Conference Session

Distance Learning and Online Teaching Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, are mapped to all of the required courses in the program. Thiscourse mapping also identifies whether a certain PLO is Introduced (I), Developed (D) orMastered (M) in a certain course. Each PLO is expected to be mastered in one or more courses.The assessment process for our programs is handled at various levels and by different group ofpeople. As a starting point, the program lead takes on the responsibility to provide and upload allthe information that is required for a Program Annual Report (PAR), or 5-year review. Next,each member of the School Assessment Committee (SAC) , takes on the role of a coach to leadin the preparation of the various components of their PARs for their programs. SAC coachescheck the completeness of the PAR work done

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

of these are assessed14-17.A. Breadth of CE ProgramsSuccessful engineers of the 21st century must master a diverse set of professional skills inaddition to technical skills. Although previous work has found that undergraduate programsgenerally meet the outcomes specified in the first edition of the BOK4 (BOK I), continued effortsto improve the quality of future engineers and their education motivates steady research on thetopic. Recent work has examined several of these professional skills that provide engineers‟breadth, including knowledge of sustainability, professionalism, humanities, and social sciences. Page 25.1217.3Previous work has

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wilczynski, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Crowley, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

process by allowing them to practice skills that they will learning inprofessional practices, as well as provide them with just-in-time feedback through peers andinstructors that helps students assess the degree of their attainment of learning12. Instructors nolonger convey knowledge in a predominately one-way conversation, but become facilitators ofeducational experiences designed to help students master specific concepts or skills specific totheir future profession. This kind of approach has yielded increased achievement of studentlearning outcomes and is the focus of much educational research13. Our approach providesstudents with a combined project-based and problem-based learning experience. Thispedagogical approach has emerged as an

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Baartmans; Sheryl Sorby

engineering program at Michigan Tech. Thus, after four years of study (including student teaching) a person could graduate with a fully accredited engineering degree and be certified to teach at the secondary level. This BSE degree will be linked to our Master of Engineering (MEng) program so that students could choose to spend a fifth year at Michigan Tech ending up with an ABET accredited BS, a graduate engineering degree, and teaching certification. Page 6.1031.5 According to current ABET requirements, an accredited engineering degree must consist of aProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raul Ordonez; Hong Zhang; Ravi Ramachandran; Stephanie Farrell

level of control. This concept can be observed in Figure 5, where theinnermost control loop corresponds to valve position control, and may be achieved with P or PIcontrol. The outer loop is the actual engine speed control. Here, K 2 , the master controller, needsto be designed to yield stable and adequate performance from the transient point of view. It is atthis point where the concept of PID-based control comes into play. Students are given theopportunity to directly experience what such a controller can achieve, and also to experiment andfind out what is the effect of each individual term on closed-loop performance. This adds to theirintuitive understanding of the PID controller in particular, and of control systems in general

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

Multi Media Session: Paper 2171Strategies for Teaching Computer Skills to First-Year Engineering Students Larry G. Richards University of VirginiaAbstract What computer skills should freshman Engineering students master? How should theylearn these skills? At the University of Virginia, a first year Introduction to Engineeringcourse emphasizes spreadsheets (Excel), Computer Aided Design (SilverScreen), and amathematics problem solving and symbolic manipulation program (MathCAD), as wellas Internet and World Wide Web skills. A series of scripts (lab lessons) leads the studentsthrough selected capabilities of each

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Roesset; James Yao

, we review several topics for a new curriculum. Many of these topics werepresented at a special meeting of the American Public Works Association (APWA) inLouisville, KY in September 2000 (Yao and Roësset, 2001), in the context of public worksand infrastructure management. We believe that a four-year bachelor degree in civilengineering followed by a master degree with practical experience is needed for successfulcivil engineering practice at the professional level. One should thus consider jointly theofferings at the bachelor and Master’s level instead of looking at them independently. If webelieve that curriculum changes are needed (and not everybody seems to agree with thispremise in spite of the overwhelming amount of recommendations in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Duley; A Boyanich; S P Maj

Engineering as a Professional Engineering Discipline: Discussion paper Mar, 1999. (unpublished). 4. A. Clements, Computer Architecture Education IEEE Micro, pp. 10-12, May, 2000-Jun 30, 2000. 5. G.A. Ford and N.E. Gibbs, A Master of Software Engineering Curriculum: Recommendations from the Software Engineering Institute IEEE Computer, pp. 59-71, Sep, 1989. 6. M. Ben-Ari, Constructivism in Computer Science Proceedings of SIGCSE'98 pp. 257-261, 1998. ACM. New York, NY (USA). 7. D. Aharoni, Cogito, Ergo Sum! Cognitive processes of students dealing with data structures Proceedings of the 31st SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education pp. 26-30, 2000. ACM. New York, NY (USA). 8. D.S. Brandt, Constructivism: Teaching

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard A. Kolk; Claudio Campana; Jun Kondo; Devdas Shetty

are Mechatronics, Manufacturing and Product Design.RICHARD A. KOLKRichard Kolk is the manager of Applied Technology at the Carrier Electronics Division of UnitedTechnologies Corp. in Farmington, Ct. In addition to co-authoring “Mechatronics System Design” he haspublished widely in mechatronics, control, and simulation. His areas of interest include controls,mechatronics, system modeling and identification. Richard has served as a member of the University ofHartford engineering adjunct faculty since 1984.CLAUDIO CAMPANAClaudio Campana is currently working as a Research Engineer at the Engineering Application Center of theUniversity of Hartford. He received his Bachelors degree from Boston University and Masters fromUniversity of Hartford in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Schweitzer; John Klegka

educators showed that over 40% of schoolsno longer teach the use of manual drawing equipment1. This fact implies that a heavy reliance isbeing placed on the use of computers for introductory instruction. It also means that youngengineering students are being required to master complex software packages while trying tograsp the fundamental concepts of engineering graphics.The majority of EDG courses rely on high-end CAD packages for their instruction in 3-D SolidModeling. Pro/Engineer is currently the most popular 3-D solid modeling package used for Page 6.723.1instruction1. High-end CAD packages are extremely powerful but they are also

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Richard O'Brien; Jenelle Piepmeier

Development. September, 2000.[2] R. M. Kanter, Men and Women of the Corporation. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers,1977.[3] S. H. Disher, First Class: Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy. Annapolis, Maryland:Naval Institute Press, 1998.[4] Available at http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf00327/start.htm[5] S. Widnall, “Digits of Pi: Barriers and Enablers for Women in Engineering”, The Bridge. Vol. 30,Fall/Winter 2000.[6] Available at http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/cat13wo.htmJENELLE ARMSTRONG PIEPMEIER received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering fromLeTourneau University in 1993, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctor ofPhilosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995 and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Zorowski

enrolled in a generalengineering masters program. Off-campus students complete all the work assigned to the on-campus students and take the same examinations under proctored conditions. Interactionbetween faculty and off-campus students is handled by email, fax and phone. Completion of allcourse requirements results in full course credit for the course applicable to a graduate degree inengineering. The program has worked well, been enthusiastically received by the off-campus studentsand produces significant number of graduates each year. However, the logistics of the programare staggering. The cost and manpower required to video tape three classes a week, mail tapesto some 400 students in as many as 20 different courses and having the tapes

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Lane Davis; Kenneth Martin Ragsdell; John Petrikovitsch; Edward J. Feltrop

Session 3220 Designing Effective Web-Based Learning Environments Using the Keller Plan and Media-Friendly Tools Robert L. Davis, Edward J. Feltrop, John Petrikovitsch, Kenneth M. Ragsdell University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThis paper summarizes the authors’ efforts to create effective learning environments suitable forthe new millennium. The University of Missouri Rolla (UMR) Engineering Management Depart-ment is currently responding to the challenge to deliver a Masters of Engineering Managementdegree program statewide. To facilitate this, a virtual campus must be created for students

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy N. Chang; Daphne l. Chang

Page 5.322.9nevertheless warrants the following recommendations:• Reconsider assessment criteria for Master level EE students. More emphasis should be placed on experimental projects, team-work, and communication skills.• MBTI should be used in helping students to modify their work habit and to form teams with complementary types.• Particular attention should be paid to the F and P type students who tend to experience difficulties in EE program.• Design curriculum and program to accommodate and challenge students of different types. Theory 1997/EE664 Experiment 1997/EE664 100 100 50 50 0

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith D Portsmore; Martha N. Cyr; Chris B. Rogers

, subroutines, inter-RCX communication, on boardcalculations, and the ability to compose and play music. The levels allow for the user to learn howto use the software and the control the RCX by mastering different capabilities and elements of theinterface at each level. Users are motivated to continue learning the software as they want to createmore complex creations. Figure 2. Pilot programs allow users to select options from pull down menus. This simple, Pilot Level 2 program turns a motor and a light on for 8 seconds. Page 5.376.3 Figure 3. Investigator programs are created by picking icons from a palette, placing them in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, vol. 1, pp. 20–30, April 1993.[3] Jacquot, R. G., Hamann, J. C., Pierre, J. W., and Kubichek, R. F., “Teaching Digital Filter Design Using Symbolic and Numeric Features of MATLAB,” ASEE Computers in Education Journal, vol. VII, no. 1, pp. 8–11, January-March 1997.[4] Porat, B., A Course in Digital Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.[5] Ingle, V. K., and Proakis, J. G., Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB V.4, PWS Publishing, 1997.[6] Mitra, S. K., Digital Signal Processing: A Computer-Based Approach, McGraw-Hill, 1998.[7] Ambardar, A., and Borghesani, C., Mastering DSP Concepts Using MATLAB, Prentice-Hall, 1998.[8] McClellan, J. H., Burrus, C. S

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jin Tso; Daniel Biezad

University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, has been offering a Master of Science degreeprogram via distance learning to an off-campus site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB),about 60 miles south of Cal Poly. The M.S. in Aerospace Engineering program is in demand byworking engineers and Air Force officers at VAFB. It gives them needed access to advancedtraining that will benefit their professional growth and careers.So far, about 15 graduate students have been enrolled at the VAFB site. They are mostly part-time, adult learners consisting of engineers and Air Force officers. The off-campus site has thesame curriculum and faculty as the main campus. During the fall, winter, and spring quarters,courses are offered via video teleconferencing and during

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Narayanan Murugesan; Jacob Eapen; Donna Lewis; Dan Sebald; Jodi Reeves

develop or revise a course in terms of objectives, outcomes, activities, andassessments. Often the SEESP topics are the same as in the NEO and TIP workshops, justexplored in more depth with participants from around the country.Case Study: DanDan arrived at UW-Madison with a bachelor and master of science degree in electricalengineering from different universities. His teaching experience as an undergraduate was throughtutoring a few hours a week. As a TA, while seeking the master’s degree he taught drafting,FORTRAN and design laboratories. The institution where he attained the master’s degree did nothave the amount of teaching preparation that the College of Engineering provides. Although hebelieves his teaching then was effective, he also

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Shari Kimmel; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

probably do notknow how or feel comfortable teaching them. "Problem solving" is a phrase that might be foundin a course description, but unless it is included in the course objectives and specificallyidentified as a skill to be mastered in the course, it is, at best, given perfunctory attention in theclassroom.7 In addition, a certain amount of time is needed for students to learn and master theseskills. It has been demonstrated that true mastery of skills comes only from practice in theapplication of the skills in real world situations.7 The McMaster Problem Solving (MPS)Program involves 120 hours for skills development spread over four required courses.8Unfortunately, most universities can not commit that amount of time to the development of

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

hours of work and need to be repetitively instructed on how to look at the master andwhat motions to use for replicating it. Many articles and books have covered the issue of how the surrounding environment influencesintellectual development of a young person. In my opinion the main factors contributing to thedevelopment of the above listed behavioral and technological shortcomings of young students are:lenient high schools, low level of social interest in sciences, ready-to-use everything, E-Z-everything,throw-away items used in everyday life, abundance of ready-to-play-with toys which leave no time fortheir in depth exploration, mass media pounding new information on viewer without giving time forown reflection, and overwhelming amount

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard J. Weigman; Glenn S. Kohne

the 8 track courses was that, since a student did not need an undergraduate degree ina particular area to enter a track, we had to make sure that he mastered a certain common body ofknowledge before being granted a Master's degree in, say Computer Engineering. It is the beliefhere that with 4 specified Introductory courses and 4 specified Advanced courses, we couldensure that the student had acquired this minimum common body of knowledge.Advanced Elective CoursesIn addition to the 8 courses in a particular track, each student is required to take 3 advancedelective courses which can come from anywhere in the program (and in some cases, in an entirelydifferent program). This requirement can be satisfied in a number of different ways. First of

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Yale N. Patt; Kevin J. Compton

not only assume the students know the syntax of C but also understandhow it relates to the underlying architecture. Consequently, EECS 280 can focus on problemsolving with more sophisticated data structures. On the hardware side, the students continue witha digital logic design course (EECS 270) and an introduction to computer organization (EECS370). Now, EECS 270 can start with students having an appreciation of what the logic circuitsthey master are good for. In EECS 370, their jump point is much further along than when theywere seeing the term Program Counter for the first time.2. The Three Major Components of EECS 100The course roughly breaks down into three segments, the underlying hardware and the LC-2, theprogramming language C, and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy C. Shelton

2the industry is further complicated by their unusual work schedule. Traditional methods of courseand curriculum delivery are not acceptable. C. Microsystems Engineering Technology (MSyET) Microsystems Engineering Technology (MSyET) involves the application of knowledgethat includes the industrial arts, applied sciences, and engineering which support the design andmanufacture of miniaturized electronic components, circuits, and subsystems in thesemiconductor industry. Microsystems Engineering Technology is an educational discipline thatprepares qualified candidates to competently perform professional duties of a MicrosystemsEngineering Technologist at the Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree level. TheMicrosystems

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald A. Lessard

course is pictured inFigure 1. It was developed using the results of a past student senior project. Page 4.227.1 Figure 1 Model IEEE Maze Solving Robot.The student project started with an early version of a stepper motor robot kit which usesinfrared sensing of the maze wall top surfaces. This kit has been fitted with a Motorola6811EVB board. The EVB allows the students to apply knowledge from theirintroductory “Computer Organization and Programming Course” (EG321) to developrobot control software. The robot has been further modified with a wireless modem sothat other applications which involve interaction with a remote master unit

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

David E. Hornbeck

, while industrial "experience," is notnormally interpreted by accreditation teams as meeting these criteria. If a faculty member has three yearsof non-academic technical employment of some kind, no matter how long ago or in what technical field,it has generally been accepted in meeting the experience requirement.Clearly, the criterion for industrial experience is so vague and has been interpreted so inconsistently byprogram evaluators, institutions, team chairs, and the TAC itself, that it is a superfluous criterion withlittle or no validity in assessing the quality of a degree program.Although faculty for baccalaureate programs are supposed to have at least a masters degree, there arerelated issues which this criterion fails to address at all

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia M. Yaeger; Rose M. Marra; Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

the traditionaldynamics? As Ewell [17] suggests, the discussion of goals to assess was an integral part of theprocess and was instrumental in helping develop the course design. The essential goals and ob-jectives for the Interactive Dynamics class were: • content knowledge, • teamwork skills, Page 4.91.4 • computer literacy skills, and • technical writing skills.The primary goal for the course was that the dynamics content, i.e., subject matter learning,would be mastered equally or better than in traditional courses. Given the research that suggeststhat students learn better when they are actively involved in the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Powell; Michael J. McCarthy; Michael H. Buonocore

an AV Master, Inc. board from FAST Multimedia AG. Adobe Premiere was then used tocovert the hardware compressed avi file to a conventional uncompressed avi file, and finally, theRealPlayer Encoder was used to convert the conventional avi file into a extremely smallstreaming video file which could be viewed over the Web using the RealMedia Player. Fig.2: Microsoft Frontpage, HTML view for editing scripts.The FastCap program provided with the AV Master board was used for digitizing the video.Prior to using FastCap, the sVHS video was viewed in its entirety, and the start and stop times ofeach page of the notes were recorded. A Panasonic Model 8650 sVHS recorder was used toobtain reliable time points and control over the video

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Rona Colosimo Warner; Paul J. Warner; Kim LaScola Needy

1.4.1.3 Obtain additional equipment 1.4.1.3.2 Solicit donations 1.4.1.3.2 Procure new / used equipment 1.4.2 Tooling (hand tools, vices, cutters, fixtures, etc.) 1.4.3 Student assessories (gages, toolbox, calculators, etc.) 1.4.4 Material for projects (bar stock, sheets, etc.) 1.5 Placement and Mentors 1.5.1 Develop student resumes 1.5.2 Identify potential employers 1.5.3 Schedule company tours 1.5.4 Send resumes 1.5.5 Coordinate interviews 1.5.6 Host company representatives and guest speakers 1.6 Oversight / Measurement 1.6.1 Plan master budget

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

schools.Projects might include individual elementary, middle, and high schools; child-care centers; Page 3.511.4district-wide and campus master planning; referendum and feasibility studies; andcomprehensive K-12 campuses which incorporate community centers, visual and performingarts, fitness, science, and wellness facilities. Architects and engineers must also keep pace with the changing nature of their markets,in this case teaching and education. Not only are theories of learning and instruction evolving,but also the political climate affecting schools, school design, and school construction as neverbefore. Active learning, multiuse facilities

Conference Session

Innovations in Experiments and Modeling

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Barnabas Gao, Rowan University; Kirti M Yenkie, Rowan University; Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University; David Anthony Theuma, Rowan University; Sean Curtis, Rowan University; Michael Fracchiolla, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Steven Roth, Rowan University; Emma Marie Padros, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

the filter to thesystem is calculated to be one-part filter to 2.5 parts system.2.3 Finalized Pilot Plant ArchitectureWithin the confines of the designated space, the students meticulously built the pilot plant,adhering to the precise design considerations. Their hands-on involvement extended to everyaspect of the design and fabrication process. A significant part of the students’ learningexperience was mastering AutoCAD. They utilized this software to design and fabricate the 3DCAD sections of the pilot plant, ensuring that each component was accurately represented andfits seamlessly within the overall structure. The finalized design of the pilot plant, as depicted inFigure 3, showcases the culmination of the students’ efforts.The plant has