Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students through lectures1-4. Moreover, this approach provides a context thatmakes learning the fundamentals more relevant and, hence, results in better retention bystudents1-3. For clarity, we view problem-based learning as pertaining to the development ofknowledge based on the fundamental principles of science and mathematics and project-basedlearning to include mastering the engineering skills required to implement a design solution.Therefore, the multi and inter-disciplinary aspects of the senior design projects are obvious.When a topic, such the one presented here, combines and integrates a solution to an industrialneed with an educational platform and experiential module, the projects is even more valuable.The purpose of this paper is to

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy J. Jacobs, Texas A&M University; Jerald A. Caton, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

. ChemicalEngineering Education, 2011. 45(3): p. 203 - 210.10. R. A. Streveler, B. M. Olds, R. L. Miller and M. A. Nelson. Using a delphi study to identify the mostdifficult concepts for students to master in thermal and transport science. in American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference & Exposition. 2003. Nashville, TN.11. M. J. Cochran and P. R. L. Heron, Development and assessment of research-based tutorials on heatengines and the second law of thermodynamics. American Journal of Physics, 2006. 74(8): p. 734 - 741.12. K. E. K. Nottis, M. A. Vigeant, M. J. Prince and A. G. A. Silva, The effect of inquiry-based activities andprior knowledge on undergraduates' understanding of entropy, in 120th ASEE Annual Conference

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG); Charles Richard Cole, Southern Polytechnic State University; Christopher Welty, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Computing & Information Technology

and Mathematical Sciences as well as the Graduate Program Director of the Masters of Archival Studies at Clayton State UniversityProf. Richard Cole, Southern Polytechnic State University Richard Cole is a professor and dean of the School of Architecture and Construction Management at Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA. He has been an educator for thirty years and has maintained an architectural practice for thirty-five years. His interest in cross-disciplanary design has led him to the investigation of computer game design as a new paradigm for articulating architectural design and presentation.Mr. Christopher Welty, Southern Polytechnic State University

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

.(6) It appears studentlearning is improved when frequent low-stakes assessment is used throughout the semester.(7)Engagement is enhanced when the material is related to real world problems. The developmentof exercises that engender a positive student attitude and focus on broad conceptual underpinningis essential in helping students master the complex concepts.(8) Increasing active learning iswidely recognized for improving student learning.(9,10) Inquiry based activities that focus on Page 24.213.2common thermodynamic misconceptions are continuing to be explored.(10) Having studentsexplain difficult concepts in their own words is reported to

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R Baker, Arizona State University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny PhD, Arizona State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Brady J. Gibbons, Oregon State University; Sean Maass; Candace K. Chan, Arizona State University

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Materials

generation superconducting wire led to an R&D 100 Award in 2004. He received his Ph. D. in Materials from the Pennsylvania State University in 1998. Dr. Gibbons is a 2012 NSF CAREER awardee, as well. That program is designed to develop new environmentally benign piezoelectric materials, which can be used for a variety of sensing and actuation applications including sonar, ultrasound, energy harvesting, and microelectromechanical systems.Mr. Sean Maass Currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Materials Science and Engineering. Passionate about enhancing Engineering Education across the globe as well as continuing to learn more about Materials, Design, Manufacturing, Data Mining and Analysis, and Statistics.Prof

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel McCord Ellestad, Virginia Tech; Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #9165Graduate Student and Faculty Member: An Exploration of Career and Per-sonal DecisionsRachel McCord, Virginia Tech Rachel McCord is a graduate student in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Her research interests include engineering students use of metacognitive practices while studying in groups. Her advisor is Dr. Holly Matusovich.Cory Hixson, Virginia Tech Cory is currently a NSF Graduate Research Fellow pursuing a Masters in Industrial and Systems En- gineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9983Hands on Made4Me: Hands-on Machining, Analysis and Design Experiencesfor Mechanical EngineersMr. Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell Jeremy Vaillant is a Mechanical Engineering Masters Degree candidate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is interested in the development and use of low-cost CNC machines for educational deploy- ment.Prof. Christopher Hansen, University of Massachusetts, LowellProf. Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringDr. Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, LowellDr. Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Sammy G. Shina

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Xiaoxiao Hu, Old Dominion University; May Hou, Norfolk State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

focus. The constraints play the role of the closed world condition (CWC) of the ASITand the most crucial constraint is the main problem factor. The constraint partition is an act ofdivision and multiplication. The constraint revision leads to unification and the constraintintroduction may break symmetry.Both TRIZ and ASIT have been criticized due to the significant time required to master themethods. Furthermore, a sophisticated product which requires investigation will not be easilygenerated by either TRIZ or ASIT. On the other hand, knowledge-based creative design toolsaim to accumulate, formulate and manage knowledge so that the knowledge is easily extractedand clearly presented for problem solving. Data mining, global optimization

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University; Justinus Agus Budi Satrio, Villanova University; Kenneth A. Kroos, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

of 3-4 to develop a poster on a topic of their choice based on the materials learnedthroughout the mini project course. At the end of the course, the College of Engineering alsohosts a poster competition where the posters developed are presented to a group of audience andjudges. Alongside this poster presentation, students certainly garner the ability for improvingpublic speaking and professional skills a good engineer should practice.Identification of Multidisciplinary Engineering Components This freshman mini project focuses on many fundamental skillsets any engineer shouldhave regardless of their engineering discipline. These important skillsets which any engineershould master includes understanding the use of mathematical

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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International

USC (A) 18 12/6 10/8 Session Junior and business A Technion 18 Senior 18/0 Engineering 15/3 Aachen 18 Master 18/0 Engineering 15/3 Sophomore and Engineering USC (B) 18 14/4 9/9 Session Junior and business B PKU 18 Senior 6/12 All majors

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Ann Hill, Numeritics

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Manufacturing

apprenticeship  American  Association  for  Engineering  Education  Draft  Paper  for  Annual  Conference,  Indianapolis,  IN  2014      is successfully completed, the apprentice will receive a "Completion of RegisteredApprenticeship" certificate, an industry-issued, nationally recognized credential that identifiesproficiency in an apprentice occupation.39In a typical apprenticeship program, apprentices work about 32 hours per week under thesupervision of a master tradesperson, and spend another 8 hours in classroom training doingcourse work that includes math, verbal and occupation-specific content, all the while receivingpay and benefits. In general, apprenticeship programs are free, with minimal fees for booksand/or tools. The majority of U.S

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Minority Student Success

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annita Alting, Grove School of Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York; Feridun Delale, City College of the City University of New York; Joseph Barba, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

masters programs and sixPh.D. programs including one through the CUNY system’s graduate school. CUNY stands forCity University of New York, of which CCNY is one of the eleven senior colleges. Under thepressure of increased demand for an affordable well-regarded education in engineering, and as aresult of a retention study, the GSOE gradually raised its admissions criteria, starting in fall of2006. After an initial drop in enrollment, present enrollment levels are almost back to fall 2004levels. Retention and graduation rates have improved significantly, to the point that at present itis a challenge to meet the demand for upper level engineering courses.Table 1 shows the numbers of new entrants and total enrollment in the Grove School

Conference Session

Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Fu, MIT; Tahira N Reid, Purdue University; Janis P. Terpenny, Iowa State University; Deborah L. Thurston, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Judy M. Vance, Iowa State University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University; Gloria J. Wiens, University of Florida; Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; Janet Katherine Allen, University of Oklahoma; Kathy Jacobson

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Women in Engineering

2009 2010 2011 2012 Undergrad 1 0 0 0 Masters 6 2 3 5 PhD 24 11 17 30 Postdoc 1 3 1 4 Faculty 13 7 6 9 Non Faculty 3 3

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Frehill

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Rowe

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationtime). Because of this important factor excellent or first class performance in the project lookslike highly competent performance when taken out of context and would be inappropriate ifapplied to the dissertation phase of a masters degree for instance.Looking back over the development process a number of generic process steps have been takenand together with observations these are summarized in the following list. For the approach to beused in a different school or with different number of students the list serves as a suggestedchecklist for implementation: 1. The learning students are

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

distribute PowerPoint templates that replace Microsoft’s defaultswith defaults for the alternative slide design. This distribution has been successfully used both inprofessional workshops and in large courses at Virginia Tech and the University of Illinois(Academic 2003). These templates are readily available on the web at the number 3 site,according to Google (2004), for the topic of presentation slides. Nevertheless, users have tomake significant investments of time in order to master the new approach. Many engineers feelthat time pressures make it difficult for them to make those investments. Probing Deeper into the Resistance. The objections outlined in the precedingsubsection are the ones that people most frequently and easily

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Baladi; P. David Fisher

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sedki Riad; Mostafa Kamel

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Nowak; Barry Shoop; Lisa Shay

attempt to remove the artificial barriers and to reinforcekey foundational concepts. Integration of the curriculum begins by identifying commonfoundational themes within and between courses, and highlighting these to students as the topicalcoverage warrants. Deliberate integration of the curriculum is accomplished by not onlyidentifying the foundational themes through conceptual abstraction, but also, by design ofcommon exemplars. Reinforcing these concepts through recurring common examples helps thestudent better understand and master these concepts while simultaneously understanding thelinkages between courses.While many foundational concepts and threads can be identified within the electrical engineeringdiscipline, we have selected one example

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Feick; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

Mahal, Ankor Wat, the Great Wall of China, and the Forbidden City, learningabout the culture of Japan while visiting such cities as Kyoto, Nara, and Hiroshima.This experience provided the motivation to create a true program for engineering students thatwould enable them to fulfill both the letter and spirit of ABET 3.h (understanding the impact ofengineering solutions in a global and societal context) as well as 3.j (knowledge of contemporaryissues). This would also provide an opportunity to master the other four ABET professionalskills (e.g., multidisciplinary teams, ethical and professional responsibilities, communication,and life long learning).Working in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh’s International Business Center (whichhad

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Donald Elger

collaborationbetween the mentee and mentor. The environment of collaboration now turns the learning taskinto a challenge to be mastered by the mentee with the help of the mentor. The collaboratingalso prevents the task from becoming one that the mentor forces upon the mentee.When the mentor explores the mentee’s representation of knowledge, the mentee’s intelligenceand value are directly acknowledged. Acknowledging the mentee further builds trust andopenness in the interactions. Enabling the mentee to build on and refine his or her representationfurther reinforces trust. All of these ways of showing respect for the mentee’s intelligence areconducive to high-level achievement against difficult challenges

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

African, one Asian and one white American)and six male (one Asian, and five white American) students. Three were sophomores, five werejuniors, and one senior; and six were pursuing an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering, onein Electrical Engineering, one in Chemical Engineering, and one in Physics and Pre-Engineering.Eight of the students came from Ph.D. granting institutions, and one came from an institutionwith a Masters degree as the terminal degree. The nine students were divided into three groupswith three students in each, and each group worked on a separate project under the supervision ofFaculty Mentors and a Graduate Student Mentor. The three projects selected for the Site dealtwith understanding the behavior of building frame

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George F. List; Stacy Eisenman

“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3215faculty members, it stresses the fact that they need to advise, support, and tutor the students.They need to be a master, a sponsor, and a model to follow. It gives guidance on how facultymembers can help ensure success in all these aspects of a URP.Nagda et al. [6] talk about how student research teams can affect student morale and studentretention. They highlight the value of having students to work with students, to becomeprofessional peers. For example, they report how students

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dara O'Neil; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

no problem standing in front of a class and lecturing.” White female, 2nd year mechanical engineering Masters student “The STEP program has changed my career objectives. I now want to, ultimately, use my Ph.D. to develop educational programs for high schools. I want to create partnerships between industry and high schools. Don’t ask me how just yet; my thoughts are still evolving.” Black male, 5th year physics Ph.D. Page 9.980.14 student. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Froyd; Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

team. [This is evaluated by performance as part of a group while solving the semester long design project.] First Four Competency Areas sa a ad d sd a. These competencies were made clear to me at the beginning of the semester.b. I was tested on these competencies with straightforward exams. c. I had ample opportunity through multiple exams to demonstrate that I had successfully mastered each competency.d. My grades on the competency exams accurately reflect the knowledge I gained in each area. e. These competencies matched with what was taught in the course

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

of college graduates are Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education staffing businesses, teaching children, providing critical social services, and even winning admittance to graduate and professional schools without having mastered college-level skills or knowledge. With four out of five students graduating with GPA's of B-minus or better, with a college degree ensuring neither knowledge of subject matter nor basic skills, em- ployers and graduate schools have had to rely on other measures to sift applicants. Standardized

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe