Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. This is due to the emphasis onearly prototyping, quick feedback and incremental development. It still might not be thefavorable method for use in large scale industrial development projects where formalprocedures might still be preferred, but the pedagogical advantages in mechatronics educationare valuable. Incremental development and rapid prototyping for example gives manyopportunities to reflect and improve. The Scrum focus on self-organizing teams also providesa platform to practice project organization, by empowering students to take responsibility forthe product development process.Among the results of this study, it is shown that it is possible and favorable to integrate Scrumin a mechatronics capstone course and that this can enhance

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4588: USING A CAMPUS-WIDE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICETO SUPPORT K-12 ENGINEERING OUTREACHMrs. Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University Tracey Collins is the Project Coordinator for the MISO Project. Responsibilities include implementing activities of the project, coordinating efforts among K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math- ematics (STEM) outreach programs, and working closely with university enrollment management and data management professionals at the Friday Institute. She works closely with large and small STEM outreach groups like the Science House, the Kenan Fellows Program, and the Engineering Place, as well as small, individual-PI groups offering K-12 outreach to teachers and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey James Kado, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

it provides students with critical thinking skills in a conceptual settingalongside other students. However, the engineering profession is not as seamless as academicdesign experiences would suggest, as there are constantly changing requirements, resources, andbudgets – what we coin “design volatility”. Students do not typically experience design volatility,as most of their courses are well organized with a fixed syllabus. This paper examines the impactof design volatility on perception of individual and peer contribution to a semester-long,sophomore level design project. We investigate design volatility occurrences through the lens ofteam and peer contribution to determine how students can function on a team during designchanges, as we

Conference Session

The Best of Computers in Education Division (COED)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yutong Ai, University of Michigan; Maya Baveja, University of Michigan; Akanksha Girdhar, University of Michigan; Melina O'Dell, University of Michigan; Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #41541A Custom Generative AI Chatbot as a Course ResourceYutong Ai, University of MichiganMaya Baveja, University of MichiganAkanksha Girdhar, University of MichiganMelina O’Dell, University of MichiganDr. Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan Andrew DeOrio is a teaching faculty and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs at the University of Michigan and a consultant for web projects. His research interests are in engineering education and interdisciplinary computing. His teaching has been recognized with the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize, and he has three times been named Professor of the Year by the students

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan Morgan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

modified to integrate external internships.Students attend class twice a week and work outside the classroom in an appropriate civilengineering design office supervised by licensed Professional Engineers once a week.Students are assigned in groups of up to three to local engineering firms or agencies in theirdiscipline of choice (geotechnical, structural, transportation, or environmental engineering). Thefirms work with faculty to identify a project that the students can work on side-by-side withprofessionals. The students work in the company a minimum of three hours per week. They arerequired to continue their work during the rest of the week, both in-class with the supervision ofa faculty member (who is also a licensed Professional Engineer) and

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Xiaoyi Zhang; Ana Aviles Vargas, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Gongchen Sun, The University of Texas at San Antonio

AbstractThis paper explores an innovative cross-disciplinary project conducted at the University of Texas atSan Antonio, which integrated students from Engineering core class "Introduction to MaterialsScience and Engineering" and English core class "Shakespeare: The Later Plays" into a collaborativelearning experience. The project aimed to bridge the gap between classroom knowledge and real-world application by pairing Engineering and English students to design and learn 3D printing tofabricate stage props and models based on Shakespearean plays. This hands-on project requiredstudents to transcend their disciplinary boundaries and engage in a real-world "designer/client –technical provider" interaction. This paper evaluates the impact of this

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Anderson, Rensselaer

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

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 Design Lab and enhancing the experience for

Conference Session

Teaching Interventions in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 22nd

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica Dare Kaufman, Endicott College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

required fortwo majors, Biology/Biotechnology and Bioengineering. The addition of an authentic in silicoresearch experience as a project for this lecture course would thus expose all students in bothmajors to an independent research experience. A single post-project survey was used to measuredifferences in student perception of themselves as a researcher by asking students to rate how theresearch project increased their knowledge in the use of scientific practices, was an act ofdiscovery, required collaboration, required iteration, and had relevance outside the course. Thesecategories have been used to assess other CUREs and define the characteristics a CURE [2].Students who participated in both the traditional lab to sequence DNA and the

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alicia Boudreaux Kiremire PE, PMP, FlowStream Management LLC; Michael K. Swanbom PE, Louisiana Tech University; Gerry Caskey, Louisiana Delta Community College; Barton Crum, Applied Research for Organizational Solutions (AROS); Juliette Pate, Louisiana Delta Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

lectures at: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBomPEMr. Gerry Caskey, Louisiana Delta Community College Mr. Caskey is the Instrumentation Instructor at LDCC Ruston Campus with over 30 years industry expe- rience. As the Principal Investigator for the NSF funded grant ”Project Complete”, he is passionate about introducing Instrumentation as a career pathway for the next generation.Barton Crum, Applied Research for Organizational Solutions (AROS) Ms. Crum is a doctoral candidate in the Industrial and Organizational Psychology program at Louisiana Tech University. She currently serves as the Student Director of AROS and holds the roles of project manager and associate on several projects with both private and public sector

Conference Session

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Keith Plemmons PE, PMP, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Engineers for over 24 years including eleven years on the faculty at the United States Military Academy.Dr. Keith Plemmons PE, PMP, The Citadel Dr. Keith Plemmons is a project management and education professional. Currently, Keith is an Asso- ciate Professor in The Citadel’s School of Engineering and the CEO of VAB Group, LLC, a sole-proprietor business services company. Keith is a registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina, with 30 years of multi-disciplinary engineering, management and higher education experience across public and pri- vate sectors in the United States and Japan. His credentials include a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Citadel, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Carlson

) Page 10.1052.12. Modeling an existing part (testing comprehension)3. Creating a new part from scratch (application) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, I discuss how these steps are implemented in a large-size, required first-yearengineering graphics course in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The third step isemphasized and illustrated through a unique rapid prototyping project in which students design anew body for a radio-controlled model car that is subsequently fabricated through the generouscontribution of

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Ali Houshmand; Eugene E. Rutz

Session 2793 Evaluation of Learning Styles and Instructional Technologies Eugene Rutz, Virginia Elkins, Catherine Rafter, Ali Houshmand, Roy Eckart University of CincinnatiAbstractThe paper describes the initial efforts of a project to evaluate the impact of various instructionaltechnologies on student learning, and to determine if there is a correlation between learningstyles of individual students and the efficacy of specific instructional technologies. The projectwill use basic engineering science courses (Engineering Mechanics and Basic Strength ofMaterials) as a platform for evaluating the technologies

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Session 1559 Data-Acquisition Systems: An Integral Part of Undergraduate Engineering and Technology Programs David McDonald and Ajay Mahajan Lake Superior State UniversityThis paper describes example student projects and course activities in data-acquisition systems inundergraduate engineering and technology programs at Lake Superior State University. Thefocus of the paper is to show that students from electrical, computer and mechanical engineeringas well as manufacturing engineering technology programs study and use modern data-acquisition systems in several courses

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

participants were members of the University’s Honors College and completed the coursein their first or second year on campus.In the initial offering, the course focused on a single problem: how to increase the sustainabilityof the supercomputer center on campus? Students enrolled in this problem-based researchseminar learned about the problem area through in-class instruction and homework assignments,and then worked with the instructors to develop individual projects examining various solutionsto the shared research problem. In the second year the course was offered, the focus shifted froma specific problem to the broader topic of image analysis workflows, which are used in manySTEM disciplines to analyze data from photos and videos. In this workflow

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. L. Kolar; K. Gramoull; T. R. Rhoads; R. C. Knox

Preliminary Results from a “Course-less” Curriculum Study R.L. Kolara, K. Gramoullb, T.R. Rhoadsc, R.C. Knoxa a School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science b School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering c College of Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 kolar@ou.edu (contact author) ABSTRACTIn 2002, we received an NSF planning grant that builds upon our Sooner City project,which was funded through the Action Agenda program

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Wayne Blanding; Scott Kiefer; Kala Meah; Tristan Ericson

essentially a full summer semester) and the following spring. The first semester isfocused on research and design, and the second semester is dedicated to build and test. At thebeginning of the first semester, students are already placed on capstone projects and the researchphase begins in earnest to allow enough time to complete a project design by the end of thesemester. We have historically targeted projects that require at least eight students, andsometimes up to twenty, that require students from our various engineering disciplines(mechanical, electrical, computer). Recent examples include autonomous robots for theInternational Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) and formula style race cars for the Society ofAutomotive Engineering Formula Student

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Brian Savilonis

Societal Impact of Thermo Fluid Design Brian Savilonis Department of Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA Topic: Project Design CoursesAbstract ABET accreditation criteria include non-technical topics such as knowledge of contemporary issues and the consideration of design within a larger context. Mechanical engineering criteria require students be able to work professionally in both mechanical and thermal systems. Students in the WPI Thermodynamic Analysis and Design course work in project teams on design projects such as geothermal heat pumps, co

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

www.slayte.com Embedded Systems using the Raspberry Pi PicoAbstractIn engineering and engineering technology programs, students learn about embedded systems in avariety of upper and lower-division courses. Each of these courses includes a lab component wherestudents design and implement hands-on projects which reinforce lecture materials. This paper willdemonstrate that the Raspberry Pi Pico embedded board can be used as a basis for many laboratoryprojects within a variety of embedded courses. Some courses include Introduction to Programming,Microprocessors, Embedded Systems, Object-Oriented Programming, Measurements andInstrumentation, Wireless Communications, and Control Systems. The Raspberry Pi Pico is a newinexpensive board built

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani

Paper ID #37009Jeopardy in Structural AnalysisSeyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani Dr. Ardakani is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the Coordinator of Statics for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. He has previously served as Project Engineer at Englekirk Structural Engineers and Lecturer at South Dakota State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests include seismic performance and design of reinforced concrete structures, computational modeling of structures, and engineering

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Uma Lakshman, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering; Jack Bringardner, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #30558Work in Progress: Transitioning to Two Semesters: The Development of aFull-Year CornerstoneMs. Uma Lakshman, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering Uma Lakshman is a rising fourth-year undergraduate student at NYU Tandon studying Civil Engineering with a minor in Urban Informatics. She is the Head Teaching Assistant of the Introduction to Engineering and Design Course at NYU Tandon, and manages the 115 Teaching Assistants of the course. She has previously worked at AECOM as a Civil Engineering and Highway Design Intern. She has worked on projects such as the Nassau Expressway Reconstruction and the FDR Median

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilan Grave, Elizabethtown College; Nat Hager III, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Materials

industrial research and development, has received several Small Business Innovation Research awards on applications of TDR in process monitoring, and has taught undergraduate physics for many years. Page 12.934.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integration of a Research/Teaching/Entrepreneurship Model At Elizabethtown CollegeAbstractIn this paper we review an integrated research-teaching-entrepreneurship project atElizabethtown College, where majors in engineering and business are offered in addition toliberal arts curricula.The research component involves a continuous

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory J. Michna, South Dakota State University; Todd Letcher, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, South Dakota State University Todd Letcher is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at South Dakota State University. His research focuses of on additive manufacturing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Designing 3D Printed Heat Exchangers in a Senior-Level Thermal Systems CourseAbstractA senior-level technical elective course for Mechanical Engineering students at South DakotaState University is ME 418 Design of Thermal Systems. The purpose of this course is tointroduce students to a systems approach to the design, modeling, and simulation of thermalsystems. In the Fall 2017 semester, the authors introduced a new design project to

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

aided design which is primarily geared todrafting; this is supplemented further by courses in automation and computer integratedmanufacturing. As a part of the curriculum, there are courses on mechanics of materialsand engineering materials (metals and plastics), and also on electronics andinstrumentation. There is some emphasis on design for quality through courses in qualitycontrol and design of experiments. The capstone projects do however, focus on variousaspects of design, namely design for manufacturability as well as design for assembly.However, the perspectives of design, as such are not uniformly and strictly emphasized ina traditional manufacturing engineering technology curriculum. Furthermore, in theprogram at the author’s

Conference Session

Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

- Communicate effectively through speaking, listening, and writing.  Critical Thinking - Use critical thinking to analyze and solve problems.  Technical Skills - Demonstrate knowledge and competence in academic and technical fields of study.  Teamwork - Demonstrate positive, effective, and appropriate interpersonal skills.The integration of these Workforce Skills also resulted in a more comprehensive approach toassessment. This program requires multiple individual and team projects in the laboratorysegment, and design projects for the classroom segment of courses within the major. Rubricswere developed for all individual and group projects. As part of the effort to integrateWorkforce Skills, written plans, post-project analysis

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Dryer; Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

Session 1139 The Value Added By A Semester Paper In A Graduate Engineering Economy Course William R. Peterson, Paul J. Kauffmann, David A. Dryer Old Dominion UniversityAbstractThis paper reports the authors’ experiences with including a semester project as a portion of thecourse requirements in a graduate course in engineering economy. The required projects areintended to allow the students the opportunity to apply course concepts in real applications.Since the majority of the students in the program in which the course is taught are workingprofessionals, this

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Dick

process of building those tools is in bettersuited to the discipline of Computer Science.A primary goal of this course now is to prepare students for subsequent courses inembedded system development. These courses focus on the hardware, software, andapplication of microprocessor and microcontroller based systems. C has become thelanguage of embedded processors and C is gradually replacing assembly language inmany applicationsi,ii. In fact, 80% of new embedded systems are developed using the Clanguageiii. Integrated development environments, e.g. Embedded Workbench from IARSystems, include powerful C development tools and simplify the management of multiplesoftware modules. The user is presented with a familiar project environment thatresembles

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Oreovicz; Phillip Wankat

Session 3630 Cooperative Learning in a Course on Teaching Engineering Phillip C. Wankat, Frank S. Oreovicz Purdue UniversityAbstractGraduate classes can be improved by reducing lecture and increasing active learningapproaches. Group work, in particular, in class and on projects should be encouraged. Itis especially important that professors and other presenters use a number of cooperativegroup exercises and other active learning approaches in courses and workshops on“Improving the Teaching of Engineering.” New professors are much more likely to usecooperative group and other active learning

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahador Ghahramani

help their students to solve complex projectmanagement and scheduling problems. The SA&D model discussed here was developed toprovide a scheduling process for a large construction project in a major city in the United States.The paper will attempt to answer such critical issues as sequencing, timeline analysis, seasonalfactors, and lead/lag time of the project. A scheduling model that makes use of SA&D isdescribed. The model was required to incorporate sequencing, timeline analysis, seasonalfactors, and lead/log time for the project. Also, this paper discusses the relevance of the SA&Din the EMGT education, and how students will benefit from this model.1. IntroductionThe primary goal of this paper is to educate engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Urszula Zalewski, Stony Brook University; Marianna Savoca, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty Director of the Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) Honors program at Stony Brook University. She received her B.S., M.S, and Ph. D. degrees in computer science and engin ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Serving Community Needs while Sharpening Engineering SkillsAbstractThis paper reports on a novel experiential course, Service Learning in STEM, which aimed tocreate opportunities for students to apply their technical skills to community-based problems.The course has been piloted as part of the Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) Honorsprogram. Incorporating service projects as part of required curriculum ensures that

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel Bird, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Junior-Level Undergraduate Microprocessors CourseAbstractThis paper outlines the benefits of incorporating the Arduino microcontroller board into ajunior-level course on microprocessors for students majoring in electrical engineering andcomputer engineering. The Arduino is an open-source hardware platform that has recentlygained a wide following among hobbyist and artist communities for its ease of use and theability to build interactive projects with it quickly. A description of a microprocessorscourse that used these boards is provided. Results are presented demonstrating students’learning of microprocessors through their ability to develop projects of their own design.Survey results characterizing student enthusiasm for