Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Michelle Leonard, University of Florida; Margeaux Johnson, University of Florida; Ben DeVane, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2011-2131: GAMING AGAINST PLAGIARISM: A PARTNERSHIP BE-TWEEN THE LIBRARY AND FACULTYAmy G. Buhler, University of Florida Amy G. Buhler is Engineering Librarian and Associate Chair at University of Florida’s Marston Science Library. Prior to her work at Marston, she was a medical librarian for six years at the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries. Amy received her Master of Science in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Michelle Leonard, University of Florida Michelle Leonard received her Master of Arts and Master of Library Science (MLS) degree from Kent State University and has worked in both corporate and academic environments. She joined the UF library

Conference Session

Professional Development from a Distance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

Academic Center Infrastructure for Professional DevelopmentAbstract:The Center for Professional Studies in Technology and Applied Research (ProSTAR) wasapproved by Purdue University under the College of Technology as an academic Center inFebruary 2009. At that time, the underlying foundation for ProSTAR’s professional educationactivities was a Master of Science degree with a primary focus in technology leadership andinnovation skills including tools for process improvement and quality management.This paper will address the many complex and potentially controversial aspects of designing andimplementing an infrastructure for an academic Center to centralize professional studies within amajor Tier 1 educational

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention, and Diversity in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet ; Chandra R. Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet, Department of Technology; Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed P.E., Purdue University, Calumet; Hassan Moghbelli, Isfahan University of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics

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Engineering Technology

to new software needs. Concerns over “cyber security” should result inbusinesses and government continuing to invest heavily in software that protects their networksand vital electronic infrastructure from attack. The expansion of this technology in the next 10years will lead to an increased need for computer engineers to design and develop the softwareand systems to run these new applications and integrate them into older systems.”Program’s GoalsThe program’s goals is a 5 years ( 2 + 2 + 1) 3-degrees plan that would offer students Associate,Bachelor and Master degree. The plan of study includes courses in the areas of Electronics,Hardware, Software, Firmware, Networking, Algorithms Design, Image Processing, DistributedSystems, Automat and

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William Darby; Richard Grodsky; Joseph Pietroburgo; Nancy Shields

engineering.Confidence I think I have the ability to master calculus. I think I have the ability to master physics. I think I have the ability to master chemistry. I believe that I have the creativity it takes to become an engineer. I believe that I can learn the computer skills that are necessary to become an engineer.Study Habits I think I can succeed in an engineering major by studying the same way I do now.Teamwork I prefer to work alone rather than in a group (reverse scored).Academic Locus of ControlBecause the program also contained a purely academic component (the mathematics course inthe morning), we were interested in determining whether or not students felt more in control ofacademic outcomes after participating in the program. To assess this

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Y. Omurtag; T. Ioi; S. Enomoto; M. Matsunaga

Page 4.128.2issues related to the plant operations and other Project Managementchemical continuous flow systems. A student has to take 50% of his or her credits from the maincomponent and the remaining 50% from other two sub-components. In the curriculum, inaddition to teaching basic engineering, the objective is to help students to master the art ofbusiness management as well, and to develop their skills of solving problems through the fulluse of computer systems. Practical educational programs of laboratory exercise and experiments,and test case studies are included. Studies affiliated with Engineering, Information Systems andbusiness Management which are related to project management, or interdisciplinary studieswhich link these

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahador Ghahramani

Two types of graduate degrees are offered in the EMGT outreach programs: Master ofScience and Doctor of Philosophy. Table 1 summarizes the MS requirements for thesis andnonthesis options. TABLE 1, EMGT OUTREACH MASTER’S DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. REQUIREMENTS NONTHESIS THESIS HOURS HOURS TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 33 30 UPPER LEVEL COURSES 9 6 OUT OF DEPARTMENT 6 6 RESEARCH None 6 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Goldberg

containing an information file for each section (of each chapter) of the textbook. Thefile directs the student to key equations and portions of the section, identifies subsections that arenot required, and provides additional explanations where needed. The files in the database havebeen developed for students to use in conjunction with their reading assignments. The filesfollow closely with the textbook and provide a guide for the students to organize their studies andhelp master the required material. The files are accessible to students through the schoolcomputer or through the Internet.The targeted courses are an introduction to electronics and a linear analog circuits course, bothrequired in the Bachelor of Technology, Electronics Option at

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Majdi Najm

Engineering Education Center in St. Louis, FortLeonard Wood, Columbia, industry and government installations in St. Louis, as well as to theNational Technological University (NTU). More than 2,200 students have earned Master ofScience in Engineering Management degrees from UMR. Page 3.5.1 1A cooperative Master of Science program for U.S. Army officers is offered in conjunction withtheir Engineer Officer Advanced Course at Fort Leonard Wood. Officers enroll with UMR andtake UMR courses while completing their Engineer Officer Advanced Course (EOAC). Theythen remain at Fort Wood for an additional 16 weeks of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Solarek, University of Toledo; Hong Wang, The University of Toledo; Allen Rioux, The University of Toledo; William Evans, The University of Toledo; weiqing sun, The University of Toledo

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Computers in Education

Faculty • Frequency: Each Semester Each faculty member collects course assessment data consistent with the Master Syllabi and provides an analysis of course assessment data related to the program outcomes for each course taught in a semester. This analysis is documented and collected each term for each of the a-k program outcomes. This data is used to assess achievement of program outcomes. Page 15.760.7Exit Interview DataResponsible Personnel: Department Chairman and Program DirectorFrequency: Data is collected each semester and summarized annually Educational Benchmarking, Inc. (EBI) surveys are conducted

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Nishant Shah, Lamar University; John Koehn, Chadron State College

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Construction

Nishant Shah was enrolled in the College of Graduate Studies and the Department of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. He was awarded the Master of Engineering (ME) Degree in 2009.John Koehn, Chadron State College James F. Koehn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business and Economics at Chadron State College, Nebraska, where he is also the Director of the Nebraska Business Development Center. Koehn currently serves on the Education Advisory Committee of the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Accounting degrees from Rice University and earned a Juris Doctor from Baylor University. Koehn has worked for an international accounting

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Engineering Management

lucrative for working professionals as well asdistance learners. The paper examines how the basic principles of Six Sigma were systematicallyapplied to curriculum development to not only ensure quality of the program but also toexpressly address needs of the students and industry.IntroductionAs engineers, scientists, and technologists advance in their careers, they encounter an increasingexpectation of project and team management. At the same time, these technical specialists areoftentimes poorly prepared to take on these additional job responsibilities. A Master of Sciencein Engineering Management degree is designed to help technical professionals take this next stepin their career. In addition to added technical exposure, this well-rounded degree

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

these concepts into their curriculum.One of the most interesting efforts in revamping course presentation has been to change the waya truly fundamental course, Statics, is taught.In order to modify the existing Statics course to meet the QEP objectives, minor changes werenecessary in areas of course design (course objective, culminating experience, flowchart ofprogress) and assessment procedures (pre-quiz, group problems, and optional final). Thechanges were not extensive, but rather only minor changes to presentation or organizationalformat. Statics is one of the core courses within the engineering curriculum and a significantamount of information must be conveyed and mastered. Thus, the changes presented do notdisrupt the normal classroom

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Farida Tagirovna Shageeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Natalia Vladimirovna Kraysman; Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Grigoryevich Ivanov, KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

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ASEE International Forum

civilizationprocess. Russian Federal State educational Standards for Bachelors in engineering pay majorattention to professional competences. General cultural competences (including socio-psychological aspects) are mainly developed by means of humanities, social and economiccourses. To reinforce socio-psychological skills and encourage its further development wesuggested several courses to engineering Bachelor and Master curricula. Here we give some ofthe examples. Academic course “Psychology of success” was introduced to Bachelor curriculum for avery up-to-date and in demand professional engineering area “Material science and materialengineering” and “Chemistry and technology of highly-charged materials and articles” The course

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marc Garland; Abdel Bayoumi; Travis Knight

. A remotely operated radiation detection andinstrumentation laboratory course will be offered in the Spring 2005, which will give remotestudents access to laboratory equipment for completing laboratory assignments and gainingexperience with nuclear instrumentation. The alignment of these various interests and thecurrent direction in education and research is believed to promote the growth of this newprogram and promote nuclear engineering education for the next generation of nuclearprofessionals and on into the future.IntroductionIn Fall 2003, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina(USC) launched a new graduate program in nuclear engineering and by end of Spring 2005 willgraduate its first Masters Degree

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Gandolfo; Ken Alford

important mission at the Military Academy, and there is acelebration and recognition of teachers through teaching and learning conferences as well as asignificant award for outstanding teaching projects.The Center for Teaching Excellence sponsors a wide variety of teaching-related activities eachyear. Here are a few of the Academy-wide programs that CTE sponsored during the recentacademic year: • Brown bag lunches • Master Teacher program • Teaching conference • Monthly teaching-oriented newsletters • Technology seminars Page 9.666.5 • Annual teaching award program Proceedings of the 2004 American

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; John Weese

standing. .In the MEEN 381 course, each student had the opportunity to present two projects. Inthe sample, there were 17 women, all of whom presented two projects, and 83 men,two of whom only presented one project. Of the women, 7 were seniors, 9 juniors, and 1sophomore. Of the men, 2 were master level students, 27 seniors, 50 juniors and 4sophomores. The master level students were seniors allowed to take graduate coursesfor credit. Table 3 Distribution of Categories of Topics Chosen for Presentation in Fall 2004 MEEN 381 home & human intern vehicles hobby engines energy structures materials body

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zafer Gurdal; Jan Hol; Gillian Saunders-Smits

, may be attributed to an increased number andvariety of required courses that the students have to take during their undergraduate curriculum.Not all of these courses are in the disciplinary area that the students are enrolled in, leaving verylittle room for exercising the fundamental skills that they learn into design implementations.That is, students barely have enough time to master the topics to use them in an analysisenvironment let alone use them in design. Finally, the success of commercially available numerical analysis tools, such as FiniteElement Analysis, in the past decade or two has been both a blessing and a potential source ofneed to change our educational system. The capability to solve highly complex engineeringanalysis

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisle Hites; Eric Nauman; Edgar O'Neal; Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

edition, Harper Collins College Publishers, New York NY, 1996.Lisle S HitesLisle Hites is a fourth year Doctoral student at Tulane University in the field of Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology, having recently completed a Masters thesis involving test development. In addition to his Masters inI/O Psychology from Tulane University, he has a Masters in Education from the University of Southern Mississippi.Current research includes assessment development on grants in workplace safety through NIOSH and the CDC.Kay C DeeKay C Dee is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University, and teaches courses on tissueengineering, cell/tissue mechanics, and bioethics, as well as a graduate-level course titled "Teaching Engineering

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Glavinich; Patricia Brown

the next one. NCEESallows some reuse of questions, but with an eighty-question test, the bank can be drainedquickly.Bibliographic InformationRosson, Barry T., McAfee, Mark, Buckendahl, Chad W., Impara, James C., “PAK Analysis Results for BuildingArchitectural Engineering Licensure Examination,” Journal of Architectural Engineering, American Society of CivilEngineers, Vol. 6, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 39 – 44.Biographical InformationPATRICIA S. BROWN, P.E. is the Director of the Architectural Engineering Institute of the American Society ofCivil Engineers. She holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering and a Master of BusinessAdministration. Prior to joining ASCE, she was a practicing geotechnical engineer in Houston, TX.THOMAS

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Anthony Madonna; Karen Miu

progressesby introducing the entire power distribution laboratory layout and then focuses on individualstations used to supply power, deliver power and transfer power. Page 7.606.2 Master Station Ethenet Communication 120 V A.C from Exelon Communication Ethermet

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Saigal; Vincent Manno

technology. The need for practical relevancy led to the establishmentof our Industrial Advisory Council with members from several companies and the USgovernment. New programs emerged such as the Certificate Program in ManufacturingEngineering and a part-time Masters of Engineering degree program with a project focus. Othercollaborative activities include joint responsibility for the Annual Thermal ManufacturingWorkshop, industrial sponsorship of senior design projects and providing outside feedback aspart of our ABET EC2000 continuous improvement process. The current level of collaboration isgood but can be improved. For a university in which most of the students attend classes full-timeduring the day, meeting the needs of the students from industry

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid El Gaidi; Diane H. Soderholm; Doris Brodeur; Dava Newman

and systemically. 4.7 Master personal skills that contribute to successful engineering practice: initiative, flexibility, creativity, curiosity, and time management. 4.8 Master professional skills that contribute to successful engineering practice: professional ethics, integrity, currency in the field, career planning. 3.0 4.9 Lead and work in teams. Interpersonal 4.10 Communicate effectively in writing, in electronic Skills form, in graphic media, and in oral presentations. 4.0

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Carter

offered in the first year of the program:ETEE3183, Digital Logic Designing with Programmable Logic Devices and ETEE3285,MC68000 Assembly Language Programming. Though these are not SKIING-101, the courses Page 7.117.1require many demonstrated skills. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education.The Problem. The learning of a skill traditionally requires some form of master-apprentice relationship withthe master demonstrating the skill and then supervising the developing efforts of the

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Brad Dahm; Emma Davidson; Paniz Hazaveh; Aleksandr Sergeyev

determined and installed, only a few cablesare required to be able to power up the robot and lookthrough the various menus and settings on the teach pendant.The major faults, as shown in figure 6, show that the backup batteries on the robot, which storethe servo-motor location information, had died, and needed to be replaced. The necessary stepsto replace the batteries and reconfigure the home or reference locations of the servo motorsthrough a “Mastering” process were completed. The robot has indicator marks for each of itsaxes. When the robot was able to function, the Mastering process involves jogging each joint thelocation specified by the indicators and going through a few steps with the teach pendant to re-teach the reference locations. Fig. 6

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

, symbolic, and programming capabilities of Excel, MATLAB, and Mathcad softwaretools to determine the solution of solid and structural problems. Example problems related to otherareas in the CE curriculum can also be developed as desired. In the provided samples problems,the effective utility of various loop structures, conditional statements, programming operators,special array operations, as well as user-defined functions is demonstrated. The redesignedcomputing course familiarizes the students with the full capabilities and special advantages of eachof the three selected software tools. The students can effectively utilize the computing andprogramming skills mastered through taking this course to develop the solutions to a wide rangeof more

Conference Session

Beyond BS: Issues Affecting Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L Welker PE, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

engineer.ASCE’s Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (TCAP3) estimatesthat it will take about 20 years to fully implement PS 465. This time frame is needed to convinceand persuade NCEES to change their model law, academic institutions to accredit master’sdegrees and modify undergraduate curriculums, and licensed engineers to accept their heightenedmentoring responsibilities3. This process has been started on several levels and some progresshas been made4, 5, 6, 7. The argument for “raising the bar” and implementing the Body ofKnowledge has been the subject of many papers and, thus the intellectual discussion of thispolicy is in full swing8, 9.One of the milestones identified on the master plan for implementing PS 465 was

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pete Hylton, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wendy Otoupal-Hylton, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

by December 31, were established. Once determined, students have shown adedication to meeting these deadlines, resulting in a late-night run, across the parking lot, in thedark, rain, and cold to meet the first-run milestone.For this sequence of classes, there are specific team goals established, and half of the student’sgrade is based on the team meeting, or not meeting, those goals. The remaining portion of thegrade is based on twelve specific individual learning objectives, which remain consistent throughall three classes. In the first one-credit practicum course, the students are to integrate theirtheoretical and practical learning so as to master four of these twelve objectives. After thesecond practicum, eight should have been met and

Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Venkatesh Uddameri; Elma Annette Hernandez, Texas Tech University; David L. Ernst, Texas Tech University - Construction Engineering

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Computers in Education

1st order (linear) methods for interpolation, regression and numerical integration arecovered. While these methods are relatively simple, many students find them challenging asthey have not been exposed to these types of methods before this course.When the programming topics are addressed in the course, the students are proficient withMATLAB allowing them to concentrate on the programming logic without struggling with usingMATLAB. Approximately one third of the course is used to introduce basic programming logicto the student using the MATLAB scripting language. The authors opine computerprogramming logic, provides a small, discrete set of logic concepts that when mastered provide askill set for reducing any engineering problem down to its

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James F. Groves, University of Virginia; Leigh R. Abts, University of Maryland, College Park; Gail Lynn Goldberg

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10738Using an Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric to StructureOnline High School Engineering EducationDr. James F. Groves, University of Virginia James Groves is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Society and Associate Dean for Online In- novation in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Char- lottesville, Virginia, USA. Dr. Groves earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from Duke University, where he also completed the requirements for the bachelor’s degree in political science. He has earned Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Ellingson, U. of St. Thomas, School of Engineering; Kundan Nepal, University of Saint Thomas; Megan Rose McGill, University of St. Thomas; Mitchell J Hoffmann, University of St. Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

Figure 3 below, sensor data is preprocessed by the Kinect and then sent to themaster controller. The ASUS net book computer on the Turtlebot is running the Ubuntuoperating system, version 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). The master program controlling theTurtlebot is written in the Open Source Robot Operating System (ROS). The ROS environmentis a system that allows for real-time running of multiple programs across a network of computersto help a robot or group of robots function[8]. ROS structures all the messages being sentbetween computers in an easy-to-understand system wherein “slave” computers publish“messages” to their specific “topics”, and a single “master” computer organizes all “topics” [8].The “master” computer, in our project is usually the