Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Otilia Popescu; Dimitrie Popescu; Murat Kuzlu

signal degradation, dead spots, and unreliableconnectivity. This paper presents the research work conducted by a team of undergraduatestudents from Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and Electrical EngineeringTechnology (EET) majors. The work was a partnership between Old Dominion Universityengineering programs and Booz Allen Hamilton, through a sponsored project. The studentsinvestigated the available software modeling options and settled on using the ALTAIR softwaresuite. The layout of the USS Wisconsin, which is open to the public through the NauticusMuseum and Maritime Discovery Center in Norfolk, was modeled and the propagationsimulation results were compared with real measurements performed on the ship. Studentsinvestigated the

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

landing gear design and analysis project. Acomparison of outcomes is made of results for semesters in which the videos were used withoutaccompanying lectures with other semesters in traditional lecture format. The changes to the coursethat were adopted based on the assessment are presented. The assessment procedure is used to improvethe quality of the course and to satisfy ABET requirements. It is proposed that this assessmentprocedure using marker problems can be used in other design courses.IntroductionThe ability to design components and systems is recognized as one of the key characteristics definingan engineer. Design is a “systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate andspecify concepts for devices, systems, or

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

landing gear design and analysis project. Acomparison of outcomes is made of results for semesters in which the videos were used withoutaccompanying lectures with other semesters in traditional lecture format. The changes to the coursethat were adopted based on the assessment are presented. The assessment procedure is used to improvethe quality of the course and to satisfy ABET requirements. It is proposed that this assessmentprocedure using marker problems can be used in other design courses.IntroductionThe ability to design components and systems is recognized as one of the key characteristics definingan engineer. Design is a “systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate andspecify concepts for devices, systems, or

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Roy T.R. McGrann

landing gear design and analysis project. Acomparison of outcomes is made of results for semesters in which the videos were used withoutaccompanying lectures with other semesters in traditional lecture format. The changes to the coursethat were adopted based on the assessment are presented. The assessment procedure is used to improvethe quality of the course and to satisfy ABET requirements. It is proposed that this assessmentprocedure using marker problems can be used in other design courses.IntroductionThe ability to design components and systems is recognized as one of the key characteristics definingan engineer. Design is a “systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate andspecify concepts for devices, systems, or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carol Shubin, California State University Northridge

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #32916NSF Data Science Program with Career Support and Connections to Indus-tryDr. Carol Shubin, California State University Northridge Carol Shubin is a professor of mathematics at CSUN and the PI of NSF Data Science Program with Career Support and Connections to Industry. She is interested in partnering with other universities that want to start a data science program. She has been the PI or co-PI in several other STEM educational projects funded by the NSF or NASA and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Rwanda. American c Society for Engineering

Collection

2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Mitchell Cornelius; Bidhan Roy; Osama Jadaan

employingvaluation tools and benefit-cost analysis (among many others) to study the financial feasibility ofengineering projects. Unfortunately, for projects involving nanotechnology, the finances aremainly speculative since commercial applications of nanotechnology are mainly at its infancy.H , a a a (SME ) a a aproducts and listed at NASDAQ. This is because such companies would have their financialstatements freely available in the internet. The module consists of designing sample valuation b SME a a .W Fa 2011,expected that it shall help students understand a financial statement, the future sway ofnanotechnology

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta, Northwestern University; Kathleen Carmichael, Northwestern University; Lisa M. Davidson, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Elise Gruneisen, Northwestern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

exclusion from high-profile team roles [5-9].Recent research indicates that first-year, team-based design courses represent a uniqueopportunity to address such disparities and providing early collaborative learning experiencessupports the success of students from underrepresented groups in engineering [10-13]. Whilelectures and readings may provide teams with basic tools for team and project management,these correlate team success with the creation of a high-quality final design [14]. Such tools mayinadvertently cue students to distribute work according to stereotypical social roles in the beliefthat by having team members “play to their strengths,” they are doing what is best for the team[15]. Such task distribution may limit new learning across

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

William J. Sproule; William H. Leder

is offeredat Michigan Tech University. It was developed for juniors, seniors, and graduate studentsand was originally planned for civil and environmental engineers, but engineeringstudents from other disciplines have taken the course. The course has been offered in thespring semester (January – April) two times – 18 students enrolled in the first year and 30students enrolled in the second year. The course has been team taught by two instructorswho, between them, bring substantial consulting, government service, university teachingand research experience to the classroom. This paper describes the topics covered in thecourse, major projects and assignments, special features, and resources.Course TopicsThe primary objective for the course was

Conference Session

Technical Session V

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference Sessions

sections. In addition, details of theorder to address this deficiency, synthesized design evolution of this course as well as the description of thechallenges are integrated into a first-year engineering current curriculum are described in [3].design course through a sudden design change whilemaintaining tight deadlines. The effectiveness of this In Introduction to Engineering Design at Wentworth Instituteapproach is assessed by evaluating the quality of student of Technology, all first-year engineering students work indesign notes before and after the project-switch exercise. teams of 3 to 4 students to develop a solution to a societalStudent feedback is also solicited to allow for self- need

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Paul McPherson; Kyle Reiter

Session ETD 315 Providing Students with Practical Experience in Quality Control Through Industry Partnerships Paul McPherson and Kyle Reiter Purdue UniversityAbstractIn an economic climate where manufacturing industries are seeking individuals that have bothhigher education and practical hands on experience, now is the time for faculty members to seekout and embrace partnerships with industry that bring active learning projects inside theclassroom. At Purdue University, this is exactly what is being done in the Quality forManufacturing course, where for

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

administration and civil engineering fields are alwaysworking together in practice. Public administration professionals are decision makers whoprovide the long-term plan and vision for development within federal, state, and local levels. Asdecision makers, these professionals decide which projects are viable. Engineering professionalsdesign, analyze, and execute planned projects. These professionals take the vision to a realitythat ultimately the public uses and the public administration professional needs to maintain. Though public administration and engineering professionals work together, they oftenmisunderstand one another’s roles. The public administration professional works within a publicpolicymaking process and regulatory sphere that

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

) platform. The primary design requirement of the projectwas the need for the parachute system to be able to deploy in the event ofcommunications malfunction, loss of control or any other critical failure that couldimpact the safety of persons or property on the ground. Project requirements stipulatedthat the design focused primarily on safe, successful recovery of the given airframe.Team members were given the opportunity to suggest alternative materials or changes indesign that may yield increased performance benefits for future prototypes.Students utilized a model Piper Cub and were able to meet the minimum designspecifications articulated by the customers. The aircraft would fly with a suitable centerof gravity (CG) and could manually deploy the

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, SMU Lyle School of Engineering; Andrew N Quicksall

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, her research spans education and practice, working on the integration of community research into project based learning. Her work overlaps areas of GIS mapping, global sustainable urbanism, design and creativity.Dr. Andrew N Quicksall c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Deep Observation: Geo-Spatial Mapping as a Strategy for Site-Engagement and Problem-DesignAbstractWhile project-based learning powerfully brings students into real world economic andenvironmental contexts, a subject-oriented approach to such work means that they are often ableto remain aloof from real stakeholder engagement and participation, even when working on alocal site [1]. Given

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2 - Design & Manufacturing Topics

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kata Dosa, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

four weeks ofsketching and eleven weeks of three-dimensional, constraint-based, solid modeling. In2002, the course was revised using the “backward design” approach [2] with formativeand summative assessments in lecture and lab activities. In later years project-based andlearning-centered instructional approaches with creative ideation and sketching [3] wereintroduced. Such approaches follow a natural cycle of Kolb’s learning model [4], whichincludes abstract conceptualization, active experimentation / application, concreteexperience, and reflective observation. Our university has recently launched a campus-wide academic initiative aimed at preparing undergraduate students in all engineeringmajors to use their disciplinary knowledge and skills

Conference Session

Eco-Car Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Waterman

Tagged Topics

Eco-Car Poster Session

Paper ID #14366Integration of Simulation Tools in Manufacturing Processes CourseShawn Waterman Page 26.1003.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Group Dynamics and Project Management in EcoCAR 3 Shawn Waterman Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Patrick Currier Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University John Longshore Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Page 26.1003.2 Group Dynamics and Project Management in EcoCAR

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Jatana Vathje , University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Bob Brennan, University of Calgary

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. She teaches graphical, written and oral communi- cation in their first Engineering Design and Communication course taught to all 650 incoming engineering students. With co-editors Tom McKeag (San Francisco) and Norbert Hoeller (Toronto) she co-founded and designs ZQ, an online journal to provide a platform to showcase the nexus of science and design using case studies, news and articles (zqjournal.org). As an instructor, she was one of the recipients of The Allan Blizzard Award, a Canadian national teaching award for collaborative projects that improve student learning in 2004. In 2005, she was one of the recipients of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Evaluation & Grant Writing Technical Session 13

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Emily Alicia Affolter, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Special Topic: Evaluation & Grant Writing

based approaches to STEM equity, and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Dr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is the Assistant Director of the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara manages the evaluation of several NSF- and NIH-funded projects, primarily working with national professional development programs for early-career academics from groups underrepresented in STEM. Her research is grounded in critical race and feminist theories, and her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, intersectionality, and institutional change.Dr. Emily Alicia Affolter, University of Washington Emily Alicia Affolter, Ph.D. is

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

Designing and Implementing an Embedded Microcontroller System: Tetris Game Tyler W. Gilbert, Barry E. Mullins, and Daniel J. Pack Department of Electrical Engineering US Air Force AcademyAbstractIn this paper we present the software and hardware design experience of a junior cadetmajoring in electrical engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy as he completed anembedded system project in a second microcontroller course. The paper also includesthe corresponding observations made by his instructors. Some of the topics of thissemester-long course are programming microcontrollers using C, software and hardwaredesign techniques

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad R. Sarfaraz; Tarek Shraibati

be able to design parts, systems,processes and products which are cost effective. The course is also very important forengineering students, because the underlying fundamental principles of engineering economymay be used in both their personal and professional lives.Students taking the course come from a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines. The use of realworld projects is one approach that can address the teaching of fundamental principles ofengineering economy to students from this wide range of disciplines. Students take the course atan upper-division level which enables them to take advantage of life experiences and knowledgeacquired from their earlier studies. It primarily focuses on how to make decisions regardingcompeting

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel

production operations course thatfocuses on the current issues and techniques that impacts the competitive position ofmanufacturing companies while still providing students with the necessary theoretical backgroundto investigate a variety of production related issues. This paper is divided into two main sections.The first section discusses the background of the Manufacturing Operations emphasis at GrandValley State University that lead to the development of this course. The next section identifies thesequence of topics covered and provides examples of student projects as well as indicating thefuture direction of the course.Program BackgroundThe Master of Science in Engineering degree in Manufacturing Operations at Grand Valley StateUniversity is a

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

to enhance the course with introduction of PLM conceptsand the use of specific PLM software obtained from EDS, Inc.The major objectives of this course are instrumentation design techniques, transducer selection,and interfacing control and measurement signals to the system. The use of graphical andstructured programming techniques (LABVIEW) in the design of virtual instrument systemsforms a significant portion of the course. As an enhancement to the course, PLM concepts will beintroduced early in the semester. Students will be introduced to the concepts of product portfolioplanning, understanding the requirements of a product, developing a project plan, schedulingvarious developmental tasks using a task hierarchy concept and finally

Conference Session

Real-World Manufacturing Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Attila Yaprak; Ece Yaprak; Mulchand Rathod

of Engineering Technology at Wayne State University(WSU) falls into this category. The National Science Foundation funded GreenfieldCoalition’s (GC) capstone design course, however, is unique since students are given creditfor their projects based on real-work experiences. This paper discusses how this is done atthe Greenfield Coalition and the implications of adapting this course to Wayne StateUniversity’s Division of Engineering Technology (ET) curricula.INTRODUCTION The last two decades have been marked by the globalization of markets, technology,and competition. This transformation has necessitated sharpened skills and competencies inengineering applications that are relevant to the business community’s needs. An importantarea in

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Georg Mauer

develops an autonomous robotic vehicle to perform assignmentssuch as terrain navigation or collection of objects. Students find the robot project highlymotivating and voluntarily spend several afternoons weekly working in the lab. The designcourse ends with a competition among participating teams at the end of the course. Through thedesign project the students gain valuable experience in professional design, engineering practice,and teamwork. Additional course objectives are student recruitment and retention, i.e. we seek toattract a broader range of students, including those from underrepresented minorities, to theMechanical and Aerospace Engineering program.Background and HistoryPrior to the fall 2002 semester, the design project segment of the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Lee; Tamer Ceylan

projects and design methodology. Incorporation of design educationinto this previously engineering science course has produced many positive results. Students arebetter motivated for course materials when subjects are presented on a need-to-know basis.They also learn the subjects at a deeper level at a setting where application of coursefundamentals is required to solve real world problems.I. IntroductionTo prepare our graduates to meet the challenges of the new millennium, the mechanicalengineering faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville have revised the curriculum.Integration of design throughout the curriculum and reduction of the curriculum core to allowflexibility in course selection were the two main goals. During the revision

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene C. Koch Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction

be kinesthetic learners soparticipating in a hands-on service learning project allows them to apply technical knowledgeand utilize management skills. This paper outlines the development, facilitation, and evaluationof a study abroad experience in Costa Rica.Keywords: Service learning, undergraduate education, Study Abroad, GlobalizationIntroduction of Service LearningThe original fathers of curriculum believe that there was a link between community engagementand actions which apply knowledge.4 Service learning is already a very well researched topic.According to the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, it is defined: “A method under which students or participants learn and develop through active

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

be given to well designed engineeringmanagement training in the undergraduate division. The practical side of solving engineeringmanagement issues, building students’ essential management skills can be emphasized throughcollaborative inter-collegiate projects that deal with up-to-date global technical, management, andfinancial issues. The Globetech International Simulation, offered free via the Internet for the pastfive years by Cooper Union, is such a project. It has widened the managerial perspective of manyengineering students here in the USA and abroad. A larger participation in this or similar projectswill ensure, at a minimal cost, that our future engineers are well prepared for the managerialchallenges that lie ahead of them.1

Conference Session

Structural Education Applications in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

idealteaching tools. Furthermore, the AASHTO Guide Specifications for Design of PedestrianBridges represent a manageable introduction to formal engineering design for a semesterlong project. This paper describes a one credit hour, semester long, project undertaken byMArch students alongside a required course in Structural Engineering Design. Studentsundertook conceptual design of pedestrian bridges. After a class wide study of innovativeprecedents, they worked in small groups and were required to choose and analyze a site,and propose an initial structural scheme. A minimum clear span was required to pushmore ambitious spanning strategies. They then performed a Finite Element Analysis andsized all the primary structural members of the bridge. The

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed A. Hasan; Christopher R. Carroll

achance for students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) atthe University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) to merge these two disciplines in one topic ofstudy. The course was oered in Winter quarter, 1999, and team taught by faculty in thedepartment, with one faculty member from the Digital Signal Processing eld and onefaculty member from the Microprocessor Systems eld.The design workshop course consisted of a three-week introduction to the TMS320C31DSP chip using Texas Instruments' $99 DSK introductory design package. Students, whoalready had background experience in microprocessor systems and in digital signalprocessing as separate disciplines, designed application projects using the TMS320C31 asthe focus of their systems

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

facilities; although no specific projects were attemptedusing the hospital’s systems. This paper will outline specific projects at the hospital thatmay be assigned to students to supplement the classroom material. These projects willbe presented to the junior-level Applied Thermodynamics class in the fall of 2004.Quantities such as power, heat flow, energy and efficiency will be explored along withthe various thermodynamic cycles utilized throughout the hospital. Pressure,temperature, and volume data will be recorded and compared, especially between heatexchanger components.Examples of systems to be investigated include the water chiller with its cooling towerand associated air handling capabilities; the boilers, which produce high, medium andlow

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

DAVID B. SAINT JOHN; ERIC M. FURJANIC; Richard Doyle; Richard Devon

, researches, and publishes on design education, withcurrent interests in using the Cloud computing, global design, and rapid prototyping. 404 Self-Replicating Open Source Rapid Prototyping in the Engineering Classroom From its genesis as a lark in the home basement lab of the senior author in the fall of2010, the [Area] Reprap Project grew rapidly. It was offered a a group research project inSpring semester 2011 and 10 students quickly signed up and spent the semester buildingthree functional RepRap fused-filament printers. In Fall 2011, it has evolved into aninnovative course using a wiki as its textbook, a grading system based in “experiencepoints” (XP