Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Eger Bill; Phillip Aaron, University of Dayton; Charles Schreier, University of Dayton

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International

interdisciplinary groupof undergraduate engineering students as a UD SoE sponsored capstone design project. Many ofthe students on the team that designed the ETHOS program had participated in internationalservice through UD’s Center for Social Concern. Although these experiences were veryrewarding, the service projects the students participated in did not directly make use of theirengineering skills. Furthermore, while participating in these service projects, the studentsidentified many needs that could be addressed through engineering solutions. The students spenttwo semesters researching and designing the program, making initial contacts with potentialplacement partners and assessing the feasibility of the program from a university

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor; Jeffrey Ray

Session 1566 Incorporating Experimental Design in a Mechanics of Materials Course Wendy Reffeor, Ph.D., Jeffrey L. Ray, Ph.D. Seymour and Esther Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, MI 49504AbstractA necessary part of any engineering design is the development of specifications that define itsfunction. Once these specifications are developed, testing of that design to ensure it meets thedesign specifications is essential. At Grand Valley State University, we have incorporateddesign and build projects into

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

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Design in Engineering Education

notrequired that they actually submit the solutions to Innocentive, but most do so as well. A rubricused to grade the submitted assignments is shown in Table 2. The rubric clearly is orientedtowards the graphics and communication aspects of the design project, reflecting the intendedlearning outcomes of the introductory course.DiscussionThe Engineering program at UPEI is very small, and currently only serves the first two yearstowards a degree program that is ultimately completed at Dalhousie University through a long-standing transfer relationship. Students have historically had an excellent track record for beingpractical, and able to excel in capstone design projects after transfer. With a first-year intake ofonly 55 students, our student numbers

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S Linvill, Purdue University; Eric Holloway, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Emily M. Haluschak, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Evelyn Shana Marx; Breejha Sene Quezada, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Tamara J Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD)

grow.The certification framework is still being developed as the research team continues to identifythe specific ways that students may obtain the required professional and technical skills throughtheir formal academic curriculum, internships, capstone projects, research, and other co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Discovering the relevant and accessible options foracquiring each level of the certification framework is in process and will be completed in thecoming year through the research team’s work with the assistance of subject matter experts.3.3 Professional SkillsThe workforce needs assessment findings informed the professional skills used for thecertification project. The full list of professional skills is shown in Table 3

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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International

Table 1in order to provide ideas for other faculty members and students.Table 1. Courses with S-L projects for the VE programYr Course Cr Course Title Faculty Activities # S-L # of students studentsSo 16.208 3 Basic EE Lab II Alan Rux LED analysis for headlamp design for 36 36 Peru Page 13.1385.8Sr 16.499 3 EE Capstone II John Duffy Transfer of emails and files via 3 3

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Joseph Hass, Bucknell University; Juliana Su, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer

Page 25.947.3 used to develop applications on a wide variety of microcontrollers, so that student projects could scale upward into research or capstone requirements. • Similarly, the IDE should be portable from small projects to large projects. The tool set should be easily scalable to more ambitious projects than we would encounter in this course. • The IDE should be portable across host operating systems. Our campus laboratories use both Windows and Linux platforms, and student laptops often run Apple’s OS X. Tools that can be used on any of these platforms will be more accessible to students.Our final goal is to teach microcontroller system design using a modern microcontrollerarchitecture. While there is certainly a

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology; Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology; Richard Turner, Stevens Institute of Technology; Kahina Lasfer, Stevens Institute of Technology; Lawrence Bernstein, Stevens Institute of Technology; Kristen Baldwin, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, Logistics)

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

which are required or semi-required. • Capstone practicums and projects are frequently required. While most programs offer a thesis option, students generally preferred the practicum or project.Developing the CurriculumIn the first meeting of the EST in August 2007, the team heard presentations on the SWEBOK,the Software Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum SE2004, SEIs 1991 Report on GraduateSwE Education, and the INCOSE Systems Engineering Graduate Curriculum Framework7 . Fromthese presentations and the initial results of the survey of existing graduate programs, the teamagreed to an outline for the curriculum document (Shown in Figure 2) and established four teamsto develop the main parts of the document – Guidance and

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

communication tool. The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recognizes that the ability to communicate effectively is arequired outcome for civil engineering education, noting that in addition to written and oralcommunication skills, graphical communication is also important when interacting withtechnical and non-technical individuals.1Importance and Use of Hand-Drawn SketchesKivett2 notes free-hand sketching can quickly convey technical information to diverse audiences.At public meetings for proposed projects, clients often prefer free-hand architectural sketchesrather than CAD drawings since hand-drawn sketches imply the design is not set in stone,whereas the public may perceive the project as unalterable when CAD drawings are used.2According

Conference Session

Practical Teaching in Manufacturing – 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana M. Djuric, Wayne State University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Tatiana V. Goris, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

] Jovanovic, V., Michaeli, J. G., Popescu, O, Moustafa, M. R., Tomovic, M., Verma, A., Lin, C. (2014), “Implementing Mechatronics Design Methodology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Design Projects at the Old Dominion University” ASEE National Conference 2014, June 15-18, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.[30] DeAgostino, T., Jovanovic, V., Thomas, M. B. (2014), “Simulating Real World Work Experience in Engineering Capstone Courses” ASEE National Conference 2014, Session: College Industry Partnership, June 16-18, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.[31] Purdue University (2015), GE to collaborate on advanced manufacturing to enable faster, efficient brilliant factories. Retrieved on March 10, 2015 from https://purdue.edu

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Computers in Education

. Page 22.709.5 Figure 4 GForge system.2.2 GForgeGForge is a collaborative software application in the cloud originally created for SourceForge. Itincludes multiple tools which engineering students find useful, especially for capstone projects.GForge integrates administrative tasks (user management, security, etc.), issue tracking,document storage, file storage, a wiki, and a subversion repository into a single online system.Students can then use the GForge system to store project artifacts as a project evolves.GForge and related systems have been used in multiple environments for capstone projects.11, 12From a faculty standpoint, the GForge system allows a faculty member limitless access toanalyze student

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Teaming and Collaboration

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Milewicz, University of Southern Indiana; Zane W. Mitchell Jr., University of Southern Indiana; Kerry S. Hall, University of Southern Indiana

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

newopportunities in the University community. Social ties are strengthened, and this allows for newlines of research to grow and methods of teaching to be shared.Phase II: FeasibilityAll engineering graduates at this University must complete a capstone senior design project. Theproposals for these design projects are normally vetted and taken to the proposal phase duringthe students’ next to the last semester in the program. The project itself is completed during theirfinal semester. Students either work as individuals or in groups of 2 or 3. We have taken pridein that we are normally able to place students with external clients for these projects. The goal isto involve the student in the solution of a real world engineering problem that will actually

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Youssef Shatilla; Adnan Zahed

, 3. Textbook and reference book (s), 4. Assignments; home work, quizzes, exams, projects, computer applications, design contents, laboratory work, and 5. Three examples of students’ work for each of the above assignments, • Senior projects design reports showing the accomplishment of capstone design content, • Safety manuals for laboratories, and • Student advising system and student co-curricular and extra-curricular activities substantiated by various student clubs and societies.Along with the documentation process a “Preliminary Program Assessment Questionnaire”was sent to the ABET International Activity Committee (INTAC), which is responsible forforeign program evaluation. In response to our

Conference Session

How We Tackled the Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University ; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Aidan Puzzio, The Citadel; Benjamin Lawrence Kicklighter, The Citadel

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering from Bucknell University. Dr. Barrella has investigated best practices in engineering education since 2003 (at Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining the WFU faculty, she led the junior capstone design sequence at James Madison University, was the inaugural director of the NAE Grand Challenges Program at JMU, and developed first-year coursework and interdisciplinary electives.Dr. Kevin Skenes, The Citadel Kevin Skenes is an associate professor at The Citadel. His research interests include non-destructive evaluation, photoelasticity, manufacturing processes, and engineering education.Mr. Aidan Puzzio, The CitadelMr

Conference Session

PCEE Session 3: Robotics and Design Competitions

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Amanjeet Bagga, Stony Brook University; Cynthia Colón, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University

program in the summer of 2020 and 2021, a total of 90 students (30in 2020 and 60 in 2021) participated in the three-weeks long robotics program that concluded with aunique capstone project where they were asked to employ design thinking in identifying a COVID-19 related problem for someone negatively affected by the pandemic and thereafter design andbuild an autonomous or remote-controlled robotics solution. This approach was markedly differentfrom other competition- or challenge-based robotics programs since students were asked to use anempathy-driven approach to identify problems. Problems ranged from tedious and tiring jobsof disinfecting surfaces, delivering drugs in hospitals or packages autonomously, or entertainingchildren and elderly in

Conference Session

Assessing Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Mikhail Russu

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods, Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to social responsibility, but theydon’t examine how faculty or departments believe that they are influencing such views. At the17 institutions surveyed, it would be beneficial for departments to see where their students saidthey were influenced and compare that to where they thought they were affecting student views.Departments could assess if the first-year or capstone projects were influencing the ethicaldevelopment that they expect. Possible single time interventions on ethical or professionalresponsibility are not enough to provide lasting impressions on students such that they wouldhighlight that course years later. This could be an impetus to change such approaches to ethicseducation. More broadly, this work provides a useful approach

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

facility.Future WorkCourse modifications, such as the mapping of course learning objectives and backgroundstatements on assignments, were implemented for fall 2009. Student feedback at this point ispurely anecdotal as specific data has not yet been reduced. It is planned to have that dataavailable for examination prior to presentation of this paper.Our next major undertaking will be to modify the structure of the projects currently offered inEGR 100. Based on instructor and student feedback, we plan to reduce our lab projects fromthree to two by eliminating the second project. This will allow our students to have a morecomplete design experience by transitioning our larger project into more of a capstone-likeexercise.With the continued evolution of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Michael Gordon Browne, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Miiri Kotche, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

development duringsenior design (3) with projects being refined by medical students during their capstone projects(4). Continuation of projects through this pipeline defines a potential for longitudinal innovativedesign work across disciplines, addressing several of the challenges that are present in thecurrent process. Thus, the selection of an appropriate project in CIP for longitudinaldevelopment is paramount. The purpose of this report is to describe the structure of the revisedCIP, to assess its efficacy by student self-perception, and to reflect on its potential for supportinglongitudinal development. Specifically, to assess the efficacy of the revised CIP, we tested thehypothesis that participation in CIP would increase student’s confidence

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Sherry Liao, University of Portland

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First-Year Programs

students (how they chose their 100 website (WR) major, internship experience, capstone projects) were created by an undergraduate student and added to the set of web resources; Student blogs about their summer internships and study abroad programs were also added to the set of web resources. Presentations about the disciplines were available on the EGR 100 website.In order to create lecture time for the new labs, the presentations about the professions were notgiven during lecture time. Instead, those presentations were posted to the course website andstudents were encouraged to view these resources when preparing their student

Conference Session

First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa M Wille, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dalton James Hess; Jake Mitchell Levin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

guided problem through the application of intradisciplinary technical skills. In Phase 3, thejuniors start on a more complex project that typically spans into senior year and Phase 4:capstone design [1-4].Over the last five offerings of BME 201, this course has evolved to cohesively combine threecomponents (lecture, lab and a design project) into modules throughout the course that representthe field of BME, both from a curricular and industry standpoint. To effectively teach thestudents in the course and maintain current course content, we utilize a three tiered instructionalapproach: instructors, three teaching assistants, and up to 20 undergraduate student assistants, allbringing their educational and industry experiences to the course. The

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S. Mullin, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Undergraduate Studies (2009- 2013) and Interim Dean (2015) in the College of Engineering. Dr. VanderGheynst’s research focuses on next generation biofuels and bioproducts and agricultural biotechnology. Current projects examine the management of microbial communities in applications including water treatment, food and energy production, and soil treatment for the control of pests and pathogens. More than $9 million of her ex- tramural funding at UC Davis has been in support of undergraduate and graduate student preparation in engineering. This includes a NSF GK-12 award to improve leadership, communication and collaboration skills, and teaching capabilities in engineering graduate students pursuing research in the

Conference Session

New ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constance D. Hendrix, USAF Academy; Danial J. Neebel PE, US Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

(ECE) Department at the United States Air Force Academy created a breadth-first introductory course to give students this view as a starting point in their education. A thorough review of the curriculum revealed primary knowledge areas that the students need early in their education in order to better prepare them for the depth of a rigorous ECE curriculum. This knowledge includes, but is not limited to, Radio Frequency (RF) communications, RADAR and electronic warfare, analog circuits including power generation and distribution and digital circuits and systems. These topics were selected due to their extensive use in senior capstone projects and needs the industry of the program constituents? The solution proposed here is to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sherri M. Youssef, The Ohio State University; Amanda Singer Nault, The Ohio State University; Carter James Huber, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

course sequence over the 2021-2022 and2022-2023 academic years to determine the effect of EM-focused instruction and first-yeardesign projects on EM growth. We analyzed responses in a pre/post manner within theseacademic years and holistically analyzed across academic years. We used the cross-year analysisto address the impact of curricular changes. Finally, we provide implications and pedagogicalapproaches that can support the development of an EM in the future.2. BackgroundThe Ohio State University (OSU) partnered with KEEN in 2017 and has since integrated EMLacross several courses in its engineering curriculum. This initiative first began with the redesignof the First Year Engineering Program (FYEP) standard course sequence. Alterations to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hope L. Weiss, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

control systems, disease dynamics, and improving pre-requisite knowledge retention. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Using videos for improvement in knowledge of prerequisite materialAbstractThis work in progress paper outlines a project aimed at increasing the mastery of prerequisitematerial in mechanical engineering (ME) courses. One reason for the failure in an engineeringcourse is a weak foundation of the students' prerequisite knowledge. Although students havecompleted the prerequisite courses, they may not have mastered or cannot recall the necessarysubject matter. Even though most instructors spend at least a week of the semester on review ofprerequisite

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Electrical and Computer

Pedagogical and Andragogical Validity of Capstone Projects,” http://www.asee.org/acPapers/20476.pdf. 4. S. Brookfiel, “Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning,” San Francisco, CA. Jossey-Bass, 1986. 5. R. Zemke, “In Search of Self-Directed Learners” Training, May 1998. 6. J.E. Stice, “A First Step Toward Improved Teaching,” Engineering Education, 1976 7. W. Ibrahim, R. Morsi, “Online Engineering Education: A Comprehensive Review,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference 8. L.D. Feisel, A. J. Rosa, “The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, No. 1, January 2005. 9. N.Y. Bengiamin, A. Johnson, M. Zidon, D. Moen, D., and D.K. Ludlow, “The

Conference Session

Integrating Additive Manufacturing Practices in Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University

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Manufacturing

learningoutcomes that students receive in their course of study. Many universities use direct assessmentinstruments such as written exams, oral exams, embedded questions in exams, certificationexams, and other instruments. Traditional teacher-constructed tests and standardized tests yieldinformation about student knowledge and performance. Alternative forms of assessment, such asthis constructive project, can be used as a capstone project to validate student outcomes. It mayalso be expanded to examine student development and progress in creativity, design, problemsolving, trouble shooting, and approaches in handling real world projects.In this performance assessment project, students were observed while working with complextasks associated with a real

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Dempsey, Collin County Community College ; Ann F Beheler, Collin County Community College

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Computing and Information Technology

of UCLA Extension’s Entertainment Studies & Performing Arts department, helping coordinate academic projects and special events, and later as a program representative, managing domestic and international custom-designed sem- inar programs. For several years during his tenure at UCLA Extension, Mark also served as a co-instructor for the capstone online class ”The Business of Hollywood,” which employed a unique role-playing ele- ment to explore strategies of film financing and negotiation. Before joining UCLA Extension, Mark was a development executive at an independent feature film production company, Echo Lake Productions. He has also worked as a freelance script analyst for Silver Pictures. Mark holds a BA

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

rankings and one second-place rankings from its peer assessors. At theother end of the chart, someone who received all last-place rankings has the shortest compositebar. The service can also display self-assessment rankings on the same scale as peer-assessmentrankings.6. Team formationDesign projects are frequently assigned in courses (often capstone courses) where a limitednumber of student teams can pick each project topic. While many criteria can be used to formteams, one of the most important is that students are assigned topics that they have an interest in,and background for, a specific topic. The problem involves both aggregating students into teamsand assigning teams to topics. The design space is very large, and an optimal solution

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

course of a single semester so steps eight through ten of theVaughen’s Design Project Road Map are reserved for the capstone design course students takelater in the curriculum. If the topic chosen for the risk assessment is not for a chemical process, itstill needs to address the first seven steps and the instructor may provide insight on how to alterthe scope slightly to allow it to be approved.The students gain a base knowledge of the area of risk assessment prior to receiving the aboveassignment in a manner that caters to multiple learning styles as described by Felder andSilverman. The learning styles of this index were updated in 2003 and their applicability for theprescribed pre-work is shown by the bracketed text in the following

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David S Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

final exam questions, are included.Preliminary findings indicate that in general this approach can work, but that there arecertain content areas in which the available resources are very weak. A summary ofresources used and student ratings of each will also be provided.BACKGROUNDThis paper describes work completed at Ohio Northern University (ONU), a small, private,comprehensive university focused on undergraduate education. At ONU, engineeringstudents are heavily involved in design projects throughout the curriculum. A course in thesenior year called “Process of Design” is required for all mechanical engineering students.This course provides content to accompany the capstone projects, a model that is notunique1.Previously, this course was

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Radio1. Introduction This paper discusses the implementation of a course in software-defined radio (SDR)technology and systems. The course contains significant computer and hands-on project work inorder to implement working SDR systems. Focusing on SDRs provides a method to tie togethermany of the classes in a typical electrical engineering undergraduate’s curriculum: core coursessuch as Circuits and Devices, Signals and Systems, Embedded Microcontrollers, andEngineering Electromagnetics; as well as many of the popular elective courses such asCommunications, Controls, and Signal Processing. Building a functioning SDR system requiressome understanding of all of these topic areas. SDR is an emerging technology that promises to have a