Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Godez; Scott Evans; George H. Staab; Eric Engdahl

animation award, and planning open houses for both parents and community members.FIRST provided an educational experience extending beyond that of a traditional project. Fromthe outset, it was understood that early development of a sense of team and a rapport amongpartners was essential. This was orchestrated by Mr. Scott Evans, a junior in electricalengineering. Prior to receiving instructions and parts for this year's competition, Scott organizedweekly meetings between the corporate engineers, high school, and university students. Duringthese meetings, team members were randomly divided into groups, with each given a relativelysimple problem to solve in a finite time. The solutions were shared with the entire group, anddiscussed. The groups

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Hoff; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

as ORCAD, Electronics Workbench, Altera,etc. These programs also perform some time of specialized simulation. However, ourstudents are not routinely exposed to commonly utilized general CAD programs. Thispaper presents the results of an AutoCAD Laboratory exercise completed and evaluated bya class of Advanced Digital Design students in an electrical engineering undergraduatecurriculum. In addition, a detailed list of students’ comments and future developments areincluded.Introductionthe engineering design process is a problem solving activity, and an end product is theformulation of a prototype for a finished product before its actual production. The actualdesign process has several similar definitions. ‘PDCA - plan, do, check, act’ is one

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles S. Elliott; Albert Winn

# 3518) project known initially as JACMET(Joint Arizona Center for Manufacturing Education and Training). It has now been officiallyestablished by the universities and industry sponsors as JACME2T (Joint Arizona Consortium -Manufacturing and Engineering Education for Tomorrow).What is JACME2T?The Consortium effort began in 1993 as a TRP planning grant (EEC-9310456) and is now a self-supporting group devoted to advancing university - industry interactions - especially in life longlearning areas. Overall direction is provided by a Policy Board of top industry, university andpublic sector leaders. Day to day direction is provided by the Technical Advisory Board, againcomprised of industry and university managers. A central office is maintained at

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

information from this assignment revealed student attitudes aboutcivil engineering. The course included additional assignments on sustainability (2009 only),ethics, a team West Point Bridge Designer project, a curriculum plan to graduation at CU with aB.S. in CVEN, a paper on a significant event or structure related to civil engineering (such as theThree Gorges Dam, the flooding in New Orleans from hurricane Katrina, etc.), and a shortsummary of a professional society meeting that they attended (such as ASCE or AGC). In thefinal assignment of the semester the students wrote a reflective essay that instructed them to statewhether or not they planned to remain a civil engineering major and why/why not. The studentswere also instructed to comment on

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Sam Conn, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include work-life spillover among faculty and issues confronting underrepresented groups in the STEM fields. Catherine has served as the Coordinator of Special Projects for the Office of the Provost at Virginia Tech focusing on faculty work-life issues, diversity efforts, excellence in undergraduate education, and coordinating university planning activities and served as a doctoral intern with the State Council of Higher Education.Sam Conn, Virginia Tech Prior to joining Virginia Tech's Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning as Director, Sam served as Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Information

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Snyder, Taylor University; Joshua Gates, Taylor University; Lydia Kilmer, Taylor University; Emily Paladin, Taylor University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

area that needed to be changed in the next workshop. The workshop organizersthen ranked the changes that needed to be made according to their priority for change and thendesignated people were responsible for making changes for the next workshop. This processprovided a continual improvement plan for the workshops and a second source of data for ourholistic assessment of changes in the faculty that attended the workshop.Focus groups At the closing banquet each university was asked to give their perspective on threequestions. The first question asked what was the most important thing they had gained from theworkshop; the second question asked them to indicate in what class they were planning onimplementing the program; and the third

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

growth requiresthoughtful planning.” Almost all leading colleges and universities have recognized this fact andcontinuously participating in an ongoing discussion on assessment. Therefore, one recognizesthe fact that any strategic plan for continuous ongoing assessment should have a clear vision ofwhat the university needs to assess and how the process will be implemented. In reality, themethodology used in designing a continuous assessment plan should actually direct and raisequestions about the significance and effectiveness of instructional delivery techniques. Gregorc Page 15.215.2and Ward (1977) are of the opinion that instructors should

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dong Ik Kim, Kunsun University; Myongsook Susan Oh, Hongik University

Tagged Topics

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

. Programs to create inclusive educational environments Program ContentsFaculty Regular meetings of engineering and non-engineering faculties to exploreWorkshops gender issues in diverse educational activities and to develop action plans.Research Research to develop inclusive pedagogies, strategies for implementationProjects and assessment methods of program outcomes.Inclusive Develop lecture plans to apply inclusive pedagogies in engineering classes.LecturesStudent Understanding of gender issues between male and female students toSeminar improve teamwork with different genders. Organized and run by students.Table 2. Programs for competency enhancement

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University

exercises c. Materials that participants can take with them d. Practical application for teachers and outreach staff a. Participants will be able to review their own STEM plans with effectiveness for girls in mind. They will also be able to take back general ideas on how to create new STEM-based school-wide curriculum or simply how to do effective STEM- integrated curriculum in an individual teacher’s classroom. For participants who are new to engineering design, they will participate in a hands-on activity that they could implement in their home schools. Participants should learn how to seek and implement service learning projects – shown to be

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

ZhongLi FU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies (CNSSS) In National University of Defense Technology (NUDT).; Huang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology; Lini ZHOU, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Tong Wu, Center for National Security and Strategic Studies, National University of Defense Technology; Zhao Zhao, National University of Defense Technology; Changfang Zhang, National University of Defense Technology

Tagged Topics

International Forum

engineering practice production capability and scientific research capability. 12 Inresponse to the ―Plan on the Education and Development of Excellent Engineers‖ brought up by theMinistry of Education and the requirements to develop innovative application talents, Liu Da Yu etc.emphasize lifting the scientific research capability and industrial technology supporting capability ofinnovative talents through higher education level, practice in scientific research projects, workingexperience, practice in production combined with learning and research and other methods. 13Taking the Economics and Management College of Tianjin University of Technology and Education(TUTE) for instance, Meng Fan Hua and Zhong Cong You analyzed existing major problems in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Tao; W Bao; R Moreno; Marc Zampino; Yiding Cao

engineering to thermal-fluid systemsdesign, that the students can have a platform to practice teamwork, professional and ethicalresponsibility, and that the reformed curriculum contributes to an increase in student’s interestsin thermal/fluid subjects, better retention rate, and more attraction to prospective students.Finally, the developed process ensures a favorable cooperative learning environment with astrong sense of accomplishment for the underrepresented student population. This presentationfocuses on the progress of the project in the following areas: (1) Planned activities, (2) studentdesign team’s efforts, and (3) pre-project evaluation serving as a benchmark for projectimplementation evaluation

Conference Session

Design and the Community

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes

credits each semester. The credit structureis designed to encourage long-term participation, and allows multi-year projects of significantscope and impact to be undertaken by the teams.Each student in the EPICS Program attends a weekly two-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso attend a common one-hour lecture each week. A majority of the lectures are by guestexperts, and have covered a wide range of topics related to engineering design, communication,and community service. The long-term nature of the program has required some innovation inthe lecture series since

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein; William Janna

system performance; and writing a report about the design of the system.Table 2 is an example of a task planning sheet for the Fireplace Heat Recovery Project. The planshows a completion date selected for each task. By the end of the fifth week of the semester, forexample, a CAD model is to be developed. Also included in the task planner (although not shownin Table 2) is the name/initials of the individual responsible for completing the task.Each group member maintains a notebook or diary of all tasks completed for the project. The diarycontains any and all details of the work done by that particular member on the project. This wouldinclude something as short as a phone call, or as detailed as calculations to predict when a pumpwill cavitate.The

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Osama Abudayyeh

Presentations: Each participant (or team) is required to present to the group a project description and a plan of work at the end of the second week. The presentations are conducted in a conference format. 3. REU Symposium: At the end of the REU program, a symposium is organized to expose the participants to the professional conference environment. Each participant (or team) is required to prepare and present a five-page conference paper according to a set of guidelines. The papers are published in a conference proceedings. 3.2 Professional Development Activities The program is designed to include a host of professional development activities that

Conference Session

Educators on the Frontier

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Hoag

a few engineers new to the profession. One of they key steps inprofessional development is that of succession planning. This involves looking to themajority group of engineers to develop the proficiencies required as the expertpractitioners retire or make career moves.The technical leadership of the department, perhaps working with a training director,must identify the combination of subject matter and proficiencies required of the expertpractitioner. A learning matrix can then be defined for the particular area of expertise.This matrix sets the expectations… In what topics or subjects must the engineer developproficiency? What level of proficiency is expected?The next step in supporting technical development is to provide guidance for the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jenelle Piepmeier; Kenneth Knowles; Bradley Bishop

generation of forward or inverse kinematic function s.Few suggestions are given for laboratory exercises in any of these standard textbooks, primarily dueto the wide variance in laboratory equipment and protocols typical in robotics education. Commonassignments such as the Towers of Hanoi focus on algorithm flow, while other standard labs focuson behavior or path planning. These are all easily implemented using vendor supplied movecommands. A shortcoming in these common laboratory strategies is that they do not build on theintroductory material that is emphasized in the classroom. This paper presents methods for utilizingthe capabilities of MATLAB to quickly engage undergraduate students in an introductory robotics

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominique M. Durand; Dmitri Kourennyi

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationof fundamental neurophysiological processes illustrated by the computer simulations andmodels.Course structureThe basis of the course is lectures on fundamentals of neuroscience delivered by recognizedspecialists in the topic. Five instructors teach the course in blocks of 3-5 lectures, with thecoordinator (D.E. Kourennyi) present at each lecture and planning the coverage of the topics.The lectures give the students deep understanding of the facts and theories behindneurophysiology of the cell – from molecular to cellular to intercellular level. The material iscovered at both quantitative

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Maurizio Manzo; Huseyin Bostanci

integrating parts, creating codes for Arduino microcontroller, and run their systems using samplecoding. After being exposed to hardware and software, they used a system featuring a 3D printedstructural substrate emulating a power plant with an electric/battery powered heater, temperature andpressure sensors, and LED lights changing intensity based on temperature levels, where they canautomate the system and shut down the plant to avoid issues.Educators in the region (approximately within 90 miles radius of Denton, TX) were contacted earlyin summer for proper planning, and points of contacts included school principals or science teachersUNT recently collaborated with during previous UNT summer camps. They were provided with aflyer describing the

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

purposes of soliciting feedback from others in our region. MethodologyFirst, for the benefit of the students, our faculty instructors engage with area industry by organizingclass field trips to chemical engineering industrial facilities and also bringing industry speakers tothe students. Our department strives to provide separate field trips to area industry sites for eachyear in the students’ academic career, and plans these visits for different classes that cover all levels Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference WestTexasA&MUniversity,Canyon,TX Copyright  2024, American Society for Engineering

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

John W. Brocato, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

was part of the planning committee for the environmental engineeringprogram).”By 2009 or so, faculty could see the need and the potential for an official, standalone college ofengineering. Proposals were created for degrees in mechanical, civil, and electrical engineering(“the holy grail,” as one long-time faculty member put it) plus the official creation of a Collegeof Engineering. The then-UGA president (and BAE Dept head) waited for the right time politi-cally to present these proposals to the state of Georgia’s Board of Regents. Finally, in late 2010,these proposals were approved. The Board of Regents vote was tied 8-8, so the Board Chairmade the deciding vote. Ironically enough, this person was a Georgia Tech grad and caught someflak for

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Van Devender; Michael Hardesty; Rohit Dua

insaneramblings of a madman,” as well as to Dr. Rohit Dua for his ever-present mentorship.References[1] MIT OpenCourseWare, "Lec 1 | MIT 6.450 Principles of Digital Communications I, Fall 2006," 28 April 2009. [Online]. Available: https://tinyurl.com/4wsauunpNathaniel Van Devender will graduate in 2024 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He plans towork in the Electrical Power industry for his career but favors a myriad of other disciplines ashobbies. He has been overheard saying “the day I stop learning is the day that I die.”Michael Hardesty is a first-generation college student and will be graduating in spring of 2024with a BS in Electrical Engineering, a Computer Engineering minor, and an Automation minor.He is currently working at John Deere

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2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hong Li

story tells about an IT specialist of a small law firm who just started the newjob. About two weeks into the job, he did not have much to do besides a few simple tasks liketaking care of user logon issues. On the day when the lawsuit over the BP oil spill was settled, assoon as he arrived office in the morning, he was called to take on an urgent task: create aprogram for all clients of the firm (about 800) to estimate their compensation as victims of thegulf oil spill according to different installment plans they could elect to take. Moreover, theprogram has to be completed in 22 hours because the firm needs the feedback from clients toreport to the court what installment plan they elected to take. All specifications related to theprogram

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeyoung Woo, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Winny Dong

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

financial burden for transfer students, as they must pay additionaltuition and expenses.Because transfer students comprise approximately half of the CPP student population, thisproject, BRIDGE (Bridging Institutions to Decrease Gaps in Engineering Education, 2023-2026)funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), focuses on success for engineering transferstudents from three partnering institutions: Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC), Citrus College,and Victor Valley College, by establishing mutually beneficial collaborations and applying threeelements: recruitment activities, retention activities, and faculty development activities.Planned Major Activities for the BRIDGE ProjectThe BRIDGE project plans three primary categories of activities.1

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael Leasure

students and I wanted to measure specific parameters their plan of study.and show their values over time. This activity gave us awindow of insight into the effects of changes that were The diagnostic center consists of a rolling stand, PC,introduced into the engines. monitor, keyboard, DAQ (data acquisition) cards in a chassis, and the associated hoses and wiring to connectIntentional modifications, as in a troubleshooting the components to ports on the outside of the stand.exercise, or unintentional changes, such as a component National Instruments Corporation provided all of thefailure, both

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad Amin

generate increasing revenue through rising prices associated with new applicationsand plans such as wireless Internet access, text messaging, instant messaging, ring tones,wireless games, multimedia messaging services and Wi-Fi technologies. The double-digitincreases in the wireless market clearly indicate that it is a key driver in the communicationsindustry. With the introduction of new technologies and services such as 3G wireless services,Wi-Fi and WiMAX, a continuing growth will be seen in wireless infrastructure revenue. “Pricesassociated with these new applications and one-rate pricing plans continue to attract subscribersand will boost spending on wireless communications services," said TIA President Matthew J.Flanigan10.Justification of

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Taufik Taufik

Valley. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationHardware Project BackgroundOne of the power electronics companies visited during the initial stage of developing thehardware project for the introductory course was the Linear Technology located in Milpitas,California5. Discussions during the visit resulted in a plan for a hardware project that was notdesign-driven, but rather would focus on and would address common issues observed on ourrecent EE graduates. In particular, Linear Technology has observed that our EE graduates ingeneral lack of knowledge in and of handling the surface mount components

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

John M. Santiago; Jing Guo

, internet marketing technologies, e-learning, multimedia, green-screentechniquesIntroductionColorado Technical University (CTU), a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation (CEC), hasstudents consisting mostly of adult learners who are working full-time. CTU successfullydeveloped and implemented a program curriculum consisting of day and night classes inelectrical and computer engineering to accommodate the working adult. With day and eveningengineering courses being 11 weeks in length, the curriculum and flexible program scheduleallows students to successfully complete an ABET-accredited degree in either BSEE or BSCE.Engineering courses for obtaining an MSEE and MSCE degree are only offered in the evening.CEC made strategic plans during 2015 to

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ken Bernard; Judy Collins; Fred Guzek; Pedro Leite; Jung Oh; Gail Simmonds

for these faculty members to share their experiences and lessons learned. This paper will also illustrate the role of online hybrid instruction as a main contributor to collaborative scholarship and address several outcomes from the collaboration, such as the fostering of mentorship, shared scholarship of teaching, and building a community of learners.IntroductionOnline instruction requires more planning, takes more time to prepare materials, and there is nostandard approach. Faculty training is key to success and “just-in-time” resources for instructors-in-training is an effective training approach. While the motivation and incentives to adopt web-based technologies for faculty are intrinsic1, the rewards can

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Theodore W. Manikas; Kaveh Ashenayi

proven to operate reliably at 200°C. GRC plans to incorporate thiscircuit into their future gauge designs.Figure 1. Hybrid oscillator circuit developed by student intern.The student interns working on Dr. Ashenayi’s project designed (the first year, 2007-2008) andare building and testing (second year, 2008-2009) a prototype RTD circuit to be used in quartzcrystal based gauges for oil and gas wells. Crystal temperature is an important parameteraffecting accuracy of the measurements. Producing this transducer requires the knowledge andability to vapor deposit platinum on a substrate in close proximity to the crystal. A critical partof this design was to select the design and develop the deposition process. A major componentof this process is

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

, team management, market assessment and benchmarking, user needsassessment, product exploration, a development plan, and the target specifications. We expectothers who adopt FEED to modify it according to their own views, as we probably will in thefuture also.This process is then assessed through an early design review to make sure it was done well. It isthen followed by the familiar solution development stage, and that is followed by a criticaldesign review. Throughout these stages, we use a new concept of design validation to show theway in which both the design process and the product ideas are continually subject to validationand ultimately to testing, manufacture, use, and disposal. This is aimed at teaching design as athoughtful