Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Vanessa M Barth, George Mason University; Johnnie William Hall IV, Laboratory and Machine Shop Manager

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36531SeaPerch and SeaGlide Camp ImplementationDr. Leigh S McCue, George Mason University Leigh McCue is an Associate Professor and Chair of George Mason University’s Department of Mechan- ical Engineering.Vanessa M Barth, George Mason University Vanessa Barth is a PhD Student in the Mechanical Engineering department at George Mason University.Mr. Johnnie William Hall IV, Laboratory and Machine Shop Manager My work with the Mechanical Engineering Department at George Mason University started August of 2018. One of my major rolls has been assisting senior ME students with the fabrication process of their

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

hours. Also, thenumber of actual hours spent in the lab at VMI varied from 25 to 42 hours with an average of36.4 hours during the period from 1936 to 2016 [2]. There has never been a period when labswere not viewed as essential to the VMI civil engineering program.Educational theory has supported the use of laboratories as effective teaching techniques [3].Laboratories promote active learning and reduce the probability that students will passivelyreceive knowledge. Images and activities are more easily remembered especially if they arevivid and appeal to the senses [4]. Most laboratories require interactions among students andprofessors and force them to actively work with the principles under investigation. Teachingassistants are also commonly

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Scott Schultz, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

of his years at Ford were as an Information Technology manager in areas of development, installation and support. His primary research and teaching interests are in scheduling, heuristics and process modeling. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Introducing Production Concepts – A Hands On Learning Experience Scott Schultz and Sinjae Hyun Mercer UniversityAbstractIntroducing production concepts to engineering students can be quite challenging. The highresource cost of setting up and maintaining a production

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36578Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate Vibration ClassDr. Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University Chau Tran is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at NC State University. He is currently the course coordinator for capstone senior design and previously was the course coordinator for Vibration, the director for undergraduate advising and the director for undergraduate laboratory. He teaches senior design and Vibration annually. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NC State University in 1998

Conference Session

Communications and Ethics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Brian Aufderheide, Hampton University; Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University; Garrick E. Louis, University of Virginia; Andres Clarens, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

dilemma; the additional focus is to provide them useful professionaltools.18 The professional skills included teamwork with 360 peer evaluations and group contracts,design safety with fault tree analysis and calculations of risk priority numbers, and quality controlcalculating moving average and range charts process capabilities. 18Methodology of Course DeliveryFrom the pains of the pandemic, where classes were taught online for both programs for over oneyear, tools like Zoom, Blackboard Ultra Collaborator, Canvas, etc. were used and relied on likenever before. Delivering material online and still involving students interactively using breakoutvirtual rooms, has opened the doors to teaching courses between campuses in a manner notpreviously