ASEE Zone IV Conference
April 24-26, 2014
Concurrent Sessions Schedule
Friday April 25, 2014
Paper & Workshop Session I: 9:30-10:45am
Shoreline
Huntington
Newport
Redondo
S1. Innovative Pedagogies and
Classroom Technologies (I)
Moderator: Praveen Shankar
S2. Diversity: Opportunities
and Approaches for
Improving Student Success
Moderator: Reza Raeisi
S3. Improving the First Two
Years of Engineering
Curriculum
Moderator: Saba Reda
WS1. Innovative Pedagogies
and Classroom Technologies
Moderator: Jin-Lee Kim
 (P4) Mary Cardenas, Electronic
 (P7) Bhaskar Raj Sinha,
 (P27) Selyna Beverly,
 (W11) Julia Gelfand, New
Laboratory Notebooks versus
Paper Laboratory Notebooks
 (P56) Jose Macedo, Machine
Vision, PLCs and Motion
Control for Manufacturing
Engineering Undergraduate
Students
 (P15) Nebojsa Jaksic, A
Brainwriting Exercise on
Improving Engineering
Programs
Structuring Technical
Capstone Projects for NonProfit and Low-Budget
Community Organizations
 (P9) Armineh Noravian,
Increasing Diversity in
Technical Education: The
Importance of Building
Technical Capital
 (P29) Christopher McComb,
Research and Practice
Group Methodology: A Case
Study in Student Success
Student Learning and
Engagement through First
Year Programs
 (P34) Ding Yuan, LEGO
Mindstorms: EV3 versus
NXT 2.0 - A Laboratory
Study in an Introduction to
Engineering Course
 (P38) Jody Hamabata, First
Year Experience for
Engineers Lab Course - The
Mini Rose Float Project
Update – Year 6
Potential in Presenting
Research in the Engineering
Literature: Opportunities for
Scholarship and Instruction
through Video
 (W13) Deborah Won, Beyond
the Basics: Transforming
Engineering Education
Paper & Workshop Session II: 11:00am-12:00pm
Shoreline
Huntington
Newport
Redondo
S4. Distance Learning
Programs
Moderator: Jodi Reeves
S5. K-12 Programs
Moderator: Saba Reda
S6. Industry-Education
Collaborations
Moderator: Kevin Anderson
WS2. Diversity: Opportunities
and Approaches for Improving
Student Success
Moderator: Praveen Shankar
 (P17) Brian Arnold, Translating
 (P46) Fariborz Tehrani,
 (P30) Jin-Lee Kim, Lessons
 (W3) Rose Pringle, Culturally
Best Practices for Student
Engagement to Online STEAM
Courses
 (P53) Baird Brueseke, Cyber
Education Motivated the
Creation of the Virtual
Instruction Cloud CLaaS
 (P57) Reza Raeisi, Linking
Theory with Experiential
Learning in Virtual Learning
Environment
Engineering Literacy:
Educating Prospective
Elementary School Teachers
for Well-prepared
Engineering Students
 (P52) Samuel Landsberger,
Hands, Mind and Hearts-on
Design Experiences
 (P54) Nancy Warter-Perez,
Carbon Nanotube
Composites: Using an
Authentic Engineering
Research Problem to
Engage Middle School
Students in STEM
Learned from Advanced
Information Technologies on
Jobsite for Construction
Education
 (P33) David Naish, An
Outline for a Practical
Course in Computer-Aided
Design and Analysis in Civil
Engineering
 (P47) James Helbling,
Seeking Student Success
Through Industry Partnership
in Senior Capstone Design
Relevant Pedagogy in Science
and Engineering: Theory into
Practice
 (W4) Beverly Louie, RealWorld Connections: Using
Service-Learning and Culturally
Relevant Pedagogies to
Enhance Student Engagement
Lunch and Poster Session, 12-2PM
Location: Ballroom Foyer
Paper & Workshop Session III: 2:00pm-3:15pm
Shoreline
Huntington
Newport
Redondo
S7. Collaborative Teaching
Models
Moderator: Neb Jaksic
S8. Improving Retention and
Graduation Rates (I)
Moderator: Bei Lu
S9. Community College
Partnerships/Pathways
Moderator: Amelito Enriquez
WS3. Multidisciplinary and
Interdisciplinary Projects
Moderator: Larry Jang
 (P11) Mohammad Amin,
 (P12) Loukas Lazos, Student
 (P5) Agustin Robles,
 (W10) Chris Beyer, “Jack of All
Teaching and Learning of
Database Concepts Using
Multimode Teaching
Methodologies
 (P14) Bruno Osomo,
Assessment of Team Projects
in an Electrical Power Systems
Course
 (P43) Gordon Romney, Agile
Development Using Cloud IaaS
and PaaS in Computer Science
Curricula
Engagement, Learning, and
Retention in a Freshman,
Large Class Setting at the
University of Arizona
 (P22) David Clague,
Laboratory Enhanced
Education in Biotransport
Phenomena through
COMSOL Multiphysics®
 (P39) Alvaro Monge, HSI
STEM: Research
opportunities to improve
retention and increase the
pipeline to graduate school
Preparing Community
College Students for Civil
Engineering Profession
through Design and
Evaluation of a Three-Story
Steel Plate Shear Wall
 (P6) Thomas Korman,
Increasing the Success of
Lower Division
Undergraduate Students
through the Use of Common
Teaching Tools
 (P51) Marissa Buell,
Learning by Doing, a Method
to Engage Underrepresented
Minority Students Learning
Electrical Circuits
Trades, Master of None” – the
Challenge for Future Oriented,
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Programs
 (W1) Larry Jang, A Difficult
Topic Made Easy: Developing
A Straightforward Tuning
Method for Acid Neutralization
Control System
Paper & Workshop Session IV: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Shoreline
Huntington
Newport
Redondo
S10. Professional Development
for Faculty and Students /
Entrepreneurship and
Leadership
Moderator: Marilyn Dyrud
S11. Science and Math
Preparation for Engineering
Students
Moderator: Bei Lu
S12. Engineering Grand
Challenges / Best Practices
on Program Assessment and
ABET
Moderator: Rebeka Sultana
WS4. Simulation/Visualization
Technologies
Moderator: Subra Subramanya
 (P1) Debra Larson, Insights on
 (P2) Matthew Adle, High
 (P19) Tina Smilkstein, A
 (W7) I-Hung Khoo, Integrative
Integrating the Teacher-Scholar
Model into the Tenure and
Promotion Processes at a
Teaching-Focused Engineering
College
 (P24) Manoochehr Zoghi,
Integrating Entrepreneurship
Opportunities To Improve
Engineering Students
Experiential Learning
 (P44) Andriani Parastiwi,
Experience from Faculty
Exchange Program: Student
Success Lesson from Cal Poly
State University
 (P16) Hen-Geul Yeh, Green
Energy Conference Experience
– Integration of Class Room
Research Projects to IEEE
Professional Presentation
Impact Learning Practice
through Group
Undergraduate Research on
Thermoelectric Energy
Conversion Nanomaterials
 (P20) Galen Pickett, Student
Success in Introductory
Physics
 (P21) David Dillon, A Multiyear Student Project:
Demonstration of Production
of Necessary Gases for
Return from and Survival on
Mars
Graduate/Senior Level
Interdisciplinary Medical
Technology Design Class
 (P45) John Murray, The
Design and Construction of a
Tiny House: Small is
Beautiful
 (P37) Mudasser Wyne,
Crossing the Bridge: ABET
Accreditation
 (P8) Sukhmander Singh, A
Critical Examination of
ABET's Assessment Process
Method for Teaching
Undergraduate Mechatronics
Course by Combining Virtual
and Hardware-in-the-Loop
Simulations
 (W8) Samuel Perez,
Sustainability Systems
Simulation for Engineers and
Non-Engineers
 (W5) S.R. Subramanya,
Hands–on Gadgets to
Facilitate Algorithmic Thinking
and Problem Solving
Saturday April 26, 2014
Paper & Workshop Session V: 9:00am-10:15am
Shoreline
Huntington
Newport
Redondo
S13. Service and Project-based
Learning
Moderator: Rebeka Sultana
S14. Innovative Pedagogies
and Classroom Technologies
(II)
Moderator: Neb Jaksic
S15. Improving Retention
and Graduation Rates (I)
Moderator: Reza Raiesi
WS5. Innovative Pedagogies
and Classroom Technologies
Moderator: Roger Lo
 (P10) Stephanie Nelson, A
 (P31) Clint Staley, High
 (P28) Manoochehr Zoghi,
 (W2) Larry Jang, Internet-
Service-learning Collaborative
Project in a Mechanical
Engineering Technical Writing
Class
 (P25) Jeff Ashworth, Research
and Projects-Based Courses to
Validate Practical Engineering
Solution Techniques
 (P26) Moe Tajvidi, Application
of Project-Based Learning
(PBL) method in a senior year
engineering design course
Efficiency Inverted
Instruction: Doubling
Capacity while Preserving
Small Classroom Quality
 (P41) Kurtis Kredo,
Integration of State-of-the-Art
Low Cost Components into
Embedded and Digital
Systems Design Courses
 (P49) Kathryn Bohn, The
Study of Gyroscopic Motion
through Inquiry Based
Learning Activities
Initiatives to Improve Student
Success and Retention in
The Lyles College of
Engineering
 (P35) Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu,
Improving Student Learning
of Basic Electric Circuits
Concepts Using Current
Technology
 (P40) Jared Tuberty,
Leveraging Scholarships to
Advance Student Success
based System for
Undergraduate Process
Control Lab
 (W6) Saba Yohannes-Reda,
MESA WORKS: Inspiring
young minds to become future
mathematicians, engineers and
scientists by incorporating
Common Core State Standards
Paper & Workshop Session VI: 10:30am-11:45am
Shoreline
Huntington
Newport
Redondo
S16. Simulation/Visualization
Technologies
Moderator: Lisa Wang
S17. Multidisciplinary and
Interdisciplinary Projects
Moderator: Amelito Enriquez
S18. Innovative Pedagogies
and Classroom Technologies
(III)
Moderator: Roger Lo
WS6. Teaching Ethics and
Professional Development
Moderator: Marilyn Dyrud
 (P18) Frank Sanchez,
 (P3) Shadnaz Asgari,
 (P32) Carlye Lauff,
 (W9) George Plosker, IEEE
Evaluation of Modal Analysis
for Time-Delayed Multi-Degree
of Freedom Structures for
Reliability Assessment of RealTime Hybrid Simulation Results
 (P50) Ilmi Yoon, DeBugger
Game: a Mobile Virtual Lab for
Introductory Programming
Course
 (P55) Lisa Wang, Combination
of Shake Table Experiments
and Computer Simulation to
Enhance Structural
Engineering Curriculum in
Earthquake Engineering
Teaching Pattern
Recognition: A
Multidisciplinary Experience
 (P23) Jose Valdovinos,
Reliability Assessment
Analysis for Real Time
Hybrid Simulation with Fluid
Viscous Dampers
 (P42) Andriani Parastiwi,
Microhydro for Rural
Electrification as a Learn-ByDoing and Multidisciplinary
Project: Lessons Learned
Undergraduate Courses to
Professional Engineering
Design: A Disconnected
Trajectory?
 (P13) Edward Smaglik,
Computer Application
Blended Course Redesign:
Lessons Learned and impact
on Student Success
Xplore: What’s In It for You?
 (W12) Marilyn Dyrud, Teaching
Engineering Ethics: A Basic
Strategy
List of Posters (Poster Session: Friday 4/25/14. 12-2PM, Ballroom Foyer)
Poster
#
Authors
Poster Title
1
Stacie Gregory
Stereotype Threat and Social Identity Concerns of African-American, Female
Engineering Students: A Grounded Theory Investigation
2
Jesus Garcia, Federico Lopez-Casildo, Jr.,
Victor Vargas, Carl Lewis, Nick Rentsch
Dynamic Plant Development for Control Systems and Mechatronics
Experiments
3
Marissa Buell, Nehad Dababo, Rene Figueroa,
Peter Moala
Optimizing a Wirelessly Powered AC-DC Boost Converter for Biomedical
Implants
4
Hector Prado-Guerrero, Norman Ettedgui, Arash
Koushkebaghi, Rita Melgar, Hamid Mahmoodi
Modeling and Implementation of Brain-Inspired Neural Network for Edge
Detection and Object Recognition
5
Agustin Robles, David Alvarez, Jasmine Flores,
Cham Htun, Cheng Chen
Utilizing Steel Plate Shear Walls for Seismic Hazard Mitigation
6
Sheila Pendse
Girls Engineer Maine
7
Monica Palomo, Russel DiFiori, Ali Sharbat
Expanding Multi-institutional Bonds to Team up Students for The Creation of
Research Environmental Projects
8
Jack Ou
Teaching Digital Signal Processing Through Music
9
Janet Callahan, Amy J. Moll, Tami Taylor, Lynn
Olson
National Science Foundation S-STEM Scholarships: Recruitment and Cohort
Establishment for Engineering and Computer Science Students
11
Fariborz Tehrani, Fredrick Nelson, Nell K.
Papavasiliou, Carol Fry Bohlin, Mara Brady
Integrating STEM into K-6 Teacher Education: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to
Faculty Collaboration
12
Ziliang Zhou
Training Mathletes Using Countdown Method
13
Jina Flores, Erin Booth-Caro, Pegge MurphyHayden, Terri Armstrong
The Engineering 102 Project: Assisting Freshmen Engineering Students to
Validate Their Choice of Major or Consider Other Options Based on Their
Interests and Abilities.
14
William Hovik
Gyroscopic Cup Holder
15
Mary Jane Lee, Anne-Louise Radimsky, Cui
Zhang
Specification of Performance Criteria for Assessment of Student Outcomes
16
Ryan Harney, Anthony Sablan, Kristiana
Cervania, Diego Aguilar
Green Energy Project: Gravity Light
17
Lily Gossage
“Engineering Girls – It Takes A Village”: Serving Homeless Middle School Girls
via a K-12 Engineering Summer Residential Program
18
Phil Rosenkrantz
Using the SELECT Format in an Introductory Engineering Course
19
Pitiporn Asvapathanagul, Zhonghua Huang,
Phillip B Gedalanga, Tracy Wallac, Beter H.
Olson
Cause of Gordonia amarae-like Foaming in an Incompletely Nitrifying Plant: 3.5
Year Study
20
Rebeka Sultana
Effect of climate change on the critical elevation zones in a snow dominated
mountainous watershed in the Sierra Nevada, CA
21
Carlos Vergara, Juan Viana, Florian Pal
Implementing Solar-powered Drone Technology to Private and Public Sectors
22
Samuel Landsberger, Ye Daniel Ding, Garrick
Gregory, Nathyaeli Parada, Rodrigo Villalta
Design and Testing of an Engaging Submersible Robot for Remote Exploration
of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and Surrounding Marine Environment
23
Nancy Warter-Perez, Jianyu Dong
Using Videos to Enhance Engineering Instruction
Poster
#
Authors
Poster Title
24
Michael Nico Balagtas, Ravipun Cherngchaosil,
Cody Dunn, Omar Rojas
Solar Powered Bicycle Alternator
25
Fernando Ayon-Serrato, Cathy Sakurai, Raul
Rodriguez
Multidisciplinary Robotic Arm Project
27
Kelly Young, Jen Mei Chang, Jesse Dillon, Laura
Kingsford
Faculty participation in a learning community improves STEM student success
29
Kim Vu, Lily Gossage, Panadda Marayong,
Thomas Strybel
Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Scientists and Engineers
30
Melinda Holtzman, Donald Duncan, Branomir
Pecjinovic
Anticipating Student Success by Means of a Simple Math Quiz
31
Chris Brazier, Stephen P. Mezyk, Shahab
Derakhshan, Krzysztof Slowinski
Improving Student Success in General Chemistry at CSULB
32
Mehmet Argin, Ahmet Uludag, Shohrat Geldiyev
Student Engagement in STEM Careers Early on Through Engineering Clubs at
a Middle & High School: Teacher Practices from the Trenches
33
Harmonie Hawley
Four-semester Evaluation of Placing Underclassmen in a Senior Level Course
as a Retention Strategy
34
S.R. Subramanya , Jaqueline Ruiz
Using Algorithms to Enhance Comprehension of Concepts in Introductory
Chemistry Courses
35
Ananda Paudel
Augmented Reality for Visualization and Feature Identification of Solid Models
in Engineering Graphics
36
Amir Rezaei, Parham Pirouzaon
An Organizational Model to Manage the Assessment Process for ABET
37
Fariborz Tehrani, Jessica Regier, Kelsey
Hoffman
Modeling Civil Engineering Practice in Student Activities
38
Baheej Saoud, Brian P. Self, James M.
Widmann
Using Inquiry Based Learning Activities to Teach Dynamics
39
Hamid Mahmoodi, Hector Rado-Guerrero,
Norman Ettegui, Arash Koushkebaghi, Rita
Melgar
Modeling and Implementation of Brain-inspired Neural Network for Edge
Detection and Object Recognition
40
Kevin La, Subodh Bhandari, Zekeriya
Aliyazicioglu, Scott Boskovich, Daisy Tang
Exposing Students to State-of-the-Art in Unmanned Vehicles Technologies
41
Britt Rios-Ellis, Mayra Rascon, Gino Galvez,
Natalia Gatdula, Maria Ramirez
The Integration of the Promotores Model and the Cultural Capital Model to
Catalyze Latino Educational Success in Engineering
42
Kevin Anderson, Sam Halstead, Rafi Karim,
Kakeru Berg, Chris McNamara
Teaching HVAC/R in a Learn by Doing Mechanical Engineering Program using
Industrial Training Equipment