enrolledin the class of “Digital Signal Processing (DSP).” Two undergraduate students who have takenthe course of “Signals and Systems” but have not yet taken or finished “Digital Signal Processing”were invited to test laboratory exercises developed in this project. The goal of this project is todevelop laboratory exercises to demonstrate theories covered in fundamental signal processingcourses. Such courses are mathematically orientated and students often feel challenged in theseclasses. We believe that experimental exercises with real-life application examples can motivatestudents and help them to develop a better understanding of signal processing theories.IntroductionOne of major issues an electrical engineering undergraduate student encounters
as well as computercircuits. Typical courses over multiple semesters include analog electronics, digital electronics,C/C++ programming, instrumentation and measurement systems, communications systems, andmicrocontrollers. Each of these courses also includes a lab component that provides studentswith hands-on projects which are intended to reinforce the lecture material.The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that a Programmable System-On-Chip embedded board(PSoC 5LP) can be used as a basis for multiple lab projects in these courses. The intent is to alsoinclude examples of the types of lab projects that can be used within these courses. Possible labprojects include: function generator, audio collection, digital processing, serial
Conference and has served as symposium and session chairs for many ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. He is the general Conference Co-Chair for the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC/CIE). Dr. Purwar is also the department’s representative to the NY state-funded Strategic Partnership for In- dustrial Resurgence (SPIR) program. As the SPIR representative, he identifies and coordinates projects between the department and Long Island based industries. SPIR projects include joint proposals for fed- eral funding, manufacturing and quality assurance improvements, research and development, and testing and evaluation. He won a SUNY Research Foundation Technology
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The STEM Loop: Undergraduate Engineering Students Create a STEM Children’s BookAbstractThis paper documents an innovative project in which undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents created and produced a children's book about combustion engines. Funded through agrant provided by Texas A&M University at Qatar, students researched, designed, and wrote achildren's book intended to promote interest in STEM fields. The book, written in both Englishand Arabic, will be used in Qatari public schools and in the Texas A&M University at Qatar’sSTEM Outreach Program. The interdisciplinary project was co-led by a mechanical engineeringprofessor and an
took into consideration the fundamental principlessupporting the institution’s educational project or PEI (Proyecto Educativo Institucional), theprinciples established by CDIO (Conceive–Design–Implement-Operate) approach and thestudent outcomes defined by ABET.In this paper, the proposed IE integrated curriculum is presented. The curriculum allows for thedevelopment of the skills defined in the recent graduating student profile, skills that are mappedto student outcomes (a-k). Assessment results at the course and program levels are presented, aswell as the consolidation of the program’s continuous improvement process.IntroductionThis paper presents the Industrial Engineering curriculum review and design as the initial stepwithin the program’s
Paper ID #15508Integration of a Short-term International Humanitarian Engineering Expe-rience into Engineering Undergraduate StudiesJeremy Smith, Australian National University Jeremy is a research engineer at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. He has worked on introducing a number of humanitarian engineering and service-learning projects into engineering un- dergraduate studies at the ANU, covering both international and domestic opportunities. Jeremy has also worked on a number of industry focused research projects in the automotive and aerospace industries.Ms. Jennifer Patricia Turner, Engineers Without
Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.Dr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Dr. Nadia Kellam is Associate Professor in the Polytechnic Engineering Program at Arizona State Uni- versity. In her research, she is interested in understanding how engineering students develop their profes- sional identity, the role of emotion in student learning, and synergistic learning. A recent research project uncovers the narratives of exemplary engineering faculty who have successfully transitioned to student- centered teaching strategies. She co-designed the environmental engineering synthesis and design studios and the design spine for the mechanical engineering
Paper ID #17215Introducing High-Performance Computing to Undergraduate StudentsDr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University Suxia Cui is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). She joined PVAMU right after she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Com- puter Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003. Her research interests include image and video processing, data compression, wavelets, computer vision, remote sensing, and computing educa- tion. Her projects are currently funded by NSF, United States Department of Agriculture, and
,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The goals of this project were to develop anintroductory engineering design course for MSEN students with mentoring from undergraduatesin MEP, improve the self-efficacy and interest in engineering among student participants, and builda pipeline of minority students interested in pursuing an engineering degree at NC State.It has been widely reported that the U.S. must produce more highly skilled individuals in the STEMfields in order to sustain its historical competitive advantage in these areas. According to anexecutive report issued by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology(PCAST), the U.S. will need to increase the number of students who receive undergraduate STEMdegrees by
Paper ID #16920Using Stickers and Copper Tape to Prototype and Explore Electrical Circuits(P12 Resource Exchange)Jana Sebestik, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Jana Sebestik received a B.S. in mathematics and M.Ed. Jana Sebestik is the Assistant Director of STEM Curriculum Design in the Office for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE) at the University of Illinois. Before coming to MSTE, Jana spent 34 years as a public school classroom teacher. She currently coordinates education and outreach for four NSF/DOE funded energy and cyber related projects. She helps engineers and research scientists
Innovations: Stanford School of Engineering Katharine KuOffice of Technology Licensing March 30, 2016Industry relations President VP, Development Provost SchoolIndustry Development Dean of ResearchRelations Officers OTL Industrial Sponsored Contracts office projects office Industrial AffiliatesHow we see the world……..(licensing and sponsored research) Physical Sciences
IPODIA: THE GLOBALCLASSROOMEDI Yannis C. Yortsos March 30, 2015 IPODIA: THE GLOBAL CLASSROOM• Class jointly offered synchronously to students of multiple universities worldwide.• One instructor. Flipped classroom model. Project based.• Class taken for credit in each university.• Tuition and fees as normally apply to each university.• Possible physical meeting of all students at end of semester. Peking University (PKU) Multiple Purposes 10:00am, Friday - China Tsinghua University (THU) 1. Global Context 10:00am, Friday - China 2. Peer Learning 3. Diversity 4
Laura Hirshfield is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Michigan. She received her B.S. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Purdue University, both in chemical engineering. She then transitioned into the engineering education field by completing a post-doctoral appointment at Oregon State University investigating technology-aided conceptual learning. She is currently doing research on self-efficacy in project-based learning.Prof. Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at the Franklin W. Olin college of Engi- neering. Her education-related research interests include self-efficacy, design, intrinsic
including the different areas in ECE, faculty, undergraduate and graduate programs, class sizes, and salaries of graduates. Dr. Smith also answered the girls’ questions such as application requirements and curriculum design. 2 ECE-GIRLS 2014 Activity Dec. 8, 2014, Monday 4:15 pm Orientation (Long-Sleeve Shirt and Flash Driver Pick-up) 4:30 pm – 5 pm Meeting Department Chair Dr. Scott C. Smith 5 pm – 5: 40 pm Meeting Female Professors in Engineering 5:40 pm – 6:45 pm Demonstration and Discussion of Senior Design Project by Dr. Mark Schroeder
groups and providing learning opportunities to those whomay otherwise be overlooked.Although we have been working toward these goals for some time, our department has beenparticularly active in these endeavors over the last year. We are currently participating in aNational Science Foundation funded program titled Transforming Engineering Culture toAdvance Inclusion and Diversity (TECAID), to implement and investigate culturaltransformation projects in mechanical engineering departments. We believe our faculty, staff,and students can benefit from increased awareness of and empathy for others, and we believethat participating in this program will help us achieve our desired atmosphere of inclusion. In thispaper, we will present our efforts in
Environment and Sustainability. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Together Sustainable Communities: Sustainability Engineering in ActionAbstractIn the summer of 2015, a group of students and faculty from the University of Texas at El Pasoand Carnegie Mellon University travelled to the city of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, tojoin a group of students and faculty from CETYS Universidad, a local prominent university inMexico. The objective of the combined group was to learn about Sustainability Engineering andapply this knowledge to local community based projects. This paper is a recount of theexperiences from this faculty-led study abroad
teaching strategies of engineering project course. Students participated inlearning activities following the instructor's planning and guidance and their learningbehaviors to use a learning system were recorded in the database. Those attributes, such asfrequency, sequence, and association of learning behavior were identified through astructured arrangement and statistical analysis. In addition, those key learning activities thatinspire the students' creativity along with the creativity assessment results were discovered.According to our findings, high creativity students proceeded with active exploration duringlearning more frequently compared to low creativity students. The data analysis also showedmore instances of independent thinking created
. Kinetics – Chemical reactions New Course to Teach Engineering Design at the Freshmen Level Open to All Majors ECM 1 - The Design of Coffee3 units: Lecture – 1 hour; Laboratory – 2 hours;Project – 1 hourNon-mathematical introduction to how engineers think, aselucidated by the process of roasting and brewing coffee.Qualitative overview of the basic principles of engineeringanalysis and design. Corresponding laboratory experiments testingthe effect of design choices on the sensory qualities of coffee.Lab 1 – Reverse Engineer a Mr. Coffee Example key questions • What makes the water move up? • What is the complete process flow diagram? Lab
1 Cohort 2 Cohort 4 •Cohort 5 EDI Panel on Diversity and03/31/16 2 Inclusion The AIMS2 Project Team Attract, Inspire, Mentor, and Support StudentsFaculty and Staff from the College of the Canyons, Glendale CC, & the College of Engineering and Computer Science, CSUN 03/31/16 EDI Panel on Diversity and Inclusion 3Synergistic Activities: AAC&U TIDES Grant • Ani Nahapetian, and Gloria Melara (Comp. Sci), and Ric Elviso (Music) • “Learning to Code by Making Music: The Introduction of Computer Science Coursework with World Music Applications for the Retention of
local elementary schools• Math AP Tutoring 5 high schools, Saturday classes (The Algebra Project) Projects linked to Math Ranu Jung, March 30, 2016 College Credit & Teacher Training Dual Enrollment • Cohort-based • On-campus • 20-30 students per semester Teacher Training +1M in federal funding • Interactive Virtual Training for Early Career Teachers in
2016 ASEE Rocky Mountain Section Conference Mechatronics at BYU: A New Course for Undergraduate Mechanical Engineers Mark B. Colton and Timothy W. McLain Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young UniversityAbstract In Fall 2015 a required mechatronics course was introduced in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at Brigham Young University as part of a broader curriculum redesign. The courseis designed to prepare students to develop smart, microcontroller-enabled products and work ininterdisciplinary teams on projects involving mechanical hardware, electronics, and software.Although mechatronics courses often
University, Ankara, Turkey in 1982. He has experience in industry and academia. His main research and teaching interest areas are simulation modeling, quality control, operations research, and facilities layout. Before joining to SIUE he worked at Rochester Institute of Technology as a faculty member and Computer Integrated Manufacturing System project coordinator for RIT’s integrated circuit factory. He is a senior member of IIE and SME, and a member of ASEE, Alpha Pi Mu and Tau Beta Pi. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Evaluating the Impact of a Revised Introductory Engineering Course: Student Retention and Success as an IndicatorAbstractThis work in progress
Paper ID #15308Faculty-practitioner Collaboration for Improving Civil Engineering Students’Writing SkillsProf. Susan Conrad, Portland State University Susan Conrad, Professor of Applied Linguistics, is the head of the Civil Engineering Writing Project, in which engineering faculty, engineering practitioners, and writing specialists collaborate to improve writ- ing instruction in civil engineering courses. She has written numerous articles and books about English grammar, discourse, and corpus linguistics.Dr. William A Kitch P.E., Angelo State University Dr. Kitch is Professor and Chair of the Civil Engineering
, Ryan Coyne, Lei Zhang, Ibibia Dabipi University of Maryland Eastern ShoreAbstract Social networking apps have penetrated every aspect of students’ daily life. However, manystudents are experiencing communication difficulties in their learning process. In this paper, wepresent our work, 'UMES-Chat', a mobile social network application that serves mainly for educationpurposes. It is developed with Xcode© on the iOS platform and utilizes XMPP protocol tocommunicate with the phone. By the use of the app, college students can effectively communicatewith each other and faculty, to discuss, share information, solve learning issues, and work in teamson course projects. In addition, the mobile application is being
A Capstone Course Integrating Student Leadership Development and CommunityBased Service Learning Jeffrey Birou, Alistar EricksonLudwig, Mira Olson, Kevin Scoles, Drexel University The Paul Peck Scholars Program in Drexel University’s College of Engineering provides a curriculum framework that helps develop students’ skills in leadership, management, communication and mentorship. The capstone course of this threeyear sequence is an engineering servicelearning project, where students must address the needs of a community partner by dovetailing their engineering coursework and internship backgrounds with the skills gained through the Peck Scholars program, in
Paper ID #16261A Civil Infrastructure System Perspective - Not Just the Built EnvironmentDr. Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah Dr. Schmucker has 20 years experience in teaching and consulting. Focused on high quality teaching following the T4E, ExCEEd, and NETI teaching models, he currently is a full-time teaching professional with a focus on practice, project, and problem-based teaching methodologies.Dr. Joshua Lenart, University of Utah Dr. Joshua Lenart is an Associate Instructor with the Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and Research (CLEAR) Program at the University of Utah where he teaches technical
Associate Professor at the Department of Textile Engi- neering since 2005. Degree in Textile Engineering by the University of Minho. Professor at the University of Minho since 1984. PhD in Engineering –Technology and Textile Chemistry by the University of Minho in 1993. Rieter Award, 1993. Responsible for several curricular units in the integrated study cycles in Textitle Engineering and Engi- neering and Industrial Management, in the 1st cycle course of Design and Fashion Marketing, and also in the 2nd cycle courses of Fashion Design and Communication, Textile Chemistry, Advanced Textiles and Design and Marketing. Head research and research member of several R&D projects, has presented as main author or co
Alternative Energy Systems. Research interests include: low power energy harvesting systems, renewable energy technologies and education.Dr. Myung Hwa Jeon, POSCO A&C c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Training and Education for Green Construction: Corporate Education Provision in the U.S.AbstractThe construction industry is rapidly becoming convinced of the benefits to begained by introducing green building design and planning technologies andstrategies that affect green building operation and maintenance processes duringthe post-occupancy phase. Innovative green construction technologies are alsoreceiving considerable attention as a way to ensure that projects will not
transferring new technologies to Panasonic product divisions in Japan. He was also responsible for managing his groups’ patent portfolio. From 2002 to 2004, he was a man- ager at the system group of Panasonic’s sales company in Secaucus, NJ providing system integration and software development for clients. He was also an Export Control officer. Dr. Kanai joined the Design Lab at RPI in 2004. He is currently the Associate Director of the lab and and Professor of Practice of in the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering department. The Design Lab provides industry spon- sored and service oriented multidisciplinary design projects to 200 students/semester. His responsibilities include managing the operation of the
the sketching skills and designoutcome(2, 6). There is some literature available on the positive relationship between theamount of three-dimensional 3D perspective sketching and design outcome(7). Withregards to orthographic projections and dimensioning aspects, it is observed that thequantity of dimensioned drawings created early in the design cycle is significantly linkedwith design outcome(8). More research(9) is needed on development of a perspective-basedsketching curriculum and how this compares to more traditional methods of teachingfree-hand sketching to students in a freshman level engineering graphics course.Sketching ability, in terms of drawing something accurately or realistically, is a necessarybut not necessarily sufficient