Session 2325 Linking Engineering Service Courses with Engineering Design P. David Fisher, James S. Fairweather, Diane T. Rover, Lisa A. Haston Michigan State UniversityAbstractThis paper focuses on the important role engineering service courses could play in a student’smajor engineering design experience. It explores opportunities for students to apply knowledgeacquired and skills learned in these courses to their multidisciplinary, engineering designexperiences. But transforming these courses and linking them more formally to engineeringdesign may require that engineering faculty and administrators rethink
2793WEB BASED CIM LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IN ME CURRICULUM: PART DESIGN, NC-CODE GENERATION AND WORK ORDER DISPATCHING VIA INTERNET Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research Group Sari, B., Cangar, T., Anlagan, O. & Kilic, S. E. Department of Mechanical Engineering Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TurkeyAbstractThis paper focuses on how basic CIM laboratory work can be enhanced through the use ofInternet. In the typical CIM laboratory experiment students are asked to produce their NC-Codesfor a given task. By the
Session Interdisciplinary ECE and ME Education in the Electro-Thermal Performance of CMOS SOC Devices Z. Joan Delalic, Jim J-S Chen, Richard Cohen, Dennis Silage Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering, Temple UniversityECE and ME: Together AgainThis interdisciplinary educational initiative presents curriculum and research, which is leading toa change in the traditional presentational of microelectronics, digital logic design, and heattransfer in engineering education. In the traditional and prevalent model
AC 2011-2109: GIRLS EXPERIENCING ENGINEERING: EVOLUTIONAND IMPACT OF A SINGLE-GENDER OUTREACH PROGRAMStephanie S Ivey, University of Memphis Dr. Stephanie Ivey, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, is currently involved in several engineering and STEM education projects. She is part of the project team for the NSF funded MemphiSTEP: A STEM Talent Expansion Program (NSF DUE 0756738), where her responsibilities include coordination of the entire project’s mentoring activities, including the peer-mentoring, peer-tutoring, and STEM club mini-grant program. She is leading a project focused on service learning within the Civil Engineering curriculum and a project examining links between learning styles and freshman
AC 2011-889: INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONSOF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYCURRICULAAhmed S. Khan, DeVry University,Addison, Illinois Dr. AHMED S. KHAN is a senior Professor in the College of Engineering and Information Sciences, De- Vry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optic Com- munications, Faculty Development, Nanotechnology, Application of Telecommunications Technologies in Distance Education, and impact of Technology on
AC 2011-2237: INTRODUCTION TO INSTRUMENTATION AND CON-TROL SYSTEMS USING A PENDULUM MOUNTED AIR ROCKETMichael Keller, University of Tulsa Michael Keller is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the university of tulsa. His research and teaching interests are in solid mechanics, both experimental and theoretical, and materials science.Jeremy S. Daily, University of Tulsa Page 22.967.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introduction to Instrumentation and Control Systems Using a Pendulum Mounted Air RocketAbstractCourses on engineering
- ciety of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Engineering Educators, the Materials Research Society and ASM International. Her primary research in- terests are in finite element analysis, acoustic properties of materials, and curriculum design for materials education.Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University Page 22.1464.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The iCollaborate MSE ProjectAbstractThe overall objectives of the research proposed in the iCollaborate MSE [Materials Science
AC 2012-3087: DEVELOPMENT OF A POWER ELECTRONICS LAB COURSEWITH RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONSMr. David S. Ochs, Kansas State University David S. Ochs received his bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2010. He is currently pursuing a master’s of science at Kansas State University. His research interests include power electronics and maximum power capture in wind energy systems.Dr. Ruth Douglas Miller, Kansas State University Ruth Douglas Miller earned a B.S.E.E. from Lafayette College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, both in electrical engineering, from the University of Rochester. She has taught at Kanssa State University for 21 years and is presently Associate Professor. She
AC 2012-4254: DUAL MODEL SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMS: A NEWCONSIDERATION FOR INCREASING RETENTION RATESDr. Jeff M. Citty , University of Florida Jeff Citty, Ed.D., is an Assistant Director of Engineering Student Services at the University of Florida. His scholarly interests include first year student success and student leadership development.Dr. Angela S. Lindner, University of Florida Angela Lindner received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the College of Charleston in South Carolina in 1983 and an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1987. Her master’s thesis work, funded by the Texas Transportation Institute, involved use of phosphogypsum, a byproduct of phosphoric acid production
AC 2012-4279: THE ICOLLABORATE MSE PROJECT - 2012Prof. Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington UniversityDr. Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University Debra S. Jusak has been employed at Western Washington University for 24 years. During most of that time, she was a professor in the Computer Science Department with interests in distributed systems, operating systems, computer architecture, and formal models of computing. She is now Vice Provost for Academic Resources. Jusak directed the group of computer science students that implemented the materials science iPod Touch applications. Page 25.1304.1
AC 2012-4115: PRACTICING NEEDS-BASED, HUMAN-CENTERED DE-SIGN FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT COURSE INNOVA-TIONDr. Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University Shawn Jordan is an Assistant Professor of engineering in the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, where he teaches junior- and senior-level project-based electrical engineering courses.Mr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University Micah Lande is an Assistant Professor of engineering in the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, where he teaches undergraduate, human-centered design-focused, project-based engineering courses
AC 2012-3478: RELATING USAGE OF WEB-BASED LEARNING MATE-RIALS TO LEARNING PROGRESSDr. Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University Paul S. Steif is a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Sc.B. in engineering from Brown University (1979) and M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1982) degrees from Harvard University in applied mechanics. He has been active as a teacher and researcher in the field of engineering education and mechanics. His research has focused on student learning of mechanics concepts and developing new course materials and classroom approaches. Drawing upon methods of cognitive and learning sciences, he has led the development and psychometric validation of the statics
AC 2012-3512: STUDENT PERSPECTIVES OF ENGINEERING DESIGNEDUCATIONRichard J. Aleong, Queen’s University Richard Aleong is a master’s of applied science candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His research interests are in engineering design, qualitative research methodology, and teaching and learning in higher education.Prof. David S. Strong, Queen’s University David Strong joined Queen’s as the NSERC Chair in Design Engineering in March 2003 and is currently in his second term as Chair. In this faculty-wide appointment, his goal is to enhance student’s engineering design and professional skills by working collaboratively on educational
outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering education in the classroom. She is also the founder of STOMP (http://www.stompnetwork.org/), and http://www.LEGOengineering.com/.Ms. Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts University Page 25.1228.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Systemic intervention: Connecting formal and informal education experiences for engaging female students in elementary school in engineeringAbstract This paper describes a project that is a work in progress on engaging female
Session 3538 The Design Process, Ideation, and Computer-Aided Design David S. Kelley, Jeffrey L. Newcomer, and Eric K. McKell Engineering Technology Department Western Washington UniversityAbstractLargely due to engineering design applications such as computer-aided design, most en-gineering graphics curriculums have changed significantly since the middle 1980’s. Thecontent of an engineering graphics course is governed by the needs of students taking thecourse. This paper focuses on the engineering graphics curriculum at Western Washing-ton University
Session 2613 Integrating Soft Criteria into the ChE Curriculum Phillip C. Wankat, Frank S. Oreovicz, and W. Nicholas Delgass Chemical Engineering, Purdue UniversityAbstractIncorporating the soft criteria included in ABET 2000 into the curriculum has proved tobe a challenge for many engineering programs. Our approach has been to prioritize theimportance of the six criteria and proportion effort accordingly. We have been quitesuccessful in integrating communication skills into the ChE curriculum and more thanmeet ABET criteria. We believe that we do a more than adequate job with our secondand third priorities, teamwork
Session 1620 Interactive Signals and Systems Laboratories Using Notebooks Maurice F. Aburdene, Richard J. Kozick, Jaskeerat S. Baweja Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents three interactive signal processing laboratories that use Matlab programslinked to a Microsoft Word document (a “notebook”). The active filter analysis and design,convolution and concert halls, and spectral analysis labs are designed for third-year students in asignals and systems course. These labs engage the students in the learning process by providingthem with the opportunity to experiment and ask “what if” questions
Session 2793 Interactive Tutorial for an Introductory Electrical Engineering Course Maurice F. Aburdene, Rami W. Zarrouk, Ryan S. Magargle Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a tutorial and diagnostic tool called, "What You Already Know." The objective of this tutorial isto prepare students for their first electrical engineering course, and it is designed to diagnose what the studentsalready know and aid them in understanding some basic concepts through hands-on experience. The tutorial iscomputer-based
Session 3220 Teaching One degree-of-freedom vibration on the WWW N W Scott * , S Hiranniah +, M A Mannan + and B J Stone* + Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, The National University of Singapore. * Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Australia.AbstractThis paper describes an extensive set of WWW pages that include the transient and forcedvibration of a single degree of freedom system. There are Java applets that allow animation,parameter variation and self-test questions with diagnostic feedback. In addition there are moreconventional
Session 2532 Undergraduate Research Participation: Designing and Building a New Generation Beowulf-Class PC Cluster Nickolas S. Jovanovic, Zachary R. Kaufmann, Lance W. Laettner University of Arkansas at Little RockAbstractMassively parallel processors (MPP) are the laboratories for computational science andengineering. It is important for computational scientists and engineers to have a local platformfor developing, testing, and debugging MPP codes, so that computer time on large national-resource MPPs such as those at the national laboratories and NSF supercomputing centers can besecured and used
Session 2633 Energy Conservation in Existing Commercial Buildings Saeed D. Foroudastan,. Katherine Mathis, Ahad S. Nasab, Linda Hardymon Middle Tennessee State University Abstract Old, outdated buildings with inefficient electrical and mechanical systems pose aproblem for owners because of the expense of turning them into energy conserving, healthy, andregulation compliant facilities. The technology is available to make the needed improvements,but financing is usually a problem. The answer to those facing the expense of makingimprovements that can
Session 2553 Experiences with A Freshman Engineering Problem Solving and Reasoning Course S. Cem Karacal, John A. Barker, Jacob Van Roekel Mech.& Ind. Eng./ Philosophical Studies/ Mech. & Ind. Eng. skaraca@siue.edu/ jbarker@siue.edu/ jvanroe@siue.edu Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL 62026ABSTRACTThis paper describes our experiences with a new freshman-level engineering problem solvingcourse jointly designed by the School of Engineering and the Department of PhilosophicalStudies. The main objective of the course is to incorporate
Session 2659 Facilitating Interdisciplinary Hands-on Learning using LabStations Lawrence E. Carlson, Lee D. Peterson, Walter S. Lund & Trudy L. Schwartz Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractCulminating five years of planning by faculty and students, the Integrated Teaching andLearning (ITL) Laboratory opened its doors in January 1997. One of the goals of the newfacility is to link theory and experimentation in a hands-on way. Custom designedLabStations facilitate this goal with the capability to
Session 1532 A Graduate Student’s Views of a Mentored Teaching Program Eskild T. Arntzen, Dr. Robert F. Kubichek, Dr. Donald S. Warder University of WyomingI. IntroductionThere are many reasons why colleges and universities use graduate students to instruct theirclasses. In the current economic situation, many schools are faced with budgetary shortfalls anddeclining research funding. In order to avoid cutting back programs or eliminating programs, itis tempting to use graduate assistants to teach classes when regular faculty are not available.Unless done properly, this could result in ineffective
Session 2322 Developing Product and Manufacturing Integration Engineers: Integrating Graduate Education, Training, and Managed Job Assignments into a Strategic Career Path Edward R. Alef, Mary S. Bonhomme, Edward G. Borbely General Motors Corporation/Purdue University/University of MichiganAbstractThis paper describes two separate but interrelated learning programs that integrate advancededucation and training into a twelve-year experiential learning process. One program is inintegrated product (vehicle) engineering and another in integrated manufacturing engineering.The objective of these programs is to
Session 1663 Effective Visualizations for an Electric Machines and Power Systems Course S. Chickamenahalli, M. Bollepalli, V. Nallaperumal, C-P. Yeh Wayne State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the visualization examples developed to accompany an Electrical Machinesand Power System course. Several of the examples that were developed are currently utilized inthe electric machine courseware for the NSF-funded Greenfield Coalition for new ManufacturingEducation. The course introduces essential types of electric power and electric machines inindustrial
Session 3257 Planning for Curriculum Renewal and Accreditation Under ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 Michael S. Leonard, Donald E. Beasley, Katherine E. Scales, Clemson University and D. Jack Elzinga University of FloridaAbstractThis paper presents a set of integrated methodologies for the enhancement of engineeringacademic programs and for preparation for accreditation review under ABET EngineeringCriteria 2000. The Curriculum Renewal Methodology builds on a
Paper ID #43022Examining the Relationship between Local Sense of Belonging and Students’Development of Socio-Academic Relationships in Introductory STEM ClassesDr. Trevion S. Henderson, Tufts University Trevion Henderson is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. He earned his Ph.D. in Higher Education at the University of Michigan.Collette Patricia Higgins, James Madison University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Examining the Relationship between Local Sense of Belonging and Students’ Development of Socio-Academic Relationships in Introductory STEM