Paper ID #6675Development of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Environmental Engi-neering CoursesDr. Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, DartmouthProf. Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida Dr Jeffrey Cunningham is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at the University of South Florida (USF). Dr Cunningham’s research and teaching interests are related to the fate, transport, and remediation of contaminants in the environment. His current students are working on projects related to the clean-up of soil contaminated by hazardous chemicals, the fate of
a complete reference list in written documents • Explain how research and information sources are related to making evidence-based engineering decisionsPortions of this content are taught at two different times during the semester. Initialconversations about high quality resources occur early in the semester, during the second week,when the students are being introduced to Model Eliciting Activities (MEA). MEAs are openended design projects in real-world, client driven scenarios 4. As an early step in completing andMEA, students need to find information to help define the context of the situation for which theyare designing a solution.Week 2 focuses on a discussion of trustworthy sources and data literacy through fact checkingand
the efficiency of both virgin and waste vegetable oil biodiesel whencompared to standard petroleum fuel. Studies were performed on the purity of the biodiesel andfuel efficiency when varying the alcohol and base. This initial research project evolved into another independent project involving fourChemical Engineering students that focused on the conversion of glycerin into other usefulproducts. Some products that can be manufactured from glycerin are: bar soap, liquid soap, andcandles. These projects evolved into a collaboration between the Chemical Engineeringundergraduates, and graduate students from the School of Business to produce a cost andfeasibility analysis on the products from the biodiesel reaction. These products have the
Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern UniversityElizabeth Marie Spingola Elizabeth is a junior at Ohio Northern University. She is the Project Manager of an organization at school that is designing and fabricating a model Mars Rover for a local museum. She is, also, has leadership roles in Phi Sigma Rho, the engineering sorority at ONU. Other organizations she belongs to include SWE, ASME, Flute Choir, JEC, and more. Page 23.238.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Bachelor of Science in Engineering Education: Differentiating from Traditional
Optimization and testing of a first generation cavitation heat pumpIntroductionMajor objective of this project is to enhance the educational experiences of engineering studentswhile working on a team project resembling a realistic work environment similar to that of andindustrial setting. During 2012 summer vacation, 23 undergraduate students from three differentuniversities (one private university, one city university and one state university) conducted 2012summer undergraduate research activity. Theme of the 2012 summer undergraduate researchactivity was renewable energy systems. The summer undergraduate research activity wasverbally advertized only throughout three mechanical engineering undergraduate classes of 2012spring semester. However, 23
operator.PLCs are used in almost every factory setting where there is assembly line technologyand automated processes. They are also used to control such things as dishwashers,lighting systems and computer peripherals.3In 1968 General Motors issued a request for proposals for an electronic replacement forhard-wired relay system. The winning proposal came from Bedford Associates 4 whostarted a new company dedicated to developing, manufacturing, selling, and servicingthis new product: Modicon, which stood for MOdular DIgital CONtroller. One of thepeople who worked on that project was Richard E. Morely, who is considered to be the"father" of the PLC.5PLCs are a form of computer that has the specific job of sequencing the steps in a processor the
; Processes-Plastics & Composites 3ECT-466 Microcomputer Architecture 3 MFG-438 Sustainable Manufacturing & Product Design 3ECT-408 Data Acquisition & Measurements 2 ECT-408 Data Acquisition & Measurements 2ENG-271* Technical Writing Laboratory 2 ENG-271* Technical Writing Laboratory 2 IET-408 Lean Management Methods 3IET-323 Project Management 3 IET-323 Project Management 3SET-499
interests are in the area of power electronics which includes advanced converters for power supplies, power quality issues, active power filter development, utility interface issues, power conditioning systems for fuel cells, wind and solar energy systems. She holds one US patent with industry collaboration. She is an IEEE Senior member and is actively involved in funded research projects while engaged in teaching, research and consulting in the area of power electronics, motor drives, power quality and clean power utility interface issues.Mr. Radhakrishna Kotti, University of Houston (CoE) Radhakrishna Kotti received his B.TECH degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (J.N.T.U), India in 2010. Currently he
project: An empirical evaluation. Applied Measurement in Education,22(3), 290-308.Page |3 January 7, 2013 NSF CCLI Phase 3 Grant 0817403, SMARTER Teamwork: System for Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, and Remediation for Teamwork 6. Loughry, M.L., M.W. Ohland, and D.D. Moore. Development of a Theory-Based Assessment of Team Member Effectiveness. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 6 2007; vol. 67: pp. 505 – 524. 7. Ohland, M. W., Layton, R. A., Loughry, M. L., & Yuhasz, A. G. (2005). Effects of behavioral anchors on peer evaluation reliability. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(3), 319-326. 8. Kaufman, D
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington D.C. Dr. Zhang is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. She has served regularly on the organizing committees and program committees of many international conferences. Her research projects are supported from National Science Foundation, US Geological Survey (USGS), and UDC. Page 23.1076.1 c American Society for Engineering
engineering education.Prof. Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University Dimitrios Peroulis received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2003. He has been with Purdue University since August 2003 where he is currently leading a group of graduate students on a variety of research projects in the areas of RF MEMS, sensing and power harvesting applications as well as RFID sensors for the health monitoring of sensitive equipment. He has been a PI or a co-PI in numerous projects funded by government agencies and industry in these areas. He has been a key contributor in two DARPA projects at Purdue focusing on 1) very high quality (Q>1,000) RF tunable filters in mobile form factors
been engagement tools within clinical contexts as a therapeutic tooland for play therapy4. Puppets provide a concrete focal point that enhances children’scomprehension, interest, and engagement during a discourse activity5,6. So instead ofdiscussing their own insecurities, fears, or opinions, the puppet is used as a surrogate aschildren project their own persona onto the puppet. Puppets have also been used toencourage children in mathematical lessons7, promote engagement in science9, and teachphonics9. Puppets have been shown to: • Decrease children’s fears of the interview process • Lower anxiety levels • Help assess children’s knowledge • Help children to adjust to environment • Provide effective
Directorat the Center of Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. Hynesreceived his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and his Ph.D. inEngineering Education in 2009 (both degrees at Tufts University). Inhis current positions, Hynes serves as PI and Co-PI on a number offunded research projects investigating engineering education in theK-12 and college settings. He is particularly interested in howstudents and teachers engage in and reflect upon the engi- neering designprocess. His research includes investigating how teachers conceptualizeand teach and how students engage in engineering through in-depth case study analysis
models, and on the rapidly developing web-based social networking and contentmanagement tools. It utilizes virtual communities of practice (VCP) to help faculty membersunderstand and implement research-based instructional approaches.The two goals of the project are: (1) to develop a sustainable VCP model for facultydevelopment that will enable relatively inexperienced faculty members to gain an understandingof research-based instructional approaches and to implement these approaches in theirclassrooms and (2) to identify VCP best practices by developing approaches for characterizingthe operation of VCP implementations and relating these to VCP effectiveness. This paper firstsummarizes the literature that underlies the VCP approach; then it
of the experiments so thatstudents can more readily connect the results with the real world. In an effort to improve studentlearning in structural dynamics, forced vibration testing2,3,4 of buildings on the Cal Poly campushas been conducted. Page 23.628.2The Bridge House, a one-story building spanning a small seasonal creek, was constructed in19665 by undergraduate students in the Cal Poly outdoor experimental construction laboratory.The goal of the project was to create a structure that utilized the rough terrain of the nine acrecanyon (see Figure 1). The building has served many purposes over the years including housingfor the canyon
Paper ID #6477FUTURE WORLDS: Development of Assessment Methods for an InteractiveCyberlearning Platform for Informal Explorations in Sustainability for Stu-dents Ages 9 – 12 (Research to Practice)Ms. Rebecca Arielle Citrin, Lafayette College Rebecca Citrin is a junior Civil and Environmental Engineering student at Lafayette College with a strong interest in K-12 Engineering Education. She is currently working with Lafayette College and North Carolina State University faculty members on an NSF-funded education project. Citrin has conducted research on various informal K-12 engineering education projects and has worked on
Paper ID #6685How Underrepresented Minority Engineering Students Derive a Sense of Be-longing from EngineeringDr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director for Research at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She directs re- search projects from conceptualization, methodological design, collection of data and analysis, to dis- semination of research findings. Dr. Litzler manages the Sloan-funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE), which uses quantitative and qualitative methods
LabVIEW. The Arduino skills of addressing inputs and outputs and documenting codewere also reemphasized as was a focus on program/logic flow. Allen Bradley PLCsprogrammed with RSLogix 5000 software were the final platform introduced to the students,applying their acquired knowledge of ladder logic from i-TRiLOGI to industry grade hardwareand software. Throughout Arduino, i-TRiLOGI, and RS Logix 5000, a common exercise wasused to highlight the similarities, differences, and capabilities of each platform.IntroductionProgrammable logic controllers are a common solution to automation and control projects forengineers. Despite their frequent application, PLC instruction is limited to a single upperdivision course for Mechanical Engineering Technology
contact with instructors, and active engagement inreal world projects. Yet we struggle to find feasible paths to take action. Pressures toincrease enrollment and cut budgets challenge us to find ways to do more with less withoutdiluting the learning experience. Administrators embrace the need to update curriculum toremain current and relevant, yet there is no room to add in a tightly packed four-yearprogram. These tensions require innovative approaches to engineering education andleadership development to meet the challenges of the future.Introduction – An Overall FrameworkThere is general agreement that a renewed focus on leadership development is critical to thefuture success of the engineering discipline (NAE 2004). Our thinking begins to
Paper ID #6569Curriculum Exchange: Visualization Tools and Online Courses for Teachingabout EarthquakesDr. Sandra Hull Seale, UCSB Dr. Seale earned the B.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1981, the S.M. in Civil En- gineering from MIT in 1983, and the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from MIT in 1985. Dr. Seale is currently working as the Project Scientist and Outreach Coordinator for the Seismology Research Laboratory at UC Santa Barbara.Dr. Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University Dr. Thalia Anagnos is a professor in the General Engineering Department at San Jose State University, where she has taught
Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects program in Mechanical Engineering. He received his B.S.M.E. from Louisiana State University in 1982, and his M.S.M.E. in 1985 and Ph.D. in 1989, both from Purdue University. He teaches mechanical engineering design and geometry modeling for design. Dr. Crawford’s research interests span topics in computer-aided mechanical design and design theory and methodology. Dr. Crawford is co-founder of the DTEACh program, a ”Design Technology” program for K-12, and is active on the faculty of the UTeachEngineering program that seeks to educate teachers of high school
inother cohorts were weakest for both groups of respondents.Figure 2: Strength of connections with various groups MEMP Staff MEMP Faculty Campus MEMP Students Alumni Distance Students in Other Cohorts Current Students Distance Students in Own Cohort 0 1 2 3 4 5Key Activities for Relationship BuildingAn analysis of the activities positioning the students to establish the strongest relationships withtheir distance peers is presented in Figure 3. The campus residencies and group projects had
LamarUniversity. It will give students more opportunity to learn and practice Engineering Economicswhenever they have spare time. The preliminary assessment results in Fall 2012 semester arepresented in this paper. Surveys and interviews are conducted with randomly selected students toget a better understanding of the impact of the mobile app. The authors are now in the process oftransforming the app into game-style. Further development and improvement with formativeassessment is planned in the next three years.* Acknowledgment: This project is partially supported by a grant from the National ScienceFoundation DUE-1140457 to Lamar University. 1. Introduction Engineering Economics is a core class in engineering and is often required in
many novel models were developed in the final student-determinedclass project compared to those projects that used readily available models from the literature –measure the impact of the exploratory nature of the simulations; 2) How many models usedSimulink – measure for increased confidence in using a modeling tool 3) How many finalprojects for the laboratory and lecture course overlapped in content (i.e. simulated and measuredsame behavior on the same physiological system) – measure for deeper understanding of a topicto be able to adapt the system to a model based and measurement based project guideline.Finally, details on accessing the freely available simulation models and curriculum materials willbe provided.Simulation MaterialsSimulation
. Page 23.1033.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Remote Circuit Design Labs with Analog DiscoveryAbstractThe limited resources in the traditional labs have restricted the effective and innovative circuitdesign projects from freshmen Circuits 1 class to Capstone ideas. The limited number ofmeasuring and signal-generating instruments makes it difficult for students to engage in theseprojects when they need to share these instruments or schedule to use them at a specific time.Furthermore, it is a challenge for students to learn how to use various instruments includingpower supplies, multi-meters, oscilloscopes, and function-generators if not used in conjunctionwith each other. Likewise
Page 23.1092.3 Structures DesignCourses in Table 1 are prerequisites for the respective courses in Table 2. In the steel structures,concrete structures and Timber/masonry structures design laboratory courses, the students withguidance from licensed structural engineer faculty prepare complete construction documents(structural calculations, structural plans and structural specifications) for pertinent materialstructures. The faculty member plays the role of the project client and also acts as the buildingcode enforcement agency plan checker.Real world building structures are not built solely of only steel, reinforced concrete, Timber ormasonry. The building system is typically a combination of all the above materials. This
catheter. Asample solution depicting the velocity distribution at the tube outlet is shown in Figure 1b.a bFigure 1: Sample solutions of radial velocity profiles for arterial blood flow, (a) in the presenceand absence of a catheter (two sizes) based on the analytical solution for this flow field and (b) inthe presence of a catheter based on the computational fluid dynamics approach.Assessment of Student WorkAs described above, two separate deliverables are associated with this project. The first, whichis weighted more heavily, is a team report. The report has specific requirements for each aspectof the project, as well as the following requirements to evaluate the various approaches
Paper ID #7351Implementation of Sustainability Concepts in Environmental Engineering Cur-riculumnsDr. John Woolschlager, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. John Woolschlager is the founding Chair of a new Department of Civil Engineering that was started at Saint Louis University in the 2009/2010 academic year. Prior to joining Saint Louis University, Dr. Woolschlager was an Associate Professor at Arizona State University and at the University of North Florida. Dr. Woolschlager had been involved in over 3 million-dollars worth of collaborative research and engineering projects. Additionally, he was honored with
regions measured remained nearly constant at 5% strain, indicating overallshape recovery. Average strains over the entire gauge length of a specimen were also comparedbetween the data produced by the VI and a linear variable differential transducer (LVDT).Results were comparable, which concludes that LabVIEW VIs are effective in measuringdeformation in multiple regions.Introduction Page 23.725.2The research experiences for undergraduates (REU) project took place in the summer of 2012 inthe Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) with fundingprovided by the National Science Foundation. The first author, who is the
25E3. Design/Build & Other Project Methods 0 13 23 87 3 23E4. Leadership Skills/Adaptation to Changes 0 32 25 91 3 40E5. Working with Architects, Contractors, etc. 0 27 34 100 3 33E6. LEED, Green Buildings, Energy Use 0 23 19 84 3 40E7. International Design and Construction Practices 0 7 3 48 3 14 Table 2: Topic Groups and Subtopics