Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

aerodynamic phenomena.To do justice to the subject invariably requires some significant attention to experimentation, notonly to discover and demonstrate the associated aerodynamic principles, but to validate how wellaerodynamic theory represents real physical characteristics. In an engineering program thatincludes a full aerospace program, this subject and the related topic areas would invariably bedeveloped in a multiple course sequence. Doing justice to the subject of aerodynamics isparticularly challenging when all the relevant topics must be focused into a single course, ratherthan part of a full aerospace program course sequence. The challenge is then to find the properbalance between the development of aerodynamic theory and laboratory

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.Loren Limberis, East Carolina University Loren Limberis is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to joining ECU, he was a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at The College of New Jersey. He received both his BS degree in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. His research interests include the study of motor protein motility mechanisms and the incorporation of motor proteins and their associated tracks into bio

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; William S. Oates, Florida State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Break 1:00-5:30 Individual Research (B) Group (C) Group (E) Industry Design Collaboration and Lab project/ Session Visits, competition (D) Weekly Outreach, or preparation Seminar Social InteractionIndividualized Research ProjectsEach REU fellow will directly participate in regular research activities together with faculty andother research personnel in one or more of our research laboratories

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

those devices even better? Electricalengineers and technologists spend most of their time learning how these technologieswork and developing new ways to improve them.This course emphasizes practical, hands-on laboratory work that is closely coordinatedwith theoretical classroom discussion. The course focuses on both standard and wirelesscommunication systems.Course Learning Outcomes • Understand basic concepts of Electronics and circuit design; • Understand how electronic communication systems work and their application to daily life; • Understand concepts of radio frequency (RF) propagation, including AM/FM modulation; • Understand the different types of transmitting media; • Understand the architecture of a wireless

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

them and participate in active learning basedmodules. This paper elaborates innovative projects that are suitable for laboratory work incomputer information technology curriculum. It explores both hardware and softwarecomponents that are now being used for practical exercises in wireless networks courses. Thispaper discusses the hands-on labs for wireless networks such as site survey, MAC (MediumAccess Control) layer settings, upgrading the firmware of wireless devices, etc. In addition, thispaper also illustrates the wireless security labs which discuss how to set up WPA/WPA2 (Wi-FiProtected Access) on Cisco and Linksys wireless access points (AP).IntroductionThe field of wireless networks is dynamically changing due to the advances in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Byron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts; Anthony Donaldson, California Baptist University; Joan Ozdogan, Chantilly High School Academy

advance in the program without first completing the traditional freshman calculus sequence.3) A more just-in-time structuring of the required math sequence.The WSU model begins with the development of EGR 101, a novel freshman engineeringmathematics course. Taught by engineering faculty, the EGR 101 course includes lecture,laboratory and recitation components. Using an application-oriented, hands-on approach, EGR101 addresses only the salient math topics actually used in the core sophomore-level engineeringcourses. These include the traditional physics, engineering mechanics, electric circuits andcomputer programming sequences. More importantly, the EGR 101 course replaces traditional

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Ibrahim Karaman; Jeff Froyd; Terry Creasy; Winfried Teizer

nanoscale will be available at the project home page,http://fc1.tamu.edu/resources/nano.The modules were used in the ENGR 213 when it was taught in the fall semester of the 2003-04academic year. Approximately 85 students worked with the two modules.Required Mechanical Engineering Course on Materials and DesignMEEN 360 Materials and Manufacturing Selection in Design is a required course for mechanicalengineering majors. It is taught both semesters, offered to about 200 students each year, andincludes a laboratory component. Like ENGR 213 the project introduced two one-hour moduleson nanoscale manufacturing: one on micro and nanoscale lithography and another onnanoparticle processes for bulk materials. In addition, the project introduced one

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Michael R. Gustafson II, Duke University; Joseph C. Nadeau, Duke University; David E. Schaad, Duke University; Michael M. Barger, Duke University; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Michigan State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9705Evidence for the Effectiveness of a Grand Challenge-based Framework forContextual LearningDr. Lisa Huettel, Duke University Dr. Lisa G. Huettel is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University where she also serves as associate chair and director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory development, and

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, IUPUI; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

1985. From January 1985 to September 1986, he was employed as a Research Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, and an Assistant Professor at Purdue University Calumet until September 1986. Then, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI where he is now Professor and Associate Chair of the Department. His research interests include solid State devices, VLSI signal processing, and electromagnetics. He is a senior member of IEEE and a PE registered in the State of Indiana.Dr. Sudhir Shrestha, IUPUI Dr. Shrestha received his B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kathmandu University in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Engineering with an emphasis on Micro/Nanosystems

Conference Session

Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Francisco Martin Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Miquela Trujillo, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Isabella Acevedo-Rodriguez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

graduate education at the University of New Mexico. Throughout his undergraduate degree, Francisco was the President of the NMT Society of Automotive Engineers Student Chapter. During his time as president, the chapter grew to become one of the largest chapters in the world. He also volunteered at the NM State Science and Engineering Fair and NM State Science Olympiad. Francisco was awarded the NMT Student Appreciation Award (2013), the DOE Summer Visiting Faculty-Student Fellowship at Sandia National Laboratories (2013) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Outstanding Scholarship Award (2012).Ms. Miquela Trujillo, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Miquela Trujillo is an engineering student

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

2005-1601 Multi-section Freshman Classes with Laboratories: Lecture as Intro vs. Lecture as Wrap-up Jon Sticklen, Mark Urban-Lurain, Timothy Hinds Taner Eskil, Marilyn Amey Michigan State UniversityIntroduction A common instructional model for freshman engineering is the lecture/laboratory model.In this model, students usually spend two to four hours per week in a large lecture sectiontypically of one hundred or more students, and three to six hours per week in smalllaboratory (or recitation) sections typically of twenty or fewer students. Although not universal

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Wojciechowski

theestablishment of state-of-the-art laboratory facilities as well as partial scholarship support forstudents in the program. The program had its first class of students enter in fall 1995 andcurrently consists of approximately 100 students majoring in mechanical engineering. TheABET evaluation visit under EC2000 occurred in September 1999 and resulted in accreditationof the program. Designing a new engineering curriculum—in concert with industrial partners—within the broad context of a private, moderately sized, comprehensive college posed manychallenges. This presentation will review these challenges, the process used for establishing anew program in mechanical engineering, and the role industry has played in developing andsupporting the program.I

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor; Jeffrey Ray

studying fatigue andmachine components. However, the remainder of the course is dedicated to Mechanics ofMaterials. In addition, the laboratory associated with the course is entirely Mechanics ofMaterials based. Syllabi for the Summer 2001 offering of both lecture and laboratory portions ofthe course are included in Appendix A and Appendix B.This project was first implemented three years ago (three offerings of the course) as a basic straingage use experiment. Since, it has been expanded to include experimental design and correlationwith both theoretical and FEA results.The project incorporated both a high degree of engineering analysis and experimental design andverification. The actual project assignment is presented in Appendix C. It is

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; William Stark, Macomb Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

energy storage, including advanced battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles. Yeh is also experienced in developing formal degree programs and professional development programs for incumbent engineers, community college instructors, and high school science and technology teachers. He is the PI and co-PI of several federal and state funded projects for course, curriculum, and laboratory development in advanced automotive technology.Dr. Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University Y. Gene Liao is currently Director of the Electric Transportation Technology program and Associate Pro- fessor of engineering technology at Wayne State University. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from National Central University

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vic Cundy; Don Rabern; David Gibson

generally contribute to awide variety of activities, it is often difficult to adequately determine faculty workloads. Facultyactivities generally include teaching traditional classes, advising students, conducting sponsoredand non-sponsored research, committee assignments, laboratory supervision, development,outreach, maintaining industrial partnerships, student club advising, shared responsibilities withpeers, and other assignments. Also, at a time when the cost of education is rising faster than mostother sectors of the economy, the cost of each of these activities is important for department headsto monitor. Increasingly, governing boards and upper administrators, as well as legislators (atpublic institutions) and other constituents are

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jahan Kauser; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

Session 1526 A Project-Based Approach to Teaching Membrane Technology C. Stewart Slater (1), Kauser Jahan (2), Stephanie Farrell (1), Robert P. Hesketh (1), and Kevin D. Dahm (1) (1) Department of Chemical Engineering (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract This paper describes a NSF-funded Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) project onmembrane process experiments funded through DUE-9850535. We have

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Owen; Jack Carter; Connie Martin; Cheng Liu; Ambrose Barry; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley; Nan Byars

format for each oftwo courses per semester. In addition to TV classes, the program depends on Web-basedassignments, email communications with the instructor, and library and computer materials ateach site. Laboratory courses will be taught as concentrated four-Saturdays-on-campus sessionsof three experiments per day for each of four courses. We have appointed a half-time sitecoordinator for each site to take care of logistics such as registration, books, handouts, proctoringtests, and, in two of the three cases, operating the cameras. We have attempted to set up adistance-learning Mentoring Program with on-site mentors for these students in a model similarto the quite-successful one initiated in the last two years on the UNC Charlotte campus

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Polly R. Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

determine what I wanted to communicate to the students; that is, Ineeded to establish learning outcomes. I selected the following objectives:By the end of the semester, students will be able to: 1. Use multiple perspectives to answer important questions about a complicated problem 2. Explain the chemical differences between dyeing with indigo and dyeing with other natural dyes 3. Create a process flow diagram, identify major process equipment and explain briefly how they work 4. Write a technically competent laboratory report on the processes studied 5. Show an understanding of what a professional is and the ethical responsibilities of a professionalEach week, the students spent two hours in class and two hours

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzad Pourboghrat, Southern Illinois University; Narayanan Ramachandran, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Aishwarya Vasu, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Arjun Shekar Sadahalli, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Prashanthi Banala, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Giampiero Campa, MathWorks

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangalore University in 2004 and was awarded a Masters of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2010. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is a Re- search Assistant at Embedded Control Systems Laboratory. His main areas of research includes power electronics and control systems.Aishwarya Vasu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Aishwarya Vasu received her Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2006. She received her Master of Science

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2011-1618: AUDIO-VISUAL LAB TUTORIALS TO DEVELOP INDE-PENDENT LEARNERSDeborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles W. Green; John Krupczak

“Scienceand Technology of Everyday Life (GEMS-151)” during the Fall 1998 semester. This course isintended for non-science and non-engineering majors. It was developed and first taught in theSpring 1995 semester. The course describes how things work, and examines the scientificprinciples underlying their operation9, 10. Science concepts are presented in the context offamiliar technological devices. Topics studied include: the automobile, the telephone, thephotocopier, television, radio, compact disk players, and medical imaging technologies. Theorganizational structure of the course is based on technological devices rather than naturalphenomena. Weekly hands-on laboratories are included. These involve such activities as takingapart a car engine

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shelley, United States Air Force; Kenneth Santarelli, Cal State Fresno

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

laboratory classes, to the student’s senior, but usually not last, year.Because of low student enrollment and dissatisfaction with the JEP by both the local employers,who did not benefit, and the two partner universities, the JEP ended in spring semester 2004. At the close of the JEP, a partnership of local engineering employers, city, state, and federalgovernment agencies motivated a single university to offer programs to provide mechanical andelectrical engineering baccalaureate degrees to students locally through a combination ofinteractive broadcast lectures and locally taught engineering laboratory courses.Industry/Government support for the program included temporary funding for an electricalengineering professor’s salary and an

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

processes.Students are asked questions concerning classical engineering failures, dangers of materialsubstitutions, environmental and social impact on product design and also on o materials usedin the school’s laboratories by research students and staff. Instructional knowledge forms aplatform for further inquiry.The teaching, in this subject, is presented in grand narrative form. Students are required toundertake further reading of recommended and referenced texts. The course material is alsosupported by the course material l written and compiled by this author.Experimentation and ObservationIn a traditional schema this is normally referred to as to laboratory practical session. However,as important as traditional laboratory sessions are in developing

Conference Session

Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Glasgow, Kansas State University; David Soldan, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

undergraduate laboratory experience. In 2010 we addedthree completely new experiments to the course; these activities (a student-directedexperiment with thermoelectricity, a pump performance module, and a fluid flowexperiment of unparalleled flexibility) were designed to encourage exploration, to appealto students with different learning styles, and to promote physical contact between thestudent and the underlying phenomena. This paper describes our initial experiences with,student reaction to, and our assessment of, these changes to the laboratory course.Introduction The childhood environment for the previous generation of engineers was verydifferent. Grose1 recently reviewed the formative influences upon six accomplishedengineering educators

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the entire curriculum that (1)reinforces student understanding and retention through reinforcement at short intervals, and (2)minimizes fading of conceptual knowledge due to extended disuse – as is often problematic inthe traditional ME curriculum.IntroductionHistorically, engineering education has followed a linear model in which engineering topics aretaught in separate, disconnected classes that “serially encapsulate” the course material in thestudents’ minds. In contrast, our newly developed first-year course sequence, funded by a CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement Phase 1 Grant from the National Science Foundationtitled “Design-Based SPIRAL Learning Curriculum” (DUE-0837759), strives to integrate avariety of engineering topics in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Simon Ang; Fred Barlow; Alan Mantooth; Sean Mulvenon

made at each successive stage ofdissemination. State of the art evaluation techniques are being developed to facilitate theseassessments. Experts in their respective fields, from industry and national laboratories, willactively participate in offering the courses. The courses being offered cover the design, analysis,and testing of mixed-signal/telecommunications (MST) circuits and systems. Each course offersparticular challenges to distance delivery. These challenges and their respective solutions will bedescribed. New course design when the target is ultimately distance delivery via Internet2 isaddressed as well. Lastly, the design of modular courses for rapid introduction of recent researchdevelopments is described.I. Introduction The

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Duggan

requires anunderstanding of many factors including the physical and chemical properties of thebiosolid, risks posed to potential receptors and applicable regulatory requirements. Theseoptions continue to evolve due to new technologies and changes in regulatoryrequirements. Many “new” options for biosolid reuse and recycling have met regulatoryacceptance due to pressures from limited landfill space and advances in risk assessment.This paper is a presentation of how current research in biosolid characterization andbiosolid management are being integrated into selected courses in Wentworth’sundergraduate environmental engineering program.With participation from the Biosolids industry, lecture material, laboratory studies and aCapstone Design project

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Ratnajeevan Hoole; Dushyanthi Hoole

members than there are graduates in a year. Naturally therefore,the distance method fails to yield dividends in the most neglected areas of conventionaleducation. That is, it is fails as an alternative in engineering and the physical sciences wherewomen are under-represented and therefore is vitiated as a solution to their problems.One of the reasons for the non-fruition of the promises offered by distance education, is that inthe area of laboratory work, distance education is typically neither asynchronous nor distant.Laboratory work is not done at home. Presently all students need to come to the central campusfor an intense period of laboratory work, sometimes for as long as a month in an academic year.As a result, housewives and working

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Sozen, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

institutions ranging from community colleges to doctorategranting universities. Parallel to these initiatives, a host of textbooks and professional referencebooks are now widely available in the market with new ones being introduced steadily. Thesebooks tend to cover various selections from a wide spectrum of topics to different levels of depthand breadth as well as from different aspects such as technical, economic and environmental. AtGrand Valley State University a four credit hour upper division undergraduate technical electivecourse was developed and taught since fall 20091-2. The course was initially offered on anexperimental basis as a four credit four contact hour course for a couple of times before a finalformat of 3-lecture and 3-laboratory

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division (MFG) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Richard Y Chiou, Drexel University; Tzu-liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

improvement of the Engineering Technology (ET) curriculum, including integrated laboratories, project- based learning, and practicum-based assessment. Dr. Ertekin serves as the faculty advisor for the student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (S058) and is a member of the College’s Undergradu- ate Curriculum Committee. Involved in research, Ertekin has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), private foundations, and industry. His research has focused on the improvement of manufacturing laboratories and curricula and the adoption of process simulation into machining and addi- tive manufacturing practices. His areas of expertise are in CAD/CAM, manufacturing processes, machine and process