Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

ongoing CCLI-Phase I Project funded by NSF. He has led the new course module development for CCLI-Phase I project and integrated its pilot implementation in his course at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at JSU.Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University Dr. Gordon W. Skelton is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at Jackson State University (JSU). He is the founder and director of Center for Defense Integrated Data at JSU. He is involved in research on wireless sensor networks and intelligent decision systems. His current research includes Disaster Response Intelligent System. He serves as the freshmen advisor and the instructor for the freshmen entry-level

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zesheng Chen, Florida International University; Erik Pazos, Florida International University; Darian Garcia, Florida International University; Dayron Garcia, Florida International University; Julio Duharte, Florida International University

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Design in Engineering Education

Harvesting Control PanelAbstractReducing high energy consumption and costs is imperative and significant to our daily life. Inthis paper, we describe a capstone senior design project that develops an efficient energy-savingsolution. The solution is called the GreenLite system and consists of two components: a self-adjustable solar tracker panel and a light harvesting control panel.The solar tracker panel tends to maximize the absorption of solar power. Specifically, the solartracker panel can adjust itself automatically to the direction where the panel is directly facing theSun. To achieve this, the component employs photo-sensors to measure the irradiance of the Sunand to provide the feedback signal on the current position of the panel. The

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bernadette Longo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Dave M. Kmiec, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

(forthcoming in 2016 fromIEEE Wiley Press) provides an alternative view of engineering communication that can be used byengineering communication teachers because it presents project documents within their workflow.1Central to the document workflow approach is bringing the authors of the documents into thediscussion of how engineering communication is constructed. The IEEE Guide is supplemented withonline resources that will be available at the IEEE Professional Communication Society webpage(pcs.ieee.org). These resources include a suite of document workflows that cover engineering andtechnology projects that are annotated and narrated by the professional engineers who produced them.These individuals can speak to the process by which the documents are

Conference Session

Technical Session 4: Modulus Topics 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Landa, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Lorena B. Martinez Elizalde, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Cristina Verónica Gonzalez Cordova, ITESM

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #25849Blue Market: A Reproduction of the Industrial Environment in the Class-room (RAIS) experienceDr. Raquel Landa, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Part-time teacher at Tec de Monterrey since 1999, with a Ph.D. in Education, a Master in Information Technology Management and a Major in Electronic Systems. Currently involved in Innovation projects related to engineering and programming courses.Dr. Lorena B. Martinez Elizalde, Tecnologico de MonterreyIng. Cristina Ver´onica Gonzalez Cordova, ITESM BS in Computer Science (2001), Master Degree in Computer Science (2003). 15 years of experience in software development

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Dennis George, Western Kentucky University; john bruni, Western Kentucky University; Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University

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Educational Research and Methods

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. He is a registered engineer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. His current research interest include: engineering education, bio-sensing devices, machine vision, robotics, learning systems, neural networks, and controls. Page 13.165.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Algorithm for Defining Student EngagementAbstractThe mission of the Western Kentucky University Electrical Engineering Program is to producegraduates who have been engaged in a variety of project experiences throughout the curriculum.Several assessment measures have been employed to determine

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

13.310.2Student group exercise and project examples are given that use the various logic control units.IntroductionWhile both educational and industrial software are used in various courses, the focus of thispaper is on a prime example, the EET-3334 Electrical Power Systems course.The goal of the EET-3334 Electrical Power Systems course is to impart knowledge of boththeory and application. After the basic electrical power systems circuit theory is completed, theapproach used is to impart knowledge of both electrical power system theory and applicationconcurrently. This is accomplished by having the students learn and use the educational softwareand industrial software together. While this may lead to a few students not learning the softwaregreatly in

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Roller, Purdue University Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Design Graphics

8 weeks Introduction to rapid 1 week prototyping Introduction to finite 2 weeks element analysis Introduction to CAM 2 weeks Design project 2 weeks Table II - Topics in CGT 351 Topic Allotted Time History of Multimedia 1 week Complex Multimedia 4 weeks Project Design Interface Design

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Emily Toner, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

2006-1460: USING EDUCATIONAL “TOYS” TO RECRUIT FEMALE STUDENTSINTO AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMJeffrey Richardson, Purdue University Jeffrey J. Richardson is an Assistant Professor for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University where he teaches introductory and advanced embedded microcontroller courses. At Purdue, he is active in Project Lead the Way, recruitment and retention of students, applied research and has written several conference papers related to teaching embedded microcontroller systems.Emily Toner, Purdue University EMILY C. TONER is a graduate student pursuing her Master’s Degree in the Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

Teaching Styles and Peer Review

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

Session 1122 A PROGRAM FOR FACULTY PEER REVIEW OF TEACHING AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Charles McIntyre, Sudhir Mehta, Tim Sellnow North Dakota State UniversityIntroductionNorth Dakota State University has recently created the Peer Review of Teaching (PRT) Programwhich seeks to promote student-centered learning through the use of cooperative peer review teams topromote enhanced teaching methods, techniques, and strategies. The PRT project is a faculty-driveninitiative intended to offer individual faculty added feedback related to instruction. Faculty memberswork

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Powers

Session ???? (paper – 2003-369) Preparing College Students to Teach an Environmental Problem Solving Curriculum to Middle School Students Susan E. Powers, Ph.D., P.E. Center for the Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam NY 13699-5715 PN: 315-268-6542; FN: 315-268-7985; sep@clarkson.eduAbstractAn NSF-funded project-based program was implemented by Clarkson University in 2000 toincrease the interest and knowledge of middle school students in science, math and technologythrough the solution of an environmental problem that is relevant

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Salvatore Morgera; Hanqi Zhuang

AN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY FOR WEB-BASED INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL Hanqi Zhuang and Sal Morgera Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Session Number: 1526 Summary The objectives of this project are to demonstrate that (a) it is practical and feasible tooffer engineering undergraduate students a course on Web-based Instrumentation andControl (WIC) that involves recent technological innovations; (b) the proposed coursecan be effectively conducted with two integrated components

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

for increasedstudent success. The enhanced methodology includes three steps. The first is Pre-Test: thePSVT-R test to assess students’ spatial visualization skills created by Purdue University, apartner school in the ENGAGE project, was given to all engineering and science freshmanstudents at Kettering University. The second step is Remediation: based on the results, allstudents who scored lower than 60% were required to take a spatial visualization course whichwas developed as one of the deliverables in the NSF-ENGAGE grant. The third step is Post-Test:by testing students’ spatial visualization skills after the spatial visualization training, all thestudents who participated the training passed the post test. Further enhancements to the

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

civilengineering: the ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition and the AISC/ASCE Steel BridgeCompetition. The benefits of these programs are obvious to those who have participated.Involved students have an opportunity to learn many aspects of project management, fromconceptual design through construction. Previous surveys at Lamar University have shown thatstudents who participated in these competitions perceived their knowledge in several core areasto be greatly enhanced. Significant benefits were derived in the areas of Project Managementand Team Building. [2]Promoting student involvement in extracurricular activities is difficult at small engineering andengineering technology schools. Many factors contribute to this opposition. Engineeringstudents tend to focus

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

school for several years). The School of Engineering, Technology andComputer Science (ETCS) comprises of five departments, that of Engineering andComputer Science and three Technology departments. All engineering majors arerequired to take an introductory course on engineering design. The course that wasoffered during the fall of 2003 had students that were majoring in mechanical, electricaland computer engineering, and also a few undecided majors. This paper outlines some ofthe novel approaches adopted in this course. Some of the concepts were: (a) use ofstudent teams to study a number of actual case histories at different stages of instructionas well as to perform a number of classroom activities, (b) introduction of a hands-onteam project, (c

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

programs in engineering offered at LeTourneau, with a basic commoncore and at least 35 hours for the concentration. The engineering core, taken by students in allconcentrations, consists of the Calculus sequence, Chemistry, Physics, Graphics, FreshmanDesign, Manufacturing Processes, Computer Science, Statics, Dynamics, Circuits, DigitalElectronics, Instrumentation Lab, Mechatronics, Thermodynamics, and Project Management.One advantage of having the freshman and sophomore years essentially common for allengineering students was that it gave us two years of lead time to develop the labs and upper-level courses.Twenty-four semester hours of specialized courses have been developed. Concentration courseshave been prepared in Biomechanics

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

AC 2004-298: NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS: TEACHING PROBABILITY ANDSTATISTICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERINGDoug Schmucker, Trine University Page 9.949.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Session 1793 Not as bad as it seems: Teaching Probability and Statistics in Civil Engineering Douglas G. Schmucker Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractMost engineering students dread the day they take probability and statistics. This paperdocuments a project-based, learn-by-doing approach that provides the vehicle

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Rider

simple ON/OFF ladder logic programs that are entered through ahandheld programmer. For the remaining seven weekly projects they purchase a Dell laptop andthe appropriate PLC software, DirectSOFT32, from the storeroom. Each group is responsible forinstalling the PLC software on their laptop, then going to the manufacturer’s website anddownloading the latest software updates. Ladder logic programs are designed and downloadedthrough the Internet to their PLC. The projects include digital logic, timers, counters, integermath, real math, PID control, and table look-ups. PLC modules used include digital I/O, analogI/O, high-speed counter, thermocouple, remote I/O, and PID control of a DC motor/tachometerarrangement. Their final weeklong project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Karen L. Tonso, Wayne State University; Peggy Noel Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University

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NSF Grantees

University Jeffrey E. Froyd is the Director of Faculty Climate and Development at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence. He has authored or co-authored over 70 papers on engineering education in areas ranging from curricular change

Conference Session

Computers and Simulation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun J. Kwon, Andrews University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

practical exposure to it, unless they take additionalelective courses which are seldom offered in undergrad predominant institutes. Simulation hasbecome an essential step in designing and optimizing process in many engineering problems.Therefore, the COMSOL simulation project was assigned to undergraduate CFD as a part oftheir term project to enhance their exposure to simulation software and help understanding theuse of simulation on the model testing. This paper presents a case study of an undergraduatefluid dynamics project where students were challenged to design a shape, estimate the drag andlift coefficient through the COMSOL simulation. The study was assessed by quizzes to evaluatethe simulation enhanced understanding of the fluid concepts

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjiv B. Gokhale; Michael O'Dea

Effectiveness of Community Service in Enhancing Student Learning and Development Sanjiv Gokhale, Michael O’Dea Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUIAbstractSince 1996, the Department of Construction Technology, Purdue School of Engineering andTechnology, IUPUI, has been involved in a University-Community partnership, through astructured participation of students with community housing projects. In four years since it’sinception, the partnership has had a significant and lasting impact on the communities and thestudents engaged in providing service to these communities. This paper suggests that communityservice presents a powerful pedagogy for

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Zecher; Kenneth Rennels; Douglas Acheson

Manufacturing Technology, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, hasundertaken a project to make use of modern marketing technology by developing an interactiveCD-ROM aimed specifically at recruitment. The development of this recruiting tool is beingpartially funded by a grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation.The objective of this project is to develop an interactive CD-ROM. This tool will allow theviewer to: learn about engineering technology careers; learn about IUPUI’s campus; investigatedegree programs and curricula; tour the department’s laboratories; meet the department facultyand students; and have frequently asked questions answered. The obvious benefit to thedevelopment of this CD-ROM will be the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvan Champoux

first time in the fall of 1997 to a class of 120 sopho-mores. The purpose of the course is threefold. First, it covers the basic knowledge associated toexperimentation. Second, several laboratories are used to enhance the understanding of thecourses content and to develop the students skills. Finally, the course is closely linked to a majorsemester experimental project. This paper presents a short description of the course content andhow the course was designed. It also demonstrates that the course is an excellent “integrator”that allows the students to link the knowledge covered in various courses. I. IntroductionA new mechanical engineering curriculum was introduced in 1996. This innovative curriculumis

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Carlos Balda

dwindling researchbudgets, satisfying companies having close ties to the University with small projects with nobudget, and also preparing those undergraduate students interested in power engineeringto perform independent work or even pursue graduate studies. The projects addressed bythe students are closely associated with “real-world” problems; in fact, most problemscome from industry. In this manner, the bridge between the university “theoretical” worldand the industrial “real” world are brought a little closer. This methodology is provingvery beneficial to both the undergraduate students and this faculty member as explained inthe paper.I. INTRODUCTION In general, university faculty are having difficulties in (1) attracting sufficient

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher G. Braun

Session 1526 The CSM Electronics Prototyping Facility Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesWhy an Electronics Prototyping Facility is NeededMost electronic laboratory projects require building simple circuits that are torn apart as soon asthe lab is over -- resulting in a limited opportunity for the students to construct anything useful.Students are often frustrated in electronics courses and laboratories as they never quite get to thelevel where they can design and build anything practical.[1] The CSM Electronics PrototypingFacility (EPF) provides students with

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon E. Freckleton

students mature, demandingcustomers.The graphics sequence of three required, and one upper level optional, courses havesignificant design content. The first year course teaches fundamentals. The second yearGD&T and CG courses are project based. This year they were split from a single course toallow transfer students more flexibility; many have CG, few have GD&T.Both second year courses will continue with design content: l-Each assigned drawing requires an isometric sketch showing an engineeringapplication of the part. It must be unique, the part is modified to reflect the design use.Therefore, each students’ drawing is unique which greatly increases grading time. 2-Students form three to five member design teams and develop

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra L. Doty; Dr. Kathryn A. Svinarich; Cynthia Finelli

requirement to promotion, typically surpasses a full timecommitment. Moreover, the fiscal, facility, and expertise constraints of a small institute limitviable projects, particularly experimental endeavors. To meet the research requirements forpromotion, three junior, untenured faculty members (an electrical engineer and two physicists)took the initiative to form a cross-discipline, off-campus collaborative research effort with asenior, tenured physiologist at a mid-sized research university. The junior faculty memberscontribute their time and technical skills to the project. The physiologist provides mentoring,direction, laboratory space and supplies. The collaboration involves the waveform analysis of electroretinograms (ERG) in rats. Atthis

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

are formed, the early design stages, prototyping and test, oralpresentations, and conference attendance for the last two years. The students’ evaluationmethods and outcomes assessments are also presented. Finally, the problems and challenges inthe Senior Design course are discussed. Overall, this “new and improved” Senior Design coursehelps students to develop many skills which were not previously developed. As one example ofa successful student project, “Sense-o-matic Cane: Ungrounded Detection for the Blind” wonSecond Place in Technology and Engineering at the 2008 HBCU-UP National Researchconference.IntroductionThe Computer Engineering Program at the Virginia State University, a small Historically BlackColleges and Universities (HBCU), was

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean M. Trusedell, Purdue University; Mindy Hart, EPICS

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8624The EPICS Program: Innovative Education for Authentic LearningMrs. Jean M. Trusedell, Purdue University Jean Trusedell is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher with extensive experience working with K-12 Ed- ucators and students. Her current project is working with the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) at Purdue University to create curriculum that can be used with students throughout the coun- try to integrate best classroom practices with engineering principles. Previously, she was the Science and Technology Coach for MSD of Decatur Township in Indianapolis, IN. Ms. Trusedell is pursuing a

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Theodore W. Manikas; Gerald R. Kane

this purpose. Oklahoma universities andcompanies may apply for funding from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Scienceand Technology (OCAST) 4 through their R&D Student Intern Partnership program. The statedpurpose of this program is to improve Oklahoma's R&D base by supporting undergraduatestudent internships at Oklahoma R&D facilities. The goal is to encourage undergraduatestudents to prepare for scientific and technical fields that support high-tech companies inOklahoma.This paper describes the approach used by the Department of Electrical Engineering at TheUniversity of Tulsa to develop and fund a specific internship project for its undergraduatestudents. It is hoped that the methods described in this paper will provide

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alex Antunes; Angela Walters; Amanda Raab

The Neglected Art of Sourcing in Engineering Education Alex Antunes, Angela Walters & Amanda Raab, Capitol Technology UniversityWe present methods for teaching schedule and cost delays in engineering projects as experientialteam learning within a classroom, without incurring unscripted schedule or cost delay to thecourse. Matching design and schematic specifications to a single vendor solution is a necessarybut rarely taught step in engineering. Engineers need parts, but most courses magically provideeither kits, chosen parts, or single-sourced components to speed student focus on the coreengineering topics. Sourcing of parts, however, involves real world process- and people-relatedissues that can add schedule and