Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Session 3130 A Model for the Evaluation of Innovative Engineering Courseware: Engineering an Assessment Program Richard H. Hall, Timothy A. Philpot, David B. Oglesby, Ralph E. Flori, Nancy Hubing, Steve E. Watkins, and Vikas Yellamraju University of Missouri – RollaAbstractThis paper describes a general model for assessment of instructional innovations used by theUniversity of Missouri – Rolla’s Media Design and Assessment Laboratory and an example ofthe model’s application. This model is based on three themes: a) iterative assessment with on-going

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wies; John Aspnes

Alaskan communities have no access to the electric utility system and rely on diesel-electric generators (DEGs) for electric power. These systems are typically uneconomical due tothe shipping costs of fuel and require routine maintenance due to operating conditions [2,3].Efforts are already underway to build hybrid systems in remote villages of Alaska such as thediesel/photovoltaic/battery electric power system in Lime Village, Alaska backed by the AlaskaEnergy Authority (AEA). The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Science,Engineering, and Mathematics is stepping up to the challenge with the newly developed ArcticEnergy Technology Development Laboratory (AEDTL) whose mission is to promote researchand development of energy

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Fadali; Michael Robinson

knowledge and mathematical applications to make applications and connections to society? 2. Do the science textbooks use the science and/or mathematical knowledge in technological applications? 3. Are any applications of engineering principles and design included in the laboratory activities and the problems and questions within and at the end of the chapters? Page 6.543.2Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationII.1 Objectifying the DataWe designed a scale of 0-3 to indicate the degree to which each of the three

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bridge

Session 1664 Incorporating Active Learning in an Engineering Materials Science Course Lieutenant Colonel John W. Bridge United States Military Academy, West Point, New YorkAbstractThis paper shares the experiences the author has had over the last several years incorporatingactive learning in the classroom and laboratory. Examined are ways to engage and motivate thestudents to take an active role in their learning which includes direct instruction, cooperativelearning, hands-on “exploratory” classroom and laboratory experiences, reading logs, etc. Theauthor

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S Grant, North Carolina State University; Tuere Bowles, NC State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University; Rex E Jeffries, North Carolina State University; Barbara Smith, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Adult Education at the University of Georgia.Mrs. Olgha B Davis, North Carolina State University Mrs. Davis earned her BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and MS degree in Biomedical Engineering from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and UNC Chapel Hill. Currently, Mrs. Davis is the education coordinator for the BioMed-Connect Mentoring Incubator at NCSU College of Engineering. Mrs. Davis main responsibilities include conducting research and writing grant propos- als and final reports, developing the educational curriculum for the mentoring program, and facilitating weekly laboratory group meetings, and organizing professional development seminars for the participants. Mrs. Davis also is a

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Pradeep K. Behera, University of the District of Columbia; Abiose Adebayo, University of the District of Columbia; Xueqing Song, University of the District of Columbia; Mademba Cisse, University of the District of Columbia; Ismael DJibril Boureima, University of the District of Columbia; Ashish Bhandari, University of the District of Columbia; Mekonnen Hailegiorgis, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

production. Our goals in this phase of the study are: (i) to get an understanding on the characteristics of organic waste from hotels and restaurants and study the feasibility of implementing the proposed anaerobic digester for biogas production for District of Columbia hotels and restaurants, and (ii) to build a mini anaerobic digester that can generate biogas in the laboratory and to provide preliminary data and identify key aspects of the design for an efficient, reliable, and low-cost anaerobic digester for waste processing. The specific research objectives for goal (1) include understanding of organic waste collection methods in hotels and restaurants and possible quantification of organic waste. The research methodology include (i

Conference Session

Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

energy storage laboratory.The motivation of this project is to develop an interactive and computer-controlled test systemfor three different electric energy storage units that serve as a teaching-aid. This paper presents Page 25.1261.2a funded project that develops, designs, and implements an electric energy storage educationallaboratory. The laboratory is capable of demonstrating and displaying the principles,performance characteristics, and applications of electro-chemical batteries, electro-mechanicalflywheel (or flywheel battery) and supercapacitors (or ultracapacitors). The integrated systemis computerized for measurement and control hence

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

% = Partially met, <40% = Not Met. • Exam Question Results - The target was the average score on a regular exam question or CAT exam question designed to demonstrate accomplishment of the objective: >70% = Met, 50% = Partially Met, <40% = Not Met. • Oral Presentation Assessment - The target was the percentage of students rated as having satisfactory oral communication skills using a rubric designed to evaluate accomplishment of the skill: 80% of students should have satisfactory oral communication skills. • Lab Report Assessment - The target was the percentage of laboratory reports rated as meeting reporting skills using a rubric designed to evaluate accomplishment of the skill

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Narayanan Murugesan; Jacob Eapen; Donna Lewis; Dan Sebald; Jodi Reeves

courses,Advanced Laboratory (undergraduate level) and Computer Aided Design for VLSI (graduatelevel). Nana knew that he would need to deal with several teaching issues in the undergraduatelevel lab course since it involved more responsibilities such as lecturing, proctoring, and gradingquizzes and projects. The graduate level course involved creating a course website, holdingdiscussion sections, and grading. The Advanced Laboratory course was new to Nana since hehad not done a similar course in his undergraduate studies. He chose to use peer mentoring,which was encouraged by the College and emphasized in the NEO training program. Nanaworked with Jacob (an experienced TA for that particular course) to get acquainted with therequirements and

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Don L. Dekker

stops "designing" and "fiddling around" with their design. If theconstruction group has any problems, they have to contact the design group and settle thedifferences. This provides the opportunity for meaningful communications to take place and itdoesn't go through the instructor. The construction phase takes two weeks, although most groupsare able to perform the required construction tasks in 4 to 6 hours.TESTINGThe device is then passed to a third group for testing. Although the heat exchanger is designed tobe used with a heat transfer fluid as the hot fluid of about 600 degrees Fahrenheit, it is tested withhot water for safety and economic reasons. The testing takes place in a laboratory on a testing setupwhich was designed for testing heat

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Butz

they see over what they hear, and are more comfortable with visual learning . While textsare certainly visual, they tend to be static while computer software and computer networks haveintroduced students to dynamic visual material that may be modified by the user. Interactive multimedia software can play a key and unique role in the educationalprocess. It may be used as a stand-alone educational module that is intended to enable aninterested individual to learn about a particular topic or subject 9 . It may be used as asupplement to classroom presentations 10 and engineering laboratories 11 , or it may be used as adynamic textbook 12 . Recently interactive multimedia has become an effective way ofeducating disabled students 13-15

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tahlia Altgold, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

can result in high-stakes harm to human and animal participants. Thus, empathy is not onlyeasily integrated in BME ethics education but can be considered a critical skill for BME students learningto make ethical decisions in the field.Critical reflection is an instructional method that may facilitate deep student learning and empathy withinBME ethics education. Hess, et al. [10], sought to understand how ethics education within a first-yearbiomedical laboratory course impacted the students’ empathy and ethical becoming. This work generatedinstructional activities to embed empathy through ethics education in a biomedical laboratory course.Empathy was operationalized with the dimensions of empathy (Affective/Cognitive and Self-Oriented/Other

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University; Langdon A. Feltner, Purdue University; Paul Mort, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

classrooms and reaching engineeringprofessionals. While virtual and remote laboratories are not new to engineering education, thereis an increasing need for these alternate methods of teaching due to decreased availability of labtime (from increased undergraduate classes) and the rise of remote higher education programs,such as remote graduate degrees and continuing education [4], [5].In this study, we perform a scoping literature review to explore the tools and labs available toPSET educators. Specifically, we focus on virtual and remote tools that might aid in theeducation of continuing education students and programs with rigid curriculums that do notallow for additional lab time. We were guided by the two following research questions

Conference Session

Student Success in ET

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

145 66.9% 11.0% Biomedical Sciences 326 60.1% 11.3% Data Analytics 29 72.4% 41.4% Homeland Security 314 64.0% 14.6% Cyber Forensics/Information Security 137 74.5% 13.9% Information Technology 1116 71.0% 16.8% Medical Laboratory Science 12 50.0% 0.0%More than half of those STEM students who leave before completing their degree (55.4%) identifyas underrepresented minorities. The full picture of which students began the program, graduated,or left

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 13: Technological Advancements and Applications

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Penn State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Penn State University; Alyson G. Eggleston, Penn State University; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Penn State University; Siu Ling Leung, Penn State University; Stephanie Cutler, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

, the Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs, and the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Pennsylvania State University. She develops new engineering laboratory curriculum to empower students’ cognition skills and equipped them to solve real-world challenges. Her past engineering education experience includes undergraduate curriculum management, student advising, and monitoring department-level ABET assessment. Her current research interest focus on creating new learning tools to enhance student engagement.Dr. Stephanie Cutler, Penn State University Dr. Stephanie Cutler has degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and a PhD in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Maryfaith Rodgers, Rowan University; Pavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University; Keith McIver; Haddy Diallo; Kaitlyn Jean Zienowicz; Jason J. Giacomelli, Rowan University; Vladimir de Delva

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

in laboratory develop- ment and experiential learning, particularly in the areas of biomedical and sustainable engineering.Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan UniversityC. Stewart Slater, Rowan UniversityMaryfaith Rodgers, Rowan UniversityPavlo Kostetskyy, Rowan University Coauthor as a 4th year undergraduate student at Rowan UniversityKeith McIverHaddy Diallokaitlyn jean zienowiczJason J. Giacomelli, Rowan UniversityVladimir de Delva Page 22.931.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integration of Particle Technology with Pharmaceutical Industry Applications in the

Conference Session

IE Technical Session I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Steven Michael Corns, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jennifer A. Farris, Texas Tech University; Stephen Gent, South Dakota State University; Scott E. Grasman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Ivan G. Guardiola, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

the fall semester of 2010, Stephen developed and taught a cross-listed undergraduate and graduate level course on simulation- based modeling and design using computational fluid dynamics. Prior to being at South Dakota State University, Stephen worked with the Simulation, Modeling, and Decision Science Division at Iowa State University’s Virtual Reality Application Center. His research while at these institutions included modeling complex multiphase fluid flows and systems of models to optimize engineering designs of energy systems. Stephen has been a coordinating instructor for undergraduate engineering laboratories, including fluid mechanics and heat transfer laboratories. Also, Stephen is actively involved with

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Wayne Santarelli, California State University, Fresno; S. Shelley, U.S. Air Force; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Mark K. Smith, California State University, Long Beach, College of Continuing and Professional Education

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

serving as a Director on the Antelope Valley Board of Trade and is the Honorary Commander of the 412th Electronic Warfare Group at Edwards AFB. He is also a member of several professional societies and has authored and co-authored several papers pertaining to the Antelope Valley Engineering Program.J. S. Shelley, US Air Force J. S. Shelley, PhD, PE After 20 years as a researcher and project manager with the Air Force Research Laboratories, Dr Shelley has transitioned to teaching mechanical engineering, mostly mechanics, for the past 6 years.Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach Dr. Sathianathan is the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at Califor- nia

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

; 2. Learning to use software, to use test equipment, and to conduct basic testing in the laboratory environment; 3. Completing part of a faculty member’s research project; 4. Using the results from the projects for curriculum development to bring the benefit to other students.With these goals in mind, the following two projects were selected: 1. DC motor speed control;2. Pump jack and AC motor control system design.The principles of DC/AC motors were taught in a course at the sophomore level, and bothstudents had successfully completed the course. The pump jack and AC motor control systemwas initially developed by a group of ET students as a capstone design project under theguidance of their faculty advisor10. It was

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota EPSCoR

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

from passiveto active learning, enhanced research and laboratory skills, and increased understanding andinterest in the discipline are some of the benefits undergraduate students gain by engaging inresearch. Therefore, “engaging the students in research” is adopted here as a major strategy toimprove their retention in STEM programs. Faculty involvement in research mentoring not onlyleads to their enrichment as teachers but also enriches them as scholars. Though theresponsibility of the tribal college (TC) faculty is primarily teaching, engaging in research anddeveloping research project situations for students, research provides them opportunities toenhance their teaching capability and professional development. In this collaborative model

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecil Beeson; William Gay

developed.The four-course certificate program curriculum was designed by the advisory committee. Itconsists of the following four courses: PC Operating Systems PC Hardware Basic Network Techniques PC Systems TroubleshootingEach course consists of a four-credit hour lecture/laboratory combination, for a total of six-contact hours per week. The design of these courses was in response to what the advisorycommittee anticipated the needed skills were.The PC Operating Systems course was designed to cover DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95,Windows 98, Windows NT 4 Workstation, and Linux operating systems. Over time one wouldexpect coverage of older

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robert Labonté, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

for both civilian and military applications with a special emphasis on techniques focused on indoor, underground or otherwise GPS-deprived situations. Most recently, Dr. Michalson has been involved with the development and refinement of the Robotics Engineering curriculum at WPI.Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteRobert Labonté, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Robert Labonté received his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1954 and 1959 respectively. From 1955 to 1959 he was a member of the technical staff of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Laboratory Division. In 1959, he joined MITRE Corporation when it was formed from

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Delmer Nicholson, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

industry working for such companies as Battelle's Columbus Laboratories, Rockwell International, and Claspan Corporation. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 1985.Delmer Nicholson, University of Cincinnati Delmer W. Nicholson Jr is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati. He received a BSES and MSCS from The University of Cincinnati in 1982 and 2009, respectively. He has held several research and development positions in industry working for such companies as Cincinnati Milacron, Delco Electronics and Nicholson Computer Consulting. He has taught as an adjunct instructor in the Mathematics and also the Engineering

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tianyi Li, Northwestern University; Walter E. Thain Jr., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Fallon, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

simulations as a teaching aid is very useful, perhaps even more so in a distancelearning environment. Southern Polytechnic State University’s (SPSU) Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology (ECET) program is engaged in converting its curriculum to a distanceor hybrid distance format. Since all but two of the ECET courses have a laboratory component,this creates a significant challenge in providing a similar laboratory experience for the off-campus students. An obvious choice is to require distance students to visit the campusperiodically to perform hands-on lab exercises. This can be difficult for some students to do andwill limit enrollment to students who can.The laboratory for the department’s Telecommunications Engineering Technology (TCET

Conference Session

Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Carlos A. Garcia, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Tamara D. Guillen, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

research camp restrictions such as specific grade levels, minimum GPAsor a camp fee for the underserved minority population of South Texas, a state with a significantunderserved minority student population18. The end of camp survey verifies the camp outcomesand implies that the research-based outreach camps may have a larger impact on studentperspectives of engineering disciplines. Page 22.49.2The ESF Camp: The high school day-camp aimed to attract students to STEM disciplines byoffering a week-long hands-on advanced research experience for teams of three students on asingle subject under close faculty supervision in university laboratories. The camp

Conference Session

Computational Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Esposito, U.S. Naval Academy; Carl E. Wick, U.S. Naval Academy; Kenneth A. Knowles, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the robot’s functionality from within MATLAB’spowerful integrated development environment, which already includes numerical solvers, imageprocessing routines, neural network libraries, and control system design tools. We describe thedevelopment process and the toolbox’s features; and illustrate its capabilities with some projectsfrom our own Introductory Robotics class where it was beta tested. A student opinion surveyindicated that the toolbox was well received, but suggests its stability could be improved.1. IntroductionIt has been widely noted that engineering students benefit from a variety of teaching approaches,in particular visual and experiential learners prefer hands on laboratory experiences [1].Teaching robotics is no exception [2

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganapathy Narayanan

Society for Engineering Educationplots of the system responses. The MATLAB software and its control commands tool-box rescue the instructor and students in this course with many advantages for both,especially for the ET student. Of course, some special virtual laboratory time needs to bespent by students to get trained in the use of these select MATLAB control commands.Thus, the ET student is trained in solving the control analysis/design problem withoutgetting distracted with many intermediate calculations, and subsequently, the student’scomprehension of the controls subject is much better. The student can then concentrateefforts in the overall design/analysis of a control system, leaving computationalcrunching to the virtual computer program

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tadeusz Majewski; sudhakar vadiraja

. Instructional lectures on each experimental method aregiven during each group’s (having maximum 5 students) laboratory classes. Each group has onelaboratory class of 3 hrs duration per week. A written laboratory report is required to be turned-in by the students before the commencement of next experiment/laboratory class. The ultimategoal of these practical exercises is to provide hands-on experience for students in analyzingfracture behavior in biomaterials. Also, we strongly believe that these laboratory exercises helpstudents in developing their learning, analyzing and creative thinking skills/abilities.As already mentioned in the course methodology (section 2.1.3), mechanical testing includingmicroindentation hardness testing, fracture toughness

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

course entitled “DigitalElectronics” (TECH 4374) has been taught in a four-credit-hour format of one two-hour lectureand one two-hour lab per week. When we designed the manufacturing engineering curriculum,we decided to reorient this existing digital electronics course toward the needs of the increasingnumber of manufacturing engineering undergraduates who will take it as a requirement, whilekeeping it at a level that is accessible to technology students as well. In 2001 we began a curriculum-improvement project funded by the National ScienceFoundation’s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program. We chose theDigital Electronics course as one of the main targets of our efforts. In this paper we will describe

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

control - Assignment Assignment Examination case studies Assignmentquality accreditation.Theory of metal cutting and Examination Examination Laboratory Examination Assignmentpractical machining processes.Modelling of threedimensional tool/workpieceinterference for performanceprediction.Introduction to group Examination Assignment Laboratory Case studies Case studiestechnology, flexible (Aluminium (Aluminiummanufacturing systems and