Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Davis, Grant MacEwan University; Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

student assessment techniques as well as looking at the socio- economic sustainability of educational institutions.Dr. Shelley Lorimer P.Eng., Grant MacEwan University Dr. Shelley Lorimer, P.Eng. is Chair of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Transfer Program (BSEN) at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. She teaches undergraduate courses in statics and dynamics, as well as courses in engineering professionalism. She is currently participating in a research project with Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures in the oil sands and hydrocarbon recovery group doing reservoir simulation of enhanced oil recovery processes. She has a Ph.D. in numerical modeling from the University of Alberta, also in Edmonton

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Matthew D. Lammi, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interim, researchers andeducators can look toward the National Research Council and the National Assessment ofEducational Progress (NAEP) for guiding principles to help in identifying age-appropriateknowledge and skill benchmarks. As instructors consider the type of engineering challenges tointroduce (open-ended or well-structured), identifying student competencies at certain points onthe continuum from novice to expert designer will be key in sequencing the engineering designexperience 19.Selecting Engineering Design ChallengesWhen strictly speaking of engineering design as a process and not the content that accompaniesthis subject, problem (or project) based learning (PBL) is the most widely accepted pedagogicalapproach to teaching design 4, 20

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia S. Anderson, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

and adults, and was a GSI at U-M for two En- vironmental Health Sciences courses. At CRLT, she is involved in education research, assessment and evaluation projects, and various professional development programs for students and faculty.Dr. Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Engineering and research associate professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty at U-M in their scholarly endeavors. Her current research interests include studying faculty motivation to change classroom practices, evalu- ating methods to improve

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

, A. Mense, and H. Wahl, “How to Motivate Students in Project Based Learning,” 6th IEEE Africon Conference in Africa, vol. 1, pp. 443-446, Oct. 2-4, 2002.7. L. McLauchlan, M. Mehrubeoglu, and J. Durham, “Problem Based Learning Through Modeling and Simulation of Unmanned Vehicles,” ASEE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 23-26, 2013.8. L. McLauchlan, Control of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) – Sea Fox, Lab Assignment for the Senior Course Linear Control Systems, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 2013.9. L. McLauchlan, Path Planning Control Using Potential Fields, Lab Assignment for the Senior Course Linear

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Song, Alamo College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Academy (ATMA), First Robotics, Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (PREP), Project Lead the Way (PLTW)  Must pass illegal drug test.The admission to the AMT program is highly competitive. All the candidates were firstcontacted via a telephone interview and qualified candidates were further followed up by onsiteinterview during campus visit. Finally, Finally 20 applicants were selected to be enrolled intothis current program started from Fall 2013.General Program InformationAs described earlier, the AMT program’s goal included: (1) educate students about advancedmanufacturing technologies needed in manufacturing field with cutting-edge curriculum; (2)educate students soft skills, including interpersonal, communication, and natural

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marie A. Boyette, FLATE; Deshjuana Bagley

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 10 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an engineering curriculum for elementary school applications. The for- mer is for development of electric field mediated drug and gene applicators and protocols. This effort has generated over 20 patents and protocols currently in Phase II trials.Dr. Marie A. Boyette, FLATE

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley S. Davidson, University of Denver; Corinne Shirley Lengsfeld, University of Denver

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

manufacturing capacity of the MME facilities, and incorporates a hands-onexperience of both undergraduate and graduate students.Our changes impact students throughout the curriculum. First year students work in teams ofthree to design a small projectile launching device equivalent to a child’s toy. Teams workthrough innovation and design processes of problem identification, goal setting, research,prototyping, evaluation, and reflection. Labs during the quarter provide students skills in solidmodeling and projectile motion and design documentation, but the final project requires them tosynthesize these lessons into a single product. Students design the device virtually inSolidWorks, evaluating assembly issues of contact interference and can conduct

Conference Session

Materials

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Siddharth Savadatti, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

-8P1=P2=13; P3=26 x2=7.371e-5 x2=5.199e-8 y2=-5.2e-8 y2=-5.2e-8 x4=7.364e-5 x4=5.199e-8 y4=-0.104e-8 y4=-5.2e-8Educational ImpactThis analysis and design project did not include any undergraduate student contributions. Theresearch was specifically designed for evaluating transformation of rigid and brittle structure intoflexible ones. This process’ ability to demonstrate structural analysis and design for brittlematerials using computational methods is critical for both undergraduate and graduateengineering education at this critical point in

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Huynh, University of South Carolina; Juan M Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Jason W Gantt, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

enhance the transfer of core knowledge through active learning. Anoutline of the EFFECT components is provided in Figure 1. Page 23.303.2 Figure 1. EFFECTs pedagocial structure.As shown in Figure 1, each EFFECT begins with a decision worksheet. The decision worksheetprovides a brief context about the problem and asks students to provide an answer to a designproblem. For example, the context to a problem concerning the design of a solar power system3could be as follows. A complete decision worksheet is provided in Appendix 1; it is one of manythat have been developed as part of the NSF CCLI project and is publicly

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Muldoon, Polytechnic Institute of NYU; Paul T Phamduy, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Raymond Le Grand, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

NSF and CBRI. His research cur- rently involves the NS-3 project and real-time software simulations in the mm-wave domain.Mr. Paul T Phamduy, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Paul Phamduy received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) in 2010. Upon graduation, he started research in the Nanometrology and Sensors Lab- oratory at UML. Paul completed his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2012 focusing in the composite materials. He is currently serving as a teaching Fellow at the Pathways in Technology Early College HS under NYU-Poly’s GK-12 program funded by the NSF and CBRI. He is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

. Green, R. & Emison, J. Minding The Gap: An Introductory Course On Engineering And Public Policy. (2006).at 14. Dunn, J. Incorporating Public Policy Into An Engineering Course: Voluntary Programs For Mobile Source Emission Reductions. (2006).at 15. Devon, R. & Haight, J. Katrina In The Classroom: Engineering And Public Policy Through Project Based Learning. (2006).at 16. Hyman, B. Public Policy and Engineering Design Education. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 19, 110–117 (2003).17. Yeigh, S. Kindling Undergraduate Interests in engineering through energy and public policy. (1999).at 18. Ross, S. & Karis, B. Communicating in public policy matters: addressing the problem

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas S Spanias, Arizona State University; Jayaraman J. Thiagarajan; Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Mahesh K Banavar, Arizona State University; Suhas Ranganath, ASU; Xue Zhang; Deepta Rajan, Arizona State University; Girish Kalyanasundaram, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 23.445.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 E-Book on DSP Theory with Interactive iOS, Java, and Android SimulationsAbstractInternet and multimedia technologies have had a profound impact in STEM education in the pastdecade. The increase in the use of mobile devices among students adds another novel dimensionto course design and delivery. Furthermore, the traditional textbooks are being replaced andsupplemented by inexpensive and mobile e-books, and hence there is an opportunity to integratethe multimedia and mobile technologies in an e-learning environment. As a part of the NSFTUES phase 3 project for development and dissemination of the J-DSP

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

visits. During the visits to middle and high schools, the Engineering Ambassadors, who are relatable role models, generally provide two types of presentations. Six Ambassadors arrive at the school in the early morning and provide age and subject appropriate presentations and activities that are integrated with the science and math curriculum. Because the Ambassadors present in pairs, they present in up to three parallel classrooms at a time during the school day. The Ambassadors show how engineering is relevant to math and science by highlighting an engineering project such as developing a spinal implant. In addition, the Ambassadors start or conclude the day with a presentation about Engineering

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Jeffrey H Wright; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

instances of cancer, but it would beincredible to see the number of people whose lives likely were able to be saved by this form ofearly detection. The implications of being able to classify these genes are astounding to say theleast.DNA SpeculationJustin Zobel5 explores where data mining is headed. He explains the potential of DNAsequencing and what challenges are presented in trying to extract useful information from thedata gathered by the DNA sequencing process.The Human Genome Project was a joint effort to catalog all the different genes found in humanDNA. Since its completion in 2000, “the cost of sequencing DNA fell by a factor of around a

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew G Feemster, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of 10.0 while after the course an 7.7 out of 10.0Though the students seem to feel more confident of their ability to implement a digital control algorithmsuccessfully, it will be interesting to see if this methodology is carried over into the execution of their seniorcapstone projects. In addition to the numerical scoring, some students offered the following comments on thequestionnaire form: “I certainly learned how to simulate the C code within an embedded matlab function and the IMPLEMENTING within a C environment” “C code still gives me a little trouble.” “I am confident in my ability to simulate to simulate difference equations after taking this course.” “I now understand this topic better. Any weaknesses lie in my C

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Jonathan Paul Dickson, FAU; Carlo A Mazoleny, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

need has arisen to define a body ofknowledge relevant to SE.BKCASE is a four year old knowledge-based project with a scope to define a SE Body ofknowledge (SEBoK9) and then use SEBok to develop a graduate reference curriculum for SE,called GRCSE8. A reference curriculum exists at the graduate level for systems engineering(SE), but not at the undergraduate level at present9. The document is ‘forward’ looking withprogram objectives being fulfilled five years after graduation by students in their near to mid-term of their careers. This is in keeping with GRCSE’s goal to develop a professional master’sdegree in SE; that is, a degree intended for someone who will either enter the workforce as asystems engineer, or who is already in the workforces

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michael Butler, Lockheed Martin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

DeMillo in Abelard to Apple: Fate of American Colleges and Universities refers to asthe multiversity which is “an enterprise that serves many public and private constituents andbalances the desires of many internal and external communities.”13 In this system, the creationof knowledge is highly prized and entities such as the National Science Foundation, NationalInstitutes of Health, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Department ofEnergy fund research in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. The amount of moneyexpended by these federal government agencies to such research is not insignificant. Today, ofthe approximately $120 billion spent on research and development by the U.S. government, $43billion is directed towards

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Madina Yermagambetova, Al-Farabi KazNU; Peter John Schwalbenberg

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

pH  =  2.2 75%  Monomer 2.0%  Crosslinker   8.990E+07 pH  =  6.8SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONSIn this paper, we present a laboratory activity on biomaterials and drug delivery forundergraduate engineering students. This aspect of our project focused on structure-propertyrelationships in pH sensitive hydrogels for oral insulin delivery. In upcoming work, drug releaseproperties will be evaluated as a function of crosslink density and monomer concentration aswell as a complete tensile data collection. Through this hands-on activity, students will not onlydevelop skills specific to drug delivery and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Madina Yermagambetova, Al-Farabi KazNU; Zhanna Zhatkanbaeva, Al-Farabi KazNU

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

reactivethan MA in the polymer synthesis. In both samples the percentage of AA in the copolymer isaround 4% lower than the percentage of AA in the respective reaction mixture. The next phasesof the project will focus on the characterization of the polymer and study of drug release fromthe polymer. This experiments being developed will be used in a materials science class tointroduce students to polymer synthesis, analysis, and characterization for drug deliveryapplications.  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation ECC0540855 under grant numberECC0540855. Page 23.168.9  REFERENCES

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dioselin Gonzalez; Ronald Glotzbach; Carlos Morales

collaboration to business while making it easier to users [3.1].Project goalWith this system the author wanted to go beyond traditional ICE applications towardsContextual Collaboration to enhance the collaborative experience. The focus of theproject became the development a system that could be used for sharing geometric datathat originated in a CAD system among non-engineering participants in a media richenvironment.A plausible use for this tool could be the following: A marketing person from a company that manufactures pistons would like to show his products to a prospective client. He does not only want to show off the product, but also to receive feedback on it. He would like to show a 3D model rendered in real-time, some

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Haque

) 7. Kocijancic, S. and O’Sullivan, C. “Integrating virtual and true laboratory in science and technology education” the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, session T2E, Boston, MA, (2002) 8. EERI On Line Exclusive: http://www.eeri.org/earthquakes/Reconn/AdanaExclusive/AdanaExclIndex.htmlMOHAMMED E. HAQUE, Ph.D., P.E.Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is an Associate Professor of the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&MUniversity at College Station, Texas. He has over fifteen years of professional experience in analysis, design, andinvestigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and privatesectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Vavrek

information into the program. All data and design parameters that arerequired are taken from charts and graphs that are prompted while running the program. Thestudent does not need to reference the textbook to select information from a chart or table. Thesoftware organizes all the design parameters and information for the student. The program alsoincludes design problems and applications for the student to solve. These problems are found inthe Projects/Problems form.II. Bearing Design ProgramThe bearing design program assist the students in learning how to size and select a single row ballbearing. The program has the user start off by selecting a bearing based on the diameter of theshaft needed and the series size of the bearing2. The inexperienced

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Bullard

the products they use every day and the chemical engineering behind them.These demonstrations were developed and implemented at North Carolina State University bythe author between 2000-2002 as part of SITE (Student Introduction To Engineering), a week-long program for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors sponsored by the College ofEngineering. The demonstrations have also been implemented in the week-long Alcoa SummerEngineering Academy at Centennial Middle School in Raleigh, NC for middle school students,as well as the day-long Expanding Your Horizons conference at North Carolina State Universityfor seventh grade girls.COOKIE DEMONSTRATIONPrior To The Demo: • Identify the location of the baking project. Ideally the location

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

, American Society for Engineering Education”Lectured material must be reinforced using descriptive handout material, thoughtprovoking homework exercises, creative laboratory assignments, exhaustiveresearch-reports, interesting project demonstrations, animated audio-visual aids,productive web-search data and the like. Students must be required andencouraged to participate in a variety of different activities that promote learning.The author utilized most of the above-mentioned techniques to deviate from atraditional lecture format.First, the students were required to read the assigned topic (for example, ‘FilterDesign’) before participating in a lecture class. This results in a population oflearners that are indeed well prepared to discuss the

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

such as Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, ImageProcessing, Signal Processing and Statistics for data analysis and advanced controlapplications.The computation engine of MATLAB has been integrated with mechanism designcapability of Working Model to simulate a variety of motion control tasks. The ImageProcessing toolbox is being utilized for offline verification of computer vision tasksassociated with the integrated Robot-Vision system from ADEPT. It has also beenintegrated with the project requirement of the “Introduction to MATLAB” course offeredby the principal author to sophomore engineering students. Images acquired by a remoteimaging system mounted on a tethered blimp are utilized. This blimp based remoteimaging system has been developed by

Conference Session

Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Haishan Zheng; Jason Keith

-based instructional tools may improve the motivation of students, which could bea significant factor in achieving student success. Page 8.1294.1This paper will describe four JAVA applets developed for simulation of basic heat and Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationmass transfer processes. These applets are a part of “Web Instructional Tools forEngineering,” a one year project funded by the Michigan Space Grant Consortium.These four JAVA applets were to be developed with two goals in mind: to be visualenough to

Conference Session

Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks; Laura Ford

competition was intended to be educational, several changes were made withrespect to team formation and ethical conduct. In the AIChE competition, faculty and graduatestudents may act only as sounding boards. In this event, teachers or advisors could assist thestudents with ideas (including specifying which reaction to use). This allowed the teachers tobetter integrate the project into their curriculum. The design and construction of the cars was tobe done primarily by the students. As with the AIChE competition, it was required that there beat least five members on a team. An entire class might be a team, and the entire team did notneed to attend the competition. To allow for flexibility in forming the teams, there was norequirement of different

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Stanley; Paul Kauffmann; Gary Crossman

approach has worked well formore than two decades, but a new approach based on future evolutionary trends, will bepursued.III. The Projected Mathematics ParadigmThe freshman sequence in Precalculus, consisting of standard algebra and trigonometry,will be retained since it provides a solid basis for the curriculum. However, instead of thetwo three-credit courses in Introductory Calculus, students take one four-credit course inCalculus and Analytical Geometry, which is the same as taken by engineering majors.This will ease the change of majors from engineering to engineering technology, or vice-versa, within the College of Engineering and Technology (COET). Our evaluation ofstudent performance suggests that engineering technology students at this

Conference Session

ELD Technical Papers Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers

usefulnesscan form the basis for determining if the library should consider purchasing it or a similarresource. Page 8.354.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Such was the case when the University of Arizona Libraries previewed KnovelEngineering & Scientific Online References. Knovel is a database consisting ofengineering reference materials from popular reference handbooks, databases, andconference proceedings. Students found the information contained in the database usefulto their projects, and the

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Govind Puttaiah

Page 8.212.7 The success of this course was due to the efforts of several of my colleagues atWest Virginia University Institute of Technology. John Jay did all the preliminary work toinsure satisfactory operation of equipment and was always available to take care ofproblems. This project could not have been completed without his help. WVU Techprovided the encouragement and the necessary financial assistance to complete theproject. Ellen Ford assisted in recording and reproducing the video tapes.Biographical Information Dr. Govind Puttaiah is a Professor and the Chair of Mechanical Engineering atWest Virginia University Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree inEngineering Mechanics from Penn State University. His