Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony J. Marchese; Shreekanth A. Mandayam; T. R. Chandrupatla; John L. Schmalzel

in semester-long design and development projects. The majority of theseprojects are funded by local industry, faculty research grants or departmental budgets. Clearly,projects such as these are central to developing the design, problem solving and project manage-ment skills that are lacking in the traditional engineering coursework. Often missing, however, inthe industry and faculty sponsored design projects, is the spirit of invention, innovation and en-trepreneurship. The spirit of entrepreneurship is best promoted by providing students with theopportunity to propose their own original enterprises. Accordingly, an NCIIA grant has created aventure capital fund, specifically ear-marked for the development of original inventions by multi

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernadette Longo

theclassroom, juggling needs and expectations from a number of parties: students, corporatepartners, department faculty, potential employers, university research centers, etc. Whenconsidering this type of corporate/academic partnership for student projects, all parties involvedneed to carefully consider both the benefits and the limitations of such projects, as well asdesigning realistic outcomes for the students and the corporate partners. As a guiding principle inthese considerations, it is helpful to keep David Lempert's advice in mind: "academic field sitesshould be places that can yield insight into particular social problems or research issues.”3 Inother words, industry sites for class projects should first and foremost yield experiences that

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Simulant ProductionAbstractA NASA-ESMD (National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Exploration Systems MissionDirectorate) funded senior design project “Mineral Separation Technology for Lunar RegolithSimulant Production” is directed toward designing processes to produce simulant materials asclose to lunar regolith as possible. The eight undergraduate (junior and senior) students involvedare taking a systems engineering design approach to identifying the most pressing concerns insimulant needs, then designing subsystems and processing strategies to meet these needs usingterrestrial materials. This allows the students to, not only learn the systems engineering designprocess, but also, to make a significant contribution to an important NASA ESMD

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Gordon, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

school juniors and seniors intended to establish basicmodeling and simulation skills, the importance of modeling to the solution of engineeringproblems, understanding of the underlying mathematics, and consideration of careers in STEMfields. We summarize the content of the course and the final projects undertaken by the students.Pre- and post-course surveys were used along with student responses to open-ended journalprompts to gauge the success of the course. There was significant positive change in thepercentage of students seeking STEM careers and their confidence in using MATLAB to explorechallenging problems via modeling. Students also indicated they were engaged by the coursematerial and felt better prepared for college. Other responses

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Igor Verner

collaboration are presented. Students'reflections on their learning practices are discussed.1. IntroductionA robotics course at the introductory level of engineering education involves students inhands-on practice through which they can learn many engineering subjects and applications.The robotics course can be especially effective if it meets two goals:1. Practical-technical -- designing and producing a working robot prototype capable of performing the given assignment through a project-team effort.2. Instructional -- providing systematic learning of science and engineering subjects by all the students in the robotics course.An experiential learning approach which organizes learning-by-doing processes so that thelearner can acquire both

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Taylor; Emília Mironovová

Session 2160 Technical English an a US – Slovak Collaboration Kevin Taylor and Emília Mironovová Purdue University - Kokomo / Slovak University of Technology - TrnavaAbstractDescribed is a project between students in Slovakia and the United States aimed at improvingboth technical communications and cultural understanding between the two groups. The Slovakstudents were Ph.D. candidates from the Faculty of Materials Science (MtF) at the SlovakUniversity of Technology (SUT) studying Material Science, Plant Management, Automation andControl, and Machine Technologies. The students in the

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Sirkin, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

vehicleof interactive device design. Students having a general familiarity with the products of electricalengineering engage with the underlying tools and technologies that make such products possible.By focusing the class project on the design of a digital music player, we aim to attract a broaddemographic, and to illustrate how human-centered design considerations can to be integratedinto the system design process.We present this course description—which encompasses motivation, implementation and as-sessment—to provide insights and inspiration for those looking to teach similar courses.1 IntroductionBuild a better music player—yourself! is how Interactive Device Design is advertised to studentsconsidering a concentration in engineering. The

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Hossein Saiedian

. Students developed practical skills in data wrangling, visualization, andmodeling, while gaining a deeper understanding of global issues. Through this project, studentsenhanced their critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and global awareness. The case studydemonstrates the value of incorporating globalization into data science education to preparestudents to address complex global challenges and contribute to a more equitable and sustainableworld.Keywords. Globalization, data science education, socioeconomic analysis, predictive modeling,statistical inferenceIntroductionWe present a case study of a "Global Socioeconomic Analysis" project integrated into anintroductory data science course at the University of Kansas. The project aimed to

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gene Fisher

, which have chronicled ourprogress6,7,8,9. Over its years of being offered, we have focused to varying degrees on a numberof educational objectives. From the perspective of the students in the course, the objectivesinclude: 1. apply the skills learned in introductory software engineering courses to a real-world software project 2. work with an external customer, on a project of specific interest to that customer 3. work in project teams of varying sizes, including in teams comprised of upper-class and lower-class students of software engineering 4. learn skills of project management 5. enhance technical skills of software development 6. deploy a working product of some formThe first objective is very common to

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kathy Vratil Brockway

1 The Income Tax Return: A Framework for Engineering Economics Kathy Vratil Brockway Kansas State University at SalinaAbstract StatementThis paper will explore the use of the income tax return as a capstone project in an EngineeringEconomics course.IntroductionAs educators, we are faced with the task of connecting textbook theory to real-world application.In Engineering Economics courses, the income tax return is the ideal way to tie together all‘engineering economics’ topics while, at the same time, demonstrating the practicality of thecourse topics

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

obtained from the evaluation both for individual student grading and forprogrammatic assessmentA previous paper6 described how this process evolved over the past ten years. This paperfocuses on the assessment process as it is currently implemented. One section is devotedto each of the six tasks summarized above.1) Identify Courses that Offer a Culminating Experience in the CurriculumThe program’s current assessment plan is built around two courses: Chemical PlantDesign, the capstone design experience, and Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, aninterdisciplinary project-based course.Chemical Plant DesignNote that programmatic objectives require that graduates will possess certain skills andaptitudes. Demonstrating, for example, that students are

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Andy S. Zhang; Ali Harb; Iem Heng; Farrukh Zia; Alex Wong

Farrukh Zia iheng@citytech.cuny.edu fzia@citytech.cuny.edu NYC College of Technology NYC College of Technology 186 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 186 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY 11201Abstract: This paper discusses the use of microcontrollers from Digilent Inc. to engageundergraduate students in researches on mechatronics design and applications through hands-ondesign projects. Mechatronics technology has been identified as the top ten emerging technologyof the 21st century. Almost all high tech products made in today are mechatronics products innature on which microcontrollers are embedded into the products to function as the brain of

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Arjun Makhijani

-being—is growing.IEER is partnering with students, faculty, and their communities in a project to developcurricula for community colleges, colleges, and universities. These curricula will bewidely used to educate students about the engineering and scientific aspects ofinternational security and the environment. As an example, a curriculum that wasdeveloped for use at East Tennessee State University will be discussed.Participating faculty develop curricula for entire courses as well as modules that fit intoexisting courses, such as in physics, chemistry, biology, engineering design,environmental studies, security, peace studies, health, geography, and history. Thesecurricula are geared for freshmen and sophomore college students, and for

Collection

2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Anthony DePina; Kevin Burnett; Molly Mariea; Michael Bush; Christina Amendola; William Nowak; Jason Kolodziej

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design: VIA Dynamic Load Simulation On A Journal Bearing Test Rig In 2010, Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of rotating equipment, donated ESH-1 reciprocating compressor to the Rochester Institute of Technologyand has continually sponsored multidisciplinary senior design (MSD) projects. Dr. Jason Kolodziej, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineeringat Rochester Institute of Technology, commissioned the construction of a dynamic journal bearing similarity test rig. The objective of this rig is toreduce the time required to perform seed of fault research of journal bearings. The project was split into a two phase build utilizing twoconsecutive multidisciplinary senior design teams. While the

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Molly Clay; William Jumper; Kavitha Chandra

Computing and Simulation in the High School Classroom Molly Clay1, William Jumper2 and Kavitha Chandra3This research investigates methods for integrating computational modeling and programming in three high schoolphysics classes at Lowell high School in Lowell, MA. In this work, a project based approach is undertaken in whichstudents conduct experiments, build mathematical models and learn to program using MATLAB, a general purposescientific problem solving and scenario modeling software platform. We discuss the approach taken where studentsfirst undergo a four-week introduction to basic programming skills and begin to apply these skills to a series ofprojects based on fundamental

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Christopher Swan; Xinyu Wang; Kurt Paterson; Krissy Guzak

developed from engineering education. With respect tomany of these desired aims, recent research has discovered and espoused the positive contributions of LearningThrough Service (LTS) in engineering education 5,6,9. This awareness has often come obliquely with some of themost engaging LTS opportunities originating outside formal academic learning (i.e., the classroom). For example,since 2002, students in more than half the nation’s engineering colleges have developed student chapters ofEngineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) that serve developing communities through project work 8. There arefew, if any, other such dramatic and widespread movements within engineering education, yet, with such a rapidchange, a thorough understanding of best

Conference Session

GIFTS I

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

Lena Johnson, University of Maryland - Office of Undergraduate Research

Tagged Topics

FYEE 2025

around a collaborative research project, thedeployment of which draws from traditional project-based learning foundations, the overarchingteaching structure differs in a few ways. Project-based learning seeks to improve studentengagement and understanding of class content through active, hands-on product development.[1]. The belief is that students who apply curriculum knowledge through the development of aclass-relevant product will gain a more practical mastery of curriculum information [1, 2].Research-based learning, takes the goal one step further and pushes students to innovate beyondthe current class information and technical knowledgebase [3, 4, 5] The hope is that, as studentsapply research methodology to generate new practical solutions

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salvador A. Vargas, California State University, Bakersfield; Daniel Torres, California State University, Bakersfield; Alberto Cureg Cruz, California State University, Bakersfield

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

(CSUB). He recei ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 CORE FEATURE EXTRACTION WITH COMPUTER VISIONI. Introduction This work details the senior project capstone experience of a group of undergraduatestudents at the California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), a medium-size, comprehensive,Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). The work is novel and potentially commercializable in thefield of energy conversion and petrochemical extraction. A thorough description of theirmethodology is provided, and their results show promise. In addition, we discuss the curriculumand project management structure that enabled an undergraduate senior project group to interfacewith oil and gas companies to

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

specialized fields and address the needs of a quickly evolving environment [3].Research regarding these interdisciplinary product teams found that they can improve projectperformance especially regarding meeting budget costs and developing a quality product [4]. Inaddition, when individuals face challenges in a team environment when trying to produce asuccessful output, they have opportunities to improve their project management skills, develop abroad perspective on problem solving, expand their social and business networks, and buildresilience [3]. These qualities to manage a team are coveted by many in industry, especially atthe management level [8].However, having students participate in academic teams to solve a problem or complete a projectdoes

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George Okere, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

projects. He received his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University with a specialization in Construction Management. He joined academia in 2014. His research focus is on contract administration on heavy civil projects, as well as on construction education. His teaching areas include 1. introduction to the built environment and construction management, 2. construction materials and methods, 3. construction equipment, 4. building construction cost estimating, 5. heavy civil construc- tion cost estimating, 6. project planning, scheduling, and control, 7. temporary structures, and 8. contract changes and claims. American c Society for

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Criterion 4, producing a product for thebetterment of the community, promoting university goodwill and instilling an ethic of publicservice in the student. In practice, however, poor project selection and poor conceptualdevelopment of service learning activities will negate any of the positive attributes listed above.In fact, the difficulty in creating meaningful service learning projects for the capstone designcourses has limited their use. Fewer than 30% of the 477 campuses that responded to the CampusCompact survey on service learning have used service learning projects as culminating designexperiences in all disciplines. The statistics for engineering disciplines is even lower. In light ofthe proposed “Body of Knowledge” for civil engineering

Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan; Rodney Johnson, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

communicating about their work. The challenge for educators has been to integratethis more holistic view of an engineer’s training with the already demanding curricula already inplace. At the University of Michigan all incoming first-year students are required to take acourse, Engineering 100, “Introduction to Engineering,” that integrates many of these skills—design, communication, engineering science and teamwork—in the context of a semester-longproject. This course has several sections each semester, each with a different project focus. Somesections of this course go through a complete design/build/test cycle, while others, such as ours,focus more closely on the design process.Our section, Design: The Next Generation, focuses on the product design

Conference Session

Construction 1: Special Topics in Construction Education: BIM, Simulation, Sustainability, and Safety

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha; James D. Goedert Ph.D., P.E., University of Nebraska, Durham; Asregedew Kassa Woldesenbet, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #18096Simulation as Supplementary Tool in Construction Management EducationDr. Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha Saeed Rokooei is an adjunct faculty and a post-doctoral researcher in the Durham School of Architec- tural Engineering and Construction at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Saeed obtained his bachelor’s degree in Architecture and then continued his studies in Project & Construction Management. Saeed’s research interests include Education, Project Management, Data Analytics, BIM, and Sustainability.Dr. James D. Goedert Ph.D., P.E., University of Nebraska, Durham James D

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago; Noe Arroyo; Vincent C.F. Chen, Loyola University Chicago; Allan Beale

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

Paper ID #22177Work in Progress: Building a Functional Cardiograph Over Four SemestersDr. Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago Dr. Gail Baura is a Professor and Director of Engineering Science at Loyola University Chicago. While creating the curriculum for this new program, she embedded multi-semester projects to increase student engagement and performance. Previously, she was a Professor of Medical Devices at Keck Graduate In- stitute of Applied Life Sciences, which is one of the Claremont Colleges. She received her BS Electrical Engineering degree from Loyola Marymount University, her MS Electrical Engineering and MS

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University; Mike Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Robert Herrick, Purdue University; Gareth O'Donnell, Dublin Institute of Technology; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Nuria Castell, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Miquel Barcelo, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Didac Balas, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Maria Ribera Sancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Jordi Garcia, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, 2010 Concurrent Technology Masters Degrees Across the Atlantic: Innovations, Issues & Insights1IntroductionAtransatlantic degree consortium to implement a four-semester dual masters degree initiativeacross a three-institution consortium consisting of Purdue University (USA), the Dublin Instituteof Technology (DIT), and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain) is presented in thispaper. This initiative, while focusing on graduate (Masters) student mobility, also includesfaculty mobility, language instruction and assessment, project evaluation and other services toinsure ongoing success. Effective existing collaborations, i.e., an active undergraduate exchangesemester and collaborative faculty

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

. Page 9.983.3 "Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education and Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"Review TypeThe study used several types of peer review and examined the different perceptions studentshave with regard toward the strategic goals of each. The types were: A. Private one-to-one peer review of student projects. (3-D Peer Review Model: private, known, improvement) B. Public peer review comparing student projects during class presentation. (3-D Peer Review Model: public, known, assessment) C. Blind peer ranking of student projects in journals, shown only to the professor. (3-D Peer

Conference Session

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Connolly; Herbert Rabin; Eric Schurr; David Barbe

institutions. MIPS accelerates the commercializationof new technology by jointly funding commercially directed collaborative research anddevelopment projects between USM faculty and company researchers. Faculty,postdoctoral fellows and graduate students have the opportunity to perform research thatdirectly leads to commercialization of new products. Companies are able to access expertuniversity faculty and state of the art facilities to conduct cost effective research anddevelopment. They also benefit from access to a vibrant student labor pool. MIPSprojects have covered a wide range of technologies in engineering, computer, physicaland life sciences. Since 1987, MIPS has provided matching funds for more than 445projects worth a total value of $120

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nakeya Norman; Janelle Meyer; Charu Dugar; Jason Keith

Session 1313 A Hands-On Multidisciplinary Design Course for Chemical Engineering Students Jason M. Keith, Charu Dugar, Janelle Meyer, and Nakeya NormanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931AbstractTeam-based design projects have seen an increased place in the chemical engineeringcurriculum, especially with the advent of the new criteria set forth by the Accreditation Board ofEngineering and Technology. However, even with these efforts, two areas that are in need ofmore attention for chemical engineers are hands

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Caulfield; G Kohli; S P Maj

Sociology in Software Engineering Craig Caulfield, Gurpreet Kohli , S. Paul Maj Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western AustraliaIntroductionThe sociology of software project management is an often under-represented component inthe education and professional development of software engineers even though factors suchas team formation, role assignment, motivation, training, hiring, and many other peopleware18practices have been identified many times as at least equally important to the success ofsoftware projects as the technical14,16,18,42,44,45,46. The reasons for this may be two-fold: theseeming arbitrariness of the sociological factors in software development is at odds

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

industrial designers are free to explore.Developing design skills in professional engineering programs allows students to learn viaactive engagement and group project work. Green and Bonollo3 describe designmethodology as a process that includes the “study, principles, practices and procedures ofdesign”, with a focus on the understanding of the design process. It could be argued thatwhat is truly being taught is design methods, design processes and design methodology.Such content is not appropriate for a first year design unit where potential engineers should Page 9.415.1be introduced to generic design that spans disciplines and encourages