 STEM Outreach                                                                                                   
Twanelle Majors, Jennifer Meadow, Laura Luna, Hyuksoo Kwon

T3–C: Computer/Software Division                                                                                                                                               

193 - Formulation and Development of the Wasson Systems Engineering Process Model                                                  
Brittany Luken, Susan Hotle, Laurie Garrow, Christopher Cappelli, Lauren Jones, Stefanie Brodie, Margaret-Avis Rabah Aoufi

112 - Use of Facebook Group Feature to Promote Student Collaboration                                                                              
Anthony Choi

172 - A Multi-Level Curriculum in Digital Instrumentation and Control based on Field Programmable Gate Array Technology   
Omar Elkeelany and Mohamed Abdelrahman

T3–D: Research Division I                                                                                                                                                                  

143 - Positive and Negative Motivators and Their Effect on Engineering Student Success                                                   
S. Michael Wells, Sabrina D. Wells

150 - Encouraging Undergraduate Engineering Students to Generate Research and Design Publications                        
Philip T. McCreanor, Laura W. Lackey, Hodge Jenkins, Michael Leonard, Sinjae Hyun

186 - Analyzing Time to Student Course Withdrawal Patterns for Predictive Modeling                                                       
Gillian M. Nicholls

T3–E: Professional Skills Division I                                                                                                                                                   

135 - Introducing Technical Communication through Science Fiction: A Freshman Seminar                                              
Amy Barton

188 - Ethics and Biomedical Informatics: a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga                                  
Claire L. McCullough and Yu Cao

156 - An Ethical Approach to Hydraulic Fracturing                                                                                                                      
Andrew Potter and M. H. Rashid

 

Technical Session 4  Tuesday, March 12, 2013     
8:45am – 10:05am

 

8:45 am –
10:05 am

T4-A

 

T4-B

 

T4-C

 

T4-D

 

Technical Session 4
Engineering Graphics Division
K-12 Division IV
Mechanical Engineering Division III
Civil Engineering Division II

Moderator:

Priya Goeser

 

Claire McCullough

Monika Bubacz

Michael Woo

T4–A: Engineering Graphics Division                                                                                                                                               

144 - An Interactive Tool for Visually Presenting Conic Sections to STEM Students                                                               
Matthew K. Swenty, Gregory N. Hartman, David W. Johnstone, Daniel S. Joseph, Troy J. Siemers,
 and James C. Squire

181 - Pilot: Extra Credit-Incented Collaborative Learning & Reflection in an Engineering Graphics Course                     
Yosef Allam

T4–B: K-12 Division IV                                                                                                                                                                       

105 - Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students from Underserved Communities                                             
T. Kunberger, K. Csavina, and L. Zidek

*104 - Engineering Education – Past, Present and Future Outcomes                                                                                       
Marcos Chu

187 - Real-World Design Challenges - A Crucial Component of STEM Teaching and Learning                                             
Rebecca Jaramillo and Colin Britcher

129 - Using Future Engineers Camps to Advance STEM in Western North Carolina                                                               
William L. McDaniel and Sidney G. Connor

T4–C: Mechanical Engineering Division III                                                                                                                                     

182 - An Engineering Elective on Energy Resources                                                                                                                    
Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

128 - Novel Design for the Total Replacement of Finger and Toe Joints                                                                                  
Andrew Weems

165 - Shaft Deflection—A Very, Very Long Example                                                                                                                    
Christopher D. Wilson and Michael W. Renfro

*205 - Integrating a Design Project into an Undergraduate Mechanics of Materials Course                                               
Joseph J. Rencis and Hartley T. Grandin, Jr.

T4–D: Civil Engineering Division II                                                                                                                                                   

153 - Compressive Strength Analysis of Mortar Mixes Consisting of Recycled Plastics                                                         
John W. McDonald , Charles D. Newhouse

145 - Modeling Groundwater Flow Experiment                                                                                                                            
Daniel Bunei, Beth Todd

185 - A Case Study Comparing the Container Shipping Industry in the US and Panama                                                        
Tulio Sulbaran, Ph.D ; Matt Gathof

 

Technical Session 5  Tuesday, March 12, 2013      10:25am – 11:45am

 

10:25 am – 11:45 am

T5-A

 

T5-B

 

T5-C

 

Technical Session 5
Instructional Division III
Professional Skills Division II
Research
Division II

Moderator:

Richard Mines

Richard Kunz

Gillian Nicholls

T5–A: Instructional Division III                                                                                                                                                        

125 - A Preliminary Investigation of the Effectiveness of Peer Ratings in Engineering Design Teams                                
Richard O. Mines, Jr. and Joan M. Burtner

189 - Student and Faculty Impressions of an Online Computer Based Signal Processing Lab                                              
Thomas Murphy and Christopher Williams

194 - Using Technology to Enhance Undergraduate Learning In Large Engineering Classes                                                
John Abbitt and Bruce Carroll

T5–B: Professional Skills Division II                                                                                                                                                 

157 - Modern Drone Warfare: An Ethical Analysis                                                                                                                      
Joshua Olson and Dr. Muhammad Rashid

140 - Project Haiti 2012: Providing an Experiential Learning Experience Through the Design and Delivery of a Water Purifier in Haiti                                                               
Yung Wong, Johnathon Camp, Shavin Pinto, Kyle Fennesy, Marc Compere, Yan Tang

T5–C: Research Division II                                                                                                                                                                 

196 - Humorous Improvisation Tailored for Technical Innovation                                                                                             
Peter Ludovice, Lew Lefton, Richard Catrambone

124 - Measuring engineering students’ conceptual and empirical understanding of sustainability                                    
Adebayo Ogundipe and Olga Pierrakos

113 - Integrating Research Experience into Entry Level Electrical Engineering Graduate Courses                                     
Thomas Yang and Ilteris Demirkiran