Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Molly M. Gribb P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, while “business topics” are very much in demand, it is not obvious how to integrate this into existing undergraduate engineering curricula. Finally, as new courses are developed, unintended impacts on potential transfer credits across institutions may occur. • Students will need to be exposed to concepts that are outside of the traditional curriculum. This can lead to resistance to these new ideas – i.e., “I went into X so I wouldn’t need to learn Y.” Additionally, cross-disciplinary courses also pose challenges because any classroom will have an especially wide range of backgrounds and prior knowledge. • Faculty who tend to stay within the “silos” of their disciplines were also seen as a

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Epolito, U.S. Military Academy; Michael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

broader influence of this course onthe environmental engineering curriculum has not been fully assessed. However, immediatebenefits include allowance for more design in the biochemical treatment and hazardous wastetreatment courses. In addition, by revisiting many of these topics (Table 5) in subsequentcourses, students experience a period of growth and reflection followed by a period of learning ata higher level in the cognitive domain. Because the course is somewhat new (developed in 2003) our assessment reveals thatrevisions are required. For example, following the spring 2005 semester, course outcome (j)received an assessment score of amber (scale: green, amber, or red) because many students feltlost at the beginning of the lab period

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Otto Loewer; John Ahlen; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

, a pseudo-industry workgroup educationalmethodology is under the direction of Ken Vickers, who received engineering managementexperience from 1981 through 1998 in integrated circuit manufacturing with Texas Instruments.Students learn and apply standard factory control software and practices to monitor their owneducational progress and marketability as well as the progress of all other students in the program.The success of the individual is judged not only by their personal educational accomplishments,but also by the success of all the students in the group. This methodology gives students a senseof connection as a team of people working on a common goal, and demonstrates the benefit ofworking in a coordinated group rather than as an

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

students to solve theseproblems may provide a useful assessment tool in the future.Recommendations for ImprovementAfter using the workstation for the first semester, several improvements were identifiedby the students and the instructor. Although the thread spools served as effective pulleys,friction became substantial as loads were increased. Better pulleys, with integral ballbearings, would provide results that are easier to verify analytically.Slight misalignment of the front and rear pegboards resulted in the shafts being non-perpendicular to the vertical mounting surface. When making the next version of theworkstation, an improved assembly procedure is recommended. First, screw the frontpegboard into the frame, and then place the rear

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #10025Freshmen engineering course in an Oil & Gas UniversityDr. Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his PhD in Indus- trial Engineering from University of Louisville (2006), masters in Industrial Engineering from University of Louisville (2003) and also a master’s in business administration from Indira Gandhi National Open Uni- versity (2001). His research interests include advanced manufacturing, design methodologies, six sigma, lean manufacturing, and engineering education. He previously taught at Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

, the analog signal techniques have greater importance. New analog design techniquesand circuit layout techniques are being used in modern industry. Many of the current analog coursesequences consist of courses to teach physics of electronic components such as diodes andtransistors and a substantial part of the course is devoted to learning discrete design techniques.However, most technology graduates work on systems that use integrated circuits and electronicsubsystems. Very rarely, they are asked to design with discrete components. The design usingdiscrete components is required in semiconductor industry, but they require more depth in thesubject than what can be learned at the undergraduate level. Therefore, there is an urgent need

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Joshua R. Wyrick, Rowan University; Dustin M. Kuzan, Rowan University; Carolyn D. Braun, Rowan University; Jared S. Krause, Rowan University; David M. Santino, Rowan University; Mary E. Wellspeak, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

International

holds a Ph.D. from Oregon State University and an M.E. from Texas A & M University. His research interests are in the areas of river morphology and restoration, sediment transport and megafloods. Dr. Wyrick teaches fluid mechanics and water resources courses.Dustin M. Kuzan, Rowan UniversityCarolyn D. Braun, Rowan UniversityJared S. Krause, Rowan UniversityDavid M. Santino, Rowan UniversityMary E. Wellspeak, Rowan University Page 12.497.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing Global Engineers: An Integrated Approach to International ProjectsAbstractInternational

Conference Session

Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET, Inc.; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Patrick D. Pedrow P.E., Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Student and Curriculum Development

area of interest23 . A collective casestudy, which we propose, is to study a number of cases to inquire into potential variations ofseemingly similar phenomenon22 . Using a descriptive collective case-study methodology willallow the investigators to understand and examine the contexts in which parallel performancetasks are implemented in three distinct sites and four distinct course-type settings (Table 3).DesignIn order to maximize what can be learned and to provide an adequate number of cases for acollective case study, we used purposeful sampling at three levels: 1) institution/program, 2)level of course in the curriculum and 3) instructor/course-type. When conducting purposefulmulti-site sampling, it’s important to select sites that are

Conference Session

Integrating Math Science and Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Po-Hung Liu, National Chin-Yi University of Technology; Ching Ching Lin, National Taipei University of Technology; Tung-Shyan Chen, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Fundamental General Education Center; Chiu-Hsiung Liao, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Fundamental General Education Center; Yen Tung Chung, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Fundamental General Education Center; C. Lin, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan R.O.C.; Ruey-Maw Chen, National Chin-Yi University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

forimproving teaching and learning in calculus. The PLEASE project adopts a collaborative model consisting of four individual projectsconducted by Mathematics and Engineering faculties at two technological universities inTaiwan. The title PLEASE stands for six main themes of this integrated project: (1)P—pre-calculus, (2) L—low achievers’learning, (3) E—e-learning, (4) A—assessment, (5)S—statistics and calculus, (6) E—engineering mathematics and calculus. The PLEASEproject assumes a collaborative model not only for reforming calculus curriculum itself, but Page 22.540.4also for establishing an e-learning and assessment platform. It can be divided

Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Rust, Western New England University; Steven G. Northrup, Western New England University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2012-3144: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GLOBAL HEALTH COURSEWITH AN INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCEDr. Michael J. Rust, Western New England University Michael J. Rust received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. During his undergraduate training, he worked for Ethicon Endo-Surgery and AtriCure companies, which specialize in the development of novel surgical devices. While completing his doctoral dissertation, Rust served as an NSF GK-12 Graduate Fellow, which allowed him to develop hands-on engineering activities for high school students. In 2009, he joined the faculty of Western New England University as an

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

An Nguyen, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

correlation towards engineering education.The Need for ExplorationThe usage of AI has picked up widespread popularity, causing an uproar in the tech industry in thepast decade. The need for exploration of AI in racing games stems from the potential challenges,development, and education implications associated with its integration [1]. Racing games andsimulators serve as a reliable learning environment for researchers to gather vast amounts of data.This data-driven approach can be used to optimize designs, algorithms, and frameworks that canrelate to the real world, aiding in the development of electric vehicles (EVs) and other AI-relatedprograms [10-13]. Racing games offer a controlled yet dynamic environment for refiningalgorithms. This simulation

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shraddha Sangelkar, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Benjamin Emery Mertz, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Dame in 2010 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005. He spent 7 years as a part of a lecturer team at Arizona State University that focused on the first-year engi- neering experience, including developing and teaching the Introduction to Engineering course. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the Mechanical Engineering de- partment. His teaching focus is in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics but has also taught classes such as numerical methods and introduction to engineering. His interests include student pathways and mo- tivations into engineering and developing lab-based curriculum. He has also developed an interest in

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College; Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. 2Harvey Mudd College, whose 1957 founding mission was to produce alumni who would“assume technical responsibility with an understanding of the relation of technology to the rest ofsociety” [10], designed its engineering curricula to include one-third of students’ coursework inhumanities and social science fields. In 1970, Harvey Mudd integrated bold reforms thatemphasized connections across disciplinary boundaries, emphasized “the human basis of alltechnical problems,” and encouraged students to cultivate humility in appreciating the limitationsof their knowledge: “Insist that tools take you only so far” [11]. The 1970’s WPI Plan [12] was are-framing of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s technical curriculum in societal context,emphasizing

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Moser; Michael Bluhm; Allan Goodman; Sarah Lynn Garrett

until senior design and capstone courses to show them. By nottapping -ihto the students motivational core at the beginning of their university educatio~ we have missed one ofour best educational opportunities. Using our architectural engineering program at Kansas State University, we have developed,implemented and tested a new model of an integrate~ application-oriented curriculum. Our department focussesprimarily on undergraduate educatio~ with two large B. S. programs (330 students in architectural engineeringand 240 students in construction science and management). We have a large number of faculty who havereturned to the classroom afler working in the engineering and construction industries(1). We are in our finalyear of a three year

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John M. Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Leo McGonagle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eileen Milligan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alexander Rokosz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Schanne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reza S. Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Paper ID #42120Navigating the Mystery: An Approach for Integrating Experiential Learningin Ethics into an Engineering Leadership ProgramDr. James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology James Magarian is a Sr. Lecturer with the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program. He joined MIT and GEL after nearly a decade in industry as a mechanical engineer and engineering manager in aerospace/defense. His research focuses on engineering workforce formation and the education-careers transition.John M. Feiler, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLeo McGonagle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leo McGonagle

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Midkiff

Session 2255 An Overview of an Integrated Research and Graduate Education Program in Advanced Networking Scott F. Midkiff Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 USAAbstractThis paper discusses the Integrated Research and Education in Advanced Networking (IREAN)program being created at Virginia Tech. The IREAN program is an experiment in graduateeducation that seeks to significantly improve the quality of Ph.D. graduates in the networkingarea by moving away from the single-discipline

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifford Mirman

Session 1648 An Engineering Technology Capstone Course Which Integrates Theory, Design, and Construction in an Open-Ended Project By Cliff R. Mirman, Professor and Chair Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill. 60115 Abstract The culminating experience in many engineering technology programs is typically aone or two-semester capstone design experience. The underlying premise for this type ofsenior design course is that at the submission of the final

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #28348A team build-test-redesign project in an engineering statics courseDr. Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor, Ph.D, PE., Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115, Phone: 617-989-4223, Email: Lex@wit.edu, Specialization in Com- puter Aided Design, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue Design, Solid Mechanics and Engineering ReliabilityProf. Richard L Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering and Computer Sci- ence Wentworth

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas; Sarah H. Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota; Brian Phillip Jensen, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

been looking for ways to increase theirknowledge of engineering. Additionally, in Minnesota, new Academic Standards inScience have been implemented, as of 2010, which incorporate engineering. As shown byYasar et al., the confidence levels for P-12 teachers with regards to teaching Engineeringare often low1, and thus the mandated inclusion of engineering in the curriculum raisesmany teacher preparation challenges. To address the need for more training of educatorsin engineering, the University of St. Thomas has created an undergraduate minor and agraduate certificate in Engineering Education. The first course in both of these programsis “Fundamentals of Engineering for Educators,” which exposes students to rigorousengineering content from a

Conference Session

Information Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

certificates upon graduation. In this paper, we examineinstitutions which integrate certificates in their IS curriculum. Moreover, we examine the IS2002 report and ABET requirements to identify IS tracks that can lead to a particularcertification. Popular IT certificates are identified and for each certificate a series of IS coursesare developed to include the objectives of that particular certificate. For example, we will showhow to integrate the Sun Certification for Java Programmer into programming courses, the CiscoCCNA or Network+ certificate into networking course, the A+ certificate into the IT Hardwareand Software course and an operating system course, and the MOUS certificate into the personalproductivity with IS technology course. Other

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

Session 3192 Developing an Integrated Freshman Seminar for Women in Technology: An Innovative University-Corporate Partnership Model Mara H. Wasburn, Susan G. Miller Purdue UniversityAbstractAccording to a recent report by the National Council for Research on Women, at least half of theavailable science, engineering and technology talent pool will be women. Therefore, it becomesimperative to retain more women in these disciplines. Increasingly, companies and corporationsare seeking to diversify those areas of their workforce that are predominantly male. In 2002

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

., “An Interwoven Multisemester Dynamic Systems Project To Integrate Stem Material,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3 Ganter, S. and Barker, W., Curriculum Foundations Project: Voices of the Partner Disciplines, Mathematical Association of America, 2004.Stephen Pennell is a Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.Peter Avitabile is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Director of the ModalAnalysis and Controls Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.John R. White is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Uei-Jiun Fan, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. However, implementing asustainable model of service learning in engineering is very different from industry-basededucation, and faces serious challenges.Cal Poly Pomona has recently established an Engineering Service Learning Institute (ESLI) withNSF support to integrate service learning in engineering curriculum. This paper focuses onservice learning as an effective pedagogy to provide authentic learning experiences, discusses theprojects implemented at Cal Poly Pomona and the engineering service learning course content.IntroductionCommunity-based Service learning1-7 is a pedagogy that provides students with opportunities tolearn, develop, and reflect through active participation and thoughtfully organized communityinvolvement. It enhances the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Joseph McCoy Mydosh, Western Michigan University; Jason Michael Shane

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 22.563.2concept of cost of design and manufacturing. There is a need for deeper understanding ofeffect of energy efficiency on component/system design, the environment, and their longterm sustainability. Therefore, current programs need to evolve by infusing these subjectsin the curriculum and laboratory practices. In most engineering technology programs, thetopics are introduced informally in one or more courses. Sustainability is an essentialelement of learning in any technical field [6,7,8], and an integrated approach to teach theconcepts and practices from fundamental to advanced senior-level courses is moreprudent in reforming engineering technology curricula.This paper presents an initiative on integrated teaching of energy

Conference Session

Integrating Art, Humanities, and Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Marshall PhD, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

provided students with an integrative, hands-on learning experience. The course,SmartSurfaces operated as a “multidisciplinary, hands-on, think-tank” and enrolled students fromthe Stamps School of Art & Design (A&D); the Department of Materials Science andEngineering in the College of Engineering (MATSCIE); and the Taubman College ofArchitecture and Urban Planning (ARCH). The three-credit course was offered by each of theunits and was operated as a ‘meet-together’ model (i.e. it was listed in each unit’s offerings as aseparate course that met at the same location and time). The course was team-taught by threeprofessors (one from each unit). All three professors attended each class meeting - 6 hours; oneday a week; for a semester (this is

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip J. Regalbuto; Page Ransom; Mary Morton-Gibson; Lise V. P. Esch

Technology core curriculum to meet future needs. One of the ways to improvethe Engineering Technology curriculum is to integrate key skills. In the Summer of 1996, fivemembers of the SCATE team from Trident Technical College were granted release time to reviseEGR 103 course content to reflect the new emphasis on team building, co-operative learning andcommunication skills that are in demand from industry and education.1 The remaining two teammembers were granted release time to study and develop assessment methods.Course revisionIn the revised version of this course some of the topics were retained: Units and measurements;graphing; calculator skills and treatment of significant digits are topics that elude theunderprepared student. Four additional

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

Session 1379 Innovative Technologies in the ET Curriculum Alireza Rahrooh, Farhad Kaffashi, Bahman Motlagh, Walter Buchanan Univ. of Central Florida/Case Western Reserve Univ./ Univ. of Central Florida/ Northeastern UniversityAbstract Closed-loop feedback control system is an important component of a well-roundedengineering technology program. However, since feedback control systems tends to be a rathercomplex topic, students react positively to hands-on experiments that assist them visualizecontrol systems in practical situations, and, in

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

William H. Mason; Michael P. Deisenroth

with respect to individual components and subsystems of the aircraft. Industry is helping us todevelop case studies illustrating the manufacturing processing sequences associated with particularcomponents. The lectures then focuses on manufacturing cost analysis and cost drivers in aerospacemanufacturing. This was followed by a discussion of the manufacturing environment as an integrated system.Finally, concepts in design for producibility were addressed in light of the materials already presented.Laboratory demonstrations, field trips, and a term project served to reirdlorce class material and provided thestudents with some hands-on experiences.Introduction In the last few years, it has become clear that aerospace engineers need to

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Goldberg

occupational orientation of the engineering programs on the one hand, and the variety of course selection in the liberal arts curriculum on the other, have strong appeal. This program is designed for civil and environmental engineering students to secure the advantages of both under the combined five-year program. http://ase.tufts.edu/cee/undergraduate/combined.asp • Rice University - Bachelor of Arts in Electrical . The Bachelor of Arts degree provides a basic foundation in electrical and computer engineering and a large number of free electives so that students can easily participate in another major to create an interdisciplinary program. This may be particularly appropriate for students planning

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James West; Dennis Miller; Daina Briedis

has begun developing a revised curriculumbased on several inputs—the assessment of student outcomes in our own program (ABETEngineering Criteria, Criterion 3), input from the alumni focus groups, and response to some ofthe Frontiers proposals. Many of the elements identified by the Frontiers workshops havealready been integrated into our curriculum over the past several years; these changes have beenmade based on the evidence gathered by our assessment and evaluation processes. The mostimportant of these changes include • an emphasis in the enabling sciences (a required advanced biology course, restructuring of the physical chemistry requirement, and a new chemical engineering applied math course); • elimination of