Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Richard F. Miller, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. This paper describes research activities conducted primarily in the mechanicalengineering department by undergraduate students. Projects in biomechanics and biomaterialsintegrate engineering mechanics and materials science with the life sciences to enableundergraduate engineering students to participate in cutting-edge research. These activities areexpected to attract more students, especially female students, to engineering and to expand thefuture career options of mechanical engineering students.There are a number of special circumstances that must be considered when developing researchprojects that are appropriate for undergraduate students. The undergraduate research activitiesare carefully designed to recruit suitable students and to

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Bottomley

Teacher QuestionnairePrior to the beginning of the 2004 Fall semester, teachers, university fellows, administrators, andproject staff met for a project meeting during which the goals of the project were described,surveys were administered, and inquiry-based mathematics lessons were presented anddiscussed. One of the surveys that was administered was a mathematics teacher questionnairethat was modified from the 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Educationmathematics teacher instrument1 developed and administered by Horizons Research,Incorporated (http://2000survey.horizon-research.com/). The survey focused on teachers’preparation in mathematics content and pedagogy, their goals for mathematics instruction andthe activities they

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

by hand.In the following sections, each numerical method topic is summarized along with thecorresponding project assignments. Screen shots of output from selected projects are included inthe appendix. The project handouts are freely available in PDF format on the course website atwww.coe.uncc.edu/~gkwatkin/ETGR3272/. They are also available in Word™ format by emailrequest to gkwatkin@uncc.edu. i. Modeling, Computers, and Error Analysis The course begins with an introduction to common methods used in posing engineering problems for computer solution. Computer basics, such as bits, bytes, binary representation of numbers, and error analysis are introduced. Programming concepts, such as code structure

Conference Session

Design and the Community

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Haden; John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

-person design teams that design, build and test weekly projects involvingLEGO® parts, sensors, and the Robotic Command eXplorer (RCX). Control of the automatedsystems requires programming in both RoboLab (a LabViewTM derivative) and in the “Not Quite C”(NQC) environments. The course develops in the semester to finally encompass larger design teamsof fourteen students, with each team designing a complex, autonomous, robotic-styled system. Animportant part of this course development is the integration of assessment procedures that record thestudents’ perception of learning and enthusiasm. We present an overview of the courseenhancements and objectives. Assessment categories include the students’ self-efficacy in theirability to design/build/test

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

Session 2003-1393 Teaching Engineering Design – One University’s Program Patrick L. Walter, Ph. D. Engineering Department, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TXabstractThis paper describes the design process as taught at Texas Christian University (TCU). Theintent of the design course is to develop student engineers capable of a seamless transition toindustry. Success in industry is primarily based on three criteria: (1) schedule – did the projectget completed on time, (2) cost – did the project get completed within budget, and (3)performance – did the delivered product(s) satisfy the customer? The

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; Fred Fry

Session 1552 Coupling Engineering and Entrepreneurship Education through Formula SAE Martin Morris, Fred Fry Bradley UniversityAbstractTeams of mechanical engineering students design, build, and race a Formula SAE car as theirsenior project assignment. Upon completion, the car is entered in a national competition. Theoverall task is to create a prototype racecar and to develop a business strategy capable of buildingfour production cars per day. A team of entrepreneurship students simultaneously had theassignment to create a

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

Poster Session 93 A Manufacturing Engineering Experiential Learning Program Thomas H. Ortmeyer@, Karl Cunningham& and M. Sathyamoorthy@ @ Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York & Alcoa-Massena Operations, Massena, New YorkAbstractThe current paper describes the development and implementation of anindustry/university collaboration in experiential learning. Each individual project inthis program consists of the participating student, an industrial mentor, and a facultymentor. The year long program is designed to offer the participating student theopportunity to participate in a design

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

an ability to engage in life-long learningj. a knowledge of contemporary issuesk. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. Page 6.842.1 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”II. Our Capstone Design CourseOur capstone design course is a one-semester, three-credit design course where students work inteams on hardware, software, and research-oriented design projects. In addition to the designexperiences

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent R. Canino; Lisa Milkowski

sink time, students absorb and learn about the projectobjective, practice developing different solutions, and practice working in teams.Working on the same project throughout the design sequence, the students are learning tofunction as part of a design team and to be tolerant and respectful of individual teammember differences. Additionally through this process student teams advance theirdesign to final product levels. The teams prepare for and experience a series of designreviews, develop appropriate documentation, and apply techniques common in industry.The four year design experience relates directly to ABET outcomes such as: recognizingthe need for life-long learning, developing professional skills, working productively in anengineering

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T.R. Kurfess; M.L. Nagurka

Sesssion 0575 Session 0575 Fostering Strong Interactions Between Industry and Academia T.R. Kurfess, M.L. Nagurka Georgia Institute of Technology / Marquette UniversityABSTRACT This paper highlights a number of key issues in the development and execution of jointuniversity-industry engineering projects. Government funding reductions have lead to decreasedsupport of university research and economic forces have driven corporations to reduce or elimi-nate internal R&D centers. These are two driving factors

Conference Session

Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University; Richard F. McCormick, Marshall University; Sydney M. Wait, Marshall University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

process. Feedback gathered from students indicatedenthusiasm with the project and enhanced understanding of reaction kinetics. Gainingindependent, self-directed experience in the lab provided students with important opportunities topractice critical thinking and experience the independent reasoning that is required for successbeyond graduation.IntroductionReaction kinetics is often taught at the beginning of undergraduate environmental engineeringcourses in order to help students understand temporal relationships in processes such as drinkingwater disinfection, secondary treatment of wastewater, and remediation of contaminated soil.Although some students intuitively understand concepts without physical examples, others findreaction kinetics

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

W. J. Wiseman; S. M. Scoggins; R. D. Michelli; J. A. Janet; A. L. Walker

Session 2220 Component Oriented Development of Autonomous Mobile Robots Facilitates Interdisciplinary Design R.D. Michelli, S.M. Scoggins, W.J. Wiseman, J.A. Janet, A.L. Walker TMI Robotics, Inc.AbstractOur experience developing mobile robots with groups of undergraduates has shown thatwhile many teams consider their design to be interdisciplinary in nature, the design is infact fragmented across engineering disciplines. The end result is a project thataggregates various engineering disciplines instead of integrating them into a truemultidisciplinary design.We propose a component-oriented design approach

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul S. Chinowsky

Session 3215 The Civil Engineering Resource Library: Developing A Multimedia Education Resource Paul S. Chinowsky Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe delivery of civil engineering projects requires civil engineers to address a broad spectrum ofissues generated by both project participants and regulatory agencies. Providing tools that assistteam members in addressing these issues through the use of information and knowledge fromprevious projects may reduce project errors by creating informed decision-makers. Recentadvances in communications

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Schaffer, Purdue University; Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of Technology; Xiaojun Chen, Purdue University; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jill May, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, evaluation, process analysis, and instructional design.Daniel Gandara, Illinois Institute of TechnologyXiaojun Chen, Purdue UniversityMargaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of TechnologyJill May, Illinois Institute of Technology Page 15.1370.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 What makes a Team “Cross-disciplinary”? Development and Validation of Cross-disciplinary Learning MeasuresAbstractThis a progress report on a research project funded by the National Science Foundation toidentify or develop, and validate measures of cross-disciplinary team functioning, in order toassess the best practices for

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Roper, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Research and Development Program. He has published over 150 technical papers and made numerous presentations at national and international forums. Page 15.1356.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WATERSHED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE STORM WATER ASSESSMENTAbstract:The Sustainable Development and Next Generation Buildings class worked with ArlingtonCounty Virginia to assess impacts and alternatives for a sensitive storm water project in thecounty. This was a real world application of the subjects and technologies used in the class roomfor storm water management and planning. Within Arlington

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Study

were not implementing these practices into their projects. To help reinforce basicconcepts and get students to realize that in the real world, more than one person may work on adesign file, it was decided to introduce a LEGO modeling project into the course. This projectrequired the students to model three or four parts of a LEGO® backhoe. The individual fileswere collected by the instructor and redistributed to the students so they could each assemble thecomplete model. If a part did not fit properly into the assembly and needed editing, each studentmade a decision to either fix the part or recreate it if editing was not feasible. The students wererequired to keep track of which parts worked, and which needed editing in order to complete

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Kramer

Session 2225 Achieving EC2000 Outcomes in the Capstone Design Via Structured Industry Advisory Board Involvement Kathleen A. Kramer University of San DiegoAbstractThe capstone design sequence was selected as a focus for the structure of the activities of anindustry advisory board. The focus on the capstone sequence provided both a framework forongoing industry involvement and an improvement in student project results. Activities includedsupplying input on changes in the approach to the design process within the capstone sequence,such as team

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University; Naser Haghbin, Fairfield University; John F Drazan, Fairfield University

industrial settings. Dr. Haghbin is recognized and supported by esteemed local companies, leading collaborative interdisciplinary projects that bridge engineering with practical applications. His projects include developing an automated pick and place robot arm, an au- tomated lubrication system, deburring systems, and an automated microwave tissue processor. Notably, he secured substantial grants, totaling over $120,000, from the Hardiman Scholars Fund and NASA. In academia, Dr. Haghbin pioneered two pivotal courses: Industrial Automation and Advanced Product De- sign and Manufacturing at Fairfield University. His curriculum development and lab modernization pre- pare students for Industrial challenges

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

April Anne Kay, Dalton State College; Bradley Harris, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Stephanie Philipp, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Engineering Education, 2024 A Model Research Experience for Undergraduate Biology Labs Using MicroalgaeAbstractProblem Based Learning (PBL) or Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experience(CURE) projects challenge students to problem solve using scientific literature and teamworkwhile investigating solutions to a real problem. Through scaffolding, students learn how toconduct peer-reviewed literature research, formulate research questions, co-design experiments,collaborate in groups, conduct experimental protocols, troubleshoot lab protocols, and reporttheir findings. This paper discusses a PBL/CURE project introduced to Microbiology students atDalton State College in Spring 2023. The project begins by

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Mebougna L. Drabo, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Topics

Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA), Diversity

programs incorporated lectures,hands-on labs, group projects and/or national lab intern experience. In the last three-year’simplementation, the student assessment and project completion result all showed theeffectiveness of the approach in enhancing students’ ability to understand the science foundation,identify real-world problems, analyze data and develop data-driven solutions in nuclear energyand security areas. The feedback from student surveys is also satisfactory and positive. Thisresearch is sponsored by Department of Energy/NNSA and intends to share the project team’sexperience and lessons learned with the STEM education community.KeywordsData Science, Workforce Development, STEM Education, Nuclear Energy and SecurityIntroductionData

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Todd E. Raborn

the project wereas follows: A. To promote sound engineering design techniques B. To research various light-weight materials C. To research various human-powered propulsion systems D. To promote sound engineering analysis techniques E. To research various steering, suspension, and braking systems F. To promote teamwork G. To promote communication skills H. To foster excitement in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and spaceThe project progressed in four phases. Phase one consisted of forming the team, studyinglunar vehicles, researching the moon’s terrain, evaluating NASA’s design criteria, rules,and regulations, and analyzing previous moonbuggy

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.Martin Kane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Martin Kane earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Jerry Gintz, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

International

generated by cooking fires in developing countries. Furthermore, theonce abundant resource is becoming scarce, so that in many cases women must travel largedistances on foot to gather the wood they need, an effort that occupies much of their day. Onesolution is to change fuels and cook with gelled ethanol created from locally available biomass.This is the purpose of the gelled ethanol production unit which was being built by 13 students inthe Capstone design sequence in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyDepartment on the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University, and which will be describedin this paper.For this project, ASU has partnered with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science andTechnology in Kumasi, Ghana and with

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

projects is challenging. Ideally, everystudent would work toward the project goals with an equal level of effort resulting in all studentsin the course sharing the same final grade for the project. Unfortunately, this is not realistic. Inthis paper, a number of approaches to student assessment including peer and leader evaluation,ranking systems, etc. are discussed. Based on some of these ideas and the goal of providingstudents with frequent feedback, a new assessment approach for the computer and softwareengineering senior design course at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is presented, whichutilizes rubrics to judge each student’s personal contribution and frequent delivery of theassessment so that students may iteratively improve their

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Summer Programs on K-12 Youth.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Koller, University of St. Thomas; Lauren M. Van Beek, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learn aboutSTEM subjects and introduce them to careers involving STEM. Girls completing 6th grade or8th grade can attend the program. Variations of this program has been offered for 15 years andhave reached over 3,000 girls. The new curriculum, using e-textiles, was implemented in thesummer 2014 program. The evaluation of the curriculum was done through observations of thee-textile sessions, feedback from the participants, and information gathered in participant'sengineering notebooks. The evaluation offered is primarily anecdotal, though participantfeedback and notebook analysis is compiled into quantitative data. While the overall feedback onthe e-textile projects was positive, the girls exhibited some displeasure at having sewing be partof

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University; Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University; David R. Mikesell, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

design courses, particularly atthe freshman and senior level, but often struggle to incorporate it into the more technical coursessophomore and junior years. This work presents a framework to help fill this gap in theintegration of EML into the entire degree program.This framework seeks to facilitate the transformation of technical projects into EMLopportunities that allow the full content of the course to be covered while increasing students’exposure to, and understanding of, entrepreneurial thinking. It has been implemented in a systemdynamics course for junior mechanical engineering students at Ohio Northern University duringthe fall semesters of 2016 and 2017. Pre- and post-project surveys are used to assess the project’seffectiveness both

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 3: Working in Teams

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Gwendalyn Camacho, University of Washington ; Crystal Farh, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #24703Achievement Orientation, Engineering Students, and TeamworkDr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios.Ms. Gwendalyn Camacho, University of Washington Gwen Camacho graduated from the

Conference Session

Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

classes, a campus resource hunt to familiarize the students to the universityresources available to them such as counseling services, health services, time management andcareer resources and finally industry tours and guest lectures to expose the students to theengineering fields. The participants also worked in small teams on a community based servicelearning project to build a project. The projects did not require any prior engineering knowledge.In comparison to our work, our workshops are intended for first year students that havecompleted the Foundations of Engineering I course and have some knowledge of engineering.Our workshops are only focused on motivating the students to remain in engineering. Theprojects in our past two workshops have

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pook, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University; Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Josh Kiepert, Boise State University; Derek Klein, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2010-1148: CODING PRACTICES FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMSMichael Pook, Boise State UniversitySin Ming Loo, Boise State UniversityArlen Planting, Boise State UniversityJosh Kiepert, Boise State UniversityDerek Klein, Boise State University Page 15.281.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Coding Practices for Embedded Systems Abstract Far too often, students focus on creating a working project without any regard for thequality, readability, and maintainability of their code. Students are not usually made to realizehow learning and applying good coding practices can improve the success of their projects andmake

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

Session 2793 Early Development of Capstone Design Teams through Graduate Student Mentoring and Team Building Activities Robert Drew, Andrew DuBuisson, Beth Milligan, Jeff Williams, Steven Beyerlein, Edwin Odom, Karl Rink University of Idaho Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAbstract Capstone design teams at the University of Idaho undertake year-long, industry-sponsoreddesign projects extending from conceptualization through realization of functional prototypes.Team experiences at the U of I have shown that teams that have