Conference Session

ECCD - Technical Session 6 - Energy & Thermodynamics

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Farshid Zabihian, California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

significantly add to the student load. Some students rightfully felt that the course load was heavy. 5. The project timing should be revised to add some flexibility to the schedule. 6. The available projects and the collaborating museums should be more diversified.The collaboration with community partners has some unintended positive consequences. Duringdiscussions on projects for service learning, some other projects were identified that were suitablefor senior design projects or as master theses. For example, a masters’ mechanical engineeringstudent is currently working on the energy modeling and optimization of Aerospace Museum ofCalifornia building. Another master student completed an independent study on the economicanalysis of an

Conference Session

Making it Sticky: Ways to Reinforce Prerequisite Knowledge

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ricardo Zaurin PE, University of Central Florida; Sudipta Dey Tirtha, University of Central Florida; Naveen Eluru, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

opinions regarding the ALM are also presented.INTRODUCTIONStatics is a course that lays the foundational concepts and is present in almost every engineeringmajor. Additionally, it is pre-requisite for other courses such as dynamics, mechanics ofmaterials and solid mechanics and it is in the critical path to graduation. Moreover, the failing(WDF)/ pass (ABC) ratio for statics is very high (40%- 50%) causing many students to abandonengineering to pursue other majors. At the University of Central Florida, students are notofficially declared as part of their engineering majors until they approve and master thisimportant class.Bad teaching strategies and lack of identification with the major are also reasons for studentswithdrawing from engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Remote World

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hope Leigh Weiss, California State University, Fullerton; John W. Sanders, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

improved their understanding of that topic. Lessons learned during theprocess and ideas for future work are also presented.IntroductionEngineering programs carefully construct their curriculum so students build upon theirpreviously learned knowledge as they advance in their field of study. By the junior-year, thereare often core courses that have 3 or more prerequisites. A recurring problem for faculty isstudents lacking a necessary level of knowledge from a prerequisite course. Assuming studentshave successfully passed the prerequisite courses, there are generally two reasons a student lacksmastery in the prerequisite knowledge: 1. They did not originally master the subject manner but earned a grade high enough to continue on to the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Jake Lauer, Smith College; Katie Silva, Smith College; Netty Nina, Smith College

movement.” • Students overwhelmingly mentioned computers as an example of AI other than robots. Often, students simply wrote “computers” with no extrapolation. Some, though, did give more specific examples. One student cited computers that play chess against human chess masters. Others noted computers and cell phones that can recognize voices. • Most students do not believe a computer can ever match a human in thought, action, and feeling. They found feeling to be the most implausible. Many students agreed that Page 12.267.8 computers might someday think and act humanlike, but not feel. One

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

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New Engineering Educators

about new technologies without the aid of formal instruction.BackgroundThe first course in the mechanical and civil engineering sequences is a course in staticanalysis and materials taught by the civil engineering faculty. It is not until the secondcourse in the sequence that the student meets the mechanical engineering faculty. Thefaculty members are predominantly mid-career U.S. Army officers with a Master ofScience degree in a mechanical engineering discipline, comfortable with more advancedmechanical engineering concepts, and accustomed to teaching engineering majors. Asmaller segment of the faculty consists of senior U.S. Army officers and civilians whohave earned a Ph.D. in their discipline.The typical student arrives in

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

lower levelcalculation, analysis and circuit simulation objectives to higher level integrative and designobjectives. The projects also give students experience using the web as a form of technicalcommunication and collaboration.Our working hypothesis predicts that having students practice analysis within the environment ofweb based design problems strengthens their analysis abilities more than conventional drill styleproblem solving. As measured by survey data of student attitudes, students view the projectsenthusiastically and believe the projects contribute to their technical understanding. However, asmeasured by tests requiring problem solving, project results do not always correlate significantlywith students’ abilities to master the course

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy; Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy

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First-Year Programs

Chief and the Deputy Department Head in the Department of Astronautics. Dr. Brown retired from the military in 2007 as a Lt. Col. and has continued his© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Astronautics. Dr. Brown retired from the military in 2007 as a Lt. Col. and has continued his service to the Academy as a member of the civilian faculty. EDUCATION: 1986 Bachelor of Science degree in Astronautical Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 1990 Master of Science degree in Engineering Administration, George Washington University, Washington, DC 1992 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL 1994 Master of Science degree in Aeronautical and

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Howe, FishSafe B.C.; Gina Johansen, Fish Safe

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Ocean and Marine

AC 2007-3075: THE FISHING VESSEL STABILITY EDUCATION PROGRAM: ANINFORMED BLUEPRINT FOR PROGRAM DESIGNBarb Howe, FishSafe B.C. Barb Howe started in the Canadian commercial fishing industry in the 1970s after completing a B.A. in English (18th Century) at the University of Colorado and University of Edinburgh. She has worked in other sectors of the marine industry, and holds a Canadian O.N.I Certificate (Hometrade Master unlimited tonnage, Chief Officer Foreign Going). Barb instructed at the Pacific Marine Training Institute in Vancouver, B.C. for several years, and became self-employed as Quinte Marine Services Ltd. in 1996. During her time at the Marine Institute she became interested in how

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Korth, Brigham Young University; Owen Carlson, Brigham Young University; Mason Webster, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University

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International

. Currently he is working for ATL technology as a Global Product Developer.Mason Webster, Brigham Young University Mason Webster is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and has completed two internships in China at a Lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant. Next year, he plans on attending graduate school to pursue a Master of Business Administration degree.C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University Dr. C. Greg Jensen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. He has also worked for Boeing, Lockheed, and United Technologies. His current research interests are in the area of integration

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Jones, Virgnia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2156: DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS USING OPTIMIZATION ANDMETAHEURISTIC METHODSJohn Jones, Virgnia Tech John H. Jones is a Master's candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Administration from Virginia Tech and a Masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Virginia. His specialization area in systems engineering is engineering education, as it applies to both academic and industrial environments. He has over 30 years of experience in the design of industrial thermal systems for a large multi-national

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

education through a “professional” master’s degree produces an AME, an accredited “master” engineer.3. Engineering schools could more vigorously exploit the flexibility inherent in the outcomes-based accreditation approach to experiment with novel models for baccalaureate education. ABET should ensure that evaluators look for innovation and experimentation in the curriculum and not just hold institutions to a strict interpretation of the guidelines as they see them.4. Whatever other creative approaches are taken in the four-year engineering curriculum, the essence of engineering-the iterative process of designing, predicting performance, building, and testing-should be taught from the earliest stages of the curriculum, including

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin; Sabina Jeschke, Technische Universitat Berlin, Inst. f. Mathematik; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin; Rudolf Reinhard, Technische Universitat Berlin; Thomas Richter, Technische Universitat Berlin

her/him finding theright decision by providing exercises that proved best for previous generations of students.To make this technology applicable, the learning material must be well-structured — as forexample to ensure that all prerequisites to master an exercise are given. Luckily, mathematics as ascientific field already provides a perfectly worked-out internal structure we can exploit here. It is Page 11.349.2in our understanding therefore well-suited for applying methods of computer science. We areconfident that other fields might as well benefit from our research, though.2. Virtual LaboratoriesVirtual laboratories3 use the metaphor of

Conference Session

Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Monica Geist, University of Northern Colorado; Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, National Science Foundation and Colorado School of Mines; Mary Nelson, University of Colorado

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-1653: IDENTIFYING AND INVESTIGATING DIFFICULT CONCEPTS INENGINEERING MECHANICS AND ELECTRIC CIRCUITSRuth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines RUTH A. STREVELER is the Director of the Center for Engineering Education at the Colorado School of Mines and Research Associate Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Roberts, Kansas State University; John Mingle, Kansas State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 11.570.3 Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2006, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1823On the other hand, higher knowledge requires the use of innovative mind processes and is oftenreferred to as the creative use of insight. Some refer to this as using innovation to solve prob-lems that previously were unknown. In engineering, higher knowledge has traditionally beeninvolved in graduate programs. However, in the knowledge age this will change. Knowledgeage engineers (students & faculty) must master the ability to routinely

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind Royer, U.S. Air Force Academy; Allen Arb; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

2006-2134: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT USINGCOOPERATIVE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS)James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1987 and his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton in 1997. He has experience in developmental test and evaluation of radar systems and aviation navigation systems. His research interests include unmanned aerial vehicle and electromagnetic signal propagation modeling. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE.Erlind Royer, U.S. Air

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Liberal Education

motivations behind the foundation of ETHOS lay in the design team’scommon recognition that there was great potential for the use of engineering knowledge toprovide assistance to underserved populations. Upon graduation from the University of Daytonhe pursued a master’s degree at Michigan Tech through the Masters International Program. Thisindividual is currently working in Louisville KY with Strand Associates Inc. Page 11.1164.8Through previous experiences this individual had come into touch with the idea that the use ofengineering can truly work to change the world around us. It seemed appropriate then that theETHOS design team worked to establish an

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Joel Bloom, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-392: THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF FEMALE ONLY VS. CO-EDENRICHMENT PROGRAMS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDESTOWARD SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERINGLinda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology DR. LINDA S. HIRSCH is the Program Evaluator in the Center for Pre-College programs. She has a doctoral degree in educational psychology with a specialty in psychometrics and a Masters degree in statistics. She has been involved in all aspects of educational and psychological research for 15 years. Dr. Hirsch has extensive experience conducting longitudinal research studies and is proficient in database management, experimental design, instrument development, psychometrics and

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Kim, Bradley University

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New Engineering Educators

assignments and the exams.Third, students genuinely appreciate instructors who make sincere efforts to respect their time,and scheduling constraints, in the midst of assigning such challenging assignments for aparticular course. The students’ responses to class meetings (lectures, lab sessions, etc.) are mostpositive when they are convinced that this time has been utilized wisely, i.e. to help them learnthe material and to help them complete each assignment. The students’ responses to the variousassignments (homework, lab reports, class projects, exams, etc.) are most positive when they areconvinced of each assignment’s worthiness for helping them to learn and master the material.Typically, the author requires one assignment per week (homework, lab

Conference Session

Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eng Keng Soh, Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, National University of Singapore; Ameek Kaur, National University of Singapore; Ming Po Tham, National UNiversity of SIngapore; Desmond Y.R. Chong, National University of Singapore

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

including the multi-disciplinary project team members, the industry partners, the Users and external vendors. In the EDIC, he teaches and supervises undergraduate engineering students who engage in multidisciplinary projects. Eng Keng has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Nanyang Tech- nological University, and a Master of Science (Management of Technology) from National University of Singapore.Ms. Ameek Kaur, National University of Singapore Ameek Kaur is an Instructor in the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (EDIC) of National Uni- versity of Singapore. Her current work involves training and facilitating the multidisciplinary engineering teams through their innovation projects. Prior to this, she has

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Georgette

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Mechanics

education. He is a past Chair of the ASEE-DEED Division and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.Dr. Michael J. Prince, Bucknell UniversityJeffrey Georgette Jeffrey Georgette is a masters student in mechanical engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Page 23.761.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Inquiry-Based Learning Activities in DynamicsAbstractInquiry-based learning activities (IBLA) consist of presenting teams of students with a physicalsituation and asking them to predict what will happen. They can then investigate the situation byexperimenting with the laboratory

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Quinn Alexander Parnell; Turki Arif Aldulaijan, Michigan Technological University; Kerry O'Conner

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #8476EET Capstone Student Project: Chemical Mixing Plant Integrated with Pro-grammable Logical Controller and Human Machine InterfaceProf. Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev earned his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering at Moscow University of Electronics and Automation in 1995. He obtained the Master degree in Physics from Michigan Technological University in 2004 and the PhD degree in Electrical

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduated from their respective highschools and enrolled in universities. Three students from the pilot program reported changes intheir college plans as a direct result of their Cyber Discovery experience. One male student whowas originally focused on liberal arts decided to supplement his education by pursuing a dualdegree in Computer Information Sciences and Business, while one female student changed her Page 23.362.4major from pre-med to biomedical engineering. Another male student decided to major inmechanical engineering and then pursue a masters in electrical engineering after exploringengineering concepts through the Cyber Discovery program.The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xia Wang, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Michael A Latcha, Oakland University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Technology Worchester Polytechnic Institute (Ph.D (Undergrad) student) F/CA George Washington George Washington University(Master University(Undergrad) Student) M/CA Oakland University (Grad.) Oakland University(Master Student) 2011 M/CA George Washington University Space Exploration Technologies(Production (Undergrad.) Engineer) M/CA Lafayette

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

established research about how learning occurs.It is probably a mistake to lock into a highly structured educational model. Instead, the generalprinciples listed after this paragraph are chosen as a guide. They are taken from Ambrose et al4.The author has taken the liberty of re-expressing the principles in terms of a joint venture betweenstudents and educators. This expresses a personal principle: the learning community includes botheducators and students. Students, especially at college-age, must be co-constructers and co-maintainers of the learning environment. And, most content domains offer inexhaustibleopportunities for new and deepening mastery for the instructor. Educators may be content-masters,but they are always learning more about

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University; Juan E Gilbert, Clemson University; Wanda Eugene, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Christina Gardner-McCune, Clemson University; Kyla Alanna McMullen, Clemson University; Phillip Wendell Hall Jr, Clemson University ; Sekou L Remy, Division of Human Centered Computing - School of Computing, Clemson University; Damon Lamar Woodard, Clemson University; Tania Roy, Clemson University

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Computing & Information Technology

and high school social studies classes. Page 23.144.1 Dr. Gardner-McCune recently completed a year and a half long Post-Doctoral Research position in com- puter science education at Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing where she led the design of the I-3 Experience programs. She holds a B. S. degree in Computer Engineering from Syra- cuse University, and earned both her masters and doctorate in Computer Science from Georgia Institute c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

Conference Session

Building a Better Program - Construction Curriculum Enhancements

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama

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Construction

engineering faculty with a basis for thisdecision. The approach chosen by faculty at The University of Alabama (UA) is presented.In this paper, we will touch on both design for safety (facility, operators, maintainers, users,public) and design for construction safety (DfCS), the process of addressing construction sitesafety and health during the design process. An Internet search found one engineering courseexplicitly focused on DfS and DfCS offered at U.S. universities, and one master of engineeringdegree based on the related practice Prevention through Design. This course and program will beidentified in the appropriate sections that follow. In addition, one finds short courses in DfS andDfCS taught either by consulting firms or university

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

THERMODYNAMICS COURSEAbstractMany engineering courses, such as Thermodynamics, have topics which build upon the materialpreviously learned in the course. For example, students will have difficulty learning the SecondLaw of Thermodynamics if they have not mastered the First Law. Unfortunately, many studentsdelay studying material in courses until an exam is drawing near. This can be a particularproblem in a course which does not inherently interest a student, such as a non-MechanicalEngineering student required to take Thermodynamics as a course outside their major. As aresult, they may find themselves well behind in a course and struggling with the materialcurrently being taught because they had not spent enough time learning earlier material while

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Davalos

laboratoryprovides an excellent forum for experiential learning, whereby an experience is transformed intoknowledge. The final result is a comprehensive teaching approach that efficiently merges theory,computer modeling, and experiments into an exciting learning environment. The use of an activelearning approach has proved to be successful in enhancing the ability of students to master thefundamental topics of structural analysis. The development of active learning environmentsshould be considered for other engineering courses where students have difficulty withfundamental concepts or where the ability to visualize physical behaviors is essential inunderstanding and mastering the course material.OverviewWe present in this paper laboratory and computer

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH); Lars Knipping, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer; Nina Reinecke, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Erhard Zorn, Technische Universitaet Berlin

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International

international Master program and is currently working for the Erasmus Mundus program at Technische Universität Berlin.Erhard Zorn, Technische Universitaet Berlin Erhard Zorn studied Physics and Mathematics at the Berlin Institute of Technology. After receiving his Diploma in Physics from the Berlin Institute of Technology he worked as a teaching assistant at the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He spent the academic year 2000/01 at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Starting in 2001 he worked as a project manager and lecturer at the Berlin Institute of Technology where he is concerned with the mathematical education of engineers and physicists. Technische Universität

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Helbling; Patric McElwain; Angela Beck; Ron Madler; David Lanning

, such as wind tunnel, vibration, andstatic structural tests. These design and test results are then presented by each team at a formalbriefing at the end of the semester.From this brief description, ERAU/Prescott’s pedagogical approach clearly embraces applicationof theory rather than theory alone. What is less obvious is that this approach also stressesdocumentation, from numerous lab reports in Engineering Materials Science with Laboratory to Page 10.783.2a series of design and test reports in the senior design courses, and effective presentation,negotiation, and teamwork, which students must master by the end of their senior design