Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

clustersystems across a collection of virtual machines. This paper will explore the pedagogical andtechnological issues involved in the use of virtualization and cloud computing technologies forHPC education, focusing on: mixed use of physical and virtual computing environments; highperformance networking fabrics; pedagogical limitations of virtual and cloud computing; thedevelopment of an effective teaching laboratory for virtual clustering; and the performance andreliability constraints of a mixed virtual cluster environment. The paper will describe the use ofvirtualization software, specifically Xen, OpenVZ, and VMware, and an assessment of theviability of the Eucalyptus, NIMBUS, and OpenNebula cloud computing systems for use forvirtual clusters for

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Elaine Seat; Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

-Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics, respectively. The courses are taken in sequenceduring the freshman year by students in all engineering majors. An overview of the entireprogram and details of the EF 101 course (which emphasizes problem solving and variouscomputer skills such as programming and graphics) have been presented previously. The focusof this paper is the EF 102 course. In particular, this paper will outline how statics and particledynamics are presented in an integrated, collaborative learning environment that includestraditional presentation techniques, hands-on practice in an open-access laboratory, andapplication through the use of design projects that are developed through the build and teststages.The philosophy of the new course

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Johnson

individuals interested in materials issues. Infor-mation available ranges from non-technical advertising to highly technical research reports andmaterials property and applications data. Web resources in materials engineering have becomefar too extensive to review comprehensively. The following, however, are examples of web siteswith extensive materials information, or list of references to other materials related sites. Page 4.605.1Governmental Sources - Argonne National Laboratory www.anl.gov Department of Energy www.doe.gov FedWorld Information Network

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

integrate knowledge from each of the above four elements (structure, properties, processing, & performance) of the field to solve materials selection and design problemsiv. an ability to utilize experimental, statistical and computational methods consistent with the goals of the program.In addition, three outcomes specified for Materials Engineering graduates at Iowa Stateare;1. to demonstrate mastery of creative, independent, problem solving skills, under time and resource constraints, in a broad range of materials-related applications critical to the success of the final product2. to have gained experience in materials engineering practice through co-ops or internships in industry, national laboratories, or other

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Zenaida Otero Keil

Academic/Industrial Partnerships to Enhance Learning and Strengthen Curriculumand ResearchZ. Otero Keil, Chemical Engineering Program, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028Abstract: Industrial partnerships have been a hallmark of Rowan Engineering Programsfrom the onset. The development of the Rowan Engineering Curricula began in 1994 andincluded the input of an advisory committee of technology industry leaders. Thecoursework and laboratories were planned and are being implemented with a strongcomponent of industrial partnerships and industrial experiences for students and faculty. Rowan has taken a multi-faceted approach to academic/industrial partnerships.Rowan faculty teaches courses on company sites. Many of these courses

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Chong Chen; Walter Buchanan

shownmathematically. For example, in a series RLC circuit the inductive reactance cancels out thecapacitive reactance at resonant frequency. Therefore, the circuit has a minimum impedance anda maximum current at this frequency. However, it is hard to see from the formulas how thereactance and the current respond to the frequency change, when the circuit frequency isapproaching the resonant frequency. It is also difficult to introduce the sensitivity of a RLCcircuit and the effectiveness of the capacitance or the inductance to resonance or sensitivity.RLC circuit resonance can be demonstrated in a laboratory. The experimental demonstration cangive students a chance to see this electrical phenomena. However, the equipment used in thisdemonstration is not

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Towers; Max Rabiee

,instrumentation amplifiers in a second analog course, and microprocessor interfacing in aseparate digital course. The integration of these three topics in which students design, simulate,build and test a data acquisition system will help them to understand a practical industrialapplication. In this paper we will use a PC Interface card to connect the interfacing circuit whichis on a breadboard to the computer. The interfacing circuit will be connected to an analog circuitthat measures temperature. All engineering and engineering technology school laboratories areequipped with microcomputers. The advantage of using a PC interface card is that with amoderate cost for interfacing cards, the computers can be used for the programming of the digitalcircuits

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant P. Richards, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Helen A. McNally, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

preference for active over reflective learning with no significantdifference between the mean preference (p = 0.685). The strong emphasis on laboratoryexperiences in Engineering Technology curricula supports active learning styles. Contrary topopular anecdote, these results indicate that students do not exhibit a strong preference for activelearning over reflective learning at the early stages of their undergraduate academic career. Thissuggests that active learning experiences including laboratory exercises and interactive problemsessions may provide a slight learning advantage over reflective activities (homework, reports)for students at this stage. Active learners typically prefer group learning over individual learningactivities.Each group in

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Ward; Robert Busch; Abhaya Datye; David Kauffman

our contention that a core of about twelve semesterhours of chemical engineering courses, together with appropriate chemistry, physics andmathematics, can provide the minimum basic material. There could then be ample room forstudents to complete their undergraduate education, including laboratory and design work, in achemical engineering specialty area program which would incorporate applications of the basiccore material and fundamental material for the specialty. This paper offers one version of aminimum core along with illustrations of how specialty areas would build on it.IntroductionThe field of chemical engineering is expanding. Chemical engineers are currently working insuch fields as biological processing, biochemical engineering

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

allengineering majors; chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering here atYSU. Courses were given up by all the majors in order to get the required space in thecurriculum. Three courses were developed, one for each quarter, and each course was worth 3quarter hours and included a laboratory component. The courses were designed to incorporatefeatures that would maintain students’ interest in engineering and develop useful skills for laterparts of the engineering curriculum. Faculty resources would need to be about the same asrequired for the courses replaced so that the program could be instituted without requiring theaddition of new faculty.The factors determined as fundamental to a successful freshman engineering program

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

background about the topic oftenhesitate in electing a course in which they may very well find interest. Furthermore, as the num-ber of credits required for obtaining a BS degree decline over the years due to market pressures,so do the number of electives offered. Against this background, we propose another time-honored technique, under a new setting,as a paradigm specifically designed for integrating novel content material into existing curricu-lum: develop new laboratory exercises tailored to provide content specific knowledge that relateto the focus areas of existing courses. In our implementation, we use biomedical engineering(BME) as the novel content and the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) as the core cur-riculum, with two primary

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

Solidsimplemented over the last two semesters and of a junior-level course on Mechanisms andMachine Dynamics first piloted in modified form in fall 2001. The paper concludes with apreliminary assessment of the outcomes of these course revisions.Revision of Mechanics of SolidsIn accordance with the new curriculum at Stevens, the project-based learning approach wasimplemented into the course on Mechanics of Solids with the following objectives:· Integration of design and other engineering practice skills· Providing a smooth coordination between each lecture course and the associated engineering design laboratory offered concurrently· Making learning of engineering principles more enjoyable yet more efficient through practical design projects· Providing

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bertrand Côté

. Very recently, and interestingly enough, text books 3,4 on FluidMechanics have started to include a CD-ROM containing video files (hyperlink8). Also,as imaging technology becomes more and more user-friendly and run-of-the-millcomputers gain more speed and memory, teaching will truly become a multimediaendeavour that will make use of homespun video presentations.As budgets for lab technicians become tighter in our institutions, movie files ofinteresting phenomena that take place in laboratory demonstrations, which are time andmoney consuming to set up, will be produced only once and then shown in class or Page 7.1056.3published on a CD-ROM

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

surrounding area have a high concentration ofmanufacturing employment, from manufactured housing and recreational vehicles to musicalinstruments and pharmaceuticals. I have taught the course in the evenings, every fall semester,for three years. The course includes a lecture period and laboratory exercises. Most of thestudents are enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Technology degree program, pursuing anAssociate of Science degree. Teaching in the evening at a regional location makes the course,and the entire degree program, available to students who would not otherwise have access to acomparable educational program. Many of the students work full-time and are older than thetraditional age for beginning undergraduate students.Course FormatAt the

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anders Nelsson

laboratory every day (and night) for theproject work. Two teams share a workplace, which is equipped with PC (MS Windows98),oscilloscope, power supply and DSP emulator. Each team receives a mobile robot, rechargeablebatteries, battery charger, tools, manuals and a locker for keeping the equipment. The cost ofcomponents per team is limited to $50. Each team makes purchases of their own to the electroniccomponent distributor. During the first two weeks, the students begin by writing a specificationrequirements, which describes what to do in the project. They also draw up a project plan whereall resources are allotted. This plan describes the project organization, distribution of work,estimation of costs, phase and time schedule and document

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Math with Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Smerage

classroom an active l earningexperience. Classes for courses were conducted in a computer laboratory with studentsand the instructor sitting at networked computers. Students have observed the visualcontent of instructor presentations on their own computer monitors. Thosepresentations included overviews of the knowledgebase, demonstrations of majorconcepts, and examples of problem solving and simulation. The majority of class timewas devoted to active learning in which students individually worked problems inMathcad1 as exercises with guidance and eventual solution and discussion by the Page 7.217.2“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zribi; Mohammad Al-Ansary; Ibrahim Nashawi; Haitham Lababidi; Faridah Ali; Aziz Tayfun; Adel Aly; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

information, and periodic review of thecurriculum.Teaching Area Groups (TAG) are formed based on the current teaching interests of faculty.These groups advise the Undergraduate Program Committee on various matters related to thecourses assigned to a particular group. The tasks include choice of textbooks, updating ofcourse syllabi, and the review of assessment information.A number of other committees are involved in improving the quality of academic environmentsuch as student advising, faculty promotion, appointment and contract renewal, scholarship,laboratory, computing facilities, budget and planning. The advising committee is responsiblefor advising and counseling students to ensure a healthy progression towards graduation.Faculty promotion and

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Daniel; Joshua Becker; Carlos Ortiz

environmental study independent from academic laboratory experiments, this projectexposed the demands of research vs. teaching in an institution dedicated almost exclusively toteaching and without graduate programs in engineering technology. It is extremely demanding forfaculty to teach three different courses and conduct scholarly activities requiring laboratory work.Finally, despite the limitation of resources, it is possible to conduct studies that can motivatestudents to search for solutions to engineering problems.From the student perspective, an appreciation was gained concerning the importance of valuableresearch in an academic environment. Perhaps for the first time, students were faced with realworld applications and situations employing

Conference Session

Instructional Technology in CE 1

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Mehta

. Begin with assuming all materials as elastic material, but clearlyexplain why it is unrealistic focusing on the interaction between layers. The concept ofinteraction does not change if the mechanical behaviors of the individual layers are modified.Then change the properties of individual layers to realistic values, briefly explaining the testmethods and illustrating with actual laboratory data. Then solve a single problem in class stepby step with realistic values and then use pavement analysis programs to solve complexproblems, making sure they understand the output of the program. The authors recommendusing backcalculation analysis and a field visit to observe the falling weight deflectometer teststo explain the behavior of the pavement

Conference Session

Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

on experience provided to the students in the Mazak facility cannot be emulated in school, even in the laboratory type classes.2. From the students’ side there is no additional cost involved as the project is fully sponsored by Mazak.Eighteen students have been assigned to nine different industrial projects ranging from productimprovement to optimization of manufacturing processes. Example of the project titles are:Automatic Assembly of Dangerous Materials, Robot Electrical Test Box for CNC Machines, etc.Using data obtained from surveys conducted duration the semester we will assess student’sperformance and make the necessary adjustments to improve the program.IntroductionMazak is the global leader in the design and manufacture of highly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10500Solar Cell Imaging: A Gateway to Stem DisciplinesDr. Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel UniversityDr. Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng.)Mr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Mr. Eric Carr is a full-time Laboratory Manager and part-time adjunct instructor with Drexel Univer- sity’s Department of Engineering Technology. Eric assists faculty members with the development and implementation of various Engineering Technology courses. A graduate of Old Dominion University’s Computer Engineering Technology program and Drexel’s College of Engineering, Eric enjoys finding innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nourredine Boubekri, University of North Texas; Vasim Shaikh, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of North Texas, Discovery Park, Denton, Texas, USA, 76207.AbstractFlood cooling is primarily used to cool and lubricate the cutting tool andworkpiece interface during machining process. The adverse health effectscaused by the use of coolants and the potential economic advantages of greenermachining methods are drawing manufacturer’s attention to adapt and developnew methods of using lubricants. Microlubrication serves as an alternative toflood cooling by reducing the volume of cutting fluid used in the machiningprocess. An outline for how to conduct a laboratory experiment usingmicrolubrication and the subject are discussed.Keywords

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin R Campbell, Robert Morris University; A. Clayton Pozzi

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

be taught at any undergraduate school with a rudimentaryelectronics laboratory using commercially available game technology.5 In this project, undergraduate students analyzed the game “The Force TM Trainer” fromStar Wars TM Science which contains a biosensor device for measuring neural activity andfunctions as a basic electroencephalogram (EEG).6 This game was developed by the game Page 23.1376.2company Uncle Milton in conjunction with NeuroSky Inc., which pioneered the low costbiosensor that allows forms of neural activity to be monitored and used for game play andresearch endeavors.7,8 By specifically examining “The Force TM Trainer

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Instiutes for Research (AIR); David L Burris, University of Delaware; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

be taken prior to any laboratory courses within the major andconcurrently with an introductory design course. As a 2-credit course, TechnicalCommunications met in-person twice weekly for approximately one hour per session. The coursewas a single large-enrollment section (ca. 200) taught by one instructor who is a faculty memberwithin the discipline. Class sessions were approximately 70% lecture and 30% small groupactivity that had a required, online group submission (15% course grade). Students wererandomly assigned to groups of three and instructed to sit next to these individuals during classtime. All other course assignments were completed individually, and these included: (1) weeklyassignments (35% course grade) designed to take

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael Leasure

CONSTRUCTIONmaterials, developed supporting laboratory projects, andprogrammed the equipment to support our specific needs. The LabView diagnostic center was constructed withThe result has been a comprehensive introduction to data portability and flexibility as primary goals. The centeracquisition and diagnostics for our students. could accommodate turbine, as well as reciprocating engine, data acquisition. This flexibility was of primary INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT importance as the cost was shared between several areas of the curriculum. The

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

there are guest PEVs who are on a training visit. Theteam members are expected to arrive on the Saturday before the visit, or at least in time for theSunday brunch and initial team meeting at 11:00 am. Before the visit, it is expected that the PEVhas read the program self-study, completed a pre-visit evaluation, and audited student transcripts.On the Sunday afternoon, the ABET team proceeds to the campus and initiates visits with thevarious program facilities starting around 1:30 pm and lasting until about 5:00 pm. This is thetime set aside for meeting program administrators, visiting laboratory facilities, and reviewingthe program outcome and course notebooks. Any clarification of the materials will be initiatedduring this first visit to the

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Chaka Berthe; E. H. Shaban

primaryelectrons during X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). For lack of space, in this extendedabstract, the Maxwell SV plots for the single and triple GEM are not shown.We obtained results from the actual test experiment using a single GEM X-ray fluorescencedetector for a dilute sample, a leaf of tree as in Figure 4. We have used NSLS synchrotronfacilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New York. The single GEMprovided a relatively good scan for Iron (Fe) in a dry tree leaf. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March21-23, 2013 Copyright 2013, American Society for the Engineering EducationFigure 1a. The

Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Dina Battaglia; Krishna Sampigethaya; Akhan Almagambetov; Mehran Andalibi; Tyrone Groh; Kaela Martin; Matt Pavlina; Sam Siewert; Anne Boettcher

electrical engineering program investigated the impact of research, whenintroduced across both class and lab sections of the same course. Students in a freshman-leveldigital circuits design class, which was historically biased to electrical and computer engineering(EE/CE) majors, served as study participants. Since over 85% of the students enrolled in thecourse were aerospace and mechanical engineers (AE/ME), we wanted to observe whether thestudents connected disparate EE/CE laboratory topics to real-world AE/ME applications(problem-based learning) after writing a substantial research paper on a topic of their choosing,within the broad category of aircraft control systems and design. Table I – Average of the Responses to the Extra Questionnaire

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale

shelter. Students on severaloccasions have stated that upon leaving the class, they not only learned the class material, buthad fun doing it.IntroductionStructural Materials, CVEG 2113, is a required civil engineering class at the University ofArkansas. The class is typically taken by second semester sophomores or first semester juniors.The course introduces students to construction materials used in everyday civil engineeringapplications. Approximately two-thirds of the class discussions involve concrete materials withthe remaining lectures concerning steel, wood, and fiber reinforced polymers. The classschedule consists of two fifty-minute lectures and one three hour laboratory each week of thesemester. The laboratory is designed to emphasize

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ken French

Vertical Integration with a Vortex Tube Ken French John Brown UniversityAbstract Vortex tubes are made by small groups of students in a freshman engineering‘concepts and design’ class. The tubes are made from specially prepared kits with detailsimportant to performance left un-finished. Students in an elective manufacturingmethods class produce the kit components once they are designed. An upper division fluid mechanics class will use laboratory sessions to measureand compare the performance of the freshman teams’ vortex tubes. Design, CAD andteam dynamic are essential components of the learning10.Background The vortex